Mortality was determined using a generalized linear model with a binomial family

Interestingly, many chemicals used by humans, which are not intended for use on microbial communities, have been shown to affect microbes. For example, caffeine, a common mental stimulant, alters biofilm respiration, and an antihistamine, diphenhydramine, has been demonstrated to modify the microbial community and respiration of lake biofilms. Because of unexpected pharmaceutical effects, it is …

An easy test of the degree of follow-the-crop migrancy is to check turnover in a farm labor center

The people relationships on California farms are also different from stereotypical U.S. family farmers. Unlike family farmers who do most of the farm’s work with their hands every day, the managers responsible for most of California’s labor-intensive crops rarely hand-harvest themselves. Indeed, many are unable to communicate with the workers in their native languages: most …

Import liberalization has been a theme stressed in many of the above mentioned papers

The 2020 yield data confirmed our assumption, as the harvested olives per row were similar within each block . This suggested that ReTain™ did have an effect on olive yield. However, this effect may have been masked by heavy rain and cold temperatures in May 2019. During the “off” year of 2020, ReTain™ seemed to …