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29 Jan 2021 09:20 Three Russian think tanks included in University of Pennsylvanias 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Interfax) - The Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO), the Carnegie Moscow Center, and the Moscow State Institute of international Relations (MGIMO) have been included in the prestigious 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report compiled by the University of Pennsylvania. IMEMO ranks 33rd; MG...

“The Four Hijabs” (in Arabic and English) Feminist Interpretations of Qur’anic Verses January 28, 2021 “The Four Hijabs” – Translated from English to Arabic by Dr. Manal Hamzeh – Original English-Language Version Directed by Liz Wuerffel – Animated by Anna Hayden-Roy Chicago, IL – (Arab Newswire) — Silk Road Rising (Co-Executive Artistic Directors Malik Gillani and Jamil Khoury) is proud to announce that the original English-language version of their animated short film “T...

Anna Novakov and T. Novakov like a yellow silken scarf, the thick fog hangs along the quay[1] In the 1880s, London’s frequent and well-documented episodes of fog were a phenomenon unique to England’s most densely populated, diverse, and industrialized urban center. The spectacular nature of the embankment fog, often described by eyewitnesses as changeable and even colorful, caught the imagination of many artists and writers who saw in these atmospheric manifestations a symbol of modernity a...

Updated Jan. 22 Every morning, Dakota Chelsea gets up and walks his two dogs. He eats a banana and an egg sandwich for breakfast. Then the Palm Beach County resident dives into the coronavirus headlines on Twitter and Reddit. Chelsea isn’t just devouring articles to see what news broke while he slept. Since July, the 25-year-old has crunched and shared coronavirus numbers with nearly 160,000 Florida Reddit users every day. He tracks positive cases, hospitalizations and deaths in daily post...

On International Day of Education, UNESCO promotes learning recovery for students affected by COVID-19 Format Paris, 21 January – With over half of the world’s student population still affected by full or partial school closures, UNESCO and the global education community will celebrate the third International Day of Education (January 24) with a series of virtual events under the theme ‘Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation. On 25 January, UNESCO is partnering with ...

The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Inc. The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Inc., at 163 Tower View Drive in Red Wing, MN is publishing a Request for Proposals for a Historic Structures Report for the Tower View Estate. To complete this report, the Anderson Center has received a $100,000 grant from the Minnesota Historical Society via the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. In addition to the historic buildings, the Anderson Center stewards a total of 350 acres...

Ang son named to SMC board Iris Gonzales © STAR/File Ang son named to SMC board MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the country’s diversified conglomerate, has named John Paul Ang as director. Ang is the eldest son of SMC president and COO Ramon Ang and is the president and CEO of listed Eagle Cement Corp. since 2008. The younger Ang will fill the seat left by director Reynaldo David who passed away last December 13. At the time of his death, David, a veteran ba...

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New cancer models mimic aspects of mechanical environment within the body As cancer and tumor cells move inside the human body, they impart and are subject to mechanical forces. In order to understand how these actions affect cancer cell growth, spread, and invasion, a team of engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing new models that mimic aspects of the mechanical environment within the body, providing new insight into how and why tumors develop in certain ways. In research p...

Understanding mechanics behind cancer cell growth could improve diagnosis and treatment Colon cancer cells in an aggregate embedded in a bioinert hydrogel As cancer and tumor cells move inside the human body, they impart and are subject to mechanical forces. In order to understand how these actions affect cancer cell growth, spread, and invasion, a team of engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing new models that mimic aspects of the mechanical environment within the body, pro...