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1. A Web-Based 24-H Dietary Recall Could Be a Valid Tool for the Indicative Assessment of Dietary Intake in Older Adults Living in Slovenia

Author:
Matej Gregorič; Katja Zdešar Kotnik; Igor Pigac; Mojca Gabrijelčič Blenkuš
Source:
Nutrients 2019 v.11 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-6643
Subject:
Dietary Reference Intakes; Internet; diet recall; dietary surveys; elderly; food intake; food records; food safety; residential housing; Slovenia
Abstract:
... The methodology used in dietary surveys could, to a large extent, follow the instructions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), where 24-h dietary recall (24HDR) is recommended for (sub) population studies. However, it is necessary to examine the suitability of 24HDR for indicative dietary intake in older adults. This study aimed to compare participants’ dietary intakes with the reco ...
DOI:
10.3390/nu11092234
PubMed:
31527530
PubMed Central:
PMC6770526

2. A genomic approach to inferring kinship reveals limited intergenerational dispersal in the yellow fever mosquito

Author:
Moshe Jasper; Thomas L. Schmidt; Nazni W. Ahmad; Steven P. Sinkins; Ary A. Hoffmann
Source:
Molecular ecology resources 2019 v.19 no.5 pp. 1254-1264
ISSN:
1755-098X
Subject:
Aedes aegypti; area; breeding; buildings; dengue; disease control; ecology; evolution; genetic structure; genomics; gonotrophic cycle; incidence; kinship; oviposition; pest control; pests; rare species; regression analysis; residential housing; single nucleotide polymorphism; spatial distribution; standard deviation; Malaysia
Abstract:
... Understanding past dispersal and breeding events can provide insight into ecology and evolution and can help inform strategies for conservation and the control of pest species. However, parent–offspring dispersal can be difficult to investigate in rare species and in small pest species such as mosquitoes. Here, we develop a methodology for estimating parent–offspring dispersal from the spatial dis ...
DOI:
10.1111/1755-0998.13043
PubMed:
31125998
PubMed Central:
PMC6790672

3. A nonparametric bootstrapping method for synthetically generating daily precipitation, water supply, and irrigation demand for rainwater harvesting system storage sizing

Author:
Kurt Wurthmann
Source:
MethodsX 2019 v.6 pp. 2669-2676
ISSN:
2215-0161
Subject:
contractors; energy; irrigation; issues and policy; landscapes; lawns and turf; meteorological data; rain; residential housing; stochastic processes; supply balance; water harvesting; water supply; Florida
Abstract:
... This article describes a nonparametric bootstrapping method for synthetically generating daily precipitation, water supply, and irrigation demand for rainwater harvesting (RWH) system storage sizing and reliability determination. The method is illustrated using the case example of determining storage size and associated reliability outcomes for residential RWH systems that provide for the outdoor ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.mex.2019.10.025
PubMed:
31799136
PubMed Central:
PMC6881684

4. Aerobic bacterial flora of biotic and abiotic compartments of a hyperendemic Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) focus

Author:
Naseh Maleki-Ravasan; Mohammad Ali Oshaghi; Davoud Afshar; Mohammad Hossein Arandian; Sara Hajikhani; Amir Ahmad Akhavan; Bagher Yakhchali; Mohammad Hasan Shirazi; Yavar Rassi; Reza Jafari; Koorosh Aminian; Reza Ali Fazeli-Varzaneh; Ravi Durvasula
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2015 v.8 no.1 pp. 63
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Bacillus subtilis; Enterobacter cloacae; Leishmania; Microbacterium; Phlebotomus papatasi; Pseudomonas; Rhombomys; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus saprophyticus; adults; animal feeding; bacterial communities; blood; breeding sites; cattle; cutaneous leishmaniasis; databases; farms; food plants; gerbils; habitats; humans; intestinal microorganisms; intestines; laboratory experimentation; larvae; nests; oviposition; parasites; pathogens; phylogeny; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; probiotics; residential housing; ribosomal DNA; sequence homology; sugar feeding
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Identification of the microflora of the sand fly gut and the environmental distribution of these bacteria are important components for paratransgenic control of Leishmania transmission by sand flies. METHODS: Biotic and abiotic bacterial communities of four compartments of a hyper-endemic focus of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) were investigated using 16S ribosomal DNA sequenci ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-014-0517-3
PubMed:
25630498
PubMed Central:
PMC4329651

5. An ecological study of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the vicinity of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhão, Brazil

Author:
Adalberto Alves Pereira Filho; Maria da Conceição Abreu Bandeira; Raquel Silva Fonteles; Jorge Luiz Pinto Moraes; Camila Ragonezi Gomes Lopes; Maria Norma Melo; José Manuel Macário Rebêlo
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2015 v.8 no.1 pp. 442
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Lutzomyia; animal housing; animals; cutaneous leishmaniasis; disease incidence; indigenous species; insects; light traps; national parks; residential housing; soil; species diversity; surveys; visceral leishmaniasis; wet season; Brazil
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, located in Maranhão, Brazil, is a region of exceptional beauty and a popular tourist destination. The adjoining area has suffered from the impact of human activity and, consequently, has experienced outbreaks of leishmaniasis. This study aimed to evaluate the composition, abundance, species richness and seasonal distribution of sand flies in the r ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-015-1045-5
PubMed:
26315017
PubMed Central:
PMC4552461

6. An extra-domiciliary method of delivering entomopathogenic fungus, Metharizium anisopliae IP 46 for controlling adult populations of the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis

Author:
Dickson W Lwetoijera; Robert D Sumaye; Edith P Madumla; Deogratius R Kavishe; Ladslaus L Mnyone; Tanya L Russell; Fredros O Okumu
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2010 v.3 no.1 pp. 146
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anopheles arabiensis; Metarhizium anisopliae; adults; biopesticides; conidia; cotton; entomopathogenic fungi; field experimentation; malaria; probability; public health; residential housing; spraying; Tanzania
Abstract:
... Fungal biopesticides have the potential to significantly reduce densities of malaria vectors as well as associated malaria transmission. In previous field trials, entomopathogenic fungus was delivered from within human dwellings, where its efficacy was limited by low infection rates of target mosquitoes, high costs of spraying fungus inside houses, and potential public health concerns associated w ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-3-18
PubMed:
20233423
PubMed Central:
PMC2848008

7. Asbestos-containing materials in abandoned residential dwellings in Detroit

Author:
A. Franzblau; A.H. Demond; S.K. Sayler; H. D'Arcy; R.L. Neitzel
Source:
Science of the total environment 2020 v.714 pp. 136580
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
asbestos; insulating materials; residential housing; vermiculite
Abstract:
... The efforts of many municipalities to demolish abandoned residential dwellings (ARDs) are hampered by the presence of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) in these structures. However, the extent of such materials is unknown. Our study sought to characterize ACMs present in ARDs demolished in Detroit.Working with the City of Detroit, we obtained information on all ARDs demolished from 2014 to 2017 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136580
PubMed:
31986385
PubMed Central:
PMC7060826

8. Assessing the combined effects of household type and insecticide effectiveness for kala-azar vector control using indoor residual spraying: a case study from North Bihar, India

Author:
Rakesh Mandal; Vijay Kumar; Shreekant Kesari; Pradeep Das
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2019 v.12 no.1 pp. 409
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
CDC light traps; DDT (pesticide); Phlebotomus argentipes; World Health Organization; animal rescue shelters; case studies; disease control; geographic information systems; households; humans; insecticide resistance; insecticides; models; mortality; pyrethrins; regression analysis; residential housing; risk assessment; risk factors; spatial distribution; spraying; vector control; villages; visceral leishmaniasis; India
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is the mainstay for vector control intervention of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in India. Little is known on the control effects of IRS on different household types. Here, we assessed if IRS with insecticides has an equal residual and interventional effect on all household types in a village. We also developed a combined spatial-risk map and a sand fly, Ph ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-019-3670-x
PubMed:
31439002
PubMed Central:
PMC6705094

9. Assessment of neighborhood street characteristics related to physical activity in the Lower Mississippi Delta

Author:
Jessica L. Thomson; Melissa H. Goodman; Alicia S. Landry
Source:
Health promotion perspectives 2019 v.9 no.1 pp. 24-30
ISSN:
2228-6497
Subject:
aesthetics; cross-sectional studies; demography; diet; health promotion; human communities; landscapes; lighting; maternal nutrition; nutritional intervention; open space; participation (behavior); physical activity; postpartum period; pregnant women; public lands; residential areas; residential housing; roads; rural areas; rural communities; rural infrastructure; thematic maps; towns; traffic; women's health; Mississippi Delta region
Abstract:
... Background: Physical activity levels were low for pregnant and postpartum participants in a diet and physical activity intervention. To explore micro level characteristics of participants’ neighborhoods related to physical activity, an ancillary study was conducted. Methods: This cross-sectional study encompassed the neighborhood street segments of women participating in a diet and physical activi ...
Handle:
10113/6542248
DOI:
10.15171/hpp.2019.03
PubMed:
30788264
PubMed Central:
PMC6377699

10. Associations of Poor Housing with Mental Health Among North Carolina Latino Migrant Farmworkers

Author:
Dana C. Mora; Sara A. Quandt; Haiying Chen; Thomas A. Arcury
Source:
Journal of agromedicine 2016 v.21 no.4 pp. 327-334
ISSN:
1545-0813
Subject:
Latinos; alcohols; anxiety; cross-sectional studies; epidemiological studies; farm labor; health care workers; interviews; inventories; mental depression; mental health; migrant workers; residential housing; North Carolina
Abstract:
... This analysis examines the associations of housing conditions with mental health among migrant farmworkers. Data are from a 2010 cross-sectional study conducted in 16 North Carolina counties. Interviews and housing inspections were completed with 371 farmworkers in 186 camps. Mental health measures included depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, CES-D), anxiety (Personality ...
DOI:
10.1080/1059924X.2016.1211053
PubMed:
27409300
PubMed Central:
PMC5019947

11. Attracting, trapping and killing disease-transmitting mosquitoes using odor-baited stations - The Ifakara Odor-Baited Stations

Author:
Fredros O Okumu; Edith P Madumla; Alex N John; Dickson W Lwetoijera; Robert D Sumaye
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2010 v.3 no.1 pp. 140
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anopheles arabiensis; Culex; arboviruses; field experimentation; filariasis; humans; malaria; mosquito-borne diseases; odors; pirimiphos-methyl; residential housing; spraying; toxicity; trapping; traps; vector control
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: To accelerate efforts towards control and possibly elimination of mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and lymphatic filariasis, optimally located outdoor interventions could be used to complement existing intradomicilliary vector control methods such as house spraying with insecticides and insecticidal bednets. METHODS: We describe a new odor-baited station for trapping, contaminat ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-3-12
PubMed:
20193085
PubMed Central:
PMC2838860

12. Biology and ecology of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Author:
Filipe Dantas-Torres
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2010 v.3 no.1 pp. 154
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Rickettsia conorii; Rickettsia rickettsii; climate change; climatic factors; dogs; humans; parasitism; pathogens; residential housing; risk; rural areas; subtropics; temperate zones; temperature; ticks
Abstract:
... The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is the most widespread tick in the world and a well-recognized vector of many pathogens affecting dogs and occasionally humans. This tick can be found on dogs living in both urban and rural areas, being highly adapted to live within human dwellings and being active throughout the year not only in tropical and subtropical regions, but also in some tempe ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-3-26
PubMed:
20377860
PubMed Central:
PMC2857863

13. Blood meal origins and insecticide susceptibility of Anopheles arabiensis from Chano in South-West Ethiopia

Author:
Fekadu Massebo; Meshesha Balkew; Teshome Gebre-Michael; Bernt Lindtjørn
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2013 v.6 no.1 pp. 44
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anopheles arabiensis; CDC light traps; DDT (pesticide); aspirators; blood; blood meal; breeding sites; cattle; cyfluthrin; deltamethrin; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; females; humans; insecticide resistance; lakes; larvae; malaria; mortality; mouth; rearing; residential housing; seasonal variation; vector control; Ethiopia
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Anopheles arabiensis, the main malaria vector in Ethiopia, shows both anthropophilic and zoophilic behaviours. Insecticide resistance is increasing, and alternative methods of vector control are needed. The objectives of this study were to determine the blood meal origins and the susceptibility to insecticides of An. arabiensis from Chano village near Arba Minch in South-West Ethiopia. ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-6-44
PubMed:
23433306
PubMed Central:
PMC3606335

14. Changes in Indoor Insecticide Residue Levels after Adopting an Integrated Pest Management Program to Control German Cockroach Infestations in an Apartment Building [Erratum: Nov. 2019, vol. 10 (11), p.406]

Author:
Changlu Wang; Amanda Eiden; Richard Cooper; Chen Zha; Desen Wang; Ed Reilly
Source:
Insects 2019 v.10 no.9 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Blattella germanica; dust; floors; gels; humans; indoxacarb; insect infestations; insecticide residues; insects; integrated pest management; residential housing; sticky traps
Abstract:
... Insecticide use in homes leads to human exposure to insecticide residues that persist in the environment. Integrated pest management (IPM) programs have been known to be more environmentally friendly for managing German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.) infestations, but their effect on indoor insecticide residue levels are not well understood. An IPM program consisting of applying cockroach gel ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects10090304
PubMed:
31540434
PubMed Central:
PMC6780151

15. Cold homes are associated with poor biomarkers and less blood pressure check-up: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, 2012–2013

Author:
Ivy Shiue
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2016 v.23 no.7 pp. 7055-7059
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
ambient temperature; biomarkers; blood; blood pressure; chi-square distribution; cholesterol; cold; demographic statistics; elderly; energy efficiency; heat; hemoglobin; interviews; issues and policy; leukocyte count; linear models; longitudinal studies; people; residential housing; risk; somatomedins; t-test; vitamin D; England
Abstract:
... It has been known that outdoor temperature influences seasonal fluctuation of blood pressure and cholesterol levels, but the role of indoor temperature has been less studied. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the associations between indoor temperature and biomarkers in a countrywide and population-based setting. Data was retrieved from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-016-6235-y
PubMed:
26873825
PubMed Central:
PMC4820485

16. Data in support of energy performance of double-glazed windows

Author:
Mahmoud Shakouri; Saeed Banihashemi
Source:
Data in Brief 2016 v.7 pp. 1139-1142
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
cold; cooling; data collection; energy efficiency; meteorological data; neural networks; research projects; residential housing
Abstract:
... This paper provides the data used in a research project to propose a new simplified windows rating system based on saved annual energy (“Developing an empirical predictive energy-rating model for windows by using Artificial Neural Network” (Shakouri Hassanabadi and Banihashemi Namini, 2012) [1], “Climatic, parametric and non-parametric analysis of energy performance of double-glazed windows in dif ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.094
PubMed:
27115028
PubMed Central:
PMC4833126

17. Decreased proportions of indoor feeding and endophily in Anopheles gambiae s.l. populations following the indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated net interventions in Benin (West Africa)

Author:
Gil Germain Padonou; Ghelus Gbedjissi; Anges Yadouleton; Roseric Azondekon; Ossé Razack; Olivier Oussou; Virgile Gnanguenon; Aikpon Rock; Michel Sezonlin; Martin Akogbeto
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2012 v.5 no.1 pp. 262
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anopheles gambiae; bed nets; bendiocarb; blood meal; deltamethrin; health education; humans; mortality; pesticide application; repellents; residential housing; spraying; vector control; Benin
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: In many parts of Africa as in Benin, the main strategies of vector control are based on the scaling-up of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). The need to understand the biological implications of IRS in large scale and full coverage of LLITNs is paramount. It is in this context that the present study was conducted. It aims to evaluate the ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-5-262
PubMed:
23151270
PubMed Central:
PMC3523976

18. Designing healthy communities: creating evidence on metrics for built environment features associated with walkable neighbourhood activity centres

Author:
Lucy Dubrelle Gunn; Suzanne Mavoa; Claire Boulangé; Paula Hooper; Anne Kavanagh; Billie Giles-Corti
Source:
international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 2017 v.14 no.1 pp. 164
ISSN:
1479-5868
Subject:
cluster analysis; compliance; guidelines; issues and policy; observational studies; residential density; residential housing; supermarkets; surveys; travel; urban planning; walking; Australia
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Evidence-based metrics are needed to inform urban policy to create healthy walkable communities. Most active living research has developed metrics of the environment around residential addresses, ignoring other important walking locations. Therefore, this study examined: metrics for built environment features surrounding local shopping centres, (known in Melbourne, Australia as neighbo ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12966-017-0621-9
PubMed:
29202849
PubMed Central:
PMC5716232

19. Determinants of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in house dust samples from four areas of the United States

Author:
N.C. Deziel; J.R. Nuckols; J.S. Colt; A.J. De Roos; A. Pronk; C. Gourley; R.K. Severson; W. Cozen; J.R. Cerhan; P. Hartge; M.H. Ward
Source:
Science of the total environment 2012 v.433 no. pp. 516-522
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
roads; cement; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; mass spectrometry; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; freight; environmental exposure; case-control studies; residential housing; models; dust; toxicity; traffic; bags; sewage sludge; regression analysis; power plants; polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; kilns; gas chromatography; Iowa
Abstract:
... Determinants of levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) in dust in U.S. homes are not well characterized. We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the relationship between concentrations of PCDD/F in house dust and residential proximity to known sources, including industrial facilities and traffic. Samples from vacuum bag dust from homes of 40 residents ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.098
PubMed:
22832089
PubMed Central:
PMC3431600

20. Dietary intake, leisure time activities and obesity among adolescents in Western Sweden: a cross-sectional study

Author:
Anna Winkvist; Bodil Hultén; Jeong-Lim Kim; Ingegerd Johansson; Kjell Torén; Jonas Brisman; Heléne Bertéus Forslund
Source:
Nutrition journal 2015 v.15 no.1 pp. 41
ISSN:
1475-2891
Subject:
school children; potatoes; milk; obesity; fish; food frequency questionnaires; rural areas; underweight; girls; adolescents; breads; dietary surveys; chocolate; exercise; residential housing; risk factors; lifestyle; cross-sectional studies; fruit juices; fast foods; fish consumption; regression analysis; healthy diet; fruit consumption; food choices; boys; Sweden
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity among adolescents are increasing worldwide. Risk factors include dietary intake characteristics and high levels of physical inactivity. In Sweden, few large comprehensive population-based surveys of dietary intake and lifestyle among adolescents have been carried out. Thus, the purpose of the current study was to describe dietary intake and food choices as well a ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12937-016-0160-2
PubMed:
27103118
PubMed Central:
PMC4840851

21. Drivers of soil carbon in residential ‘pure lawns’ in Auburn, Alabama

Author:
Ann Huyler; Arthur H. Chappelka; Stephen A. Prior; Greg L. Somers
Source:
Urban ecosystems 2014 v.17 no.1 pp. 205-219
ISSN:
1083-8155
Subject:
carbon; Alabama; urban areas; subtropics; soil texture; residential areas; nitrogen; land use; irrigation; chronosequences; carbon sequestration; ecosystems; lawns and turf; mulching; residential housing; soil depth; soil nutrient dynamics; trees
Abstract:
... Urban land area is expanding worldwide and may contribute to long-term carbon (C) storage; however, little is known about potential drivers of soil C in urban areas. Residential areas are one of the largest urban land use zones and lawns can provide stable chronosequences for studying soil C dynamics. In residential lawns containing no trees (n = 23), the relationships between soil C and four pote ...
Handle:
10113/62454
DOI:
10.1007/s11252-013-0294-3

22. Effectiveness of Building-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programs for German Cockroach and Bed Bug in a High-Rise Apartment Building

Author:
Changlu Wang; Amanda Eiden; Richard Cooper; Chen Zha; Desen Wang
Source:
Journal of Integrated Pest Management 2019 v.10 no.1 pp. -
ISSN:
2155-7470
Subject:
Blattella germanica; Cimex lectularius; integrated pest management; pests; protocols; residential housing
Abstract:
... Bed bug, Cimex lectularius (L.) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), and German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), infestations are commonly found in low-income housing communities and result in negative health effects and economic burden. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has been shown to be an effective approach for managing these pests, yet practice of IPM in housing communities is ...
DOI:
10.1093/jipm/pmz031
CHORUS:
10.1093/jipm/pmz031

23. Effectiveness of a Reduced-Risk Insecticide Based Bed Bug Management Program in Low-Income Housing

Author:
Narinderpal Singh; Changlu Wang; Richard Cooper
Source:
Insects 2013 v.4 no.4 pp. 731-742
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Cimex lectularius; aerosols; children; diatomaceous earth; dinotefuran; dust; education; eggs; furniture; integrated pest management; legs; low income households; monitoring; mortality; nymphs; pesticide use reduction; residential housing; risk reduction; steam
Abstract:
... Bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) infestations are becoming increasingly common in low-income communities. Once they are introduced, elimination is very difficult. As part of the efforts to develop effective and safe bed bug management programs, we conducted a laboratory study evaluating the efficacy of a reduced-risk insecticide—Alpine aerosol (0.5% dinotefuran). We then conducted a field evaluation ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects4040731
PubMed:
26462533
PubMed Central:
PMC4553513

24. Efficacy of an Essential Oil-Based Pesticide for Controlling Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) Infestations in Apartment Buildings

Author:
Changlu Wang; Narinderpal Singh; Richard Cooper
Source:
Insects 2014 v.5 no.4 pp. 849-859
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Cimex hemipterus; Cimex lectularius; cedarwood oil; control methods; cyfluthrin; geraniol; imidacloprid; insecticide resistance; insects; mammals; neurotoxins; pests; pets; pyrethrins; residential housing; risk; risk reduction; sodium dodecyl sulfate
Abstract:
... Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L. and Cimex hemipterus F.) are among the most difficult urban pests to manage. Many essential oil-based bed bug control products that are considered reduced risk to mammals compared to synthetic insect neurotoxins have become commercially available, but their effectiveness as a stand-alone control method is unknown. This study assessed the field efficacy of an essentia ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects5040849
PubMed:
26462944
PubMed Central:
PMC4592615

25. Emissions of Tetrachlorobiphenyls (PCBs 47, 51, and 68) from Polymer Resin on Kitchen Cabinets as a Non-Aroclor Source to Residential Air

Author:
Nicholas J. Herkert; Jacob C. Jahnke; Keri C. Hornbuckle
Source:
Environmental science & technology 2018 v.52 no.9 pp. 5154-5160
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
air; aroclors; byproducts; emissions; environmental science; manufacturing; neurotoxins; polyesters; polymerization; residential housing; resins; samplers; sealants; silicone
Abstract:
... Both Aroclor and non-Aroclor sources of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found in residential homes. We deployed passive air samplers at 16 residences and found PCB-47, PCB-51, and PCB-68 to account for up to 50% of measured indoor ΣPCBs (2700 pg m–³). Although PCB-47 and PCB-51 are neurotoxins present in Aroclor mixtures (<2.5 and <0.3 wt %, respectively), we found them at much high ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.8b00966
PubMed:
29667399
PubMed Central:
PMC6272057

26. Establishing, Expanding, and Certifying a Closed Colony of Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) for Xenodiagnostic Studies at the Kala Azar Medical Research Center, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

Author:
Puja Tiwary; Shakti Kumar Singh; Anurag Kumar Kushwaha; Edgar Rowton; David Sacks; Om Prakash Singh; Shyam Sundar; Phillip Lawyer
Source:
Journal of medical entomology 2017 v.54 no.5 pp. 1129-1139
ISSN:
0022-2585
Subject:
CDC light traps; Leishmania donovani; Phlebotomus argentipes; animal pathogens; biomedical research; biosafety; cages; cattle; egg masses; females; hematophagy; humans; males; progeny; rabbits; rearing; residential housing; sheds; xenodiagnosis; India
Abstract:
... This pilot project was preliminary and essential to a larger effort to define the ability of certain human-subject groups across the infection spectrum to serve as reservoirs of Leishmania donovani infection to sand flies in areas of anthroponotic transmission such as in Bihar state, India. This is possible only via xenodiagnosis of well-defined subject groups using live vector sand flies. The obj ...
DOI:
10.1093/jme/tjx099
PubMed:
28525618
PubMed Central:
PMC5850120

27. Evaluation of sampling methods for Bacillus spore-contaminated HVAC filters

Author:
M. Worth Calfee; Laura J. Rose; Jenia Tufts; Stephen Morse; Matt Clayton; Abderrahmane Touati; Nicole Griffin-Gatchalian; Christina Slone; Neal McSweeney
Source:
Journal of microbiological methods 2014 v.96 pp. 1-5
ISSN:
0167-7012
Subject:
Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus atrophaeus; air conditioning; analysis of variance; dust; filters; heat; residential housing; sampling; spores
Abstract:
... The objective of this study was to compare an extraction-based sampling method to two vacuum-based sampling methods (vacuum sock and 37mm cassette filter) with regards to their ability to recover Bacillus atrophaeus spores (surrogate for Bacillus anthracis) from pleated heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) filters that are typically found in commercial and residential buildings. Elect ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.mimet.2013.10.012
PubMed:
24184312
PubMed Central:
PMC4969623

28. Field Study of the Comparative Efficacy of Three Pyrethroid/Neonicotinoid Mixture Products for the Control of the Common Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius

Author:
Changlu Wang; Narinderpal Singh; Richard Cooper
Source:
Insects 2015 v.6 no.1 pp. 197-205
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Cimex lectularius; acetamiprid; bifenthrin; control methods; cyfluthrin; furniture; imidacloprid; lambda-cyhalothrin; pyrethrins; residential housing; steam; thiamethoxam
Abstract:
... Three insecticide mixtures that contain two classes of insecticides (pyrethroid and neonicotinoid) were recently developed to control bed bugs. We evaluated three integrated bed bug management strategies in apartments, each using the same non-chemical control methods and one of the three insecticide mixture products: Tandem (lambda-cyhalothrin + thiamethoxam), Temprid SC (beta-cyfluthrin + imidacl ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects6010197
PubMed:
26463075
PubMed Central:
PMC4553538

29. Fine-scale spatial and temporal variations in insecticide resistance in Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes in rural south-eastern Tanzania

Author:
Nancy S. Matowo; Said Abbasi; Givemore Munhenga; Marcel Tanner; Salum A. Mapua; David Oullo; Lizette L. Koekemoer; Emanuel Kaindoa; Halfan S. Ngowo; Maureen Coetzee; Jürg Utzinger; Fredros O. Okumu
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2019 v.12 no.1 pp. 413
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Culex pipiens; DDT (pesticide); bed nets; bendiocarb; data collection; deltamethrin; dry season; esterases; females; fenitrothion; filariasis; glutathione transferase; hybrids; imagos; insecticide resistance; lambda-cyhalothrin; malaria; malathion; maleates; monitoring; permethrin; phenotype; phosphates; piperonyl butoxide; pirimiphos-methyl; pyrethrins; residential housing; risk; temporal variation; wet season; Tanzania
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Culex mosquitoes cause considerable biting nuisance and sporadic transmission of arboviral and filarial diseases. METHODS: Using standard World Health Organization procedures, insecticide resistance profiles and underlying mechanisms were investigated during dry and wet seasons of 2015 and 2016 in Culex pipiens complex from three neighbouring administrative wards in Ulanga District, Ta ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-019-3676-4
PubMed:
31443737
PubMed Central:
PMC6708135

30. Fiproles in urban surface runoff: Understanding sources and causes of contamination

Author:
Zachary Cryder; Les Greenberg; Jaben Richards; Douglas Wolf; Yuzhou Luo; Jay Gan
Source:
Environmental pollution 2019 v.250 pp. 754-761
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
application methods; aquatic invertebrates; concrete; drainage; dust; fipronil; nontarget organisms; pavements; pesticide application; regression analysis; residential housing; risk; soil; sorption; surface water; toxicity; urban areas; urban runoff; California
Abstract:
... Urban-use pesticides present a unique risk to non-target organisms in surface aquatic systems because impervious pavement facilitates runoff that may lead to serious contamination and ensuing aquatic toxicity. Fipronil is an insecticide used at high rates in urban environments, especially in regions such as California. This compound and its biologically active degradation products have been detect ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.060
PubMed:
31035158
PubMed Central:
PMC6535138

31. Follow up of natural infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in two mammals species, Nasua narica and Procyon lotor (Carnivora: Procyonidae): evidence of infection control?

Author:
Fernando Martínez-Hernández; Emilio Rendon-Franco; Lilia María Gama-Campillo; Claudia Villanueva-García; Mirza Romero-Valdovinos; Pablo Maravilla; Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar; Nancy Rivas; Alex Córdoba-Aguilar; Claudia Irais Muñoz-García; Guiehdani Villalobos
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2014 v.7 no.1 pp. 405
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Chagas disease; Procyon lotor; Trypanosoma cruzi; blood; disease control; mammals; parasites; polymerase chain reaction; residential housing; summer; winter; Mexico
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: A large variety of mammals act as natural reservoirs of Trypanosoma cruzi (the causal agent of Chagas disease) across the American continent. Related issues are infection and parasite burden in these reservoirs, and whether they are able to control T. cruzi infections. These parameters can indicate the real role of mammals as T. cruzi reservoirs and transmitters. Here, two species of m ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-7-405
PubMed:
25174672
PubMed Central:
PMC4161768

32. Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi in a hyper-endemic area of Colombia reveals an overlap among domestic and sylvatic cycles of Chagas disease

Author:
Ana María Mejía-Jaramillo; Luz Adriana Agudelo-Uribe; Juan Carlos Dib; Sylvia Ortiz; Aldo Solari; Omar Triana-Chávez
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2014 v.7 no.1 pp. 108
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Chagas disease; DNA; Rhodnius prolixus; Triatoma dimidiata; Trypanosoma cruzi; blood; construction materials; domestic animals; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; genotyping; haplotypes; insects; mammals; mixed infection; parasites; patients; people; polymerase chain reaction; prospective studies; residential housing; risk factors; serological surveys; wild animals; Colombia; Sierra Nevada (California)
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Chagas disease is a neglected illness caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, which widely affects American communities. This study attempted to identify T. cruzi genotypes circulating in four indigenous communities of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia, to investigate parasite transmission dynamics in these communities. In addition, some epidemiological variables to determin ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-7-108
PubMed:
24656115
PubMed Central:
PMC3994407

33. Health symptoms in relation to temperature, humidity, and self-reported perceptions of climate in New York City residential environments

Author:
Ashlinn Quinn; Jeffrey Shaman
Source:
International journal of biometeorology 2017 v.61 no.7 pp. 1209-1220
ISSN:
0020-7128
Subject:
bioclimatology; climate; environmental factors; heat; households; humidity; monitoring; regression analysis; residential housing; respiratory tract diseases; sleep; summer; surveys; temperature; winter; New York
Abstract:
... Little monitoring has been conducted of temperature and humidity inside homes despite the fact that these conditions may be relevant to health outcomes. Previous studies have observed associations between self-reported perceptions of the indoor environment and health. Here, we investigate associations between measured temperature and humidity, perceptions of indoor environmental conditions, and he ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00484-016-1299-4
PubMed:
28108783
PubMed Central:
PMC5479711

34. Indoor air quality in green-renovated vs. non-green low-income homes of children living in a temperate region of US (Ohio)

Author:
Kanistha C. Coombs; Ginger L. Chew; Christopher Schaffer; Patrick H. Ryan; Cole Brokamp; Sergey A. Grinshpun; Gary Adamkiewicz; Steve Chillrud; Curtis Hedman; Meryl Colton; Jamie Ross; Tiina Reponen
Source:
Science of the total environment 2016 v.554-555 pp. 178-185
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air; air pollution; air quality; buildings; carbon; children; construction materials; energy efficiency; formaldehyde; models; particulates; pollutants; questionnaires; residential housing; sulfur; temperate zones; volatile organic compounds; Ohio
Abstract:
... Green eco-friendly housing includes approaches to reduce indoor air pollutant sources and to increase energy efficiency. Although sealing/tightening buildings can save energy and reduce the penetration of outdoor pollutants, an adverse outcome can be increased buildup of pollutants with indoor sources. The objective of this study was to determine the differences in the indoor air quality (IAQ) bet ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.136
PubMed:
26950631
PubMed Central:
PMC4818700

35. Indoor air quality of everyday use spaces dedicated to specific purposes—a review

Author:
Mariusz Marć; Monika Śmiełowska; Jacek Namieśnik; Bożena Zabiegała
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.3 pp. 2065-2082
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
air; air pollution; air quality; chemical compounds; pollutants; residential housing; risk; xenobiotics
Abstract:
... According to literature data, some of the main factors which significantly affect the quality of the indoor environment in residential households or apartments are human activities such as cooking, smoking, cleaning, and indoor exercising. The paper presents a literature overview related to air quality in everyday use spaces dedicated to specific purposes which are integral parts of residential bu ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-0839-8
PubMed:
29192399
PubMed Central:
PMC5773644

36. Indoor temperature and humidity in New York City apartments during winter

Author:
Ashlinn Quinn; Jeffrey Shaman
Source:
Science of the total environment 2017 v.583 pp. 29-35
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air; cities; heating systems; humidifiers; humidity; ownership; regression analysis; residential housing; respiratory tract diseases; temperature; vapor pressure; virus transmission; viruses; winter; New York
Abstract:
... Concerns about indoor residential humidity have largely centered on dampness prevention. Overly dry air, however, may favor the survival of some viruses and hence respiratory infections. Many residents employ portable humidifiers to humidify their home environment, yet the effect of these humidifiers on indoor humidity is not known.We monitored indoor temperature and humidity in 34 apartments in N ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.183
PubMed:
28108095
PubMed Central:
PMC5331943

37. Influence of aboveground tree biomass, home age, and yard maintenance on soil carbon levels in residential yards

Author:
Ann Huyler; Arthur H. Chappelka; Stephen A. Prior; Greg L. Somers
Source:
Urban ecosystems 2014 v.17 no.3 pp. 787-805
ISSN:
1083-8155
Subject:
aboveground biomass; lawns and turf; carbon sinks; carbon; case studies; clay; data collection; ecosystems; irrigation; mulching; researchers; residential areas; residential housing; sand; silt; soil depth; soil nutrients; soil texture; soil-plant interactions; trees; turf grasses; urban areas; urban soils; urbanization
Abstract:
... With the rapid urbanization of natural lands, researchers have begun to examine the capacity of urban soils to store carbon (C), with recent attention to residential yards. We performed a case study to examine four potential influences on soil C levels in residential yards. In 67 yards containing trees, we examined the relationship of soil C (kg m⁻²) to tree aboveground biomass, home age (3–87 yea ...
Handle:
10113/62406
DOI:
10.1007/s11252-014-0350-7

38. Mercury vapor in residential building common areas in communities where mercury is used for cultural purposes versus a reference community

Author:
Garetano, Gary; Stern, Alan H.; Robson, Mark; Gochfeld, Michael
Source:
Science of the total environment 2008 v.397 no.1-3 pp. 131-139
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
buildings; mercury; residential areas; residential housing; risk; thermometers; thermostats; vapors
Abstract:
... Background: Exposure to elemental mercury (Hg⁰) in residential buildings can occur from accidental spills, broken objects (thermometers, fluorescent fixtures, thermostats), and deliberate introduction, one mode of which involves cultural practices by individuals who believe dispersal of mercury in a residence will bring luck, enhance health or ward off harm. Objectives: To determine whether mercur ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.034
PubMed:
18406445
PubMed Central:
PMC4398391

39. Mixed infection of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis in rodents from endemic urban area of the New World

Author:
Eduardo de Castro Ferreira; Israel Cruz; Carmen Cañavate; Lutiana Amaral de Melo; Agnes Antônia Sampaio Pereira; Filipe A M Madeira; Sofia Alves Nogueira Valério; Heitor Morais Cunha; Adriano Pereira Paglia; Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo
Source:
BMC veterinary research 2015 v.11 no.1 pp. 71
ISSN:
1746-6148
Subject:
Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania infantum; Metatheria; cutaneous leishmaniasis; dogs; epidemiological studies; mixed infection; residential housing; rodents; small mammals; species identification; urban areas; urbanization; visceral leishmaniasis; Brazil
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: In Brazil Leishmania braziliensis and L. infantum are the principal species responsible for cutaneous and visceral leishmaniases, respectively. Domestic dogs are the main reservoirs of visceral leishmaniasis, while rodents and marsupials are the main reservoirs for cutaneous leishmaniasis. It has also been suggested that dogs could play a role in transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12917-015-0392-y
PubMed:
25890323
PubMed Central:
PMC4374209

40. Modeling lifetime greenhouse gas emissions associated with materials for various end-of-life treatments

Author:
Ian J MacDonald; Satish B. Mohan
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2018 v.190 no.12 pp. 721
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
carbon; durability; global warming; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; landfills; lumber; manufacturing; mathematical models; residential housing
Abstract:
... This research has developed mathematical models for computing lifetime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with materials. The models include embodied carbon (EC) emissions from the manufacture of materials, and GHG emissions from incineration, or landfill gas (LFG) production from landfill disposal of the material beyond their service lives. The models are applicable to all materials; howev ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-018-7050-3
PubMed:
30426308
PubMed Central:
PMC6244974

41. Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia Asemboensis in Fleas from Human Habitats, Asembo, Kenya

Author:
Jiang Ju; Maina Alice N.; Knobel Darryn L.; Cleaveland Sarah; Laudisoit Anne; Wamburu Kabura; Ogola Eric; Parola Philippe; Breiman Robert F.; Njenga M. Kariuki; Richards Allen L.
Source:
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases 2013 v.13 no.8 pp. 550-558
ISSN:
1557-7759
Subject:
Ctenocephalides canis; Ctenocephalides felis; Echidnophaga gallinacea; Pulex irritans; Rickettsia felis; Rickettsia typhi; Xenopsylla cheopis; antigens; citrate (si)-synthase; fever; genes; habitats; humans; multilocus sequence typing; murine typhus; outer membrane proteins; plasmids; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; residential housing; ribosomal RNA; Kenya
Abstract:
... The flea-borne rickettsioses murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) and flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF) (Rickettsia felis) are febrile diseases distributed among humans worldwide. Murine typhus has been known to be endemic to Kenya since the 1950s, but FBSF was only recently documented in northeastern (2010) and western (2012) Kenya. To characterize the potential exposure of humans in Kenya to flea-born ...
DOI:
10.1089/vbz.2012.1123
PubMed:
23675818
PubMed Central:
PMC3741420

42. Mountain torrents: Quantifying vulnerability and assessing uncertainties

Author:
Reinhold Totschnig; Sven Fuchs
Source:
Engineering geology 2013 v.155 no. pp. 31-44
ISSN:
0013-7952
Subject:
buildings; cumulative distribution; geology; residential housing; risk; risk assessment process; risk management process; sediment transport; uncertainty; Alps region
Abstract:
... Vulnerability assessment for elements at risk is an important component in the framework of risk assessment. The vulnerability of buildings affected by torrent processes can be quantified by vulnerability functions that express a mathematical relationship between the degree of loss of individual elements at risk and the intensity of the impacting process. Based on data from the Austrian Alps, we e ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.12.019
PubMed:
27087696
PubMed Central:
PMC4819033

43. National housing and impervious surface scenarios for integrated climate impact assessments

Author:
Bierwagen, Britta G.; Theobald, David M.; Pyke, Christopher R.; Choate, Anne; Groth, Philip; Thomas, John V.; Morefield, Philip
Source:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010 v.107 no.49 pp. 20887-20892
ISSN:
0027-8424
Subject:
air; climate; climate change; data collection; environmental factors; greenhouse gas emissions; habitat destruction; land cover; land use; residential housing; watersheds; United States
Abstract:
... Understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the environment requires an understanding of the dynamics of both climate and land use/land cover changes. A range of future climate scenarios is available for the conterminous United States that have been developed based on widely used international greenhouse gas emissions storylines. Climate scenarios derived from these emissions storyli ...
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1002096107
PubMed:
21078956
PubMed Central:
PMC3000269

44. Nonparametric Mixture of Regression Models

Author:
Mian Huang; Runze Li; Shaoli Wang
Source:
Journal of the American Statistical Association 2013 v.108 no.503 pp. 929-941
ISSN:
1537-274X
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; algorithms; models; prices; regression analysis; residential housing; United States
Abstract:
... Motivated by an analysis of U.S. house price index (HPI) data, we propose nonparametric finite mixture of regression models. We study the identifiability issue of the proposed models, and develop an estimation procedure by employing kernel regression. We further systematically study the sampling properties of the proposed estimators, and establish their asymptotic normality. A modified EM algorith ...
DOI:
10.1080/01621459.2013.772897
PubMed:
24363475
PubMed Central:
PMC3865811

45. Origins of house reinfestation with Triatoma infestans after insecticide spraying in the Argentine Chaco using wing geometric morphometry

Author:
M. Sol Gaspe; Juan M. Gurevitz; Ricardo E. Gürtler; Jean-Pierre Dujardin
Source:
Infection, genetics, and evolution 2013 v.17 pp. 93-100
ISSN:
1567-1348
Subject:
Chagas disease; Triatoma infestans; females; insect vectors; insecticides; males; morphometry; pesticide application; pyrethrins; residential housing; rural areas; spraying; variance; vector control; wings; Argentina; El Gran Chaco
Abstract:
... Identifying the origins of insect vectors collected after community-wide residual insecticide applications is a relevant challenge in the Gran Chaco region where the main vector of Chagas disease Triatoma infestans usually reinfests human dwellings. Wing geometric morphometry was used to compare the right wings of 63 males and 54 females collected at 4months post-spraying (MPS) with those from 165 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.meegid.2013.03.044
PubMed:
23557838
PubMed Central:
PMC3740411

46. Predictors of airborne endotoxin concentrations in inner city homes

Author:
D. Mazique; G.B. Diette; P.N. Breysse; E.C. Matsui; M.C. McCormack; J. Curtin-Brosnan; D.L. Williams; R.D. Peng; N.N. Hansel
Source:
Environmental research 2011 v.111 no.4 pp. 614-617
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
air; cities; dust; dusting; endotoxins; epidemiological studies; floors; prediction; residential housing; Maryland
Abstract:
... Few studies have assessed in home factors which contribute to airborne endotoxin concentrations. In 85 inner city Baltimore homes, we found no significant correlation between settled dust and airborne endotoxin concentrations. Certain household activities and characteristics, including frequency of dusting, air conditioner use and type of flooring, explained 36–42% of the variability of airborne c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2011.03.001
PubMed:
21429483
PubMed Central:
PMC3085396

47. Prevalence and incrimination of Anopheles fluviatilis species S (Diptera: Culicidae) in a malaria endemic forest area of Chhattisgarh state, central India

Author:
Nutan Nanda; Rajendra M Bhatt; Shri N Sharma; Pallab K Rana; Narayani P Kar; Akash Sharma; Tridibes Adak
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2012 v.5 no.1 pp. 215
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anopheles; blood meal; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; feeding behavior; forests; immunoelectrophoresis; malaria; polymerase chain reaction; residential housing; sibling species; species diversity; sympatry; vector control; India
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Chhattisgarh state in central India is highly endemic for malaria and contributes about 13% of annually reported malaria cases in the country with predominance of P. falciparum. Entomological investigations were carried out in a tribal forested area of district Bastar located in the southern part of Chhattisgarh state to record the prevalence of sibling species of Anopheles fluviatilis ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-5-215
PubMed:
23021620
PubMed Central:
PMC3469341

48. Quantitative analyses and modelling to support achievement of the 2020 goals for nine neglected tropical diseases

Author:
T. Déirdre Hollingsworth; Emily R. Adams; Roy M. Anderson; Katherine Atkins; Sarah Bartsch; María-Gloria Basáñez; Matthew Behrend; David J. Blok; Lloyd A. C. Chapman; Luc Coffeng; Orin Courtenay; Ron E. Crump; Sake J. de Vlas; Andy Dobson; Louise Dyson; Hajnal Farkas; Alison P. Galvani; Manoj Gambhir; David Gurarie; Michael A. Irvine; Sarah Jervis; Matt J. Keeling; Louise Kelly-Hope; Charles King; Bruce Y. Lee; Epke A. Le Rutte; Thomas M. Lietman; Martial Ndeffo-Mbah; Graham F. Medley; Edwin Michael; Abhishek Pandey; Jennifer K. Peterson; Amy Pinsent; Travis C. Porco; Jan Hendrik Richardus; Lisa Reimer; Kat S. Rock; Brajendra K. Singh; Wilma Stolk; Subramanian Swaminathan; Steve J. Torr; Jeffrey Townsend; James Truscott; Martin Walker; Alexandra Zoueva; NTD Modelling Consortium
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2015 v.8 no.1 pp. 630
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Bartonella; Borrelia burgdorferi; Mycoplasma; Rickettsia helvetica; bacteria; buildings; ectoparasites; epidemiology; genes; genotype; mice; pathogens; rats; residential housing; ribosomal RNA; spleen
Abstract:
... Quantitative analysis and mathematical models are useful tools in informing strategies to control or eliminate disease. Currently, there is an urgent need to develop these tools to inform policy to achieve the 2020 goals for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In this paper we give an overview of a collection of novel model-based analyses which aim to address key questions on the dynamics of trans ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-014-0630-3
PubMed:
25589174
PubMed Central:
PMC4299477

49. Residents Attitudes and Home Sanitation Predict Presence of German Cockroaches (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) in Apartments for Low-Income Senior Residents

Author:
Changlu Wang; Evan Bischoff; Amanda L Eiden; Chen Zha; Richard Cooper; Judith M Graber
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 2019 v.112 no.1 pp. 284-289
ISSN:
1938-291X
Subject:
Blattella germanica; attitudes and opinions; demographic statistics; education; elderly; environmental factors; insect control; insect infestations; interviews; kitchens; pests; population size; residential housing; sanitation; sticky traps; New Jersey
Abstract:
... The German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.), is a common pest found in apartment buildings. Prevalence of cockroach infestations is affected by both environmental conditions and building occupant behavior, but their relationships are not well studied. The objective of this study was to analyze the presence of German cockroaches in relation to environmental conditions, resident demographics, and ...
DOI:
10.1093/jee/toy307
CHORUS:
10.1093/jee/toy307

50. Resilience in Pre-Columbian Caribbean House-Building: Dialogue Between Archaeology and Humanitarian Shelter

Author:
A. V. M. Samson; C. A. Crawford; M. L. P. Hoogland; C. L. Hofman
Source:
Human ecology 2015 v.43 no.2 pp. 323-337
ISSN:
0300-7839
Subject:
building construction; disasters; engineers; human settlements; residential housing; traditions; Caribbean; Dominican Republic
Abstract:
... This paper responds to questions posed by archaeologists and engineers in the humanitarian sector about relationships between shelter, disasters and resilience. Enabled by an increase in horizontal excavations combined with high-resolution settlement data from excavations in the Dominican Republic, the paper presents a synthesis of Caribbean house data spanning a millennium (1400 BP- 450 BP). An a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10745-015-9741-5
PubMed:
25983379
PubMed Central:
PMC4422855

51. Robust Variable Selection With Exponential Squared Loss

Author:
Xueqin Wang; Yunlu Jiang; Mian Huang; Heping Zhang
Source:
Journal of the American Statistical Association 2013 v.108 no.502 pp. 632-643
ISSN:
1537-274X
Subject:
beta-carotene; blood plasma; data collection; diagnostic techniques; regression analysis; residential housing; Massachusetts
Abstract:
... Robust variable selection procedures through penalized regression have been gaining increased attention in the literature. They can be used to perform variable selection and are expected to yield robust estimates. However, to the best of our knowledge, the robustness of those penalized regression procedures has not been well characterized. In this article, we propose a class of penalized robust re ...
DOI:
10.1080/01621459.2013.766613
PubMed:
23913996
PubMed Central:
PMC3727454

52. Selecting HVAC systems to achieve comfortable and cost-effective residential net-zero energy buildings

Author:
Wei Wu; Harrison M. Skye; Piotr A. Domanski
Source:
Applied energy 2018 v.212 pp. 577-591
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
buildings; climatic zones; cost effectiveness; dehumidification; economic performance; electricity costs; energy; energy recovery; heat pumps; heat recovery; humidity; models; residential housing
Abstract:
... HVAC is responsible for the largest share of energy use in residential buildings and plays an important role in broader implementation of net-zero energy building (NZEB). This study investigated the energy, comfort and economic performance of commercially-available HVAC technologies for a residential NZEB. An experimentally-validated model was used to evaluate ventilation, dehumidification, and he ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.12.046
PubMed:
29887669
PubMed Central:
PMC5988264

53. Sticky Trap Design Considerations for Entrapping Bed Bugs

Author:
Benjamin A. Hottel; Roberto M. Pereira; Salvador A. Gezan; Philip G. Koehler
Source:
Insects 2019 v.10 no.6 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Blattella germanica; Cimex lectularius; acetates; adhesives; monitoring; paper; plastic film; residential housing; roughness; sticky traps; surface roughness
Abstract:
... Little evidence has been presented on the usefulness of sticky traps for monitoring bed bugs, Cimex lectularius. We examined how the surface roughness around the adhesive of a sticky trap affects both bed bug behavior and adhesive entrapment. In the first assay, bed bugs were placed onto acetate paper discs with different roughness averages (Ra). Each disc was surrounded by sticky trap ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects10060177
PubMed:
31248145
PubMed Central:
PMC6628081

54. Survival and swimming behavior of insecticide-exposed larvae and pupae of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

Author:
Hudson VV Tomé; Tales V Pascini; Rômulo AC Dângelo; Raul NC Guedes; Gustavo F Martins
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2014 v.7 no.1 pp. 195
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Aedes aegypti; Yellow fever virus; azadirachtin; bioassays; cell death; covariance; deltamethrin; dengue; disease prevention; foraging; humans; imidacloprid; insects; instars; juveniles; larvae; pathogens; predation; pupae; pyrethrins; regression analysis; residential housing; spinosad; sublethal effects; urban areas; viruses
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti is essentially a container-inhabiting species that is closely associated with urban areas. This species is a vector of human pathogens, including dengue and yellow fever viruses, and its control is of paramount importance for disease prevention. Insecticide use against mosquito juvenile stages (i.e. larvae and pupae) is growing in importance, par ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-7-195
PubMed:
24761789
PubMed Central:
PMC4022429

55. Testing a Threshold-Based Bed Bug Management Approach in Apartment Buildings

Author:
Narinderpal Singh; Changlu Wang; Chen Zha; Richard Cooper; Mark Robson
Source:
Insects 2017 v.8 no.3 pp. -
ISSN:
2075-4450
Subject:
Cimex lectularius; chemical control; insecticides; pesticide application; residential housing
Abstract:
... We tested a threshold-based bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) management approach with the goal of achieving elimination with minimal or no insecticide application. Thirty-two bed bug infested apartments were identified. These apartments were divided into four treatment groups based on apartment size and initial bed bug count, obtained through a combination of visual inspection and bed bug monitors: ...
DOI:
10.3390/insects8030076
PubMed:
28933720
PubMed Central:
PMC5620696

56. Testing fungus impregnated cloths for the control of adult Aedes aegypti under natural conditions

Author:
Adriano R Paula; Aline T Carolino; Carlos P Silva; César R Pereira; Richard I Samuels
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2013 v.6 no.1 pp. 256
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Aedes aegypti; Metarhizium anisopliae; adults; blood; conidia; dengue; entomopathogenic fungi; flight; imidacloprid; insects; residential housing; sucrose; survival rate; synergism
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Entomopathogenic fungi could be useful tools for reducing populations of the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti. Here the efficiency of fungus (Metarhizium anisopliae) impregnated cloths (with and without imidacloprid [IMI]) was evaluated against adult A. aegypti in simulated human dwellings. Behaviour of mosquitoes in the presence of black cloths was also investigated. FINDINGS: When mosqu ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-6-256
PubMed:
24010874
PubMed Central:
PMC3848359

57. The impact of different sprayable surfaces on the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying using a micro encapsulated formulation of lambda-cyhalothrin against Anopheles gambiae s.s.

Author:
Joshua Mutagahywa; Jasper N Ijumba; Harish B Pratap; Fabrizio Molteni; Frances E Mugarula; Stephen M Magesa; Mahdi M Ramsan; Jessica M Kafuko; Elias C Nyanza; Osia Mwaipape; Juma G Rutta; Charles D Mwalimu; Isaiah Ndong; Richard Reithinger; Narjis G Thawer; Jeremiah M Ngondi
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2015 v.8 no.1 pp. 203
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
Anopheles gambiae; World Health Organization; bioassays; bricks; cement; domestic animals; lambda-cyhalothrin; limestone; malaria; microencapsulation; mortality; oils; pH; residential housing; spraying; thatch; wood; Zanzibar
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The type of sprayable surface impacts on residual efficacy of insecticide used in indoor residual spraying (IRS). However, there is limited data on common types of wall surfaces sprayed in Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania where IRS began in 2006 and 2007 respectively. The study investigated residual efficacy of micro-encapsulated lambda-cyhalothrin sprayed on common surfaces of human dwe ...
DOI:
10.1186/s13071-015-0795-4
PubMed:
25890339
PubMed Central:
PMC4392635

58. Trees and vegetation for residential energy conservation: A critical review for evidence-based urban greening in North America

Author:
Yekang Ko
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2018 v.34 pp. 318-335
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
buildings; carbon; climate; energy; energy conservation; geographical distribution; issues and policy; monitoring; planting; researchers; residential housing; shade; simulation models; solar energy; systematic review; trees; vegetation; water conservation; windbreaks; California
Abstract:
... The effects of trees on residential energy demand have been extensively studied over the past several decades; yet a comprehensive analysis of their magnitude, variation and emerging issues and evidence has not been updated in the literature. Given this gap, a systematic review was conducted by assessing major disciplines, geographic distributions, methods and reported energy-saving performances f ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2018.07.021
CHORUS:
10.1016/j.ufug.2018.07.021

59. Trend Analysis of Las Vegas Land Cover and Temperature Using Remote Sensing

Author:
Haroon Stephen
Source:
Land 2018 v.7 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
Landsat; buildings; environmental impact; golf courses; grasses; land cover; models; open space; parks; remote sensing; residential housing; roads; surface temperature; thematic maps; trees; urban areas; urbanization; vegetation cover
Abstract:
... The Las Vegas urban area expanded rapidly during the last two decades. In order to understand the impacts on the environment, it is imperative that the rate and type of urban expansion is determined. Remote sensing is an efficient and effective way to study spatial change in urban areas and Spectral Mixture Analysis (SMA) is a valuable technique to retrieve subpixel landcover information from remo ...
DOI:
10.3390/land7040135
CHORUS:
10.3390/land7040135

60. Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in a Colombian Caribbean region suggests that secondary vectors play an important epidemiological role

Author:
Omar Cantillo-Barraza; Duverney Chaverra; Paula Marcet; Sair Arboleda-Sánchez; Omar Triana-Chávez
Source:
Parasites & vectors 2014 v.7 no.1 pp. 381
ISSN:
1756-3305
Subject:
land use; Didelphis marsupialis; seroprevalence; genotype; ecosystems; Trypanosoma cruzi; dry season; human diseases; Rhodnius prolixus; humans; residential housing; risk factors; Attalea; Triatoma dimidiata; lowlands; cross-sectional studies; serological surveys; rivers; Chagas disease; Colombia; Caribbean; Andes region
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Colombia, as part of The Andean Countries Initiative has given priority to triatomine control programs to eliminate primary (domiciliated) vector species such as Rhodnius prolixus and Triatoma dimidiata. However, recent events of Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in localities where R. prolixus and T. dimidiata are not present suggest that other species are involved in the T. cruzi transm ...
DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-7-381
PubMed:
25141852
PubMed Central:
PMC4261283