A Leader-Follower Formation Control of Multi-UAVs via an Adaptive Hybrid Controller by Zain Anwar Ali, Amber Israr, Eman H. Alkhammash, Myriam Hadjouni

“…The simulations confirm that the proposed technique is robust and satisfies mission requirements. Moreover, the flying formations of the swarm were created by a B-spline curve based on a simple waypoint. …”
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Design and Analysis of the Driving Mechanism of Multi-DOF Flapping Wing Aircrafts by wang Wang, Xiaoxu Pang

“…The results show that， the design of a driving mechanism with single degree-of-freedom drive can realize the flutter，torsion，deflection multi-degree-of-freedom coupling movement，and the upper flutter limit is 34.65°，the lower flutter limit is -29.66°，the maximum torsion angle is 15.05°，the minimum torsion angle is -14.9°，the deflection angle range is -5.01°~5.21°； the track wich an "8" word output is the same as that of flying wing tips of small and medium-sized birds，which shows a good aerodynamic performance. …”
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Bee Killers, Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann), Mallophora orcina (Wiedemann), and Malophora nigra Williston (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) by Gary J. Steck

“… Three large predaceous robber flies of the genus Mallophora occur in Florida. Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann) is known as the "Florida bee killer," M. orcina (Wiedemann) as the "southern bee killer," and M. nigra Williston as the "black bee killer" (Bromley 1950). …”
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L’engoulevent ou l’étrangeté porteuse de malheur (Nord du Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…It indeed intrigues by such dissimilarities and frightens Man by flying off at his approach. The interpretation of this dangerousness links with human beings in what is most sensitive to them: their own reproduction. …”
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Integrated Pest Management Policy and Treatment Options for University Housing by Kevyn J. Juneau, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Norman C. Leppla, Kirk W. Martin, A. Wayne Walker

“…Pest-specific IPM options are provided for ants; bed bugs; bees and wasps; birds and bats; booklice, silverfish, and earwigs; cockroaches; flies; rodents; stored product pests; termites; and weeds. …”
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Fire Ants (Solenopsis spp.) and Their Natural Enemies in Southern South America by Juan Briano, Luis Calcaterra, Laura Varone

“…Ecological and biological information is reported on local fire ants and their microsporidia, nematodes, viruses, phorid flies, eucharitid wasps, strepsiptera, and parasitic ants. …”
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Integrated Pest Management Policy and Treatment Options for University Housing by Kevyn J. Juneau, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Norman C. Leppla, Kirk W. Martin, A. Wayne Walker

“…Pest-specific IPM options are provided for ants; bed bugs; bees and wasps; birds and bats; booklice, silverfish, and earwigs; cockroaches; flies; rodents; stored product pests; termites; and weeds. …”
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Analysis of the Iranian Airport Network by a Complex Network Approach by Borhan Asadi, Kheirollah Rahsepar-Fard, Amir Jalaly-Bidgoly

“…In every country, airports are among the most important air transport systems in that country. When an aircraft flies from one airport to another, it creates a graph that can be completed with information about each flight, such as the number of flights per path, the number of passengers, traffic load, and so on. …”
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Nutrigenomic regulation of sensory plasticity by Hayeon Sung, Anoumid Vaziri, Daniel Wilinski, Riley KR Woerner, Lydia Freddolino, Monica Dus

“…This integration of nutritional and activity information changes the taste neurons’ responses to sugar and the flies’ ability to sense sweetness. Our findings reveal how nutrigenomic signaling generates neural activity and behavior in response to dietary changes in the sensory neurons.…”
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Dynamical Behaviors of Rumor Spreading Model with Control Measures by Xia-Xia Zhao, Jian-Zhong Wang

“…Rumor has no basis in fact and flies around. And in general, it is propagated for a certain motivation, either for business, economy, or pleasure. …”
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The influence of linear speed on the ability to change the direction of movement in elite female football players by Dejan Javorac, Aleksandar Vrbaški, Saša Marković, Slavko Molnar

“…Tests were performed to estimate speed: the linear speed at 5 m, 10 m, 20 m, and flying start at 10 m, and the 505 test for dominant and non-dominant leg, as well as CODS deficit, were applied to assess the ability to change direction. …”
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Technically Speaking, What Is Sturgeon Caviar? by Frank A. Chapman, Joel P. Van Eenennaam

“…The eggs can be acquired as whole roe, (the eggs still attached to the ovary, as with mullet), or as individual eggs that may be collected directly from where the female deposits or spawns her eggs (for instance, “tobiko,” from flying fish), or by harvesting the female and separating the eggs from the ovary (as with salmon, lumpfish, and sturgeon “caviar”). …”
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Florida's Bats: Florida Bonneted Bat by Holly K. Ober, Terry J. Doonan, Emily H. Evans

“… 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). …”
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Modernism – Postmodernism – Neo-Modernism (Narrative Strategies in the German-Language Novel of the 21st Century) by G.A. Frolov, E.M. Shastina

“…The poetics of novels written by contemporary Austrian writers (Daniel Kehlmann’s Measuring the World (Die Vermessung der Welt) and Christoph Ransmayr’s The Flying Mountain (Der fliegende Berg)) is presented as a dynamic force with the narrative principles and elements of different types of paradigms, including modernism (subjective perspective and narration), realistic writing in its traditional form, and postmodernism (synthesis of the fictional and non-fictional, intertextual irony, and metaplay with the text). …”
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Technically Speaking, What Is Sturgeon Caviar? by Frank A. Chapman, Joel P. Van Eenennaam

“…The eggs can be acquired as whole roe, (the eggs still attached to the ovary, as with mullet), or as individual eggs that may be collected directly from where the female deposits or spawns her eggs (for instance, “tobiko,” from flying fish), or by harvesting the female and separating the eggs from the ovary (as with salmon, lumpfish, and sturgeon “caviar”). …”
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A Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based on Grid Technique and Multistrategy by Kangge Zou, Yanmin Liu, Shihua Wang, Nana Li, Yaowei Wu

“…The algorithm randomly uses one of two different evaluation index strategies (convergence evaluation index and distribution evaluation index) combined with the grid technique to enhance the diversity and convergence of the population and improve the probability of particles flying to the real Pareto front. A combination of grid technology and a mixed evaluation index strategy is used to maintain the external archive to avoid removing particles with better convergence based only on particle density, which leads to population degradation and affects the particle exploitation ability. …”
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Functional Performance Testing to Evaluate Stretching Programs for Sprinters and Jumpers by T. Marinova, D. Popova-Dobreva

“…The following assessment methods are used: Trunk Power Test (Backward Overhead Medicine Ball Throw); Lower Extremity Power Tests (Vertical Jump; Standing Long Jump); Upper Extremity Power Test (Seated Shot-Put Medicine Ball Throw); Sprint Test (30 Meter Flying Start). Conclusion. The warm-up program is designed to facilitate dynamic muscle engagement and prepare the body for activity. …”
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Performance Enhancement of MRAC via Generalized Dynamic Inversion by Alharith Mahmoud, Abdulrahman H. Bajodah

“…Simulations are conducted on a flying wing aircraft model to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed design.…”
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Assessing the global dynamics of Nipah infection under vaccination and treatment: A novel computational modeling approach. by Fang Yu, Muhammad Younas Khan, Muhammad Bilal Riaz, Saif Ullah, Muhammad Farooq

“…Initially, the model includes nine nonlinear ordinary differential equations that consider viral concentration, flying fox, and human populations simultaneously. …”
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Fungi of entomopathogenic potential in Chytridiomycota and Blastocladiomycota, and in fungal allies of the Oomycota and Microsporidia by Agata Kaczmarek, Mieczysława I. Boguś

“…They are considered parasites of ants, and of the larval stages of black flies, mosquitoes and scale insects.…”
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