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Hacking Animals for Decolonial Futures
Africanfuturistic fiction and its proliferating body of scholarship mark the significance of future-oriented imaginings from, about, and for Africa. In such alternative futures, animals are often uncritically read to bear the burden and violence of change in renewed anticolonial, post-capitalist imaginings. This article is interested in the ways in which the animal is integrated into the \"new emancipatory mindscapes\" (Lavender and Yaszek 3) of African future-oriented imaginings. Deji Bryce Olukotun's treatment of bio- and animal technology in an Africanfuturistic context makes visible the violent structures of uncritical bioeconomic discourses and institutionalized discourses of biomimicry. The representation of biochemical defenses in Nigerians in Space and the techno-euphoric speculations of sustainable bioeconomies in After the Flare bring into focus the modes of integrating and mastering nature that distort and obstruct decolonial frameworks in the present and for possible futures. Across both novels, blurred conceptions of sustainability and welfare supply the ideological loopholes for nature to be mastered through deepened colonial architectures.
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Lucy : a novel
The result of experimental breeding between a human and ape, fourteen-year-old Lucy is rescued from the Congo jungle where she has lived exclusively among apes and experiences stunning revelations about herself when she is relocated to a Chicago suburb.
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Communicating Biotech Advances: Fiction versus Reality
Bioscience novels use selected technologies of genetic engineering and synthetic biology to create entertaining stories. These novels are usually based on scientific knowledge, but they may arouse public concerns about technology and drive public reluctance to accept innovative technologies. The scientific community must adopt more efficient communication and transparency.
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Notes on infinity
The moment Zoe notices Jack in their Harvard chemistry class, with his scruffy clothes and casual self-assurance, she knows he's the one to beat. When Zoe starts trying to outsmart Jack, he knows she's the person he's been looking for. Because Jack has dreams that go far beyond the classroom. And while he and Zoe might be from different worlds, they share the same thirst for knowledge and fierce ambition. Within two years, they are at the helm of a thriving start-up and deep in a relationship that seems a perfect match in every sense. But then a shocking accusation is levelled against Jack which threatens everything they've built together.
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Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation
Microbial Biodegradation and Bioremediation brings together experts in relevant fields to describe the successful application of microbes and their derivatives for bioremediation of potentially toxic and relatively novel compounds.
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Pandemic
\"After a young, seemingly healthy woman collapses suddenly on the NYC subway and dies by the time she reaches the hospital, her case is initially chalked up to a virulent strain of influenza. That is, until she ends up on Dr. Jack Stapleton's autopsy table, where Jack discovers something eerily fishy: first, that the young woman has had a heart transplant, and second, that her DNA matches that of the transplanted heart. Strangely, two more incidences of young people with this same sudden and rapid illness follow, and Jack fears that this could be the start of an unprecedented pandemic. But the facts aren't adding up. Something is off about these cases, something creepy, and only Jack can figure it out before it's too late. Thus begins a race against time, during which Jack unveils the dark underbelly of the organ-transplant market. His name is Bui Zhao, a businessman and hospital board member who has been cheating the system by using organs and cells from chimeric pigs, via the gene-editing biotechnology CRISPER/CAS9, which allows pig genes to be inserted into living human cells. In a climactic mortal showdown, Jack must face Zhao, the megalomaniac willing to risk the fate of the world to purse his commercial interests, if he wants to save the future of medicine\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Biosemiotic Insights into Psychological Narratives: Advancing Biotechnological Applications in Behavioral Analysis
This study employs a biosemiotics framework to analyze the narrative style of Henry James’s psychological novels, examining how linguistic features and lexical changes in his corpus can reveal underlying patterns of human cognition and emotion. By categorizing the symbols in James's works into likenesses, indicators, and statutes, and analyzing the lexical richness and the usage of specific word types such as color words and superlatives, we uncover significant trends in his narrative techniques that correlate with psychological portrayals and character development. Our analysis shows a marked lexical variance over time in James’s writing, with an average lexical change rate of 0.603 in his later works, suggesting a deliberate manipulation of language to enhance emotional depth and complexity in characters. The implications of these findings extend beyond literary analysis to biotechnological applications. The techniques developed here could be applied to refine algorithms designed for natural language processing (NLP) in psychological profiling tools, which are increasingly used in both clinical and consumer-focused biotechnological products. By understanding the subtle cues that dictate emotional expression in literature, biotechnological strategies can be developed to better predict, analyze, and perhaps even alter human emotional responses in various settings, thereby enhancing the efficacy of treatments and interventions in mental health and cognitive behavioral therapies. This study not only broadens our comprehension of Henry James’s stylistic evolution but also demonstrates the potential of literary biosemiotics to contribute to advanced biotechnological applications in behavioral science.
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