EPA’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Do some of these same chemical contaminants also affect the human endocrine system? Do pesticides cause these effects? …”
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Tropical Orb Weaver Spider, Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae) by Glavis B. Edwards

“…Bites of this species are not known to cause serious effects to humans. This document is EENY-291 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 286), 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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The Life of Embryon According to Thomas Aquinas by Piotr Roszak

“…The changes of substantial forms, from vegetative one to human’s form, is contemplated by Aquinas in logical, not chronological order. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Shigellosis by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“… Shigella is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, non-sporeforming, rod-shaped bacterium capable of causing disease in humans. Disease occurs when virulent Shigella organisms are consumed and invade the intestinal mucosa, resulting in tissue destruction. …”
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 4: Manatees Are Mammals; They Are Closely Related to Elephants by Ruth Francis-Floyd, Maia McGuire

“…This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and can protect manatees. The curriculum has been written at a third-grade level but can be adapted for older or younger students. …”
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Dicrocoelium Dendriticum Infection in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease by Franzjosef Schweiger, Magdalena Kuhn

“…Infection with Dicrocoelium dendriticum in humans is rarely reported in the medical literature. …”
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Pasteurella multocida Septic Shock: Case Report and Literature Review by A. Aljameely, G. Wali

“…Pasteurella multocida is a small, Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic coccobacillus that inhabits the normal microbiota of the respiratory tract of several animals, especially cats and dogs. By infecting humans, a wide range of clinical pictures can evolve varying from mild local cellulitis to more severe systemic diseases (e.g., meningitis, pneumonia, endocarditis, and bacteremia). …”
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Orb Weavers, Neoscona crucifera (Lucas 1839) and Neoscona domiciliorun (Hentz) (Arachnidae: Araneae: Araneidae) by Glavis B. Edwards, Jr.

“…Bites from these spiders are not known to cause serious effects to humans. This document is EENY-316 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 266), 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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Thermal Spin Transport Properties in Diarylethene-Based Molecule Devices by Gang Xu, Xingyi Tan, Dahua Ren

“…Spin caloritronic devices, as multifunctional devices, combining spintronics, and caloritronics, are essential for the sustainable development of humans. Here, a novel spin caloritronic device is presented using a diarylethene molecule photoswitch sandwiched among two semi-infinite zigzag graphene nanoribbons containing asymmetrical edge hydrogenation electrodes. …”
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Ermenautica delle relazioni interspecifiche by Sergio Marchetti

“…I thus delineate a perspective that shifts from the macro planetary sea, seemingly devoid of human senses and relations, to the sea experienced in its even microscopic effects, the theatre of interspecific bonds and meanings (Helmreich 2010; Sahlins 2018; Haraway 2020).…”
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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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Poorly Controlled Type 3c Diabetes due to Use of Veterinarian Insulin Syringes by Francisco Barrera, Natia Murvelashvili

“…Different insulin strengths are now available in the US; while U-40 insulin does not exist in the United States for humans, it is a very common strength used in animals. …”
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 7: What Do Manatees Need to Survive? by Maia McGuire, Ruth Francis-Floyd

“…This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and can protect manatees. The curriculum has been written at a third-grade level but can be adapted for older or younger students. …”
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 18: Let’s Have a Manatee Science Night! by Maia McGuire, Ruth Francis-Floyd

“…This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and can protect manatees. The curriculum has been written at a third-grade level but can be adapted for older or younger students. …”
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 9: Manatees Need Warm Water to Survive by Maia McGuire, Ruth Francis-Floyd

“…This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and can protect manatees. The curriculum has been written at a third-grade level but can be adapted for older or younger students. …”
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Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis Caused by Veillonella parvula by Marc Prod’homme, Gilles Pfander, Patricia Pavese, Alexandre Cech, Islam Abouelnaga, Lionel Helfer

“…This bacteria is rare as a pathogen but is well known as a commensal of the lungs, vagina, mouth, and gastrointestinal tract of humans. However, it may turn as an opportunistic pathogen. …”
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Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: Detection, Differentiation, and Implications for Food Safety by William J. Zaragoza, Max Teplitski, Clifton K. Fagerquist

“…Even though most E. coli are benign or even beneficial members of our gut microbial communities, strains carrying Shiga-toxin encoding genes are highly pathogenic in humans and other animals. This 6-page fact sheet discusses the two types of Shiga toxins and the best approaches to identifying and determining which Shiga toxin is present. …”
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Casuarina equisetifolia, Australian Pine by Michael G. Andreu, Melissa H. Friedman, Robert J. Northrop

“…But soon thereafter it was spreading without help from humans. Today it is considered a category I invasive species in Florida, and the Division of Plant Industry strictly prohibits possessing, transporting, and cultivating this species. …”
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Historical Evolution of Spatial Abilities by A. Ardila

“…It is further proposed that spatial cognition might have evolved in a parallel way with cultural evolution and environmental demands. Contemporary city humans might be using spatial abilities in some new, conceptual tasks that did not exist in prehistoric times: mathematics, reading, writing, mechanics, music, etc. …”
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 3: Manatee Adaptations by Alexis Morris, Maia McGuire, Ruth Francis-Floyd

“…This curriculum provides a series of individual lessons covering manatee biology and ecology, as well as highlighting some of the ways that humans impact and can protect manatees. The curriculum has been written at a third-grade level but can be adapted for older or younger students. …”
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