Dealing with Iron and Other Micro-Irrigation Plugging Problems by Tom Obreza, Ed Hanlon, Mongi Zekri

“… SL-265, an 8-page illustrated fact sheet by Tom Obreza, Ed Hanlon, and Mongi Zekri, describes problems with emitter plugging and discusses management strategies to overcome and correct causes of plugging in micro-irrigation systems. This publication focuses, in particular, on iron scaling, documenting recent successes in treating this common problem in Florida. …”
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Stability Studies of Transition Metal Chelates of 5-Bromosalicylidene-4-methoxyaniline andSalicylidene-2,3-dimethylaniline as Ligands by N. G. Nadkarni, K. V. Mangaonkar

“…The stability constants for binary (M-Y) and ternary (M-X-Y) systems were calculated.…”
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Beyond Fat Mass: Exploring the Role of Adipokines in Rheumatic Diseases by Morena Scotece, Javier Conde, Rodolfo Gómez, Veronica López, Francisca Lago, Juan Jesus Gómez-Reino, Oreste Gualillo

“…The goal of this paper is to elucidate the recent findings concerning the involvement of adipokines in rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).…”
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Taking the Evolution of the Standards of Proof for a Criminal Conviction Seriously by Jacopo Della Torre

“…The first part focuses on the attempt of medieval and early modern Roman-canon systems to clarify this type of rule through a network of legal proofs. …”
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A New Flexibility Based Damage Index for Damage Detection of Truss Structures by M. Montazer, S. M. Seyedpoor

“…A new damage index, called strain change based on flexibility index (SCBFI), is introduced to locate damaged elements of truss systems. The principle of SCBFI is based on considering strain changes in structural elements, between undamaged and damaged states. …”
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Superposed Incremental Deformations of an Elastic Solid Reinforced with Fibers Resistant to Extension and Flexure by Chun IL Kim

“…In particular, the complete systems of differential equations are obtained for the cases of Neo-Hookean and Mooney–Rivlin types of materials from which analytical solutions can be obtained.…”
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Pour une approche ressourcielle du développement durable by Stéphane Nahrath, Jean-David Gerber

“…It argues that sustainable management of (common pool) resource systems – be they natural, infrastructural or cultural – is a sine qua non condition to sustainability. …”
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A symmetry-protected exceptional ring in a photonic crystal with negative index media by Isobe Takuma, Yoshida Tsuneya, Hatsugai Yasuhiro

“…Non-Hermitian topological band structures such as symmetry-protected exceptional rings (SPERs) can emerge for systems described by the generalized eigenvalue problem (GEVP) with Hermitian matrices. …”
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Wood between pleasantness and perishability. Experimentations on bathing services by Felice Ragazzo, Teresa Villani

“…The experimentation included a design integrated with computerized production systems, and the definition of a database – digitally implementable – of components and jointing modes.…”
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A Simplified Scaling Law of Cell-Dendrite Transition in Directional Solidification by Yaochan Zhu, Hua Qiu, Zhijun Wang, Eckart Schnack

“…The analysis results show that the exponent parameters in this simplified scaling law vary within different systems, which mediates the discrepancy of exponent parameters in previous experiments. …”
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Androgen Deprivation Therapy Toxicity and Management for Men Receiving Radiation Therapy by Matthew E. Johnson, Mark K. Buyyounouski

“…Androgen deprivation has been associated with a wide range of iatrogenic effects impacting a variety of body systems including metabolic, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, neurocognitive, and sexual. …”
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A questão social e as alternativas da sociedade civil no contexto das novas formas de governação by Silva Ferreira

“…I suggest a relational definition of civil society as mediator between the demands and needs of the life world and the social systems. I discuss the modern boundaries between state, economy, community and society and the relationship between civil society, these boundaries and it questioning. …”
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Coordination Behavior of 3-Ethoxycarbonyltetronic Acid towards Cu(II) and Co(II) Metal Ions by Giorgos Athanasellis, Georgia Zahariou, Stefanos Kikionis, Olga Igglessi-Markopoulou, John Markopoulos

“…The β,β′-tricarbonyl moiety plays an integral role in biological systems and forms a variety of metal complexes. In this report, we present the complexation reactions of 3-ethoxycarbonyl tetronic acids with acetates and chlorides of Cu(II) and Co(II). …”
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Pesticide Recordkeeping Form for Florida Applicators by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Handwritten notes, electronic records, and other recordkeeping software systems are also acceptable. Written by Frederick M. …”
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Computer simulations of the glass transition and glassy materials by Barrat, Jean-Louis, Berthier, Ludovic

“…Finally we describe two important directions for future computational studies of glassy systems.…”
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A posterior probability approach for gene regulatory network inference in genetic perturbation data by William Chad Young, Adrian E. Raftery, Ka Yee Yeung

“…Inferring gene regulatory networks is an important problem in systems biology. However, these networks can be hard to infer from experimental data because of the inherent variability in biological data as well as the large number of genes involved. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome by Farah Alnoor Ebrahim, George Moturi, Newnex Mongare, Reena Shah

“…COVID-19 pneumonia in children presents with very mild symptoms through an entity of multisystem inflammatory syndrome and can result in a life-threatening hyperinflammatory condition, with involvement of at least four organ systems and a marked inflammatory state. We present an 18-year-old high school student who presented with a sore throat, macular rash, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fevers, and joint pains. …”
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Allelopathy: How Plants Suppress Other Plants by James J. Ferguson, Bala Rathinasabapathi

“… Allelopathy refers to the beneficial or harmful effects of one plant on another plant, both crop and weed species, by the release of chemicals from plant parts by leaching, root exudation, volatilization, residue decomposition and other processes in both natural and agricultural systems. This document is HS944, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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GPCRs in hypothalamic neurons and their roles in controlling food intake and metabolism by Tian Qiu, Tian Qiu, Ou Fu, Ou Fu

“…We also discuss recent findings that highlight the interaction of distinct peptide-GPCR systems in modulating complex feeding behaviors.…”
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Versatile Bottom-Up Approach to Nanostructured Functional Materials for Optoelectronic Applications by Giorgio Macchi, Francesco Meinardi, Patrizia Valsesia, Riccardo Tubino

“…A versatile strategy to load ordered mesoporous silica-based materials with functional molecular building blocks in order to obtain host-guest systems exhibiting specific functions is described. …”
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