Vers une complémentarité des alternatives alimentaires : relocalisation des activités et écologisation des pratiques au sein de trois alternatives de distribution à Bruxelles by François Lohest, Tom Bauler, Solène Sureau, Joris Van Mol, Wouter Achten

“…Through comparative analysis of the three cases, it shows that the questions of re-localize and make food systems more sustainable can lead to different strategies while the general objective of sustainability is formally shared and collectively constructed. …”
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Anthropisation et maladies à tique : l’exemple de la borréliose de Lyme by Boulanger, Nathalie

“…The reasons are multifactorial but all associated with human practices, including climate change and socio-economic and eco systemic changes. In the northern hemisphere, Lyme borreliosis and its vector, the tick belonging to the Ixodes ricinus complex, are particularly studied. …”
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Water Use for Seepage-Irrigated Pepper with Plastic Mulch in Florida by Sanjay Shukla, Niroj Shrestha, Fouad H. Jaber

“…Seepage irrigation is one of the most common systems used in south Florida for growing plastic-mulched vegetable crops, including bell pepper. …”
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Protected Culture for Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops: Types of Structures by Shinsuke Agehara, Gary Edward Vallad, Emmanuel A. Torres-Quezada

“…Protective structures, such as greenhouses, screen houses, and tunnels, are known worldwide as production systems for high-quality vegetable and fruit crops.  …”
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Wideband and UWB Antennas for Wireless Applications: A Comprehensive Review by Renato Cicchetti, Emanuela Miozzi, Orlandino Testa

“…This information provides a guidance to the selection of the different antenna geometries in terms of bandwidth, gain, field polarization, time-domain response, dimensions, and materials useful for their realization and integration in modern communication systems.…”
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Phytophthora Identification and Sampling in Citrus Nurseries by Jamie D. Burrow, Diane B. Bright, Tim D. Riley, Evan G. Johnson, James H. Graham

“… Phytophthora species are important soilborne, fungus-like pathogens that attack the root systems, trunk, and fruit of citrus trees at any age. …”
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Some Algorithms for Solving Third-Order Boundary Value Problems Using Novel Operational Matrices of Generalized Jacobi Polynomials by W. M. Abd-Elhameed

“…Moreover, the principle idea behind these algorithms is based on converting the boundary value problems governed by their boundary conditions into systems of linear or nonlinear algebraic equations which can be efficiently solved by suitable solvers. …”
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The Economics of Planting New Citrus Groves in Florida in the Era of HLB by Ariel Singerman, Marina Burani-Arouca, Stephen Hubbard Futch

“… Citrus greening, or huanglongbing (HLB), is a bacterial disease that affects citrus trees’ vascular systems, limiting nutrient uptake. As trees become increasingly affected by the disease, they suffer premature fruit drop, the fruit harvested is smaller and misshapen, and the juice quality is compromised, all resulting in lower yield. …”
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Saddleback Caterpillar Acharia stimulea (Clemens) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) by Christopher S. Bibbs, J. Howard Frank

“…The venom itself can cause a systemic condition called erucism or acute urticaria, for which severe symptoms may include migraines, gastrointestinal symptoms, asthma complications, anaphylactic shock, rupturing of erythrocytes, and hemorrhaging. …”
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Investigation of charm-quark hadronization into baryons in hadronic collisions with ALICE by Cho Jaeyoon

“…Measurements of Λc+, ∑c0,+ +, Ξc0,+ and Ωc0 in pp collisions, Λc+ and Ξc0 in p–Pb collisions are presented, together with the Λc+ measurement in larger collision systems, Pb–Pb collisions. Furthermore, the charm-quark hadronization mechanism is discussed based on the fragmentation fractions computed for pp and p–Pb collisions. …”
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Efficient Transient Analysis for Large Locally Nonlinear Structures by Joshua H. Gordis, Jeffrey Radwick

“…A general and exact theory for transient structural synthesis is extended to address structural systems with an arbitrary number of localized sources of structural dynamic nonlinearity. …”
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Severe Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage due to Monkeypox Virus-Associated Proctocolitis by Sobaan Taj, Chris Austin, Azhar Hussain, Maryam Salma Babar, Harshavardhan Sanekommu, Steven Imburgio, Anmol Johal, Alejandro CruzPonce, Apurva Vedire, Edward Liu

“…Monkeypox is primarily a painful cutaneous disease with occasional systemic manifestations. Monkeypox is transmitted predominantly through close physical contact and occasionally sexual contact. …”
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Choosing the Optimal Spatial Domain Measure of Enhancement for Mammogram Images by Karen Panetta, Arash Samani, Sos Agaian

“…Medical imaging systems often require image enhancement, such as improving the image contrast, to provide medical professionals with the best visual image quality. …”
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Verdade, ficção e memórias da violência na narrativa de Valêncio Xavier by Fernanda Valim Côrtes Miguel

“…Taking the narrative as a starting point, we will point traces of memories of systemic and salable social violence, marked by poverty, exploitation and human misery. …”
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Management of waste from the pruning of urban greenery. Experiences in São Paulo, Brazil by Tomás Queiroz Ferreira Barata, Cyntia Santos Malaguti de Sousa, Caio Dutra Profirio de Souza, Debora Klingenberg

“…This article presents a systemic analysis of experiences on the theme, with an emphasis on the use of woody residues, from the design perspective, taking the State of São Paulo, Brazil, as the locus of investigation. …”
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Individual and collective scale in the complexity of school space. The Portuguese experience by André Santos, Anna Kazimirko, Leonardo Barros

“…The conception of the contemporary scholar space requires a whole set of aspects that confront opposite scales, by increasing the complexity of achieving systemic, balanced and, most important, clear results. …”
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The concept of advertising media in the digital marketing by D. A. Khokhlov

“…Four main factors influencing effectiveness of digital promotion are revealed through the analysis of advertising campaigns and web analytics systems. Based on the results of the study, the actual advertising media for the digital marketing is determined, an advertising hypothesis, consisting of the characteristics of the audience, advertising message, channel and format of the advertising message is described. …”
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Inflammatory Response and Immune Regulation in Brain-Heart Interaction after Stroke by Lihua Zou, Ruquan Han

“…Accumulating evidence suggests that the inflammatory response is involved in the brain-heart interaction after stroke. Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) evoked by stroke may injure myocardial cells directly, in which the interplay between inflammatory response, oxidative stress, cardiac sympathetic/parasympathetic dysfunction, and splenic immunoregulation may be also the key pathophysiology factor. …”
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Peri-Implant Bone Loss and Peri-Implantitis: A Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature by Vanchit John, Daniel Shin, Allison Marlow, Yusuke Hamada

“…Treatment options that have been reported include nonsurgical therapy, the use of locally delivered and systemically delivered antibiotics, and surgical protocols aimed at regenerating the lost bone and soft tissue around the implants. …”
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Rootstocks for Florida Stone Fruit by Mercy Olmstead, Jose Chaparro, James Ferguson

“…Rootstocks have been used in many tree fruit systems to provide growth advantages or pest or disease resistance without affecting productivity and fruit quality. …”
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