Back in 2012, world champion triathlete Lesley Paterson — a pint-sized Scot with an already groaning trophy cabinet — gave an interview to a cycling website in which she admitted there was another gong she would love to get her hands on: an Oscar. ‘I want to win an Oscar for best screenplay,’ she said. …
Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a frequent bacterial infection with a high mortality rate and a high burden on health care systems, is receiving increased attention worldwide. In the past few decades, the mortality of CAP has remained high in both developing and developed countries, and morbidity and mortality gradually increase with age.1–3 For instance, in …
Charlie Hunnam in Shantaram/Apple TV+ In 2003, Gregory David Roberts‘ novel Shantaram was a hefty commitment for readers who delved into the 936-page tome, which follows the adventures of a convicted Australian bank robber who escapes Pentridge Prison and flees to India to get lost in the Bombay underworld of the 1980s. It would take …
Contents IntroductionThe Key to DadaHennings on LanguageHennings and ExpressionismHennings as a Burroughsian BeatTechnology in BrandedFashion/Style Notes from 1908-1910The Branded Playlist Introduction Just last year I pointedly wondered why the books of founding Dadaist Emmy Hennings remain untranslated into English after more than 100 years. I threatened to translate them myself even though I don’t know …
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The most telling scene in Noah Baumbach’s White Noise comes right at the end. In a seven-minute choreographed sequence accompanying the closing credits, a supermarket transforms into a makeshift dancefloor with the cast grooving up and down the aisles to an LCD Soundsystem anthem. “I need a new party to represent my needs,” sings James …
Visual novels feature what are arguably some of the most unique, engaging experiences in all of gaming, but which are the best ones to pick up and play? We’ve curated a list of nine of the best visual novels to play on Switch and Steam in 2023. Visual novels have always been somewhat of a …
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With a cover that resembles the box of a famous Cairo cupcake chain, Karoline Kamel offers a complex text that is nothing like the predictable simplicity of a cupcake. Kamel offers an intimate account which is not necessarily autobiographic but is certainly revealing of the big and small questions that Kamel shares with other …
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This article by Dr Ned Curthoys, School of Humanities, Discipline of English and Literary Studies at The University of Western Australia, and Dr Isabelle Hesse, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from The University of Sydney originally appeared in The Conversation on January 16. The reactions to Australia’s decision to reverse the Morrison government’s recognition of West Jerusalem as …
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Cell culture A serum-free, suspension-adapted, HEK293T-based LVV PCL, used to produce recombinant, VSV-G pseudotyped, HIV-1-GFP based LVVs, was generated previously from an adherent HEK293T cell line, provided by Oxford Biomedica; all LVV encoding genetic elements were stably integrated into the host-cell genome. The PCL was cultured in FreeStyle 293 Expression Medium (Gibco, Thermo Fisher Scientific, …
Cell lines Caco-2 human colon epithelial cells were obtained from American Tissue Culture Collection (ATCC, CAT#: HTB-37, Manassas, VA). THP-1 human monocytic cells were obtained from ATCC (CAT#: TIB-202). HT29-MTX-E12 cells, mucous-secreting human intestinal cells, were obtained from Millipore Sigma (CAT#: 12040401, Burlington, MA). Bacillus subtilis (3A1T (wild-type)) strain was obtained from Bacillus Genetic Stock …