Multiple insecticide resistance: an impediment to insecticide-based malaria vector control program.

Autor: Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Fantahun Wassie, Walter Steurbaut, Pieter Spanoghe, Wim Van Bortel, Leen Denis, Dejene A Tessema, Yehenew Getachew, Marc Coosemans, Luc Duchateau, Niko Speybroeck

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 1, p e16066 (2011)

BACKGROUND: Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are key components in malaria prevention and control strategy. However, the development of resistance by mosquitoes to insecticides

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Functionalized chitosan adsorbents allow recovery of palladium and platinum from acidic aqueous solutions

Autor: Tsegaye Grima Asere, Stein Mincke, Flore Vanden Bussche, Dejene A. Tessema, Christian V. Stevens, Kim Verbeken, Karel Folens, Fekadu Fufa, Gijs Du Laing, Linsey Lapeire, Ivar Verheye, Pascal Van Der Voort

Publikováno v: Green Chemistry. 21:2295-2306

Platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) are precious metals considered critical in our society and are needed in a variety of sustainable technologies. Their scarcity urges the increase of recycling from secondary waste streams through new and efficient rec

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https://doi.org/10.1039/c9gc00166b

Uptake of arsenate by aluminum (hydr)oxide coated red scoria and pumice

Autor: Gijs Du Laing, Jeriffa De Clercq, Fekadu Fufa, Dejene A. Tessema, Tsegaye Girma Asere, Kim Verbeken, Christian V. Stevens

Publikováno v: Applied Geochemistry. 78:83-95

The development of cost effective and environmentally benign adsorbents for arsenic removal is absolutely required due to arsenic contamination of water sources in many regions around the globe. The use of materials which are locally available in the

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.12.013

Removal of Arsenic (V) from Aqueous Solutions Using Chitosan–Red Scoria and Chitosan–Pumice Blends

Autor: Dejene A. Tessema, Christian V. Stevens, Gijs Du Laing, Fekadu Fufa, Stein Mincke, Tsegaye Girma Asere, Kim Verbeken, Jeriffa De Clercq

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 14; Issue 8; Pages: 895
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 8, p 895 (2017)

In different regions across the globe, elevated arsenic contents in the groundwater constitute a major health problem. In this work, a biopolymer chitosan has been blended with volcanic rocks (red scoria and pumice) for arsenic (V) removal. The effec

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Analysis of organochlorine pesticide residues in human and cow’s milk in the towns of Asendabo, Serbo and Jimma in South-Western Ethiopia

Autor: Sosina Gebremichael, Tarekegn Birhanu, Dejene A. Tessema

Publikováno v: Chemosphere. 90:1652-1657

The level of some OCPs in human and cow milk collected from Asendabo, Serbo and Jimma in South-West Ethiopia were analyzed using GC-ECD. Results of the analysis indicated that all samples contained detectable quantities of p,p'-DDT and its metabolite

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.008