Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) Management Program for Ornamental Plants by Vivek Kumar, Muhammad Z. Ahmed, Cristi Palmer, Cindy L. McKenzie, Lance S. Osborne

“…This publication provides a management program for nursery and ornamental plant growers to aid in their efforts to minimize selection for insecticide resistance irrespective of whitefly biotype while helping to achieve top-quality plant materials. …”
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La villa del Socorro y el Pacto Social en la revuelta comunera: resistencia ante las reformas borbónicas en el Virreinato de la Nueva Granada by María Angélica Del Mar Mendoza Manotas, Ronaldo Junior Cervantes Mendoza

“…This paper analyzes how the town of Socorro, the epicenter of the 1781 Comunero Revolt, became the key site for Neogranadine resistance against the Bourbon reforms imposed since 1777. …”
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Modeling Coupled Nonlinear Multilayered Dynamics: Cyber Attack and Disruption of an Electric Grid by Marc Mangel, Jimmie McEver

“…We conclude by discussing the innovative aspects of our methods, which include (i) a fraction of decoy components in the cyber system, which are not connected to the rest of the cyber system or the physical system and thus do not spread compromise but increase the probability of detection of compromise, (ii) allowing components of the cyber system to return to the un-compromised state either temporarily invulnerable or immediately vulnerable, (iii) adaptive Defensive Counter Measures that respond in a nonlinear fashion to attack and compromise (in analogy to killer T cells of the immune system), (iv) a generic metric of performance of the physical system that depends upon the state of the cyber system, and (v) coupling a model of the electric grid to the model of compromise of the cyber system that leads to a condition for failure of the grid in terms of parameters of both compromise and the synchronous motor model, directions for future investigations, and connections to recent studies on broadly the same topics. We include a pseudocode as an Appendix and indicate how to obtain R script for the models from the first author.…”
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Aortic Arch Replacement without Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest by Zviad Bakhutashvili, Lia Janelidze, Kakhaber Beria, Simon Matikashvili, Eduard Limonjiani

“…All of these procedures were performed with total cardiopulmonary bypass without deep hypothermic circulatory arrest under conditions of moderate hypothermia using dual concurrent cannulation of the subclavian and femoral arteries.…”
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Interpretation of airborne radiometric data of flamingo field, Southwestern Nigeria by T. O Lawal, O. Fawale, J. A. Sunday, G. B. Egbeyale

“…Maximum and minimum concentration values for Total count (TC (Unit of radiation (Ur)) rate, Potassium (K %), equivalent of Thorium (eTh) and that of Uranium (eU) were estimated. …”
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Numerical Approximation of Compressible Two-Phase Six-Equation Model Using CE/SE and RKDG Schemes by Omar Rabbani, Saqib Zia, Munshoor Ahmed, Asad Rehman, Ilyas Khan, Mulugeta Andualem

“…An extra seventh equation is included describing the total energy of the mixture to ensure the correct treatment of the sharp discontinuities. …”
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Randomised trial of coconut oil, olive oil or butter on blood lipids and other cardiovascular risk factors in healthy men and women by Stephen J Sharp, Kay-Tee Khaw, Robert Luben, Nita G Forouhi, Leila Finikarides, Islam Afzal, Marleen Lentjes

“…Of these, 91 men and women attended a follow-up assessment 4 weeks later.Intervention Participants were randomised to extra virgin coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil or unsalted butter and asked to consume 50 g daily of one of these fats for 4 weeks, which they could incorporate into their usual diet or consume as a supplement.Main outcomes and measures The primary outcome was change in serum LDL-C; secondary outcomes were change in total and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TC and HDL-C), TC/HDL-C ratio and non-HDL-C; change in weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, per cent body fat, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose and C reactive protein.Results LDL-C concentrations were significantly increased on butter compared with coconut oil (+0.42, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.65 mmol/L, P<0.0001) and with olive oil (+0.38, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.60 mmol/L, P<0.0001), with no differences in change of LDL-C in coconut oil compared with olive oil (−0.04, 95% CI −0.27 to 0.19 mmol/L, P=0.74). …”
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Selecting the Right Type of Educational Experience for Your Agritourism Operation by Joy N. Rumble, Kathryn Stofer, Hoda Manafian

“…This 4-page document will help guide you toward selecting the right type of educational experience for your agritourism operation. …”
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Reduction of Behavioral Psychological Symptoms of Dementia by Multimodal Comprehensive Care for Vulnerable Geriatric Patients in an Acute Care Hospital: A Case Series by Miwako Honda, Mio Ito, Shogo Ishikawa, Yoichi Takebayashi, Lawrence Tierney

“…The average of the elements performed during the care was eye contact 0.6%, verbal communication 15.7%, and touch 0.1% in conventional care and 12.5%, 54.8%, and 44.5% in Humanitude care, respectively. …”
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Portretul unui neam: Captivus Septemcastrensis, princeps cantemirius by Ioana Costa

“…Related to different moments of the Ottoman Empire, the two works, belonging to authors placed in totally opposed positions (slave and prince), ought to have a parallel lecture.…”
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The Role of Physical Activity in Managing Urological Health by Hubert Bigajski, Aleksandra Banaś, Maciej Michalik, Piotr Widera, Marta Handschuh, Olga Bilczewska, Justyna Helis, Wiktoria Janik, Paulina Jakubczyk, Aleksandra Buczek

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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Endorsement among Adolescents and Young Adults in Tanzania: Insights from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey by Alpha Johnson Kapola, Rahma Musoke, Glenda Marie Manayon, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Haji Mbwana Ally, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Lynn Moshi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Logistic regression models were used to assess factors associated with PrEP awareness and endorsement, and the weighted prevalence of these outcomes was calculated. Findings: A total of 8,268 respondents aged 15–24 years were evaluated, of whom 5,852 (70.9%) were female. …”
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Tres décadas de difusión de la fecundidad dentro de uniones libres en Colombia: el probable fin del gradiente socioeconómico en el proceso de formación de familia by Dannyra Tatiana Mendoza Cuello, Mario Andres Estrada Lopez, Joice Melo Vieira

“…Hubo un aumento generalizado de las uniones libres en todos los grupos sociales a lo largo de las décadas. …”
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Structural Change: Industry’s Fear of the Future by Marten von Werder, Ralf Rukwid

“…Small businesses in particular seem to be at risk, regardless of their profitability, because the framework conditions for transformation are too uncertain. A comprehensive employee survey shows that there is great uncertainty in the leading sectors of the German industry. …”
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Qhapaq Ñan: dilemas e ilusiones de una política del patrimonio by Sébastien Jallade

“…It leads us to emphasize that, as it is promoted today in its representations and practices, heritage is emblematic of the modern denial of indigenous difference rather than the opposite.…”
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Comparison of intra articular autologous platelet-rich plasma with steroids in osteoarthritis knee: Experience from a North Indian tertiary care center by M N Arjun, Vivek Vasdev, Kunal Kishore, Arun Hegde, Krishnan Shanmuganandan, Abhishek Kumar, Uday Bhanu Kovilapu, Roopa Shivashankar

“…Results: The mean change in VAS pain and total WOMAC score from baseline to 24 weeks was 32.9 ± 12.1, 31.8 ± 14.7 for PRP group, and 12.9 ± 5.9, 7.5 ± 5.5 for MPA group, which was statistically significant (P < 0.0001). …”
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Quantum Stochastic Cable Equation Acting on Functionals of Discrete-Time Normal Martingales by Yuling Tang, Caishi Wang, Suling Ren, Jinshu Chen

“…Mainly with the 2D-Fock transform as the tool, we establish the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the equation. …”
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Collaborative arts therapies as a supportive intervention for autism spectrum disorders: Bibliometric analysis, insights, and directions by Aijia Zhang, Xuexing Luo, Fangtian Ying, Jue Wang, Guanghui Huang

“…CiteSpace was used to build a knowledge graph to achieve visual analysis of current research countries, institutions, journals, authors, and hot topics. Results: A total of 845 articles met the inclusion criteria. …”
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The effects of postpartum routine intrauterin treatments on fertility in cows by Yunus Çetin, Örsan Güngör, İbrahim Taşal, Cevat Sipahi, Sait Şendağ, Mehmet Yıldız, Axel Wehrend

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> As a result of the study, the rates of total pregnancy for Group Lugol, Group Perasetic, Group Antibiotic and Group Control were 52,5%, 33,3%, 62,9%, 56,5%, respectively (p <0,01). …”
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UAE pharmacists’ perceptions of the causes of unwanted or unused medications, their practices, and barriers to promoting safe medication disposal by the public by Maram O. Abbas, Semira Beshir, Doaa Kamal AlKhalidi, Eiman Shamseldin Al Gailani Ali, Yosra Lozon, Rizah Anwar Assadi, Hana Ghdaiba, Rahaf Adnan AL-Zeer

“…The data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 29. Results A total of 370 pharmacists participated in this survey, most of whom were between 18 and 34 years old (69.2%). …”
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