Preliminary Studies on the Development of Meat Balls by JO Igene, KS Akinjobi, SE Evivie

“…Analysis of overall likeness revealed that UUFB was significantly preferred to CSFB and USFB. …”
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Molecular Resonance Generator (MRG) Assisted Tonsillectomy - An Innovative Technique by Hamsa Shetty, Gangadhara KS, Sridhara S

“…Since then several methods of performing tonsillectomy have evolved like electrocautery, harmonic scalpel ,Laser, coblation and Magnetic Resonance Generator(MRG). …”
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Analysis of Factors Influencing Ugandan Teachers’ Expectations of Learners’ Reading Habits. by Tukwasibwe, Constance, Cekiso, Mzwamadoda Phillip

“…This is because teachers are more likely to adjust their expectations on their learners' prospective reading habits if they have this knowledge and awareness.…”
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Biology and Control of Goosegrass in Sugarcane by Dennis Calvin Odero, Ron Rice, Les Baucum

“…Goosegrass is an annual plant that produces a prostrate, mat-like rosette with flattened stems radiating from a central point. …”
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Mammalian Carnivores of Florida by Raoul K Boughton, Bethany Rose Wight, Elizabeth Pienaar, Martin B Main

“… Florida is home to several species of animals in Order Carnivora, a group of mammals with teeth adapted to allow them to eat meat. Many of them, like panthers, you probably know about, and some, like raccoons, you may see regularly. …”
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Weeds as Reservoirs of Plant Pathogens Affecting Economically Important Crops by Morgan Byron, Danielle D Treadwell, Peter J. Dittmar

“… Weeds are a major contributor to yield loss and reduction in yield quality in an agricultural setting, competing with the crop for resources like light, water, and nutrients. This competition along with the cost of weed management strategies like tillage and herbicides, are responsible for the economic impact of weeds, which can reach into the billions. …”
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Citrus Fertilizer Management on Calcareous Soils by Thomas A. Obreza, Mongi Zekri, David V. Calvert

“…Calcareous soils, with high calcium carbonate (CaCO3) content and alkaline pH levels, affect the availability of essential nutrients like nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe). …”
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E-Cigarette Use and Use of Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Methods Among American Indian Cigarette Smokers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Ashley L. Comiford, DrPH, Dorothy A. Rhoades, MD, MPH, Justin D. Dvorak, PhD, Kai Ding, PhD, Noah Collins, Alexandra L. Blair, Mark P. Doescher, MD, MSPH

“…Conclusions: These results suggest that persons who use E-cigarettes are more likely than individuals who do not use E-cigarettes to previously have tried nicotine replacement therapy but less likely to use the cold turkey method. …”
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Immunologic and inflammatory consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its implications in renal disease by Hiam Naiditch, Michael R. Betts, H. Benjamin Larman, Moshe Levi, Avi Z. Rosenberg

“…Early infection of both tissue and immune cells, such as macrophages, leading to pyroptosis-mediated inflammasome production in an organ system critical for systemic oxygenation likely plays a central role in the morbidity wrought by SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Theranostic nanoemulsions suppress macrophage-mediated acute inflammation in rats by Riddhi Vichare, Yalcin Kulahci, Rebecca McCallin, Fatih Zor, Fatma Nurefsan Selek, Lu Liu, Caitlin Crelli, Anneliese Troidle, Michele Herneisey, James M. Nichols, Andrew J. Shepherd, Vijay S. Gorantla, Jelena M. Janjic

“…Macrophages infiltrate and polarize toward a pro-inflammatory phenotype (M1-like), thereby increasing the severity of inflammation. …”
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THE 17TH-CENTURY JOHANNES HOORNBEECK’S VIEWS ON MISSION, ECUMENISM AND HISTORICAL THEOLOGY AND ITS CURRENT RELEVANCE by J W Hofmeyr

“… In this second article (cf. Hofmeyr 2016), like the previous one, I would like to introduce Johannes Hoornbeeck and the Further Reformation, besides other goals, to the Anglo-Saxon world. …”
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XTNSR: Xception-based transformer network for single image super resolution by Jagrati Talreja, Supavadee Aramvith, Takao Onoye

“…However, challenges still need to be addressed in handling grid-like image patches with higher computational demands and addressing issues like over-smoothing in visual patches. …”
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Black Scale Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) by Morgan A. Byron, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Sandra A. Allan

“…In Florida, black scale is found on citrus, cultivated olive, avocado, and many popular landscape plants. It is likely that black scale, like many invasive pests, was imported to the United States on infested nursery plants. …”
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The protein interactome of Escherichia coli carbohydrate metabolism. by Shomeek Chowdhury, Stephen S Fong, Peter Uetz

“…In 48 interactions, the interactors were much more abundant than the enzyme and are thus likely to affect enzyme activity and carbohydrate metabolism. …”
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Bosonic symmetries of (2, 0) DLCQ field theories by N. Lambert, A. Lipstein, R. Mouland, P. Richmond

“…The action for this theory was deduced by considering M-theory on AdS7× S4 and reducing the AdS7 factor along a time-like Hopf fibration which breaks one quarter of the supersymmetry and reduces the isometry group from SO(6, 2) to SU(3, 1). …”
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Florida Blueberry Leaf Disease Guide by Douglas A. Phillips, Norma C. Flor, Philip F. Harmon

“…This new 12-page publication of the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department includes basic information to assist growers in determining 1) the likely cause (fungal, viral, algal, or bacterial) of leaf symptoms, 2) when specific leaf spots are likely to occur, 3) characteristic symptoms of common leaf problems, and 4) some of the management options that are available. …”
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Symmetry-governed dynamics of magnetic skyrmions under field pulses by Vladyslav M. Kuchkin, Bruno Barton-Singer, Pavel F. Bessarab, Nikolai S. Kiselev

“…Abstract Topological magnetic solitons, such as skyrmions, exhibit intriguing particle-like properties that make them attractive for fundamental research and practical applications. …”
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A bird's eye view to the homeostatic, Alzheimer and Glioblastoma attractors by Joan Nieves, Gabriel Gil, Augusto Gonzalez

“…Dimensional reduction analysis of available data for white matter of the brain allows to locate the normal (homeostatic), Glioblastoma and Alzheimer's disease attractors in gene expression space and to identify paths related to transitions like carcinogenesis or Alzheimer's disease onset. …”
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Identity-formation and alterity in John Chrysostom's In epistulam ad Galatas commentarius by Chris L. de Wet

“…The study shows that Chrysostom envisions Christian identityformation as a subset of Paulinomorphism, to become like Christ one should also become like Paul. Chrysostom views Paulinomorphism as the operation of four interrelated discourses, namely the discourse of: a) transformation and mimesis; b) virtue and masculinisation; c) the zealotic, and; d) medicalisation. …”
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Acknowledgements by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… From text: The articles in this book were previously published in the journals listed  below. We would like to thank their editorial boards for permission to republish them in this form. …”
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