User contributions for Lucubrations

19 June 2024

• 00:2600:26, 19 June 2024 diff hist +203 Chi Po-lin added name in Chinese characters

23 May 2024

• 03:0903:09, 23 May 2024 diff hist +49 Victor Dzau oops, correction to my correction: Dzau initially went to Stanford as Chief of CV Med, but then did become Chairman of Med later (based on same Circulation ref).
• 03:0203:02, 23 May 2024 diff hist +500 Victor Dzau correction: at Stanford, Dzau was Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, not Chairman of the Department of Medicine; added reference that documents this.
• 02:4702:47, 23 May 2024 diff hist +10 Victor Dzau added 1972 as year of M.D. degree

20 December 2022

• 02:5102:51, 20 December 2022 diff hist −1 George Smith (chemist) edited "Known for: phage displays" => phage display (should not be plural)

10 August 2022

• 20:1820:18, 10 August 2022 diff hist +946 Smoked plum added section on use in natural dyeing.

8 July 2022

• 00:2400:24, 8 July 2022 diff hist +429 Talk:Oxford University Press →dangling reference to "Parker's"?: new section Tag: New topic

4 December 2021

• 00:2800:28, 4 December 2021 diff hist −1,341 Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus Rearrange parts of Virology section to be less jumbled.

3 December 2021

• 23:4023:40, 3 December 2021 diff hist −101 Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus fixed some grammatical mistakes and shortened some phrases in the Virology section.
• 07:2407:24, 3 December 2021 diff hist +428 Rifaximin added that rifamixin is derived from rifamycin by chemical modification.

21 August 2020

• 05:2905:29, 21 August 2020 diff hist +444 Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury added that Gould was editor in Chongqing and resumed in Shanghai in 1945, and that he was editor until the paper's end in 1949. also OSS spending in current $millions

15 June 2020

• 01:0201:02, 15 June 2020 diff hist +72 Mastermind (board game) added true title for reference by John Francis (title was given as "Wayback Machine")

28 April 2020

• 00:2100:21, 28 April 2020 diff hist +609 Integrated DNA Technologies added purchase by Danaher in 2018.

10 April 2020

• 09:3709:37, 10 April 2020 diff hist +4,467 N Merton Bernfield creation of the entry
• 08:0108:01, 10 April 2020 diff hist 0 m Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment removed capitalization in "Molecular Genetics"
• 07:5907:59, 10 April 2020 diff hist +3,368 Nirenberg and Leder experiment major edit of Experimental Work section, correcting poor description and adding more details.
• 07:5407:54, 10 April 2020 diff hist −68 Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment changed link to Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, from List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine; altered wording in New York Times sentence.
• 04:3304:33, 10 April 2020 diff hist 0 m Marshall Warren Nirenberg changed 'see' to non-italic in the phrase "(see Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment)" [did not actually change in the previous edit]
• 04:3104:31, 10 April 2020 diff hist 0 m Marshall Warren Nirenberg changed 'see' to non-italic in the phrase "(see Nirenberg and Leder experiment)"
• 04:2604:26, 10 April 2020 diff hist 0 m Marshall Warren Nirenberg changed 'see' to non-italic in the phrase "(see Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment)"
• 03:5403:54, 10 April 2020 diff hist −76 Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment removed phrase about Nirenberg finding that poly-A encoding polylysine, as it is not clear that they did this.
• 03:1903:19, 10 April 2020 diff hist +544 Marshall Warren Nirenberg added Nirenberg's PhD advisor and thesis topic
• 02:5902:59, 10 April 2020 diff hist +488 Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment substantial re-write of the Experimental Work section, as some of it was incorrect. The account in Leavitt_polyU is incorrect but the ref is kept since it gives a very specific date and time of the experiment.

9 April 2020

• 22:0022:00, 9 April 2020 diff hist +108 Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment updated broken link for "Fee" reference; and this ref is also the correct citation for the New York Times quote, so removed the previous citation and "citation needed" flag.
• 19:5019:50, 9 April 2020 diff hist +734 Nirenberg and Matthaei experiment added reference for the very specific "3 am May 27, 1961" time of the key experiment. corrected typo in a reference: "Gnome" => "Genome".

29 December 2019

• 01:4201:42, 29 December 2019 diff hist +1,032 Robert Alexander Anderson (composer) additional details about some of his songs, and his place in the hapa haole tradition.
• 01:2801:28, 29 December 2019 diff hist +528 Mele Kalikimaka added first usage date, and used the {{lang\haw|--}} template for Hawaiian phrase. changed phrasing in sentences about Crosby.
• 00:2900:29, 29 December 2019 diff hist +605 The Dawn Patrol (1930 film) additional detail on writing dispute between Hawks and Saunders.

28 December 2019

• 23:4723:47, 28 December 2019 diff hist +2 m John Monk Saunders fixed misplaced italics
• 23:1323:13, 28 December 2019 diff hist +2,079 Mele Kalikimaka added section on the history of the song
• 21:5821:58, 28 December 2019 diff hist +49 Mele Kalikimaka updated Decca discography reference to the one referencing all three versions (10-inch, LP, and 45rpm). moved Beach Boys song of same name to end.
• 21:2921:29, 28 December 2019 diff hist +122 Mele Kalikimaka corrected Decca discography reference
• 21:1421:14, 28 December 2019 diff hist −4 m Mele Kalikimaka Robert Alex Anderson => R. Alex Anderson (his preferred usage)
• 20:5420:54, 28 December 2019 diff hist +499 Mele Kalikimaka added reference for Beach Boys song of same name.

29 July 2019

• 20:2320:23, 29 July 2019 diff hist −4 m Jesca Hoop removed "are" from "Hoop and Iron & Wine are toured North America..."

14 January 2019

• 08:4708:47, 14 January 2019 diff hist +15 m Lucia Graves added another citation of existing ref, removed extraneous quote marks in ref title.
• 08:4008:40, 14 January 2019 diff hist +1,469 Lucia Graves added additional biographic details.

4 January 2019

• 23:2323:23, 4 January 2019 diff hist −110 Cyriac Roeding removed "who builds and invests in startups together with venture capitalists that drive change in the world at scale" - {{buzzword}}

6 September 2018

• 07:5907:59, 6 September 2018 diff hist +1,470 LaTeX added a short history section at the end.
• 03:1903:19, 6 September 2018 diff hist −61 Marcy Dermansky removed the later sentence about publication of "The Red Car", moving citation to the first reference of it.
• 03:1503:15, 6 September 2018 diff hist +4 m Marcy Dermansky added wikipedia link for novel "The Red Car"

3 August 2018

• 04:3204:32, 3 August 2018 diff hist +26 Tapanuli orangutan →Conservation: added wikilink to newly created page on the Batang Toru dam, which is the project mentioned that threatens these orangutans.
• 04:2704:27, 3 August 2018 diff hist +44 N Batang Toru dam redirect to newly created page on this hydropower project current Tag: New redirect
• 04:2404:24, 3 August 2018 diff hist +4,377 N Batang Toru hydropower project new entry on a development project that has been recently in the news.

25 June 2018

• 09:4309:43, 25 June 2018 diff hist +3,089 The Red Car added sections on Autobiographical Features and Influences
• 09:3309:33, 25 June 2018 diff hist +1 m The Red Car corrected author name misspelling: Handle -> Handler

21 June 2018

• 23:0623:06, 21 June 2018 diff hist +315 Parrondo's paradox found source for quote

5 September 2017

• 20:3920:39, 5 September 2017 diff hist +583 Talk:Hidden Figures →White savior narrative in film?: an important point, I think.

24 July 2017

• 00:4600:46, 24 July 2017 diff hist +1 Qiu Xiaolong "currently living" -> "lived for many years"; deleted ambiguous "he"; added "thereafter"; deleted "soon after"; deleted "Chinese"; "some"->"many".

21 July 2017

• 10:0610:06, 21 July 2017 diff hist +13,972 Qiu Xiaolong extensive addition of material about life and work.