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    Natural Mosquito Repellent

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    “NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLENT” I. INTRODUCTION Mosquitoes can be unwelcome guest these rainy days and it is a major insect problem of people. Commercial repellents are harsh‚ have poisons that are not suitable for children and not always effective in repelling these pesky bugs. We don’t know what are the side effects of these repellents are. Some leaves‚ unripe fruit‚ and their seeds contain vermicidal and insectidal properties. It is an inexpensive alternative in avoiding mosquito that causes

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    Good Shepherd Academy Poblacion II‚ Victoria‚ Oriental Mindoro SY 2014-2015 “Anti-Mosquito Candle made from Oregano (Oreganum vugare) Oil” Submitted by: Jed Ivan F. Fiedalan Submitted to: Mr. Jeffrey L. San Diego Date: February 20‚ 2015 Table of Contents I. Title page…………………………………………………………………………..1 II. Table of Contents………………………………………………………………….2 III. Abstract……………………………………………………………………………4 IV. Research Plan……………………………………………………………………...5-7 a. Rationale……………………………………………………………………

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    Lanzones Mosquito Coil

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    Katol from Lanzones Peel / Mosquito repellant There have been some study that like other plants lanzones peel has a certain compound that can repel mosquito. Way back in my elementary days I remember my sister making a project about this. They made a katol made from dried lanzones peeling they even copied the coil like structure of the commercially available katol. Here’s how they do it. Materials: Starch‚ aluminum foil‚ lazones peeling‚ commercial katol 1. Lanzones  was sun dried for a few days

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    crowded coasts

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    Describe how physical and economic factors may have made one area you have studied in crowded coast (10 marks) Coasts become crowded when more and more people want to move there. This means the coast must a number of different pull factors which attracts people to the area for different reasons. Firstly‚ the climate of an area is a significant factor which can cause it to become crowded. Coasts with a higher climate means that more people want to migrate their in search of warmer climates in the

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    popular diseases that are caused by a mosquito is “DENGUE”. Because of this disease‚ a lot of Filipinos died. Dengue is a disease caused by any one of the four related viruses transmitted by mosquitos. One of the easiest ways to prevent mosquitoes is to use Mosquito Repellent. This is the reason why the researchers want to make an alternative Mosquito Repellent. There are many commercial Mosquito Repellent available in the market. The commonly used commercial Mosquito Repellent in the Philippines is quite

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    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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    Mosquito Repellent Study

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    University of the Philippines Integrated School Katipunan Ave.‚ Diliman‚ Q.C. Investigative Laboratory 9 Mosqui-Rellent Discovering the truth in mosquito-repellent light bulbs Submitted by: Justin Frederick Madjus Mikaela Elzbette Neri Ian Gilbert Villanueva Submitted to: Ms. Zenaida Bojo April 2‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract .....................................................................................................................................3 Introduction………………………………………………………

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    ABSTRACT Mosquito repellents are essentially required these days. Mosquito coils are one of the cheapest and effective way of avoiding them‚ but this coils are made up of chemicals which can harm our health. So we thought about making a substitute mosquito coil that is not harmful to our health and that is the Ipil-Ipil katol‚ a natural and environmental friendly coil. INTRODUCTION Background of the Study: We chose this project because a mosquito coil made up from natural mosquito repelling

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    Mosquito Repellent Industry

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    MOSQUITO REPELLENT INDUSTRY- OVERVIEW Its sole reason for existence in the market is the omnipresent mosquito‚ which makes life excruciatingly difficult for the average Indian during summer and monsoon months. In many ways the primary factor fuelling the explosive growth of this market – characterized by low brand loyalty and low product involvement –has been the availability of cost-effective‚ mosquito repellents. The night-long noisy drone of mosquitoes that disturbs our sleep is music to the

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    Mosquito Repellant Fabrics

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    Preparation of Mosquito Repellent Fabrics Abstract: A mosquito repellent substrate includes a fabric which is impregnated with a repellent carrier composition. The carrier composition includes a mosquito repellent (e.g. permethrin‚ prallethrin etc.)‚ binder‚ emulsifier and cross linker. The carrier composition is applied as a finish or printed onto the fabric. 1. Introduction 1.1 About Mosquitoes Mosquito-borne diseases‚ such as malaria‚ dengue fever and yellow fever‚ have plagued

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