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yaws (pian, framboesia) (yawz) n. a tropical infectious disease caused by the presence of the spirochaete Treponema pertenue in the skin and its underlying tissues. Yaws occurs chiefly in conditions of poor hygiene. It is characterized by small tumours, each covered by a yellow crust of dried serum, on the hands, face, legs, and feet. These tumours may deteriorate into deep ulcers. The disease responds well to treatment with antibiotics.
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Interview: Lindsay Yaw discusses being an avalanche test dummy
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 6/29/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Nation 06-29-2005 Interview: Lindsay Yaw discusses being an avalanche test dummy...STASIO, host: Early this winter, Lindsay Yaw spent a day completely entombed in the snow...And to tell us more about her experience, Yaw joins us from her home in Boulder, Colorado...
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Michigan Inventor Develops Vehicle Yaw Stability System
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/23/2006; 585 words
; ...Anwar of Canton, Mich., has developed a yaw stability system for a vehicle as well as methods for controlling yaw in a vehicle and estimating the retarding...Patent & Trademark Office: "The yaw stability system includes a yaw rate sensor...
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LA TREPONEMATOSIS (YAWS) EN LAS POBLACIONES PREHISPÁNICAS DEL DESIERTO DE ATACAMA (NORTE DE CHILE)
Magazine article from: Chungara; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...identificado como Treponematosis no venrea tipo Yaws. La incidencia fue significativamente...Palabras claves: Paleopatologa, bejel, yaws, sifilis. We presents the potential cases...infection, with a pattern identified as Yaws type non-venereous Trepanomatosis. The...
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Yaw'll corner faster.
Magazine article from: AutoWeek; 11/24/1997; 700+ words
; ...the Cadillac Seville's two-channel StabiliTrak yaw control system. It adds a yaw sensor, a pressure sensor and a lateral g-sensor...pressure goes to the outside-front wheel. Unlike other yaw controls, JL4 does not affect throttle control...
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SEN. YAW TO SERVE ON PENN COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/20/2009; 676 words
; ...following news release: State Sen. Gene Yaw has been appointed to serve on the Pennsylvania...College of Technology Board of Directors. Yaw, who was elected in November to represent...served on the college's board since 1991. Yaw was appointed to the Penn College Board...
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Japanese Inventor Develops Diagnosis Monitoring Device for Yaw Rate Sensor
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/16/2008; 464 words
; ...S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A yaw rate sensor failure diagnosing device judges whether the yaw rate sensor is failure or not. In particular...state, the failure is judged by comparing a yaw rate value from the yaw rate sensor with a...
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YAW STRIKES A BLOW FOR OLD- TIMERS.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/21/1992; 700+ words
; ...can sincerely appreciate a gelding named Yaw, a son of Seattle Slew, who at an age...for an old- timer," said Sheppard of Yaw, who outlasted second-place Three Bells For Me by 4 1/2 lengths. Yaw's only difficulty came on the second...
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Michigan Inventors Develop Automotive Vehicle Yaw Control
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/8/2006; 525 words
; ...of Dearborn, Mich., have developed a yaw control for an automotive vehicle using...sensors include a steering angle sensor and a yaw rate sensor. The controller is coupled to the steering angle sensor and the yaw rate sensor." An abstract of the invention...
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My Appointment is Not a Demotion - Yaw Barimah.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 1/25/2005; 700 words
; ...for New Juaben South or Koforidua, Mr. Yaw Barimah, as the new eastern regional minister...area, hence the need for fresh blood like Yaw Barimah. Reacting to these claims on a...station, Eastern F.M. in Koforidua, Mr. Yaw Barimah disagreed that his appointment was...
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Michigan Inventors Develop Yaw Stability Control System
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/18/2006; 559 words
; ...have developed an enhanced system for yaw stability control system to include roll...Patent & Trademark Office: "A yaw stability control system is enhanced to...sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, a yaw rate sensor and a longitudinal acceleration...
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Yaws
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Yaws Definition Yaws is a chronic illness which first affects the skin, and then affects the bones. Description Yaws tends to strike children, particularly between the ages of two and five...
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yaws
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
yaws or frambesia, tropical infection...related to that causing syphilis . Yaws, however, is not a sexually...ulcerating lesion ( "mother yaw" ) appears at the site of contact...the soles of the feet ( "crab yaws" ) and penetrating the bones...
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yaw, to
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
yaw, to. 1. The effect on a ship...is diminished and the vessel yaws away from the desired course...when a vessel is most likely to yaw, and correct the tendency to...deviates from its chosen course. A yaw can also be caused by a careless...
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yaw
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
yaw / yô / • v. [ intr. ] (of a moving ship or aircraft) twist or oscillate about a vertical axis: the jet yawed sharply to the right.
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Aircraft Flight Control
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...three axes — roll, pitch, and yaw. Roll is rotation around the forward...Pitch is around the axis of the wing, and yaw is around the vertical. Auto-pilots used...degrees of freedom: roll, pitch, and yaw. The most capable autopilots can actually...
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