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An Introduction to Some Common and Charismatic Florida Spiders

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
Florida has a rich diversity of spiders that vary greatly in body shape, size, color, hunting strategy, and habitat. While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest ...
E. C. Powell   +2 more
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Same Old Piano, Playing the Blues

open access: yesJames Baldwin Review, 2023
Justin A. Joyce introduces the ninth volume of James Baldwin Review with a discussion of I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982), “The Uses of the Blues” (1964), Florida, and Fox News.
Justin A. Joyce
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Small-Scale Juicing of Florida-Grown 'UFSun' Peaches

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
Peaches are a promising option for the Florida agricultural industry with plenty of revenue streams including fresh market, U-pick, and retail sales, as well as alternatives in the juicing and fermentation industries. This publication discusses a 2018
Savanna J. Curtis   +4 more
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Protecting Blueberries from Freezes in Florida

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
Blueberries bloom in late winter or early spring in Florida, making the flowers and young fruit highly susceptible to freeze and frost injury. Killing freezes can occur as late as mid to late March throughout much of Florida, long after the initiation ...
J. G. Williamson, Doug Phillips
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Invasive Plants with Native Lookalikes: How Mistaken Identities Can Lead to More Significant Plant Invasions and Delay Management

open access: yesHortTechnology, 2021
Plant invasions pose a serious threat to biodiversity, agricultural production, and land value throughout the world. Due to Florida’s unique climate, population expansion, expansive coastline, and number of seaports, the state is especially vulnerable to
S. Christopher Marble, Stephen H. Brown
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Coloring with Spiders: Our Favorites from Florida

open access: yesEDIS, 2023
Florida has a rich diversity of spiders that vary greatly in body shape, size, color, hunting strategy, and habitat. While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest ...
L. A. Taylor, Samm Wehman Epstein
doaj   +3 more sources

The Relationship of Suicides, Guns and Mass Shootings in the United States: An Ethical Dilemma [PDF]

open access: yesSocioEconomic Challenges, 2020
Suicides have been a reality of life due to many factors across nations. In the United States alone, about 30,000 to 40,000 individuals are likely to take their own life this year.
Bahaudin G. Mujtaba   +2 more
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Diagnostic Citizenship and the Biopolitical Uptake of COVID-19 Detection

open access: yesMedicine Anthropology Theory, 2021
This essay examines an oddity of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic testing—referred to here as a ‘persistent positive’—in which an individual can test positive for COVID-19 for weeks or even months after initial infection despite no longer being symptomatic or ...
Dalton Price
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Florida's Bats: Florida Bonneted Bat

open access: yesEDIS, 2016
The Florida bonneted bat is one of only two endangered species of bat in Florida and the state’s only endemic flying mammal (“endemic” means that it is found nowhere in the world but in Florida). With a 20-inch wingspan, it is Florida’s largest bat and the third largest of all 48 species of bats in the United States. The Florida bonneted bat was listed
Holly K. Ober   +2 more
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Relay Cropping Bell Pepper and Tomato: Effects of Cropping Sequence and Transplanting Date

open access: yesHortScience, 2021
Vegetable growers in Florida face rising production costs, reduced crop value, and competition from foreign markets. Relay cropping is a variant of double cropping, where the second crop is planted into the first crop before the harvest is finished. This
Ravneet K. Sandhu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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