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    Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the mammals, birds, insects or other arthropods (here collectively called "vectors") which transmit...
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  • Vector control, also called field-oriented control (FOC), is a variable-frequency drive (VFD) control method in which the stator currents of a three-phase...
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    Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the...
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    In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen such as a parasite or microbe, to another living...
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    (WHO) guidelines from the ban. DDT still has limited use in disease vector control because of its effectiveness in killing mosquitos and thus reducing...
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  • The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) is a not-for-profit, product development partnership (PDP) designed to facilitate the development and delivery...
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    (1991). Pest Control. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–4. ISBN 978-0-521-42788-3. van Emden, H.F.; Service, M.W. (2004). Pest and Vector Control. Cambridge...
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  • Torque vectoring is a technology employed in automobile differentials that has the ability to vary the torque to each half-shaft with an electronic system;...
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    instrumentation, recovery avionics, pyrotechnics, deceleration system, thrust vector control system, and range safety destruct system. While the terms solid rocket...
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    Lindsay SW (January 2020). "The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases...
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    a "water poison" associated with flying insects. The principal mosquito vector of dengue, Aedes aegypti, spread out of Africa in the 15th to 19th centuries...
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    and mosquito ecology is now considered a key component of proactive vector control strategies. The following municipalities, territories, and countries...
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  • Universiti Sains Malaysia (lit. 'University of Science Malaysia'; abbreviated as USM) is a public research university in Malaysia. Founded on 1 June 1969...
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    largely focused on vector control to limit exposure to triatomine bugs. Insecticide-spraying programs have been the mainstay of vector control, consisting of...
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  • Look up vector or vectorial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vector most often refers to: Disease vector, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious...
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    physics, and engineering, a Euclidean vector or simply a vector (sometimes called a geometric vector or spatial vector) is a geometric object that has magnitude...
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    mosquitoes from biting humans; and vector control strategies such as larvaciding with insecticides, ecological controls such as draining mosquito breeding...
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  • the current limiter). The scalar control has been to a large degree replaced in high-performance motors by vector control that enables better handling of...
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    has spurred vaccine and drug development, as well as new methods of vector control. B. malayi is one of the causative agents of lymphatic filariasis, a...
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    lossless. Vector-based devices, such as the vector CRT and the pen plotter, directly control a drawing mechanism to produce geometric shapes. Since vector display...
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    military in the development of vector control products, including insect repellents, insecticides, and bed nets". Journal of Vector Ecology. 34 (1): 50–61. doi:10...
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    27 May 2020. Both stages of the missile booster as well as a thrust vector control system were tested in 2021. On 29 October 2021, the booster rocket for...
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  • of the same magnitude as with vector controlled drives with the same switching frequency. Due to the hysteresis control the switching process is random...
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  • The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (GLACVCD) is a public health agency created in 1952 by the State of California's Health and Safety...
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  • operations on the above sorts of vectors. A vector space formed by geometric vectors is called a Euclidean vector space, and a vector space formed by tuples is...
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    longer acting than natural pyrethrins. λ-and γ-cyhalothrin are now used to control insects and spider mites in crops including cotton, cereals, potatoes and...
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    Surveillance at Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District during 2012. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Vector Control Assoc. 81:147-153. BirdLife International...
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    rapid fire MICA Vertical Launch System. It is fitted with a thrust vector control (TVC) system. It was developed from 1982 onward by Matra. The first...
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    Triatominae (category Insect vectors of human pathogens)
    Malaria". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved 9 December 2015. Rozendaal, Jan A. (1997). Vector control: Methods for use by individuals...
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  • and control measures in affected areas to mitigate further transmission of the virus. 1. Vector Control and Surveillance: Effective vector control measures...
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