The performance of two strains Nile tilapia (the Nyakabera and Lake Kivu) fed a commercial feed or either fishmeal-based fishmeal-free formulated using local ingredients was evaluated for 99 days in Bukavu, eastern highlands the DR Congo (Experiment 1). Strain × interaction significant (p < 0.05) final body weight (FBW) condition factor (CF). Growth both best with feed. Fish-meal free result...

Background & Aims: Anopheles stephensi is one of the most important malaria vectors in Hormozgan province, southern Iran. This species with high density has an effective role in malaria transmission, especially in plain and coastal areas. At present, the country malaria vector control program in areas with local transmission is using deltamethrin 5% and Bacillus thuringiensis as insecticide ...

A structural health monitoring (SHM) study of biaxial glass fibre-reinforced epoxy matrix composites under a constant, high strain uniaxial fatigue loading is performed using fibre Bragg grating (FBG) optical sensors embedded in composites at various locations to monitor the evolution of local strains, thereby understanding the damage mechanisms. Concurrently, the temperature changes of the sam...