4-H School Enrichment: A Guide for 4-H Faculty and Staff by Andrew Toelle

“…The purpose of this revised 8-page publication is to support 4-H agents as they plan, develop, and evaluate school enrichment programs. …”
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ROLE OF SMALL RNAs IN PLANT DEFENSE AGAINST BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES by V. I. Malinovsky, G. B. Borovskii, E. L. Gorbyleva, I. V. Fedoseeva, E. L. Tauson, V. A. Sokolov, V. K. Voinikov

“…Techniques that enable use of this class of RNA as agents for managing plant resistance are discussed.…”
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Faces da fronteira: a atuação indígena na criação de missões no vale do rio Oiapoque (1729-1765) by Karolliny Diniz, Sidney Lobato

“…As catechists, they also became important agents of christianization.…”
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Agentivité, devenir-chasseur et affects by Patrick Deshayes

“…For the Huni Kuin, there is continuity between hunting and certain diseases. The same agents control disease and game. This article shows how this continuity is conceived and constructed and what effect it has on a hunter’s everyday life.…”
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Insect/Mite Management in Annona spp. by Jorge E. Peña, Jonathan H. Crane

“…Crane, addresses the major constraints to productivity of atemoya and sugar apple in Florida, key pests and lack of pollinating agents. Includes a table of insecticides registered for atemoya and sugar apple in Florida. …”
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Reducing Conflict in the Wildland-Urban Interface by Martha C. Monroe

“…Monroe, provides extension agents and resource managers with suggestions for strategies to approach any conflict. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Pancreatitis Treatment. by Francisco García Valdés, Jorge Luis Ulloa Capestany, Reinaldo Jiménez Prendes, Rudis Miguel Monzón Rodríguez, Carlos Jaime Geroy Gómez

“…Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Pancreatitis Treatment. It is the acute inflammatory reaction of the pancreas, affecting a gland that was previously healthy and causes its self-digestion with variable complications of local and distal systems of organs. …”
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Starting an Informal Presentation in the Wildland-Urban Interface by Martha C. Monroe, Lynn Weiss

“…Monroe and Lynn Weiss, highlights for extension agents the most important elements of starting successful presentations for homeowners. …”
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Safety Improvements for Personnel and Vehicles in Short-Term Construction Sites by Daniel Rau, Jonas Vogt, Philipp Schorr, Juri Golanov, Andreas Otte, Jens Staub, Horst Wieker

“…This paper seeks to enhance safety in short-term construction sites by alerting maintenance personnel and approaching vehicles to potentially dangerous scenarios. …”
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Parasitic Zoonoses in Humans and Their Dogs from a Rural Community of Tropical Mexico by Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, Juan F. J. Torres-Acosta, Alejandro Alzina-López, Eduardo Gutiérrez-Blanco, Manuel E. Bolio-González, Armando J. Aguilar-Caballero, Roger I. Rodríguez-Vivas, Edwin Gutiérrez-Ruiz, Karla Y. Acosta-Viana, Eugenia Guzmán-Marín, Alberto Rosado-Aguilar, Matilde Jiménez-Coello

“…A cross-sectional study was made on 89 inhabitants and their dogs from a rural community of Yucatan, Mexico, to determine the serological prevalence of some zoonotic parasitic agents. Samples were taken to monitor the presence and intensity of infection with gastrointestinal parasites in dogs. …”
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Linking Particle Semantic Roles in Hawrami Deverbal Noun Phrases by Jabbar Mirani, Hiwa Weisi, Farogh Mirani, Rafiq Shwani

“…However, the subject of unergative verbs assumes the agentive/possessor role in their corresponding noun phrases. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel Nanoparticles: Biological and Photocatalytic Properties by Fadliah Fadliah, Indah Raya, Ahyar Ahmad, Paulina Taba, Muhammad Burhanuddinnur, Maming Gaffar, Tri Widayati Putri, Arfiani Nur, Andi Nur Fitriani Abubakar, Rachmin Munadi, Ahmad Fudhail Majid, Irham Pratama, M. Yasser, Sulistiani Jarre, Harningsih Karim

“…This paper covers green approaches to nickel nanoparticle manufacturing, which integrate natural substances as stabilizing and reducing agents with eco-friendly processes. Phytochemicals derived from bacteria, microorganisms, and plant leaf extracts can convert nickel ions (Ni2+) into nickel nanoparticles. …”
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Perspectives on Soft Actor–Critic (SAC)-Aided Operational Control Strategies for Modern Power Systems with Growing Stochastics and Dynamics by Jinbo Liu, Qinglai Guo, Jing Zhang, Ruisheng Diao, Guangjun Xu

“…A two-stage method, consisting of offline training and periodic updates, is proposed to train agents to enable robust controls of voltage profiles, transmission losses, and line flows using a state-of-the-art RL algorithm, soft actor–critic (SAC). …”
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Marine Antifouling for Underwater Archaeological Sites: TiO2 and Ag-Doped TiO2 by Silvestro A. Ruffolo, Andrea Macchia, Mauro F. La Russa, Lorenzo Mazza, Clara Urzì, Filomena De Leo, Marianna Barberio, Gino M. Crisci

“…By means of biological tests, it was possible to assess their behaviour as biofouling agents. Results show a decreasing of biofouling activity on treated stony surfaces.…”
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Substantiation of application and estimation of efficacy of probiotics at inflammatory bowel diseases by Ye. A. Poluektova, Yu. O. Sidorina, S. Yu. Kuchumova, A. V. Korolev, O. S. Shifrin

“…To prove competency of application of probiotics and to analyze data of the original studies of efficacy of various probiotic agents in treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).Summary. …”
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Metastatic Cerebellar Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor with Obstructive Hydrocephalus Arising from the Small Intestine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Kunitomo Sato, Toshihide Tanaka, Naoki Kato, Takuya Ishii, Toru Terao, Yuichi Murayama

“…In cases such as the present, where the condition of the patient rapidly deteriorates and features such as rising intracranial pressure and ileus prevent the use of oral agents, molecular-targeted agents administered by intravenous infusion should be utilized.…”
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Impact of a Multimodal Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Susceptibility and Antimicrobial Use in the Intensive Care Unit Setting by Douglas Slain, Arif R. Sarwari, Karen O. Petros, Richard L. McKnight, Renee B. Sager, Charles J. Mullett, Alison Wilson, John G. Thomas, Kathryn Moffett, H. Carlton Palmer, Harakh V. Dedhia

“…An increase in the use of these agents and resistance to these agents was witnessed during 2008–2010. …”
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Perspectives for Titanium-Derived Fillers Usage on Denture Base Composite Construction: A Review Article by Nidal W. Elshereksi, Mariyam J. Ghazali, Andanastuti Muchtar, Che H. Azhari

“…This review presents titanium-derived fillers as alternatives to siliceous fillers. Titanate-coupling agents are found to be effective couplers in treating Ti-based fillers because of their chemical compatibility and relatively high stability in aqueous environment.…”
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Ecofriendly synthesis of silver nanoparticles using metallic solution-based goji berry extract for their antibacterial properties by Abdul Rauf Jamali, Waseem Khan, Salahuddin Khan, Ahmed Ahmed Ibrahim, Kamran Alam

“…Positively, the reducing agents that are already present in the Goji Berry extract behave as capping and stabilizing agents, so there is no need to add additional constituents from outside. …”
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RESULTS OF CLINICAL TRIALS OF MEDICAL TREA TMENT OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA IN 2014–2015 by A. M. Popov, O. B. Karyakin, A. D. Kaprin

“…The studies devoted to the study of the sequence of destination targeted agents, combinations, studies of new drugs and to identify prognostic factors, are held.…”
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