POPULATION GENETICS AND MOLECULAR XENOMONITORING OF BIOMPHALARIA FRESHWATER SNAILS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORELINE OF LAKE MALAWI, MALAWI

Population genetics and molecular xenomonitoring of Biomphalaria freshwater snails along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, Malawi

Abstract Background Intestinal schistosomiasis was confirmed endemic in Mangochi District, Malawi, in May of 2018 following an unexpected encounter with discreet populations of Biomphalaria spp.freshwater snails during routine malacological g fuel spiderverse surveillance activities.Since then, only limited malacological surveillance of Biomphalari

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A novel sideways fall simulator to study hip fractures ex vivo.

Falls to white feather tinsel the side are the leading cause of hip fractures in the elderly.The load that a person experiences during a fall cannot be measured with volunteers for ethical reasons.To evaluate injurious loads, while considering relevant energy input and body posture for a sideways fall, a subject-specific cadaveric impact experiment

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Optimal Propeller design for future HALE UAV

The main roles of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) include: observation, surveillance, transportation, remote sensing and various security tasks.Improved, augmented type of UAVs are high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) aircraft capable and designed, as their name suggests, for lengthy flights at higher altitudes (which also usually implies subsonic crui

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