Identifying Risk Factors of Upper Extremity Injuries in Collegiate Baseball Players: A Pilot Study by Robert Slowik, Christopher Morris, Matthew Hoch, Timothy Uhl

“… # Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate pre-season physical measurements in collegiate baseball players and track in-season baseball throwing volume to determine which factors may predict throwing overuse injuries…”
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Rendre compte de l'insaisissable by Youssoupha Tall, Jeanne Riaux, Benjamin Sultan

“…In Sereer countryside (Fatick region), the Saltigui (diviners) take part in this work of anticipating the rainy season through divination practices that enable them to predict the course of the coming rainy season. …”
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Temporal Analysis of Heat Waves and Cold Waves for Samsun Province by Sena Güneş, Bahtiyar Efe

“…The average duration of heat waves increases for both stations in all seasons. The duration of cold air waves has decreased except for the autumn season for both stations. …”
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Phenotypic plasticity and genetic variation of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. across diverse rangelands in northeastern Ethiopia by Minyahel Tilahun, Ayana Angassa, Zinabu Bora, Shimelis Mengistu, Jianshuang Wu

“…This study investigated the functional traits and fitness of Prosopis juliflora in the Afar region of Ethiopia, focusing on three land-use types: dry-season grazing lands, wet-season grazing lands, and wildlife reserves. …”
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Causality Analysis of Air Quality and Meteorological Parameters for PM2.5 Characteristics Determination: Evidence from Jakarta by Tri Istiana, Budhy Kurniawan, Santoso Soekirno, Alberth Nahas, Alvin Wihono, Danang Eko Nuryanto, Suko Prayitno Adi, Muhammad Lukman Hakim

“…During the JJA (June–August) season, most of the meteorological parameters did not have any impact, whereas the increased humidity during the SON (September– November) season also increased the PM2.5 concentration. …”
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Divergent response of grassland aboveground net primary productivity and precipitation utilization efficiency to altered precipitation patterns by process-based model by Chen Cheng, Lu Wu, Lu Wu, Hongyan Liu, Boyi Liang, Xinrong Zhu, Feiyun Yang

“…The effect of changing precipitation during middle growing season outweighed that of late growing season and early growing season, and the positive effect of increasing precipitation were more pronounced in typical steppe and desert steppe if facing early growing season precipitation increase in the future. …”
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Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia by Fuad Zenu Abagero, Teshita Edaso Beriso, Tilaye Shibbiru Mengistu

“…The prevalence of H. contortus was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05) with respect to agroecology and season. The highest prevalence of H. contortus was observed during the semidry season (65.62%) and began to decline gradually from the middle of the semidry season. …”
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions as Affected by Alternative Long-Term Irrigation and Tillage Management Practices in the Lower Mississippi River Valley by S. F. Smith, K. R. Brye

“…Soil surface CO2 fluxes were measured approximately every two weeks during two soybean growing seasons. Estimated season-long CO2 emissions were unaffected by irrigation in 2011 (P>0.05); however, during the unusually dry 2012 growing season, season-long CO2 emissions were 87.6% greater (P=0.044) under irrigated (21.9 Mg CO2 ha−1) than under dryland management (11.7 Mg CO2 ha−1). …”
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Analysis of spatiotemporal distribution, variability, and trends of rainfall in Wollo area, Northeastern Ethiopia. by Asnake Adane, Birhanu Asmerom

“…The MMK test showed that the annual rainfall during the Kiremt (summer-main rainy season) had an increasing trend. On the other hand, rainfall for the Belg (short rain season for the study area) season and the Bega (winter) season showed a significantly decreasing trend (p < 0.05). …”
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An Apparent Achilles Heel of the NFL: Have Achilles Tendon Injuries Significantly Increased to Unacceptably High Incidence Levels in the NFL and if so, why? A Clinical Insight by Timothy E Hewett, Chad D Lavender, Andrew L Schaver

“…That first week of the NFL season the NFL Players Association, the NFLPA, put out a statement to this effect that demanded removal of rubberized turf surfaces throughout the NFL! …”
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Managing Stress During the Holidays by Heidi Radunovich

“… When we think of the holidays, we often think about family, togetherness, giving, and celebrating. While the holiday season should be a time of enjoyment, there are many events associated with the season that can cause stress. …”
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Odia Ofeimun at 70: The Poet Ages by Toyin Falola

“…To you whose verses glow beyond the darkness in the sky of this country, I bring a gif of the season. …”
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Managing Stress During the Holidays by Heidi Radunovich

“… When we think of the holidays, we often think about family, togetherness, giving, and celebrating. While the holiday season should be a time of enjoyment, there are many events associated with the season that can cause stress. …”
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Labor Shortages in the Florida Strawberry Industry by Zhengfei Guan

“…We found that labor shortages increase over the season, ranging from a shortage of 14 workers per 100 acres in September to 35 workers per 100 acres in March, the peak harvesting season.   …”
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Relationship between Particle Size Distribution and Pollutant Content during the Transport of Storm Runoff by GAO Aiping, HUANG Tinglin, MA Xu, ZHANG Guorong, FAN Wenwei, QI Yunzhi, ZHANG Bo, DU Juanjuan, CUI Hongjun

“…Flood season runoff is an important factor affecting reservoir operation, and timely understanding of the runoff transport and the corresponding water quality responses during flood season can provide suggestions for reservoir operation. …”
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The Effects of Some External Management Factors on the Nitrogen Composition of Cattle Manure on Smallholder Farms by H. A. Markewich, A. N. Pell, D. M. Mbugua, D. J. R. Cherney, H. M. van Es, J. Lehmann

“…Manure and manure-urine mixtures were stored for 120 days during dry and rainy seasons in Kenya. Manure-urine mixtures leached 26% of their mineral N content during the dry season, but only 12% during the rainy season. …”
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Synoptic analysis of heavy precipitations of Kurdistan province by Mohammad Darand

“…By two thresholds 32 days selected and same as to the wet season precipitation the sea level pressure data from NOAA extracted. …”
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Potential Diversity of Natural Regeneration in Peat Swamp Forest: A Case Study at Forest for Specific Purpose (KHDTK) Tumbang Nusa, Central Kalimantan by Dony Rachmanadi, Eny Faridah, Peter J Van Der Meer

“…The seed rain was dominated by Combretocarpus rotundatus at all sites during dry season while during intermediate season, Palaquium sp. dominated the interior and Combretocarpus rotundatus near the edge. …”
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The Effects of Rape Residue Mulching on Net Global Warming Potential and Greenhouse Gas Intensity from No-Tillage Paddy Fields by Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Cou-Gui Cao, Li-Jin Guo, Cheng-Fang Li

“…During a rice-growing season, residue mulching treatments sequestered significantly more organic C from 687 kg C ha−1 season−1 to 1654 kg C ha−1 season−1 than no residue treatment. …”
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Mortality risk during heatwaves: An evaluation of effects by heatwaves characteristics in Serbia by Allen Michael J., Arsenović Daniela, Savić Stevan, Nikitović Vladimir

“…Results indicate that longer heatwaves generally have a greater impact on mortality, regardless of when they occur in the warm season. When comparing warm and extremely warm days, relative risk (RR) increases with intensity, and RRs are higher for earlier season heatwaves Extremely warm, early season heatwaves show significantly high RR in all three cities, respectively, for Belgrade 1.37 (95% CI: 125, 1.5), for Novi Sad 1.27 (95% CI: 1.08, 1.5), and for Niš 1.47 (95% CI: 1.15, 1.87). …”
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