Dogfennel (Eupatorium capillifolium): Biology and Control by Brent A. Sellers, Jason A. Ferrell

“…Dogfennel is currently the number one most commonly occurring pasture weed in Florida. Many people think it is only unsightly, but it causes significant bahiagrass yield loss and can cause dehydration when ingested by cattle. …”
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Pre- and Postemergence Herbicides for Use Around Palms and Cycads by Robert H. Stamps, Jeffrey G. Norcini, Timothy K. Broschat, Charles W. Meister

“…Meister, lists herbicides for use in nurseries to reduce weed management costs in nurseries and maintenance costs in landscapes. …”
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Dogfennel (Eupatorium capillifolium): Biology and Control by Brent A. Sellers, Jason A. Ferrell

“…Dogfennel is currently the number one most commonly occurring pasture weed in Florida. Many people think it is only unsightly, but it causes significant bahiagrass yield loss and can cause dehydration when ingested by cattle. …”
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SMALL BRIBE LAW DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING CORRUPTION by R. Sh. URAZBAEV

“…The paper demonstrates week points of the new law and gives reasons for injustice of leveling such actions as receiving and giving small bribes on level of public danger. …”
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Biology and Control of Horse Purslane and Common Purslane in Sugarcane by Dennis Calvin Odero, Ron Rice, Les Baucum

“…Horse purslane and common purslane are broadleaf weeds associated with sugarcane fields in muck (organic) and mineral soils of South Florida. …”
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EXITING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Economic Interests Must Not Take Primacy over Public Health by Declan Kearney

“… The ongoing human carnage and misery caused by Covid-19 was overshadowed last week by the wrongheaded decision of the US administration to withdraw funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in April 2020, whilst making unfounded allegations about its leadership and the best scientific and medical advice on how to combat the coronavirus pandemic. …”
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An Investigation Into The Impact Of The Sheffield Libraries Strike by Richard Proctor, Gill Sobczyk, Bob Usherwood

“…Strike action by library staff following a breakdown in negotiations with Sheffield City Council over the Council's proposal to withdraw enhanced pay for Saturday working, resulted in an eight-week closure of 32 out of 34 library service points. …”
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Florida's Organo-Auxin Herbicide Rule—2021 by Brett Bultemeier, Jason A. Ferrell, Gregory MacDonald

“… Organo-auxin (phenoxy) herbicides have found a place in weed control schemes for peanut, corn, small grains, sugarcane, turf, pasture and forage crops, and many other areas. …”
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Biology and Management of Garden Spurge (Euphorbia hirta) in Ornamental Crop Production by Thomas Smith, Chris Marble, Shawn Steed, Nathan Boyd

“… Garden spurge is a prostrate (low-growing), herbaceous, short-lived, warm-season annual weed commonly found growing in Florida landscapes, container nurseries, and other agricultural production areas. …”
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Aquatic Toxicology Notes: Endothall by P. Chris Wilson, Jun Wu

“…Endothall is the herbicidal active ingredient found in commercial formulations labeled for weed control in aquatic systems and on ditch banks. …”
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Giant Reed (Arundo donax): Biology, Identification and Management by Kurt Vollmer, Curtis Rainbolt, Jason Ferrell

“… SS-AGR-301, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Kurt Vollmer, Curtis Rainbolt, and Jason Ferrell, describes this tall perennial grass that is commercially grown in the Mediterranean to make reeds for musical instruments, and which is a major invasive weed in California and Texas watersheds — its biology, identification and management. …”
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Fumigant Nematicides Registered for Vegetable Crop Use in Florida by Joseph W. Noling

“…This 3-page fact sheet lists of multispectrum fumigant nematicides currently registered for use on different Florida crops (Table 1); their maximum rates and specific details for field application (Table 2); and a generalized summary of maximum use rate and relative effectiveness of various soil fumigants for nematode, soilborne disease, and weed control in Florida (Table 3). Written by J. …”
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Biology and Control of Horse Purslane and Common Purslane in Sugarcane by Dennis Calvin Odero, Ron Rice, Les Baucum

“…Horse purslane and common purslane are broadleaf weeds associated with sugarcane fields in muck (organic) and mineral soils of South Florida. …”
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Short-term abstinence from alcohol and changes in cardiovascular risk factors, liver function tests and cancer-related growth factors: a prospective observational study by Gautam Mehta, Rajiv Jalan, Matteo Rosselli, James Maurice, Stewart Macdonald, Alexandra Cronberg, Tanya Khera-Butler, Colin Sumpter, Safa Al-Khatib, Anjly Jain, Christos Charalambous, Amir Gander, Cynthia Ju, Talay Hakan, Roy Sherwood, Devaki Nair, Kevin P Moore

“…Inclusion criteria were baseline alcohol consumption >64 g/week (men) or >48 g/week (women). Exclusion criteria were known liver disease or alcohol dependence.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was change in insulin resistance (homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) score). …”
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Monitoring of environmental gases and calf health in Italian Mediterranean buffalo herd by Simona Leonetti, Monica Ambrosio, Mirko Scamardella, Chiara Caso, Angelo Coletta

“…In all structures, the litter used is straw, mandatory for the first two weeks of the calf’s life. In addition, the “Health score” of 300 calves was also evaluated. …”
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Multiple ovulation was positively associated with milk yield independently of circulating progesterone concentrations in multiparous high-producing Holstein cows submitted to Doubl... by T.J. Valdés-Arciniega, E. Anta-Galván, I.M.R. Leão, T.O. Cunha, M.S. El Azzi, N.B. Cook, J.P.N. Martins

“…Milk yield for the 2 weeks before PG1 was 56.0 ± 0.2 kg/d. Overall, ovulation to G1 was 71.5%, and MOV to G1 was 16.6%. …”
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Associations of prenatal urinary melamine, melamine analogues, and aromatic amines with gestational duration and fetal growth in the ECHO Cohort by Giehae Choi, Xiaoshuang Xun, Deborah H. Bennett, John D. Meeker, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Susan L Schantz, Leonardo Trasande, Deborah Watkins, Edo D. Pellizzari, Wenlong Li, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Tracey J. Woodruff, Jessie P. Buckley

“…Similarly in secondary analyses using categorical outcomes, an IQR increase in log2(melamine) was associated with 1.22 [0.99, 1.50] higher odds of post-term (>40 & ≤42 weeks) as compared to full-term (≥38 & ≤40 weeks). …”
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Time Interval for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis and Related Expenditure in Selected Health Centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Ezra Shimeles, Melaku Tilahun, Tsegaye Hailu, Fikre Enquselassie, Abraham Aseffa, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Getachew Wondimagegn

“…Patients with TB symptoms visit several health facilities till they are diagnosed, the median duration from onset of symptom till commencement of TB treatment being 4 weeks. It was noted that they face major expenses in the process of navigation to the right care. …”
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Dehydrothyrsiferol Against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Treatment Outcome in a Murine Model by Atteneri López-Arencibia, Carlos J. Bethencourt-Estrella, Desirée San Nicolás-Hernández, Rubén L. Rodríguez-Expósito, Angélica Domínguez-de-Barros, Lizbeth Salazar-Villatoro, Maritza Omaña-Molina, Francisco Cen-Pacheco, Ana R. Díaz-Marrero, José J. Fernández, Elizabeth Córdoba-Lanús, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, José E. Piñero

“…In addition, DT-Sepigel at the lowest concentration (0.5%) showed the best results, reducing lesion size by 87% at 3 weeks post-treatment. DT-Sepigel has demonstrated to be a potent topical treatment that, in combined drug trials, may aim at combating cutaneous leishmaniasis.…”
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Short-term survivors with brain metastases have modest benefits from focal and systemic therapies and remain frequent despite improving treatment landscape by M. Czogalla, J. Stöhr, N. Gleim, K. Papsdorf, S. Klagges, P. Hambsch, T. Kuhnt, F. Nägler, A. Barrantes-Freer, J. Wach, N.H. Nicolay, C. Seidel

“…However, survival benefits were very modest, with a median gain of 6 weeks following resection and focal radiotherapy compared to whole-brain radiotherapy, and 3 weeks from systemic treatment. …”
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