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Investigating the Interfacial Structure of Potato Protein Microgels at the Air-Water Interface
Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Figure 1 displays SAXS curves for samples of 10 wt % ( Figure 1 A) and 15 wt % ( Figure 1 B) PoP systems. SAXS measurements were conducted on samples of nongelled potato protein solutions (PoP), dispersions of microgels (PoPM) and bulk gels (labeled ‘Gel’, i . e . protein solutions gelled within the SAXS capillaries, subjected to the same time–temperature profile as the bulk gels described in the Methods above).
Unravelling Protein–Fungal Hyphae Interactions at the Nanoscale
Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Microorganisms have become a valuable sustainable resource leading the advancement toward greener global material applications across a wide range of fields such as energy, agriculture, food, packaging, pollution, and chemical industries.
Unravelling Protein–Fungal Hyphae Interactions at the Nanoscale
Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Microorganisms have become a valuable sustainable resource leading the advancement toward greener global material applications across a wide range of fields such as energy, agriculture, food, packaging, pollution, and chemical industries.
Grain and Domain Microstructure in Long Chain N-Alkane and N-Alkanol Wax Crystals
Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Waxes encompass a rich variety of technologically as well as biologically important solids. Some of the simplest waxes, paraffin waxes are used in many products from polishes, lubricants, and waterproof coatings to electrical insulators.
Evidence for a transfer-to-trap mechanism of fluorophore concentration quenching in lipid bilayers
Significance This study furthers our understanding of the fundamental physical behavior of fluorescent molecules, particularly the energy-dissipating “quenching” process that occurs at high molecular concentrations.
Four ways the Government promised to fix housing since 2019 and what they’ve actually done
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Winkworth agent acquires two South London office franchises
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The critical role of frameworks in unlocking transition finance without unleashing greenwashing
The financial services industry faces a major hurdle in the race to net zero. There’s strong momentum behind investment in low-carbon technologies – but that’s only part of the solution to tackling climate change. To meet their net-zero targets, financial institutions – especially banks and asset managers – also need to finance the transition of carbon-intensive sectors and assets. That’s where the opportunities are, but where guidance is currently lacking.
Growing pains: maintaining credibility in the sustainability-linked loan market
Amidst the growth of sustainable finance, one instrument has achieved outsize prominence; the sustainability-linked loan or SLL, which incentivises a borrower to achieve sustainability targets by linking them to the interest rate payable on the loan.
Transforming sustainable plant proteins into high performance lubricating microgels - Nature Communications
Abstract With the resource-intensive meat industry accounting for over 50% of food-linked emissions, plant protein consumption is an inevitable need of the hour. Despite its significance, the key barrier to adoption of plant proteins is their astringent off-sensation, typically associated with high friction and consequently poor lubrication performance.
Secondary schools must embrace greater choice
To make ends meet, schools have been forced to cut support staff and halt enrichment activities. Meanwhile, local newspapers are highlighting how more children are missing out on their first-choice secondary schools due to increasing demand.
The Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics for Assessing Flow-Induced Acoustics to Diagnose Lung Conditions
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Universities were built for academia, not training
Universities are great places. They are the forefront of research and innovation, the home of rigorous academia, and an opportunity for learners to truly immerse themselves in a subject area they care about. But it’s no secret that, right now, higher education is facing heat. Students are demanding more bang for their buck, while policymakers pile on the pressure to be everything for everyone. The problem isn’t what universities are or what they should be.
LAAAMP-AfLS Africa Workshop
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Assessing the Government's "unemployment insurance" proposal — Pundit
What’s a ‘social insurance’? The government’s proposed income insurance scheme is being described as a “social insurance” scheme. What does that mean, and why is the characterisation important for how you think about the scheme and how it could be funded? What is the proposal? Basically, the idea is that if someone loses their job through redundancy or for health reasons, they get 80% of their usual salary for up to seven months, and help to try and find a new job.
Government must learn from mask exemption mess — Pundit
The current COVID-19 Order requires face coverings in some circumstances, for example in retail businesses at level 2 and on public transport at all alert levels. There is a medical exemption which, in practice, has been muddled. And, the hard work is being done by the people least resourced to do it. The government must learn from this mess as we move towards vaccine certificates.
Vaccine mandates: a severe step responding to a dire situation — Pundit
Vaccine mandates should not be seen as anything other than a severe step responding to a dire situation. This post is aimed at responding to some of the arguments I’ve been hearing from the pro-mandate side (which I’m on), that I worry are concerningly quick to dismiss the human rights concerns that arise here. The dialogue in this area is not helped by some of the loudest opponents of the mandates putting forward illogical and non-reality-based arguments.
The hole in the vaccine mandate — Pundit
The government is introducing a vaccine mandate which will cover much of the work force. There’s a hole: an unclear provision for exemptions is probably wider in scope that the Ministry of Health seems to think. Public health experts have been saying that the group of people for whom vaccination is clinically contraindicated is tiny.
ACC and birth injuries - a change all to the good? — Pundit
What’s with the Government’s technical approach to extending ACC to cover some birth injuries? The Government plans to expand ACC to cover some birth injuries. That’s good. But it’s doing it in a daft way. Instead of just changing the definition of accident, it’s also providing a list of the only injuries that can get cover as birth injuries. I explain why this is unnecessary and problematic. Why are birth injuries not already included?
Questioning the government’s “ACC is about physical injuries” narrative — Pundit
In trying to defend their decision not to make a special extension of the ACC scheme to include victims of the mosque attacks, the government seems to be pushing a narrative that the ACC scheme is about physical injuries. I have two objections to this. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, the physical/mental divide is dubious and problematic. Content note:describes terrorist attacks and other awful things happening to people. Why is this debate happening – a short history?
The Kafkaesque nature of the WorkSafe charges against GNS Science — Pundit
Somebody must have made a false accusation against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong. Reads the opening sentence of Franz Kafka’s The Trial (translated from German). After being arrested, Josef K. is freed and told to await instructions. I’m not sure if I need to give a spoiler alert for a novel published almost 100 years ago, but, despite attempting to engage with an incomprehensible and labyrinthine legal system, Josef K.
Now’s the time – expand ACC — Pundit
Having ruled out Capital Gains Tax and Wealth Tax, the incoming Labour government must be looking for some significant progressive policies that they haven’t already ruled out. Expanding the ACC scheme fits that brief, and the Green Party have conveniently already proposed doing so. But, how to fund it?
To charge or not to charge, that is the question — Pundit
Both Labour and National are talking about requiring people arriving in New Zealand to pay $3,000 of the cost of the mandatory managed isolation/quarantine period. The policy has been criticised as “shameful”. There are petitions against it. I have some concerns about the politics behind the proposal, but I’m neither strongly for or against the proposal – here’s why. First of all, let’s set out what we’re talking about here. People coming to New Zealand must go into managed isolation for two weeks.
The great big list of John Key’s big fat lies (UPDATED)
Written By: BLiP - Date published: 7:00 am, January 27th, 2016 - 76 comments Categories: Abuse of power, accountability, activism, alcohol, assets, auckland supercity, benefits, brethren, business, child welfare, christchurch earthquake, climate change, Conservation, crosby textor, cycleway, Dirty Politics, disaster, economy, Economy, education, employment, energy, Environment, equality, exports, farming, farming, Financial markets, flip-flop, food, global warming, Globalisation, greens,...
The “no true Kiwi” fallacy - and how to avoid it
You commit the “no true Kiwi” fallacy by insisting that bigotry isn’t the real Kiwi way. Doing so isn’t just flawed reasoning, it ignores those for whom bigotry is a very real part of their lives. Instead: listen, re-examine, aspire, and be a helper. The “no true Scotsman” fallacy “No true Scotsman” is an informal logical fallacy – an error in reasoning. Typically, it comes up when one person puts forward a generalization that someone else is trying to refute.
Freedom of speech means what we want it to mean
The decision by Auckland mayor Phil Goff to deny far right speakers Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux a speaking venue has reignited the debate about ‘free speech’ and its limits. Perhaps fittingly, there’s been a lot said and written on the subject of “free speech” and about the justifiable grounds for its restriction. In this blog post, we want to focus on just one aspect of the debate: the meaning of “freedom of speech”.
Discovering diamonds - CERN Courier
A new technique for sorting diamond from rock based on technology developed for high-energy physics detectors is poised to make mines more efficient. Des physiciens des particules ont développé, à partir d’une technologie créée pour des détecteurs de physique des hautes énergies, une nouvelle technique pour distinguer les diamants de la roche.
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