Language Assessment Practices and Beliefs: Implications for Language Assessment Literacy by Frank Giraldo

“… This study reports the contextual Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) of five Colombian English language teachers. …”
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Trucking, Owner-Operators, and Florida Perishables by Richard Beilock

“…During the past two decades, trucking deregulation and technological developments have favored larger carriers, which may have caused the importance of owner-operators to decline. In this report, we examine the extent to which owner-operators have been able to maintain their share of Florida's produce/ornamentals haulage and their dependence upon larger carriers to secure loads. his is EDIS document, FE543, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. …”
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Metodyka jako praktyka kulturowa (archetypowa). Ku źródłom zmiany w dydaktyce by Jolanta Kruk

“…Psychology and cognitive science reports confi rm that expert methodology is now losing its theoretical justifi cation. …”
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Engineering a bacterial toxin deaminase from the DYW-family into a novel cytosine base editor for plants and mammalian cells by Dingbo Zhang, Fiona Parth, Laura Matos da Silva, Teng-Cheong Ha, Axel Schambach, Jens Boch

“…The DYW-family of cytosine deaminases is structurally and phylogenetically distinct and might be harnessed for genome editing tools. We report a novel CRISPR/Cas9-cytosine base editor using SsdA, a DYW-like deaminase and bacterial toxin. …”
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Citrus Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…An eradication program was immediately implemented in Washington and there have subsequently been no new infestation reports (Anonymous 2005). However, with the increasing global trade and movement of plant materials, there is an imminent risk of establishment of CLHB in new areas. …”
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Average Packing Charges for Florida Fresh Citrus, 2002-2003 by Ronald P. Muraro

“…The participants were chosen because of their willingness to participate in the survey. The information reported were “packing charges,” not actual packing costs. …”
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Development and Performance Evaluation of a Rain Shade for a low scale Agricultural Produce by MN Akhaze, AA Bamidele

“…This paper reports on the development and performance evaluation of a rain shade for a low scale agricultural produce, The rain shade consists of a geared D. …”
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Tessellated Scale, Ecualymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccidae) by G. W. Dekle

“…Signoret in 1873 from specimens collected on a palm he reported as Caryota ursus. The genus Eucalymnatus, according to Borchsenius (1957), contains 17 species; two species are Ethiopian in origin and the remainder neotropical. …”
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Chilling Injury of Grapefruit and its Control by Mark A. Ritenour, Huating Dou, Greg T. McCollum

“… Chilling injury (CI) is a physiological disorder that is occasionally reported on fresh citrus shipments from Florida. It is most often characterized by areas of the peel that collapse and darken to form pits. …”
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Design and Construction of a Four-Point Contactless Switch for Industrial Application. by Okello, Thomas

“…This project report details the design and construction of a contactless switching system for controlling four loads using an APDS and RGB gesture sensor, along with an Arduino. …”
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Prebiotic emergent sources for aquaculture: Microalgae and insects by Mónica Vanessa Oviedo-Olvera, Ana Angélica Feregrino-Pérez, María Isabel Nieto-Ramírez, Marta Montserrat Tovar-Ramírez, Humberto Aguirre-Becerra, Juan Fernando García-Trejo

“…This article reviews the use of microalgae and insects as functional ingredients which provide quality macronutrients and contain different bioactive compounds that have been reported to have immunostimulatory effects. Their chemical composition is described, and their potential use as prebiotics for developing functional food for aquaculture is discussed.…”
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Mapping Your World with Community Analyst: An Easy to Use Tool to Map the Characteristics of U.S. Communities by Robert Swett, Lisa Krimsky

“…The application’s extensive suite of data metrics, in conjunction with on-demand reports and interactive color-coded maps, allows one to quickly explore the characteristics of one or more geographic areas. …”
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A Primer on Exporting to Paraguay by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…It is hoped that the information contained in this report provides a useful starting point for individuals interested in exploring export or investment opportunities in Paraguay. …”
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Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Leprosy by Shannon P. Moore, Samantha M. Wisely

“… Worldwide, 250,000 new cases of leprosy are reported each year, and in the United States, approximately 150 new cases of leprosy are diagnosed each year. …”
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Pitfalls in clinical genetics by Hui-Lin Chin, Denise Li Meng Goh

“…Ordering a genetic test appears to be a simple process of filling in paperwork, drawing 3 mL of blood in an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid tube and receiving a test report. This is identical to sending off a full blood count. …”
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Advancing feminist understandings of woman abuse: the value of old wine in new bottles by Walter S. DeKeesredy

“…Recommended here are gender-specific conceptualizations of abuse, in-depth reviews of the extant literature, self-report surveys of potential male offenders, quantitative indicators of men's patriarchal attitudes and beliefs, and supplementary open-ended survey questions.…”
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A Primer on Exporting to Costa Rica by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…It is hoped that the information contained in this report provides a useful starting point for individuals interested in exploring export or investment opportunities in Costa Rica. …”
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Niereligijni rodzice wobec instytucji szkoły by Sylwester Zielka

“…The purpose of the paper is to identify and analyse problems reported by non-religious parents. These parents are subjects of the education process whose children attend Polish educational (usually public) institutions, in which religion is one of the elements of the curriculum. …”
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Blueberry Bud Mite, Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer) (Arachnida: Acarina: Eriophyidae) by Harvey L. Cromroy, L. C. Kuitert

“…However, in 1965 when Keifer erected the genus Acalitus, the mite was transferred to this genus based on its morphological characteristics. This mite has been reported on both cultivated and wild plants of the genus Vaccinium. …”
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Missense variants at the p.Arg225 residue in ARHGEF40 identified in individuals with multiple congenital anomalies and developmental delay by Melanie P. Napier, Erin Ryan, Adi Reich, Joshua A. Suhl, Diane Masser-Frye, Marilyn Jones, Celese Beaudreau, Nathaniel Robin, Dana Goodloe, Leandra Folk, Michelle M. Morrow, Deanna Alexis Carere

“…Here, we provide genetic and phenotypic information for two individuals harboring de novo variants at p.Arg225 and sharing a highly similar phenotype. This report suggests a relationship between variants at this amino acid position and autosomal dominant disease, and further studies will be needed to characterize this disease-gene relationship and elucidate the disease mechanism.…”
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