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A novel synthetic odorant blend for trapping of malaria and other African mosquito species
(2012)
Estimating the biting fraction of mosquitoes is of critical importance for risk assessment of malaria transmission. Here, we present a novel odor-based tool that has been rigorously assessed in semi-field assays and ...
Evaluation of potency of native Bacillus thuringiensis against maize insect pests and aflatoxin producing fungi in Kenya
(2012)
Bacillus thuringiensis is the most used biological control agent to date. Among major constraints to maize production, safety and
hence food sufficiency in Kenya is infestation, damage and contamination ...
Effects Of Plant Structure On Butterfly Diversity In Mt. Marsabit Forest, Northern Kenya
(2010)
Butterflies, like most forest dependent animals are good ecological indicators of the health of the forests they dwell. For example, butterfly species richness decreases after a forest disturbance and fragmentation but a ...
Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya
(2012)
To date, nomadic communities in Africa have been the primary focus of ethnoveterinary research. The Bukusu of western Kenya have an interesting history, with nomadic lifestyle in the past before settling down to either ...
On Modelling and Pricing Rainfall Derivatives with Seasonality
(2011)
We are interested in pricing rainfall options written on precipitation at specific
locations. We assume the existence of a tradeable financial instrument in the market whose price
process is affected by the quantity of ...
Taxis assays measure directional movement of mosquitoes to olfactory cues
(2013)
Background
Malaria control methods targeting indoor-biting mosquitoes have limited impact on vectors that feed and rest outdoors. Exploiting mosquito olfactory behaviour to reduce blood-feeding outdoors might be a ...
Biosorption of Malachite Green from Aqueous Solutions onto Polylactide/Spent Brewery Grains Films: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies
(2012)
Batch experiments were conducted to study the biosorption of Malachite Green (MG) onto polylactide (PLA)/spent brewery grains (SBGs) films. Films were prepared by solvent-casting method using dichloromethane. Effects of ...