Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection (Review) Enayati A‚ Hemingway J‚ Garner P This is a reprint of a Cochrane review‚ prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration and published in The Cochrane Library 2010‚ Issue 3 http://www.thecochranelibrary.com Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection (Review) Copyright © 2010 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The Cockroach- By Kevin Haligan Explore the metaphorical significance of the insect in the poem The sonnet‚ “the cockroach”; written by Kevin Haligan‚ is an extended metaphor. Through anthropomorphism‚ the human life cycle is symbolized‚ and mimicked by the insect. This essay will fully explore the metaphorical significance of the insect. The insect metaphorically signifies the poet’s life. Being a sonnet‚ the poem is split up‚ into 2 parts (the first part is split into two‚ technically
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Insects are often seen merely as pests or uninvited guests to humanactivities. A large number of insects coexist with us humans and are either harmless or beneficial to our society and its endeavors. Often what is needed is a proper balance between our society and the societies that insect speciesrepresent. The emergence in the mid-20th century of integrated pest management is one aspect of our efforts to live together more successfully. The changes humans have brought upon their ecosystems by monocultures
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Mammals and fish both have circulatory systems that consists of a heart‚ blood and blood vessels. Insects have an open circulatory system‚ where the haemolymph circulates freely among the body cavity and not enclosed in vessels‚ unlike the closed circulatory‚ where the blood is transported via the blood vessels. Mammals have a double loop circuit‚ meaning that the blood passes through the heart twice in each circuit of the blood that is pumped around the body. Fish‚ however‚ have a single loop system
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_____________________________________Mobile towers affect birds and bees_________________________________________ The Indian environment ministry feels that radiations emitted by mobile towers has ill effect on wildlife ‚ especially birds and bees‚ and has asked the department of telecommunications (DoT) not to permit such structures within 1 km each other. In an advisory‚ the ministry has said that there is an “urgent need” to refine the Indian standard on safe limits of exposure to electro-magnetic
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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head). The sunflower is named after its huge‚ fiery blooms‚ whose shape and image are often used to depict the sun. It has a rough‚ hairy stem‚ broad‚ coarsely toothed‚ rough leaves and circular heads of flowers. The heads consist of many individual flowers which mature into seeds‚ often in the hundreds‚ on a receptacle base. From the Americas‚ sunflower seeds were brought to Europe
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BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF KEY INSECT PESTS OF PULSE CROPS Bishwajeet Paul Division of Entomology‚ Indian Agricultural Research Institute‚ New Delhi-110012. Pulses are defined as the dried edible seeds of cultivated legumes. The English word pulse is originated from the Latin word ‘puls’‚ meaning pottage or thick pap. They belong to the family Leguminosae and include peas‚ beans and lentils. The edible pulses constitute a large group of various species that are capable or surviving in very
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Changing Colour: How does camouflage help the chameleon catch insects? The camouflage on the chameleon helps get close to prey without being spotted. The camouflage colour helps the chameleon blend in with the background to sneak up on the chameleon’s prey. The long tongue with a sticky lump at the end that it launches to catch insects. How does camouflage help protect the chameleon from predators? Not only does it camouflage to consume food but also to protect itself. The chameleon helps
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Lemon grass and Baby oil mixture as Insect (mosquito) Repellant Abstract This study determined the effectiveness of lemon grass and baby oil mixture as insect (mosquito) repellant. The effectiveness of lemon grass and baby oil mixture as insect (mosquito) repellant was tested by a It was hypothesized that lemon grass and baby oil mixture was effective like insect repellant. The result of our project suggests that we can make repellant out of lemon grass and baby oil mixture
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INTRASPECIFIC COMPETION: THE RESPONSE OF THE SUNFLOWER (genus HELIANTHUS) TO INCREASING DENSITY. INTRODUCTION All species‚ including plants‚ are impacted by density. Plants‚ of course‚ cannot leave their habitat as animals can‚ so they tend to respond in different ways to density. As populations grow more dense‚ they compete for resources such as food and space and are more prone to disease. Less dense populations are more susceptible to predation pressure. It is hypothesized that as plants
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