The importance of earthen construction materials lies in their widespread availability
combined with a low embodied energy. Chemical stabilizers are commonly used to improve …

Chagas' disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and causes
potentially life-threatening disease of the heart and gastrointestinal tract. The southern half …

The world is becoming urban. The UN predicts that the world's urban population will almost
double from 3· 3 billion in 2007 to 6· 3 billion in 2050. Most of this increase will be in …

Urban transmission of arthropod‐vectored disease has increased in recent decades.
Understanding and managing transmission potential in urban landscapes requires …

Populations of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, have recently undergone explosive
growth. Bed bugs share many important traits with triatomine insects, but it remains unclear …

The study investigates the feasibility of using chitosan biopolymer as an admixture, or as an
external coating, for earthen constructions to improve their resistance in two components …

Human migration has been identified as a potential factor for increased Chagas disease risk
and has transformed the disease from a Latin American problem to a global one. We …

Carrageenan, a biodegradable natural polymer, was evaluated as a bioadditive to improve
the physical and mechanical properties of adobe constructions. The results show that its …

Sustainability has become a focal point of the international agenda. At the heart of its range
of distribution in the Gran Chaco Region, the elimination of Triatoma infestans has failed …

American trypanosomiasis is a chronic parasitosis caused by the kinetoplastid parasite
Trypanosoma cruzi and is highly prevalent among a large variety of marsupial and placental …