Status of pesticide management in the practice of vector control: a global survey in countries at risk of malaria or other major vector-borne diseases

Abstract Background It is critical that vector control pesticides are used for their acceptable purpose without causing adverse effects on health and the environment.This paper provides a global overview of the current status of pesticides management in the practice of vector control.Methods A questionnaire was distributed to WHO Air Conditioner Du

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Adaptive optimisation of explosive reactive armour for protection against kinetic energy and shaped charge threats

We evaluate an adaptive optimisation methodology, Bayesian optimisation (BO), for designing a minimum weight explosive reactive armour (ERA) for protection against a surrogate medium calibre kinetic energy (KE) long rod projectile and surrogate shaped charge (SC) warhead.We perform the optimisation using a conventional BO methodology and compare it

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Constitution of the White Earth Nation

Author/s Gerald Vizenor University of New Mexico ABSTRACT The Constitution of the White Earth Nation was ratified by sworn delegates on April 4, 2009.The Constitution declares a separation from the current federal constitution that consolidated six Anishinaabe or Chippewa reservations in Minnesota.This federal Mirrorless Camera constitutional assoc

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