Walking the talk : US service women in combat roles by Fitriani, Matthews, Ron

“…Although the services can still object, American women have been given the chance to participate in front-line combat duty by the enduring war on terrorism.…”
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Islam buddhism : preserving harmonious relations by Mohammad, Alami Musa

“…The creeping Muslim-Buddhist tension and the recent alliance forged among hard-line Buddhist nationalist movements in the "saffron crescent" countries of South and South-east Asia will undermine inter-religious relations in the world today. …”
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Ancient solutions and translators of Lagrangian mean curvature flow by Lotay, JD, Schulze, F, Székelyhidi, G

“…We show that if $\mathcal{M}$ has a blow-down given by the static union of two Lagrangian subspaces with distinct Lagrangian angles that intersect along a line, then $\mathcal{M}$ is a translator. In particular in $\mathbb{C}^2$, all zero-Maslov, exact, ancient solutions of Lagrangian mean curvature flow with entropy less than 3 are special Lagrangian, a union of planes, or translators.…”

End-to-end simulation of high-contrast imaging systems: methods and results for the PICTURE mission family by Douglas, Ewan S., Hewawasam, Kuravi, Mendillo, Christopher B., Cahoy, Kerri L, Cook, Timothy A., Finn, Susanna C. Finn, Howe, Glenn A., Kuchner, Marc, J., Lewis, Nikole K., Marinan, Anne D., Mawet, Dimitri, Chakrabarti, Supriya

“…Simulated science observations of the predicted warm ring around Epsilon Eridani illustrate the performance of both missions.…”
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Synthesis of α-methylene-δ-valerolactone and its selective polymerization from a product mixture for concurrent separation and polymer production by Khechfe, Alexander A, Eckstrom, Francesca D, Chokkapu, Eswara Rao, Baston, Lucas A, Liu, Bowei, Chen, Eugene Y-X, Román-Leshkov, Yuriy

“…Using a model mixture of 30 wt% of MVL in DVL, vinyl-addition polymerization converted MVL to the corresponding vinyl polymer (PMVL)VAP in 98% yield, while DVL was recovered in 96% yield by distillation. Alternatively, ring-opening polymerization of the same mixture resulted in a DVL/MVL copolyester and separatable vinyl homopolymer P(MVL)VAP.…”
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Biochemical Analysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Film Degradation Kinetics of Engineered IsPETase Variants by Zhong-Johnson, En Ze Linda

“…I developed a kinetic assay based on spectrophotometric measurements of UVabsorbance of the products in the reaction supernatant, as degradation products harboring the benzene ring will absorb between 240-280 nm. The method was found to be reliable to obtain relative measurements of initial reaction rates but cannot be used to determine the absolute concentration of products in the supernatant. …”
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Synthesis of biomimetic co-polypeptides with tunable degrees of phosphorylation by Lipik, Vitali, Zhang, Lihong, Miserez, Ali

“…Here, we present a co-polypeptide synthesis strategy based on the Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs), followed by controlled phosphorylation of serine (Ser) residues. …”
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Structural insights into viral RNA capping and plasma membrane targeting by Chikungunya virus nonstructural protein 1 by Zhang, Kuo, Law, Yee-Song, Law, Michelle Cheok Yien, Tan, Yaw Bia, Wirawan, Melissa, Luo, Dahai

“…Twelve copies of nsP1 form a crown-shaped ring structure with a 7.5-nm-wide channel for mediating communication and exchange between the viral RC and the host cell. …”
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Tunable quantum cascade lasers for midinfrared spectroscopic sensing by Li, Jinghao

“…Finally, we design a novel tunable QCL based on coupled ring resonator filters. The fabricated device achieves a quasi-continuous tuning range of ~ 18 cm^-1 around 7.4 µm by varying heatsink temperature.…”
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Experimental investigation of impact response of composite plates/panels by Gan, Jia Li

“…Damage patterns in the acrylic sheet include radial and ring cracks and, together with slight delamination at the interface, which may cause peeling-off of acrylic material from the sandwich plate. …”
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Two kinds of phase transition in photonic systems with application to optical isolation by Zhou, Xin

“…We study three representative designs: (i) a waveguide array implementing a nonlinear 1D Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model, (ii) a waveguide array implementing a nonlinear 2D Haldane model, and (iii) a 2D lattice of coupled-ring waveguides. In the first two cases, we find a correspondence between the topological transition of the underlying linear lattice and the power threshold of the transmittance, and show that the transmission behavior is attributable to the emergence of a self-induced topological soliton. …”
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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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C–H activation and nucleophilic substitution in a photochemically generated high valent iron complex by Lim, Jia Hui, Engelmann, Xenia, Corby, Sacha, Ganguly, Rakesh, Ray, Kallol, Soo, Han Sen

“…The presence of labile Cl− or Br− results in a ligand-based oxidation and stabilisation of a radical-cationic (TAML˙+)FeIII complex, which subsequently leads to unprecedented C–H activation followed by nucleophilic substitution on the TAML aryl ring. In contrast, exogenous cyanide culminates in metal-based oxidation, yielding the first example of a crystallographically characterised S = 1 [(TAML)FeIV(CN)2]2− species. …”
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Investigating circular dorsal ruffles through varying substrate stiffness and mathematical modeling by LeDuc, Philip R., Zeng, Yukai, Lai, Tanny, Koh, Cheng Gee, Chiam, Keng-Hwee

“…Circular dorsal ruffles (CDRs) are transient actin-rich ring-like structures which form on the dorsal surface of growth-factor stimulated cells. …”
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Controlling selectivity in the reductive activation of CO2 by mixed sandwich uranium(iii) complexes by Tsoureas, N, Castro, L, Kilpatrick, A, Cloke, FGN, Maron, L

“…The nature of the R group on the cyclopentadienyl ring in the former has a significant effect on the outcome of CO2 activation: when R = Me, the products are the bridging oxo complex {U[η8-C8H6(1,4-SiMe3)2](η5-CpMe5)}2(μ-O) and the bridging oxalate complex {U[η8-C8H6(1,4-SiMe3)2](η5-CpMe5)}2(μ-η2:η2-C2O4); for R = Et or iPr, bridging carbonate {U[η8-C8H6(1,4-SiMe3)2](η5-CpMe4R)}2(μ-η1:η2-CO3) and bridging oxalate complexes {U[η8-C8H6(1,4-SiMe3)2](η5-CpMe4R)}2(μ-η2:η2-C2O4) are formed in both cases; and when R = tBu the sole product is the bridging carbonate complex {U[η8-C8H6(1,4-SiMe3)2](η5-CpMe4tBu)}2(μ-η1:η2-CO3). …”

Distinct Circle of Willis anatomical configurations in healthy preterm born adults: a 3D time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography study by Greggio, J, Malamateniou, C, Baruteau, KP, Reyes-Aldasoro, CC, Huckstep, OJ, Francis, JM, Williamson, W, Leeson, P, Lewandowski, AJ, Lapidaire, W

“…This study aims to explore potential differences in the Circle of Willis (CoW), a key arterial ring that perfuses the brain, of healthy adults born preterm. …”

From Esfahan to Madinah : Salman al-Farisi's Hadith / by V. Abdur Rahim, translator 653477

“…The vivid account of his eventful life which is both interesting and instructive makes an excellent reading for the non-native students of the Arabic Language. …”

The PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION / by Hogan, Kevin, author 651674

“…The ability to communicate persuasively is a skill that can be used in all aspects of your personal and business life. These strategies and techniques are utilized by the biggest businesses in the world-now they are available to you! …”

PandoraHearts : Caucus Race, by Shinobu Wakamiya, author 655895, Jun Mochizuki, illustrator 655896

“…There, children run to and fro, full of life. Two cats chase after them. The sight calls to mind a single thought: They seem to be racing each other. …”
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Contextualizing Human Psychology by Pentland, Alex

“…This article will examine how these new tools can shed light on the influence individual psychological traits have on life outcomes, as well as on social properties such as inequality. …”
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