Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Leslie Rios, James E. Maruniak

“…A year later, the Asian tiger mosquito was found in Florida at a tire dump site near Jacksonville (O'Meara 1997). …”
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Container Mosquito Habitat Community Cleanup: A How-To Guide for Event Organization by Amy Hallock, Eva A. Buckner, Ricky W. Telg, Alena R. Poulin

“…Container mosquitoes develop in the water that collects in discarded tires, jars, cans, buckets, and boats. The best way to prevent irritating bites and dangerous mosquito-transmitted illnesses is to get rid of all trash that holds water. …”
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Estimating Vehicle Stability Region Based on Energy Function by Yu-guang Yan, Hong-guo Xu, Hong-fei Liu

“…With Pacejka magic formula tire model, nonlinear 3DOF vehicle model was deduced and verified though vehicle test. …”
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Solitons of the Twin-Core Couplers with Fractional Beta Derivative Evolution in Optical Metamaterials via Two Distinct Methods by Meryem Odabasi Koprulu, Zehra Pinar Izgi

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Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí Dará Ilẹ by Adedotun Ogundeji (Àtàrí Àjààkú)

“… Àkàndé ìjí, Ọlọyẹ́ moyin òòò ́ Ojú kan ní í bíni Igba ní í woni dàgbà Ìwọ nìkàn, Elétùú, Ọdẹ orófó Mọlọyẹ́ moyin, Ọdẹ àdàbà ́ O jọgọrùn-ún baba fúnrúu wa ́ Ìwọ òjìnmí onímọ̀ àṣà àtèdè Ọ̀kàn ni mí lára òròmọdìẹ Tó ó kọ́ ní Fáfitì ẹlẹrankoòlúùbàdàn ́ Ọ̀kàn ni mi lára ọ̀jẹ̀ wẹwẹ ́ ́ olùwadìí Tó o bùn nímọ̀ mu Láti inú òdù àmù ikùn Baba onínúure, tó jàpapọ̀ baba ẹlòmíìn Baba mi, Pa-nílé-o-tó-roko Kò sí ká lọ ká bọ̀ lọrọ́ ̀ tirẹ Ìwọ lo pa, pa, pa Tó o pèyí tí í pa baálé rẹ ládìẹ jẹ o tó roko Kánmọ-ń-kíá lò ó dáni lóhùn ́ Ní gbogbo ọjọ́ tá a báwadìí wọ́dọ̀ rẹ Àkàndé, aráàjíléje …”
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Toxorhynchites rutilus Coquillett, 1896 (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Abdullah A. Alomar, Barry W. Alto

“…., cans, flowerpot saucers, planters, and discarded tires) (Steffan and Evenhuis 1981). Adult females of Toxorhynchites are autogenous and feed only on carbohydrate-rich sources (e.g., nectar, honeydew, and fruit), but not blood which makes them harmless in terms of serving as a vector of pathogens to humans and animals. …”
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Unraveling Dengue Dynamics: In-Depth Epidemiological and Entomological Analyses in Bengaluru, India by Vani H. C., Sujit Nath N., Jaiswal M. K., Tiwari R. P., Bharathi P., Asmita B., Shankar G., Jithen C., Pallavi V. D., Srinivas V., Ashok M., Mahamood Shariff, Renuka S., Shrinivasa B. M.

“…Vector incrimination studies revealed pools positive for the presence of dengue virus in flower pots, fridge trays, plastic barrels, and rubber tires habitats. This study highlights the increased risk of dengue fever incidence in communities wherepoor intra and peri-domestic sanitation practices are prevailing and recommendsregular entomological surveillance of denguevirus in its vector population..…”
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Bulky Vehicles Recycling. Part 2 - Recycling of Selected Vehicle Components by Anna Matuszewska, Piotr Wieczorek, Marlena Owczuk

“…The article describes the recycling methods for selected components (tires, windows, catalytic converters, polymer and metal materials, operating fluids), with an indication of the differences between heavy goods vehicles and passenger cars. …”
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Rational Suicide, Euthanasia, and the Very Old: Two Case Reports by Anne Pamela Frances Wand, Carmelle Peisah, Brian Draper, Carolyn Jones, Henry Brodaty

“…Palliative care models promote best care as holistic and relieving suffering without hastening death in severely ill patients; but what of those old people who are tired of living and may have chronic symptoms, disability, and reduced quality of life? …”
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A Novel Real-Time Center of Gravity Estimation Method for Wheel Loaders with Front/Rear-Axle-Independent Electric Driving by Zhiyu Yang, Jixin Wang, Yunwu Han

“…The CG estimator is used to estimate the longitudinal tire force using the state-space model and the improved square-root unscented Kalman filter (ISR-UKF) algorithm. …”
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Smart bus ticketing system through IoT enabled technology by Agyan Kumar, Antônio Clécio Fontelles Thomaz

“…The online-based bus pass generation and payment system will not only be a step toward a paperless green city approach, but it will also be a tremendous relief for daily commuters, saving them time and eliminating the daily bother of waiting in lengthy, tiring lines for their passes. Not to mention our senior citizens and female commuters.…”
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On the Benefits of Semi-Active Suspensions with Inerters by Xin-Jie Zhang, Mehdi Ahmadian, Kong-Hui Guo

“…Dimensionless root mean square (RMS) responses of the sprung mass vertical acceleration, the suspension travel, and the tire deflection are derived which were used to evaluate the performance of the quarter-car model. …”
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Investigating Equations Used to Design a Very Small Normal-Mode Helical Antenna in Free Space by Dang Tien Dung, Quoc Dinh Nguyen, Do Quoc Trinh, Yoshihide Yamada

“…A normal-mode helical antenna (NMHA) has been applied in some small devices such as tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. …”
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Effects of Thermal and Humidity Aging on the Interfacial Adhesion of Polyketone Fiber Reinforced Natural Rubber Composites by Han Ki Lee, Dae Sik Kim, Jong Sung Won, Da Young Jin, Hyun Jae Lee, Seung Goo Lee

“…Polyketone fiber is considered as a reinforcement of the mechanical rubber goods (MRG) such as tires, automobile hoses, and belts because of its high strength and modulus. …”
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Influence of the quality of compounds on the adhesion properties of metal cord. by O. N. Khrol

“…Increasing the amount of adhesive strength allow to improve the performance of finished tires.Determination of the adhesive strength value can be performed by different methods. …”
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La représentation du terroriste anarchiste dans quelques romans français de la fin du xixe siècle by Caroline Granier

“…Ce dernier oppose ceux qui repoussent le terroriste vers la folie, la pathologie et le mal pour mieux ignorer les problèmes sociaux profonds qu’il soulève et ceux qui, sans l’avaliser, voient dans sa violence une révolte désespérée qui tire ses origines d’un véritable sentiment d’oppression.…”
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On Targets by The Center for Land Use Interpretation CLUI

“…Some are designed to look like other things, like airbases, villages, convoys, industrial areas, surface-to-air missile sites, and are built out of old airoplanes, trucks, tanks, cars, buses, boats, tires, mounds of earth, and empty shipping containers. …”
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Robotic Surgery from a Gynaecological Oncology Perspective: A Global Gynaecological Oncology Surgical Outcomes Collaborative Led Study (GO SOAR3) by Faiza Gaba, Karen Ash, Oleg Blyuss, Dhivya Chandrasekaran, Marielle Nobbenhuis, Thomas Ind, Elly Brockbank, on behalf of the GO SOAR Collaborators

“…Results: In total, 94%, 45%, and 48% of survey respondents (n = 152) stated that robotic surgery was less physically tiring/mentally tiring/stressful in comparison to laparoscopic surgery. …”
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Simulation Analysis and Experiment Research on Hydro-Pneumatic ISD Suspension by Xiao-Liang Zhang, Juchao Liu, Jiamei Nie, Hao Wei, Long Chen

“…The hydro-pneumatic ISD suspension prototype is developed and tested on four-poster tire-coupled road simulator. The results suggest that, compared with single-chamber hydro-pneumatic suspension, the hydro-pneumatic ISD one can significantly reduce the vibrations of the vehicle body and wheels, but at the expense of an excessive increase of suspension working space (SWS). …”
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Tourisme et « éco-ethnicité » : les enjeux d’un soft power environnemental pour les minorités de l’Asie d’altitude (Chine, Laos, Népal) by Frédéric Landy, Raghubir Chand, Steve Déry, Pierre Dérioz, Olivier Ducourtieux, Nadège Garambois, Evelyne Gauche, Marie-Anne Germaine, Lisa Hiwasaki, Mauve Letang, Isabelle Sacareau

“…Cet article teste l'hypothèse suivante : la double image identitaire ethnique et environnementale d'un groupe – que nous appelons éco-ethnicité – peut expliquer dans une large mesure son émancipation ; ainsi, le fait d'être doté d'une éco-ethnicité significative pourrait fournir à ce groupe un soft power substantiel tiré du tourisme. Le texte s'appuie sur une recherche qualitative de terrain comparant trois études de cas en altitude au Népal (Annapurna), en Chine (Guizhou) et au Laos (Louang Namtha). …”
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