LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF OCIMUM AND OTHER PLANTS EFFECTS ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN THE FIELD IN TANZANIA

Longitudinal evaluation of Ocimum and other plants effects on the feeding behavioral response of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the field in Tanzania

Abstract Background The use of repellent materials from plants against nuisance insects is common with great potential to compliment existing malaria control programmes and this requires evaluation in the field.Ocimum plant species, Ocimum suave (Willd) and O.kilimandscharicum (Guerke) materials and their essential oils extracted by steam distillat

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Processes Underlying the Relation between Cognitive Ability and Curiosity with Academic Performance: A Mediation Analysis for Epistemic Behavior in a Five-Year Longitudinal Study

Cognitive ability and curiosity are significant predictors of academic achievement; yet the processes underlying these relations are not well understood.I drew on ideas from the environmental enrichment hypothesis and the differential preservation hypothesis and hypothesized that epistemic behavior acts as a mediator.Longitudinal data were collecte

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Sample-to-answer platform for the clinical evaluation of COVID-19 using a deep learning-assisted smartphone-based assay

Abstract Since many lateral flow assays (LFA) are natio celebrate eyeshadow palette tested daily, the improvement in accuracy can greatly impact individual patient care and public health.However, current self-testing for COVID-19 detection suffers from low accuracy, mainly due to the LFA sensitivity and reading ambiguities.Here, we present deep lea

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Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in a Child with Kawasaki Disease

Vadood Javadi,1 Reza Shiari,1 Khosro Rahmani,1 Nazanin Farahbakhsh2 1Pediatric Rheumatology Department, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Pediatric Pulmonology Department, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence: Reza Sh

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Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in a Child with Kawasaki Disease

Vadood Javadi,1 Reza Shiari,1 Khosro Rahmani,1 Nazanin Farahbakhsh2 1Pediatric Rheumatology Department, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Pediatric Pulmonology Department, Mofid Children’s Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondence: Reza Sh

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