APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS IN CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS Mohammad Rafieniaa; Mahmood Amirib; Mohsen Janmalekic; Alireza Sadeghiand a Medical Physics and BioMedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Biosensor Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran b Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermansha...

in order to study the mosquito fauna of iran, and to prepare the temporal as well as the spatial distribution of the iranian mosquitoes, a comprehensive study has started since 1981. in this program in which more than 60.000 mosquito larvae, from different breeding sites has been studied, 15 species of culex are reported. these are;cx. arbieeni, cx. bitaeniorhynchus, cx. deserticola, cx. horten...

1Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Ahvaz, Iran; E-mail: [email protected] 2Departments of Biology, College of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 3Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran; E-m...

Recurring outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases, like dengue, in the Pacific region represent a major biosecurity risk to neighboring continents through potential introductions disease-causing pathogens. Aedes mosquitoes, highly prevalent this region, are extremely invasive and predominant vectors multiple viruses including causing chikungunya, Zika. Due absence vaccines for most these control r...

Sexual dimorphism, a poorly understood but crucial aspect of vector mosquito biology, encompasses sex-specific physical, physiological, and behavioral traits related to mosquito reproduction. The study of mosquito sexual dimorphism has largely focused on analysis of the differences between adult female and male mosquitoes, particularly with respect to sex-specific behaviors related to disease t...

This article provides an annotated catalog of the Symphypleona and Neelipleona (Hexapoda: Collembola) Iran based on published literature specimens recently collected from three different ecosystems in North Khorasan province (Forest, Rangeland, Agricultural) years 2018 2019. Thirty-five species seven families 17 genera are listed. Among them, Megalothorax minimus Bourletiella sp. recorded for f...

To prevent epidemics of mosquito-transmitted diseases like Chikungunya in Réunion Island, we develop tools to control its principal vector, Aedes albopictus. Biological control tools, like the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), are of great interest as an alternative to chemical control tools which are very detrimental to environment. The success of SIT is based on a good knowledge of the biology ...

Recent reviews (Feachem et al.; Alonso et al.) have concluded that in order to have a sustainable impact on the global burden of malaria, it is essential that we knowingly reduce the global incidence of infected persons. To achieve this we must reduce the basic reproductive rate of the parasites to < 1 in diverse epidemiological settings. This can be achieved by impacting combinations of the fo...