Rotala: A New Aquatic Invader in Southern Florida by Lyn A. Gettys, Carl J. Della Torre

“…Because the rapid and vigorous growth of rotala inhibits water flow, the ability of infested canals to function properly in flood control systems is greatly hindered. …”
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A secure method of voting and planning based on quadratic voting by Hamid Devisti, Massoud Hadian Dehkordi

“…This method combines the voting and planning, and gives the ability to voters to express their opinions about the candidates programs in addition to voting. …”
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Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (suggested common name), Homalodisca coagulata (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) by Tracy Conklin, Russell F. Mizell, III

“…Though usually not a serious pest in the area of its native distribution, the glassy-winged sharpshooter has recently been introduced into southern California, where it has become a serious threat to viticulture due to its ability to vector Pierce's disease.  This document is EENY-274, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Dez anos de Seattle, o movimento antiglobalização e a ação coletiva transnacional by Breno Bringel, Enara Echart Muñoz

“…Our hypothesis is that during those years, the ntiglobalization movement has shown an important ability to organize, mobilize and infl uence in the international scene, and that it is currently living a stage of crisis as an actor, but with a large part of its legacy having being made into a new framework for transnational collective action. …”
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Tropical Spiderwort (Commelina benghalensis L.), Identification and Control by Jason A. Ferrell, Gregory E. MacDonald, Barry J. Brecht

“…Tropical spiderwort also possesses the ability to root at the nodes and can be propagated from cut stems. …”
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Awareness and Intelligence with Emotions by Heather M. Janney, Daniel Gonzalez

“…As extension professionals and 4-H volunteers working directly with youth, we can see these pyramids in the process of building up and tumbling down, and we also have the ability to use the skills of emotional awareness and emotional intelligence to help deter again the potential negative impacts of youth breaking down with their emotions. …”
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HEAR THE UNHEARD VOICES OF VISUAL ART: by S.E. Dry

“…This narrative approach in concept development is subject to the student’s ability to understand and manipulate content, together with the facilitators’ approach to the reality. …”
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The Metaphysics of Justice: Ayelala’s Rise in Benin and Other Parts of Edo State by Benson Ohihon Igboin

“…Beyond the punishment and control of public crimes, a report of Ayelala’s revelations about the causes of a personal death also illustrates the deity’s ability to provide justice in personal matters. The article argues that doubts about Ayelala’s existence, as put forward by some critics, are illogical and indeed irrelevant as long as the deity is seen to produce results. …”
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Biology and Control of the Strawberry Aphid, Chaetosiphon fragaefolli (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Florida by Silvia I. Rondon, Daniel J. Cantliffe

“…This aphid species is a vector of strawberry viruses such as cytorhabdovirus, one of the most dangerous viruses affecting strawberry (Krczal, 1979) (Fig. 2). Our ability to recognize this pest and the damage it causes is important in determining successful control methods. …”
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LED Light Increases Leaf Area and Root Length of Humulus lupulus (var. Tettnanger) In Vitro by Chi Dinh Nguyen, Dominic Vu, Heqiang Huo, Brian Pearson

“…Research examining the use of LED lights in plant production has observed its ability to promote growth in plants through emission of higher light quality, such as enhanced red and blue wavelength discharge. …”
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Potato Vine Killing or Desiccation by Lincoln Zotarelli, Steven Sargent, Peter Dittmar, Mildred Makani

“…Tuber maturity is generally recognized as an important determinant of storage ability and cooking quality. Maturation can be artificially induced by killing the potato vines prior to harvest. …”
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Career choices: Adaptation and initial evidence of the Work Volition Scale in Brazil by Fernanda Mendes Pires, Alexsandro Luiz De Andrade

“…Volition is the individual perception of one’s ability to make decisions and career choices despite constraints by the external environment. …”
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Propagation and Production of Seacoast Marshelder by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…The plant is prized for its ability to accumulate sand, thereby producing low, rounded dunes (Craig 1991). …”
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Exploring the Potential of Research–Practice Partnerships to Support State Education Leaders as Agents of Change by Hannah Goldstein, Hayley Weddle

“…Research–practice partnerships (RPPs) represent a promising venue to support the ability of state leaders to facilitate educational change. …”
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Management Options for Improving Flowering in Citrus Production by Leigh Archer, Miurel Brewer, Bikash Adhikari, Eduardo Esteves, Christopher Vincent, Tripti Vashisth

“…A grower can improve the ability for their trees to consistently produce a profitable crop of fruit by understanding the steps involved in flowering and controlling the transition to reproductive growth. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis by Keith R. Schneider, Mickey E. Parish, Renée M. Goodrich, Taylor Cookingham

“… Bacillus species are Gram positive, aerobic heterotrophs, ubiquitous bacteria, characterized by their ability to form resistant spore coats. There are about 48 known species in the genus Bacillus but only B. anthracis and B. cereus are associated with human disease. …”
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Effect of the Application Time of Paecilomyces spp. on t he Pressure of Root - Knot Nematodes ( Meloidogyne spp.) on Tomato ( Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.) by Winarto Winarto, Reflinaldon Reflinaldon

“… The application time of Paecilomyces spp. was assumed affecting its ability to suppress the root knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.). …”
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Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae) by Yuexun Tian, Phillip E Kaufman

“…This tick is considered a medical and veterinary vector due to its ability to transmit pathogens that cause disease in humans and other animals. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1263 …”
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Research Developments in Generative Adversarial Networks for Image Restoration and Communication by Zhou Peng

“…The system can realize encoding and decoding of input bits of arbitrary length with good generalization ability. Finally, the image restoration and communication encryption are summarized, along with an outlook on their development trends.…”
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Segmentation of current and potential investors in retirement plans to retain and capture customers by Ronaldo Andrade Deccax, Carlos Heitor Campani

“…It innovates by incorporating variables from Psychology and Behavioral Finance, especially the “rationality” variable which has a remarkable ability to synthesize vulnerabilities to a wide universe of heuristics and biases when applied to investors. …”
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