Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) by Frank W. Mead

“….), which can, when abundant, cause considerable dieback or even death of small trees. This document is EENY-328 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 57), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Periodically forced discrete-time SIS epidemic model with diseaseinduced mortality by John E. Franke, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu

“…We use a periodically forced SIS epidemic model with disease inducedmortality to study the combined effects of seasonal trends and death on theextinction and persistence of discretely reproducing populations. …”
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First-Aid System for Marathon Athletes Based on Telemedicine Technology by Caixia Chen, Shuai Liu

“…With the marathon, not only the joy of successfully holding the event, but also the pain of the contestants and even the sadness of sudden death. In order to reduce the occurrence of such problems, this paper studies the emergency system of marathon runners based on telemedicine technology. …”
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STATISTICS AS INSTRUMENT OF COUNTERACTION TO INDIVIDUAL TERRORISM by S. Kuzin, M. Karmanov, V. Kuznetsov

“…Authors come to a conclusion that in this case not only the number of individually conducted terrorist attacks in a year will be taken into consideration (or for any other period of time), but also that damage which was caused (a death toll and the wounded and cumulative damages of material property as a result of individual terrorist attacks). …”
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Hippocampal Necrosis in a Cat from Australia by Carl Adagra, Susan Amanda Piripi

“…The cat was witnessed to vomit and aspirate 24 hours after diagnosis leading to cardiac arrest and death. Postmortem examination revealed a subacute degenerative encephalopathy involving the hippocampus.…”
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10 Questions for Professor David Crystal by David Crystal, Thomas Tinnefeld

“…His discourse encompasses a broad range of topics, including the practical implications of linguistics, the internet and online communication platforms, language death, English as a global lingua franca, language-related challenges in education, language play and creativity, the importance of Shakespeare for our present lives, and linguistics as an interdisciplinary science, to name but a few. …”
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An Overview of DNA Repair in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Fabio Coppedè

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND), is an adult onset neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the degeneration of cortical and spinal cord motor neurons, resulting in progressive muscular weakness and death. Increasing evidence supports mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative DNA damage in ALS motor neurons. …”
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Genetic Evidence for Geographic Structure within the  Neanderthal Population by Rogers, Alan R.

“…PSMC estimates of Neanderthal effective population size (Ne) exhibit a roughly 5-fold decline across the most recent 20~ky before the death of each fossil. To explain this pattern, this article develops new theory relating genetic variation to geographic population structure and local extinction. …”
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Recherches sur la collection d’enfants et d’adolescents d’âge et de sexe connus de Bologne (Italie) : diagnose de l’âge sur la base du degré de maturation osseuse by Silvia Veschi, Fiorenzo Facchini

“…The purpose of this study is the assessment of age at death in immature human skeletons through observation of the degree of skeletal maturation, in particular the appearance of ossification centres and their successive fusion. …”
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Effects of Calcium Ion, Calpains, and Calcium Channel Blockers on Retinitis Pigmentosa by Mitsuru Nakazawa

“…However, apoptosis is not a single molecular cascade, but consists of many different reactions such as caspase-dependent and caspase-independent pathways commonly leading to DNA fractionation and cell death. The intracellular concentration of calcium ions is also known to increase in apoptosis. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum by Keith R. Schneider, Rachael Silverberg, Alexandra Chang, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider

“…The bacteria and spores alone do not cause disease, but they produce the botulinum toxin that causes botulism, a serious paralytic condition that can lead to death. Although it is one of the least common of the foodborne diseases, anyone is susceptible even with the ingestion of only a small amount of toxin present in contaminated food. …”
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Common Green Bottle Fly or Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae) by Matthew Anderson, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…Larvae or maggots help forensic scientists to determine the period of insect colonization as it relates to the time of death, aiding law enforcement in their investigations. …”
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"Elephant's Foot," a Basal Stem Disorder in Greenhouse-Grown Bell Peppers by Elio Jovicich, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“…The epidermal injuries increase the plant susceptibility to fungal infections that can lead to plant death. This publication describes the symptoms and possible causes of this basal stem physiological disorder in greenhouse-grown bell pepper, and presents pepper production methods to avoid the disorder. …”
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An Aesthetic Visualization of Ritual Ordering among the Yoruba Drummer: A Medium of Life Celebration by Olusegun Adebolu Oladosu

“…The study underscores the significant of ritual that are connected to birth, puberty, middle stage and death which are very important to life stages among the Yoruba people. …”
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Field Diagnosis of Citrus Tristeza Virus by Stephen H. Futch, Ronald H. Brlansky

“…By the 1980s, it produced serious losses due to tree decline and death on sour orange and Citrus macrophylla rootstocks. …”
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Lyapunov Functions for a Class of Discrete SIRS Epidemic Models with Nonlinear Incidence Rate and Varying Population Sizes by Ying Wang, Zhidong Teng, Mehbuba Rehim

“…The model is required to possess different death rates for the susceptible, infectious, recovered, and constant recruitment into the susceptible class, infectious class, and recovered class, respectively. …”
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« La peur du désir » : A Mummer’s Wife et Esther Waters de George Moore by Fabienne Gaspari

“…Such fear—paradoxically both of excess and of exhaustion—leads to a form of retribution and to the expulsion (often synonymous with death) of the character who has gone beyond the pale.…”
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Tracing Ophelia from Millais to Contemporary Art: Literary, Pictorial and Digital Icons by Laurence Roussillon-Constanty

“…Since the 1980s, John Everett Millais’s emblematic oil painting, Ophelia (1851–1852) has been remarkably framed by feminist discourses on gender that convincingly demonstrated how the representation of female death could be linked to patriarchal tradition whose underlying discourse was to tame, control and ultimately objectify women. …”
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Baseball Related Injuries: A Case Report on Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm by Charles B. Pasque, Christopher Hendrix

“…Delay or misdiagnosis can cause devastating consequences such as Volkmann’s ischemic contracture, permanent nerve damage, amputation, and death. Lower extremity compartment syndrome is more common than upper extremity compartment syndrome, with the forearm being the most common location for upper extremity compartment syndrome. …”
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Smoking and Health: A Physician Responsibility—A Statement of the Joint Committee on Smoking and Health by Joint Committee on Smoking and Health

“…Tobacco use, particularly cigarette smoking, is a major cause of preventable disease and premature death worldwide. Both smokers and nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke are at risk. …”
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