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Study provides more insight into air pollution mechanisms that cause cardiovascular diseases

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While the mechanisms by which air pollutants cause cardiovascular events is undergoing continual refinement, the preponderant evidence support rapid effects of a diversity of pollutants including all particulate pollutants (e.g. The findings have been published in an open-access paper in the European Heart Journal. —Thomas Münzel.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

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Kia invited media to the Alila Marea Beach Resort in Encinitas, California, from which we ventured out over the Cuyamaca Mountains and through the Cleveland National Forest to the 1800s silver mining town of Julian , with an elevation of 4,245 feet. As part of these events we may be offered free transportation, lodging or meals.

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Army Research Lab team working to design piston engines optimized for JP-8

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designed for Diesel Fuel (DF-2) operating with reduced performance with JP-8. As a result of these factors, power and torque output from a COTS diesel engine operated on JP-8 rather than DF-2 can be reduced on the order of 5%. (In Small companies do not have the capability to perform basic fundamental research. —Mike Kweon.

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