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Review Essay: Science as Craft
Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2010 On the basis of culturally historical reconstructions, Richard SENNETT outlines in "The Craftsman" an alternative idea to the flexibility of new capitalism, which he criticized in his former writings. Here he examines criteria and conditions of good work
Stephan Lorenz
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African Environmental Crisis [PDF]
, 2020 This book explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse. From the beginnings of imperial administration, the idea of the desiccation of African environments grew in popularity, but this crisis discourse was
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Ubiquitination of secretory granules promotes their crinophagic degradation in Drosophila
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Ubiquitination of secretory granules in Drosophila larval salivary glands is a critical molecular trigger for crinophagy, the lysosomal degradation of unreleased, or low‐quality granules. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Cnot4 is recruited to the surface of secretory granules to induce crinophagy.
Tamás Csizmadia +6 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Proteostasis and the gut microbiota play a key role in shaping host physiology. Microbiota‐derived metabolites, vitamins, and RNA modulate host proteostasis. Findings from model systems, including C. elegans, indicate microbes can either stabilize or disrupt host proteostasis.
Abhishek Anil Dubey, Maria Ermolaeva
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Crisis in environmental management of the Soviet Union
, 2020 The prevailing system of environmental management strongly depends on the economic and political structures of a country and is influenced by the current condition of them.
Khabibullov M.
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Structural insights and therapeutic targets in Acinetobacter baumannii capsule biosynthesis
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Hypervirulent KL49 A. baumannii's capsular polysaccharide contains the nonulosonic acid 8‐epi‐Leg5,7Ac2, synthesized by epimerization via ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC. Crystal structures of ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC reveal their role in CMP‐Leg5,7Ac2 synthesis and regioselective C8 epimerization.
Woo Cheol Lee +7 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Aptamers are used both therapeutically and as targeting agents in cancer treatment. We developed an aptamer‐targeted PLGA–TRAIL nanosystem that exhibited superior therapeutic efficacy in NOD/SCID breast cancer models. This nanosystem represents a novel biotechnological drug candidate for suppressing resistance development in breast cancer.
Gulen Melike Demirbolat +8 more
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Environmental Sanitation Crisis: More than just a health issue
, 2008 The global environmental sanitation crisis cannot be denied: well over a century after the sanitary revolution in 19th century Europe, 40% of the world’s population still lacks access to improved sanitation.
Peter A. Harvey
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Reconstructing ecofeminism: A study of Kamala Markandaya’s nectar in a sieve
Cogent Social Sciences, 2016 The critical discourse on ecofeminism makes a novel attempt in understanding the relationship between literary texts and the problems with regard to gender and ecological crisis through various literary genres. In this context, the present paper attempts
Patil Sangita Sharnappa
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Toward the Eco-Narrative: Rethinking the Role of Conflict in Storytelling
Humanities, 2017 Offered as a response to the increasingly popular call within the eco-humanities for stories that will help humankind adapt to catastrophic planetary conditions, this article proposes “the eco-narrative”—an approach to storytelling that strives to ...
Corinne Donly
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