String stability of automated vehicles based on experimental analysis of feedback delay and parasitic lag - Ma K, Wang H, Zuo Z, Hou Y, Li X, Jiang R.
Recent literature shows that automated vehicle (AV) significantly impacts traffic flow stability. However, as a widely used longitudinal AV technology, the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system still has several unknown features that lack field data for mod... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Declares DR Congo Free of Guinea-worm Disease Transmission
[WHO] The World Health Organization (WHO) is proud to announce that it has certified the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as free of transmission of Dracunculus medinensis, the parasite that causes dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
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Source: WormBase - December 12, 2022 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ranjana Kishore Tags: news ParaSite Wormbase Parasite Source Type: news
Indian man, 26, told he has worms 'dancing' in his scrotum
Doctors in New Delhi, India, said there were dozens of 'linear structures' in a tube above the testicles, which were quickly diagnosed as parasitic worms. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News at a glance: Snags in emissions monitoring, negotiations on biodiversity, and a drug for sleeping sickness
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Volcano and NASA deliver blows to climate monitoring
Efforts to monitor global greenhouse gas emissions suffered two setbacks last week—one by chance, one by choice. In Hawaii, the first eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano since 1984 has cut off road access and power to a famed summit lab that has monitored atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO
2
) levels since 1958. Although lava flows have so far spared the lab, which is run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), measurements are unlikely to resume for several months. That means tracking data will have to...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 8, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Two Veterinary Meds Show Promise Against a Tough Foe: Bed Bugs
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 -- Two common drugs that veterinarians use to kill parasites on pets could be the solution to getting rid of bed bugs.
Both fluralaner and ivermectin, which are used to kill fleas and ticks on household pets, could also kill... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Toxoplasma-Infected Wolves More Likely to Lead Packs, Study Finds
The parasite appears to make infected wolves less risk-averse, potentially influencing the behavior of packs. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 29, 2022 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
FTX & The Corruption Of America
FTX & The Corruption Of America Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, What all the entrenched insiders in America's parasitic, predatory elites and institutions don't dare admit is that to protect themselves from consequence, we've had to sacrifice everything else. Thanks to the FTX…#charleshugh #oftwomindsblog #ftxswindle #ftx #authored #charles #hugh #political #consequences #protect (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana: GHS Begins Nationwide Deworming Exercise Among 1.9m Basic School Children
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Health Service (GHS)yesterday began a nationwide deworming exercise among basic school children to reduce the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
What in the world is antimicrobial resistance?
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is observed Nov. 18 –24. This year's theme is "Preventing antimicrobial resistance together." Antimicrobials are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites resist the effects of available antimicrobial medica tions. This makes it easier for infectious diseases to spread and to cause more severe illnesses and deaths. In the U.S., the most pressing concern is a growing resistance to… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 21, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Mystery parasites on zombie ant fungus identified
Around the world, a parasitic fungus transforms ants into "zombies." (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dangerous Parasite That Can Infect People Now Found in U.S. Foxes
THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 -- A rare parasitic disease that has long been documented in Europe seems to have taken root in the United States.
Researchers in Vermont are reporting on two human cases of the disease, called alveolar echinococcosis (AE),... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 17, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria in Africa - Why Most Countries Haven't Beaten It Yet
[The Conversation Africa] Malaria remains one of the most devastating parasitic diseases affecting humans. In 2020 there were around 241 million cases and 672,000 malaria-related deaths. This is a sharp increase from 2019. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 5, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New data buoy hopes for promising malaria vaccine —but questions remain
A new vaccine against malaria showed promising preliminary results in a large trial in four African countries, boosting hopes that an additional tool may soon be available to help control the deadly disease. The vaccine, named R21/Matrix-M and developed by researchers at the University of Oxford,
produced similarly impressive results in a small trial
last year
, but the current study posed a stiffer test of its protection.
Initial data from the trial, reported yesterday at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene meeting in Seattle, suggest the vaccine had an efficacy higher than 70% in...
Source: ScienceNOW - November 3, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news
Cutting-edge lab work cracks a medical mystery
A deep dive into Kenneth Hobby's DNA yielded a correct diagnosis and relief from disabling pain. Kenneth Hobby assumed his fever, fatigue, and aching pains in May 2018 were from another bout of malaria. He was on one of his frequent visits to Zambia in southern Africa, where the mosquito-borne parasite is common. But anti-malaria drugs didn't help, and soon Kenneth had such disabling pain that he could barely walk. It wasn't malaria. After two… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 3, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
