Air permeability of thermally modified hemlock wood by Yaohui Liu, Stavros Avramidis

“… Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) is a prevalent coastal species in British Columbia (BC). Its wood has a high potential for thermal modification, a process that can affect numerous physical properties, including air permeability. …”
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Synthesis and Reactions of Five-Membered Heterocycles Using Phase Transfer Catalyst (PTC) Techniques by Ahmed M. El-Sayed, Omyma A. Abd Allah, Ahmed M. M. El-Saghier, Shaaban K. Mohamed

“…They are known to accelerate reaction rates by facilitating formation of interphase transfer of species and making reactions between reagents in two immiscible phases possible. …”
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Les enjeux du végétal dans une ville du « Sud »  by Mustapha El Hannani, Aude Nuscia Taïbi, Naïma Brabra, Sigrid Giffon

“…The palette of plant species reveals a qualitative change in landscapes correlated to changes in the tastes and choices of a social class and a population which questions this identity, historically based on a balance between plant and mineral elements. …”
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How to Quantify Nosema Spores Infection Rate in a Honey Bee Colony by Ashley N. Mortensen, Cameron Jack, Meghan McConnell, Liana Teigen, Jamie Ellis

“… Nosema are single-celled fungal parasites that infect various animal hosts. One species, Nosema ceranae, has become the dominant microsporidian infection in western honey bee colonies. …”
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18F-FDG-PET Scanning Confirmed Infected Intracardiac Device-Leads with Abiotrophia defectiva by Sonja van Roeden, Hans Hartog, Vivian Bongers, Steven Thijsen, Sanjay Sankatsing

“…Abiotrophia species are relatively slow growing pathogens, which may be present as commensal flora. …”
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The Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute by Paul Monaghan, Emily Ott, Carol Lippincott, Ondine Wells, Jessica Ireland, Jon Dain, Bruce Delaney, Roy Carriker

“…Expensive and time-consuming disputes often emerge over topics such as endangered species, land use, coastal and marine resources, and water quality and quantity. …”
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Reviewing the Emergence of Lactococcus garvieae: A Case of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Lactococcus garvieae and Escherichia coli Coinfection by Tatvam T. Choksi, Farhan Dadani

“…In our case, Lactococcus garvieae was initially misidentified as Enterococcus species but was later detected by automated microbial identification system VITEK-2 (BioMerieux, Marcy-l'Étoile, France) and was confirmed with API 32 Strep system (BioMerieux, Marcy-l'Étoile, France). …”
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Thermodynamic Stability Areas of Polyvanadates of Alkaline Earth Metals by Igor Povar, Inga Zinicovscaia, Oxana Spinu, Boris Pintilie

“…On the basis of the selected thermodynamic data for involved species, the thermodynamic stability areas of solid polyvanadates towards the solution pH and vanadium and alkaline earth metal ion concentrations in heterogeneous mixtures have been established, taking into account the complex formation reactions in multicomponent heterogeneous systems. …”
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Notes on some bryophilous Pezizales (Fungi) in the Mediterranean part of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Nedim Jukić, Smiljan Tomić, Marko Sabovljević, Nihad Omerović

“…Macromorphology and micro-characters with ecology, phenology and distribution patterns for each species are presented and briefly discussed. …”
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Forêt et conservation des dunes littorales : le cas exemplaire de la Réserve biologique domaniale de la Côte d'Opale (Pas-de-Calais) by Yves Petit-Berghem

“…The mobility of the site ensures the renewal and diversity of dune environments and thus habitats and species associated with them. Like any reserve, it is a regulated area where management actions are oriented in one direction (conservation management) and strictly controlled. …”
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Gray Leaf Spot of St. Augustinegrass: Cultural and Chemical Management Options by Philip Harmon, Lawrence Datnoff, Russell Nagata, Matt Brecht, Carol Stiles

“…However, from the mid-Atlantic states north and throughout much of the Midwest, the pathogen blights the cool season species of annual and perennial ryegrass as well as tall fescue. …”
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Performance of Tomicus yunnanensis and Tomicus minor (Col., Scolytinae) on Pinus yunnanensis and Pinus armandii in Yunnan, Southwestern China by Tao Zhao, Bo Långström

“…The sex ratio and developmental period were not affected by host species, but the brood beetles emerging from Armand pine weighed less than those from Yunnan pine, suggesting that P. armandii are less suitable to be host of T. yunnanensis and T. minor.…”
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Flocking and invariance of velocity angles by Le Li, Lihong Huang, Jianhong Wu

“…Motsch and Tadmor considered an extended Cucker-Smale model to investigate the flocking behavior of self-organized systems of interacting species. In this extended model, a cone of the vision was introduced so that outside the cone the influence of one agent on the other is lost and hence the corresponding influence function takes the value zero. …”
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Recomendaciones para la Detección y Mitigación de la Marchitez del Laurel en Árboles de Aguacates y Especies Relacionadas en Jardines y Patios Hogareños by Jonathan Henry Crane, Jeff Wasielewski, Daniel Carrillo, Romina Gazis, Bruce Schaffer, Fredy Ballen, Edward Evans, Rubén Regalado

“… This is the Spanish translation of HS1358, Recommendations for the Detection and Mitigation of Laurel Wilt Disease in Avocado and Related Tree Species in the Home Landscape. Avocado trees are a popular choice for homeowners in Florida, with over 600,000 growing in Florida home landscapes. …”
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Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…It is also a pest of several fruit, garden, and field crops, and has a total host range of more than 300 plant species. Adult Japanese beetles feed on foliage, flowers, and fruits. …”
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Sofística e Retórica no Górgias de Platão by Daniel R. N. Lopes

“…The general idea pursued in this essay is that rhetoric integrates the sophistic education represented paradigmatically by Protagoras as a necessary means for the citizen to take part in the deliberative institutions of a democratic city (Counsel and Assembly), whereas in the case of Gorgias rhetoric – and more specifically, the judiciary species – consists in the end itself of his pedagogical activity, and not as a means to a wider moral and intellectual education – that is to say, the teaching of political art, identified with moral virtue in Plato’s Protagoras.…”
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Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Albert E. Mayfield, John L. Foltz

“… The black turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier), or BTB, is one of five common species of pine bark beetles in the southeastern United States. …”
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Mucormycosis in COVID-19 Patients – A Case Series from a Dental College in South India by Annapoorani Sevagaperumal, A. Christy Winnifred, T. Jones R. Deva Thambi

“…Introduction: Incidence of mucormycosis has increased recently due to rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is a hyper-ferritemic state paving a way for easy growth of mucor species. COVID-19 infection results in an immunocompromised state due to the steroid therapy administered to patients and the infection itself. …”
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Hibernacula of greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774): data from four deep caves in Slovenia by Aja Zamolo, Teo Delić

“…We found between 161 and 255 overwintering greater horseshoe bats in the caves, in addition to six other species. These data show that some deep caves are still unexplored for bats, although bat sightings have been reported in the past. …”
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Evaluación del Daño y Restauración de los Árboles Después de un Huracán by Edward F. Gilman, Mary L. Duryea, Eliana Kampf, Traci Jo Partin, Astrid Delgado, Carol J. Lehtola

“…Includes sections with guidelines for chainsaw safety, how to hire tree care professionals, how to tell which damaged trees can recover and which should be removed, how to restore trees to health after a hurricane by pruning -- both immediately after the storm and after few years' growth, specialized information for dealing with palm and pine trees, how to prevent damage by using effective design and management practices, and lists of decay resistant and wind resistant tree species for Florida. Published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, July 2006. …”
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