Palmetto scale Comstockiella sabalis Comstock by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges

“…It describes this scale pest of palms in southern U.S. Mexico and the Caribbean — distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage, and management. …”
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Florida Dairy Industry Statistics: Economic Measures by Kathy G. Arriola, Albert De Vries

“…This 7-page fact sheet brings together key economic and price data about Florida’s primary dairy industry collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Written by K.G. …”
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Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Agave by Rick Schoellhorn, Alexis A. Richardson

“…Agave are available to suit almost every climate zone in the U.S. with cold hardy forms that can withstand single-digit temperatures. …”
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Le Prince Impérial : le témoignage posthume d’un talent ignoré by Aude Nicolas

“…Famous for his tragic death in Zululand on 1 June 1879, the Prince Imperial nevertheless left behind artworks produced throughout his short life and which reveal his natural talents for drawing and sculpture. This article allows us to explore this little-known aspect of the prince, which shows that beyond the military, he was also an accomplished artist with gifts that were as precocious as they were promising.…”
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2005-06 Farm Bill Survey: Characteristics of Florida Producers Who Participated by Rodney L. Clouser

“…Clouser, is one of four fact sheets reporting information collected from Florida producers concerning attitudes and views regarding U.S. Congressional enactment of the next farm bill. …”
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The evolution of altruism by L. A. Dugatkin

“…In this review, I will discuss three evolutionary paths to altruism – genetic relatedness, reciprocity, and group selection – and examine very recent work that uses social network modeling to help us better understand the evolution of altruism.…”
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Studies of the Suitability of Fowlpox as a Decontamination and Thermal Stability Simulant for Variola Major by Amanda E. Chambers, Melissa M. Dixon, Steven P. Harvey

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Approximate Analytical Solutions of the Fractional-Order Brusselator System Using the Polynomial Least Squares Method by Constantin Bota, Bogdan Căruntu

“…The paper presents a new method, called the Polynomial Least Squares Method (PLSM). PLSM allows us to compute approximate analytical solutions for the Brusselator system, which is a fractional-order system of nonlinear differential equations.…”
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Florida Dairy Industry Statistics: Economic Measures by Kathy G. Arriola, Albert De Vries

“…This 7-page fact sheet brings together key economic and price data about Florida’s primary dairy industry collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Written by K.G. …”
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Tracking the Indigenous Sacred, Chidester-style by Rosalind I.J. Hackett

“… The article evaluates David Chidester’s Wild religion(2012)for what it teaches us about tracking and studying the ‘indigenous sacred’ in contemporary South Africa, and, by extension, in Africa more generally, and the diaspora. …”
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John Paul II and respect for local cultures by María Inés Franck

“…This paper reviews the main definitions of culture that the Polish Pope left us, relating them to the identity of peoples. In this same sense, a brief analysis of the phenomenon of globalization is made as it was developed by John Paul II, and it ends with a brief reference to the impact of this phenomenon on local cultures. …”
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Comparing Genetic Value of Bulls from Different Breeds: Across Breed EPDs by Gary R. Hansen

“…Hansen, describes how to use tables developed by the US Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) which provide adjustment factors to allow for the calculation of across-breed expected progeny differences (AB-EPDs) to assess genetic potential across different breeds. …”
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Keeping Fruit In Your Diet by Linda B. Bobroff

“…“Those of us who love fruit find it hard to imagine that so many Americans eat far less fruit than is recommended for good health. …”
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Réversibilité du mépris dans Bouvard et Pécuchet ou comment « saper les bases » de la société by Isabelle Pitteloud

“…The impossibility of stabilising the points of view expressed in this way leads us to observe an “equality of everything” that is a joyfully denigrating impersonality.…”
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Locke’s Diagnosis of Akrasia by Matthew A. Leisinger

“…On this interpretation, akrasia occurs on Locke’s account because certain cognitive biases endemic to the human mind dispose us to privilege present over future happiness. As a result, we end up irrationally pursuing present pleasure and the removal of present pain even as we simultaneously judge that doing so runs contrary to our own greater good. …”
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Infection prevention in the immunocompromised traveler due to conditions other than transplantation: a review by Joseph Sassine, Emily A. Siegrist, Rita Wilson Dib, José Henao-Cordero, Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita

“…This narrative review explores the risks related to infection in immunocompromised travelers due to conditions other than transplantation, and evaluates the evidence behind current prophylactic strategies, including immunizations, antimicrobials, and non-pharmacological interventions, to prevent various infection and how the current evidence applies to this special patient population, from the perspective of a US-based traveler.…”
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Field Key to Identification of Scale Insects on Holly (Ilex spp.) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda C. Hodges

“… Over 500 different varieties of hollies (Ilex spp) are grown in the US as hedges, garden borders, and specimen plants. …”
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2011 Florida Population Growth Is Third Largest in United States ... But Still Not Close to Pre-Recession Levels by Rodney L. Clouser

“…Overall, from July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 Florida’s population increased by almost 219,000 people, which was the third largest increase in all US states. In this 4-page fact sheet, UF/IFAS economist Rodney L. …”
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Managing High Water Levels in Florida’s Largest Lake: Lake Okeechobee by Karl Havens

“…Havens and published by the Florida Sea Grant College Program, UF/IFAS Extension, provides a history of Lake Okeechobee regulation schedules and an overview of the risks, constraints, and trade-offs that the US Army Corps of Engineers must consider when deciding to release flood water from the lake. …”
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Modèles artificiels en plâtre polychromé, étude et restauration by Florian Gaget

“…This study has allowed us to specify their history, the functions and techniques that were used by the casters and painters to realize them. …”
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