Chapter 43: Tropical Root Crop Production in Florida by Mary Lamberts, Stephen M. Olson

“… There are four main tropical root crops produced in Florida. These are: cassava, tannia, taro and boniato. …”
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WORLD EXPERIENCE FORMATION OF NATIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS: FEATURES OF MODERN TENDENCIES (THE CASE OF THE BRICS) by L. Borisoglebskaya, E. Drozdova

“…The factors are listed and the main approaches for expediting the development of national innovation systems of the BRICS countries.…”
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Tracing the origin of Traditional Chinese Medicine exercise therapy (中医运动疗法溯源) by ZHOU Jie (周洁), CHEN Hong (陈宏), MA Tao (马涛), MA XueLing (马雪玲), WANG HuaXin (王华新), SHU BaoZhen (舒宝珍), TANG Ling (唐玲)

“…This paper summarized and combed the history origin of the TCM exercise therapy, and briefly discussed its development and application of theory in seven main historical stages. The TCM exercise therapy mainly focuses on treatment, and gradually incorporates the purpose of prevention, fitness and rehabilitation, which guides human exercise practice. …”
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Intelligent Systems in The Management of Regional Resources: Benefits for Sustainable Development by Svitlana Melnychenko, Olga Cholyshkina, Serhii Rtyshchev, Alla Mishchenko, Roman Karpinskyi

“… The purpose of our research is to analyse intelligent systems, identify their key features in general and in the context of regional resource management in particular; to provide a detailed list of the main intelligent technologies and systems used in regional resource management and the areas of their direct use. …”
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Study on Dynamic Evolution Law of Blasting Cracks in Elliptical Bipolar Linear Shaped Charge Blasting by Bo Wu, Shixiang Xu, Guowang Meng, Junhua Cai, Han Wei, Hualong Li, Jinglong Zhang

“…Particularly, the main crack reached the longest when the radial decoupling coefficient was 3.36.…”
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Critical Review of Advances and Numerical Modeling in Absorbers and Desorbers of Absorption Chillers: CFD Applications, Constraints, and Future Prospects by Suellen Cristina Sousa Alcântara, José Ângelo Peixoto da Costa, Alvaro Antonio Villa Ochoa, Gustavo de Novaes Pires Leite, Álvaro Augusto Soares Lima, Héber Claudius Nunes Silva, Paula Suemy Arruda Michima, Igor Cavalcanti da Silveira, Allysson Macário de Araújo Caldas, Amín Altamirano

“…This article critically reviews advances and numerical modeling in absorbers and desorbers used in absorption refrigeration systems, emphasizing the applications, limitations, and future perspectives of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This study’s main contribution lies in the detailed and critical analysis of the use of CFD in physical models of absorbers and generators of absorption chillers. …”
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Simple Ion Transfer at Liquid|Liquid Interfaces by L. J. Sanchez Vallejo, J. M. Ovejero, R. A. Fernández, S. A. Dassie

“…The main aspects related to the charge transfer reactions occurring at the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) are described. …”
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A mathematical model for distribution of calcium in silicon by vacuum directional solidification by Zheng D., Wei K., Ma W., Sheng Z., Dai Y.

“…Calcium is one of the main impurity elements in silicon. The removal of calcium strongly affects the quality of the polycrystalline silicon ingot produced by a vacuum directional solidification method. …”
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The Qualitative Assessment of Arabic translation of Seirolebad Elalmaad based on Antoine Berman's theory by Ali Mohammad Moazzeni, Ali Ansarshahri, Ali Afzali, Masoud Fekri

“…Antoine Berman with his theory "Endances eformantes" (deconstruction tendencies), emphasized on the importance of the others and underscored the main text and he believed that the translators must be respect the first text and be faithful toward it.  …”
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Analysis of Human Kidney Stones Using Advanced Characterization Techniques by Jelena Brdarić Kosanović, Kristijan Živković, Vatroslav Šerić, Berislav Marković, Imre Szenti, Ákos Kukovecz, Nives Matijaković Mlinarić, Anamarija Stanković

“…Kidney stones consist mainly of calcium oxalate (whewellite or weddellite) but also contain significant amounts of phosphate (mainly apatite and struvite). …”
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Kinetics of extracting magnesium from prefabricated pellets by silicothermic process under flowing argon atmosphere by Guo J.-H., Fu D.-X., Han J.-B., Ji Z.-H., Dou Z.-H., Zhang T.-A.

“…The Pidgeon process is the main extraction method of magnesium, but its continuous production cannot be achieved due to the switch between vacuum and atmospheric pressure. …”
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Complexity and Project Management: A General Overview by José R. San Cristóbal, Luis Carral, Emma Diaz, José A. Fraguela, Gregorio Iglesias

“…Identifying the different concepts associated to project complexity, its main factors and characteristics, the different types of project complexity, and the main project complexity models, can be of great support in assisting the global project management community. …”
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Marketing analysis of the global market of telematics transport and information management systems by I. Yu. Okolnishnikova, A. V. Keller, V. Ya.  Konks

“…The article presents the results of marketing analysis of the global high-tech market of telematics transport and information management systems. The main trends in and factors of development of automotive telematics devices’ product line are analyzed. …”
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An Evaluation of Theorizing in Islamic Economy in Critical Realism Perspective with an Emphasis on the Ideas of Roy Bhaskar by Seyed Mohammad Taghi Movahed Abtahi

“…Lack of theory is among the main challenges of Islamic social sciences.  Some experts have attempted to theorize by suggesting philosophical and methodological subjects. …”
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Lower Limb Ischemia: Aortoiliac Thrombosis Related to Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)—Case Report and Review of the Literature by Arnaldo Toffon, Raffaella Piovesan, Consolato Francesco Minniti, Omar Caruso, Paolo Criscenti, Sabina Villalta, Maurizio Cavallo

“…Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is recognized as one of the main determinants of hypercoagulable conditions. …”
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Narrative overview of possible preventive measures for differentiated thyroid carcinomas by Maria Eduarda de Castro, Lucas Leite Cunha, Laura Sterian Ward

“…There is compelling evidence that although the increased availability of sensitive imaging is the main cause of the increasing incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer, particularly the papillary type, there are other factors involved. …”
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Design of a Robust Unknown Input Observer for the State of Charge Estimation for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Omid Rezaei, Mohammadali Faghih

“…The robustness of an observer against model uncertainties is a main challenge during the Lithiumion battery state of charge (SoC) estimation. …”
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Fabrication of TiO2 Nanofilm Photoelectrodes on Ti Foil by Ti Ion Implantation and Subsequent Annealing by Yichao Liu, Feng Ren, Guangxu Cai, Mengqing Hong, Wenqing Li, Xiangheng Xiao, Wei Wu, Changzhong Jiang

“…For the sample annealed at 700°C, the negative photocurrent is main, which mainly performs the p-type property of TiO2. …”
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Advances in public policies and epidemiological surveillance related to the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS in Ecuador by Joshua Daniel Govea Intriago, Patricio Damián Mayorga Medina, Francisco Xavier Poveda Paredes

“…<p>The human immunodeficiency virus is one of the main health problems worldwide. It is recognized as a multifactorial phenomenon, where public policies regarding prevention, timely diagnosis and treatment are key. …”
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System monitoring intensity of glaze-clear ice generation on wires of overhead transmission lines by V. I. Panteleev, А. V. Maleev

“…The solution of this problem consists of several mainly stages: timely detection of the onset of ice formation, impact on the device for removing ice and frost deposits and efficiency of removing of ice monitoring. …”
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