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Flea -Characteristics, Life Cycle and Control Measures

flea

Classification of Flea Phylum         :  Arthropoda Class              : Insecta Order            : Siphonaptera Family           : Pulicidae Species         : 1. Human Flea …

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House Fly -Characteristics, Life Cycle and Control Measures

House fly

Classification of house fly Phylum         :               arthropoda Class              :               Insecta Order            :               Diptera Family           :               Muscidae …

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Sandfly -Characteristics, Life Cycle and Control Measures

sandfly

Classification of Sandfly Phylum:       Arthropoda. Class:            Insecta. Order:           Diptera Family:        Psycodidae. Genus:        Phlebotomus. Species:       (a) P. papatasii                          …

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Mosquitoes -Characteristics, Life Cycle and Control Measures

mosquito

Habits of mosquitoes A knowledge of the habit is essential from the point of view of controlling of arthropods as …

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Entomology -An Introduction

anopheles

Entomology is the branch of zoology which deals with the study of insects. Medical Entomology concerned with those arthropods which …

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Disaster Management

phases of disaster management

Emergency aid and disaster response is as old as humanity. Chaos cannot be prevented during the initial period of a …

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Effects of Disaster and Public Health Challenges

Cascading Causes and Emergencies

The effects of disasters may be divided into health effects and other effects. Health Effects Injuries & Deaths Emotional Stress …

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Disaster -Introduction and Types

phases of disaster management

Disaster may be defined as ‘An overwhelming ecological disruption occurring on a scale sufficient to require outside assistance’ PAHO 1980. …

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Tests of Statistical Significance

Statistical inference

Statistical Inference TRUE STATE OF AFFAIRS EFFECTIVE NOT EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE True positive(correct) False positive(type I / alpha error) Conclusion of …

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Significance Testing and p value

Statistical inference

In inferential statistics, we use patterns in the sample data to draw inferences about the population represented, accounting for randomness. …

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