Risk mapping of Rinderpest sero-prevalence in Central and Southern Somalia based on spatial and network risk factors.

Background: In contrast to most pastoral systems, the Somali livestock production system is oriented towards domestic trade and export with seasonal movement patterns of herds/flocks in search of water and pasture and towards export points. Data from a rinderpest survey and other data sources have been integrated to explore the topology of a contact network of cattle herds based on a spatial proximity criterion and other attributes related to cattle herd dynamics. The objective of the study is to integrate spatial mobility and other attributes with GIS and network approaches in order to develop a predictive spatial model of presence of rinderpest.

A copper(II)-pyrazole complex cation with (macro)3 imposed symmetry.

The reaction of Cu(ClO(4))(2) x 6H(2)O, NaAsF(6) and excess pyrazole yields hexakis(pyrazole-kappa N(2))copper(II) bis(hexafluoroarsenate), [Cu(C(3)H(4)N(2))(6)](AsF(6))(2) or [Cu(pzH)(6)](AsF(6))(2) (pzH is pyrazole), (I). The analogous hexakis(pyrazole-kappa N(2))copper(II) hexafluorophosphate perchlorate complex, [Cu(C(3)H(4)N(2))(6)](PF(6))(1.29)(ClO(4))(0.

Vanadium Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate Complexes of Diphenyl Phosphate. Heterometallic Complexes of the [LV{(PhO)(2)PO(2)}(3)](-) Fragment.

The synthesis and characterization of nine trinuclear, mixed metal complexes of the type [LV{&mgr;-(PhO)(2)PO(2)}(3)](2)M, where the vanadium is in the 3+ oxidation state, L = hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate, and M = Ba(II) (1), Ca(II) (2), Mg(II) (3), Mn(II) (4), Co(II) (5), Ni(II) (6), Fe(II) (7), 2 Na(I) (8), Al(III) (9), and La(III) (10), are described. X-ray crystal structural analysis of 1, 3, and 4 gave the following parameters: 1, C(92)H(84)B(2)N(12)O(24)P(6)Cl(4)BaV(2), C2/c, a = 26.730(5) Å, b = 15.

Non-Template-Centered, Closed Tetravanadium Phosphate and Phosphonate Clusters.

Tetranuclear V(III) complexes, [HB(pz)(3)](4)V(4)(&mgr;-C(6)H(5)OPO(3))(4) (I), its acetonitrile solvate (I.4CH(3)CN), and [HB(pz)(3)](4)V(4)(&mgr;-O(2)NC(6)H(4)OPO(3))(4).4C(7)H(8).