Pesticide Provisions of the Florida Agricultural Worker Safety Act (FAWSA) by Fredrick M. Fishel

“… The purpose of this guide is to provide a summary of the pesticide provisions of the recently enacted Florida Agricultural Worker Safety Act (FAWSA) and the definitions that are used in its language. The pesticide provisions of FAWSA, which became effective on July 1, 2004, are designed to ensure that information is made available to farm workers about specific hazards associated with the use of agricultural pesticides. …”
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Ips sexdentatus (Börner, 1767) by Yiyi Dong, Jiri Hulcr

“…While not yet recorded outside of its native range, it was listed the 2023 Priority Pest List designed by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and has a high invasion potential to the North American continent.     …”
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„Oni się tylko bawią” – czy tylko? Kontrowersje wokół hasła nauka przez zabawę by Jolanta Zwiernik

“…In the first part of the text, referring to the classical definition by Johan Huizinga, the characteristics of play and its functions are presented (Hurlock, Brzezinska), the definition of learning by Teresa Bauman is quoted, and the activity of learning understood as a creative process is discussed (Stasiakiewicz). …”
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An automated adaptive trading system for enhanced performance of emerging market portfolios by Cristiana Tudor, Robert Sova

“…Back-testing several configurations of the flexible AATS consistently reveals its superiority while assuring the robustness of the results. …”
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A SDGs-oriented evaluation of the ecological sustainability of international horticultural exposition sites in Chengdu, China by Biao Huang, Haolin Yang, Kankan Shang, Ruoyu Wang, Yufei Meng, Hongming Peng, Yonghong Hu, Zehui Jiang

“… This study employs the AHP-entropy weight methodology and a spatial econometric regression model to evaluate the ecological sustainability and its changes between the current situation and the planning scenario at the 2024 Chengdu International Horticultural Exposition in China. …”
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APPLICATION OF AI IN ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE AND HIGHER EDUCATION by Matej Havlas, Veronika Novotná

“…Higher education is adapting to these changes and transforming its teaching methods and curricula to prepare students to work with AI. …”

High-level radioactive waste repository: How Geology combined with societal principles can lead to public acceptance—the German experiment by Schafmeister, Maria-Theresia

“…In any case, generating power from nuclear fission will always produce radiating waste, albeit in small amounts. Due to its longevity, this waste is a significant challenge for scientists, politicians and for the international social community to find a repository, which can be considered safe for millions of years and is accepted by the public. …”
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Enhancing Residential Electricity Consumption Forecasting with Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by Milad Mohebbi, Behnam Sobhani

“…Conclusively, the PSOGWO model's consistent performance across seasonal variations underscores its potential for reliable residential electricity consumption forecasting, making it a valuable tool for energy management in smart grids.…”
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Potensi Tulang Ikan Nila (Oreochromis Niloticus) untuk Memenuhi Kecukupan Kalsium by Novriani Tarigan, Urbanus Sihotang

“…Uji coba kedua tepung tulang ikan memiliki kandungan abu dan karbohidrat yang lebih tinggi. Sementara itu, kadar kalsium tepung tulang ikan pada uji coba kedua empat kali lipat dari uji coba pertama. …”
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Preparation for Rural Practice with a Multimodal Rural Emergency Medicine Curriculum by Ashley K. Weisman, Skyler A. Lentz, Julie T. Vieth, Joseph M. Kennedy, Richard B. Bounds

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PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF KIDNAPPING IN SOUTHERN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA by YIKWABS PETER YIKWAB, WAJIM JOHN, ALEGBEJO NOAH KOLAWOLE, AROKOYO JACOB

“…This paper therefore, examines kidnapping from its prevalence and consequences on the citizenry in Southern Taraba State Nigeria. …”
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Accessible model predicts response in hormone receptor positive HER2 negative breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy by Luca Mastrantoni, Giovanna Garufi, Giulia Giordano, Noemi Maliziola, Elena Di Monte, Giorgia Arcuri, Valentina Frescura, Angelachiara Rotondi, Armando Orlandi, Luisa Carbognin, Antonella Palazzo, Federica Miglietta, Letizia Pontolillo, Alessandra Fabi, Lorenzo Gerratana, Sergio Pannunzio, Ida Paris, Sara Pilotto, Fabio Marazzi, Antonio Franco, Gianluca Franceschini, Maria Vittoria Dieci, Roberta Mazzeo, Fabio Puglisi, Valentina Guarneri, Michele Milella, Giovanni Scambia, Diana Giannarelli, Giampaolo Tortora, Emilio Bria

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on construction project performance: challenges and strategic responses by Eda Selcuk

“…The survey assessed the impact of pandemic-related problems on project performance using 21-item 5-point Likert attitude scale, followed by statistical analysis using the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann–Whitney U tests. …”
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Reactivatable stimulated emission depletion microscopy using fluorescence-recoverable nanographene by Qiqi Yang, Antonio Virgilio Failla, Petri Turunen, Ana Mateos-Maroto, Meiyu Gai, Werner Zuschratter, Sophia Westendorf, Márton Gelléri, Qiang Chen, Goudappagouda, Hao Zhao, Xingfu Zhu, Svenja Morsbach, Marcus Scheele, Wei Yan, Katharina Landfester, Ryota Kabe, Mischa Bonn, Akimitsu Narita, Xiaomin Liu

“…Abstract Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, a key optical super-resolution imaging method, has extended our ability to view details to resolution levels of tens of nanometers. Its resolution depends on fluorophore de-excitation efficiency, and increases with depletion laser power. …”
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Exploring biomarkers and molecular mechanisms of Type 2 diabetes mellitus promotes colorectal cancer progression based on transcriptomics by Simin Luo, Yuhong Zhu, Zhanli Guo, Chuan Zheng, Xi Fu, Fengming You, Xueke Li

“…Immune infiltration analysis suggested that its expression related to the proportion of M2 macrophages. …”
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O poder de denúncia do cordel no cinema: O romance do vaqueiro voador, de João Bosco Bezerra Bonfim e Manfredo Caldas by Sylvie Debs

“…The movie O romance do vaqueiro voador, by Manfredo Caldas, is built departing from the homonymous cordel by João Bosco Bezerra Bonfim – which, on its turn, was inspired by the documentary Brasília segundo Feldman, by Vladimir Carvalho – aiming to tell, denounce and remember the tragedy the building of the city was. …”
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Brown Garden Snail, Helix aspersa Müller (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae) by Geo W. Dekle, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Müller in 1774 from specimens collected in Italy. This plant feeder has been disseminated into many parts of the world intentionally as a food delicacy, accidentally by the movement of plants, and by hobbyists who collect snails. …”
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SwinClustering: a new paradigm for landscape character assessment through visual segmentation by Tingting Huang, Tingting Huang, Bo Huang, Bo Huang, Sha Li, Haiyue Zhao, Xin Yang, Jianning Zhu

“…Crucially, the proposed SwinClustering paradigm establishes a unified clustering framework to deeply learn the intrinsic connection between various landscape attributes and the spatial relationship between different geographic locations. Furthermore, its strong generalization capabilities enable its seamless application to LCA tasks at arbitrary scales, marking a sustainable development in the field of LCA.…”
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Una (re)visión heterodoxa del desarrollo (territorial): un imperativo categórico by Sergio Boisier

“…Las causas del fracaso del ̇lti- mo sexenio se centran, seg ̇n el au- tor, en el peso de la noche cartesia- na, es decir, en el apego irrestricto al paradigma positivista y al mÈtodo analÌtico, que, llevado al plano de la acciÛn, se ha traducido en el incre- mentalismo disjunto de Lindblom. …”
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Immunofluorescence for Detection of TOR Kinase Activity In Situ in Photosynthetic Organisms by Ana Lando, María De Marco, Andrea Cumino, Giselle Martínez-Noël

“…To our knowledge, this is the first protocol to detect TOR activity in situ in photosynthetic organisms; we consider that it will pave the research on the TOR kinase, opening new possibilities to better understand its complex signaling.…”
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