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George Rosenkranz

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George Rosenkranz George Rosenkranz receiving the Biotechnology Heritage Award in Chicago, 2013 Born ( 1916-08-20 ) August 20, 1916 (age 102) Budapest, Hungary Nationality Mexican [1] Known for Synthesis of norethisterone, the first orally highly active progestin, used in one of the first oral contraceptive pills Scientific career Fields Chemist George Rosenkranz (born György Rosenkranz , August 20, 1916) [2] is a pioneering Mexican scientist in the field of steroid chemistry, who used native Mexican plant sources as raw materials. [3] [4] He was born in Hungary, studied in Switzerland and emigrated to the Americas to escape the Nazis, eventually settling in Mexico. [3] [5] At Syntex corporation in Mexico City, Rosenkranz assembled a research group of organic chemists that included future leaders from around the world, such as Carl Djerassi, Luis E. Miramontes and Alejandro Zaffaroni [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Revolutionary advances in the und...

Windows 7 small office network computer drops access to shared folders on other computer

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0 1 If someone can refer me to a good tutorial on Windows 7 small office networking/sharing/workgroups/homegroups that would be helpful for me. In our office we have just 3 user computers interconnected (by cables) by a wireless router which is, in turn, connected to a cable modem for internet connectivity. One of the computers acts as a "server" on which is stored the office data files. All 3 computers access these files. The problems arise, in large part, because I don't understand what the designers were thinking when they created the concepts of workgroups and homegroups as it relates to sharing of files/folders and how that relates to the creation of individual user login profiles on just one computer vs. more than one computer; i.e. creating a user login profile on the "server" c...