Symbiosis of greenery with built form. A holistic, systems, multi-level approach by Francesca Scalisi, David Ness

“… Climate change is an effect of human action. It affects the balance of the planet mainly because of the ongoing growth of cities and increased consumption, which leads to the indiscriminate use of non-renewable resources. …”
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 14: Reviewing What We Know about Manatees 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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Inkberry, Ilex glabra by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…Fruits attract birds and other wildlife but are not edible to humans. Flowers attract pollinators, including honey bees. …”
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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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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 10: How Students Impact Their Environment by Maxine Floyd, 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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Le modèle topologique des sociétés amazoniennes by Klaus Hamberger

“…In order to sketch out the logic underlying this model, three aspects of the centre of this social space are taken into account: as the residence of unmarried men, as a place to receive non-humans, and as a liminal area during initiation. Drawing on these analyses, we try to show that the central position occupied by men corresponds to the role they play in mediating between women and Others.…”
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Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Bisphenol-A by Ignacio Rodriguez-Jorquera, Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…BPA is known to harm exposed animals in laboratory settings as well as in the wild, although its potential to harm humans remains controversial. This 7-page fact sheet will discuss the occurrence, use, and potential harmful effects of BPA and will suggest ways to reduce human and environmental exposure to BPA. …”
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Studying microbiology with Glenn F. Webb by Martin J. Blaser

“…Cardiology and Infectious Diseases).Within Internal Medicine, most of the divisions are based on thetreatment of conditions that relate to a single organ or group oforgans -- the heart, the lungs, the kidneys, the digestive system.But the discipline of Infectious Diseases was based on a different concept:the war between humans and microbes.For more information please click the “Full Text” above.…”
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A Mathematical Model for the Dynamics of Onchocerciasis With Vector Control and Mass Drug Administration by Martin Karuhanga, Victor Yiga

“…In this paper, we investigate the transmission dynamics of onchocerciasis with asymptomatic infected humans using a mathematical model. The model incorporates interventions for treatment and vector control to evaluate the impact of these strategies. …”
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Association between Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Breast Cancer: A Report of Two Cases with a Review of the Literature by Yoon Nae Seo, Young Mi Park

“…Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most common genetic diseases in humans and is associated with various benign and malignant tumors, including breast cancer. …”
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« À qui appartenait la terre ? » dans le royaume hindou du Népal by Marc Gaborieau

“…In this unequal struggle for land access, as well as access to women, it is always the gods that retain the upper hand: humans—king and subjects alike—always come second after them, and only get leftovers.…”
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Agentivité grammaticale et agentivité intrinsèque by Eliane Camargo

“…It is worth noting that these entities, especially those of the dead, are rarely patientive as humans can be.…”
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African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Sabrina A. White, Phillip E. Kaufman

“… Anopheles gambiae Giles is commonly called the African malaria mosquito because it is the most efficient vector of human malaria in the Afrotropical Region. They are considered to be one of the world’s most important human malaria vectors because of their susceptibility to the Plasmodium parasite, their preference for humans as a host, and their indoor-feeding behavior. …”
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Third Grade Manatee Curriculum—Lesson 16: Sharing What We Know about Manatees 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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Oriental Rat Flea Xenopsylla cheopsis (Rothschild, 1903) (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) by Chad L. Cross, Jason L. Williams, Andrea Lucky

“…This species is best known as the carrier of the plague bacterium (Yersinia pestis) that was responsible for decimating large populations of people, including nearly a third of the human population of Europe, and influenced the trajectory of human history (Fasulo 2004). …”
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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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« What is the Grand Canyon ? » by Julia Vogel

“…The author shows how, in addition to the construction of a nature external to humans, the “cultures” of Native Americans are made into tourism. …”
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Étude comparative de substances bioactives pour la protection des biens patrimoniaux contre les insectes ravageurs by Grazia Nicosia, Fabien Fohrer, Yoanna Dechezleprêtre, Virginia Gisel de Billerbeck

“…But most of them have proved harmful to humans and many are about to be prohibited by European regulations and their national transcription. …”
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The Involvement of Microglial Cells in Japanese Encephalitis Infections by Thananya Thongtan, Chutima Thepparit, Duncan R. Smith

“…The virus is transmitted to humans by Culex mosquitoes, and, while the majority of human infections are asymptomatic, up to 30% of JE cases admitted to hospital die and 50% of the survivors suffer from neurological sequelae. …”
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A Review of Semantic Sensor Technologies in Internet of Things Architectures by Gergely Marcell Honti, Janos Abonyi

“…Semantic metadata can provide contextual information to support the accessibility of these features, making it easier for machines and humans to process the sensory data and achieve interoperability. …”
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