Yellow Fly, Diachlorus ferrugatus (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Tabanidae) by G. B. Fairchild, Howard V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Tabanids are most likely encountered in hot summer and early fall weather. They are active during daylight hours. This document is EENY-320 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 139), 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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Promoting Healthy Relationship Development in Teens, Part II: Three Key Qualities to Foster Better Relationships by Victor W. Harris, Gilon Marts, Muthusami Kumaran

“…While couple interactional processes tend to be the most predictive of whether or not they will stay together and find happiness, background and contextual factors and individual traits also factor heavily into the equation. …”
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Image recognition technology for bituminous concrete reservoir panel cracks based on deep learning. by Kai Hu, Yang Ling, Jie Liu

“…Detecting cracks in asphalt concrete slabs is challenging due to environmental factors like lighting changes, surface reflections, and weather conditions, which affect image quality and crack detection accuracy. …”
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Communities facing disruption: the need to shift from individual to community paradigms in pastoral care by D. P. Mouton

“…This presents us with the question of whether our pastoral care orientations are adequately aligned with the needs of the communities affected by disruptive phenomena. …”
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USER-GENERATED REVIEWS AND OFFICIAL STAR RATINGS: CAN THE TWO WORK TOGETHER IN HOTEL EVALUATION SYSTEMS? by Femi Odebiyi, Vitaliya Gontar

“…Furthermore, the study identifies the nature of user-generated feedback in terms of determining hotel ratings, and establishing whether similarities between official hotel ratings and guests’ feedback evaluations exist. …”
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Climate change and its impact on infectious diseases in Asia by Amanda Zain, Sapna P Sadarangani, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Shawn Vasoo

“…Climate change, particularly increasing temperature, changes in rainfall, extreme weather events and changes in vector ecology, impacts the transmission of many climate-sensitive infectious diseases. …”
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Enviroscaping to Conserve Energy: Trees for South Florida by Timothy K. Broschat, Alan W. Meerow, R.J. Black

“…The energy-conserving impact of a particular tree species depends on 1) whether it keeps its leaves during the winter and 2) the shape of a tree and density of its foliage. …”
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Trial by YouTube: effects of expert psychiatric witness testimony on viewers' opinions of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp by Oliver Mason, Beth Horton, Caitlin Starrett

“…Aims and method We aimed to assess whether viewing expert witness evidence regarding the mental health of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in the 2022 court case in the USA would affect viewers’ attitudes towards the mental health of the two protagonists and towards mental illness in general. …”
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RANKING FACTORS FOR SUPPLIER SELECTION WITH APPLICATION OF THE FTOPSIS METHOD by Adis Puška, Sead Šadić, Admir I. Beganović

“…The choice of suppliers is influenced by many factors that differ depending on whether it is the first relationship with suppliers or it is about establishing partnerships with suppliers. …”
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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF STRESS STATES AND DEFORMATIONS OF CIVIL CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURES by Florin CIOFU

“…Recent data show cases in which structures of bridges, viaducts, passages have collapsed due to overload caused by congestion, heavy traffic or unfavorable weather conditions. The conceptual design of this type of civil engineering can be designed using the CATIA V5R16 program, which offers a wide range of integrated solutions to meet all aspects of design and production. …”
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New Plants for Florida: Stone Fruit by Richard L. Jones, Mary Duryea, Berry J. Treat, Wayne Sherman

“…Because of Florida’s warm climate, breeding programs for stone fruit have focused on developing “low-chill” varieties – those that can grow and produce fruit with very few hours of chilling or cold weather in the winter. Florida’s low-chill stone fruit breeding program was initiated in the early 1950s and has succeeded thanks to two plant breeders, Ralph Sharpe and Wayne Sherman. …”
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Intermittent Sprinkler Irrigation for Establishment of Bare Root Strawberry Transplants by E. A. Golden, John R. Duval, Earl E. Albregts, C. M. Howard

“…Irrigation is provided to reduce the water stress caused by the damaged root system of the transplant, the high surface temperature of the black mulch, the high ambient air temperature, and dry weather condition usually present at time of transplanting. …”
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Slaves and Captives Between Castile, Granada, and the Canary Islands: Frontier and Judicial Dynamics in the 15th and 16th Centuries by Mirko Suzarte Škarica

“…This activity often included revolts, horseback raids, robberies, death, the capture and enslavement of people, and other notions such as slavery under ›just war‹, which sometimes blurred the margins between slavery and captivity. Whether at sea or on land, life in the frontier was a difficult one, with people exposed to many dangers. …”
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La forza degli oggetti ricomposti by Elisa Rondini, Daniele Parbuono

“…Elio does not buy and does not sell, but retrieves and builds, giving new trajectories to the recomposed things and new meaning to his practices, whether they are family, social, work, or existential. …”
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Food Processing: The Meat We Eat by Erica L. Bub, Keith Schneider, Chad Carr, Matt Hersom

“…Part of being a good consumer is learning about what you eat, from how the food is made to whether the food is safe. This publication discusses the facts about meat processing so you can make knowledgeable decisions about the meat you eat. …”
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Capítulo 3 — Evaluación de los árboles dañados durante un huracán y toma de decisiones by Eliana Kampf, Mary L. Duryea, Edward F. Gilman, Astrid Delgado

“…It discusses factors that should be considered when deciding whether to remove or restore storm-damaged trees.  …”
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The dialogical theology of Hans Küng: Clash between the Catholic Mission and Islamic Da’wah in Indonesia by W.F. Riyanto, P.T. Galle’

“… This article explains the clash between the Catholic mission and Islamic Da’wah in Indonesia, as viewed from the theological perspective of Hans Küng (1928-2021). Küng was neither an orientalist nor an Islamologist; he was a Catholic theologian who contributed to interreligious dialogue for world peace. …”
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Specialty Cut Flower Production Guidelines for Florida - Zinnia by Rick Schoellhorn, Everett Emino, Erin Alvarez

“…Zinnia is a drought-tolerant, warm-weather annual that does not tolerate frost. This flower is available in a wide variety of colors, and color availability is often seasonally dependent for cut flower sales. …”
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A DISTINCTIVE PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTIC by Marius Nel

“…This article raises the question as to whether it is possible and/or necessary to speak of such a distinctive hermeneutics. …”
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Economic Value of Florida Water Resources: Valuing the Quality of Water for Household Needs by Tatiana Borisova, Syed Irfan Ali Shah, Tara Wade, Xiang Bi, Kelly Grogan

“… Florida water-resource professionals deciding whether to implement a costly water protection program or to invest in better tap water treatment technology may wonder: Are such investments justified? …”
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