Nearly one million people are killed every year by the malaria parasite Plasmodium.Although the disease-causing forms of the parasite exist only in the human blood, mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles are the obligate vector for transmission.Here, we review the Polo Knee Guards parasite life cycle in the vector and highlight the human and mosquito co
Age and Growth of Varicorhinus trutta (Heckel) in Tigris River at Salahuldin Province, Iraq
Age and growth of a population of Varicorhinus trutta (Heckel) from Tigris river at Salahuldin province have been investigated during English pads the period from September 1999 to August 2000.A total of 156 fishes were collected from two stations at Tigris river using small meshed gill nets.The age data revealed that the species under investigatio
Utilization of Routine Health Information from Health Management Information System and Associated Factors Among Health Workers at Health Centers in Oromia Special Zone, Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis
Mohammed Ahmed Seid,1 Negalign Berhanu Bayou,2 Fanos Yeshanew Ayele,3 Aregash Abebayehu Zerga3 1Zone Health Office, Oromia Specialized Zone, Kemisse, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 2Department of Health Service Management School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia; 3Department of Nutrition, School o
On Extreme Winds at L-Band with the SMAP Synthetic Aperture Radar
In Smokers this letter, we discuss some observations of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission’s high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for extreme winds and tropical cyclones.We find that the L-band cross-polarized backscatter is far more sensitive to wind speed at extreme winds than the co-polarized backscatter and it is es