An exposition of the Zhuangzi’s zhiyan (至言) by Koo, Hao Wei

“…On the other hand, zhiyan is prima facie an expression employed for heart-mind cultivation in chapter 21. Yet again, contrarily, zhiyan is what “eliminate [language expressions]” in chapter 22. …”
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Editors’ introduction: Cynthia Ozick and the art of nonfiction by Mendelssohn, M, Tyson, C

“…It aims to take the measure of this ambidextrous author through her nonfiction, while keeping in mind the awkwardness of this category for a writer whose essays frequently display a defiant blurring of the fictive and the factual. …”

Accelerating the design of biomimetic materials by integrating RNA-seq with proteomics and materials science by Guerette, Paul A, Hoon, Shawn, Seow, Yiqi, Raida, Manfred, Masic, Admir, Wong, Fong T, Ho, Vincent H B, Kong, Kiat Whye, Demirel, Melik C, Pena-Francesch, Abdon, Amini, Shahrouz, Tay, Gavin Z, Ding, Dawei, Miserez, Ali

“…In one example, we rapidly engineer recombinant squid sucker ring teeth proteins into a range of structural and functional materials, including nanopatterned surfaces and photo-cross-linked films that exceed the mechanical properties of most natural and synthetic polymers. …”
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Population transcriptomics of human malaria parasites reveals the mechanism of artemisinin resistance by Mok, S., Ashley, E. A., Ferreira, P. E., Zhu, L., Lin, Z., Yeo, T., Chotivanich, K., Imwong, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., Dhorda, M., Nguon, C., Lim, P., Amaratunga, C., Suon, S., Hien, T. T., Htut, Y., Faiz, M. A., Onyamboko, M. A., Mayxay, M., Newton, P. N., Tripura, R., Woodrow, C. J., Miotto, O., Kwiatkowski, D. P., Nosten, F., Day, N. P. J., Preiser, P. R., White, N. J., Dondorp, A. M., Fairhurst, R. M., Bozdech, Z.

“…These findings suggest that artemisinin-resistant parasites remain in a state of decelerated development at the young ring stage, whereas their up-regulated UPR pathways mitigate protein damage caused by artemisinin. …”
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Chiral Modes at Exceptional Points in Exciton-Polariton Quantum Fluids by Gao, T., Li, G., Estrecho, E., Liew, Timothy Chi Hin, Comber-Todd, D., Nalitov, A., Steger, M., West, K., Pfeiffer, L., Snoke, D. W., Kavokin, A. V., Truscott, A. G., Ostrovskaya, E. A.

“…In particular, a vortex is generated by driving two dipole modes of the non-Hermitian ring resonator into degeneracy. Transition through the exceptional point in the space of the system’s parameters is enabled by precise manipulation of real and imaginary parts of the closed-wall potential forming the resonator. …”
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Parametric inversion of spin currents in semiconductor microcavities by Flayac, H., Solnyshkov, D. D., Malpuech, G., Shelykh, Ivan A.

“…The energy of the pulse is set to be close to the inflexion point of the lower polariton dispersion branch and the focusing in real space populates the reciprocal space on a ring. Above threshold, the parametric scattering towards the idler and the signal state is triggered on the whole elastic circle. …”
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Germanium on Silicon Integrated Photonics for the Mid-Wave Infrared by Morgan, Rachel E.

“…Air-clad ring resonators demonstrate narrow-bandwidth filtering with a recorded extinction ratio of >20 dB, full-width half max (FWHM) of 0.7 GHz, and unloaded Q factor of >190,000. …”
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Metal-organic architectures driven by a multifunctional 6-aminouracil spacer : structures, noncovalent interactions, and conductivity by Purkayastha, Atanu, Dhar, Sourab, Mondal, Suvra Prakash, Franconetti, Antonio, Frontera, Antonio, Ganguly, Rakesh, Kirillov, Alexander M., Misra, Tarun Kumar

“…The computational study for molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) surface energies revealed an important finding, namely a decrease of the π-acidity of the uracil ring upon coordination and a consequent increase of the π-basicity of the phenyl-sulfonate ring, resulting in effective anti-parallel π–π stacking interactions in 1 and 2. …”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…The side reactions forming these polymeric multilayers are known to occur at vacant, unsubstituted carbons on the aryl ring of the grafted layer. In the first of two broad parts of this thesis, studies were carried out on a glassy carbon (GC) electrode modified with bulky 2,3,5,6-tetramethylaniline (TMA) groups (i.e. …”
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The neurobiology of aesthetic chills: How bodily sensations shape emotional experiences by Schoeller, Felix, Jain, Abhinandan, Pizzagalli, Diego A., Reggente, Nicco

“…Elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying aesthetic chills can reveal fundamental insights about emotion, consciousness, and the embodied mind. What is the precise timing and mechanism of bodily feedback in emotional experience? …”
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The Effects of Centralized School Assignment on Public School Enrollment by Fang, Alison

“…At the same time, effect sizes vary across individual districts, and school choice policy should be mindful of the particular circumstances of each district.…”
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Smart home system for elderly by Nur Raisah Mohamed Arffah

“…In combination with an Android mobile application that was designed with ease of usage by elderly in mind, this smart home system built provides a safety alert and monitoring capabilities that can not only alleviate stresses of a caregiver but also mitigate the adverse effect of fall amongst elderly that were not provided with crucial immediate aid.…”
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Zhuangzi's concept of you 遊: limitless transformation along with things by Kamamoto, Yuka

“…It is generally taken to mean the ideal Zhuangzian way of life, whereby one wanders around the world freely and aimlessly without having an ultimate goal in mind. The existing scholarship mostly uses the term to refer to a non-purposive mindset or activity that is associated with the daemonic performances of the skill masters from the famous “skill stories”. …”
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Design investigation and implementation of a decentralized online social network for enterprises by Garg, Nitin.

“…This framework was designed from scratch and implemented keeping in mind the heirarchy and privacy requirements from an organizational perspective. …”
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Crazy pole dancing tattooed metalhead biking crossplaying Asians by Devi, Uma, Kang, Hillary Yu Ping

“…Here are communities bursting with life, populated by like minded people united in their love of the unusual. …”
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Promoting mental health and educational success among young people in the Global South by Opare-Kumi, J

“…A sample of 214 students are randomly assigned to a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) group and a neutral class activity control group. …”

Modeling of microfluid droplet resonator based on whisper gallery mode by Dong, Bin

“…Currently most of the optical ring/sphere resonator based on whisper gallery mode is fabricated by wafer fabrication technology, which is high in cost and cannot be achieved on-chip. …”
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Noise coupling analysis in integrated circuit packaging by Fernandus, Wylie

“…Therefore, signal overshoot, undershoot, and ringing waveforms due to the high data rates will happen which referred as signal errors.…”
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Kinetics and mechanism of the alkaline hydrolysis of securinine by Lajis, Nordin H., Khan, Mohammad Niyaz, M. Noor, Hamdan

“…The hydroxide ion‐catalyzed hydrolysis of securinine involves the ring opening of the lactone moiety. The rate of hydrolysis is insensitive to the ionic strength. …”

Ambiguity in absurdity : Gogol's the nose and the overcoat. by Yixin, Huang.

“…When one thinks of Russian literature, names such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexander Pushkin, and Vladimir Nabokov come to mind. A name which deserves to be added to the list but is often denied equal credit is Nikolai Gogol. …”
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