Children in Self-Care by Millie Ferrer, Anne M. Fugate

“…And, it can give them confidence in their own abilities. However, if a child is not mature enough, selfcare can be an anxiety-producing and dangerous situation. …”
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Tools for Evaluating Soil Health by Jehangir H. Badha, Jay M. Capasso, Robert R. Schindelbeck, Allan R. Bacon

“…It refers to the chemical, biological, and physical characteristics that influence a soil’s ability to function sustainably and to satisfy the needs of humans, support plants, and cycle elements, water, and energy between earth systems. …”
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Management of Orchid Pests with Silwet® L-77 and Horticultural Oils by Robert A. Cating, Marjorie A. Hoy, Aaron J. Palmateer

“…IFAS researchers evaluated the ability of the surfactant Silwet® L-77 to improve the efficacy of horticultural oils in controlling boisduval scale and mite infestations in orchids. …”
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Management of Orchid Pests with Silwet® L-77 and Horticultural Oils by Robert A. Cating, Marjorie A. Hoy, Aaron J. Palmateer

“…IFAS researchers evaluated the ability of the surfactant Silwet® L-77 to improve the efficacy of horticultural oils in controlling boisduval scale and mite infestations in orchids. …”
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Encouraging Landscape Water-Conservation Behaviors #4: Florida Homeowners’ Reactions to Messages that Encourage Landscape Water Conservation Practice Adoption by Joy Rumble, Laura A. Warner, Courtney Owens, Alexa Lamm, Randall Cantrell

“…This 4-page fact sheet examines the impact of differently framed messages on Florida residents’ attitudes toward good irrigation practices and their perceived ability to implement those practices. Written by Joy Rumble, Laura A. …”
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Triggering the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa by Kendra J. Lynn, Drew T. Downs, Frank A. Trusdell, Penny E. Wieser, Berenise Rangel, Baylee McDade, Alicia J. Hotovec-Ellis, Ninfa Bennington, Kyle R. Anderson, Dawn C. S. Ruth, Charlotte L. DeVitre, Andria P. Ellis, Patricia A. Nadeau, Laura Clor, Peter Kelly, Peter J. Dotray, Jefferson C. Chang

“…Comparing multidisciplinary monitoring data with mineral chemistry that records the physical and spatio-temporal evolution of magmas fundamentally advances our ability to forecast eruptions. The recent eruption of Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest active volcano, provides a unique opportunity to differentiate unrest from run-up and improve forecasting of future eruptions. …”
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EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Mirza Šikalo, Almira Arnaut-Berilo

“…Empirical research was conducted on all insurance companies from BiH, which are grouped according to the size of assets, type of insurance, and headquarters in order to determine whether there are differences in the efficiency of insurance companies in terms of their size, type of insurance, or depending on whether it operates in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) or Republic of Srpska (RS). …”
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Agroecology and the limits to resilience: extending the adaptation capacity of agroecosystems to drought by Miguel A. Altieri, Clara I. Nicholls, Rene Montalba, Lorena Vieli, Luis L. Vazquez

“…The aim of this paper is to assess the limitations of agroecological practices in enhancing the ability of agroecosystems to adapt to climate change under extended drought stress which may overwhelm crops’ adaptation response. …”
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Frontal Face Generation Based on Attitude Point Guidance and Attention Mechanism Improvement by Jihui Zhao, Zhengyi Yuan, Junhu Zhang, Haitao Li, Hui Li

“…In the generator part, the self-attention mechanism is introduced to obtain the dependence between feature points and other position features, which enhances the illumination perception ability of the network layer. At the same time, local attention is used in a discriminator to improve the local detail generation ability of the network in the face. …”
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EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Mirza Šikalo, Almira Arnaut-Berilo

“…Empirical research was conducted on all insurance companies from BiH, which are grouped according to the size of assets, type of insurance, and headquarters in order to determine whether there are differences in the efficiency of insurance companies in terms of their size, type of insurance, or depending on whether it operates in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) or Republic of Srpska (RS). …”
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The effects of the image attributes of golf star athletes supported by adult amateur golfers on sports participation desire and continuation intention by Ji-Hye Yang, Ga Young Kim, Hye Jin Yang, Chulhwan Choi, Chul-Ho Bum

“…However, performance ability did not impact affective desire. Second, while cognitive and behavioral desires significantly influenced the intention to continue participating, affective desire did not have an effect. …”
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Interaction of human neutrophils with Trichomonas vaginalis protozoan highlights lactoferrin secretion by Wei-Hung Cheng, Ruei-Min Chen, Seow-Chin Ong, Yuan-Ming Yeh, Po-Jung Huang, Chi-Ching Lee

“…It was interesting to identify the ability of the iron-loaded lactoferrin to extend the survival time of T. vaginalis under iron-deficient conditions. …”
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Àgbéyẹ̀wò Àṣà Ìbéyàwó ní Kákùmọ̀ Àkókó, Ìpínlẹ̀ Òǹdó by Deborah Bamidele Arowosegbe

“… Iṣẹ́ yìí ṣe àgbéyẹ̀ wò ìyàtọ̀ tó wà nínú àṣà ìgbéyàwó ní ìlú Kákùmọ̀ sí ti agbègbè ilẹ̀ Yorùbá mìíràn; a fi tíọ́ rì ìfojú-àṣà-ìbílẹ̀ -wò àti tíọ́ rì ìṣẹ̀ tọ́ fábo ṣe àtẹ̀ gùn. …”
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Determining sensory drivers of complex metadescriptors through regression modelling by Emily Fisher, Charles Diako, Rebecca Shingleton, Sidsel Jensen, Joanne Hort

“…Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), a regression technique known for automatic predictor selection, and partial least squares regression, which handles multicollinearity, were compared for their ability to accurately identify the underlying sensory attributes driving creaminess perception.Twenty-eight sensory attributes were selected after discussions with milk consumers. …”
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Reducing the effective dose of doxycycline using chitosan silver nanocomposite as a carriers on gram positive and gram-negative bacteria by Elham M. Mostafa, Y. Badr, M. M. Hashem, K. Abo-EL-Sooud, Amna H. Faid

“…Using nanotechnology is one feasible way to increase the antibiotics’ ability to penetrate the body and increase their antibacterial effectiveness. …”
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Optimization of extraction and enrichment process of cannabidiol from industrial hemp and evaluation of its bioactivity by Junkai Wu, Xiaomeng Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu, Zunlai Sheng, Zunlai Sheng, Jianping Hu, Feiyan Zhang

“…Antioxidant properties were evaluated using DPPH and ABTS assays, as well as an iron-reducing ability test.ResultsAfter optimization, the extraction rate of CBD reached 0.26 ± 0.02%. …”
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Developing the digital research competence of a future mathematics teacher as a part of project activities by Elena N. Alekseeva

“…The use of specialized software products in teaching mathematics plays an important role in the intellectual development of students, including schoolchildren who have a high level of mathematical abilities and require an individualized approach to learning. …”
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ExPRession-based E-Worksheet (EBEW): An effort to enhance student' computational thinking skills by Kartini Herlina, Abdurrahman Abdurrahman, Ahmad Naufal Umam, Ayu Nurjanah, Ghani Fadhil Rabbani, Ficha Aulia Indah Pratiwi

“…It must prepare students to face challenges in the future. One of the abilities that are important for learners is problem solving, and the problem-solving ability that is becoming increasingly important in today's digital era is computational thinking skills. …”
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An Alternative Model of Care for the Treatment of Adolescent Athletes with Extension-Based Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. by Mitchell Selhorst, Richard Rodenberg, Nick Padgett, Anastasia Fischer, Reno Ravindran, James MacDonald

“…In the physical therapy first model, patients began early therapeutic exercise and their ability to functionally progress determined the course of care. …”
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Identification and validation of hub gene TNFAIP6 of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis by LEI Lei, LYU Yuxin, ZHANG Jing

“…CCK-8 and Transwell assays indicated that the silencing of TNFAIP6 markedly inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion abilities of MH7A cells when compared with the control cells (FAM-si-NC,P<0.05). …”
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