Postharvest Quality and Decay Incidence among Tomato Fruit as Affected by Weather and Cultural Practices. by Jerry A. Bartz, Steven A. Sargent, John W. Scott

“…Excessive water in fruit is possible at virtually any time of the season and can appear at times of cold as well as warm field temperatures. …”
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Design of DC Motor Using Local Materials. by Ndyamuhaki, Bruce

“…This project explores the design and construction of a DC motor using unconventional materials, including wood, magnets, copper wires, and plastic tubes. The motor's performance and efficiency are evaluated and the results demonstrate a functional DC motor with efficiency within the expected range for do-it-yourself DC motors. …”
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Nutrient composition of meals served to adult inpatients in public hospitals in North West, South Africa by Mantombi J. Jiyana, Lindiwe J. Ncube

“…Methods: Regular adult meals for breakfast, lunch and supper including all snacks for the day were collected from five hospitals. …”
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Airborne Levels of Lung Carcinogens at an Ascon Manufacturing Site by Kyeongmin Lee, Sungwon Choi, Miyeon Kim, Dongwoo Song, Ki-Youn Kim

“…The airborne concentrations of the total dust, respirable dust, and quartz measured at Hopper 1 and Hopper 6 were 8.540, 1.536, and 0.125 mg m−3, and 10.092, 3.989, and 0.331 mg m−3, respectively. …”
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Sources analysis and risk assessment of heavy metals in soil in a polymetallic mining area in southeastern Hubei based on Monte Carlo simulation by Jing Wang, Bo Wang, Qibin Zhao, Jinnan Cao, Xiao Xiao, Di Zhao, Zhenya Chen, Di Wu

“…The main findings are as follows: (1) Among the heavy metals present in the soil, copper (Cu) has the highest average concentration at 278.54 mg/kg, followed by zinc (Zn) at 161.16 mg/kg, chromium (Cr) at 75.23 mg/kg, nickel (Ni) at 30.38 mg/kg, arsenic (As) at 22.53 mg/kg, cadmium (Cd) at 0.76 mg/kg, and mercury (Hg) at 0.14 mg/kg; (2) The distribution of heavy metal concentrations exhibits significant regional variations, with the spatial pattern of pollution indicating that TLS is more affected than JLS, as evidenced by the Pollution Load Index (PLI) values; (3) Three potential sources of heavy metals were identified: natural sources, anthropogenic activities (including industrial production and agricultural practices), and atmospheric deposition (both dry and wet); (4) While severe contamination levels of specific metals such as copper and cadmium are observed in JLS and TLS soils, the overall contamination is mild, suggesting complex contamination dynamics; (5) Cadmium poses a moderate to high ecological risk, being the most sensitive factor in the comprehensive ecological risk assessment with a contribution rate of 65.2 %; (6) The concentrations of heavy metals in the soil present certain health risks, with children being more vulnerable than adults. …”
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Pengamanan Citra Digital Menggunakan Kriptografi DnaDan Modified LSB by Sabrina Adela Br Sibarani, Andreas Munthe, Ronsen Purba, Ali Akbar Lubis

“…Ketahanan stego-image terhadap noise salt & pepper bergantung pada ukuran citra sampul, persentase noise, dan jumlah bit sisip yang digunakan. …”
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Nutrition of Florida Citrus Trees, Third Edition by Davie Mayeso Kadyampakeni, Kelly T. Morgan

“…Changes to the second edition will appear at the beginning of chapters 2, 6, 8, 9, and 11. …”
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Acer japonicum 'Vitifolium' by Edward F. Gilman

“…The hanging clusters of showy, purple/red flowers appear in late spring and are followed by the production of winged seeds. …”
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A decolonial reading of the Third Chapter of the Gospel of John in Moffat’s Translation of the Catechism into Setswana (1826) by I.D. Mothoagae

“…It is argued that translation does not happen in a vacuum; rather, it also has the ideological intentions of the translator. …”
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Red Ring Nematode, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (Cobb) Baujard (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Aphelenchina: Aphelenchoidea: Bursaphelechina) formerly Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilu... by Angela S. Brammer, William T. Crow

“…Red ring disease can appear in several species of tropical palms, including date, Canary Island date and Cuban royal, but is most common in oil and coconut palms. …”
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Propagation and Production of Seacoast Marshelder by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…Flowers are not very showy, occur on terminal racemes with a bract below each flower, and have small lavender petals. The flowers appear in late summer and continue into early fall. …”
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Evaluating the Performance of Cuba's Sugarcane Basic Units of Cooperative Production During Their First Decade by José Alvarez

“…The fact sheet ends with a discussion of some of the factors that appear to be limiting the efficiency and profitability in Cuba's sugarcane UBPCs. …”
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Understanding Material Safety Data Sheet Language by Frederick M. Fishel

“…People who are primary users of a MSDS would include employees who handle a certain material in their daily occupations, those who store chemicals at their place of business, and emergency response crews who need to understand procedures associated should an emergency happen to occur. The MSDS is not designed for someone who may apply a lawn and garden pesticide once or twice a year. …”
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Native Trees for South Florida by A.W. Meerow, T.K. Broschat, H.M. Donselman

“… The use of native plants in Florida horticulture has gained importance due to habitat loss, coastal deterioration, and competition from invasive exotics like Brazilian pepper and punk tree. Several counties have enacted ordinances requiring native plants in new developments, increasing demand for native plant materials. …”
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Wellsina Mite Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon) (Arachnida: Acari: Cheyletidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Marjorie A. Hoy

“…Hemicheyletia wellsina does not appear likely to be an effective natural enemy in agricultural crops as an introduced predator, but could be beneficial in natural biological control in natural ecosystems, where pest densities are lower. …”
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Protection of whistleblowers in Serbia: The role and importance of whistleblowers in revealing corruption by Tanjević Nataša

“…Finally, this paper points to the new normative solutions in our country intended to clarify the direction of reforming this area. …”
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The influence of planning on the development of innovation in small and medium enterprises by Vujičić Slađana, Ravić Nenad, Nikolić Miloš

“…The goal of innovation is to create more successful future of the company, but this success does not happen by itself, but a purposeful implementation of the innovation process is required - which requires, in the first place, the planning of all phases and sub-processes.…”
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ENSEMBLES MUSICAUX REPRÉSENTATIFS DE LA PHILHARMONIE « TRANSILVANIA » DE CLUJ-NAPOCA. LES QUATORS À CORDES PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1955 – 1989 by Simona-Mihaela SPIRIDON

“…The “Pro camera” Quartet is the second string quartet to appear in chronological order in the musical activity of the Philharmonic of Cluj in 1967. …”
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LIGETI’S ROMANIAN CONCERTO: FROM WAX CYLINDERS TO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA by Bianca ŢIPLEA TEMEŞ

“…Placing cutouts from the printed score side by side with the manuscripts of his transcriptions kept at the Paul Sacher Foundation, one may discover this piece’s origins, and the process by which Ligeti, the “archaeologist” brought the rich stock of Romanian folk music from the wax cylinders to the symphony orchestra. …”
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Seedcorn maggot, Delia platura (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Anthomyiidae) by Harsimran Kaur Gill, Gaurav Goyal, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…It is an important pest of germinating soybeans and corn, and also attacks a wide range of horticultural crops including beans, peas, cucumber, melon, onion, pepper, potato, and other vegetables. Seedcorn maggots damage newly planted seeds by feeding on seed contents, often leaving empty seed shells and preventing germination. …”
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