EVALUATION OF THE AMMONIA AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATIC FACTORS INTERACTIONS, CASE STUDY 2008 BACAU CITY ROMANIA by DOINA CAPȘA, NARCIS BÂRSAN, VALENTIN NEDEFF, EMILIAN MOȘNEGUȚU, DANA CHIȚIMUȘ

“… Atmospheric pollution present interest for monitoring and analysis when one or more substances or mixture of pollutants are present in the atmosphere in quantities or for a period that can be dangerous for humans, animals or plants and contribute to endangering the activity or welfare of persons. …”
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An update on Florida’s Artificial Reefs: recent deployments and trends by Edward V. Camp, Lisa Chong, Angela B. Collins, Holly Abeels, Keith Mille, Michael Sipos, Brittany Hall-Scharf, Scott Jackson, Shelly Krueger, Victor Blanco

“… Popular marine habitat enhancements, artificial reefs can benefit sea life and humans. Floridians visit them every year to fish, dive, snorkel, or boat around. …”
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Stewardship Ecosystem Services Study: Carbon Stores on Florida Forest Stewardship Program Lands by Nilesh Timilsina, Francisco J. Escobedo, Alison E. Adams, Sonia Delphin

“…Ecosystem services are benefits from nature that are directly enjoyed, consumed, or used by humans, such as water quality improvement or protection, recreation, biodiversity, and even timber. …”
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Pest Management Perceptions and Practices for Equine Farms in North and Central Florida by Erika T. Machtinger, Norman C. Leppla, Cindy Saunders

“…So, homeowners have a high risk of exposure to pathogens that can be transmitted by filth flies to humans. Integrated pest management for equine farms requires accurate diagnosis of pest problems and the coordinated use of science-based management practices, but a recent survey shows that many equine property owners don’t know enough about the identification, biology, and presence of filth fly pests on their properties to develop successful IPM programs. …”
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Enforcement of environmental law through citizen lawsuit in administrative court by Putrijanti Aju, Indreswari Tri Laksmi, Yuli Sulistyawan Aditya, Wahyu Ananingsih Sri, Doramia Lumbanraja Anggita

“…The damage of the environmental can be harmful to humans. CLS used to file to General Court, however some cases were granted, and others were denied. …”
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Géohistoire environnementale : contours sémantiques et conceptuels. Discussions sur les héritages et patrimoines reconnus aux zones humides fluviales by Delphine Gramond

“…The recent strategies of management of wetlands, aiming to maintenance or to the reconquest of these ecosystems, focus on the ecosystemic functions - translated into terms of ecosystems services according to the Millenium Ecosystem Assesment conceptual Framework - on the one hand, and by underlining more and more strongly on the other hand the values, in particular the heritage values, that we can recognize to them; this approach, broadly utilitarian, asks the question of the natural environment readjustement potentiality and de facto requires to interpret their(s) “trajectories” put rhythm into by biophysics and humans dynamics, which have temporalities and spatialities quite complex and intricate. …”
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Black salt marsh mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Natasha Marie Agramonte, C. Roxanne Connelly

“…Although it is not a primary vector of major concern, it can transmit pathogens to humans and other animals. Its characteristic emergence in large numbers after rains and flooding events as well as its aggressive biting contribute to its notoriety as a pest insect. …”
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Behold the Man, again: What Nietzsche hopes his Readers will see in 'Ecce Homo' by Daniel Conway

“…While we know, more or less, what Pilate intended the crowd to behold—viz. the unremarkable humanity of the innocent prisoner Jesus—it is not entirely clear what Nietzsche expects his readers to behold in his autobiography. …”
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Risk Management for 4-H Youth Development Work: Large Animals—Livestock by Chad Carr, Saundra Tenbroeck, Wendy DeVito, Chris Strong, Dale Pracht, Georgene Bender

“…This 8-page fact sheet covers risks in the following categories: injuries to people, injuries to animals, property damage, biosecurity (diseases transmitted to humans and between animals), and general precautions. …”
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Overview of How to Stop Damage Caused by Nuisance Wildlife in Your Yard by Holly K. Ober, Arlo Kane

“…These suggestions should help reduce wildlife damage in a practical, humane, and environmentally responsible manner. Written by Holly K. …”
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Blacklegged Tick or Deer Tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae) by Michael R. Patnaude, Thomas N. Mather

“… In the United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say affects the greatest number of people for three principal reasons: their geographic distribution coincides in the northeastern United States with the greatest concentration of humans (Miller et al. 1990); spirochete infection rates are high, often exceeding 25 (Burgdorfer et al. 1982, Anderson et al. 1983, Magnarelli et al. 1986); and the geographical range of the tick is spreading (Lastavica et al. 1989, Anderson et al. 1990, Godsey et al. 1987, Davis et al. 1984). …”
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Applying multispecies justice in nature-based solutions and urban sustainability planning: Tensions and prospects by Christopher M. Raymond, Pauliina Rautio, Nora Fagerholm, Valtteri A. Aaltonen, Erik Andersson, Danielle Celermajer, Mike Christie, Maria Hällfors, Maria Helena Saari, Himansu Sekhar Mishra, Alex M. Lechner, Melissa Pineda-Pinto, David Schlosberg

“…Abstract While substantial efforts have been made to identify and address issues of environmental justice in urban areas, the question of how to consider and plan for the concerns of humans and other species remains a major challenge. …”
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Heart of the Country by Len Kamerling

“…How can we create a world that will offer our children wisdom, humanity, responsibility and hope? Shinichi Yasutomo, the extraordinary principal of a rural village school in Hokkaido, Japan, passionately believes he knows the way - by giving children a moral compass to guide their lives, by educating their hearts as wells as their minds.  …”
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Seaweed-derived bioactives: Gut microbiota targeted interventions for immune function by Holly Sedgwick, Glenn Gibson, Jessica Adams, Anisha Wijeyesekera

“…Further research is now required in humans to determine whether combinations of these could offer synergistic benefits for health.…”
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Toxicity of Common Indoor Household Insecticides Registered in Florida by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Insecticides are designed to control insect pests, but they can also be toxic (poisonous) to desirable plants and animals, including humans. Some pesticides are so highly toxic that very small quantities can kill a person, and almost any pesticide can make people ill if they are exposed to a sufficient amount. …”
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Elimination of metoclopramid by the adsorption process (GAC) and ozone process by Oussama Khemis, Gabriel Racovițeanu, Elena Vulpașu

“…Existence of pharmaceutical substances in water with different concentrations in natural ecosystems it poses a danger to humans and animals. Conventional methods for water treatment have proven to be relatively ineffective in removing pharmaceutical contaminants, while the more effective process used for our research to eliminate pharmaceutical substance metoclopramid are ozone processes and adsorption process. …”
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Brief Exposition of Religious Experience in Semitic Religion by Ahmad Nabil Amir, Tasnim Abdul Rahman

“…It also surveys modern development in this field of study and its position in espousing interfaith dialogue and the mutual heritage of our common humanity that highlighted the spirit of La-Convivencia of such an inclusive and pluralistic force, especially in the Malay Basin. …”
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Pastorale begeleiding aan die persoon met dissosiatiewe identiteitsversteuring by A. L. du Plessis

“…Assistance should take place with care and sensitivity in order to guide the person with dissociative identity disorder taking into consideration integral dimensions of personal humanity. It is submitted that guidance in this respect can therefore not be unilaterally psychological or pastoral by nature. …”
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Blacklegged Tick or Deer Tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae) by Michael R. Patnaude, Thomas N. Mather

“… In the United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say affects the greatest number of people for three principal reasons: their geographic distribution coincides in the northeastern United States with the greatest concentration of humans (Miller et al. 1990); spirochete infection rates are high, often exceeding 25 (Burgdorfer et al. 1982, Anderson et al. 1983, Magnarelli et al. 1986); and the geographical range of the tick is spreading (Lastavica et al. 1989, Anderson et al. 1990, Godsey et al. 1987, Davis et al. 1984). …”
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Deer Flies, Yellow Flies and Horse Flies, Chrysops, Diachlorus, and Tabanus spp. by Jason M. Squitier

“… The family Tabanidae, commonly known as horse flies, and deer flies, contains pests of cattle, horses and humans. In Florida there are 35 species of Tabanidae that are classed as economically important. …”
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