Occupy Waikīkī: pushing the borders of land, sea and story-telling in Kristiana Kahakauwila’s This is Paradise (2013) by Sylvie Largeaud-Ortega

“…With special references to autochthonous antinuclear protests and claims to sovereignty (Trask, Teaiwa, Walker), it argues that female author and characters all Occupy Waikīkī, as colonials, as resistants, or as hybrid cultural agents. The beach becomes a place of Native political, environmental and cultural resistance, where American colonialism, ‘militourism’ and Globalising capitalism are being challenged. …”
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Polymer-based antimicrobial strategies for periodontitis by Jiajia Chen, Shujun Dong

“…This review explored specific mechanisms, emphasizing the design of polymer-based agents that employ individual or synergistic antimicrobial actions, and evaluated the innovations and limitations of current strategies while forecasting future trends in antimicrobial development for periodontitis.…”
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Effective Use of Field Trips in Educational Programming: A Three Stage Approach by Brian Myers, Linda Jones

“…In spite of these concerns, well-planned field trips can be a valuable tool in the extension agents educational toolbox. This document is AEC373, one of a series of the Agricultural Education and Communication Department, UF/IFAS Extension. …”
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Microsoft Teams for CEU and Training Delivery by Brett W. Bultemeier, Joe Gasper

“… The Microsoft Teams collaboration platform is popular among UF/IFAS faculty, researchers, Extension agents, and staff for its ease of use and utility for internal and external communication, collaboration, and meetings. …”
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The Bioprospecting of Anti-Vibrio Streptomyces species: Prevalence and Applications by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Learn-Han Lee, Bey-Hing Goh

“…Furthermore, this review also highlighted that Streptomyces sp. can be a great source for anti-Vibrio agents to control vibriosis, such as in the aquaculture settings. …”
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Hydrilla Stem Weevil: Bagous hydrillae O’Brien by Emma Weeks, Jim Cuda, Michael J. Grodowitz

“…This weevil was discovered during overseas surveys for biological control agents for hydrilla during the 1980s and was first introduced to the U.S. in Florida in 1991 after extensive host-specificity testing. …”
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L’empire des institutions(et leurs crises) by Frédéric Lordon

“…How do institutions concretely normalize agents? A spinozist view in social sciences is especially well geared to answer that kind of question insofar as it offers concepts to think efficacy – understood as the production of effects. …”
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A Series on Diseases in the Florida Vegetable Garden: TOMATO by Ken Pernezny, Tim Momol

“…As the name implies, these are extremely tiny disease-causing agents that ordinarily require a microscope to be seen. …”
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Cidades sustentáveis e parques: reflexões teórico-conceituais by Marcos Antônio Silvestre Gomes

“…It has demonstrated that, even after two decades of the signing of Agenda 21, the term sustainable development is widelyused by public and private agents who, with different meanings and intentions, set their discourses and actions to the ideals of urban sustainability, claiming the parks as one of the elements of these practices. …”
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Research on Detection of Sterol Doping in Sports by Electrochemical Sensors: A Review by Yunyan Sun

“…At the same time, the emergence of new doping agents poses a challenge for highly sensitive detection. …”
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Proper Hand Washing for Food Handlers by Amy Simonne

“…Proper hand washing will reduce your risk of transmitting disease-causing microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and other agents to people who eat the food you handle. If you need to use hand sanitizer, always wash your hands first! …”
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Virotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer by Zhan Wang

“…Virotherapy involves the use of genetically modified viruses as therapeutic agents to selectively target and destroy cancer cells while sparing healthy tissues. …”
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Radiopharmaceuticals and their applications in medicine by Siqi Zhang, Xingkai Wang, Xin Gao, Xueyao Chen, Linger Li, Guoqing Li, Can Liu, Yuan Miao, Rui Wang, Kuan Hu

“…This review offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of radiopharmaceuticals, including both FDA-approved and clinically investigated agents, and explores the mechanisms of cell death induced by radiopharmaceuticals. …”
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CTX-M, SHV, TEM and VEB β-lactamases, and MCR-1 among multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella isolates from environment near animal farms in Thailand by Arpasiri Srisrattakarn, Bhanubong Saiboonjan, Patcharaporn Tippayawat, Sunpetch Angkititrakul, Aroonwadee Chanawong, Chanakan Pornchoo, Chokdee Smithkittipol, Aroonlug Lulitanond

“…Background: Currently, antimicrobial agents are widely used in both animals and agriculture, causing the crisis of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. …”
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Characterization of Origin and Evolution of Formation Water in Buried Hill of Jizhong Depression, China, Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Geochemical Data by Fei Li, Jianhui Zeng

“…With high positive loadings in Ca2+ and high negative loadings in Na+ and SO42-, component3 (PC3) suggests plagioclase albitization. The combination of HCA and PCA within the hydrogeological contexts allowed the division of study area into five dynamic areas. …”
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Development, in vitro and ex vivo characterization of lamotrigine-loaded bovine serum albumin nanoparticles using QbD approach by Maryana Salamah, Bence Sipos, Zsuzsanna Schelz, István Zupkó, Ágnes Kiricsi, Ágnes Szalenkó-Tőkés, László Rovó, Gábor Katona, György Tibor Balogh, Ildikó Csóka

“…The present study aimed to prepare and optimize lamotrigine-loaded bovine serum albumin nanoparticles (LAM-NP) using the Quality by Design (QbD) approach and to investigate both the in vitro and ex vivo effects of different cross-linking agents glutaraldehyde (GLUT), glucose (GLUC) and 1-(3-dimethylaminutesopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) on intranasal applicability. …”
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Management of Hypertension in the Elderly Patient at Abidjan Cardiology Institute (Ivory Coast) by K. E. Kramoh, E. Aké-Traboulsi, C. Konin, Y. N'goran, I. Coulibaly, A. Adoubi, J. Koffi, J. B. Anzouan-Kacou, M. Guikahue

“…The most common agents used for monotherapy were calcium antagonists. …”
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Release Profile and Antibacterial Activity of <i>Thymus sibthorpii</i> Essential Oil-Incorporated, Optimally Stabilized Type I Collagen Hydrogels by Caglar Ersanli, Ioannis Skoufos, Konstantina Fotou, Athina Tzora, Yves Bayon, Despoina Mari, Eleftheria Sarafi, Konstantina Nikolaou, Dimitrios I. Zeugolis

“…Antimicrobial resistance is one of the drastically increasing major global health threats due to the misuse and overuse of antibiotics as traditional antimicrobial agents, which render urgent the need for alternative and safer antimicrobial agents, such as essential oils (EOs). …”
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Drug risk Factors Associated with a Sustained Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Diarrhea in a Teaching Hospital by Swapan K Nath, Suzette Salama, Devia Persaud, James H Thornley, Ian Smith, Gary Foster, Coleman Rotstein

“…Recognition of the specific high risk drugs may spur more restricted use of these agents, which may help in controlling C difficile diarrhea in hospitalized patients.…”
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Screening and identification of host signaling pathways for alleviating influenza-induced production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, IP-10, IL-8, and MCP-1, using a U937 cell-based... by Si Chen, Si Chen, Yang Yu, Yue Su, Xiaoqin Lian, Lefang Jiang, Zhuogang Li, Mingxin Zhang, Yarou Gao, Haonan Zhang, Xingjian Zhu, Jiaxin Ke, Xulin Chen

“…Moreover, our results suggest that TKIs present promising opportunities as novel therapeutic agents against influenza-induced pneumonia.…”
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