New Interfaces in the Automated Landscapes of Logistics by Jesse LeCavalier

“…By connecting these visual experiments to questions of representation, automation, and systems thinking, the article explores the ways we might challenge and extend the possibilities of logistics.…”
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Understanding Artificial Intelligence: What It Is and How It Is Used in Agriculture by Daeun Choi, Omeed Mirbod, Uchechukwu Ilodibe, Steven Kinsey

“…The target audiences of this series include the general public, Extension educators, and farmers who want to know more about AI systems and their applications. This series will help readers understand the opportunities that AI brings to agriculture as smart technologies continue to grow in the market. …”
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Fluensulfone: A New “Tool in the Tool Box” to Manage Plant-parasitic Nematodes in Vegetable Production by Gilma X. Castillo, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Pablo A. Navia Gine

“… Plant-parasitic nematodes pose a problem in agricultural systems by feeding on crops, therefore affecting their yield. …”
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Opciones de Manejo Basadas en el Clima para Productores de Ganado Vacuno en el Centro-Norte de Florida by Norman Breuer, Victor Cabrera, Peter E. Hildebrand, James W. Jones

“…It presents the results of a study interviewing ranchers and extension agents in North Central Florida, with an aim of developing user-friendly decision support systems for the agricultural production clientele. …”
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Formation Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Directed and Switching Topologies by Yahui Qi, Shaolei Zhou, Yuhang Kang, Shi Yan

“…Formation control problems for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm systems with directed and switching topologies are investigated. …”
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Dynamics of Stochastic Coral Reefs Model with Multiplicative Nonlinear Noise by Zaitang Huang

“…Little seems to be known about the ergodicity of random dynamical systems with multiplicative nonlinear noise. This paper is devoted to discern asymptotic behavior dynamics through the stochastic coral reefs model with multiplicative nonlinear noise. …”
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Bacillus pumilus Septic Arthritis in a Healthy Child by V. M. Shivamurthy, Soren Gantt, Christopher Reilly, Peter Tilley, Jaime Guzman, Lori Tucker

“…The case demonstrates that clinicians should consider joint infection in children presenting with acute monoarticular swelling, even without prominent systemic features.…”
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La diversité des capitalismes latino-américains : les cas de l’Argentine, du Brésil et du Mexique by Ilán Bizberg, Bruno Théret

“…The characteristics of the socio-political coalitions in the three countries are presented, and their imprints on industrial relationships, monetary and financial systems, and the organizational structures of the State are studied. …”
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Using effective signal filtering methods to data processing from a fiber-optic temperature sensor by I. A. Ershov

“…Reducing the response time of systems for monitoring hazardous production facilities is rarely discussed in the literature. …”
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Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh by Sadia Sharmin, Aflatun Akter Jahan, S. M. Mostofa Kamal, Protim Sarker

“…C. violaceum infection rarely occurs, but once occurs, it is associated with significant mortality due to severe systemic infection. Since the first human case from Malaysia in 1927, >150 cases of C. violaceum infection have been reported worldwide. …”
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Opciones de Manejo Basadas en el Clima para Productores de Ganado Vacuno en el Centro-Norte de Florida by Norman Breuer, Victor Cabrera, Peter E. Hildebrand, James W. Jones

“…It presents the results of a study interviewing ranchers and extension agents in North Central Florida, with an aim of developing user-friendly decision support systems for the agricultural production clientele. …”
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Identification of Multimodel LPV Models with Asymmetric Gaussian Weighting Function by Jie You, Jiangang Lu, Yucai Zhu, Qinmin Yang, Jianhua Zhu, Jiangyin Huang, Youxian Sun

“…This paper is concerned with the identification of linear parameter varying (LPV) systems by utilizing a multimodel structure. To improve the approximation capability of the LPV model, asymmetric Gaussian weighting functions are introduced and compared with commonly used symmetric Gaussian functions. …”
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Fluensulfone: A New “Tool in the Tool Box” to Manage Plant-parasitic Nematodes in Vegetable Production by Gilma X. Castillo, Monica Ozores-Hampton, Pablo A. Navia Gine

“… Plant-parasitic nematodes pose a problem in agricultural systems by feeding on crops, therefore affecting their yield. …”
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A Note on the Observability of Temporal Boolean Control Network by Wenping Shi, Bo Wu, Jing Han

“…Using the semi tensor product of matrices, the temporal Boolean networks can be converted into discrete time linear dynamic systems with time delays. Then, necessary and sufficient conditions on the observability via two kinds of inputs are obtained. …”
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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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Results of participation in international proficiency testing on African swine fever diagnostics by A. M. Timina, M. R. Yakupov, A. V. Scherbakov

“…Testing results show that used in the Laboratory test-systems on the basis of ELISA and PCR have high sensitivity and specificity and provide highly reliable results during African swine fever diagnostic procedure.…”
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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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Exponential Synchronization of Two Nonlinearly Coupled Complex Networks with Time-Varying Delayed Dynamical Nodes by Wei Shao

“…Finally, numerical analysis and simulations for two nonlinearly coupled networks which are composed of the time-delayed Lorenz chaotic systems are given to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed complex network synchronization scheme.…”
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Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis by Jace Kusler, Supha Arthurs

“…It can have an effect on many different organ systems and tissues leading to a wide variety of symptoms and complications; one rare manifestation is bone involvement. …”
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Apports de la méthode mixte pour une analyse globale de la durabilité des circuits courts by Ornella Boutry, Marie Ferru

“…The paper seeks to contribute to this literature by providing a unique methodological framework based on a mixed-method analysis to apprehend the three pillars of sustainable development, taking into account its systemic nature. This framework is then tested empirically over twenty farms in short circuits: the combination of the collection of materials both quantitative and qualitative allows us to qualify and to give precisions about the sustainability of short circuits.…”
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