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Bedbug (Cimex lectularius) infestation and its control practices in two selected settlements in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria [PDF]
, 2019 Bedbugs are cosmopolitan insects of public health importance. Their characteristic biting and blood feeding activities result in both physical symptoms and psychological distress in affected hosts.
Obembe, Abiodun +3 more
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Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development, 2020 Introduction: Nowadays, bedbug infestation is one of the public health problems around the world. The objective of this study was to evaluate the spatial distribution of bedbug in different parts of the infested houses.
Ismaeil Alizadeh +3 more
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Meng Jinghui’s adaptations of Vladimir Mayakovsky’s plays
RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2023 Vladimir Mayakovsky’s dramatic heritage has had a great impact on Chinese avant-garde director and playwright Meng Jinghui. The study traces the stages of Mayakovsky’s presence in Chinese theater art to focus on Meng Jinghui’s three productions of “The ...
Jingling Liu, Irina V. Monisova
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“Nowhere else to go”: Slow abandonment and (en)closures of long‐term care in Los Angeles
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Residential long‐term care facilities, known in California as “board and care” homes, have been closing rapidly in the last decade. Proponents assert these provide vital forms of housing and care to the poor and must be saved, while critics contend they perpetuate the institutionalization of people with disabilities and should be abolished ...
Maxwell A. Hellmann
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Ecology and Dispersal of the Bedbug [PDF]
, 2012 The global bedbug resurgence has left the scientific community racing to fill large gaps in our understanding of the biology and ecology of this forgotten pest. Studying the ecology of a species so closely associated with humans has inherent difficulties,
Naylor, Richard A
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The Efficacy of some Insecticides and Essential Oil-Based Products against The Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius [PDF]
Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2019 The bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., is a hard pest to control. The occurrence of insecticidal resistance amongst bed bug populations and concerns over human-insecticidal exposure has motivated the development of alternative bed bug control measurements ...
Mona Elbanoby
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.Mortality for diatomaceous earth was observed as early as 2 h after exposure with 50% and 90% mortality at 3.5 and 4.6 h (LT50 and LT90, respectively) for Musca domestica. The LT50 and LT90 increased when the size of the fly species increased (M. domestica to Cochliomyia macellaria to Sarcophaga bullata) and increased for all three from 50 to 70 ...
Grayson L. Cave +4 more
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Diversity of Resilin Incidence in the Insect Leg
Journal of Morphology, Volume 287, Issue 6, June 2026.Resilin incidences in the insect cuticle are commonly detected by fluorescence microscopy using the property of Resilin protein matrices to emit blue light after excitation with UV light. This indirect method produces significant background signal.
Steven Lerch, Bernard Moussian
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Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background and purpose: Control of bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) as important human pests often fails in places where people live in aggregation such as prisons. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of various methods of bedbug control in
Seyed Hassan Nikookar +5 more
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The Joy of Pests: Camaraderie, Wonder and Dialectical Autonomy in UK Professional Pest Management
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract Using interviews and participant observation, this research explores the everyday practices and experiences of UK‐based pest management professionals. It reveals an unexpected and unalienated ‘joy of pests’ anchored in problem‐solving variety, camaraderie and zoological curiosity.
Hannah Fair
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