The Word is Art

Review of The Word is Art, Reviewed March 2019 by Carol Ng-He, Exhibits Coordinator, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, [email protected]

When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art

Review of When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art, Reviewed March 2020 by Carol Ng-He, Exhibits Coordinator, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, [email protected]

American Watercolors

Review of American Watercolors, Reviewed April 2020 by Carol Ng-He, Exhibits Coordinator Arlington Heights Memorial Library [email protected]

Monet Catalogue Raisonné

Review of Monet Catalogue Raisonné, Reviewed June 2019 by Carol Ng-He, Exhibits Coordinator Arlington Heights Memorial Library [email protected]

Picturing Places

Review of Picturing Places, Reviewed February 2019 by Carol Ng-He, Exhibits Coordinator Arlington Heights Memorial Library [email protected]

Review: Chinese Art Since 1970: The M+ Sigg Collection

Review of Chinese Art Since 1970: The M+ Sigg Collection edited by Pi Li. Thames & Hudson Inc, January 2021. 544 p. ill. ISBN 978-0-500-02434-8 (h/c), $85.00. Reviewed July 2022 by Carol Ng-He, Digital Collections Curator, Center for the Art of East Asia, University of Chicago, [email protected]

Best Practices for Library Exhibitions

Best Practices for Library Exhibitions provides a comprehensive framework and recommended practices for developing and managing exhibitions in art libraries and similar types of information environments. It offers real-world insights complementing library and information science program curricula enriching students’ learning about exhibition development, which is a growing expectation for librarians. The document is organized by three main areas: Creation, Operation and Logistics, and Management, reflecting the actual cycle of exhibitions. Specific best practices include Curation and Policies, Digital Exhibits, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion/Accessibility, Loaning, Conservation Care, Facilities, Engagement, Marketing and Outreach, Documentation, Evaluation, and Financial Management. The initiative for this project was endeavored by the Exhibitions Special Interest Group with contributions from library professionals representing a variety of institutions and specialties

Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with ~700 common associated variants identified so far through genome - wide association studies . Here , we report 83 height - associated coding variants with lower minor allele frequenc ies ( range of 0.1 - 4.8% ) and effects of up to 2 16 cm /allele ( e.g. in IHH , STC2 , AR and CRISPLD2 ) , >10 times the average effect of common variants . In functional follow - up studies, rare height - increasing alleles of STC2 (+1 - 2 cm/allele) compromise d proteolytic inhibition of PAPP - A and increased cleavage of IGFBP - 4 in vitro , resulting in higher bioavailability of insulin - like growth factors . The se 83 height - associated variants overlap genes mutated in monogenic growth disorders and highlight new biological candidates ( e.g. ADAMTS3, IL11RA, NOX4 ) and pathways ( e.g . proteoglycan/ glycosaminoglycan synthesis ) involved in growth . Our results demonstrate that sufficiently large sample sizes can uncover rare and low - frequency variants of moderate to large effect associated with polygenic human phenotypes , and that these variants implicate relevant genes and pathways

Robust estimation of bacterial cell count from optical density

Optical density (OD) is widely used to estimate the density of cells in liquid culture, but cannot be compared between instruments without a standardized calibration protocol and is challenging to relate to actual cell count. We address this with an interlaboratory study comparing three simple, low-cost, and highly accessible OD calibration protocols across 244 laboratories, applied to eight strains of constitutive GFP-expressing E. coli. Based on our results, we recommend calibrating OD to estimated cell count using serial dilution of silica microspheres, which produces highly precise calibration (95.5% of residuals <1.2-fold), is easily assessed for quality control, also assesses instrument effective linear range, and can be combined with fluorescence calibration to obtain units of Molecules of Equivalent Fluorescein (MEFL) per cell, allowing direct comparison and data fusion with flow cytometry measurements: in our study, fluorescence per cell measurements showed only a 1.07-fold mean difference between plate reader and flow cytometry data