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Barbara

American  
[bahr-bruh, -ber-uh] / ˈbɑr brə, -bər ə /

noun

  1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “foreign, exotic.”


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"High-content imaging and transcriptomic analyses of the effects of bisphenol S and alternative color developers on KGN granulosa cells" by Lama Iskandarani, Stéphane Bayen, Barbara Hales and Bernard Robaire was published in Toxicological Sciences.

From Science Daily

"We have long known that light levels are critical for photosynthetic organisms -- like algae, seagrasses and corals -- and that factors that reduce light to the seafloor can impact them," said co-author Bob Miller, a research biologist at UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Institute.

From Science Daily

The property was originally designed by acclaimed architect Barbara Bestor and was completed in 1940; however, it underwent an extensive “refresh” in 2015, per the description.

From MarketWatch

Despite the bankruptcy-court ruling that claimants would likely be paid in full, trustee Barbara Houser has indicated that they face increasingly dim prospects of being fully compensated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Digital detoxes don’t work, says author Paul Leonardi, a professor of technology management at UC Santa Barbara, because they’re temporary fixes that don’t address our underlying tendencies and tech habits.

From Los Angeles Times