A Summary of N, P, and K Research with Potato in Florida by George Hochmuth, Ed Hanlon

“…This revised 33-page fact sheet summarizes potato fertilization research leading to current University of Florida recommendations and summarizes needs for additional research. Written by George Hochmuth and Ed Hanlon and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, April 2011. …”
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Role of Packaging in Society and the Environment by Kenneth Berger

“…In fact, modern society could not exist without a mature and advanced packaging system, and packaging coincides with society's wants and needs. We choose what packaging is used by what we purchase. …”
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Building Student Commitment to Agricultural Safety: A Guide for Agriculture Education Classes by Rob Brown, Carol J. Lehtola, Charles M. Brown

“…This packet must be read and signed by both the student and their parents so that everyone is aware of what they will be working with and equally aware of the safety attitude that is needed. This packet can be helpful for other schools to use as a guide for developing a safety commitment packet. …”
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Role of Packaging in Society and the Environment by Kenneth Berger

“…In fact, modern society could not exist without a mature and advanced packaging system, and packaging coincides with society's wants and needs. We choose what packaging is used by what we purchase. …”
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Reclaimed Water Use in the Landscape: What's in Reclaimed Water and Where Does It Go? by Gurpal S. Toor, Mary Lusk

“…Though reclaimed water cannot be used for drinking water in Florida, it is considered highly safe and reliable for non-potable water needs. This fact sheet is one of a series titled Reclaimed Water Use in the Landscape written by Gurpal S. …”
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Communication between endothelial cells and osteoblasts in regulation of bone homeostasis: Notch players by Daria Perepletchikova, Anna Malashicheva

“…Understanding the interplay between angiogenesis and osteogenesis is currently a focus of research efforts in order to facilitate and improve osteogenesis when needed. Our review explores the cellular and molecular mechanisms including Notch-dependent endothelial-MSC communication that drive osteogenesis-angiogenesis processes and their effects on bone remodeling and repair.…”
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Research on the application of fgOTN in the new electric power system by CHEN Sunsheng, WANG Yi, LIN Mingqi, LU Shaobin, YANG Qihan, ZHENG Jian

“…Compared to traditional synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) and optical transport network (OTN) technologies, fine grain optical transport network (fgOTN) technology is more suitable for the current development needs of new electric power systems. Based on this background, the standard evolution of fgOTN was described, the technical principles of fgOTN were elaborated, the application advantages of fgOTN were introduced. …”
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Du loisir à l’apprentissage de la vulnérabilité de la nature : jardiner en ville pour renouveler les relations aux vivants, à Malmö (Suède) by Margaux Alarcon, Pascal Marty

“…Our ethnographic study, based on participant observation and semi-structured interviews, conducted in Malmö (Sweden), during 3 months with a local urban gardening network, shows that collective gardens allow direct contact with nature, satisfy needs for a contact with nature and allow the development of a diversity of relationships with plants, including caring relationships. …”
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The Fifth Order of Design by Mariana Fonseca Braga

“…This comprehensive view is critical to tgetting to grips with global challenges (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) since the shift towards sustainability needs to address the root causes of systemic and interrelated problems that cannot be overcome by reactive marketing and technocratic approaches. …”
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Communicating with Extension Clients about Water by Caroline G. Roper, Alexa J. Lamm

“…Extension faculty should understand public opinion surrounding water issues and identify the information that needs to be communicated to the public about water issues, as well as the best mode for this communication. …”
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Sampling the Evidence of Extension Program Impact by Glenn D. Israel

“…The first step of this process is to determine the appropriate amount of data needed, or the correct sample size. Using a sample can help Extension professionals save time, money, and labor because fewer people must be interviewed or surveyed; thus the complete set of data can be collected quickly. …”
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Women and Money: Unique Issues – Selecting Your Financial Professional Team by Brenda C. Williams, Diann Douglas, Martie Gillen, Lynda Spence

“…Understanding the roles, expertise, and credentials of these individuals can help you select the most appropriate individual or team for your specific financial needs. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Brenda C. …”
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The Savvy Survey #10: In-Person-Administered Surveys by Glenn D. Israel, Jessica L. Gouldthorpe

“… In-person-administered surveys are a type of face-to-face interview that collects mainly quantitative data from a number of individuals and can be useful for collecting information from low-literacy audiences or obtaining very detailed information from agricultural producers or business owners about needs or program outcomes. As part of the Savvy Survey Series, this 7-page fact sheet presents the construction, development, and implementation of in-person surveys, as well as how to prepare an introductory script, train interviewers, and manage the survey process. …”
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The Savvy Survey #2: Using Surveys in Everyday Extension Programming by Jessica L. Gouldthorpe, Glenn D. Israel

“…The publication suggests how surveys can be used in needs and assets assessments to inform program development, as formative and summative evaluations to support program improvement, and as customer service tools to capture satisfaction within programming efforts. …”
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Religious experience and sacred text by A. Holder

“…But the Book of Revelation implies that the sacred text will no longer be needed, only because its promises have been fulfilled by direct experience of the divine presence. …”
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Improving Inservice Teacher Workshops in Florida by Martha C. Monroe, Jenny Seitz, Shruti Agrawal, Michelle Aldridge, Sheda Morshed, Elizabeth Swiman, Vicki Crisp

“…This fact sheet defines the terms that are most helpful and provides suggestions for planning, advertising, delivering, and evaluating workshops to meet the needs of our teachers. Project Learning Tree (PLT) workshops are used as an example of how nonformal education facilitators could adapt their workshops to better address the new professional development system. …”
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The Savvy Survey #14: Mixed-Mode Surveys by Glenn D. Israel, Jessica L. Gouldthorpe

“…Mixed-mode surveys such as this are well suited for conducting needs assessments for program development or follow-up surveys for program evaluation. …”
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As relações entre arranjo institucional e representação política nos conselhos by Joana Vaz Moura

“…Representatives who act in these spaces speak on behalf of a particular social group that needs a spokesperson to present its interests. The normative theory of representation tends to take the existence of an interest to be represented as something given, and that it would fit to the representative to assume these interests and to express them in the Councils. …”
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Clinical Measures of Pelvic Tilt in Physical Therapy by William H. Suits

“…The purpose of this commentary is to provide an overview of the relevance of understanding pelvic tilt in the pathology and rehabilitation of conditions affecting the hip joint, with a focus applying evidence towards identifying clinical measures that may be useful in the rehabilitation setting and considerations that are needed with these measures. # Level of Evidence 5…”
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« L'État de tous les spectateurs » by Irina Tcherneva

“…The methods of mobilization of the spectators, dated from the 1920s, are also revived to identify the “public needs”. The attempt to establish a form of dependence between distribution and production reveals a poor acquaintance of spectators’ tastes, the structural resistance of the cinema institution and the permanence of the values applied to social role of soviet cinema.…”
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