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Ever can't help but think you're surrounded by idiots? A leading scientist at Stanford University thinks he has the answer, and the bad news is things aren't likely to get any better.
Dr. Gerald Crabtree, a geneticist at Stanford, has published a study that he conducted to try and identify the progression of modern man's intelligence. As it turns out, however, Dr. Crabtree's research led him to believe that the collective mind of mankind has been on more or a less a downhill trajectory for quite some time.
According to his research, published in two parts starting with last year's 'Our fragile intellect. Part I,' Dr. Crabtree thinks unavoidable changes in the genetic make-up coupled with modern technological advances has left humans, well, kind of stupid. He has recently published his follow-up analysis, and in it explains that of the roughly 5,000 genes he considered the basis for human intelligence, a number of mutations over the years has forced modern man to be only a portion as bright as his ancestors.
"New developments in genetics, anthropology and neurobiology predict that a very large number of genes underlie our intellectual and emotional abilities, making these abilities genetically surprisingly fragile," he writes in part one of his research. "Analysis of human mutation rates and the number of genes required for human intellectual and emotional fitness indicates that we are almost certainly losing these abilities," he adds in his latest report.
From there, the doctor goes on to explain that general mutations over the last few thousand years have left mankind increasingly unable to cope with certain situations that perhaps our ancestors would be more adapted to.
"I would wager that if an average citizen from Athens of 1000 BC were to appear suddenly among us, he or she would be among the brightest and most intellectually alive of our colleagues and companions, with a good memory, a broad range of ideas, and a clear-sighted view of important issues. Furthermore, I would guess that he or she would be among the most emotionally stable of our friends and colleagues. I would also make this wager for the ancient inhabitants of Africa, Asia, India or the Americas, of perhaps 2000–6000 years ago. The basis for my wager comes from new developments in genetics, anthropology, and neurobiology that make a clear prediction that our intellectual and emotional abilities are genetically surprisingly fragile."
According to the doctor, humans were at their most intelligent when "every individual was exposed to nature's raw selective mechanisms on a daily basis." Under those conditions, adaption, he argued, was much more of a matter than fight or flight. Rather, says the scientists, it was a sink or swim situation for generations upon generations.
"We, as a species, are surprisingly intellectually fragile and perhaps reached a peak 2,000 to 6,000 years ago," he writes. "If selection is only slightly relaxed, one would still conclude that nearly all of us are compromised compared to our ancient ancestors of 3,000 to 6,000 years ago."
That doesn't mean it's all downhill, though. Dr. Crabtree says, "although our genomes are fragile, our society is robust almost entirely by virtue of education, which allow strengths to be rapidly distributed to all members."
"We have a long time to solve it. People 300 years ago had no idea where we'd be scientifically now," he says. "We'll be able to deal with this problem with a range of humane and ethical solutions."
SOURCE: http://rt.com/usa/intelligence-stanford-years-fragile-531/
collective mind, Dr. Gerald Crabtree, genetics, genomes


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January 12, 2021 · by Mirza Baig	· in Features, TV.	·
In a dramatic turn of events, the Lincoln Lawyer series that was in the works at CBS at one point is now coming to Netflix with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (6 Underground) replacing Logan Marshall-Green as the title character.
The legal drama hails from A+E Studios (Big Sky) as well as writers David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife), who will also executive produce alongside Ross Fineman (Goliath) and bestselling author Michael Connelly.
Humphrey will serve as showrunner on The Lincoln Lawyer, and Season 1 will consist of 10 one-hour episodes that will be based on The Brass Verdict, which is the second book in Connelly's series.
CBS had given The Lincoln Lawyer a significant production commitment before opting not to move forward with the project last May, citing issues stemming from the pandemic. There were rumors that Amazon would swoop in, as Connelly's Bosch series airs on the streamer, but Netflix came to the rescue instead and decided to make the casting swap.
Garcia-Rulfo will play Mickey Haller, an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, and the show will follow Mickey as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles.
Garcia-Rulfo has played supporting parts in The Magnificent Seven, Sicario: Day of the Soldado and Netflix's own big-budget action movie 6 Underground, but he's a bold choice for this high-profile role. Fortunately, he's also an interesting pick, as we rarely see lawyers on television who aren't white or Black. He may not be the A-list star that Matthew McConaughey is, but I look forward to seeing him make this role his own.
Connelly wrote a brief blog post for Netflix regarding the announcement, so check out the edited version below.
What a year 2020 was. As writers we are used to sheltering in place, but this was different. It was the first time since college where I found myself unable to write for five weeks. But then things started to look up. In November, I released the sixth installment in The Lincoln Lawyer book series, The Law of Innocence. It had been seven years since the last book, and Mickey Haller had been ruminating in my mind.Today, I'm excited to announce that after a bit of a journey, Mickey Haller will come to life once again on screen – this time in the TV series adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer coming to Netflix and starring the wonderful and talented Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.The Lincoln Lawyer series will be adapted to serve up the complex and mysterious arcs fans know and love with a mix of light-hearted humor and a dose of family dynamics.Manuel is the ideal Mickey Haller, as Haller follows in the footsteps of his attorney father with the showmanship of his Mexican movie star mother. Manuel brings a powerful dynamic and dimension to the role — one that aligns with the books and will give the show the opportunity to celebrate the Latinx heritage and roots of this Los Angeles-based story.I'm thrilled to call Netflix our home. And I'm excited to bring this rich, multilayered story filled with intriguing characters and mysteries to solve to millions of viewers — both old and new fans — around the world.
via Collider
Tags: #ManuelGarciaRulfo, #Netflix, #TheLincolnLawyer
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Positive COVID-19 cases in India near 3.5 lakh mark
India registered over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row pushing tally to 3,43,091 on Tuesday, while the death toll rose to 9,900 with 380 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The country recorded 10,667 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours.
The number of active cases stands at 1,53,178, while 1,80,012 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the officially updated figure at 8 am.
"Thus, around 52.46 per cent patients have recovered so far," an official said.
India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the US, Brazil and Russia.
According to the Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling COVID-19 data from all over the world, India is in the eighth position in terms of death toll.
The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners.
Of the 380 new deaths, Maharashtra accounted for the highest 178 fatalities followed by Delhi at 73, Tamil Nadu at 44, Gujarat 28, Haryana 12, West Bengal 10, Rajasthan 9 and Madhya Pradesh 6.
Andhra Pradesh and Punjab have reported 4 fatalities each, Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka 3 each, Telangana 2 and Bihar, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala 1 each.
Of the total 9,900 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 4,128 fatalities followed by Gujarat with 1,505 deaths, Delhi with 1,400, West Bengal with 485, Tamil Nadu with 479, Madhya Pradesh with 465, Uttar Pradesh with 399, Rajasthan with 301 and Telangana with 187 deaths.
The death toll reached 100 in Haryana, 89 in Karnataka, 88 in Andhra Pradesh, and 71 in Punjab.
Jammu and Kashmir has reported 62 COVID-19 fatalities, Bihar 40, Uttarakhand 24, Kerala 20 and Odisha 11.
Jharkhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh have registered 8 deaths each while Chandigarh has reported 6, Puducherry 5, while Meghalaya, Tripura and Ladakh have reported 1 fatality each, according to the health ministry.
More than 70 per cent deaths have happened due to comorbidities, the ministry said.
Maharashtra has reported maximum number of cases at 1,10,744 followed by Tamil Nadu at 46,504, Delhi at 42,829, Gujarat at 24,055, Uttar Pradesh at 13,615, Rajasthan at 12,981 and West Bengal at 11,494, according to the health ministry's data updated in the morning.
The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 10,935 in Madhya Pradesh, 7,722 in Haryana, 7,213 in Karnataka and 6,650 in Bihar.
It has risen to 6,456 in Andhra Pradesh, 5,220 in Jammu and Kashmir, 5,193 in Telangana, 4,158 in Assam and 4,055 in Odisha.
Punjab has reported 3,267 novel coronavirus cases so far, while Kerala has 2,543 cases.
A total of 1,845 people have been infected by the virus in Uttarakhand, 1,763 in Jharkhand, 1,756 in Chhattisgarh, 1,086 in Tripura, 592 in Goa, 556 in Himachal Pradesh, 555 in Ladakh and 490 in Manipur.
Chandigarh has registered 354 COVID-19 cases, Puducherry has 202 cases, Nagaland has 177, Mizoram has 117, Arunachal Pradesh has 91, Sikkim has 68, Meghalaya 44, while Andaman and Nicobar Islands has registered 41 infections so far.
Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu together have reported 36 COVID-19 cases.
"Our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR's," the ministry said, adding 7,684 cases are being reassigned to states.
State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation, it added.
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And the Biggest Liar of 2010 Is…
BY Colin Patrick
David Milz is the king liar of 2010 - at least according to the Burlington Liars' Club. Time describes the club this way:
"The liars' club began back in 1929 as a fun way to honor the creativity and humor of well-worked exaggeration. Lifetime membership costs just $1, and anyone can submit their own lies for free (no, really). It's based in Burlington, near Milwaukee, and numbers some 2,500 members around the world.
Here's the big whopper that earned Milz this dubious honor:
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met."
Several people have pointed out that this line isn't a Milz original, but rather a a well-known joke by the subversive comic legend Steven Wright. So, did Milz lie about this being his lie? It would seem rather fitting.
Check out more winning lies from the past.


Three-part cards with 11 images for the object to photo matching activity. The printable features isolated photographic images of different breeds of dogs.
Includes a set of common dog breeds vocabulary cards – dachshund, Dalmatian, golden retriever, shih-tzu, collie, German shepherd, beagle, boxer, Great Dane, Doberman, bulldog.


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The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) offers a wide range of legal services to low-income immigrants. Attorneys and trained staff provide consultations and legal representation on the following matters:
Deferred Action for Eligible Youth (DACA)
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Legal representation for immigrants who are in deportation proceedings.
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Immigrants applying for permanent residence through a family-based application.
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Please note that NIJC can only provide legal consultation to individuals living in the Chicago and Goshen, Indiana, region. Individuals living outside the Chicago region can find a list of free and low-cost immigration legal aid organizations throughout the country on the U.S. Department of Justice website.
NIJC offers consultations by appointment only. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most consultations are being conducted virtually.
Make an appointment:
Call 312-660-1370 or email immigrantlegaldefense@heartlandalliance.org.
The phone line is open to appointment requests Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Seven Lakes has this on their 2019 calendar, so I figured I'd start a really early thread on it.
Maybe BOA Waco will actually happen this time!
I know of two BOA SA finalists from Austin and one from DFW that will be there! I'll let them post their calendars before it's official though.
I believe John Horn has confirmed as well? I could be wrong.
Round Rock, Hendrickson, John Horn, and North Mesquite all have Waco on their public calendars.
Let's just hope the rain doesn't have Waco on theirs.
Looking to be a super exciting contest!
Yes we (John Horn) have it, it will be the first time we will be participating in any BOA competitions!
This is gonna be a bloodbath! All 11 of those bands are very strong!
Thats surely not even the full list. I think once again this might be the regional I am most hyped for because I really have no idea what to expect!
Yeah I know! Its just crazy when what is likely less than half the list are all VERY strong bands.
Bands Of America has announced that BOA Waco will be at McLane Stadium at Baylor!
I saw that! Very exciting!!!
yikes, just brushed up on the situation at north mesquite- hopefully they can pull through and have a great season next year, they soooooo deserve it.
Fingers crossed that Horn and North get to go together as originally planned.
North Mesquite has the weekend of BOA SA as "TBD", hopefully they make that trip with Horn as well.
When the contest was reintroduced last season, I was kind of surprised that they didn't host it at McLane the first go around. I figured it was kind of testing the waters, but I'm glad they decided the contest went so well that they would host it at Baylor.
It was originally scheduled at McClane, but some type of fundraiser marathon was ending at the stadium parking lot. BOA decided (appropriately) that the other event would interfere with logistics of the contest, so it was moved. I would assume they worked to ensure no double bookings of a similar sort will occur this next year.
Or maybe they've decided to use the bands and their props as an obstacle course for the marathon runners?


I'm still trying to decide whether I like the ending to this book or not. It is very unconventional and…creative. I'm not sure it would work in reality, but I give author Adam Pelzman credit for attempting something different.
Overall, this was an incredibly satisfying read. I loved it start to (mostly, I think?) finish. It is always a wonderful feeling discovering new authors that I enjoy, and I will definitely be on the lookout for more books by Pelzman.
Big thank you to GP Putnam's Sons and Amazon Vine for the Advanced Reader Copy of this book!


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Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa
Email: tasefa@rci.rutgers.edu
Office: CBE-138; Lab: CBE-159/161
Website: http://chem.rutgers.edu/people/faculty-bio/116-asefa-teddy
BSc, Distinction, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1992
MSc, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 1996-1998
PhD, University of Toronto, 1998-2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, 2003-2005
· Advisory Committee Member for the 3rd International Symposium on Energy and Environmental Photocatalytic Materials (EEPM3), Kraków, Poland; Spring, 2018.
· Scientific Advisory Board Member for the journal - Materials Today Nano, Elsevier; 2017–Date.
· Scientific Advisory Board Member for the journal - Small Methods, Wiley; 2017-Date.
· Guest Editor, Special Issue, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering (FCSE), Springer; 2017–2018.
· Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Spring 2016.
· CNPq Science Without Borders Fellowships for Visiting Professorship, Brazil; 2014–2017.
· Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Fellowship for Visiting Professorship, Switzerland; 2015–2016.
· Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Maringá State University, Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil; 2014–2017.
· Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Fall 2014.
· Guest Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China; June 2013.
· Rutgers Board of Trustees Research Fellowships for Scholarly Excellence; 2012
· NSF-CBET, NanoEHS Award; 2011–2014
· NSF Special Creativity Award; 2011–2013
· NSF-DMR, American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) Fellow, One of the 10 National Awardees for 2010.
· International Advisory Board Member for International Symposium of Nanoporous Materials; 2007–Date.
· NSF CAREER Award; 2007–2012
· NSF Grant, Division of Materials Research (DMR); 2008–2011
· Miller Postdoctoral Fellow Nominee, University of California at Berkeley; 2002
· University of Toronto Open Fellowships; 1999–2002
· Fulbright Fellow, University of Delaware and State University of New York at Buffalo; 1996–1998
· Dean's List and Distinction Graduate; 1989–1992
Nanoparticles and Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Novel Structures and Multifunctional Groups and Their Applications
Multifunctional Self-Assembled Monolayers on Surfaces and Nanoparticles and their Self-Assembled Structures
Catalysis and Nanocatalysis
Multifunctional Nanoporous and Mesoporous Materials for Drug-Delivery
Nanomaterials in Cancer Treatment
Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
(1) Polshettiwar, V. and Asefa, T. "Nanocatalysis: Synthesis and Applications" ~736 pages, Edited by, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. ISBN: 978-1-118-14886-0. Released July 2013:
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111814886X.html
(8) Asefa, T.*; Dubovoy, V. "Ordered Mesoporous/Nanoporous Inorganic Materials via Self-Assembly" Invited Book Chapter In: Atwood, J. L., (ed.) Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II, 2017, vol. 9, pp. 157-192. Oxford: Elsevier.
(7) Asefa, T.; Huang, X. "Nanocatalysis: Catalysis by Nanomaterials" Invited Book Chapter in Handbook of Solid State Chemistry, First Edition. Edited by Richard Dronskowski, Shinichi Kikkawa, and Andreas Stein, 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
(6) Polshettiwar, V.*; Asefa, T.*; "Introduction to Nanocatalysis" Book Chapter In
Nanocatalysis: Synthesis and Applications" (V. Polshettiwar, T. Asefa, eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 1-10.
(5) Asefa, T.*; Biradar, A. V.; Das, S.; Sharma, K. K.; Silva, R. "Nanocatalysts for the Heck Coupling Reactions" 40 pages, Book Chapter in "Nanocatalysis: Synthesis and Applications" (V. Polshettiwar, T. Asefa, eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 11-50.
(4) Asefa, T.*; Biradar, A. V.; Das, S.; Sharma, K. K. "Nanostructured Catalysts for the Henry, Aldol, and Knoevenagel Reactions" 30 pages, Book Chapter in "Nanocatalysis: Synthesis and Applications" (V. Polshettiwar, T. Asefa, eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 221-250.
(3) Asefa, T.*; Anan, A.; Duncan, C. T.; Xie, Y. "Spherical & Anisotropic Non-Magnetic
Core-shell Nanomaterials - Synthesis and Characterization" Invited Book Chapter in a Book "Non Magnetic Bi-Metallic and Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Life Sciences", Editor: Challa S. S. R. Kumar, Wiley-VCH, Volume 3, Chapter 9, 2009, pp. 281-330.
(2) Asefa, T.*; Anan, A.; Duncan, C. T.; Xie, Y. "Functionalized Nanoporous and
Mesoporous Heterogeneous Catalysts – New Synthetic Strategies and Applications" Invited Book Chapter in a Book "Heterogeneous Catalysis Research Progress", Editor: Mathias B. Gunther, Nova Publishers, New York, Chapter 2, 2009, pp. 81-110.
(1) Asefa, T.*; Sharma, K. K.; Anan, A.; Vathyam, R.; Buckley, R. P.; Dam, H. M.; Xie,
Y.; Quinlivan, S.; Wang, G.; Duncan, C. "Efficient and Selective Nanoporous
Catalysts by Placing Multiple Site-Isolated Functional Groups on Mesoporous
Materials" Invited Book Chapter In "Nanoporous Materials" (A. Sayari and M.
Jaroniec, eds.), World Scientific Publ. Co., Singapore, 2008, pp. 497-508.
2018 (Published, Under Revision, and Submitted)
(156) Follmann, H. D. M.; Oliveira Jr, O. N.; Lazarin-Bidóia, D.; Nakamura, C. V.; Huang, X.; Asefa, T.; Silva, R. "Multifunctional Hybrid Aerogels: Hyperbranched Polymer-Trapped Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Sustained and Prolonged Drug Release" Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 1704–1715.
(155) Cazetta, A. L.; Zhang, T.; Silva, T. L.; Almeida, V. C.; Asefa, T.* "Bone Char-derived Metal-free N- and S-co-doped Nanoporous Carbon and its Efficient Electrocatalytic Properties for Hydrazine Oxidation" Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 2018, 225, 30–39.
(154) Peta, S.; Zhang, T.; Dubovoy, V.; Koh, K.; Hu, M.; Wang, X.; Asefa, T* "Facile Synthesis of Efficient and Selective Ti-Containing Mesoporous Silica Catalysts for Toluene Oxidation" Mol. Catal. A 2018, 444, 34–41.
(153) Silva, T. L.; Cazetta, A. L.; Pezoti, O.; Zhang, T.; Silva, R.; Asefa, T.; Almeida, V. C.* "Mesoporous Activated Carbon Fibers Synthesized from Denim Fabric Waste: Efficient Adsorbents for Removal of Textile Dye from Aqueous Solutions" J. Clean. Prod. 2018, 171, 482–490.
(152) Zhang, T.; Low, J.; Koh, K.; Yu, J.; Asefa, T* "Mesoporous TiO2 Comprising Small, Highly Crystalline Particles for Efficient CO2 Reduction by H2O" ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 531–540.
(151) Ma, X.-X.; Asefa, T.*; He, X.-Q.* "Hierarchically Porous Co3C/Co-N-C Modified Graphitic Carbon: A Trifunctional Corrosion-Resistant Electrode for Oxygen Reduction, Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Evolution Reactions" Electrochemica Acta, 2017, 257, 40-48.
(150) Chen, Y.; Yu, G.; Chen, W.*; Liu, Y.; Li, G.-D.; Zhu, P.*; Tao, Q.; Li, Q.; Liu, J.; Shen, X.; Li, H.; Huang, X.; Wang, D.; Asefa, T.;* Zou, X.* "Highly Active, Nonprecious Electrocatalyst Comprising Borophene Subunits for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 12370–12373. (Also, on Front Cover of JACS; Featured in JACS Spotlights; and Featured in Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN), 2017, 95, Issue 30, Page 8). http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i30/Borophene-units-split-water.html?type=paidArticleContent
(149) Huang, X.; Zhang, T.; Asefa, T.* "Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Microparticles and Micromotors with Single Holes Templated by Colloidal Silica-Assisted Gas Bubbles" Small, 2017, 13, 1700256 (1-6).
(148) Zhang, T.; Low, J.; Huang, X.; Al-Sharab, J. F.; Yu, J.;* Asefa, T.* "Copper-Decorated Microsized Nanoporous TiO2 Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction by H2O" ChemCatChem, 2017, 9, 3054–3062.
(147) Asefa, T.*; Huang, X. "Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Materials for Electrocatalysis" Chem Eur J. 2017, 23, 10703–10713. (On Front Cover of the journal).
(146) Koh, K.; Jeon, M.; Yoon, C. W.*; Asefa, T.* "Formic Acid Dehydrogenation over Pd NPs Supported on Amine-Functionalized SBA-15: Effect of Catalyst Structure on Activity" J. Mater. Chem A, 2017, 5, 16150–16161 (Also on a Front Cover and a Hot Paper).
(145) Wu, Y.; Liu, Y.; Li, G.-D.; Zou, X.; Lian, X.; Wang, D.; Sun, L.; Asefa, T.*; Zou, X.* "Efficient Electrocatalysis of Overall Water Splitting by Ultrasmall NixCo3-xS4 Coupled Ni3S2 Nanosheet Arrays" Nano Energy, 2017, 35, 161–170.
(144) Follmann, H. D. M.; Naves, A. F.; Araujo, R. A.; Dubovoy, V.; Huang, X.; Asefa, T.; Silva, R.; Oliveira, O. N.* "Hybrid Nanocomposites as Multifunctional Biomaterials" Curr. Pharma. Des., 2017, 23, 3794–3813.
(143) Faber, K. T.*; Asefa, T.; Backhaus-Ricoult, M.; Brow, R.; Chan, J.; Dillon, S.; Fahrenholtz, W.; Finnis, M. W.; Garay, J. E.; Garcia, E.; Gogotsi, Y.; Haile, S. M.; Halloran, J.; Hu, J.; Huang, L.; Jacobsen, S.; Lara-Curzio, E.; LeBeau, J.; Lee, W. E.; Levi, C. G.; Levin, I.; Lewis, J. A.; Lipkin, D. M.; Lu, K.; Luo, J.; Maria, J.-P.; Martin, L. W.; Martin, S.; Messing, G.; Navrotsky, A.; Padture, N.; Randall, C.; Rohrer, G. S.; Rozenflanz, A.; Schaedler, T.; Schlom, D.; Sehirlioglu, A.; Stevensen, A.; Tani, T.; Tikare, V.; Trolier-McKinstry, S.; Wang, H.; Yildiz, B. "The Role of Ceramic and Glass Science Research in Meeting Societal Challenges: Report from an NSF-Sponsored Workshop" J. Am. Cer. Soc., 2017, 100, 1777–1803.
(142) Fragal, E. H.; Fragal, V. H.; Huang, X.; Campos, A.; Cellet, T. P.; Pereira, G. M.; Mikmekova, E.; Rubira, A. F.; Silva, R.;* Asefa, T* "From Ionic Liquid-Modified Cellulose Nanowhiskers to Highly Active Metal-Free Nanostructured Carbon Catalysts for Hydrazine Oxidation Reaction" J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 1066–1077.
(141) Koh, K.; Jeon, M.; Chevrier, D. M.; Zhang, P.; Yoon, C. W.*; Asefa, T.* "Novel Nanoporous N-Doped Carbon-Supported Ultrasmall Pd Nanoparticles: Efficient Catalysts for Hydrogen Storage and Release" Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2017, 203, 820–828.
(140) Zhang, Y.; Zhang, X.; Ma, X.; Guo, W.; Wang, C.; Asefa, T.*; He, X.* "A Facile Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Highly Porous Carbon Nanoplatelets: Efficient Catalysts for Oxygen Electroreduction" Sci. Rep. (Nature Pub. Group), 2017, 7, 43366.
(139) Zhu, Y.; Nakanishi, T.; Kanamori, K.; Nakanishi, K.*; Ichii, S.; Iwaida, K.; Masui, Y.; Kamei, T.; Shimada, T*; Kumamoto, A.; Ikuhara, Y. H.; Jeon, M.; Hasegawa, G.; Tafu, M.; Yoon, C. W.*; Asefa, T* "Amine/Hydrido Bifunctional Nanoporous Silica with Small Metal Nanoparticles Made Onsite: Efficient Dehydrogenation Catalyst" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 36–41.
(138) Huang, S.; Meng, Y.*; He, S.; Goswami, A.; Wu, Q.; Li, J.; Tong, S.; Asefa, T.*; Wu, M.* "N-, O- and S-tridoped Carbon-encapsulated Co9S8 Nanomaterials: Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting" Adv. Funct. Mater., 2017, 27, 1606585.
(137) Martins, A. C.; Cazetta, A. L.; Pezoti, O.; Souza, J. R. B.; Zhang, T.; Pilau, E. J.; Asefa, T.; Almeida, V. C.* "Sol-gel Synthesis of New TiO2/Activated Carbon Photocatalyst and its Application for Degradation of Tetracycline" Ceramic Int. 2017, 43, 4411–4418.
(136) Asefa, T.* "Metal-Free and Noble Metal-Free Heteroatom-Doped Nanostructured Carbons as Prospective Sustainable Electrocatalysts" Acc. Chem. Res. 2016, 9, 1873–1883.
(135) Koh, K.; Meng, Y.; Huang, X.; Zou, X.; Chhowalla, M.; Asefa, T.* "N- and O-Doped Mesoporous Carbons Derived from Rice Grains: Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Hydrazine Oxidation" Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 13588–13591.
(134) Chen, H.; Yu, G.; Li, G.-D.; Xie, T.; Sun, Y.; Liu, J.; Li, H.; Huang, X.; Wang, D.; Asefa, T.*; Chen, W.*; Zou, X.* "Unique Electronic Structure in a Porous Ga-In Bimetallic Oxide Nano-Photocatalyst with Atomically Thin Pore Walls" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11442–11446.
(133) Landers, J.; Colon-Ortiz, J.; Zong, K.; Goswami, A.; Asefa, T.; Vishnyakov, A.; Neimark, A. V.* "In Situ Growth and Characterization of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Within Polyelectrolyte Membranes" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11522–11527.
(132) Huang, X.; Zhou, L.-J.; Voiry, D.; Chhowalla, M.; Zou, X.*; Asefa, T.* "Monodisperse Mesoporous Carbon Nanoparticles from Polymer/Silica Self-Aggregates and Their Electrocatalytic Activities" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2016, 8, 18891–18903.
(131) Wu, Y.; Li, G.-D.; Yang, L.; Liu, Y.; Lian, X.; Asefa, T.*; Zou, X.* "Overall Water Splitting Catalyzed Efficiently by an Ultrathin Nanosheet-Built, Hollow Ni2S3-Based Electrocatalyst" Adv. Funct. Mater., 2016, 26, 4839–4847.
(130) Asefa, T.; Huang, X. "Nanocatalysis: Catalysis by Nanomaterials" Invited Book Chapter in Handbook of Solid State Chemistry, (Ed. Andreas Stein), John Wiley and Sons, 2016, Accepted for Publication; In Press.
(129) Voiry, D.; Fullon, R.; Yang, J.; Silva, C. C. C.; Kappera, R.; Bozkurt, I.; Kaplan, D.; Lagos, M.; Batson, P.; Gupta, G.; Mohite, A.; Dong, L.; Er, D.; Shenoy, V.; Asefa, T.; Chhowalla, M. "The Role of Electronic Coupling between Substrate and 2D MoS2 Nanosheets on Electro-Catalytic Production of Hydrogen" Nature Mater., 2016, 15, 1003–1009.
(128) Fragal, V. H.; Cellet, T. S. P.; Pereira, G. M.; Fragal, E. H.; Costa, M. A.; Nakamura, C. V.; Asefa, T.; Rubira, A. F.; Silva, R.* "Ultrathin Layers of PVA and PAA and In Situ Formed Ag Nanoparticles as Versatile Antimicrobial Surfaces" Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2016, 91, 329–337.
(127) Huang, X.; Zhang, T.; Zou, X.; Tao, Z.*; Asefa, T.* "Improving Dissolution of Fenofibrate with Yeast Cells-Derived Hollow Core/Shell Carbon Microparticles" RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 30226–30233.
(126) Du, J.*; Huang, X.; Zhao, R.; Li, J.; Asefa, T.* "Hierarchically Self-Assembled Star-Shaped ZnO Microparticles: Novel Materials for Electrochemical Sensing of Amines" Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 8068–8073.
(125) Cazetta, A. L; Martins, A. C.; Pezoti, O.; Bedin, K. C.; Beltrame, K. K.; Asefa, T.; Almeida, V. C.* "Synthesis and Application of N–S-Doped Mesoporous Carbon obtained from Nanocasting Method using Bone Char as Heteroatom Precursor and Template" Chem Eng. J., 2016, 300, 54–63.
(124) Du, J.*; Wu, J.; Zhao, R.; Yao, H.; Asefa, T.; Li, J. "Synthesis and Gas-Sensing Performance of Column-Shaped Zinc Oxide Doped with Graphene" Mater. Today, 2016, 3, 345–349.
(123) Cazetta, A.; Pezoti, O.; Bedin, K.; Silva, T.; Paesano Junior, A.; Asefa, T.*; Almeida, V.* "Magnetic Activated Carbon Derived from Biomass Waste by Concurrent Synthesis: Efficient Adsorbent for Toxic Dyes" ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2016, 4, 1058–1068.
(122) Gawande, M. B.; Goswami, A.; Felpin, F.-X.; Asefa, T.; Huang, X.; Silva, R.; Zou, X.; Zboril, R.*; Varma, R.* "Cu and Cu-Based Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications in Catalysis" Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 3722–3811.
(121) Martins, A.; Huang, X.; Goswami, A.; Koh, K.; Meng, Y.; Almeida, V.; Asefa, T.* Reviewer "Fibrous Porous Carbon Electrocatalysts for Hydrazine Oxidation" Carbon, 2016, 102, 97–105.
(120) Biradar, A. A.; Biradar, A. V.; Sun, T.; Chan, Y.; Huang, X.; Asefa, T.* "Bicinchoninic Acid-Based Colorimetric Chemosensor for Detection of Low Concentrations of Cyanide" Sensors Actuators B, 2016, 222, 112–119.
(119) Datta, K. J.; Gawande, M. B.; Datta, K. K. R.; Ranc, V.; Pechousek, J.; Krizek, M.; Tucek, J.; Kale, R.; Pospisil, P.; Varma, R. S.; Asefa, T.; Zoppellaro, G.*; Zboril, R.* "Micro–mesoporous iron oxides with record efficiency for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide: morphology driven catalysis for the degradation of organic contaminants" J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 596–604.
(118) Fragal, V. H.; Cellet, T. S.; Fragal, E. H.; Pereira, G. M.; Garcia, F. P.; Nakamura, C. V.; Asefa, T.; Rubira, A. F.; Silva, R.* "Controlling Cell Growth with Tailorable 2D Nanohole Arrays" J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2016, 466, 150–161.
(117) Araujo, R. A.; Rubira, A. F.; Asefa, T.; Silva, R.* "Metal Doped Carbon Nanoneedles and Effect of Carbon Organization with Activity for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER)" Carbohydr. Polym., 2016, 137, 719–725.
(116) Feng, L.-L.; Yu, G.; Wu, Y.; Li, G.-D.; Li, H.; Sun, Y.; Asefa, T.*; Chen, W.*; Zou, X.* High-Index Faceted Ni3S2 Nanosheet Arrays as Highly Active and Ultrastable Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14023–14026.
Featured in JACS Spotlight: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.5b11387
(115) Zhang, T.; Huang, X.; Asefa, T.* "Nanostructuring Polymers with High Surface Area using Inorganic Templates for Efficient Extraction of Anionic Dyes from Solutions" Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 16135–16138.
(114) Zou, X.; Sathe, B.; Silva, R.; Goswami, A.; "Bio-Inspired Synthesis of Efficient H2-Evolving Electrocatalysts: Cu Ions-Doped g-Carbon Nitride" Appl. Surf. Sci. 2015, 357, 221–228.
(113) Liu, Y.; Yu, G.; Li, G.-D.; Sun, Y.; Asefa, T.*; Chen, W.*; Zou, X.* "Coupling Mo2C with Nitrogen-Rich Nanocarbon Leads to Efficient Hydrogen-Evolution Electrocatalytic Sites" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 10752–10757. (Front Cover).
(112) Gawande, M.; B.*; Guo, H.; Asefa, T.; Goswami, A.; Biradar, A. V.; Peng, D.-L.; Zboril, R.*; Varma, R. S.* "Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Applications in Catalysis and Electrocatalysis" Chem Soc. Rev. 2015, 44, 7540-7590.
(111) Silva, R.; R. Silva, G. M. Pereira, D. Voiry, M. Chhowalla, T. Asefa* "Co3O4 Nanoparticles/Cellulose Nanowhiskers-Derived Amorphous Carbon Nanoneedles: Sustainable Materials for Supercapacitors and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis" RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 49385–49391.
(110) Huang, X.; Zou, X.; Meng, Y.; Mikmeková, E.; Chen, H.; Voiry, D.; Goswami, A.; Chhowalla, M.; Asefa, T.* "Yeast Cells-Derived, Heteroatom-Doped, Hollow Core/Shell Nanocarbons as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Hydrazine Oxidation Reactions" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 1978–1986.
(109) Biradar, A. V.*; Patil, V. S.; Chandra, P.; Asefa, T.* "Trifunctional Mesoporous Silica-Based, Highly Active Catalyst for One-Pot, Three-Step Cascade Reactions" Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 8496–8499.
(108) Huang, X.; Zhang, T.; Goswami, A.; Luo, F.; Asefa, T.* "Glutathione-Triggered Release of Model Drug Molecules from Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Non-Redox Process" RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 28836–28839.
(107) Voiry, D.; Goswami, A.; Kappera, R.; Silva, C. C. C.; Kaplan, D.; Fujita, T.; Chen, M.; Asefa, T.; Chhowalla* "Covalent Functionalization of Monolayered Transition metal Dichalcogenides by Phase Engineering" Nature Chem., 2015, 7, 45–49.
(106) Alves, D. C. B. *; Silva, R.; Voiry, D.; Asefa, T.; Chhowalla, M. "Copper nanoparticles stabilized by reduced graphene oxide for CO2 reduction reaction" Mater. Renew. Sustain. Energy 2015, 4:2, 1-7.
(105) Martins, A. C.; Junior, O. P.; Cazetta, A. L.; Bedin, K. C.; Yamazaki, D. A. S.; Bandoch, G. F. G.; Asefa, T.; Visentainer, J. V.; Almeida, V. C.* "Removal of Tetracycline by NaOH-Activated Carbon Produced from Macadamia Nut Shells: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies" Chem. Eng. J., 2015, 260, 291–299.
(104) Koh, K.; Seo, J.-E.; Lee, J. H.; Goswami, A.*; Yoon, C. W.*; Asefa, T.* "Ultrasmall Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Amine-Functionalized SBA-15 as Efficient Catalysts for Formic acid Dehydrogenation" J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 20444–20449.
(103) Meng, Y.; Voiry, D.; Goswami, A.; Zou, X.; Huang, X.; Chhowalla, M.; Liu, Z.*; Asefa, T.* "Nitrogen and Sulfur Co-Doped Mesoporous Carbons as Metal-Free Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Alcohol Oxidation Reactions" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13554–13557.
(102) Huang, X.; Tao, Z.; Praskavich Jr., J. C.; Goswami, A.; Al-Sharab, J.-F.; Minko, T.; Polshettiwar, V.; Asefa, T.* "Silica Microspheres (KCC-1) with Fibrous Pore Structure Possess High DNA Adsorption Capacity and Effectively Deliver Genes" Langmuir 2014, 30, 10886–10898.
(101) Meng, Y.; Zou, X.; Huang, X.; Goswami, A.; Liu, Z.; Asefa, T.* "Polypyrrole-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbons as Metal-Free Catalyst for Hydrazine Electrooxidation" Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 6510–6516.
(100) Almeida, V. C.; Silva, R.; Acerce, M.; Junior, O. P.; Cazetta, A. L.; Chhowalla, M.; Asefa, T.* "N-Doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbons with Improved Charge Storage Capacity by Tailoring N-Dopant Density with Solvent-Assisted Synthesis" J. Mater. Chem. A. 2014, 2, 15181–15190.
(99) Sathe, B. R.; Zou, X.; Asefa, T.* "Metal-Free B-Doped Graphene with Efficient Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction" Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014, 4, 2023–2030.
(98) Al-Sharab, J.*; Mikmekova, E.; Das, S.; Goswami, A.; El-Sheikh, S. M.; Ismail, A. A.; Hesari, M.; Maran, F.; Asefa, T. "Low Energy TEM Characterizations of Ordered Mesoporous Silica-Based Nanocomposite Materials for Catalytic Applications" Microsc. Microanal. 2014, 20, 1900-1901.
(97) Zou, X.; Huang, X.; Goswami, A.; Silva, R.; Sathe, B. Asefa, T.* "Cobalt-Embedded Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanotubes Efficiently Catalyze Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at All pH Values" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4372–4376;
(96) Zou, X.: Wang, P. -P.; Li, C.; Zhao, J.; Wang, D.; Asefa, T.*; Li, G. -D.* "One-pot Cation Exchange Synthesis of 1D Porous CdS/ZnO Heterostructures for Visible-Light-Driven H2 Evolution" J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 4682–4689.
(95) Das, S.; Goswami, A.; Hesari, M.; Maran, F.; Asefa, T.* "Reductive Deprotection of Monolayer Protected Nanoclusters: An Efficient Route to Supported Ultrasmall Au Nanocatalysts for Selective Oxidation" Small 2014, 10, 1473–1478.
(94) Nguyen-Phan, T.-D.; Pham, V. H.; Chung, J. S.; Chhowalla, M.; Asefa, T.; Kim, W.-J.; Shin, E.* "Photocatalytic Performance of Sn-doped TiO2/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Materials" Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 2014, 473, 21–30.
(93) Pezoti-Junior, O.; Gomes, R.; Cazetta, A. L.; Barizão, E. O.; de Souza, I. P. A. F.; Asefa, T.; Almeida, V. C. "Synthesis of ZnCl2-Activated Carbon from Macadamia Nut Endocarp (Macadamia Integrifolia) by Microwave-Assisted Pyrolysis: Optimization using RSM and Blue Methylene Adsorption" J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol. 2014, 105, 166–176.
(92) Jain, R. N.; Huang, X.; Das, S.; Silva, R.; Ivanova, V.; Minko, T.; Asefa, T.* "Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Glucose- and pH-Stimulated Release of Insulin" Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. (Wiley), 2014, 640, 616–623.
(91) Huang, X.; Goswami, A.; Zou, X.; Hayes, S.; Shah, V.; Minko, T.; Tao, Z.*; Asefa, T.* "Nanostructured TiO2 Catalyzed Oxidations of Caffeine and Isocaffeine and their Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity towards Ovarian Cancer Cells" BioNanoScience 2014, 4, 27–36.
(90) Zou, X.†; Goswami, A.†; Asefa, T.* "Efficient Noble Metal-Free (Electro)Catalysis
of Water and Alcohol Oxidations by Zinc−Cobalt Layered Double Hydroxide" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 17242–17245 († contributed equally).
(89) Voiry, D.; Yamaguchi, H; Li, J.; Silva, R.; Alves, D. C. B.; Fujita, T.; Chen, M.;
Asefa, T.; Shenoy, V.; Eda, G.; Chhowalla, M.* "Enhanced Catalytic Activity in Strained Chemically Exfoliated WS2 for Hydrogen Evolution" Nature Mater., 2013, 12, 850–855.
(88) Silva, R.; Voiry, D.; Chhowalla, M.; Asefa, T.* "Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction: Polyaniline-Derived N- and O-Doped Mesoporous Carbons" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 7823–7826.
(87) Voiry, D.; Salehi, M.; Silva, R.; Fujita, T.; Chen, M.; Asefa, T.; Shenoy, V. B.; Eda,
G.; Chhowalla, M.* "Conducting MoS2 Nanosheets as Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction" Nano Lett., 2013, 13, 6222–6227.
(86) Linguito, S. L.; Zhang, X.; Padmanabhan, M.; Biradar, A.; V.; Xu, T.; Emge, T. J.;
Asefa, T.; Li, J.* "New Polyoxomolybdate Compounds Synthesized in situ Using Ionic Liquid 1-Butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium Tetrafluoroborate as Green Solvent" New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 2894–2901.
(85) Zou, X.; Su, J.; Silva, R.; Goswami, A.; Sathe, B. R.; Asefa, T.* "Efficient Oxygen
Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by Low-Density Ni-Doped Co3O4 Nanomaterials Derived from Metal-Embedded Graphitic C3N4" Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 7522–7524.
(84) Asefa, T.* "Nanocrafting Iron-Cobalt for Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis", Invited
Highlight Paper, ChemCatChem, 2013, 5, 1698–1700.
(83) Nguyen-Phan, T.-D.; Oh, E.-S.; Chhowalla, M.; Asefa, T.*; Shin, E. W.*
"Hierarchical Macrochanneled Layered Titanates with "House-of-Cards"-Type Titanate Nanosheets and their Superior Photocatalytic Activity" J. Mater. Chem. A., 2013, 1, 7690–7701.
(82) Cazetta, A. L.; Junior, O. P.; Vargas, A. M. M.; da Silva, A. P.; Zou, X.; Asefa, T.;
Almeida, V. C.* "Thermal Regeneration Study of High Surface Area Activated Carbon Obtained from Coconut Shell: Characterization and Application of Response Surface Methodology" J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol., 2013, 101, 53–60.
(81) Zou, X.; Silva, R.; Huang, X.; Asefa, T.* "Self-Cleaning porous TiO2-Ag Core-
Shell Nanocomposite Material for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering" Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 382–384.
(80) Al Samri, M. T.; Silva, R.; Almarzooqi, S.; Albawardi, A.; Othman, A. R. D.; Al
Hanjeri, R. S. M. S.; Al Dawaar, S. K. M.; Tariq, S.; Souid, A.-K.*; Asefa, T.* "Lung Toxicities of Core-Shell-Shell Nanomaterials Composed of Carbon, Cobalt and Silica" Int. J. Nanomedicine, 2013, 8, 1223–1244.
(79) Zou, X.; Tao, Z.*; Asefa, T.* "Semiconductor and Plasmonic Photocatalysis for
Selective Organic Transformations" Invited Review Paper, Curr. Org. Chem., 2013, 17, 1274–1287.
(78) Aburawi, E. H.; Qureshi, M. A.; Oz, D.; Tariq, S.; Das, S.; Goswami, A.; Asefa, T.;
Biradar, A. V.; Souid, A.-K.; Adeghate, E.*; Howarth, F. C.* "Biocompatibility of Calcined Mesoporous Silica particles with Ventricular Myocyte: Structure and Function" Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2013, 26, 26–36.
(77) Das, S.; Goswami, A.; Murali, N.; Asefa, T.* "Efficient Tertiary Amine/Weak Acid
Bifunctional Mesoporous Silica Catalysts for Michael Addition Reactions" ChemCatChem, 2013, 5, 910–919.
(76) Silva, R.; Asefa, T.* "Noble Metal-Free Oxidative Electrocatalysts: Polyaniline and
Co(II)-Polyaniline Nanostructures Hosted in Nanoporous Silica" Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 1878–1883.
(75) Silva, R.; Al-Sharab, J.; Asefa, T.* "Edge Plane-Rich Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanoneedles (CNNs) and Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalysts" Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 7171–7175.
(74) Asefa, T.*; Tao, Z.* "Mesoporous Silica and Organosilica Materials: Review on their Synthesis and Organic Functionalization" Can. J. Chem., 2012, 90, 1015–1031.
(73) Zhang, J.; Biradar, A. V.; Pramanik, S.; Emge, T. J.; Asefa, T.*; Li, J.* "A New Layered Metal-Organic Framework as a Promising Heterogeneous Catalyst for Olefin Epoxidation Reactions" Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6541–6543.
(72) Woronowicz, K.;*, Ahmed, S.; Biradar, A. A.; Biradar, A. V.; Birnie, D. P.; Asefa, T.; Niederman, R. A.* "Near-IR Absorbing Solar Cell Sensitized With Bacterial Photosynthetic Membranes" Photochem. Photobiol., 2012, 88, 1467–1472.
(71) Asefa, T.*; Tao, Z.* "Biocompatibility of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles" Invited Review Paper, Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2012, 25, 2265–2284. (This review paper was featured in ACS's CRT site).
(70) Al Samri, M. T.; Biradar, A. V.; Alsuwaidi, A. R.; Balhaj, G.; Al-Hammadi, S.; Shehab, S.; Al-Salam, S.; Tariq, S.; Pramathan, T.; Benedict, S.; Asefa, T.*; Souid, A.-K.* "Study on In Vitro Biocompatibility of Calcined Mesoporous Silica Particles with Fetal Blood Cells" Int. J. Nanomedicine, 2012, 7, 3111–3121.
(69) Das, S.; Asefa, T.* "Core-Shell-Shell Microsphere Catalysts Containing Au Nanoparticles for Styrene Epoxidation" Top. Catal., 2012, 55, 587-594.
(68) Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.* "Nanosized Gold Catalyzed Oxidation of Alkyl-Substituted Benzenes" Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 2012, 435-436, 19–26.
(67) Asefa, T.* "Chiral Nematic Mesoporous Carbons from Self-Assembled Nanocrystalline Cellulose", Invited Highlight Paper, Angew Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 2008–2010.
(66) Wang, Y.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.* "Hollow SiO2/Pd Nanoparticles/Porous SiO2/ZrO2 Core/Multi-Shell Nanospheres with Tunable Structures and Efficient Catalytic Properties" ChemSusChem, 2012, 5, 132–139.
(65) Silva, R.; Biradar, A. V.; Fabris, L.*; Asefa, T.* "Au/SBA-15 Based Robust and Convenient to Use Powdered Nanomaterial for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) " J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 22810 - 22817.
(64) Biradar, A. V.; Biradar, A. A.; Asefa, T.* "Silica-Dendrimer Core-Shell Nanospheres with Encapsulated Ultrasmall Palladium Nanoparticles as Efficient and Easily Recyclable Heterogeneous Nanocatalysts" Langmuir, 2011, 27, 14408–14418.
(63) Ahmed, S.; Du Pasquier,A.; Birnie, D. P.*; Asefa, T* "Self-Assembled TiO2 with Increased Photoelectron Production, and Improved Conduction and Transfer: Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3, 3002–3010.
(62) Al-Sharab, J.; Halim, H.; Ahmed, S.; Asefa, T.; Birnie, D.; Tse, S.; Kear, B. "Flame Synthesis of C-Doped TiO2 Nanopowders for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells" Microsc. Microanal., 2011, 17, 1694–1695.
(61) Ahmed, S.; Du Pasquier, Asefa, T.*, Birnie D. P. III;* "Beneficial Microstructured TiO2 Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Highly Improved by Simple Surface Treatment" Adv. Energy Mater., 2011, 1, 879-887.
(60) Vathyam, R.; Wondimu, E.; Zhang, C.; Hayes, S.; Tao, Z.; Asefa, T.* "Improving Drug Adsorption and Release Properties on Nanostructured Materials with Temperature" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 31135-31150.
(59) Duncan, C. T.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.* "Aminotroponiminate/Aminotroponate-Zinc Complexes Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Catalysts for Intramolecular Hydroamination of Non-Activated Alkenes with Varied Steric and Electronic Properties" ACS Catal., 2011, 1, 736-750.
(58) Sharma, K. K.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.* "Bifunctional Organic-Inorganic Mesoporous Catalyst for Tandem Reactions" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 21, 3174-3182.
(57) Al-Salam, S.; Al Samri, M. T.; Al Shamsi, M.; Tariq, S.; Benedict, S.; Sudhadevi, M.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.;* Souid, A.-K.* "In Vitro Study of Calcined Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Mouse Lung" Toxicol. Sci., 2011, 122, 86-99.
(56) Das, S.; Asefa, T.* "Epoxide Ring Opening Reactions with Mesoporous Silica Supported Fe(III) Catalysts" ACS Catal., 2011, 1, 502-510.
(55) Wang, Y.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.* "Nanosphere Supported Shaped Pd Nanoparticles Encapsulated with Nanoporous Silica Shell: Efficient and Recyclable Nanocatalysts" J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 7834-7841.
(54) Al Shamsi, M.; Al Samri, M. T.; Al-Salam, S.; Conca, W.; Shaban, S.; Benedict, S.;
Tariq, S.; Biradar, A.; Penefsky, H. S.; Asefa, T.;* Souid, A.-K.* "Biocompatibility of Calcined Mesoporous Silica Particles with Cellular Bioenergetics in Murine Tissues" Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2010, 23, 1796-1805.
(53) Dikarev, E. V.; Kumar, D. K.; Filatov, A. S.; Anan, A.; Xie, Y.; Asefa, T.; Petrukhina, M. A.* "Recyclable Dirhodium Catalysts Embedded into Nanoporous Surface-Functionalized Organosilica Hosts for Cyclopropanation Reactions" ChemCatChem, 2010, 2, 1461-1466.
(52) Biradar, A. V.; Sharma, K. K.; Asefa, T.* "Continuous and Selective Henry Reaction over Nanoporous Silica-Supported Amine Catalyst on Fixed-Bed Reactor" Appl. Catal. A: Chem., 2010, 389, 19-26.
(51) Duncan, C. T.; Biradar, A. V.; Rangan, S.; Mishler, R. E.; Asefa, T.* "Widening, Exfoliation and Functionalization of Metal Oxide Nanostructures with Fluorinating Agent: A Route to Tuning Surfaces of Nanostructures" Chem Mater., 2010, 17, 4950-4963.
(50) Wang, Y.; Asefa, T.* "Controlled Synthesis of Water-Dispersible Cuboctahedral
Copper Nanoparticles and their Catalytic Properties" Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 10735-10743.
(49) Biradar, A. A.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.* "Immobilization of Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase on Corrugated Silica Nanospheres and their Biocatalytic Activities" ChemCatChem, 2010, 8, 1004-1010.
(48) Tao, Z.; Xie, Y.; Goodisman, J.;* Asefa, T.* "Isomer-Dependent Adsorption and
Release of Cis- and Trans-platin Anticancer Drugs by Mesoporous Silica
Nanoparticles" Langmuir, 2010, 26, 8914-8924.
(47) Tao, Z.; Toms, B. B.; Goodisman, J.;* Asefa, T.* "Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Enhance the Cytotoxicity of Platinum Anticancer Drugs" ACS Nano, 2010, 4, 789-794.
(46) Wang, Y.; Biradar, A. V.; Wang, G.; Shrama, K. K.; Asefa, T.* "Poly(allylamine)-
Stabilized Colloidal Copper Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Morphology, and Their Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties" Langmuir, 2010, 26, 7469-7474.
(45) Sharma, K. K.; Biradar, A.; Asefa, T.* "Substituent- and Catalyst-Dependent Selectivity to Aldol and Nitrostyrene Product in Heterogeneous Base Nanocatalysis" ChemCatChem, 2010, 2, 61-66.
(44) Tao, Z.; Xie, Y.; Toms, B. B.; Goodisman, J.; Asefa, T.* "Mesoporosity and
Functional Group Dependent Cytotoxicity of Silica Nanomaterials" Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2009, 22, 1869-1880.
(43) Mishler, R. E.; Biradar, A. A.; Duncan, C. T.; Schiff, E. A.*, Asefa, T.* "Solvent-Washable Polymer Templated Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica and Solid Acid Nanocatalysts in One-Pot" Chem. Commun., 2009, 6201-6203.
(42) Asefa, T.*, Duncan, C. T.; Sharma, K. K. Invited Critical Review Paper "Recent Advances in Nanostructured Sensors and Biosensors" Analyst, 2009, 134, 1980-1990. (The Top Most Accessed Article between September – December 2009).
(41) Duncan, C. T.; Fleitsch, S.; Asefa, T.* "Efficient Nanoporous Silica-Supported Zn-
Tropone Heterogeneous Catalyst for Intramolecular Hydroamination Reaction"
ChemCatChem, 2009, 1, 365-368.
(40) Tao, Z.; Wang, G.; Goodisman, J, Asefa, T.* "Accelerated Oxidation of Epinephrine
by Silica Nanomaterials" Langmuir, 2009, 25, 10183-10188.
(39) Asefa, T.*, Invited Commentary Paper on "Entrapping Cinchona Alkaloids within Metals: Chirally Imprinted Palladium by Rothenberg et al. Nature Chemistry" Chemtracts Org. Chem., 2009, 22, 121-128.
(38) DiPasqua, A. J.; Shi, Y.-L.; Mishler, R. E.; Dabrowiak, J. D.*; Asefa, T.*
"Preparation of Antibody-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles" Mater. Lett., 2009, 63, 1876-1879.
(37) Wang, G.; Otuonye, A.; Blair, E. A.; Denton, K.; Tao, Z.; Asefa, T.*
"Functionalized Mesoporous Materials with Improved Adsorption Capacity and
Release Properties for Different Drug Molecules: A Comparative Study" J. Solid
State Chem., 2009, 182, 1649-1660.
(36) Xie, Y.; Sharma, K. K.; Anan, A.; Wang, G.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.* "Efficient
Nanostructured Catalysts for Aldol Condensation Reaction" J. Catal., 2009, 265, 131-140.
(35) Asefa, T.*; Wang, G.; Blair, E. A.; Otuonye, A., Denton, K. "Multifunctional
Nanoporous Materials for Adsorption and Controlled Drug Release" Adsorption, 2009, 15, 287-299.
(34) Sharma, K. K.; Buckley, R. P.; Asefa, T.* "Optimizing Cooperative Acid-Base Bifunctional Mesoporous Catalysts for the Henry Reaction: Effects of Separation Distance of Site-Isolated Groups on Cooperative Catalysis", Langmuir, 2008, 24, 14306-14320.
(33) Asefa, T. "Book Review of Bio-inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials: Strategies,
Synthesis, Characterization and Applications" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 8871-8871.
(32) Asefa, T.*, Shi, Y.-L. "Corrugated Nanospheres and Nanocages: Synthesis via Controlled Etching and Improving Chemical Delivery and Electrochemical and Biosensing Applications" J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 5604-5614.
(31) Anan, A.; Vathyam, R.; Asefa, T. * "Controlling the Henry Reaction Products: Nitroalcohol versus Nitrostyrene by Simple Change of Amino-Groups of Aminofunctionalized Mesoporous Catalysts" Catal. Lett. 2008, 126, 142-148.
(30) Xie, Y.; Quinlivan, S.; Asefa, T.* "Tuning Metal Nanostructures within SBA-15 by Changing Metal Complexes Reduced In-situ with Grafted Imines and Hemiaminals" J. Phys. Chem. C., 2008, 112, 9996-10003.
(29) Tao, Z.; Morrow, M. P.; Sharma, K. K.; Duncan, C.; Anan, A.; Asefa, T.; Penefsky, H. S.; Goodisman, J.*, Kader, A.* "Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Inhibit Cellular Respiration" Nano Lett., 2008, 8, 1517-1526.
(28) Anan, A.; Sharma, K. K.; Asefa, T.* "Selective Efficient Trifunctional Nanoporous Catalysts for Nitroaldol Condensation: Co-Placement of Site-Isolated Multiple Functional Groups on Mesoporous Materials" J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2008, 288, 1-13. (Chosen as an Editor's Choice Article).
(27) Sharma, K. K.; Anan, A.; Buckley, R. P.; Ouellette, W.; Asefa, T.* "Towards Efficient Nanoporous Catalysts: Controlling Site-Isolation and Concentration of Grafted Catalytic Sites on Nanoporous Materials with Solvents and Colorimetric Elucidation of their Site-Isolation" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 218-228.
(26) Di Pasqua, A. J.; Sharma, K. K.; Shi, Y.-L.; Toms, B. B.; Ouellette, W.; Dabrowiak, J. C.*, Asefa, T.* "Cytotoxicity of mesoporous silica nanomaterials" J. Inorg. Biochem., 2008, 102, 1416-1423.
(25) Sharma, K. K.; Asefa, T.* "Efficient Bifunctional Nanocatalysts by Simple Postgrafting of Spatially-isolated Catalytic Groups on Mesoporous Materials" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 2879-2882.
(24) Otuonye, A.; Asefa, T.* "Efficient and Selective Nanoscale Catalysts by Solvent-Assisted Site-Isolated Grafting (SASIG) of Multiple Functional Groups on Mesoporous Materials" Chemtracts Inorg. Chem., 2007, 20, 85-93.
(23) Shi, Y.-L.; Asefa, T.* "Tailored core-shell-shell nanostructures: Sandwiching gold nanoparticles between silica cores and tunable silica shells" Langmuir, 2007, 23, 9455-9462. (Among the Top Ten Most Accessed Articles in 2007).
(22) Asefa, T.*, Shi, T.-L. "Super-stable high-quality Fe3O4 dendron-nanocrystals dispersible in both organic and aqueous solutions" Chemtracts Inorg. Chem., 2006, 19, 299-305.
(21) Asefa, T.; Lennox, R. B. "Synthesis of gold nanoparticles via electroless deposition in SBA-15" Chem. Mater., 2005, 17, 2481-2483
(20) Whitnall, W.; Asefa, T.; Ozin, G. A. "Hybrid periodic mesoporous organosilicas"
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2005, 15, 1696-1702.
(19) Asefa, T.; Kruk, M.; Coombs, N.; Grondey, H.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Jaroniec, M.; Ozin, G. A. "Novel Routes to Periodic Mesoporous Aminosilicas, PMAs: Ammonolysis of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 1662-11673.
(18) Kruk, M.; Asefa, T.; Coombs, N.; Jaroniec, M.; Ozin, G. A. "Synthesis and
characterization of ordered mesoporous silicas with high loadings of methyl groups" J. Mater. Chem. 2002, 12, 3452-3457.
(17) Kuroki, M.; Asefa, T.; Whitnal, W.; Kruk, M.; Yoshina-Ishii, C.; Jaroniec, M.; Ozin, G.A. "Synthesis and Properties of 1,3,5-Benzene Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica (PMO): Novel Aromatic PMO with Three Point Attachments and Unique Thermal Transformations" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 13886-13895.
(16) Kruk, M.; Asefa, T.; Jaroniec, M.; Ozin, G. A. "Synthesis and characterization of methyl and vinyl-functionalized ordered mesoporous silicas with high organic content" Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 2002, 141, 197-204.
(15) Asefa, T.; Ozin, G. A.; Grondey, H.; Kruk, M.; Jaroniec, M. "Recent developments in the synthesis and chemistry of periodic mesoporous organosilicas" Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 2002, 141, 1-26.
(14) Asefa, T.; Coombs, N.; Grondey, H.; Jaroniec, M.; Kruk, M.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Ozin, G. A. "Bio-inspired nanocomposites: from synthesis toward potential applications" Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2002, 711, 347-357.
(13) Kruk, M.; Asefa, T.; Jaroniec, M.; Ozin, G. A. "Metamorphosis of Ordered Mesopores to Micropores: Periodic Silica with Unprecedented Loading of Pendant Reactive Organic Groups Transforms to Periodic Microporous Silica with Tailorable Pore Size" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6383-6392. ·
(12) Matos, J. R.; Kruk, M.; Mercuri, L. P.; Jaroniec, M.; Asefa, T.; Coombs, N.; Ozin, G. A.; Kamiyama, T.; Terasaki, O. "Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica with Large Cagelike Pores" Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 1903-1905. ·
(11) Temtsin, G.; Asefa, T.; Bittner, S.; Ozin, G.A. "Aromatic PMOs: tolyl, xylyl and
dimethoxyphenyl groups integrated within the channel walls of hexagonal mesoporous silicas" J. Mater. Chem. 2001, 11, 3202-3206.
(10) Asefa, T.; Kruk, M.; MacLachln, M.J.; Coombs, N.; Grondey, H.; Jaroniec, M.; Ozin, G. A. "Sequential hydroboration-alcoholysis and epoxidation-ring opening reactions of vinyl groups in mesoporous vinylsilica" Adv. Funct. Mater. 2001, 11, 447-456.
(9) Asefa, T.; Kruk, M.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Coombs, N.; Grondey, H.; Jaroniec, M.; Ozin, G. A. "Novel Bifunctional Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas, BPMOs: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and in-Situ Selective Hydroboration-Alcoholysis Reactions of Functional Groups" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 8520-8530.
(8) Dag, O.; Yoshina-Ishii, C.; Asefa, T.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Grondey, H.; Coombs, N.;
Ozin, G. A. "Oriented periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) film with organic
functionality inside the channel walls" Adv. Funct. Mater. 2001, 11, 213-217.
(7) Asefa, T.; Coombs, N.; Dag, O.; Grondey, H.; MacLachlan, M.J.; Ozin, G.A.; Yoshina-Ishii, C. "Periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs): nanostructured organic-inorganic hybrid materials" Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2001, 628, CC3.9.1-CC3.9.8.
(6) Asefa, T.; Yoshina-Ishii, C.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Ozin, G. A. "New nanocomposites: putting organic function 'inside' the channel walls of periodic mesoporous silica" J. Mater. Chem. 2000, 10, 1751-1755. (Among the 10 most accessed articles in 2000; On the Front Cover).
(5) MacLachlan, M. J.; Asefa, T.; Ozin, G. A. "Writing on the wall with a new synthetic quill" Chem. Eur. J. 2000, 6, 2507-2511. (On Front Cover)
(4) Asefa, T.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Grondey, H.; Coombs, N.; Ozin, G. A. "Metamorphic channels in periodic mesoporous methylenesilica" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2000, 39, 1808-1811.
(3) Asefa, T.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Coombs, N.; Ozin, G. A. "Periodic mesoporous organosilicas with organic groups inside the channel walls" Nature 1999, 402, 867-871.
(2) Yoshina-Ishii, C.; Asefa, T.; Coombs, N.; MacLachlan, M. J.; Ozin, G. A. "Periodic mesoporous organosilicas, PMOs: fusion of organic and inorganic chemistry 'inside' the channel walls of hexagonal mesoporous silica" Chem. Commun. 1999, 2539-2540.
(1) Lal, M.; Joshi, M.; Kumar, D.N.; Friend, C.S.; Winiarz, J.; Asefa, T.; Kim, K.; Prasad, Paras N. "Inorganic-organic hybrid materials for photonics" Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1998, 519, 217-225.


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Ted Cruz in Awe of Kari Lake's Masterful Handling of Left-Wing Reporter
Famous Burger Chain is Finally Opening Locations in the East
Hollywood Movie Star Spotted Back in Boston Working in Dunkin' Drive-Thru
Ted Cruz Calls Out First Lady Jill Biden: 'Rules For Thee, But Not For Me'
NHL Star Who Stood Up to the Woke Mob Has His Jersey Nearly Sell Out Online
Freedom Friday $5 T-Shirt Offer - Perfect for Freedom-Loving Americans
Watch: White Couple Attacked, 'White Supremacists' for Not Raising Fist with Protestors
Apparently now if you do not hold up the communist, Black Panther's fist with Black Lives Matter protesters then you are a "white supremacist."
Watch the video below as a couple who are attempting to eat a meal in peace are terrorized by protestors for not joining in on their terroristic nonsense. One of the protestors can be seen getting in the face of the young pair who refuse to join in, like the rest of the people on the patio.
Protesters says people who don't raise there fist is a white supremact #dcprotest #dcprotests #blmprotest #ACAB #blm #Blacklivesmatter #JacobBlake#KenoshaProtests #KenoshaUprising pic.twitter.com/UBGfJmb1aV
— RawsMedia™ (@rawsmedia) August 25, 2020
That is the mob mentality. You aren't allowed to peacefully disagree with them. You either submit and bow to their rhetoric or you are a racist and they will harass you.
Black Lives Matter has been destroying the country for the past several weeks with violence, riots, looting, and burning down businesses. Although, I am not surprised. It is election year, after all.
Earlier this week, Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin after he fought with them and then ignored their warnings, walked around his car, opened the door, and reached in. That sparked a whole new round of protests and building burning.
150 members of the Wisconsin National Guard have been deployed to Kenosha, although rioters appear to be undaunted, continuing to lay waste to vehicles and local businesses for the second night in a row.
The Democrat governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, called the shooting an "attack against a Black man" and claimed, "racism is a public health crisis."
On the day of the shooting, Gov. Evers said that he "stand[s] against excessive use of force and immediate escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites," despite admitting that "we do not have all of the details yet."
This has gotten so out of control that I am not sure any form of mild actions will work. President Donald Trump needs to send the military into these Democrat run cities and put an end to this lawlessness!
South Korean Diplomat Alleges Kim Jong Un in Coma, Sister to Assume Control
Once again, the absence North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sparked speculation as to the health of the dictator.
Former aide to South Korea's late president Kim Dae-jung, Chang Song-min, is alleging that Un is in a coma and his sister, Kim Yo Jong, is set to assume control of the country.
Nun Who Led Dem National Convention Prayer Dismisses Abortion — 'Above My Pay Grade'
A nun who led prayer at the Democratic National Convention (I didn't think that Democrats believed in God) was questioned as to whether or not abortion should be allowed said that the issue is above her "pay grade."
So is she saying she is only a nun and carrying our religious duties because she is paid to do so? I hope she realizes you can't buy your way into heaven.
Detroit Absentee Ballot Disaster: 'So Inaccurate We Can't Even Attempt to Make Right'
Yikes. Chaos is already swirling as leaders in Wayne County, Michigan beg the Secretary of State to intervene in the counting of absentee ballots on primary election night.
According to reports, the numbers were alarmingly off as records ballot counts in 72% of Detroit's absentee voting precincts did not line up with the number of ballots cast.
Finally! Articles of Impeachment Drafted Against Tyrannical RINO Governor
Ah, the day I have been waiting for....the day I woke up to the news that articles of impeachment have been drafted against Ohio's RINO governor, Mike DeWine.
State Rep. John Becker is leading the pack after he drafted 10 articles of impeachment against Gov. Mike DeWine. He is now asking all 98 of his House colleagues to join in "ending the madness."
Latest Attacks on Biden and Democrats: "I Was Raped by Top Democrat Donor – I Know More Than You Will Ever Know About Their Evil"
It seems like the #MeToo movement has been pretty silent lately, or at least the media is making it seem that way.
There is one member of the movement who hasn't been silent though, and that's Rose McGowan.
Facebook DELETES Massive Pro-Second Amendment Page After New Round of Purges
Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook cronies are at it again. They are once again targeting conservatives groups.
Both Instagram and Facebook have been actively and specifically targeting a movement that is dedicated to exposing the Deep State and the corrupt pedophiles in the world. You know that group as QAnon.
Hunter Biden Privately Admitted He is the Father of Baby of 28-Year-Old Arkansas Woman, Denies it Publicly
A.F. Branco Cartoon – Trump Derangement Syndrome
Biden Urges Governors to Issue Lockdowns 'For the Time Being'
Almost 20% of Wendy's Restaurants Already Out of Beef


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Woody's Bar-B-Q Celebrates 40 Years with Burnt Ends
What began in 1980 as one bustling classic barbecue restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, grew to more than a dozen franchise locations in the Sunshine State and beyond. While the prices may have changed slightly over the last four decades, the menu at Woody's Bar-B-Q still features many of the same recipes that were originated in the kitchen of the founder and company namesake's dear mother. From the sweet and smooth banana pudding to the creamy cole slaw to the slow-smoked signature baby back ribs, patrons of Woody's Bar-B-Q still enjoy today the same dishes they enjoyed 40 years ago. However, over the years, the BBQ chain has debuted the occasional limited time offer – some of which have made the cut and become new additions to the regular menu. In celebration of its "40 Years and Still Smokin'," Woody's Bar-B-Q will be bringing back Burnt Ends – one of its hottest limited time offers from January 15 to February 29, 2020, which will be sold as a sandwich and as a dinner at participating locations.
"Ask any BBQ aficionado and they'll tell you: the mark of truly great barbecue can be found in flawlessly rendered char and pink smoke ring," says Yolanda Mills-Mawman, president and co-founder of Woody's Bar-B-Q. "To showcase ourselves as masters of our craft after 40 years in the business, we're bringing back out Burnt Ends promotion – featuring the most flavorful part of our perfectly prepared beef brisket. 'Burnt Ends' are the result of hours in the smoker to achieve just the right amount of char at the edge of a pink smoke ring that has been a signature of our Classic Southern BBQ chain since we first launched in 1980. It's basically the best of the best. We introduced our Burnt Ends sandwich and dinner in 2017, and – thanks to customer demand – we're bringing them back for a limited time for our patrons to enjoy."
The "Burnt Ends" Sandwich: More than a 1/3 lb. of cubed ends from Woody's delicious, slow-smoked Beef Brisket are served between two slices of Texas Toast, slathered in garlic butter and topped with Woody's Signature Sweet Barbecue Sauce. This flavorful sandwich comes with the choice of one of Woody's comfort food sides such as sweet potato fries, creamy cole slaw, potato salad or bar-b-q beans – among others.
The "Burnt Ends" Dinner: A heaping 1/2 lb. helping of cubed ends from Woody's delicious, slow-smoked Beef Brisket are at the heart of this dinner, which is drizzled with Woody's Signature Sweet Barbecue Sauce and served with a slice of Texas Toast and choice of two Woody's comfort food sides such as onion rings, baked potato, mashed potatoes and gravy, fried corn on the cob and more.
Woodys Bar-B-Q
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Finalists have been announced for the highest individual awards that high school basketball players in Tennessee can receive.
The Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards will be presented to the top girls and boys in TSSAA's five classifications later this month.
A statewide committee of sportswriters selects winners based on performance during the 2018-2019 regular season, with academics and character also taken into consideration. High school head basketball coaches and members of the media nominated the finalists.
This is the 35th year that the Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards have been presented to Tennessee's best high school basketball players.


I created 40+ full-page watercolor illustrations for this children's book by Paul Rest.
One of my favorite projects is developing the logo and ongoing illustrations for the podcast Nocturne. From the website: Nocturne is essay radio – a hybrid form of audio storytelling that blends elements of documentary, fiction and sound-art. It is produced by Vanessa Lowe.
If you would like me to illustrate a book, blog, video or anything else, I'd love to talk with you.


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Inside the Judgment Zone
March 19th, 2017	| Published in March 2017
People can be so truculent, never missing an opportunity to censure others. That's what makes Planet Fitness' storied promise of a "Judgement [sic] Free Zone" so appealing. Yet behind the appeal is a shadowy void; the very act of establishing such a zone involves judgment. In his current show at And/Or Gallery in Pasadena, Jacob Ciocci incorporates Planet Fitness logos into an installation inviting viewers to question institutionalized empty promises.
A quick Internet search reveals that the popular gym chain is not so non-judgmental, after all. Stringent rules discriminate against bodybuilders1; and based on strict dress codes, the gym has expelled members including a belly-baring pregnant woman2 and a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf3. There's even a Facebook page called "Planet Fitness is NOT Judgement [sic] Free".
Planet Fitness declares itself "a genuine refuge where everyone can be free,"4 yet its regulations declare the opposite. Establish rules that protect some at others' expense, then boast of freedom; shroud discriminatory attitudes in murky claims of open-mindedness: these hypocritical paradoxes exemplify our polarized, post-truth society. Just like Planet Fitness itself, variations on its ethos are everywhere. Ciocci explores such archetypes' implications by parodically appropriating the gym chain's familiar rhetoric whose ubiquity renders the fallaciousness of its phony feel-good pledge of fairness all the more disquieting.
Gallery walls are painted with Planet Fitness' signature yellow and purple and adorned with the fitness chain's cogwheel motifs. However, vinyl letters declare the exhibition space a "Judgement [sic] Zone". The multi-layered irony of omitting "Free" reverses Planet Fitness' motto, calls attention to the gallery as a place for evaluating the speciousness of such an ethos, and acknowledges the viewer's capacity to judge the displayed artwork.
Installation view, Jacob Ciocci, "Show #28," And/Or Gallery, Pasadena
Underscoring the fact that a judgment-free zone involves rules entailing judgement, a picture called sick (print) (all works 2017) lists "Things You Don't Make Fun Of": Cancer, Self-Harm, Weight, et cetera. Don't Listen (print) declares, "F.E.A.R.= False Evidence Appearing Real" against a splotchy pastel background. Like judgement [sic] zone and sick (print), this pointedly reprehends propagandistic platitudes embodying authorities' inversions of reality.
Jacob Ciocci, "sick (print)," 2017. Digital print on birch panel with frame (40 x 30 inches)
Jacob Ciocci, "don't listen," 2017. Framed 30″x40″ digital print, video file playing on Amazon Fire 6 with case and charger, Eeyore stuffed doll, Ikea folding chair
More ambiguous prints augment the cynically quotidian ambiance, depicting empty phrases, possibly clipped from motivational texts or advertisements, against incongruous backgrounds.
Nondescript white folding chairs and matching tables line the gallery walls, affecting a waiting room. Small Eeyore stuffed animals, symbols of "socially-acceptable depression" according to the press release, occupy a few of these chairs; nearby, computer tablets in brightly hued sheaths play disjointed video clips, but are more interesting as symbolic tokens of absent people. This could be a therapist's lobby or the eerie meeting place of a virtual support group whose participants are only present via their Internet-connected tablet surrogates.
In the adjacent room, a deliberately lame video called freedom isn't free shows a barely coherent assortment of low-quality clips collaged together and overlaid with an ineffectual monologue during which a male narrator utters motivational banalities, like "facing your demons," and makes quasi-hypocritical pronouncements: "If you don't have demons, I don't have anything to say to you." Perhaps he embodies the artist. Futility suffuses this video's form and content.
Likewise, the total installation seems direly lacking. There is no focal point. Individual artworks and their concomitant details seem inconsequential compared with the total setup. Due to the installation's apparent technical naiveté, dearth of content, and lack of engaging detail, the viewer is liable to find himself wandering aimlessly about, cursorily checking the videos rather than actually watching them. This formally disappointing vacuousness seems to be part of Ciocci's point; it mirrors the inane worlds of offices and waiting rooms, social media and e-mail.
It's tempting to sit down and dabble with one of the tablets; however, one must remember that this is a gallery installation—are the chairs really meant to be used? The viewer doesn't quite know what's expected of him. Uncertainty and false invitingness render the gallery an uncomfortable cloister feigning something it is not.
Digital artworks often exist so amorphously and use such obscure references that it's difficult to gather what the artwork entails, much less what it means. Ciocci has aptly packaged his work for a gallery setting, employing the short-form ambiguity of the Internet to highlight our capacity for indoctrination by way of distractedness in the tangible world.
Sartre's statement that "Hell is other people" resonates anew in the Internet age, where between inflammatory "trolls" and controlling reformers, self-proclaimed "safe spaces" are only insipid quagmires of half-truths and false hopes amid cacophonies of contentiousness. Despite his cynicism, even Ciocci seems to buy into notions of which he is critical. For instance, he credits Disney, Ikea, and Amazon as manufacturers of his media. Yet remaining ambivalent ultimately strengthens his stance. He offers no answers, perhaps because there are none. As Jean Renoir observed, "The real hell of life is everyone has his reasons."
Jacob Ciocci, "Show #28," February 25-April 29 at And/Or Gallery, 980 S Arroyo Pkwy. #200, Pasadena, CA 91105, www.andorgallery.com
1 See http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/18/nyregion/18grunt.html?em&ex=1163998800&en=e846705f7752894f&ei=5087%0A, and https://fitandfeminist.com/2012/12/06/planet-fitness-judgement-free-zone-doesnt-extend-to-muscular-women/
2 http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/pregnant-mom-booted-planet-fitness-broken-pieces/story?id=23535214
3 https://www.abqjournal.com/371484/muslim-gym-booted-me-over-head-covering.html
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January 12, 2019 7:00 am - A renowned NSW, Australia based Japanese restaurant has announced it can host birthday parties for customers in the local area. For every booking of 10 people, one person can eat for free.
Kyoto TeppanYaki Japanese Restaurant has announced it can accept birthday parties with bookings for 10 or more people getting one person eating for free. The NSW based Japanese restaurant makes for an ideal place for parties, events, corporate meals, and more, with space for everyone to enjoy their food.
The Australian Japanese restaurant in Carlingford Village Shopping Centre has two seatings. The first is from 6:00pm to 8:00pm while the second is from 8:00pm to 10:30pm.
Kyoto advises customers to book for the table by calling phone or mobile in advance before arrival. This helps everything to run as smoothly as possible, as it is a highly popular venue.
There are four menus available for customers at Kyoto, with three adult menus and one childrens menu. For anyone in NSW who enjoys Japanese cuisine, Kyoto makes for an ideal place for both adults and children to have events and enjoy great food at the same time.
The first set menu is $40 per person, and includes fresh salad, miso soup, sashimi, tempura, ebi, misoyaki steak, teriyaki chicken, yakimeshi, yasai, and ice cream available for dessert.
The second menu is $35 per person, and includes fresh salad, soup, spring rolls, prawns, fish, teriyaki chicken, misoyaki steak, fried rice, fried vegetables, and ice cream to finish.
The third option, the Kyoto C menu, is $30 per person, and comes with fresh salad, miso soup, prawns, fish, chicken, fried rice, fried vegetables, and ice cream. Children are able to enjoy salad, chicken, steak, fried rice, fried vegetables and ice cream as well.
The menu includes traditional Japanese food made from high quality ingredients. When many people think of Japanese food, they normally think of sushi, but there are many more options available.
Full details of the menus and options available at the NSW Japanese restaurant can be found on the URL above.


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Muscarinic regulation of pacemaker frequency in murine gastric interstitial cells of Cajal
Tae Wan Kim, Sang Don Koh, Tamás Ördög, Sean M. Ward, Kenton M. Sanders
Physiology & Biomedical Engineering
Peristaltic contractions in the stomach are regulated by the spread of electrical slow waves from the corpus to the pylorus. Gastric slow waves are generated and propagated by the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). All regions distal to the dominant pacemaker area in the corpus are capable of generating slow waves, but orderly gastric peristalsis depends upon a frequency gradient in which the corpus pacemaker frequency exceeds the antral frequency. Cholinergic, muscarinic stimulation enhances pacemaker frequency. We investigated this phenomenon using intact murine gastric muscles and cultured ICC. Acetylcholine (ACh) increased the frequency of slow waves in antrum and corpus muscles. The increase was significantly greater in the antrum. ACh and carbachol (CCh) increased the pacemaker currents in cultured ICC. At high doses of CCh, transient pacemaker currents fused into sustained inward currents that persisted for the duration of stimulation. The effects of CCh were blocked by low doses of the M3 receptor antagonist 1-dimethyl-4-diphenylacetoxypiperidinium. Frequency enhancement by CCh was not affected by forskolin, but the phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 inhibited both the increase in frequency and the development of tonic inward currents. 2-Aminoethyldiphenyl borate also blocked the chronotropic responses to CCh. Inhibitors of protein kinase C did not block responses to CCh. These studies show that mice are an excellent model for studying mechanisms that regulate gastric slow-wave frequency. CCh, apparently via production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, accelerates the frequency of pacemaker activity. High concentrations of CCh may block the entrainment of pacemaker currents, resulting in a tonic inward current.
Published - Jan 15 2003
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Interstitial Cells of Cajal Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Carbachol Medicine & Life Sciences 78%
Cholinergic Agents Medicine & Life Sciences 65%
Stomach Medicine & Life Sciences 50%
Acetylcholine Medicine & Life Sciences 16%
Cultured Cells Medicine & Life Sciences 14%
4-diphenylacetoxy-1,1-dimethylpiperidinium Medicine & Life Sciences 14%
Borates Medicine & Life Sciences 13%
Kim, T. W., Koh, S. D., Ördög, T., Ward, S. M., & Sanders, K. M. (2003). Muscarinic regulation of pacemaker frequency in murine gastric interstitial cells of Cajal. Journal of Physiology, 546(2), 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2002.028977
Muscarinic regulation of pacemaker frequency in murine gastric interstitial cells of Cajal. / Kim, Tae Wan; Koh, Sang Don; Ördög, Tamás; Ward, Sean M.; Sanders, Kenton M.
In: Journal of Physiology, Vol. 546, No. 2, 15.01.2003, p. 415-425.
Kim, TW, Koh, SD, Ördög, T, Ward, SM & Sanders, KM 2003, 'Muscarinic regulation of pacemaker frequency in murine gastric interstitial cells of Cajal', Journal of Physiology, vol. 546, no. 2, pp. 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2002.028977
Kim TW, Koh SD, Ördög T, Ward SM, Sanders KM. Muscarinic regulation of pacemaker frequency in murine gastric interstitial cells of Cajal. Journal of Physiology. 2003 Jan 15;546(2):415-425. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2002.028977
Kim, Tae Wan ; Koh, Sang Don ; Ördög, Tamás ; Ward, Sean M. ; Sanders, Kenton M. / Muscarinic regulation of pacemaker frequency in murine gastric interstitial cells of Cajal. In: Journal of Physiology. 2003 ; Vol. 546, No. 2. pp. 415-425.
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Q: Timestamp format ALL,
I'm about to parse the log file file which has following format:
2019-09-06T16:06:36+00:00 some_text

Now what I'm curious about is to how to handle the numbers after the + sign.
I can split the line by the " " character to get the timestamp, and then split the timestamp by the T, but will date/time functions in Perl will understand the 16:06:36+00:00 time? I will need to pass it to timelocal() to get an epoch time.
TIA!

A: The colon is superfluous, and gets in the way of your parsing. There was a discussion in the Python bug tracker awhile back about parsing timezone offsets with the colon, and it never really got resolved.  The easiest solution is to just get rid of it:
use Time::Piece; # A core Perl module.

my $entry = '2019-09-06T16:06:36+00:00 some_text';

my ($timestamp, $text) = split(/\s+/, $entry, 2);
$timestamp =~ s/:(\d+)$/$1/;

my $t = Time::Piece->strptime($timestamp, "%Y-%m-%dT%T%z");

In this example we split on the first whitespace to isolate the datestamp, and then substitute away the final colon. So $timestamp will now contain:
2019-09-06T16:06:36+0000

...and that is a timestamp that strptime can understand, given the appropriate format string.

A: What you have is an RFC3339 timestamp. As such, you could use DateTime::Format::RFC3339.
use DateTime::Format::RFC3339 qw( );

my ($dt_str) = split ' ', '2019-09-06T16:06:36+00:00 some text';

my $format = DateTime::Format::RFC3339->new;
my $dt = $format->parse_datetime($dt_str);
my $epoch = $dt->epoch;

What you have is an ISO8601 timestamp. As such, you could use DateTime::Format::ISO8601.
use DateTime::Format::ISO8601 qw( );

my ($dt_str) = split ' ', '2019-09-06T16:06:36+00:00 some text';

my $format = DateTime::Format::ISO8601->new;
my $dt = $format->parse_datetime($dt_str);
my $epoch = $dt->epoch;

A: Time::Moment's from_string constructor recognizes this ISO8601 format, even if the colon is present.
use strict;
use warnings;
use Time::Moment;

my $line = '2019-09-06T16:06:36+00:00 some_text';
my ($ts, $rest) = split ' ', $line, 2; # single space is a special case for split()
my $moment = Time::Moment->from_string($ts);
my $epoch = $moment->epoch;

The option lenient => 1 may be needed if the format will be mixed (for example colons in the offset but not the time).

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