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Football: Young Humble team gets first chance to build chemistry with summer workouts – Chron.com

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Danzig

Humble offensive lineman Jaden Deloach going through drills.

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Humble offensive lineman Jaden Deloach going through drills.

Football: Young Humble team gets first chance to build chemistry with summer workouts

When Lierick Reed Jr. walked into the Humble field house on Monday to fill out paperwork and get his temperature checked before the first summer workout, he saw some familiar faces he hadnt seen in person for a while.

He said he couldnt hold back his emotions when he ran into his teammates and coaches.

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I had a smile on my face when I walked in, Reed said. They all were happy to see me, and I was happy to see them too.

Reed and the Wildcats went right back to work for the first time since spring break.

Strength and conditioning started on Monday and the Wildcats were ready to work in the Texas heat to prepare for the 2020-2021 season while following the new guidelines set forth by the UIL that preach safety and social distancing.

For instance, indoor workout facilities must stay below a maximum 25% capacity, no shared food or water is allowed and hand-sanitizing and washing stations are part of the requirements. There are also limits on the lengths of practices and the types of drills students can do.

Coach Charles West admits that the first day had some challenges, but he was happy to see his players back on the field.

This is all new to everybody, West said. Were all in the same boat because of COVID-19. Youre happy to see your kids coming in and getting a workout in. Were making sure that safety is first and reminding the kids of social distancing. Im not sure what the season will look like, but we will be ready.

Humble had a magical 2019-2020 season that ended in the regional quarterfinals, or the third round of the Class 6A Division playoffs. West secured his first two playoff wins at Humble.

Quarterback Jeremiah Knott hopes he can help the Wildcats continue their winning ways this season.

We have to remember what they did, Knott said. The legacy is riding on us now. We have to keep working and pushing, and we will get there just like they did. We just have to make sure everyone is coming to workouts because we have to build that chemistry. Thats the most important thing right now.

Humble doesnt participate in spring ball, but still lost time to workout and learn the Xs and Os of football. West said the team must recover the lost time and learn the system.

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We lost a lot of learning time in the classroom where we take a deep look at the game, West said. We work at a slow pace, and were a young team this year. We teach a lot of our philosophies and what we teach on the field. Its very important that we get that time with our kids. We didnt get that time during the school year.

Reed has been a starter on varsity since his freshman season and isnt looking for any setbacks this season.

The Wildcats are in District 21-6A, which is one of the best in the state.

Humble will face Humble ISD foes Summer Creek, Atascocita, Kingwood along with back-to-back state champions North Shore, C.E. King and Beaumont West Brook.

If we want to do what we did last year and go farther its going to take a lot more work, Reed said. We have to keep on putting the work in consistently every single day.

The weight racks are being used again in the Humble weight room, an important step to build chemistry.West believes thats where a football team can come together and build that foundation of brotherhood.

The main thing is football is a team sport, West said. The biggest thing is for them is seeing one another and building that camaraderie. Kids will individually get into shape but if a football team is training together every day, theyre going to be successful.

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Former Chemistry Chair Lieber Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Making False Statements Regarding Relations to China | News – Harvard Crimson

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Danzig

A federal grand jury indicted former Harvard chemistry chair Charles M. Lieber on two counts for making false statements to federal investigators who were examining funding he received from the Chinese government, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

Lieber will be arraigned at a later date. The charge of making false statements allows for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000, according to a DOJ press release.

The first count alleges that Lieber purposely told federal investigators in 2018 that he was never asked to participate in the Thousand Talents Program and that he wasnt sure how China categorized him. In fact, representatives of Wuhan University of Technology in China previously asked Lieber to participate in the Thousand Talents Program, and he signed a three-year contract as a One Thousand Talent high level foreign expert in 2012, according to charging documents.

The Chinese government established the Thousand Talents Program in 2008, hoping to attract scholars from across the world to contribute to Chinese development. The U.S. government has since said the program poses a danger to national security.

The grand jury also indicted Lieber on a second charge of making false statements for causing Harvard to tell the National Institutes of Health in 2019 that he had never participated in the Thousand Talents Program.

Federal authorities arrested Lieber on Jan. 28; Harvard placed him on paid administrative leave later that day. Lieber was released after accepting a $1 million bail agreement.

Harvard spokesperson Jason A. Newton wrote in an email that the University is reviewing the indictment.

Liebers lawyer, Marc L. Mukasey, wrote in an emailed statement that the government has this wrong.

Professor Lieber has dedicated his life to science and to his students, Mukasey wrote. Not money, not fame, just his science and his students. He is the victim in this case, not the perpetrator.

Mukasey added that his client will be fighting the charges.

When justice is done, Charlies good name will be restored and the scientific community again will be able to benefit from his intellect and passion, Mukasey wrote.

Staff writer James S. Bikales can be reached at james.bikales@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @jamepdx.

Staff writer Kevin R. Chen can be reached at kevin.chen@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @kchenx.

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Meila Igel Named American Chemical Society Student Of The Year – Estes Park news

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Danzig

By: Pam Frey

Each year Estes Park High School gets to select the most outstanding Chemistry student to receive the American Chemical Society student of the year award. This year that honor goes to Meila Igel. She has worked hard all year, has maintained an almost perfect grade and has shown perseverance even through a cloud school setting. There is not a student more deserving of this award this year.

In a typical year the students and their families celebrate with a banquet and guest speaker and are presented a medal from ACS. With Covid-19, the in-person celebration didnt happen, but students were still recognized with their medals being mailed directly to them.

Meila is not only an outstanding student in Chemistry, but in all of her classes. She is also currently in Anatomy and Physiology and is again a phenomenal student in that class. Meila would like to pursue medicine in her future. She still has one more year of high school and has not decided where she would like to go, but is leaning towards Grand Canyon University. She was the captain of the cross-country team this year and loves to hike in her Chacos. She loves cute dogs and a really good cup of coffee. Meila has so much potential to make a difference in the world. In times like today with our current pandemic I see students like Meila as a beacon of light towards the future. She is an amazing young woman and I am excited to see how she makes her mark on the world.

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The Global Pine-Derived Chemical Market is expected to grow from USD 3,984.50 Million in 2018 to USD 5,783.26 Million by the end of 2025 at a Compound…

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Danzig

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Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jung-jae promise great chemistry in Deliver Us From Evil – The Korea Herald

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Danzig

Leading men Hwang Jung-min (left) and Lee Jung-jae attend a press conference Friday to promote Deliver Us From Evil. (CJ Entertainment)

The two actors and the director, Hong Won-chan, held a promotional press conference Friday ahead of the films release in July.

While the 2013 film was notable for the bromance between the two actors, this time around the pair takes on an action-packed killer vs. killer chase.

Hit man In-nam, played by Hwang, completes what he believes to be his last mission only to find himself being chased by butcher Ray, played by Lee. Upon learning of a kidnapping case in Thailand, In-nam heads to Bangkok. Ray, who believes In-nam is behind his brothers death, follows.

The story is about a character who has sinned being redeemed by another character, director Hong said.

While a lot of people are excited to see the two actors team up again, it was in some ways a burden for me as a producer. I felt the pressure to portray the two actors differently.

The two characters are very different from each other and also from the actors previous roles.

Hwang said, It was fun. Just like the audience, I also felt great excitement when I faced Lee as Ray in the film. We talked a lot before the action scenes.

"Deliver Us From Evil" poster (CJ Entertainment)

The characters arent ordinary, so the locations also had to be far from mundane. Bangkok is a very special city. While its metropolitan for the most part, there are some chaotic and sacred aspects to the city as well, and we tried to express those qualities in the film, Hong said.

Hong Kyung-pyo, in charge of cinematography, has worked with several acclaimed directors before. They include Bong Joon-ho on Snowpiercer (2015) and Parasite (2019), Na Hong-jin on Wailing (2016) and Lee Chang-dong on Burning (2018).

While actor Park Jung-min plays one of the main roles, Park does not appear in any promotional images. Explaining Parks absence, Lee said the rising star was a surprise gift for the audience, hinting at the actors transformation in the film.

Park, 33, made his name in 2011 with the award-winning film Bleak Night and rose to stardom with the 2016 film Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, for which he won several awards for best new actor.

Our film is not based on any true story or historical incident and we focused wholly on expanding the cinematic elements of the action genre, director Hong said. We hope the audience can come to the cinema and indulge in it on a large screen, the director said.

By Choi Ji-won (jwc@heraldcorp.com)

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GOATdate Herds Locked Down Love Seekers With Chemistry In Mind – Forbes

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Danzig

Theres a new app out there in the social media world called GOATDate. Thankfully, now livestock is involved in the platform whatsoever. Weve been locked up due to Coronavirus for a long time, but (thankfully) not that long.

The new-to-the-social-media-market app is a video-first dating service that seems well-timed to this era in which COVID-19 made even the most social love seeker a quarantined hermit. According to its designers, the GOATdate app aims to simultaneously modernize and humanize the virtual dating experience and they seem to be off to a solid start as their reports indicate a 100% increase in user numbers during the past week.

While many other social media dating services rely on swiping and texting, the GOATdate app wants ... [+] users to test their romantic chemistry.

The apps raison d'tre is establishing chemistry as the prime focus of virtual dating in place of mere photos or preprogrammed questionnaires. The GOATdate procedures look to make the online dating experience more efficient than other social media apps such as Tinder, Match.com or Bumble by cutting out the back and forth texting.

The platform also makes it unnecessary to endure the potentially uncomfortable push and pull of trying to set up FaceTime or Skype appointments to meet as much as any new couple can during this spring of COVID-19.

Dating serviced based more on video interaction and less on swipes or text messages boomed over recent weeks as virtual interaction became the only option available for those seeking a partner. The minds behind GOATdate argue the new players on the pitch and the old standards who add video features are still rooted primarily in photo, chat and text functions.

The GOATdate app lets users "graze" before moving into a "face to face" video meet during COVID-19 ... [+] quarantine.

At GOATdate, users review their match profiles and setup video dates limited to five minutes. Thats the Graze phase as users like potential fellow GOATdaters. When theres a match, both parties engage in a five-minute video date. Would-be partners have that period to deduce whether theyre interested in pursuing the match any further.

To give the video date a little head butt with horns, the app provides a cheat sheet for the users to review with conversation starters slanted toward the people involved in the short date. All users must undergo a required security video verification to minimize fake profiles, online cons or cat fishing.

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Introducing chirality to give organic electronics a twist – Chemistry World

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Danzig

Every undergraduate chemist knows the rule that aromatic molecules are flat. Matthew Fuchter knows that rules have exceptions, and that exceptions can lead to innovations. He works a lot with helicenes fused aromatic rings that spiral around an axis. As well as being far from flat, theyre also chiral. The helicenes are chiral aromatics without any chiral centre. And this coupling of molecular chirality to their optical and electronic properties leads to fascinating effects, such as record breaking optical rotation, he explains.

Helicenes unusual structure make them an interesting organic synthesis target, but Fuchter is also eager to explore their applications. We developed the means to make one particular helicene at scale but were surprised that despite the fact these are fully conjugated molecules, and so in principle can act as organic semiconductors, helicenes were not really being explored in the context of organic electronic materials.

New approaches to organic electronic materials is a topic that Fuchter says he skirted around for some time. His PhD was on porphyrin-like macrocycles with interesting optical and electronic properties. And he completed a postdoc with photovoltaics maestro Andrew Holmes, then at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Now, controlling molecular structure to manipulate the function of molecules is central to Fuchters work.

In particular, using chirality in organic electronic materials could enhance technologies such as data storage, biosensors and spectroscopy. For example, Fuchter and his colleagues have created organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) by blending achiral light emitting polymers with enantiopure helicenes. The helicenes enable the device to emit circularly polarised light, rather than nonpolarised light, which can bypass an anti-glare filter and improve the energy efficiency of OLED displays.

One of the reasons I was interested in becoming an academic is that I really liked learning about new things

Another strand to Fuchters work concerns medicinal chemistry: developing tool molecules to validate therapeutic targets. His team design, synthesise and optimise molecules that modulate a target protein by inhibiting or stimulating its activity, which they use to verify if that protein is associated with a disease. While many of the medicinal chemistry projects he leads are at an early stage of the drug discovery process, he has also been involved in more advanced studies. One of the projects he co-led resulted in a first-in-class cancer drug thats now in Phase 2 clinical trials. The drug inhibits CDK7, a kinase enzyme that helps regulate transcription and promotes cell cycle progression. Some cancers become dependent on CDK7 so inhibiting this enzyme simultaneously targets two drivers of pathogenesis.

These outwardly disparate research strands are united by their shared reliance on organic synthesis and structurefunction relationships. Ultimately, we make molecules to answer questions or develop new opportunities, Fuchter says. But the way in which you judge success for medicinal chemistry versus electronic materials is very different.

Fuchter inspecting an OLED device prepared by his colleagues

Source: New York Academy of Sciences

Doping a conventional light emitting polymer with a helicene can generate substantial levels of circularly polarised-electroluminescence

Source: 2013 WILEYVCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Fuchter's team helped develop ICEC0942, a selective CDK7 inhibitor. Early lab-based tests showed it was successful in targeting resistant breast cancers

Fuchter discussing the latest synthesis results with his PhD student Rosie Fischer

Source: New York Academy of Sciences

I like doing fundamental science, but fundamental science thats framed within applied science. A lot of people talk about these two areas being almost like theyre mutually exclusive, but I think they can feed off each other; that you can be motivated by obtaining a certain real world outcome through the use of your molecule, but in turn, make interesting fundamental discoveries that then require further scientific study.

Fuchter says an organisational challenge he is currently trying to tackle is to make the different subgroups in his research team more aware of what the others are working on. Ive been trying to find mechanisms to get people from different backgrounds or project areas to talk together about their science, because left field ideas can come from those interactions. For example, his group is currently pursuing several new ideas for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral molecules, based on their understanding of the physics of chiral materials. Likewise, his group is leveraging its discovery of molecules that can be interconverted into two different isomers using light to develop photoswitchable therapeutic agents and energy storage materials alike.

Earlier this year, Fuchter was listed as a chemistry finalist in the 2020 UK Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in recognition of his work developing new functional systems in applications ranging from electronic materials to therapeutic agents. As well as earning him $30,000 (23,000), Fuchter is now one of the Blavatnik Science Scholars a group that meets annually to nurture scientific collaborations and discourse. He describes being named a finalist as a real shock youre aware of the nomination but you never think that youre going to get it and incredibly exciting. For someone like me, who likes to interact with lots of different scientists and collaborate, the networking opportunities from this type of award are incredible.

Proactively seeking collaborations is a defining characteristic of Fuchters research strategy. Im not one of those scientists who goes to the same meeting every year to meet the same people. I go to lots of different conferences on lots of different topics. One of the reasons I was interested in becoming an academic in the first place is that I really liked learning about new things. I think what continues to inspire me is to go to broad topic meetings where you learn about things that you just werent aware of or familiar with. And it creates many ideas.

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Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh speaks about creating her on-screen chemistry with Jodie Comer – digitalspy.com

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Danzig

Killing Eve is back for a third season and after seeing the first episode, fans have been delighted that the drama is just as compelling as ever.

One of the many elements of the show that keeps viewers coming back for more is the twisty relationship between MI6 agent Eve Polastri (Sanda Oh) and assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer), as they swing from violence to tenderness in their obsession with one another.

And actress Oh says that the main secret to keeping the characters' relationship as interesting as it is, is by maintaining a sense of mystery.

"We really dive into the relationship," she told The Sun. "We both understand there's a lot of mystery between Eve and Villanelle and we play it as such. Usually what happens is, story-wise, Eve and Villanelle are kept apart and at a certain point they crash into each other then have their storyline together."

Related: Why Killing Eve's Jodie Comer admires Villanelle

The actress, who also starred in Grey's Anatomy as Cristina Yang for 10 seasons, described her relationship with her co-star Comer as "profound", saying that they "trust each other when the magic is happening".

And Oh is filled with praise for Comer, saying that she is "blown away" by the Newcastle-born actress' ear for accents.

"Jodie has a remarkable ear. She is so talented," she said. "When you hear what she really sounds like you're blown away."

With the global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus having shut down production on film and television sets worldwide Oh revealed that she doesn't know when work on a fourth season will be possible.

"We are scheduled to go back to Killing Eve in September, but we don't know," she said. "Our show is international. You can't shoot Africa in Scotland, for example. And we don't know what is going on with Scotland."

Related: Killing Eve season 3 is the "most emotionally rocky" yet

The actress added that although we are living through a very difficult time, she is hopeful that the arrival of new episodes of Killing Eve will serve as a welcome distraction for people.

"For us, globally, this month is very tense," she said. "And the fact that the show is coming earlier and hopefully providing a little respite, a positive distraction and energy for people while they are sheltering inside, I'm really grateful for."

Following the shock twist in the third season's opening episode, Killing Eve star Sean Delaney (who plays Kenny Stowton) has weighed in on a big fan theory about his character's mum, Carolyn Martens (Fiona Shaw).

Killing Eve airs on BBC America in the US and BBC iPlayer in the UK. You'll also be able to watch the opening episode of season three tonight (April 19) at 9.15pm on BBC One.

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Should You Buy Chemical Industries (Far East) Limited (SGX:C05) For Its Dividend? – Yahoo Finance

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

Today we'll take a closer look at Chemical Industries (Far East) Limited (SGX:C05) from a dividend investor's perspective. Owning a strong business and reinvesting the dividends is widely seen as an attractive way of growing your wealth. Yet sometimes, investors buy a popular dividend stock because of its yield, and then lose money if the company's dividend doesn't live up to expectations.

While Chemical Industries (Far East)'s 2.4% dividend yield is not the highest, we think its lengthy payment history is quite interesting. There are a few simple ways to reduce the risks of buying Chemical Industries (Far East) for its dividend, and we'll go through these below.

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SGX:C05 Historical Dividend Yield April 10th 2020

Companies (usually) pay dividends out of their earnings. If a company is paying more than it earns, the dividend might have to be cut. So we need to form a view on if a company's dividend is sustainable, relative to its net profit after tax. In the last year, Chemical Industries (Far East) paid out 11% of its profit as dividends. We like this low payout ratio, because it implies the dividend is well covered and leaves ample opportunity for reinvestment.

We also measure dividends paid against a company's levered free cash flow, to see if enough cash was generated to cover the dividend. Chemical Industries (Far East) paid out 55% of its free cash flow last year, which is acceptable, but is starting to limit the amount of earnings that can be reinvested into the business. It's encouraging to see that the dividend is covered by both profit and cash flow. This generally suggests the dividend is sustainable, as long as earnings don't drop precipitously.

While the above analysis focuses on dividends relative to a company's earnings, we do note Chemical Industries (Far East)'s strong net cash position, which will let it pay larger dividends for a time, should it choose.

Consider getting our latest analysis on Chemical Industries (Far East)'s financial position here.

From the perspective of an income investor who wants to earn dividends for many years, there is not much point buying a stock if its dividend is regularly cut or is not reliable. For the purpose of this article, we only scrutinise the last decade of Chemical Industries (Far East)'s dividend payments. Its dividend payments have declined on at least one occasion over the past ten years. Its most recent annual dividend was S$0.015 per share, effectively flat on its first payment ten years ago.

We're glad to see the dividend has risen, but with a limited rate of growth and fluctuations in the payments, we don't think this is an attractive combination.

Given that the dividend has been cut in the past, we need to check if earnings are growing and if that might lead to stronger dividends in the future. Chemical Industries (Far East)'s EPS are effectively flat over the past five years. Over the long term, steady earnings per share is a risk as the value of the dividends can be reduced by inflation. Growth has been hard to come by. On the plus side, the dividend payout ratio is low and dividends could grow faster than earnings, if the company decides to increase its payout ratio.

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When we look at a dividend stock, we need to form a judgement on whether the dividend will grow, if the company is able to maintain it in a wide range of economic circumstances, and if the dividend payout is sustainable. Above all, we're glad to see that Chemical Industries (Far East) pays out a low fraction of its earnings and, while it paid a higher percentage of cashflow, this also was within a normal range. Unfortunately, the company has not been able to generate earnings growth, and cut its dividend at least once in the past. While we're not hugely bearish on it, overall we think there are potentially better dividend stocks than Chemical Industries (Far East) out there.

Investors generally tend to favour companies with a consistent, stable dividend policy as opposed to those operating an irregular one. Meanwhile, despite the importance of dividend payments, they are not the only factors our readers should know when assessing a company. To that end, Chemical Industries (Far East) has 3 warning signs (and 1 which is concerning) we think you should know about.

If you are a dividend investor, you might also want to look at our curated list of dividend stocks yielding above 3%.

If you spot an error that warrants correction, please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. Simply Wall St has no position in the stocks mentioned.

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A Man Attacked An Asian Woman Taking Out Her Trash At Night. She Now Has Chemical Burns On Her Face And Body. – BuzzFeed News

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

An Asian woman in Brooklyn, New York, was taking out her trash when a man outside her apartment building doused her with a substance that gave her chemical burns before running away, police said.

The attack took place on Sunday night in the Sunset Park neighborhood. In a video released by the New York Police Department, the woman appears to be taking out her trash when the man, who is sitting on the stoop, stands up as she exits the building, and approaches her from behind with a bottle in his hand.

"There was no interaction between the individual and the victim prior to the assault," the NYPD said.

The woman, who is 39 years old, was admitted to the Maimonides Medical Center with chemical burns to her face, neck, and back. Police said she was in stable condition.

The NYPD is asking for the public's help to identify the man, whose ethnicity is unknown. He was wearing a face mask, gloves, and a black hoodie.

Police confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the victim is Asian.

The motive behind the assault remains unclear. Reports of attacks against Asians in the US and Europe have skyrocketed in the past weeks as people express fears over the coronavirus through xenophobic and racist violence.

Law enforcement agencies in the US were also warned about a possible increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans over the coronavirus. "The FBI makes this assessment based on the assumption that a portion of the US public will associate COVID-19 with China and Asian American populations," the report stated.

President Donald Trump's rhetoric has further fueled concern that Asian communities could bear the brunt of violent backlash over the pandemic. Trump has been repeatedly condemned for choosing to refer to the coronavirus as the "Chinese virus," insisting the term is "not racist" because "it comes from China."

Though the new coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, it quickly became a global pandemic, with the US now leading in the number of confirmed cases. The Trump administration has faced intense criticism for its inaction early in the virus's spread in the country, and for failing to provide adequate support to states battling the outbreak.

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Wesleyan chemistry teacher among Top 35 Women in Higher Education – Danbury News Times

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

By Wesleyan University Staff

Erika Taylor, associate professor of chemistry at Wesleyan University, is among the Top 35 Women in Higher Education in the March 20 issue of Diverse.

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Erika Taylor, associate professor of chemistry at Wesleyan University, is among the Top 35 Women in Higher Education in the March 20 issue of Diverse.

Wesleyan chemistry teacher among Top 35 Women in Higher Education

MIDDLETOWN Erika Taylor, associate professor of chemistry at Wesleyan University, is honored among the Top 35 Women in Higher Education in the March 20 issue of Diverse Education.

Taylor joined the faculty in 2007 and teaches courses in the areas of organic chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, and bio-medicinal chemistry, among others.

Shes also associate professor, environmental studies, and associate professor, integrative sciences, and takes a multidisciplinary approach to investigating problems at the biological chemistry interface.

Diverse acknowledged Taylor for striv(ing) to find ways to exploit enzymes found in nature to perform reactions that can help advance the fields of chemistry and medicine. Her research group has included over 75 students to date, spanning high schoolers to PhD students, with women and other underrepresented students comprising more than three-quarters of her lab members.

Taylor also serves as the faculty director of Wesleyans Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Program, which assists students from underrepresented groups in preparing for, entering, and progressing successfully through post-graduate education.

Diverse cited her for being a passionate advocate for diversity and lending time and energy to provide opportunities in science for female, minority, and low-income students.

In 2018, Taylor received Wesleyans prestigious Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching for her dedication to supporting the academic and personal development of all of her students.

Beyond Wesleyan, she founded and continues to run a Girls in Science camp for elementary through middle school-aged girls, which highlights the diversity of women in science.

Taylor holds a bachelors degree in chemistry with honors from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, a PhD in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was a postdoctoral research associate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

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Japanese chemistry professor shows why three kinds of masks could be effective against the virus – SoraNews24

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

A helpful science experiment shows that masks, whether bought in a store or made at home, can help protect you against coronavirus.

People in China, Korean, and Japan have always used masks as protection against the common cold, the flu, and even seasonal allergies. With the coronavirus outbreak, though, the rest of the world is coming around to the idea of wearing masks when out, with national governments outside Asia starting to recommend their use, but theres some debate. Are masks really effective protection against the virus?

Thankfully, theres science to help us figure it out! Dr. Tomoaki Okuda, Associate Professor of Applied Chemistry at Keio University, did an experiment that measured the amount of particles in the air without a mask, with a surgical mask, with a homemade paper towel mask, and with a mask made from a cloth handkerchief. Essentially, he tested whether masks of each of the three varieties were effective at blocking particles in the air, and the results were pretty interesting.

For his experiment, Okuda used a Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS), whose hose sucks in the air of the room and measures its concentration of particles per cubic centimeter. Okuda set it to only look for the concentration of particles that are around the estimated size of the virus, which is believed to be between 20 and 100 nanometers in diameter.

The screen of the SMPS displays a chart that shows the concentration of particles per cubic centimeter on the vertical axis, and the size of particles on the horizontal axis. In short, the resulting graph bars show the concentration of each particle diameter per cubic centimeter.

As a control experiment, Okuda ran the hose without anything covering it, and the SMPS measured about 6,000 particles per cubic centimeter of air in the room that are between 10 and 150 nanometers in size. Now, imagine that youve come in contact to someone who is contagious with the disease, and among the 6,000 particles per cubic centimeter youre breathing in, there are a fair amount of virus particles in the air. Without anything covering your mouth and nose as you breathe in, the chance of you being infected could be pretty high, right?

So, Okuda tried wrapping an ordinary surgical mask, like those sold in drug stores, around the top of the hose. The air that the SMPS measured now had significantly lower amounts of particles than before; somewhere around 1,800 per cubic centimeter. Okuda estimates that this means that surgical masks are able to collect about 60-70 percent of particles of that size. That means that the majority of virus particles wont make it through the mask as youre breathing in.

Then Okuda tried a mask made out of three paper towels that had been folded in half; essentially the same as six layers of paper towels that have been stacked one on top of the other. Surprisingly, the paper towels were more efficient at catching particles than the surgical masks. According to the SMPS, the air sucked through the paper towel mask had only about 1,000 particles of that size per cubic centimeter, with a collection efficiency rate of about 80 percent.

The paper towels also seemed particularly effective on much smaller particles.

In the final experiment, Okuda used a handkerchief that had been folded over three times. When placed over the SMPS hose, it had a similar effectiveness as the surgical mask, reducing the particles in the air down to 1,800 particles per cubic centimeter. Though he doesnt specify what kind of fabric his handkerchief was made of, we might guess that it was a more common variety of cotton or polyester, which those of us ordinary people could find easily.

Okuda did mention that the virus particulars are smaller than the gaps between the fibers of a mask, but he said they arent likely to slip between the fibers because they move in Brownian motion. Essentially that means they dont move in a straight line, but randomly, because they are bumping into the molecules in the air. Because of that, the likelihood of them moving straight between the fibers is low, and theyll likely get caught among the fibers of whatever material was used to make the masks.

So there you have it! Science seems to indicate that masks are reasonably effective at catching particles that are the same estimated size is the COVID-19 virus. You might notice that 60 to 80 percent isnt completely effectivebut thats still significantly less COVID-19 viruses you could potentially be breathing in, and at any rate, with a mask youll probably be touching your face less, too, so it seems worth trying if you really want to protect yourself and those you love.

Cant find any masks at your local drug stores? Dont worry, Twitter taught us how to make one using paper towelsthough we might suggest using more than one sheetand the Daiso was kind enough to show us how to make one out of cloth, so there are several options available for you. And dont forget to study up on the right way to wear a mask before you go out!

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Pandemic Pivot: From face shields to hand sanitizer, chemical manufacturers are using tech to quickly produce COVID-19 necessities. – IndustryWeek

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

In a world where the unprecedented has become commonplace, the global chemical industry is in the midst of a massive pivot in response to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic.

Manufacturers that normally make fuel-grade alcohol are switching gears to produce neutral alcohol for disinfectants. Companies have diverted tankers full of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) to epicenters of the outbreak so it could be utilized to produce hand sanitizer. Plastics manufacturers that typically produce Mylar for hockey and lacrosse masks were instead making it for medical shields. One manufacturer, Ineos, the largest European producer of IPA and ethanolthe two raw materials needed to make hand sanitizersaid it would build three new factories in the span of 10 days, each capable of producing one million bottles of hand sanitizer per month, manufactured according to the specifications of the World Health Organization and specially designed to kill bacteria and viruses.

They were among dozens of chemical companies that were ramping up production, rallying their supply chains and adjusting their manufacturing operations in response to urgent calls for hand sanitizer, personal protective equipment, protective screens and other products.

Heres a look at several of the Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) digital capabilities that enabled companies to execute these types of pivots in the name of helping communities and people:

Connected, enterprise-wide operational intelligence. A manufacturer can continue to operate efficiently even during a major crisis-induced pivot when its entire enterprise is digitally connected and able to access and share real-time insight (such as via a robust ERP and/or CRM platform). With the ability to remotely monitor and manage raw material stocks with IIoT sensors, etc., a company can optimize stock levels to be lean yet still responsive enough to answer demand signals from a customer thats orchestrating its own pivot into a new product like face shields for medical applications.

Maybe, to meet the demands of a medical application instead of a sports application, those face shields require a different plastic formulation. Based on specifications provided by the shield manufacturer, the company supplying it with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) could immediately engage its R&D and engineering teams to tweak the molecule as needed and develop processes to produce that formulation.

Information about parameters and processes for producing the specific PET formulation needed for the face shields would then flow directly to the plant floor, the digital platform communicating the new parameters and processes to the reactor and other connected production equipment, enabling the manufacturer to quickly ramp up production of the new PET formulation, and to do so in a capital- and resource-efficient manner.

The ability to communicate, collaborate and adapt across a supply chain. As accustomed as chemical manufacturers are to B2B relationships, the COVID-19 crisis in some instances has required them to extend those relationships to the end consumer. In order to pivot their businesses to assist in meeting the publics urgent need for various products, chemical companies needed a better understanding of not just their direct B2B customers, but also their customers customersthe companies making medical visors, plastic shields and other products that have been in particularly high demand during the pandemic.

A highly networked and data-responsive system provides real-time supply and demand information at each point in the supply chain, which can be used to inform production and logistics decisions as circumstances change, down to the hour. Manufacturers can adjust or bolster production in response to surges in demand for certain materials, looping government, healthcare and other entities into the ongoing digital supply chain conversation.

Eastman was able to send an infusion of PETG film, a co-polyester commonly used for rigid medical packaging and medical devices, just in time to replenish the supply for a 3-D printing COVID-19 partnership involving the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and Austin Peay State University. The infusion came just as the partnership was running out of acetate sheet to make 10,000 urgently needed face shields for medical providers in Nashville. With insight into stock levels at its manufacturing facility in Kingsport, Tenn., the company could identify how much of the PETG film it could supply, when, then work with its new partners to get the material to them promptly.

Rapid modeling and prototyping capabilities. Premium machine learning- and AI-driven predictive tools enabled chemical manufacturers to quickly digest huge amounts of data to predict the performance and behavior of the formulations they were developing to meet pandemic-generated spikes in demand. These types of capabilities could, for example, enable a company like Ineos to model various formulations of hand sanitizer to confirm it can create one with the properties to kill bacteria and viruses.

Connected logistics. The COVID-19 crisis has underscored just how critical digitally connected logistics are to a manufacturers responsiveness and contingency planning. With the ability to monitor and manage inventory levels and location, as well as connected transportation and distribution assets, in real time, a manufacturer could respond in short order to supply and demand signals, then act in concert with its supply chain partners, government entities and healthcare providers to coordinate a timely response and cooperatively manage logistics so products could get where they needed to be expeditiously. Its how Eastman was able to deliver acetate sheet to Tennessee in a pinch.

As the COVID-19 pandemic holds the world in its grip, these kinds of advanced digital capabilities are enabling chemical manufacturers to pivot their production assets, their operations and their supply chains to meet the highly fluid and urgent needs of communities in crisis, and do so in ways they likely never imagined just a few weeks ago.

David Dunn has a degree in chemical engineering and has spent his 35-year career in and around the chemical industry. He has held numerous positions in the industry and developed a strong background in manufacturing, operations and product development. He joined SAP in 2007 as an industry principal for Chemicals and after a short time with SAP partners, he has rejoined SAP in 2020 as global industry marketing lead for Chemicals..

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Here’s what Post Malone fronting My Chemical Romance would sound like – Alternative Press

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

If you were a fan of the Hawthorne Heights and Post Malone I Fall Apart In Ohio mashup, then get ready for one better. YouTuber Call it Clarity just gave us a Posty and My Chemical Romance mashup to end all others.

The newest song takes Post Malones Circles and brilliantly combines it with My Chemical Romances I Dont Love You. Unfortunately, this one doesnt have a clever name, but it does provide a bit of humorous escape in these desperate times.

Mashups and covers are always fun. Pretending to live in another universe where blink-182 wrote a the Killers Mr. Brightside or Slipknot and NSYNC somehow synced up is a blast.

Now we have the newest content for our ears to enjoy with I Dont Love You/Circles.

The new mashup, for the most part, superimposes Post Malones vocals over My Chemical Romances I Dont Love You instrumentals, with a few Gerard Way vocal surprises tucked in there. Check it out below.

This isnt the first time Post Malone has been associated with the guys in MCR.

The rapper actually played the emo anthem Welcome to the Black Parade at Emo Nite in June of 2017. Check out the video of him rocking out to the MCR bop below.

Post-hardcore iconsA Day To Rememberand rap superstarPost Malonedont usually come up in the same sentence. They especially dont pop up in the same song. We think its safe to say that a collaboration between the two would be pretty rare. Enter the wonders of the internet.

One dedicated fan decided to contribute something we all loved. The audio mixologist created amashupbetween If It Means A Lot To You by A Day To Remember and Better Now by Post Malone. Check it out below.

From combiningPost Malone and Hawthorne Heightsto mashing togetherTaylor Swift and Fall Out Boy, mashups have been defying genres to create tracks we never knew we needed.

YouTuber Call It Clarity has made a few mashups before, mainly of two scene bands such asFall Out BoyandMy Chemical Romance. But they also love combining Posty with emo bands such asHawthorne Heights.

Both songs were incredible before, but now, If It Means Im Better Now is the perfect song for fans of every genre to cry to. Check it out below.

Tell us your favorite mashup in the comments below!

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LSU chemists preparing large batches of hand sanitizer – WBRZ

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

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BATON ROUGE - An LSU chemist has spent the last several weeks helping prepare thousands of gallons of hand sanitizer to be used in Louisiana.

Ph.D. student Anthony Mai and his advisor, LSU Chemistry Chair John Pojman, are ensuring the quality of over 5,000 gallons of hand rub sanitizer. Last week, the first two batches were placed into 5,300 bottles and distributed all over the state. Mai worked in the chemical industry before entering LSUs graduate program and is familiar with working with such large-scale amounts of liquid chemicals.

This week, the chemists and workers at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Centers soap plant warehouse mixed and bottled thousands more of the sanitizer that will be used to fight the spread of coronavirus.

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Chemist Remains Optimistic About Success of Antiviral in Treating COVID-19 – Pharmacy Times

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Danzig

The Liu group at Texas A&M University, led by chemist Wenshe Ray Liu, PhD, identified the antiviral drug remdesivir as a viable treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in January.1 Remdesivir was originally developed as a treatment for Ebola in 2014, but upon the surge of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, before the virus spread throughout the rest of the world, the Liu group investigated its use in treating COVID-19.1

The motivation that drove us was the rush against time to find alternative medicines that might be put in use to fight against the virus when it spread to the United States, Liu said in an article in Texas A&M Today.2

Following the Liu groups research, remdesivir has been tested in at least 5 large-scale clinical trials around the world and has been delivered to some patients, including the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the United States on January 21 in Washington state.2 After treatment with remdesivir, that patient successfully recovered.2

Although Liu remains convinced that remdesivir is the right drug to treat COVID-19, he explained in the interview that due to the reports of multiple strains of COVID-19, success in treating the coronavirus should not be viewed as following a single approach.2

Despite his caution, Liu explained further, Remdesivir is still the best and probably the only option to target the virus directly in patients.2

With the clinical trial studying remdesivir in the United States set to finish this week, Liu remains optimistic that the results of the study will prove the treatments efficacy.2 However, he also acknowledges that in the wide-scale use of any virus treatment, drug-resistant virus strainsare likely to develop.2 This may be especially true for COVID-19, since multiple strains of the coronavirus have been reported to exist already.2

The infectivity of the original strain shown in Wuhan was not as high as what we have observed for the current strain in the United States, he said in the interview, adding that, At this stage, the scientific community needs to prepare for the worst and work to bring other treatment options to the forefront.2

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Julian Edelman and Cam Newton show chemistry with the Patriots – The Providence Journal

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Danzig

FOXBORO The connection between Tom Brady and Julian Edelman was undeniable. You saw it in practice. You certainly saw it games over the last six seasons for the Patriots No. 1 receiver.

As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Embarking on his first training camp without Brady, not much has changed for Edelman. The 34-year-old is still clearly the best wide receiver in New England. On Sunday, it looked like his connection with quarterback Cam Newton was also undeniable.

Day 6 of training camp was Edelmans most productive practice this summer. It wasnt a coincidence that it coincided with Newtons strongest performance this summer. Edelman caught a team-high seven passes from the veteran quarterback on Sunday. Newton hit Edelman with seven of his first 15 completions in full-team drills.

"Were still just trying to get to know each other," Edelman said after Sundays practice. "Just like I am with all my new teammates, but specifically with a guy that distributes the football, just kind of getting to know each other as people on the field, off the field. Trying to build a rapport. Thats what Im also doing with (Brian Hoyer) and (Jarrett Stidham) but those guys have been around, so its been one of those things where Ive got to catch up with Cam."

The pair did a lot of catching up on this day. When 11-on-11s started, Newton hit Edelman with two of his first three passes. The receiver finished with six receptions in Newtons first 11 completions. The quarterback could also be heard apologizing for an inaccurate pass, but it was one that Edelman still caught.

After six days of camp, Edelman leads all Patriots receivers with 15 receptions. Thats a lot considering he was limited for two practice. So far, 10 of those catches have come from Newton, whos starting to pull ahead in the Patriots quarterback competition.

"I mean, any time you go out and execute a play in practice, I think that creates confidence," Edelman said." Not only in your head, but your teammates head and for that one play to happen, 11 guys have to do something right. I think the more we go out and execute, regardless of whos executing, I think thats just confidence building."

Its clear that Edelman will be a big factor with whoever starts at quarterback for the Patriots. Its certainly a good sign that hes already showing some on-field chemistry with Newton.

"Hes a smart football player just like Jarrett and Hoy are," Edelman said. "These guys are going in and working their tails off. Im really worried about going in and trying to compete myself I can you theyre all working their tail off."

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Is Tsaker Chemical Group Limited (HKG:1986) Excessively Paying Its CEO? – Yahoo Finance

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Danzig

Yi Ge has been the CEO of Tsaker Chemical Group Limited (HKG:1986) since 2014. First, this article will compare CEO compensation with compensation at similar sized companies. Next, we'll consider growth that the business demonstrates. And finally - as a second measure of performance - we will look at the returns shareholders have received over the last few years. This method should give us information to assess how appropriately the company pays the CEO.

Check out our latest analysis for Tsaker Chemical Group

At the time of writing, our data says that Tsaker Chemical Group Limited has a market cap of HK$1.4b, and reported total annual CEO compensation of CN1.5m for the year to December 2018. While we always look at total compensation first, we note that the salary component is less, at CN1.2m. As part of our analysis we looked at companies in the same jurisdiction, with market capitalizations of CN707m to CN2.8b. The median total CEO compensation was CN2.1m.

Next, let's break down remuneration compositions to understand how the industry and company compare with each other. On a sector level, around 63% of total compensation represents salary and 37% is other remuneration. So it seems like there isn't a significant difference between Tsaker Chemical Group and the broader market, in terms of salary allocation in the overall compensation package.

So Yi Ge receives a similar amount to the median CEO pay, amongst the companies we looked at. This doesn't tell us a whole lot on its own, but looking at the performance of the actual business will give us useful context. You can see, below, how CEO compensation at Tsaker Chemical Group has changed over time.

Over the last three years Tsaker Chemical Group Limited has seen earnings per share (EPS) move in a positive direction by an average of 59% per year (using a line of best fit). In the last year, its revenue is up 20%.

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This demonstrates that the company has been improving recently. A good result. It's a real positive to see this sort of growth in a single year. That suggests a healthy and growing business. Shareholders might be interested in this free visualization of analyst forecasts.

Since shareholders would have lost about 40% over three years, some Tsaker Chemical Group Limited shareholders would surely be feeling negative emotions. So shareholders would probably think the company shouldn't be too generous with CEO compensation.

Yi Ge is paid around the same as most CEOs of similar size companies.

We'd say the company can boast of its EPS growth, but we find the returns over the last three years to be lacking. Considering the improvement in earnings per share, one could argue that the CEO pay is appropriate, albeit not too low. On another note, we've spotted 2 warning signs for Tsaker Chemical Group that investors should look into moving forward.

Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies.

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Chemists look for ways to assess and improve indoor air quality – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Danzig

Stephanie Richards, a UWMadison Department of Chemistry graduate student, evaluates the cellular connection status of a QuantAQ sensor package. Photo by Joseph Gord

In a city teeming with traffic, its common to smell exhaust and other air pollutants on the street. But air pollution doesnt always stay outside. Fluctuations in outdoor air quality can cause changes in indoor air pollution, which can lead to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and can adversely affect pregnancies, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Chemists at the University of WisconsinMadison are working to better understand how air quality fluctuations outside of a building affect the composition of air inside. The project is a collaboration between the Department of Chemistry and Johnson Controls, which works in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and smart building technology.

Assistant Scientist Joseph R. Gord, from the UWMadison Department of Chemistry, checks the operation of a miniature pump which provides constant gas-throughput for an optical particle counter. Photo by Stephanie Richards

The building is alive and responds to episodic changes in air quality, says chemist and lead researcher Tim Bertram, citing increases in wildfires and exhaust from traffic flow. An air filtration system that could respond to those changes would offer the benefits of clean air, without a continuous cost.

To make this idea a reality, the researchers must first determine how the quality of outside air affects the air inside a building and if changes in air quality can be assessed quickly enough to make filtration decisions. To do so, the Bertram group teamed up with Boston-based QuantAQ to deploy four outdoor air quality sensors around the Department of Chemistrys building complex in Madison and one within the building.

We want to know if we can measure air quality around the building, Bertram says. We also want to determine what controls the variability of local air pollution and if we can measure it fast enough to make a decision.

Though other systems for air quality assessment already exist, information access takes too long to allow for immediate adjustments in filtration. The QuantAQ sensor packages measure three sizes of particulate matter, as well as levels of ozone, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, any of which could lead to lung damage and other health problems. The sensors also track meteorological data, including humidity, temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, solar irradiance, and noise.

The data are automatically uploaded to a server, allowing the scientists to assess possible correlations between things like the suns rays and an increase in ozone, or an increase in noise and the presence of an idling vehicles exhaust.

We can see graphs that show how much of each pollutant is present and how it lines up with each sensor, says Stephanie Richards, a graduate student on the project. The system uploads five, one-minute averages every five minutes, so we get 60 points per hour, per sensor.

Johnson Controls, which funded the research, may be able to use the results of this research to create technology that could determine when air filtration is needed, and building designers could use this research to determine the best locations for air intakes.

For now, the current project is focused on air quality correlations, which lets the researchers do what they do best.

We get to focus on the chemistry problems of whats happening around the building, says assistant scientist Joseph Gord, and how we might address any air quality issues.

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