Engaging Consumers in At-Home Water Conservation: A Guide for Extension by Caroline G. Roper, Alexa J. Lamm

“… With a growing urban population and increased demands on water for recreational and agricultural purposes, Florida will have to identify a solution to its water quality and quantity issues. …”
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Granulate Ambrosia Beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Thomas H. Atkinson, John L. Foltz, Robert C. Wilkinson, Russell F. Mizell

“…It can become abundant in urban, agricultural, and forested areas and has been reported as a pest of nursery stock and young trees in the Old World tropics and of peach trees in South Carolina. …”
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„Momenty wychowawcze” w projektowaniu procesu kształcenia kulturowej kompetencji dzieci by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

“… The article presents the results of an educational research project implemented in the school year 2018/2019 in selected primary schools in urban environment (Łódź). The aim of the study was to diagnose Janusz Korczak’s “educational moments” in designing the process of developing cultural competence. …”
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Watersheds of Florida: Understanding a Watershed Approach to Water Management by Rao Mylavarapu, Kelley Hines, Thomas Obreza, Greg Means

“…Both quantity and quality of water are important for balanced beneficial and efficient agricultural, industrial, rural, and urban uses. This 7-page fact sheet provides information on watersheds and introduces the watershed approach and management concept as practiced in the U.S., with a focus on Florida watersheds in particular. …”
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ABC for Father and Mother and Me. Representations of children as consumers in the picturebook of the interwar period by Elina Druker

“…Representations of children as consumers in the studied material suggest that consumption is strongly connected to ideas of modernity and to representations of the modern child, but also that consumption is described as an inseparable part of the modern, urban experience. …”
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Nephelometer Sensitivities for the Determination of PM2.5 Mass Concentration in Ambient and Indoor Air by Dimitra Karali, Glykeria Loupa, Spyridon Rapsomanikis

“…Abstract Simple algorithms are presented for the relationships between the gravimetrically measured PM2.5 mass concentration and a nephelometer particle scattering coefficient, for three different environments: two outdoor locations (an urban and a suburban) and one indoors. With these algorithms, the aerosol light scattering coefficients of the nephelometer (provided on line with a time step of seconds) can be related to PM2.5 mass concentrations. …”
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On the time lag between sea-level rise and basin infilling at tidal inlets by Roshanka Ranasinghe, Zheng Bing Wang, Janaka Bamunawala, Trang Minh Duong

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Medico-ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of skin diseases in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India by Prakasam Radha, Chinniaya Udhayavani, Raju Nagaraj, Kumarasamy Sivaranjani

“…Conclusion: Results of the present study revealed that still the urban/sub-urban inhabitants are using medicinal plants available in the vicinity of their residence and, also it has been observed that the knowledge on the usage of medicinal plants and the diversity of the same are alarming for existence. …”
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Analysis of epidemiological trends and risk factors in high-risk areas for pulmonary tuberculosis: an observational longitudinal study in Xinjiang, China by Liping Zhang, Di Wu, Yanling Zheng, Yaoqin Lu, Salawati Haritebieke, Guangchao Liu

“…Among the influencing factors that had a greater effect on the incidence of PTB, the lower GDP per capita (Q-value=0.65) had a largest effect on PTB in Xinjiang compared with others factors (higher PM2.5: Q-value=0.56, lower health personnel: Q-value=0.49, higher average temperature: Q-value=0.47 and higher urban residents’ health insurance: Q-value=0.46). …”
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Space-time Characteristics of 16 PM2.5-bound Phthalates (PAEs) in Ambient Air from Shanghai: Profiles, Sources, Meteorological Effects, and Exposure Risks by Janvier Munyaneza, Md Faysal Hossain, Qilong Jia, Yusen Duan, Guangli Xiu

“…In the study in hands, LC-MS/MS was employed for the analysis of PM2.5-PAEs in 128 ambient PM2.5 samples from nine locations (urban, sub-urban and coastal) in Shanghai between February 2015 and September 2021. …”
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Economic Impacts of the Turfgrass and Lawncare Industry in the United States by John J. Haydu, Alan W. Hodges, Charles R. Hall

“… The turfgrass and lawncare industry in the United States continues to grow rapidly due to strong demand for residential and commercial property development, rising affluence, and the environmental and aesthetic benefits of turfgrass in the urban landscape. Economic sectors of the industry include sod farms, lawncare services, lawn and garden retail stores, and lawn equipment manufacturing. …”
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Plac zabaw jako miejsce dla dzieci vs. miejsce dzieci by Jolanta Zwiernik

“… The content of the article is an analysis of two different concepts of children’s playgrounds, one of which is a standard urban/pre-school playground, reproduced in countless variations, and the other is an individualised variation of an adventure playground. …”
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Basics of Quantifying N Sources and Fates on the University of Florida Campus by Jiexuan Luo, George Hochmuth

“…Therefore, educating people about nitrogen cycling in the urban environment is critical for the development of solutions to the environmental problems caused by nitrogen loss. …”
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Emphasizing the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in Agricultural Extension by Kathryn A. Stofer, Laura A. Warner, Steven Arthurs

“…Finding effective solutions to agricultural issues, especially in urban areas, increasingly involves working with clientele to solve problems jointly. …”
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Path and Practice of Gap Management in National Parks: A Comparison Between China and the US and Inspirations Therefrom by Yun MA, Siyuan HE

“…These communities often pose threats to ecological integrity due to urban infrastructure and intensive resource use. …”
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Indoor Air Pollution was Nonnegligible during COVID-19 Lockdown by Wei Du, Gehui Wang

“…The implementation of stringent lockdown resulted in less traffic and industrial emissions, thus reduction of various ambient air pollutants were observed in urban areas. Considering people stayed longer time in indoor, the indoor air pollution (IAP) might play a more important role for human health during lockdown. …”
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Socially resilient mobility planning: Main challenges and design implications by Oliver Weberg, Jesper Lund, Vaike Fors, Andrea Resmini

“…The main challenges for urban planners and developers to achieve this were identified through a lack of guidelines for incorporating social sustainability into mobility planning, that in turn renders difficulties in employing qualitative methods tailored for enabling citizen and stakeholder engagement, as well as developing deeper understandings of local, social life. …”
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Assessing Damage and Restoring Trees After a Hurricane by Edward F. Gilman, Mary L. Duryea, Eliana Kampf, Traci Jo Partin, Astrid Delgado, Carol J. Lehtola

“…Duryea, Eliana Kampf, Traci Jo Partin, Astrid Delgado, and Carol Lehtola was funded by the Florida Division of Forestry and the USDA Forest Service, Southern Region as part of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program. Includes sections with guidelines for chainsaw safety, how to hire tree care professionals, how to tell which damaged trees can recover and which should be removed, how to restore trees to health after a hurricane by pruning -- both immediately after the storm and after few years' growth, specialized information for dealing with palm and pine trees, how to prevent damage by using effective design and management practices, and lists of decay resistant and wind resistant tree species for Florida. …”
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Density functional theory calculation for understanding the roles of biochar in immobilizing exchangeable Al3 + and enhancing soil quality in acidic soils by Debo He, Xinyi Liu, Dongni Hu, Ping Lei, Jinbo Zhang, Zhixin Dong, Bo Zhu

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Penerapan Machine Learning untuk Mengendalikan Parameter Budidaya Tanaman Hidroponik Berbasis Edge dan Cloud Computing by Helmy Helmy, Arif Nursyahid, Thomas Agung Setyawan

“… Hidroponik sebagai metode urban farming mampu memenuhi kebutuhan sayuran segar di Indonesia. …”
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