Mine was an oblique induction into Brecht’s poems. Often in my teens I’d go for long walks in the Westphalian forests with my (English) father, who knew his German poetry, and if we were starting out ...

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Lohri is a very significant religious and cultural festival celebrated across north India. Offering thanksgiving to the Sun God, Lohri heralds the end of the dark, dreary winters and the beginning of ...

1,4-Benzoquinones are ubiquitous in nature and can be synthesized by diverse strategies. Recent developments on their synthetic methodologies, cycloaddition reactions, computational chemistry and ...

ANTHROPOLOGY tells the march of mankind out of savagery, in which different peoples have advanced in varying degrees, but all started in progress in civilisation from a point lower than that now ...

The authors use a multidisciplinary approach to provide a useful link between Beta-alanine and S. Typhimurium (STM) infection and virulence. The work shows how Beta-alanine synthesis mediates zinc ...

In the Arnold Mathijssen lab, researchers used a gooseneck kettle, coffee grinder, and a pour-over setup alongside precise measurements and high-speed analysis to study the fluid dynamics and ...

ALL English-speaking chemists will cordially welcome the appearance of this book, if for no other reason than because its author in its preparation was led to the recognition of that fundamental ...

Lohri is a precursor to the festivals of Maghi, Pongal and Bihu throughout India. It marks the movement of the Sun away from Makar (Capricorn) to the north signifying the last day of the month of ...

Shinn A & Vine A (2014) Theorizing Copiousness. Renaissance Studies, 28 (2), pp. 167-182. https://doi.org/10.1111/rest.12048 First paragraph: In an oft-cited passage ...