BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Mosquitoes are among the most important insect pests affecting the health of people and animals. Biting female mosquitoes not only irritate people and animals‚ but they can also transmit many disease-causing organisms. Annoying populations of mosquitoes can occur anywhere in our city because there are habitats favourable for mosquito species almost everywhere. Mosquitoes sucks blood which irritates its host. Researchers are trying find out which attracts mosquitoes. “People
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Patch Repellant What is a Mosquito Patch Repellant? MosquitoPatch is a trans-dermal patch delivering sufficient doses of thiamine (vitamin B1) directly to the dermal or skin layer of the human body to act as a mosquito repellent. Through this application‚ thiamine can move through the skin directly into the bloodstream and be circulated throughout the body before being excreted again through sweat. Not all mosquito repellant works‚ they are designed to mask the body’s
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for a thing that can prevent from insects to cause big problem. Insect repellants is a substance applied to skin‚ clothing‚ or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control the outbreak of insect-borne diseases such as malaria‚ Lyme disease‚ dengue fever‚ bubonic plague‚ and West Nile fever. Pest animals commonly serving as vectors
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REPELLANT BATH SOAP MAKING (Source: http://www.ehow.com/how_4443311_make-bug-repellent-body-soap.html) Instructions * 1 Gather all the materials and supplies you need so as to have them handy when you begin. Grate the Castile soap and set it aside. Grate it as fine as possible to help it dissolve faster. * 2 Pour the water into a saucepan and place it on the stove. Bring the water to a boil. Turn the heat down low and then pour your grated Castile soap into the saucepan. Stir
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smoke can pose significant acute and chronic health risks. Burning one mosquito coil would release the same amount of smoke as burning 75 to 137 cigarettes.” Unlike cigarettes‚ mosquito coils do not contain tobacco but harmful chemicals are released from burning‚ chemicals used in many bug sprays. These are formaldehyde‚ octachlorodipropyl ether and bischloromethyl ether. The active ingredient in mosquito coils is pyrethroid insecticides‚ used in many bug sprays. Pyrethroids are mostly harmless to
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Introduction Background of the Study Dengue‚ also known as breakbone fever‚ played a fatal role in the Philippine economy for the previous years. More than sixty two thousand dengue cases were recorded last year and more than five hundred patients have died. No existing treatment has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) to completely turn down the virus once it starts infecting a patient; therefore prevention had been the point of action of the community in
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The dawn of vaporisers heralded a new dimension in the technology of mosquito repellents. They were odourless‚ smokeless and inconspicuously went about their task of getting rid of mosquitos and other such flying pests. Mortein was one such participant in this endeavour to make homes mosquito free. Mortein was first manufactured as an insecticidal powder in 1870 and then moved to producing insect repellents. After changing hands it finally became part of the Reckitt Benckiser family‚ which is one
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LOGOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL INNOVATORS CAUGHT IN ACTION: HOW DOES CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AFFECT THE SUDDENLY CHANGING WORLD? Ponhneath Nguon College and Careers Preparation Class Mr. Barrett “But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea‚ or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we’ve been thinking about a problem.” -Steve Jobs. It is quite unbelievable how the world has changed so rapidly over the last
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mosquito repellent. Significance of the study According to a blog post at HubPages‚ if durian smell is not a problem‚ you can also use durian husks as a natural mosquito repellent. In some areas in the country people put some husks in a basket and place it in the corner. Change them regularly to get effective result specially when you think the husks start to produce unwanted odor‚ you can change them with new ones. Skin of durian can be utilized as a mosquito repellent drug‚ to
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Mixing of two solutions. 55 Class IX EXPERIMENT No: 9 AIM: To study the external features of root‚ stem‚ leaf and flower of monocot and dicot plants. Material Required : Plants of Hibiscus/Peturnia/rose/pea and grass/maize/bamboo/lily or‚ any other ornamental herb with flower and fruits‚ simple or dissecting microscope‚ hand lens‚ slide‚ coverslip and razor /blade. Procedure : 1. 2. 3. Observe the differences in the external features of stem‚ leaf‚ root‚ flowers and seeds. To study the leaf‚ see
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