Lobate Lac Scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae) by F. W. Howard, Robert Pemberton, Avas Hamon, Greg S. Hodges, Bryan Steinberg, Catharine M. Mannion, David McLean, Jeanette Wofford

“… A species of scale insect new to Florida is potentially one of the most devastating pests of trees and shrubs in the state's history. …”
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Principal eigenvalue for an elliptic problem with indefinite weight on cylindrical domains by Chiu-Yen Kao, Yuan Lou, Eiji Yanagida

“…Biologically, this minimization problem is motivated by the questionof determining the optimal spatial arrangement of favorable and unfavorableregions for a species to survive. Both our analysis and numerical simulationsfor rectangular domains indicate that there exists a threshold value such thatif the total weight is below this threshold value, then the optimal favorableregion is a circular-type domain at one of the four corners, and a strip at theone end with shorter edge otherwise.…”
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Managing Scale Insects on Ornamental Plants by Eileen A. Buss, Adam Dale

“… Scale insects are a diverse group of piercing-sucking pests (Hemiptera) commonly found on ornamental plants in landscapes and nurseries. There are over 180 species of scale insects in Florida, but only a small percentage are important pests of ornamental plants. …”
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Savoirs naturalistes et stratégies de collecte de Geloina erosa, Geloina expansa et Polymesoda bengalensis dans la mangrove de l’île de Siberut (Indonésie) by Ariadna Burgos

“…We have found that local knowledge is highly dynamic and combines multidisciplinary information - ecological, geographical and social – and key knowledge regarding the choice of the species and the place they are collected. But beyond their use as a key subsistence resource, mollusks are excellent bioindicators and provide a unique object to establish an interactive an complementary dialogue between scientists and local gatherers in the monitoring and assessment of coastal change.…”
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Liver Injury Induced by Anticancer Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy by Y. Maor, S. Malnick

“…We discuss the mechanism of the hepatic injury, secondary to reactive oxygen species, and the spectrum of hepatic injury including, steatosis, steatohepatitis, hepatic sinusoidal injury and highlight the pharmacogenomics of such liver insults. …”
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Analysis of Stochastic Predator-Prey Model with Disease in the Prey and Holling Type II Functional Response by C. Gokila, M. Sambath, K. Balachandran, Yong-Ki Ma

“…We derive the conditions for extinction and permanence of species. Moreover, we construct appropriate Lyapunov functions and discuss the asymptotic stability of equilibria. …”
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Sinonasal mucormycosis with an unusual involvement of palate by Santosh Kumar Swain

“…Mucormycosis is caused by a fungal infection that belongs to the order of Mucorales and is one of the rapidly spreading infections of the human body. Rhizopus species are the most common etiological agent associated with mucormycosis. …”
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Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (suggested common name), Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) by Tracy Conklin, Russell F. Mizell, III

“… The glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata (Say), is a large leafhopper species native to the southeastern United States. …”
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Twobandad Japanese Weevil, Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus Roelofs (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…With a host range of over 100 plant species, the twobanded Japanese weevil is recognized in the northeastern and midwestern United States as an important pest of landscape plantings (Wheeler and Boyd 2005). …”
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Atlantic St. John's Wort, Hypericum tenuifolium Synonym: Hypericum reductum by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell

“…Hypericum is a large genus of plants with 31 species in Florida alone (Wunderlin et al. 2017). …”
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Mexican Redrump Tarantula, Brachypelma vagans (Ausserer) (Arachnida: Araneae: Theraphosidae) by Glavis B. Edwards, Kenneth L. Hibbard

“…The first author examined the specimen (which was only half grown) and tentatively identified it as Brachypelma vagans (Ausserer), a species known to be commonly imported by the pet trade under assorted common names (Central American, Guatemalan, Honduran, or Mexican black velvet tarantulas). …”
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Deer Flies, Yellow Flies and Horse Flies, Chrysops, Diachlorus, and Tabanus spp. by Jason M. Squitier

“…In Florida there are 35 species of Tabanidae that are classed as economically important. …”
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The Role of the Aceullular Pertussis Vaccine and the Comeback of 'Pertussis Pete'? by John M Conly, B Lynn Johnston

“…Until two decades ago, pertussis in adults was a medical curiosity (2-4), but with the purification of specific Bordetella species antigens, the development of reliable enzyme immunoassays allowing accurate serological diagnosis and better understanding of the duration of immunity from vaccination, it has been clearly demonstrated that B pertussis is a common cause of prolonged cough in adults. …”
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The Messel Pit: Window into a Greenhouse World by Krister Smith

“…These allow us to study their relationships, reconstruct species diversity, explore how modern groups of plants and animals evolved, and how they interacted with their environment. …”
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South American Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr.

“…The pest status differs in each country and has changed in the last decade. This species would seem to be potentially of economic importance in Florida and southern Texas should it ever be introduced there. …”
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Legionella-Associated Lung Abscess: Critical Pathogen or Minor Isolate? by Gordon CK Dow, Anthony W Chow

“…Two cases of lung abscess, in which Legionella species were identified in association with other bacterial isolates, are presented. …”
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Toxorhynchites rutilus Coquillett, 1896 (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Abdullah A. Alomar, Barry W. Alto

“… Toxorhynchites rutilus is one of the largest known species of mosquitoes in North America. Larvae of Toxorhynchites are aquatic predators and prey upon aquatic invertebrates with preference under some circumstances for larvae of other mosquitoes, a characteristic that can contribute to the use of Toxorhynchites mosquitoes as potential biological controls against container-inhabiting mosquitoes (Focks 2007). …”
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Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of the Cocrystal Products Formed by Cinchona Alkaloids with 5-Nitrobarbituric Acid by Harry G. Brittain

“…The cocrystal products were found to contain varying degrees of hydration, ranging from no hydration in the nitrobarbiturate-quinidine cocrystal up to a 4.5-hydrate species in the nitrobarbiturate-cinchonine cocrystal. …”
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A Beginner's Guide to Begonias: Classification and Diversity by Julian Ginori, Alfred Huo, Caroline R Warwick

“… Begonia is the fifth largest genus of flowering plants with over 1,800 species and hybrids. Begonias are known by their bright, full flowers and also their leaves, which vary to showcase patterns, designs or color. …”
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<i>Ochyronemus</i>, a New Genus of the Tarsonemid Tribe Pseudotarsonemoidini (Acari: Heterostigmatina) from Mexico by Wojciech Ł. Magowski, Jose M. Rezende, Ronald Ochoa

“…The new, monotypic genus <i>Ochyronemus</i>, with the type species <i>O. jaliscoe</i> being diagnostically and phylogenetically closest to the derived <i>Pseudotarsonemoides</i>-<i>Tarsobisulcus</i> cluster of the Pseudotarsonemoidini, possesses an intermediate position between these two genera. …”
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