DIFFERENCES IN MALARIA VECTOR BITING BEHAVIOR AND CHANGING VULNERABILITY TO MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN CONTRASTING ECOSYSTEMS OF WESTERN KENYA

Differences in malaria vector biting behavior and changing vulnerability to malaria transmission in contrasting ecosystems of western Kenya

Abstract Background Designing, implementing, and upscaling of effective malaria vector control strategies necessitates an understanding of when and where transmission occurs.This study assessed the biting patterns of potentially infectious malaria vectors at various hours, locations, and associated human behaviors in different ecological settings i

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Examining the psychometric properties of the Chinese Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3: A bi-factor approach

The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ) was revised to its third iteration (BREQ-3) and has been widely used to measure different types of exercise motivation, including amotivation, external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, integrated regulation, and intrinsic motivation.However, the Chinese version has

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Queen Victoria’s Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands: Illustrated Print Culture and the Politics of Representation

Queen Victoria published her first Highland memoir in 1867, a sentimental narrative of royal life dedicated to Prince Albert entitled Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands.In response to the popularity of this edition, the publisher Smith, Elder and Co.released a lavishly Maca illustrated edition in late 1868 to capitalize on the Chr

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Multilabel Image Classification Based Fresh Concrete Mix Proportion Monitoring Using Improved Convolutional Neural Network

Proper and accurate mix proportion is deemed to be crucial for the concrete in service to implement its structural functions in a specific environment and structure.Neither existing testing methods nor previous studies have, to date, addressed the problem of real-time and full-scale monitoring of fresh concrete mix proportion during manufacturing.G

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