Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Trees for South Florida by Timothy K. Broschat, Alan W. Meerow, R.J. Black

“…Trees are the main types of landscape plants used around the home for passive energy conservation. …”
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Food Safety at Tailgating by Soohyoun Ahn, Amarat H. Simonne, Keith R. Schneider

“…This 3-page fact sheet provides information on safe food practices for tailgating and other outdoor sporting events. …”
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Isokinetic Testing: Why it is More Important Today than Ever by Kevin E Wilk, Christopher A Arrigo, George J Davies

“…In this article we will discuss why we believe isokinetics is a useful and necessary testing method, and elucidate testing parameters and goals used during knee extension/flexion assessment.…”
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Graph Coarsening Approach to the Vehicle Routing Problem: An Approximation Strategy by Katarzyna Nalecz-Charkiewicz, Arnav Das, Turbasu Chatterjee, Joshua Keene, Pawel Gora, Carlos C. N. Kuhn

“…The practicality of our method on quantum hardware highlights its potential to contribute to the advancement of quantum and hybrid algorithms and applications during the NISQ era.…”
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Utilizing Statistical Tests for Comparing Machine Learning Algorithms by Hozan Khalid Hamarashid

“…To conduct whether or not the mean result differences between two algorithms is genuine then statistical hypothesis test is utilized. Using statistical hypothesis testing, this study will demonstrate how to compare machine learning algorithms. …”
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A Novel Robotic Technique for Mapping Patellofemoral Kinematics in Total Knee Arthroplasty by Edward O’Bryan, MBBS (Hons), FRACS, FAOA, Christopher Jones, MBBS, FRACS, FAOA, Samuel Joseph, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthoA

“…This records trochlear groove translation, patellar tracking, patellar tilt, and tibial tubercle rotation. During implant trials, special points are recollected to determine how these four parameters have changed compared to the native knee. …”
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L’environnement et l’interdisciplinarité en débat by Marc Galochet, Jérôme Longuépée, Valérie Morel, Olivier Petit

“…A l’heure où la plupart des débats scientifiques ont déplacé leur centre de gravité des questions environnementales vers la thématique plus englobante du développement durable, ce séminaire entendait renouer avec un questionnement d’ordre plus méthodologique et épistémologique, sur la nécessité d’une approche interdisciplinaire en environnement.…”
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Case report: A case of acute renal failure, rhabdomyolysis, and toxic encephalopathy associated with diquat poisoning in a pregnant woman by Mengqin Li, Bao Qin, Yuan Chen, Yan Cui, Ying Chun Hu, Zhi Jiang

“…We studied the case of a 22-year-old Pregnant woman who self-administered about 200 ml of diquat solution (200 g/L) during a suicide attempt. She developed vomiting, and was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital 5 h later. …”
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How Red Tides Impact Manatees by Brittany Hall-Scharf, Armando J. Ubeda

“…Red tides, especially persistent blooms during winter months, can be one of the largest killers of Florida manatees, and they may become endangered again if they are subjected to increased mortality and stress. …”
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The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 and the death of Gaius Plinius Secundus by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Basing our findings on the description of the catastrophe in the letters of his nephew, the younger Pliny, we believe that the most probable diagnosis which also fits his description of his uncle’s behaviour and symptoms during his last hours, is that of acute and fatal bronchoconstriction in a chronic asthmatic. …”
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Seeking pedagogical opportunities to engage university students in emergency online learning: The role of online course experiences by Hongbiao Yin

“…Abstract Echoing the call for improving the definition and measurement of online student engagement, this study examined the association between students' engagement and their online course experiences in emergency online learning during COVID‐19. A sample of 5672 undergraduate students from eight higher education institutions in China participated in the study. …”
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Writing Against Culture with Online Poker by Jukka Jouhki

“…A stale game of middle-aged men turned into an exciting, familiar hobby with a global reach. …”
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Addressing the consequences of missing vaccines: A case report of pertussis in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Diana Marcela Perea Rojas, Indiana Luz Rojas Torres, Luis Enrique Perea Vásquez

“…We report a case of a 3-year-old boy with ALL who developed a Bordetella parapertussis infection during chemotherapy. The child's lack of documented pertussis vaccination underscores critical gaps in primary healthcare and immunization practices. …”
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Nitrogen Cycling and Management for Romaine and Crisphead Lettuce Grown on Organic Soils by Luis Santos, Alan L. Wright, Yigang Luo, Huangjun Lu, Dennis Calvin Odero

“…This leads to high demands for nitrogen fertilization during the short growing season. A good N fertilization scheme should reduce costs, conserve natural resources, and minimize negative environmental impacts. …”
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Social Capital and Selectivity in Academic Co-Authorship Networks: the Case of Accounting Sciences in Brazil by João Estevão Barbosa Neto, Silvio Segundo Salej Higgins, Jacqueline Veneroso Alves da Cunha, Antônio Carlos Ribeiro

“…The test is a pplied in a case study of the academic co - authorship networks of accounting science programs in Brazil during the period from 2002 - 2010. The dynamics of selectivity present in this specific network, i.e., criteria of intertemporal choice, institutional end ogamy and mutual choice by productivity, were also analyzed. …”
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Diseases and causes of death among the popes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… The causes of death of popes are reviewed in the light of existing knowledge, and analysed in terms of four periods: First Period (64-604) Early Middle Ages (604-1054), Late Middle Ages and Renaissance (1054-1492), and Post-Renaissance (1492-2000). …”
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Ts’akiel. Vestidos rituales, prácticas de transfiguración y temporalidades superpuestas en la fiesta del k’in tajimol (Chenalhó y Polhó, Chiapas) by Rocío Noemí Martínez G.

“…The purpose of this article is to analyze the textiles (woven and embroidered), artifacts and iconography that characterize so-called ts’akiel ritual garments during the Tsotsil people’s K’in Tajimol festival, which takes place in Chenalhó and Polhó (respectively a constitutional municipality and an autonomous municipality in Chiapas, Mexico, which are compared here). …”
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Mechanistic studies on the effect of endogenous proteins on the starch retrogradation characteristics of corn before and after postharvest ripening by Nannan Hu, Weihua Qi, Jinying Zhu, Fuyin Zhao, Lin Xiu, Mingzhu Zheng, Jingsheng Liu

“…In addition, low field strength nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) analyses also revealed that proteins inhibited starch retrogradation by isolating the precipitation of free water during retrogradation, causing the decrease in the viscoelasticity and firmness of the starch gel. …”
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Quality and shelf-life extension of vegetables using precision control storage system by Kok Chai Ling, Chew Boon Kee, Chan Yi Chuen, Ong Mei Kying, Toh Pek Lan, Teoh Shen Khang, Goh Hock Guan

“…The visual quality of the butterhead lettuce significantly decreased during the storage period. The overall acceptability and sweetness of T1 are the highest; T3 has the better aroma and texture; the appearance was not significantly different among all the treatments. …”
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Dynamics of health and wellness at an African Pentecostal Churchrelated institution in Zimbabwe: by P. Musoni

“… The article explores the challenges faced by God’s Grace University in Zimbabwe (a pseudonym), an African Pentecostal Church-affiliated institution, due to an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among its students. …”
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