Justin B. Stein
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View article: Dryinones: Structure Elucidation of Red Colorants from Submerged Cultures of <i>Pleurotus dryinus</i>
Dryinones: Structure Elucidation of Red Colorants from Submerged Cultures of <i>Pleurotus dryinus</i> Open
Culture supernatants of the veiled oyster mushroom Pleurotus dryinus from the phylum Basidiomycota develop a deep burgundy-red coloration when supplemented with phenylalanine. This marks the first time that color formation for P. dryinus, …
View article: Religion, Ki, and Aikido: From Pre-war Japan to the Post-war United States
Religion, Ki, and Aikido: From Pre-war Japan to the Post-war United States Open
The Japanese term ki 氣 / 気 (Chinese qì ) is a fundamental concept in East Asian religions, medicine, and martial arts. In Euro-American settings, the dominant way to understand ki is in terms of vital energy or life force. However, when th…
View article: Nationalism and Buddhist Youth Groups in the Japanese, British, and American Empires, 1880s–1930s
Nationalism and Buddhist Youth Groups in the Japanese, British, and American Empires, 1880s–1930s Open
In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, Buddhists in imperial Japan, the British Raj, and the American empire developed lay-oriented youth groups. These groups' members developed intertwined ethnoreligious and national ide…