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Tunga penetrans. ( Linnaeus, 1758) Tunga penetrans is a species of flea also known as the jigger, jigger flea, chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea. It is a parasitic insect found in most tropical and sub-tropical climates. In its parasitic phase it has significant impact on its hosts, which include humans ...
KHS Bicycles is a bicycle manufacturer founded in 1974 with main operations in the United States and Taiwan.Its bicycles are distributed in over 30 countries. [1] Although KHS' main focus has been in mountain bikes, it has offerings in road bikes, folding bikes, tandem bikes, cruiser bikes (under the Manhattan brand name), single speed bikes and BMX bikes (under the FreeAgent brand name).
Tungiasis. Tungiasis is an inflammatory skin disease caused by infection with the female ectoparasitic Tunga penetrans, a flea also known as the chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, jigger, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea (and not to be confused with the chigger, a different arthropod). The flea and the disease that it causes are found ...
The PATCO Strike of 1981 was a union -organized labor strike of air traffic controllers (ATCs). Following a decade of successful strikes in other industries, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) declared a strike on August 3, 1981, demanding higher wages and more benefits. Despite 13,000 ATCs striking, the strike ...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday proposed a "reset" to mend relations with the United States, Interpress news agency reported, after Washington paused more than $95 million in ...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Sunday that the bronze medal given to American gymnast Jordan Chiles in the floor exercise at the Paris Games will be awarded to her Romanian ...
ABC has greenlit the multi-camera comedy “Shifting Gears” starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings, Variety has learned. The show was originally ordered to pilot at ABC back in March. However, the ...
British aircraft carriers of World War II used a form of pneumatic-hydraulic jigger to power their aircraft catapults. The catapults had a 96 ft (29 m) travel and an 8:1 pulley ratio, requiring a 12 ft (3.7 m) power cylinder. One side of the cylinder was connected to a manifold of a dozen high-pressure compressed air bottles.