1861 - The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Document citation: Howe, Julia Ward. Battle Hymn of the Republic / by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Philadelphia: Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, ?. Philadelphia, 1863. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/98101743/.https://scholarworks.uni.edu/nhomefront/1006/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Julia Ward Howe, Boston, Massachusetts to Anne Whitney, Boston, Massachusetts, between 1876 and 1893

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Art and Handicraft in the Woman\u27s Building of the World\u27s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

3 preliminary leaves, 287 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, plans. The growth of the woman\u27s building / Bertha Honoré Palmer -- The building and its decorations / Maud Howe Elliott -- Woman in art / S.T. Hallowell -- Applied arts in the Woman\u27s Building / Candace Wheeler -- Women illustrators / Alice C. Morse -- The work of Cincinnati women in decorated pottery / Elizabeth W. Perry -- Woman in science / Louisa Parsons Hopkins -- Woman in literature / Laura E. Richards -- The library / Maud Howe Elliott -- New York literary exhibit / Blanche Wilder Bellamy -- Evolution of women\u27s education in the United States / Edna D. Cheney -- Music in the Woman\u27s Building / Lena Burton Clarke -- Congresses in the Woman\u27s Building / Mary Q.O. Eagle -- Associations of women / Julia Ward Howe -- The Children\u27s Building / Emma B. Dunlap -- France / Madame Pegard -- Cottage industries in Scotland and Ireland / Ishbel Aberdeen -- Philanthropic work of British women / the Baroness Burdett-Coutts -- Great Britain : art / E. Crawford -- British nurses\u27 exhibit / Mrs. Bedford-Fenwick -- Germany / Madame Kaselowsky -- Spain / the Duchess of Veragua -- Italy / Eva Mariotti -- Woman\u27s position in the South American states / Matilde G. de Miro Quesada -- Russia / Princess M. Schahovskoy -- Sweden / Thorborg Rappe -- Denmark / Madame D\u27Oxholm -- Greece / Madame Quellenec -- Belgium / Maud Howe Elliott. Color lithograph illustrated half-title page. Decorated publisher\u27s cloth binding, gold and silver pattern on blue, title in gold emboss, bevelled cover edges, gold foreedges. Decorated pattern endpapers. c. 1 Purchased from the V. Stephan Vaughan Collection. c. 2 Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954. 2nd copy has a yellow-brown cloth cover, with same decorations. Binding cover design attributed to Alice C. Morse. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_books_worldsfairs/1000/thumbnail.jp

1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 BPS Equations in SUSY Yang-Mills-Higgs Systems -- Field Theoretical Brane Configurations --

We systematically classify 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations in SUSY gauge theories in d=6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 with eight supercharges, with gauge groups and matter contents being arbitrary. Instantons (strings) and vortices (3-branes) are only allowed 1/2 BPS solitons in d=6 with N=1 SUSY. We find two 1/4 BPS equations and the unique 1/8 BPS equation in d=6 by considering configurations made of these field theory branes. All known BPS equations are rederived while several new 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations are found in dimension less than six by dimensional reductions.Comment: 41 pages, no figures, v2: 49 pages, no figures, typos corrected, references added, the final version in NP

Phosphorylation of Mouse Immunity-Related GTPase (IRG) Resistance Proteins Is an Evasion Strategy for Virulent Toxoplasma gondii

GTPases of the mouse IRG protein family, mediators of resistance against Toxoplasma gondii in the mouse, are inactivated by a polymorphic kinase of the parasite, resulting in enhanced parasite virulence

Social Perceptions of Forest Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The forests of the Albertine Rift are known for their high biodiversity and the important ecosystem services they provide to millions of inhabitants. However, their conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem service delivery is a challenge, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our research investigates how livelihood strategy and ethnicity affects local perceptions of forest ecosystem services. We collected data through 25 focus-group discussions in villages from distinct ethnic groups, including farmers (Tembo, Shi, and Nyindu) and hunter-gatherers (Twa). Twa identify more food-provisioning services and rank bush meat and honey as the most important. They also show stronger place attachment to the forest than the farmers, who value other ecosystem services, but all rank microclimate regulation as the most important. Our findings help assess ecosystem services trade-offs, highlight the important impacts of restricted access to forests resources for Twa, and point to the need for developing alternative livelihood strategies for these communities

Common, low-frequency, rare, and ultra-rare coding variants contribute to COVID-19 severity

The combined impact of common and rare exonic variants in COVID-19 host genetics is currently insufficiently understood. Here, common and rare variants from whole-exome sequencing data of about 4000 SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals were used to define an interpretable machine-learning model for predicting COVID-19 severity. First, variants were converted into separate sets of Boolean features, depending on the absence or the presence of variants in each gene. An ensemble of LASSO logistic regression models was used to identify the most informative Boolean features with respect to the genetic bases of severity. The Boolean features selected by these logistic models were combined into an Integrated PolyGenic Score that offers a synthetic and interpretable index for describing the contribution of host genetics in COVID-19 severity, as demonstrated through testing in several independent cohorts. Selected features belong to ultra-rare, rare, low-frequency, and common variants, including those in linkage disequilibrium with known GWAS loci. Noteworthily, around one quarter of the selected genes are sex-specific. Pathway analysis of the selected genes associated with COVID-19 severity reflected the multi-organ nature of the disease. The proposed model might provide useful information for developing diagnostics and therapeutics, while also being able to guide bedside disease management. © 2021, The Author(s)

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead