More than PHB – the PHAmily of Copolymers: Justifications for Broader Use and Summary of Biodegradation Facts on Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) – A Review by M. Lackner, P. Costa, M. Koller, M. Zinn

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Energetic Cost of Ichthyophonus Infection in Juvenile Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) by Johanna J. Vollenweider, Jake L. Gregg, Ron A. Heintz, Paul K. Hershberger

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Identifying barriers that prevent US insured adults at-risk for and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes from accessing primary care services: An exploratory study by Tamara Crawford

“…Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is a condition that affects millions of individuals within the United States and it is one of the leading causes of death. …”
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Perceptions and attitudes of medical students toward opioid education: A qualitative study by Angelina Luciano, Mara Schenker, Dawn L. Comeau, Courtney R. Yarbrough, Nicholas A. Giordano

“…Conclusions: There is room for improvement for medical school instruction on the safe and effective use of opioids for pain management in the United States. Medical students themselves have expressed a desire for enhanced opioid education. …”
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Mortality among Alaska Native Adults with Confirmed Hepatitis C Virus Infection Compared with the General Population in Alaska, 1995–2016 by Sara S. Bressler, Dana Bruden, Leisha D. Nolen, Michael G. Bruce, Lisa Towshend-Bulson, Philip Spradling, Brian J. McMahon

“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection incidence rates in the United States have increased since 2010 as a byproduct of the opioid crisis despite the introduction of direct-acting antiviral agents in 2013. …”
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Pavement ant Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Tyler Vitone, Andrea Lucky

“… The pavement ant is one of the most commonly encountered ants in the United States. Since first introduced from Europe at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the ant has become well established and is prevalent in urban areas in the northern U.S. and parts of Canada. …”
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A Southern Shakespeare? by Michèle Vignaux

“…Among the causes of this ambivalence is the underlying tension between the democratic ideal of the United States and the association of Shakespeare with the old European feudal order, itself associated by Walt Whitman with slavery in the old South. …”
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The lower bound for number of hexagons in strongly regular graphs with parameters $\lambda=1$ and $\mu=2$ by Reimbay Reimbayev

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Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by John L. Capinera

“…The tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (Fabricius), is a native species and is found throughout the eastern and southwestern United States. It is principally a field crop pest, attacking such crops as alfalfa, clover, cotton, flax, soybean, and tobacco. …”
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Carbofuran Cancellation Process by Frederick Fishel

“…PI-170, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Frederick Fishel, provides a brief history of carbofuran’s use in the United States, describes risks associated with carbofuran use, and outlines the U.S. …”
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Florida Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation Handbook: Federal Agencies by Michael T. Olexa, Aaron Leviten, Kelly Samek

“… There are four federal agencies that regulate solid and hazardous waste: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),  The United States Coast Guard (USCG), The Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), and The Department of Transportation (DOT). …”
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Des maisons hantées en Amérique au XIXe siècle by Stéphanie Sauget

“…Seen from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, that a young country as the United States can have local stories of haunted houses can seem rather surprising, just as much as the still current attachment of the Americans in a kind of haunted “heritage”. …”
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Editorial: Smart biomedical signal analysis with machine intelligence by Tilendra Choudhary, Pulakesh Upadhyaya, Mohammad Zavid Parvez, Mohammad Zavid Parvez, Shaik Rafi Ahamed

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Race, Gender, and Empire: The Strange Career of Women’s Voting Rights in Wyoming by Virginia Scharff

“…Historians have long puzzled over the fact that the earliest victories for women’s voting rights in the United States were won in the American West, far from the most prominent centers of women’s political activism. …”
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The Common Roles of Fathers: The Five Ps by Garret D. Evans, Kate Fogarty

“…Some are involved in every facet of their child's life while others concentrate on one or two aspects of raising their child. In the United States, the role of the father has changed, with today's fathers taking more responsibility for raising their children. …”
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Row Covers for Commercial Vegetable Culture in Florida by George J. Hochmuth, Robert C. Hochmuth, Steve Kostewicz, William Stall

“… This publication describes the present state of technology regarding row covers in the United States and provides examples of potential applications of that technology to Florida vegetable production. …”
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Building Capacity of Public Health Workforce in the Global South Through Humphrey Fellowship by Monzur Morshed Patwary, Sabanur Çavdar, Sabanur Çavdar, Heba Metwally, Eman Salih, Richard Kambarangwe

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Protecting Your Family from Unintentional Poisoning by Donna Davis

“…“In 2004, more than 2.4 million exposures to human toxins were reported to poison control centers in the United States. Almost all of them occurred in homes, and 85% percent of poison exposures were unintentional. …”
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Applying Pesticides in Compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) by Frederick M. Fishel

“…On October 31, 2011, EPA issued a final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Pesticide Generic Permit for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States. This 10-page fact sheet explains what is now required for pesticide applications in Florida. …”
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Comparison of Labor Costs between Florida and Mexican Strawberry Industries by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, Melvin Garcia-Nazariega

“… Florida has the largest winter strawberry production in the United States. In recent years, Florida's industry has faced growing competition from Mexico. …”
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