The Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources by Hannah Carter, Rochelle Strickland

“…These leaders are prepared to become increasingly involved in forming policies that affect the future of Florida agriculture and natural resources in a direct or indirect manner. This 2-page fact sheet was written by Hannah Carter and Rochelle Strickland, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, October 2012. …”
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Asymptotic modeling of viscoelastic thin plates and slender beams, a unifying approach by Terapabkajornded, Yotsawat, Orankitjaroen, Somsak, Licht, Christian, Weller, Thibaut

“…We show that this framework makes it possible to perform the asymptotic analysis for both viscoelastic thin plates and slender beams in a unifying manner. Several models are provided for the dynamic behavior of such structures in bilateral contact with a rigid body on a part of their boundaries with Norton or Tresca friction.…”
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The Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources by Hannah Carter, Rochelle Strickland

“…These leaders are prepared to become increasingly involved in forming policies that affect the future of Florida agriculture and natural resources in a direct or indirect manner. This 2-page fact sheet was written by Hannah Carter and Rochelle Strickland, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, October 2012. …”
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Hybrid Cardiovascular Surgery by Osman Tansel Darçın, Ali Ümit Yener, Adnan Yalçınkaya

“…By using the strengths of the two methods in a hybrid manner, low-risk procedures can be performed in these patients. …”
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A Real-Time and Closed-Loop Control Algorithm for Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Based on Artificial Neural Network by Libing Wang, Chengxiong Mao, Dan Wang, Jiming Lu, Junfeng Zhang, Xun Chen

“…In order to control the cascaded H-bridges (CHB) converter with staircase modulation strategy in a real-time manner, a real-time and closed-loop control algorithm based on artificial neural network (ANN) for three-phase CHB converter is proposed in this paper. …”
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Evaluation of anticancer potency of Cu-isatin-1-(2-pyridyl) piperazine thiosemicarbazone (Cu-Istpypz) against epidermoid carcinoma cell line (A431) by Indranil Banerjee, Piyush Kumar, Narendra K. Singh, Paras N. Yadav, Yuba Raj Pokharel

“…The compound Cu-Istpypz also suppressed the colony formation of A431 cells in a concentration-dependent manner, as demonstrated by the clonogenic assay. Additionally, at higher concentrations, Cu-Istpypz slowed down the migration and wound-healing capabilities of A431 cells. …”
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GFRα1 Promotes Axon Regeneration after Peripheral Nerve Injury by Functioning as a Ligand by Tomoaki Suzuki, Ken Kadoya, Takeshi Endo, Miwako Yamasaki, Masahiko Watanabe, Norimasa Iwasaki

“…Here, it is shown that GFRα1 released from repair Schwann cells (RSCs) functions as a ligand in a GDNF‐RET‐independent manner to promote axon regeneration after peripheral nerve injury (PNI). …”
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Mechanical Properties and Failure Behavior of Composite Samples by Hongwei Zhang, Zhijun Wan, Yuan Zhang, Dong Wu

“…Specifically, a reactive period always occurs after the quiet and active periods in the RCR sample. (4) The RCR sample fails in a progressive manner, in which cracking bands develop preferentially in coal and then extend to rocks. …”
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OMP38 of Carbapenem‐Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii‐Mediated mtDNA Release Activates the cGAS‐STING Signaling to Induce Inflammatory Response by Yang Yang, Yuanyuan Zeng, Jianjie Zhu, Jianjun Li, Lei Gu, Lin Wei, Zeyi Liu, Jian‐an Huang

“…Abstract Carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) has become a major threat in the treatment of bacterial infection, and immunotherapy in a non‐antibiotic‐dependent manner is an effective way to overcome CRAB infection. …”
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The Association of Adipokines and Myokines in the Blood of Obese Children and Adolescents with Lipoprotein Lipase rs328 Gene Variants by Alexander V. Shestopalov, Vadim V. Davydov, Genrik T. Tumanyan, Elena D. Teplyakova, Tatiana P. Shkurat, Elena V. Mashkina, Mikhail A. Shkurat, Andrey M. Gaponov, Anastasia A. Sadova, Olga V. Borisenko, Sergey A. Roumiantsev

“…Thus, we conclude that the polymorphism rs328 of the lipoprotein lipase gene is accompanied by the changes in hormones, adipokines, and myokines levels in the blood of children and adolescents with obesity in gender-dependent manner.…”
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CSO (Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery) position paper on rhinologic and skull base surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yvonne Chan, Sarfaraz M. Banglawala, Christopher J. Chin, David W. J. Côté, Dustin Dalgorf, John R. de Almeida, Martin Desrosiers, Richard M. Gall, Artur Gevorgyan, A. Hassan Hassan, Arif Janjua, John M. Lee, Randy M. Leung, Bradford D. Mechor, Dominik Mertz, Eric Monteiro, Smriti Nayan, Brian Rotenberg, John Scott, Kristine A. Smith, Doron D. Sommer, Leigh Sowerby, Marc A. Tewfik, Andrew Thamboo, Allan Vescan, Ian J. Witterick

“…As the number of infected patients decrease across Canada, elective surgeries are being restarted in a staged manner. Since Otolaryngologists – Head & Neck Surgeons manage surgical diseases of the upper aerodigestive tract where the highest viral load reside, it is imperative that these surgeries resume in a safe manner. …”
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Inhibitory Effects of Polaprezine on the Inflammatory Response to Helicobacter pylori by Osamu Handa, Norimasa Yoshida, Yukiko Tanaka, Miho Ueda, Takeshi Ishikawa, Tomohisa Takagi, Naoyuki Matsumoto, Yuji Naito, Toshikazu Yoshikawa

“…Polaprezinc and zinc sulphate inhibited IL-8 production by MKN 45 cells in response to stimulation with H pylori water extract (HPE) in a dose-dependent manner from 10-7 M to 10-5 M. In addition, the expression of CD11b and CD18 on PMN and PMN-dependent adhesion to endothelial cells elicited by HPE was inhibited by polaprezinc and zinc sulphate in a concentration-dependent manner. …”
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Palmitic Acid Downregulates Thyroglobulin (Tg), Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS), and Thyroperoxidase (TPO) in Human Primary Thyrocytes: A Potential Mechanism by Which Lipotoxicity Af... by Meng Zhao, Xiaohan Zhang, Ling Gao, Yongfeng Song, Chao Xu, Chunxiao Yu, Shanshan Shao, Jiajun Zhao

“…Accordingly, the intracellular accumulation of both triglyceride and free fatty acids increased in dose- and time-dependent manners. The effect of palmitic acid stimulation on thyroid hormone synthesis was then determined. …”
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The Role of Coalitions in the Health and Well-Being of Farmworkers by Ashlyn Michael, LaToya O'Neal, Reagan Anderson, Beatrice Pierre, Tracy Irani

“… Farmworker coalitions provide an informal, non-governmental path for farmers and farmworkers to assemble and advocate for their rights in a safe and accessible manner. This publication aims to educate established entities such as Extension on the importance of farmworker coalitions and their role in the facilitation and development of these coalitions. …”
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Optimally stable fifth-order integration methods: a numerical approach by D. J. Rodabaugh, S. Thompson

“…Also described is a practical and efficient nonlinear optimization procedure which made it possible to locate in a precise manner the methods of this type which possess optimal ranges of relative stability in the sense-that the corresponding relative stability regions contain maximal disks centered at the origin.…”
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Unified Treatment of a Class of Spherically Symmetric Potentials: Quasi-Exact Solution by H. Panahi, M. Baradaran

“…We investigate the Schrödinger equation for a class of spherically symmetric potentials in a simple and unified manner using the Lie algebraic approach within the framework of quasi-exact solvability. …”
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Amphiphilic Poly(3-hydroxy alkanoate)s: Potential Candidates for Medical Applications by Baki Hazer

“…These hydrophobic natural polyesters, PHAs, need to have hydrophilic character particularly for drug delivery systems. In this manner, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and hydrophilic functional groups such as amine, hydroxyl, carboxyl, and sulfonic acid have been introduced into the PHAs in order to obtain amphiphilic polymers. …”
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Ironie et communauté (L’Éducation sentimentale) by Boris Lyon-Caen

“…Irony is the cause of it, in its own manner, incidental and furtive, central but diffuse. …”
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Preparation and Antimicrobial Activity of s-Triazine Hydrazones of 7-Hydroxy Coumarin and Their Metal Complexes by G. R. Jani, K. B. Vyas, Zudas Franco

“…The ligand system co-ordinates with the metal ion in a bidentate manner through the nitrogen atom of hydrazone group.…”
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Bordel de bled, bordel au Bled : figures rurales de la prostitution au Maroc by Mustapha Qadéry

“…Because too many shortcuts are taken in the study of female prostitution in the Middle Atlas, this article, taking us back to colonial and postcolonial times, will attempt to portray the phenomena in a different manner. By examining several recollections, exploring individual stories, personal accounts, as well as historic information available on prostitution in this region, this article seeks to reconstruct unifying themes that allow rethinking its inscription in local social dynamics as well as studies on gender and sexuality.…”
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