Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle: A Pest of Cole Crops by Elena M. Rhodes, Oscar E. Liburd

“…Since first reported in Mobile, Alabama, in 1947, the beetle has spread throughout the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida and up into Georgia and North Carolina. It has also been reported from Illinois and California. …”
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Know Your Pests When Trapping Soybean Looper in the Florida Panhandle by Ethan T. Carter, Tyler Shaw, Libbie Johnson, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes

“…A soybean looper pheromone-trapping study performed in Panhandle commercial peanut and cotton fields also attracted other species with similar appearances, sometimes in high numbers. …”
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Managing Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex C. Wright) in the Home Landscape by Carrie A. Reinhardt Adams, Christine Wiese, L. C. Lee, Sandra B. Wilson, A. M. Smith, Rosanna Freyre

“…These potential changes to community structure and ecological function are of particular concern in Florida wetlands, where changes to plant communities have the potential to impact not just plant-animal interactions, but also overall hydrology on a whole watershed level. …”
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Prey – predator model on the interaction between the drawdown level of an aquifer and maize yield by MD Shehu, OP Evans, AT Cole

“…It was observed that the maize yield depends on the recharge rate of the aquifer α and the water table level h and also as the drawdown level increases, the maize yield increases. …”
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Revenue diversification strategies in Ethiopian higher education system: A brief reflection by Kibrom Mengistu Feleke

“…With this in mind, this reflection discusses university financing trends and the subsequent financial austerity in Ethiopia. The paper also attempts to reflect on the strategies currently used by the public universities in diversifying their funding base in the face of increased financial demand for the rapidly expanding system of higher education in the country. …”
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How can I improve the environment to support the emergent curriculum? by Ellen Phelan

“…Partnership with parents in creating an environment that supports the diversity of our classrooms also arose as an important finding. …”
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Challenging Impunity: Colombia and Nicaragua's Intervention in the Israeli Genocide Case at the ICJ by Yordan Gunawan, Elfa Rheanna Prameswari, Himmaturrahmah Himmaturrahmah

“…This case challenges the practice of impunity in international law, particularly in relation to state actions deemed to violate human rights on a mass scale. This research also contributes to our understanding of the role of the ICJ in dealing with allegations of genocide, as well as the importance of small and medium-sized state interventions in fighting for international justice.…”
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A PROPÓSITO DEL CASO ATALA RIFFO Y NIÑAS VERSUS CHILE. UN HITO EN LA JURISPRUDENCIA DE LA CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS by YENNESIT PALACIOS VALENCIA

“…El asunto Atala Riffo y niñas contra el Estado de Chile, constituye un hito en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, pues el caso goza de especial importancia al evidenciar que en los Estados de las Américas, aún persiste un alto grado de intolerancia y discriminación en relación a la orientación sexual. …”
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Temperature and Humidity Prediction Based on Machine Learning by Xiong Yanqi

“…Li addition to the outstanding performance of the neural NN. the RF and SVM also demonstrated strong performance, particularly hi handling specific features within the dataset, the model's performance can be further optimized by adjusting the NN's hyperparameters or introducing more feature engineering, which could lead to even better results hi future data analyses. …”
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Implementation of the online learning process for students of UIN Imam Bonjol Padang by N. Nadhilah, R. Rusman

“…In implementing online learning, various types of media are also needed for various aspects of material during online learning to support the learning process with access to the library. …”
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“True fiction” – the memory and the postmemory of traumatic war events in a picturebook by Magdalena Howorus-Czajka

“…Composition, artistic techniques, colour, vocabulary, typography – these are the tools in the hands of artists through which they can not only tell the story, but also stir up emotions and shape the personality. …”
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A new relaxation technique based on fractional representation to solve bilinear models: Application to the long horizon crude oil scheduling problem by Mohammad Nasir Yarahmadi, Seyyed Ali MirHassani, Farnaz Hooshmand

“…To evaluate the performance of the algorithm, it is compared to the recently addressed iterative MILP-NLP algorithm based on piecewise McCormick relaxation techniques over a variety of instances. Our method is also applied to the crude oil scheduling problem as an application. …”
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A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management—Fish Kills by Florida LAKEWATCH

“…Human-induced fish kills are also covered along with a section on fish stress—a component of virtually every fish kill situation. …”
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ORIENTATION SYSTEM OF PV PANELS AFTER SUN by GEORGE EDUARD HOLMAN, CIPRIAN AFANASOV

“…The system must be energetically autonomous, and also have the ability to constantly provide power. …”
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Possibilities in Blockchain technology application by Bačević Jelena

“…The paper represents a comprehensive review of possibilities in Blockchain technology application in contemporary business environment, its benefits and shortcomings as well as security problems appearing in theory and practice. This paper also deals with the analysis of possible trends in the mentioned field.…”
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The focus of public discourse on child abuse in kindergartens: analysis of articles on child abuse in newspapers of China from 2010 to 2017 by Baoan Feng, Xingping Zhou

“…As a social phenomenon, child abuse in kindergartens is not only an educational but also a legal issue. This study analyzed 423 critical articles on child abuse in kindergartens published by 103 newspapers in China from 2010 to 2017. …”
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The Impact of Cross-National Distance on Survival of Foreign Subsidiaries by Fabio Cassio-de-Souza, Mario Henrique Ogasavara

“…Out of nine CND, four increase the risk of mortality, while one increases longevity. Local experience also plays a significant role for the continuity of the foreign operation in the local market, while moderating the impact between one CND and survival. …”
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Hornets and Yellowjackets, Vespula and Dolichovespula spp. by E. E. Grissell

“…One species of Dolichovespula is also present: the baldfaced hornet, D. maculata (Linnaeus). …”
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The Moderating Effect of Home Country Corruption on the Host Country’s Ability to Attract FDI by Manuel Portugal Ferreira, Helder Costa Carreira, Dan Li, Fernando Ribeiro Serra

“…We extend prior research by distinguishing the pervasiveness and arbitrariness of host country corruption and their effects on FDI inflows. We also test whether the investors’ home country corruption affects FDI decisions. …”
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Airborne Microplastics from Waste as a Transmission Vector for COVID-19 by Qingyang Liu, James Schauer

“…., soil, water and air) worldwide, posing a threat to ecological, human, and animal health. Microplastics could also serve as vectors which transport toxic hydrophobic organic compounds around the globe and negatively affect the environmental quality. …”
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