Coda: The “Queen Under the Hill,” or, Robert Duncan’s Lesson in Essential Autobiography by Rob Halpern

“…In it, I question my apprenticeship with Duncan when I was a young twenty-something, as I was struggling to understand what it might mean to be a “good gay poet.” In 1987, I traveled with a copy of Duncan’s The Opening of the Field, and while I could not fully comprehend the poems, the book nevertheless offered me a model – for better and for worse – for sublimating my sexuality during the worst years of the AIDS crisis. …”
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CO-BRANDING, INFLUENCER MARKETING, DAN E-WOM BERPENGARUH TERHADAP PURCHASE INTEREST by A.A Sagung Astina S., I Putu Gde Sukaatmadja

“…Practical implications as consideration for the Dear Me Beauty company in providing good quality products to its customers.…”
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Development of Integrated Choice and Latent Variable (ICLV) Models Using Matrix-Based Analytic Approximation and Automatic Differentiation Methods on TensorFlow Platform by Jie Ma, Xin Ye, Kun Huang

“…The LDLT matrix-based analytic approximation methods, including Mendell and Elston (ME) method, bivariate ME (BME) method, and two-variate bivariate screening (TVBS) method, were adapted to calculate the multivariate cumulative normal distribution (MVNCD) function in the ICLV model because of the better performances in accuracy and computational time. …”
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Book review: Tenterfield: My happy childhood in care, by Margaret Irvine Edinburgh, Fledgling Press, 2010, 226 pp, ISBN 978-1-905916-26-9 by Irene Stevens

“…This personal reaction caused me co reflect a little on how residential care is represented in the wider world. …”

Disperse Solid-Phase Extraction Cleanup for the Determination of 1-Deoxynojirimycin in Mulberry Leaves with Ultraperformance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Lei Zhang, Yiran Zhou, Jing Meng, Jia Li

“…Compared with methods by gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC) via real sample detection, the proposed method acquired better stability and detection efficiency. These results proved that this method has advantages of simple operation, complete purification, small pretreatment loss, good precision and accuracy, and high determination specificity, which is suitable for massive monitoring and precise quantitation of 1-DNJ in mulberry leaves.…”
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Solvent solutions: comparing extraction methods for edible oils and proteins in a changing regulatory landscape. Part 2: Hazards control☆ by Carré Patrick, dev Borah Chandra, Piofczyk Thomas, Gärtner Maike, Bothe Sarah, Hadjiali Sara

“…These solvents exhibit good electrical conductivity and lower toxicity levels, making them safer alternatives to hexane. …”
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« Mon seul Shakespeare » by Jacques Nichet

“…So, he decides to leave while provisionally transferring his power to an « untouchable » man, Angelo, who much better than him will be able to “put[s] transgression to it” (3.2.91-2)! …”
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Validating a clinically based MS-MLPA threshold through comparison with Sanger sequencing in glioblastoma patients by Halka Lhotska, Karolina Janeckova, Hana Cechova, Jaromir Macoun, Tatiana Aghova, Libuse Lizcova, Karla Svobodova, Lucie Hodanova, Dora Konecna, Jiri Soukup, Filip Kramar, David Netuka, Zuzana Zemanova

“…Reduced expression of the MGMT gene (10q26.3), influenced primarily by the methylation of two differentially methylated regions (DMR1 and DMR2), is associated with a good response to temozolomide treatment. However, suitable methods for detecting the methylation of the MGMT gene promoter and setting appropriate cutoff values are debated. …”
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Wisdom of the Established Pattern by Joel Janhonen

“…Therefore, shifting the emphasis from cognitive to affective level gives us a better starting point for evaluating the basis and merit of each identified deviation pattern. …”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…The limitations-owing account of epistemic and cultural humility   suggests that “a person who is aware of her cognitive limitations and owns them is much better positioned to achieve such epistemic goods as true beliefs and understanding than someone who… simply has insight into the epistemic status of her beliefs.”[21] Epistemic and cultural humility may help prevent decolonization projects that unintentionally reinforce what they seek to dismantle. …”
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