Ecology of Aedes Mosquitoes, the Major Vectors of Arboviruses in Human Population

Human development is a development paradigm that puts human (population) as the focus and final target of all development activities, namely the achievement of control over resources (income to achieve decent living), improvement of health status (long life and healthy life) and improve education. To see the success rate of human development, UNDP publishes an indicator of Human Development Index (HDI). This study discusses the achievements of human development that have been pursued by the government. The problem analyzed in this research is the difference of human development achievement in some provincial government in Indonesia. This paper aims to compare the achievements of human development in some provincial governments seen from the achievement of human development index of each province. Research location in Banten Province, West Java and DKI Jakarta.Keywords:Human Development Index, Human Development Achievement

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Detection of dengue virus in Aedes mosquitoes in Delhi, India

ENTOMON ◽

10.33307/entomon.v44i3.466 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 213-218

Author(s):

Suresh Chand Kaushik ◽

Sukhvir Singh ◽

Purnima Srivastava ◽

R. Rajendran

Keyword(s):

Early Intervention ◽

Early Detection ◽

Aedes Aegypti ◽

Dengue Virus ◽

Infection Rate ◽

Transmission Season ◽

Aedes Mosquitoes ◽

Alternative Approach ◽

Human Sera ◽

Minimum Infection Rate

Detection of viruses in human sera particularly in endemic areas is cumbersome and laborious. Therefore, an alternative approach, Immuno-fluorescence assay (IFA) was performed to determine dengue virus (DENV) positivity in mosquitoes. A total of 1055 adult Aedes aegypti female mosquitoes were tested for IFA test against DENV. Minimum infection rate (MIR) for DENV was found higher during August to November 2016 ranging from 10.75 to 20.83. The average yearly MIR was about 6.64. Higher MIR for Ae. aegypti was found in Sarfabad, Noida (12.71) and Khoda Colony, Ghaziabad (11.90). Minimum MIR (4.67) was observed in Sanjay colony (Faridabad). The main contribution of this study resides in the development of a more suitable monitoring system for early detection of viral circulation and to prioritize early intervention in the non-transmission season.

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STUDY OF POND STATUS IN INDIA : A REVIEW

FLORA AND FAUNA ◽

10.33451/florafauna.v23i1pp99-104 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

Author(s):

V.K. YADAV ◽

SONAM SHARMA ◽

A.K. SRIVASTAVA ◽

P.K. KHARE

Keyword(s):

Fresh Water ◽

Land Surface ◽

Human Population ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Hydrological Cycle ◽

Habitat Destruction ◽

Conservation Strategy ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Human Use ◽

Over Exploitation

Ponds are an important fresh water critical ecosystem for plants and animals providing goods and services including food, fodder, fish, irrigation, hydrological cycle, shelter, medicine, culture, aesthetic and recreation. Ponds cover less than 2 percent of worlds land surface. Ponds are important source of fresh water for human use. These are threatened by urbanization, industrialization, over exploitation, fragmentation, habitat destruction, pollution, illegal capturing of land and climate changes. These above factors have been destroying ponds very rapidly putting them in danger of extinction of a great number of local biodiversity. It is necessary to formulate a correct conservation strategy for pond restoration in order to meet the growing needs of fresh water by increasing the human population. Some measures have been compiled and proposed in the present review.

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Living, Again: Population and Paradox in Recent Cinema

Oxford Literary Review ◽

10.3366/olr.2016.0179 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 47-65

Author(s):

Keith Clavin

Keyword(s):

Human Population ◽

Population Control ◽

Human Consumption ◽

Social Revolution ◽

Drastic Increase

The last several decades have witnessed a drastic increase in ecological writing, but also a substantial lack in regards to the discussion of human population control. This article argues that the deficiency has been reproduced within several recent examples of eco-cinema, Snowpiercer and Mad Max: Fury Road. Despite strong conservationist themes and narratives encouraging social revolution, the films encounter similar theoretical difficulties, and enact similar resulting absences, within their representational fields. As a consequence, the environmental topics are filtered through an anthropocentric lens that generates a set of paradoxes regarding human consumption, sacrifice and the visualisation of future sustainable states.

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Middle ear tuberculosis - clinical case

ORL ro ◽

10.26416/orl.31.2.2016.131 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 12-14

Author(s):

A. Sandul ◽

M. Buracovschi ◽

N. Buracovschi

Keyword(s):

Otitis Media ◽

Middle Ear ◽

Human Population ◽

Clinical Case ◽

Correct Diagnosis ◽

Tuberculous Otitis Media ◽

Type V

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest pathologies that affect human population, being a significant cause of morbidity/mortality in several countries. Middleear tuberculosis is a rare pathology, often misdiagnosed because of an atipic evolution, as a result leading to severe complications. This paper presents a case of tuberculous otitis media complicated with facial nerveparalysis House Brackmann type V in a patient who underwent multiple middleear surgeries before correct diagnosis was established.

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