Data Storage and Retrieval System for a Mosquito Repellent Test Program.
Abstract
A computer data management system, Remote File Management System (RFMS), has been used to aid in storage and retrieval of mosquito repellant data collected as a part of an insect repellent research program. The text covers three areas of program development: (1) initial organization of the data to define the problem, (2) definition of the data base and coding forms for computer keypunching, and (3) preliminary results from data anlaysis. Three findings concerning repellent protection time against mosquitoes illustrate the use of the data base: (1) no seasonal variation was observed in protection times, (2) no variation was observed among the protection times measured on each of the four application sites used in the four-site test method, and (3) no difference was found between the protection times determined by using the four-site or the two-site methods for repellent testing. RFMS provides a historical reference in a systematic format but lacks the capability for cross-correlation. The storage of data should continue and the present systems should be converted to another in which cross-correlation of variables can be carried out internally. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA071964
Entities
People
- Kathy L. Zeller
- Thomas S. Spencer
- William A. Akers
- William H. Langley