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Forest Fever: Mathematical Biology of Dengue

Posted on January 14, 2012 by lauraaw

Resources Dengue Fever

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Controlling dengue via vector predation

Posted on January 13, 2012 by lauraaw

Two articles, one theoretical and one applied on control of the vector of dengue (the mosquito Aedea aegyptii) by a predator, the copepod Mesocyclops. general predator-pathogen control biological control of aedes aegyptii by mesocyclops

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Ecoregions, Human Development and Protein Structure

Posted on January 12, 2012 by lauraaw

I see potential here for integrating these tools into introductory biology courses.  My students mostly don’t know or care about what ecoregions are.  Will they care more if they can work in groups and look at aspects of ecoregions and … Continue reading →

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Correlation between human fertility and life expectancy

Posted on January 12, 2012 by lauraaw

I was interested in the relationship between how many children women have and life expectancy.  Which should be the dependent and independent variable is not obvious.  I focused on Costa Rica, a country of personal interest.  The mean number of … Continue reading →

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