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Dr. Miranda Teboh-Ewungkem
mit703@lehigh.edu
Ph.D. Lehigh 2003
Country of Citizenship: USA
RESEARCH Areas/INTERESTS
Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Biology, Population Dynamics and Evolution, Perturbation Techniques, Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, Modeling Complex Biological Systems, Markov Decision Processes.
I use Mathematics and Computational methods to understand the transmission dynamics of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, with the end goal being disease control. I take the one health approach in which the end goal of control can be understood from a multi-faceted complex view points, where interactions between players contribute in different ways towards a sucessful transmission of disease within a soceity. For example, in malaria transmission, where there are three interacting populations, the human, the pathogen that causes malaria and the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting the pathogen from one human to another, there are three living interacting populations each with an evolutionary need to survive. I use differential equations (ODE and PDEs) to ellucidate the complexities that exists due to these interactions and model how these interactions enhances disease transmission. While I have focussed on the malaria disease, the work I do can be extended to other mosquito-borne diseases such as Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya and lymphatic filariasis. Additionally, in an effort to control these diseases, decisions have to be made and the stake holders and decision makers can enable or enhance the kind of responses and control achieved. Thus I am interested in incoporating Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) and its variations via stochastic complex models in understandin the effects of such decisions on disease control.
I am also interested in the development of models applicable to transport phenomena from capillaries to tissues. Extensions to this research area exits, including unsteady flow for dosage therapy, and drug administration to tumor growth in cancer chemotherapy, and I am interested in these applications. The mathematics involve solving partial differential equations and also using asymptotic and perturbation techniques in analyzing partial differential equations. I also have interest in the mathematics that deals with chronic skin inflammation, a process by which dendritic cells (DCs) are constantly sampling antigen in the skin and migrating to lymph nodes where they induce the activation and proliferation of T cells. The T cells then travel back to the skin where they release cytokines that induce and maintain the inflammatory condition. This process is cyclic and ongoing. In the case of chronic inflammation, the desire is to interrupt this DC migration.
Ph.D. in Math/Applied Mathematics, May 2003, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015
Dissertation: Mathematical analysis of oxygen and substrate transport within a multicapillary system in skeletal muscle; Advisor: Prof. Eric P. Salathe,GPA 3.84/4.0.
M. S. in Statistics, January 2003, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, GPA 4.0/4.0.
M.S. in Mathematics, July 1998, University of Buea, S.W.P, Cameroon.
Thesis: Mathematical Analysis of the Dynamics and Transmission of Malaria
Advisor: Dr. Ngwa Gideon Akumah; GPA 3.75/4.00, Approximately equivalent to 4.00/4.00 American Standard.
B.S. in Mathematics, July 1996, University of Buea, S.W.P, Cameroon.
GPA 3.60/4.00 Approximately equivalent to 3.97/4.00 American Standard.
Minor in Computer Science, University of Buea, S.W.P, Cameroon.
POSITIONS HELD
Professor of Practice in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Lehigh University, August 2015-Present
Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Buea, January 2018; Also, May – June, 2019.
Adjunct Professor/ Volunteer Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Mathematical Biology/Department of Mathematics, Lehigh University, August 26th 2013 - May 31st 2014/August 2014, August 24th 2014- May 31st 2015/August 2015.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Lafayette College, July 2006-June 2013
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Buea, May 1st -July 31st, 2009.
Guest Researcher, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, January 2009.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Lafayette College, August 2004-July 2006.
Visiting Post-Doc, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 2004.
C.C. Hsiung Visiting Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, August 2003-August 2004.
Teaching Assistant, Lehigh University, Fall of 1999-Spring of 2002.
Dean's Fellow, Lehigh University, Fall of 1998-Spring of 1999.
Teaching Assistant, University of Buea, Fall 1997-Spring 1998.
Appointed Fellow of African Scientific Institute (www.asi-org.net), April 2020.
Mathematically Gifted and Black Honoree, February 2020: https://mathematicallygiftedandblack.com/honorees/
Unity in Diversity Community Award for women's History Month 2020, 2021
2018/2019 Nominee: African Academy of Science (AAS).
Best Professor, Summer Excel Program, Lehigh University, summer, 2003.
President of the Republic's Prize for Best Mathematics Student, 1996, 1998
Best University Student Award, Best Graduate Student Award and Best Mathematics Student Award, with the highest GPA in the entire University, University of Buea, Cameroon, 1998.
Dean's Fellowship, Graduate School at Lehigh University, 1998.
International Commonwealth Scholarship Recipient, August, 1998.
Best Undergraduate Mathematics Student Award, University of Buea-Cameroon, 1996.
Top three graduating female Award, University of Buea-Cameroon, 1996.
Member of the Honor Society for International students and Scholars-Beta Pi Chapter of Phi Beta Delta (Inducted in 2000).
Dean's list award for five out of six semesters, University of Buea, Cameroon, Spring 1994, 1995, 1996, Fall 1994, 1995.
PEER REFEREED aRTICLES
Helle KB, Sadiku A, Zelleke GM, Ibrahim TB, Bouba A, Tsoungui Obama HC Junior, Appiah V, Ngwa GA, Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Schneider KA (2021). Is increased mortality by multiple exposures to COVID-19 an overseen factor when aiming for herd immunity? PLoS ONE 16(7): e0253758. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253758
Adil Mahmoud Yousif N, Tsoungui Obama HCJ, Ngucho Mbeutchou YJ, Kwamou Ngaha SF, Kayanula L, Kamanga G, Toheeb B. Ibrahim, Patience Bwanu Iliya, Sulyman Iyanda, Looli Alawam, Teboh-Ewungkem, MI and Schneider, KA (2021). The impact of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns accounting for antibody-dependent enhancement. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0245417. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245417
Tsoungui Obama HCJ, Adil Mahmoud Yousif N, Alawam Nemer L, Ngougoue Ngougoue PM, Ngwa GA, Teboh-Ewungkem M, Schneider KA (2021). Preventing COVID-19 spread in closed facilities by regular testing of employees—An efficient intervention in long-term care facilities and prisons? PLoS ONE 16(4): e0249588. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249588.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Woldegerima WA and Ngwa GA (2021). Mathematical assessment of the impact of human-antibodies on sporogony during the within-mosquito dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum parasites, J Theor Biol. Volume 515, 21 April 2021, 110562.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Ngwa GA (2021). Infectious Diseases and Our Planet. In: Teboh-Ewungkem M.I., Ngwa G.A. (eds) Infectious Diseases and Our Planet. Mathematics of Planet Earth, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50826-5_1
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Ngwa G., Fomboh-Nforba MY (2021) A Multistage Mosquito-Centred Mathematical Model for Malaria Dynamics that Captures Mosquito Gonotrophic Cycle Contributions to Its Population Abundance and Malaria Transmission. In: Teboh-Ewungkem M.I., Ngwa G.A. (eds) Infectious Diseases and Our Planet. Mathematics of Planet Earth, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50826-5_5
Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Ngwa GA (2021). COVID-19 in malaria-endemic regions: potential consequences for malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21(1), 5–6. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30763-5
Feng Z, Gurski KF, Prosper O, Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Grogan MA (2020). A Mosquito-Borne Disease Model with Non-exponentially Distributed Infection and Treatment Stages, J Dyn Diff Equat. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10884-020-09863-2
Ngwa GA, Woldegerima WA, Teboh-Ewungkem MI (2020). A Mathematical Study of the Implicit Role of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses on Within-Human Plasmodium Falciparum Parasite Levels, Journal of Biological Systems, 28 (02), 377-429. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218339020400069
Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Ngwa GA (2020). Fighting malaria with ivermectin: a novel malaria control tool. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Comment. 20(4), 394-395, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30691-7
Woldegerima WA, Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Ngwa GA (2019). The Impact of Recruitment on the Dynamics of an Immune-Suppressed Within Human-Host Model of the Plasmodium falciparum Parasite. Bull Math. Biol. 81 (11), 4564–4619. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-018-0436-0
Ngwa GA, Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Dumont Y, Ouifki R and Banasiak J (2019). On a three-stage structured model for the dynamics of malaria transmission with human treatment, adult vector demographics and one aquatic stage. J Theor Biol. 481(21) 202-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.12.043
Manore CA, Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Prosper O, Peace AL, Gurski K, Feng ZO (2019). Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT): Its role in averting disease-induced mortalities in children and in promoting the spread of antimalarial drug resistance. Bull Math. Biol. 81(1): 193-234. doi: 10.1007/s11538-018-0524-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-018-0524-1
Woldegerima WA, Ngwa GA, Teboh-Ewungkem MI. Sensitivity analysis for a within-human-host immuno-pathogenesis dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum parasites, in R. Anguelov, M. Lachowicz (Editors), Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences, Biomath Forum, Sofia, 2018, pp. 140-168, http://dx.doi.org/10.11145/texts.2018.05.257
Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Yuster T (2016). Evolutionary implications for the determination of gametocyte sex ratios under fecundity variation for the malaria parasite, J Theor Biol, 408: 260–273. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.08.015
Ngwa GA and Teboh-Ewungkem MI (2016). A Mathematical model with quarantine states for the dynamics of Ebola Virus Disease in human populations. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2016: 29 pages, Article ID 9352725, https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9352725
Ngonghala CN, Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Ngwa GA. Observance of Period-doubling Bifurcation and Chaos in an Autonomous ODE Model for Malaria with Vector Demography. Theoretical Ecology. 9(3): 337–351 (2016). DOI: 10.1007/s12080-016-0293-0
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Prosper O., Gurski K, Manore CA, Peace A, Feng Z (2015). Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) and the Spread of Drug Resistant Malaria. In: Jackson T., Radunskaya A. (eds) Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 158. 2015 Springer, New York, NY, DOI 10.10007/978-1-4939-2782-1_9. Check here.
Agusto FB, Teboh-Ewungkem MI, and Gumel AB (2015). Mathematical assessment of the effect of traditional beliefs and customs on the transmission dynamics of the 2014 Ebola outbreaks. BMC Med. 13(1): 96. doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0318-3
Ngonghala CN, Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Ngwa GA (2014). Persistent oscillations and backward bifurcation in a malaria model with varying human and mosquito populations: implications for control. Journal of Mathematical Biology 70(7):1581-622. DOI: 10.1007/s00285-014-0804-9
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Mohammed-Awel J, Baliraine FN and Duke-Sylvester SM (2014). The effect of intermittent preventive treatment on anti-malarial drug resistance spread in areas with population movement. Malaria Journal 13:428 (2014). doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-428 .
Ngwa GA,Wankah TT, Fomboh-Nforba MY, Ngonghala CN and Teboh-Ewungkem MI (2014). On a Reproductive stage-structured model for the population dynamics of the malaria vector. Bull Math Biol, 76(10): 2476-2516. DOI 10.1007/s11538-014-0021-0.
23.Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Ngwa GA and Ngonghala CN (2013). Models and proposals for malaria: a Review, Mathematical Population Studies, 20: 57-81. doi:10.1080/08898480.2013.777237.
24.Teboh-Ewungkem MI (2013), Editorial: Malaria Models, Mathematical Population Studies, 20: 55-56.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Wang M (2012), Male fecundity and optimal gametocyte sex ratios for Plasmodium falciparum during incomplete fertilization. J Theor Biol 307: 183–192.
Ngonghala CN, Ngwa GA and Teboh-Ewungkem MI (2012), Periodic oscillations and backward bifurcation in a model for the dynamics of malaria transmission. Math Biosci, 240: 45-62.
Nourridine S, Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Ngwa GA (2011), A mathematical model of the population dynamics of disease transmitting vectors with spatial consideration, J Biol Dyn, 5(4): 335-365.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Yuster T (2010). A within-vector mathematical model of Plasmodium falciparum and implications of incomplete fertilization on optimal gametocyte sex ratio, J Theor Biol, 264(2): 273-86.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Podder CN and Gumel AB (2010). Mathematical study of the role of gametocytes and an imperfect vaccine on malaria transmission dynamics, Bull Math. Biol, 72 (1): 63-93.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Yuster T and Newman NH (2010). A mathematical model of the within – vector dynamics of the plasmodium falciparum protozoan parasite, In Infectious Disease Modelling Research Progress, (J.M. Tchuenche and C. Chiyaka, eds), Nova Science Publishers, pp. 177-199.
Erickson AH, Wise A, Fleming S, Baird M, Lateef Z, Molinaro A, Teboh-Ewungkem MI and De Pillis L (2009). A preliminary mathematical model of skin dendritic cell trafficking and induction of T cell immunity. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems- Series B (DCDS B), 12 (2): 323 - 336.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI (2009). Malaria Control: The role of local communities as seen through a mathematical model in a changing population-Cameroon, In Advances in Disease Epidemiology, (J.M. Tchuenche and Z. Mukandavire, eds), Nova Science Publishers, pp. 103-140 (2009).
Contenza T, Cox M, Novak J, Teboh-Ewungkem MI, Vanderschoot M, Teaching Module-Modeling Biological Populations, DIMACS Educational Module Series, 8 (4): 1-27 (2008). http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Publications/Modules/Module08-4/dimacs08-4b.pdf .
Teboh-Ewungkem MI, The mathematics of oxygen and substrate diffusion: Mathematical analysis of oxygen, myoglobin-facilitated oxygen and substrate diffusion within an interacting multi-capillary system in skeletal muscle. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, ISBN 978-3-639-09777-1, (2008), 156 pages.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Salathe EP (2006). The role of countercurrent exchange in preventing hypoxia in skeletal muscle, Bull Math Biol, 68 (8): 2191-2204.
Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Salathe EP (2005). Substrate diffusion from an array of capillaries with co-current and counter-current flow, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 42: 17-30.
Miranda Teboh-Ewungkem, Gideon A. Ngwa (eds). Infectious Diseases and Our Planet. Mathematics of Planet Earth, vol 7. Springer, Cham. eBook ISBN 978-3-030-50826-5, DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-50826-5, Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-50825-8 Series ISSN 2524-4264.
Bahar Acu, Donatella Danielli, Marta Lewicka, Arati Pati, Saraswathy RV, Miranda Teboh-Ewungkem, Advances in Mathematical Sciences (Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Series 21, 2020. eBook ISBN 978-3-030-42687-3, DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-42687-3, Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-42686-6 Series ISSN 364-5733
Submitted Manuscripts
G.A. Ngwa, M.I. Teboh-Ewungkem and J.A. Njongwe. Mathematical modelling of the interplay between community action, climatic factors and the dynamics of formation of mosquito breeding sites.
Investigating the Impact of Multiple Feeding Attempts on Mosquito Dynamics via Mathematical Models. Bime M. Ghakanyuy, Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem, Kristan A. Schneider, Gideon A. Ngwa
Roth, SM, Teboh-Ewungkem MI and Li M. Predicting suitability of regions for Zika outbreaks with zero-inflated models trained using climate data. Revising to Resubmit.
Manuscripts in Preparation for Submission for Peer Review
Climatic effects in a malaria model with IPT. Olivia Prosper, Carrie A. Manore, Angela L. Peace, Katharine Gurski, Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem, Zhilan Feng O
Development of a Mathematical Model with Transgene for a Mosquito Population: Part I: Model Analysis without Transgene showing instability of the trivial steady state, Bime Markdonal Ghakanyuy, G.A. Ngwa, Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem.
The Role of Mosquito Birth Rate and Hysteresis Effects in a Mathematical Model for Malaria with Vector Demography Emphasized. Co-authors: Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem G.A. Ngwa and C. N. Ngonghala.
COVID-19: Reinfection Model. Loyce Kayanula, Patience Bwanu I., George Kamanga, Sulyman Iyanda, Arlinda Sadiku, Nessma Adil M. Y., Sandy F. Kwamou, Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem, Gideon A. Ngwa, Fabian Schwarzenberger, Franka Baaske, Martin Eichner, and Kristan A. Schneider.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS/PROCEEDINGS
KEYNOTE/INVITED ADDRESSES
The Alamo Symposium: 43rd Conference in Real Analysis and Application, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA, June 24-29, 2019. Title: Complex Dynamics observed in a Mosquito-Centered Demographic Mathematical Model for Malaria.
BIOMATH 2017 international conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences, Skukuza Camp in National Kruger Park, South Africa, June 25-30, 2017. Title: A Mathematical Model of an Immune-Suppressed Within Human-Host Model of the Dynamics of the Plasmodium Falciparum Parasite.
PASSHEMA (Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Mathematics Association) Annual Conference, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, April 19 and 20th2013. Title: Modeling and Control of Malaria:
The impact of the Anopheles mosquito lifestyle, feeding and reproductive habits.
SAMSA (Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association) Conference, Gaborone, Botswana, November 29th-December 4th2010. Title: A new way to model the dynamics of malaria transmission showing natural occurring oscillations.
OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Invited Seminar/Colloquial Presentations
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Department of Mathematics Colloquium. October 14th, 2021. Title: TBD.
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston, MA, Mathematical and Computational Biology Seminar. March 8th, 2021. Title: Malaria and Mathematics as Viewed from the Lens of the Transmitting Mosquitoes.
West Chester University, Department of Mathematics, PA, Spring 2021 Mathematics Colloquium. January 27th, 2021. Title: Mathematics Plays an Important Role in Understanding Complex Diseases: The Case of Malaria and the Potential Use of Transmission Blocking Vaccines in Fighting It'
Virginia Tech, Department of Mathematics, VA, Mathematical Biology Seminar. November 18th, 2020. Title: Mosquitoes and Diseases: A Mathematical Study of a Complex Problem involving Female Anopheles Mosquitoes and Malaria.
Hofstra University, Department of Mathematics, PA, Hofstra math department seminar. November 11th, 2020. Title: A Mathematical Study of a Complex Disease, Malaria, with Focus on the Within Mosquito Life Cycle.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Mathematics, Cauerstrasse 1191058 Erlangen, Germany, Colloquium. October 2nd, 2020. Title: A Multistage Mosquito-Centered Mathematical Model for Malaria which accounts for Mosquito Gonotrophic Cycle Contributions.
African Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Cameroon, Limbe, Cameroon, AIMS Colloquium. June 4th, 2019. Title: Mosquito Gonotrophic Cycle: Using Mathematics to quantify their effect on Mosquito Populations and Malaria Transmission Dynamics.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series, October 30th, 2018. Title: Malaria – A Complex Disease Investigated from a Mathematical Perspective.
African Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Cameroon, Limbe, Cameroon, AIMS Colloquium. January 16th, 2018. Title: Understanding Vector Borne Diseases - A Mathematical Perspective for the Case of Malaria.
Millersville University, Millersville University, PA 17551; Millersville University and Franklin & Marshall College Joint Colloquium. November 30th, 2017. Title: Understanding Vector Borne Diseases - A Mathematical Perspective for the case of Malaria.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Department of Mathematics Colloquium. November 16th, 2017. Title: Understanding Vector Borne Diseases - A Mathematical Perspective for the case of Malaria.
Howard University, Washington DC, Department of Mathematics Colloquium. April 14, 2017. Title: A Mathematical Model of the Immuno-pathogenesis of the within human-host dynamics of the plasmodium falciparum parasite – Part I: Impact of recruitment.
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Department of Biological Science Colloquium. April 7, 2016. Title: A Mathematical investigation of the role of IPT (Intermittent Preventive Treatment) in Averting Malaria-related Disease Deaths in Children as well as in Accelerating the Spread of Anti-Malarial Drug Resistance.
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Mathematics Department Colloquium, March 6, 2015. Title: The dynamics of malaria transmitting mosquitoes and their impact on the disease malaria-A mathematical study.
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Biomathematics Seminar, May 6, 2014. Title: Periodic Oscillations and Backward Bifurcation in an unforced ODE Model for Malaria.
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Department of Mathematics colloquium. October 2, 2013. Title: Complex Dynamics in a Model for the Vector-Borne Disease Malaria.
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), NJ, Department of Mathematics, April 2, 2013. Title: Complex Dynamics in a Model for the Vector-Borne Disease Malaria.
Dartmouth College Shapiro Visitor and Presenter, New Hampshire, March 2, 2010. Title: A within-mosquito mathematical model of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and some implications for malaria control.
NIH (National Institute of Health) Scientific Seminar Series, Bethesda, MD, January 27, 2009. Title: Mathematical modeling of the within-vector dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum: single and mixed strains.
Morgan State University Seminar Series Guest Speaker, Dixon Research Center, Morgan State University, March 1, 2007. Title: A mathematical model to study the impact of the recovery rate on the dynamics and transmission of malaria in a changing population: Case of Cameroon.
Lafayette College BioConnections Speaker, Lafayette College, October 30, 2006. Title: A mathematical model of a vector-borne infectious disease – Malaria.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, January 2004. Title: Counter-current and co-current flow of oxygen and substrate transport in a multi-capillary system in skeletal muscles.
Lehigh University, Mathematical Biology Colloquium, December, 2003. Title: Malaria dynamics in an endemic region.
Moravian College Seminar Series, May, 2003. Title: Malaria Epidemics.
Lehigh University, Graduate Student Colloquium, January, 2002. Title: Transport of oxygen and substrate with and without the inclusion of a facilitator across the capillary in the microcirculation.
University of Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Guest Speaker, August, 2001. Title: The dynamics and transmission of malaria.
Invited Conference Presentations
SMB (Society for Mathematical Biology) Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting, June 13-17, 2021. Title: Using Continuous-time Systems of Non-Linear Ordinary Differential Equations to study Removal of Mosquito-Breeding Site Density Under Community Action and Temperature Effects.
Southern Georgia Mathematics Conference (SGMC) Virtual Meeting, April 2-3, 2021. Title: Mathematics and the Malaria Problem: Understanding the Within-Mosquito Parasite Dynamics and Possible Exploitation for Transmission Blocking Vaccines.
Joint Mathematics Meeting (JMM) Virtual Meeting, January 6-9, 2021. Title: Supporting Mathematics in Developing Countries: Case of Collaboration with Dr Gideon Ngwa and the University of Buea, Cameroon.
SIAM Life Science 2020 Meeting, River Side, CA, June 30th (June 11th – July 2nd) 2020, In Mathematics of Infectious Diseases and our Planet: Talks Honoring the efforts by Levin, Gross and Hallam in organizing the ecology workshops in the 80's and 90's - Part I of II (68591). Title: The Impact of Gonotrophic Cycles on a Malaria Model. Virtual Talk, June 30th 2020.
JMM (Joint Mathematics Meeting) Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, January 15th (15 – 17) 2020, Title: A Vector-Borne Disease Model with Non-Exponentially Distributed Infection and Treatment Stages.
SMB (Society for Mathematical Biology) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, July, 22-26, 2019, Title: Capturing the Gonotrophic Cycle Contributions in a Mosquito Demographic focused Mathematical Model for Malaria.
ICIAM 2019: 9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Valencia, Spain, July, 15-19, 2019. Titles:
Talk 1: A Mathematical Study of a Within-Host Malaria Parasite Dynamics Model as it relates to Disease Morbidity.
Talk II: The role of mosquito gonotrophic cycle in the dynamics of mosquito populations and consequently malaria transmission dynamics.
CMPD5: The Fifth International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics (CMPD5), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 19-24, 2019. Title: Within-host malaria parasite dynamics- A mathematical study
AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics) Research Symposium at Rice University, Rice University, Houston, TX, April 6-7, 2019. Title: Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) and Antimalarial Drug Resistance Spread.
AMS (American Mathematical Society) Spring Central and Western Joint Sectional Meeting, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, March 22-24, 2019 (Friday - Sunday). Title: Reproductive gains in a stage-structured model for the dynamics of malaria transmission with human treatment and adult vector demographics.
6th International Conference On Mathematical Biological(6th ICMB), Beijing, PR,China, June 22-25, 2018 . Title: A mathematical investigation of the immuno-pathogenesis of the within-human-host malaria parasite dynamic.
SMB (Society for Mathematical Biology) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 17, 2017. Title: The impact of recruitment on the dynamics of an immune-suppressed within human-host mathematical model of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite.
44th Annual Mathematics Conference: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, Miami -Ohio University, Ohio, September 23-24, 2016. Title: Hysteresis and Chaos in a class of unforced ordinary differential Equation Malaria Models with vector demography.
2014 SIAM Life Science Annual Meeting, North Carolina, August 4th -7th, 2014.
Title 1: Vector Dynamics and its Impact on the Vector Borne Disease Malaria, (In the session: Mathematical Models in Biology and Epidemiology-Part II of II).
Title 2: Application of P. falciparum gametocyte sex ratios via competitive and non-competitive strategies: the evolutionary implications, (In the session: New Interventions and Recent Progress on Modeling Malaria).
9th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 1 - 5, 2012. I received two separate invitations:
Title 1: Heterogeneity in the infectiousness of humans in the dynamics of malaria transmission and control.
Title 2: Optimization of P. falciparum gametocyte sex ratios via competitive and non-competitive strategies: the evolutionary implications.
ICIAM 2011: 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July, 18-22, 2011. Title: Role of heterogeneity in infectiousness of humans on the dynamics of malaria transmission and control.
CAARMS17 and IPAM: 17th Annual Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Science, IPAM, Los Angeles, June, 1-4, 2011. Title: Hopf and backward bifurcations in a new SIS malaria model.
Blackwell-Tapia Conference, MBI, Ohio State University, November 6, 2010. Title: A new SIS malaria model with vector demography showing natural occurring oscillations.
AMS (American Mathematical Society) -NAM (National Association of Mathematics) Speaker, San Antonio, January 12-15, 2006. Title: A uniformly valid composite solution for oxygen distribution, in skeletal muscle, within multiple capillaries and axial diffusion effects.
CAARMS11 and IPAM: 11th Annual Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Science, IPAM, Los Angeles, June, 21-24, 2005. Title: Applying a multiple capillary substrate and oxygen transport model to drug targeting strategies for cancer chemotherapy.
International Conference on Differential Equations and Applications in Mathematical Biology, Nanaimo, British Columbia, July 18-23rd, 2004. Title: Mathematical analysis of co-current and counter current flow in tissue capillary exchange.
Invited Workshop Presentations
(Invited) AIMS Workshop on Identifiability Problems in Systems Biology from August 19-23, 2019, AIM (American Institute of Mathematics), San Jose, California. Presentation Title Vector-Borne Diseases with Focus on Vector Demography: Case of the Disease Malaria.
(Invited) Joint workshop of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), in Mittweida, Germany, August 20-26, 2018. Workshop topic: Mosquito Dynamics: Kickoff Meeting. Presentation Title: Immuno-pathogenesis of the within-host malaria parasite dynamics.
CAMLEV (Cameroonians and Friends of Cameroon in the Lehigh Valley) Bi-monthly meetings. Title: Educating CAMLEV on EBOLA. November 08, 2014.
MAAD (Mathematical Adventures and Diversion), Department of Mathematics, Lafayette College, March 30, 2011. Title: Can oscillations be achieved in a simple SIS malaria model without external seasonal forcing or delay?
Rotary Club Presenter, Pomfret Club, 33 South 4th Street, Easton, PA, March 18, 2010. Title: My Rotary Funded Visit to the University of Buea, Cameroon during May-July 2010.
AISCAW (Association for the Improvement of the Status of the Cameroonian Women) open day, University of Buea, May 22nd 2009. Title: Gender Sensitivity - the key to Sustainable Development: In Particular, Balancing Career, Family, and Excellence.
Kutztown University Sonia Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day, Guest Speaker, Kutztown, University, January 11, 2008. Titles: Part 1: Mathematics: How females fare and how determination and hard work can overcome obstacles encountered; Part 2: A mathematical model to study the impact of the recovery rate on the dynamics and transmission of malaria in a changing population: Case of Cameroon.
Lehigh University, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering and Mathematical Physiology classes, spring 2003, spring 2004. Malaria Epidemic.
CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE/CONTRIBUTED WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
eSMB 2020 Virtual Meeting, August 17-20, 2020. Title: "Mathematical Assessment of the Impact of Human-Antibodies on Sporogony during the Within-Mosquito Dynamics of Plasmodium Falciparum Parasites."
10TH European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB) and the Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB), University of Nottingham, UK, July 11-15, 2016. Title: "Hysteresis and Chaos in a Class of Unforced Ordinary Differential Equation Malaria Models with Vector Demography."
11th AIMS International Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Orlando, FL, USA, July 1 - 5, 2016, Special Session 47: Mathematical Contribution towards the understanding of the dynamics of the 2014 Ebola Epidemic in West Africa. Title: "A Mathematical model with quarantine states for the dynamics of Ebola Virus Disease in human populations."
Workshop on Predictive Modeling and Stochastic Analysis with Applications to Biology and Finance, University of Buea, Cameroon, May 23-25 2016. Title: "A Mathematical investigation of the role of IPT (Intermittent Preventive Treatment) in averting malaria-related disease deaths in children as well as in accelerating the spread of anti-malarial drug resistance."
IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) Special Workshop: WhAM! A Research Collaboration Workshop for Women in Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems with Applications to Biology and Medicine, September 9-13, 2013. Title: Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) and the spread of drug resistance to malaria.
SMB (Society for Mathematical Biology) Annual Meeting, Arizona, June 10-13, 2013. Title: The role of movement on the spread of drug resistant malaria during the use of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT).
AMS (American Mathematical Society) Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2011. Title: A mathematical model to highlight the importance of vector demography in malaria dynamics and control.
SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Annual Meeting (AN09), Denver, July 6-10, 2009 (Coauthors: Thomas Yuster, Nathaniel Newman*). Title: A mathematical model of the within -vector dynamics of the Plasmodium falciparum protozoan parasite.
AMS (American Mathematical Society) Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009. Mathematical model to quantify the impact of the recovery rate on the dynamics and transmission of malaria in a changing population: Case of Cameroon. Abstract: http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_abstracts/1046-92-714.pdf ).
SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, July 11-15, 2005. Title: Effects of axial diffusion (diffusion in the tissue in the direction parallel to the capillaries) on several interacting capillaries in skeletal muscles.
SMB (Society for Mathematical Biology) Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, July 25-28, 2004. Title: Co-current and counter current flow of oxygen and substrate transport from capillaries to tissue.
SMB (Society for Mathematical Biology) Annual Meeting, Dundee, Scotland, 6-9 August 2003. Title: Mathematical analysis of oxygen and substrate transport in a multi-capillary system, in skeletal muscle.
IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) Career Workshop on Minorities and Applied Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 22-24, 2005. Title: Oxygen distribution in multiple capillaries in skeletal muscles with axial diffusion.
OTHER CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
(Invited) AIMS Workshop on Identifiability problems in systems biology from August 19-23, 2019, AIM (American Institute of Mathematics), San Jose, California.
(Invited) Joint workshop of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), in Berlin, Germany, August 20-26, 2018. Workshop topic: Mosquito Dynamics: Kickoff Meeting.
(Invited) Joint workshop of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), in Limbe, Cameroon, 20th - 24th February 2017. Workshop topic: Mathematics against malaria: a holistic approach.
AMS (American Mathematical Society) Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD, January 15-18, 2014.
7th Biannual Blackwell-Tapia Conference, at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), November 9-10, 2012, Providence, RI.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES
MSRI's 2021 African Diaspora Joint Mathematics Workshop (ADJOINT), Using Decision Modeling to Personalize Policy in Complex Human-Centered Problems (Group leader - Professor Julie Ivy, NC State), June 21 to July 2, 2021.
Virtual AIMS SQuaRE (Structured Quartet Research Ensembles) on: Linking pharmacokinetics to epidemiological models of vector-borne diseases and drug resistance (Partial Year 3). June 6-11, 2021, Virtual.
Virtual AIMS SQuaRE (Structured Quartet Research Ensembles) on: Linking pharmacokinetics to epidemiological models of vector-borne diseases and drug resistance (Year 2). June 9-16, 2020, Virtual.
Los Alamos NM and University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Collaborative Visit: Spent 1 week visiting with my collaborator at Los Alamos National Lab and a day at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque with a new collaboration, January 5th-11th 2020.
AIMS SQuaRE (Structured Quartet Research Ensembles) on: Linking pharmacokinetics to epidemiological models of vector-borne diseases and drug resistance (Year 2). May 15-18, 2019, AIM (American Institute of Mathematics), San Jose, California.
DAAD-AIMS Mosquito Dynamics Project Kick-Off Meeting, Mittweida, Germany, 20th - 26th August 2018.
Malaria Modeling Working Group Meeting: Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria South Africa, May 8th-15th, 2018.
AIMS SQuaRE (Structured Quartet Research Ensembles) on: Intermittent preventive treatment and the spread of drug resistant malaria part II. October 17– 21, 2016, AIM (American Institute of Mathematics), San Jose, California.
Malaria Working Group, University of Buea, Cameroon, May 25-27, 2016. Within Host dynamics of malaria.
WhAM! Malaria IPT Working Group Meeting, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, March 3-5 2016.
AIMS SQuaRE (Structured Quartet Research Ensembles) on: Intermittent preventive treatment and the spread of drug resistant malaria. November 2 - 6, 2015, AIM (American Institute of Mathematics), San Jose, California.
WhAM! Malaria Group Meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, January 2014.
IMA Special Workshop: WhAM! A Research Collaboration Workshop for Women in Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems with Applications to Biology and Medicine, September 9-13, 2013.
Minicourse at the Joint Mathematics Meeting: A dynamical systems approach to the differential equations course. Presented by: Paul Blanchard and Robert Devaney of Boston University, January 5th and 7th, 2012.
CITLS Program- Using Extant Data Sets for Class Projects. Lafayette College, Informal Panel discussion. March 6, 2012.
Problem Based Learning (PBL) workshop, Lafayette College, June 28-30, 2010.
NIMBioS Tutorial - Optimal control and optimization for biologists, University of Tennessee, December 15-17, 2009.
Workshop on: The application of mathematics to biomedical problems, University of Otago, New Zealand, December, 17-19, 2007.
Workshop on: Opportunities in mathematical biology for under-represented groups, Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) facilities, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 23-25, 2007.
Reconnect Satellite Conference 2006 at Morgan State University: Simple and complex discrete-time population models in ecology and epidemiology, Morgan State University, MD. A workshop on Integration of Research and Education, http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/reconnect/Morgan/ , July 9 - 15, 2006.
Workshop on: The modeling of cancer progression and immunotherapy, American institute of Mathematics (AIMS), Palo Alto, California, http://www.aimath.org/ARCC, December 12-16, 2005.
PANELIST/DISCUSSANT
Panelist: Kutztown University Sonia Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day, Kutztown, January 11, 2008
Panelist: AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting: Mathematical Association of America Panel Discussion on "Mathematics and Mathematicians in Emerging Nations", New Orleans, January 5, 2007.
Discussant: Was one of 25 invited discussants at the American Mathematical Society's (AMS) Committee on Meetings and Conferences (CoMC) Focus Group, AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, LA, January 5-8, 2007.
Third Buea International Conference on the Mathematical Science, Cameroon, University of Buea, Cameroon, April 30-May 3rd, 2013.
First Buea International Conference on the Mathematical Science, Cameroon, University of Buea, Cameroon, May 12-14, 2009.
Workshops/Summer Schools
School on Stochastic Analysis, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics with Applications, University of Buea, Cameroon, April 22-May 3rd, 2013. (1 of 5 Co-Organizers)
Malaria Modeling and Control, NIMBioS (National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis), Tennessee, USA, June 15-17, 2011. (1 of 3 Co-Organizers)
First Cameroon Based International Workshop on Mathematical Biology, University of Buea, Cameroon, May 15-17, 2009. (1 of 2 Co-Organizers)
Minisymposium: Epidemiology of multi-host pathogens: Math and biology perspectives 1 and 2, The Society for Mathematical BiologyAnnual Meeting and Conference, Tennessee, USA, July 25-28, 2012.
Minisymposium: Recent Challenges in Malaria Dynamics, 2009 SIAM Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, July 6-10, 2009.
Minisymposium: Recent Progress and Challenges in Malaria Modeling, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Biology (SMB) held in conjunction with an International Conference on Mathematical Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 27-30, 2009.
OTHER CONFERENCES ATTENDED (NOT YET MENTIONED ABOVE)
AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting, Boston, January 6, 2012.
AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting, New Orleans Marriott and Sheraton, January 5, 2007.
AMS Conference, Baltimore Convention Center, MD, January 2003.
MAA Fall Meeting (EPADEL), Lehigh University, October 2001.
The African Mathematical Union (AMU) conference on the applications of mathematics, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1997.
NSF DMS – Mathematical Biology, 2012, PI, Pending.
NSF 10-578 Grant (conference proposal 1261662), 2012, Funded, for $40,004, PI.
NIMBioS (National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis), Workshop Grant "Malaria Modeling", June 2011, PI (with two other Co-PI's), Funded.
AWM-NSF Travel Grant, December 2010, Funded: $2000.
NSF 04-035 Grant (OISE-International Plan and Workshop), 2009, $40,535
SMB World Outreach (WOC) Financial Support of Other Meetings Organized by World SMB Members, 2009, $3000.
Rotary Grant for University Teachers, 3 months grant, to be a guest Lecturer at the University of Buea (May to early July), 2009, $13,000.
African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative (AMMSI) grant, 2009, $4000.
Lindback Foundation Career Enhancement Minority Junior Faculty Grant, 2009, $14,911.
Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) Cameroon, May 2009, approx. $8,693 (which was 4,000,000.00 CFA) and Internet Service, to sponsor the conference and workshop.
ARC Advanced Study Grant, Lafayette College, 2009 ($978).
Awarded an Academic Research Committee (ARC) Advanced Study Grant, Lafayette College, January of 2009, $1400: To be a short term guest researcher at the National Institute of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, MD, January 5-31, 2009.
ARC Advanced Study Grant, Lafayette College, December 2007, To attend a Mathematical Biology workshop in New Zealand. ($2100).
NSF-AWM Mentoring Travel Grant, July 2004, $4000
SMB Travel Grant to other Conferences, 2004, $500
Reidler Grant, Lehigh University, 2003, $1,300
SMB Landahl Student Travel Grant, 2003, $1000
Travel Grants: Lafayette College Travel Grants, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009; Lehigh University Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2002.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships (Past and Present)
Member of the Association for Women in Mathematics, AWM.
Member of the American Mathematics Society, AMS.
Member of the Society for Mathematical Biology, SMB.
Member of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematicians, SIAM.
Member of the Mathematical Association of America MAA.
Member of the Honor Society for International students and Scholars-Beta Pi Chapter of Phi Beta Delta
Electronic Journal of Differential Equation
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
African Diaspora Journal of Mathematics
International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics (IJAMAS)
Grant Reviewer
(Invited) National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences: 2010 NSF Conferences and Workshops in the Mathematical Sciences Grant Reviewer, August-October 2010.
(Invited) National Science Foundation (NSF) Math Bio Panel Grants Proposal Reviewer, March 29-30, 2010.
(Invited) National Science Foundation (NSF) Math Bio Panel Grants Proposal Reviewer, April 6-7, 2009.
Editor/Referee
Associate Editor: International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics (IJAMAS) 2006-present.
Assistant Editor and Referee: International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics (IJAMAS) 2005-2006.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INVOLVING STUDENT
EXCEL STUDENTS
Ha Nguyen ('13), EXCEL Student, Lafayette College, Summer 2011, Fall 2011, Interim 2012, Spring 2012
Poster presentations and Talks by Ha Nguyen
Talk: 2012 JMM Meeting, AMS Special Session on Undergraduate Research, Worcester, MA, April 9, 2011; Title: Optimization of P. falcipalrumgametocyte sex ratios via competitive and non-competitive strategies: The evolutionary implications.
Poster: Interdisciplinary Research Talk Series by students & for students, Lafayette College, September 8, 2011, Gametocyte sex ratio determination strategies and evolutionary implications.
Miao Wang ('12), Lindback/EXCEL Student, Lafayette College, Interim 2009, 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, 2011
Talks by Miao Wang
2011 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session on Undergraduate Research, Worcester, MA, April 9, 2011; Title: A Mathematical Perspective: How male fecundity affects the Optimal Gametocyte Sex Ratio of Plasmodium Falciparum during incomplete fertilization,
Interdisciplinary Research Talk Series by students & for students, Lafayette College, November 17, 2010, Title: A Mathematical Perspective: How male fecundity affects the Optimal Gametocyte Sex Ratio of Plasmodium Falciparum during incomplete fertilization.
WITS (What I did This Summer), Lafayette College Mathematics department seminar series, fall 2010, Title: A Mathematical Perspective: How male fecundity affect the Optimal Gametocyte Sex Ratio of Plasmodium Falciparumduring incomplete fertilization.
Nathaniel H. Newman ('09), Excel Student, Lafayette College, Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Interim 2008, Spring 2009
Talks by Nathaniel Newman
WITS (What I did This Summer), Lafayette College Mathematics department seminar series, Fall, fall 2008, Title: A Mathematical Model of the Sporogony Cycle of Plasmodium falciparum to Determine Malaria Infectivity of Mosquitoes.
HONORS THESIS STUDENT
Jiaqi Li ('12), Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Thesis Title: Survival Analysis: A Theoretical Understanding and its Application to Breast Cancer
Honors Thesis Committee member
Lafayette College, for Martha Osier, Lafayette College, 2006: Thesis title: Debt relief in Africa.
LEADERSHIP/TEAMWORK
Leadership team chairperson, Presbyterian Secondary School (PSS), Mankon, class of 1991 yahoo groups leadership team committee, 2007-present.
Moderator/Founder, PSS Mankon class of 1991 yahoo groups, 2001-present.
Assistant Senior Prefect (Female leader, assisting the male leader, of about 600 students), PSS Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, 1990-1991.
Class Leader,PSS Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, 1989-1990.
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Håkan Victor Ersgård, född 2 mars 1934 i Malmö Sankt Petri församling, död 30 november 1998 i Maria Magdalena församling i Stockholm, var en svensk regissör och en av svensk TV:s pionjärer. Han är regissören bakom TV-serien Hedebyborna.

Biografi
Håkan Ersgård var son till ingenjören Erik Ersgård och Maja, ogift Gustafsson. Efter studentexamen i Lund 1955 läste han vid Lunds universitet 1956–1957.

Efter TV- och filmutbildning i USA vid Boston University blev Ersgård anställd vid Sveriges Radio 1959. Trots att han bara arbetade med TV-produktion i 25 år är han Sveriges tredje mest produktiva TV-regissör någonsin. Han står bakom 47 produktioner och inte mindre än 13 TV-serier. Bland hans verk återfinns några av TV-historiens största publiksuccéer någonsin, Hedebyborna, N.P. Möller, fastighetsskötare, Jakten på Janne med flera.

Ersgård gifte sig 1959 med tandläkaren Britta Vikbladh (född 1937), dotter till bankdirektören Bertil Vikbladh och Ina, ogift Arvidsson. Ersgård är far till regissören Joakim Ersgård (född 1961), skådespelaren Patrik Ersgård (född 1964), författaren Jesper Ersgård (född 1969) och konstnären Pontus Ersgård (född 1971).

Håkan Ersgård är gravsatt i minneslunden på Skogskyrkogården i Stockholm.

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Regi

1961 – Dolda kameran
1965 – Thérèse Raquin

1966 – Operation Argus

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1972 – N.P. Möller, fastighetsskötare (ytterligare 4 säsonger fram till 1980)
1972 – Hemkomsten
1976 – Åh Sole Mio
1977 – Jakten på Janne
1978 – Hedebyborna (ytterligare 2 säsonger fram till 1982)

Teater

Regi

Källor

Externa länkar
Håkan Ersgård på Svensk Filmdatabas
Håkan Ersgård på Internet Movie Database (internationell filmdatabas på engelska)
Håkan Ersgård på Libris (bibliotekskatalog)
Håkan Ersgård på Svensk mediedatabas

Svenska TV-regissörer
Svenska filmregissörer
Svenska teaterregissörer
Svenska regissörer under 1900-talet
Regissörer från Malmö
Gravsatta på Skogskyrkogården i Stockholm
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Avlidna 1998
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AN SNP MSP has lodged a formal complaint over shamed former minister Mark McDonald's return to Holyrood.
James Dornan said the presence of his ex-party colleague would be a "clear negation" of the duty of care the Scottish Parliament has to its staff.
However he intends to sit as an independent MSP for Aberdeen Donside, and is due to return to the Parliament on Tuesday.
The SNP MSP for Glasgow Cathcart said action must be taken to ensure staff members' safety and wellbeing.
"I look forward to your committee giving this matter speedy and serious consideration, and would appreciate a timely response on this pressing matter," he added.
Pressure has been mounting on Mr McDonald to resign his seat after he quit his party and apologised last week.
An internal investigation for the SNP into allegations made by three women identified "persistent" behaviour including inappropriate and unwanted text messages, unwanted attention and exploiting his position of power.
First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon – alongside several MSPs and MPs – has urged him to leave Holyrood.
Scottish Labour's Rhoda Grant said his behaviour "has clearly been unacceptable and he should stand down".
However Mr McDonald has insisted his return is "morally justified".
He told Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "Morally I can justify it because, as I have said, my approach to this has been to own the mistakes that I have made but to demonstrate that I have learned from them and that I am capable of changing as a result of those.
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District Jardin Public
History of the district Public garden
Created in 1756 to offer the inhabitants of the city a pleasant place to relax, the Jardin Public is the oldest landscaped green space in Bordeaux. He has taken many faces over the centuries. Originally, it was a French garden of 10 hectares organized around a body of water with a wide driveway forming a perspective. The wrought iron gates of this first garden of the 18th are still existing in the Champ de Mars square and between Place Longchamp and Ducau Street. At the Revolution, the flowerbeds and hedges will give way to large areas of lawn. Abandoned for a few years, the garden will be remodeled in 1856, to give rise to an English-style park, of romantic inspiration: islets on the pond, winding paths, footbridges and statues adorn the place. From this period also date the tropical greenhouses and the arboretum. The will of the time, in the redevelopment of the park, is to connect through this green space the city center of Bordeaux to the suburbs of Saint-Seurin and Chartrons.
The must-sees of the district Jardin public
Classified "remarkable garden", the public garden is in itself a treasure of the Bordeaux heritage. The history of the city is closely linked to its destiny, and its landscape architecture reflects the different influences of the times: grids and large trees of the first garden 18th gateways whose width was designed to allow the passage of ladies in dress to crinoline in the 19th century. The Guignol Guérin puppet theater has been making children dream since 1853. The garden also houses, at the end of its esplanade, the Museum of Natural History: an essential site for families who regularly discover new temporary exhibitions. Around the garden, the area dominated by the beautiful 18th facades of mansions is home to many cultural sites and historical sites of Bordeaux: Quinconces Square nearby to the east to the Gallien Palace to the west, via the Museum of Contemporary Art and the center of architecture side Garonne, or the church of Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons north.
Living in the neighborhood Public garden
District very well served by the tram, Jardin Public is lined with popular buildings and town houses with garden. A stone's throw away, there are numerous shops on rue Fondaudège. Several nursery and primary schools, a college and a multi-purpose high school are present in the neighborhood, which also houses the Companions of Duty and the Goethe Institute. The public garden is a great place for families to relax. It is also invested by schoolchildren for orientation races. Attractive for its calm and the beauty of its architecture, the Jardin Public district offers a perfect balance of residential tranquility and shopping.
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On Scherzer, concern is lack of a proven closer.
On Moore, it's tough AL East schedule.
Lover your stuff and the daily emails.
Bruce, I'd lean toward Scherzer even with the valid concerns about the unstable back of the bullpen. I think that situation will settle itself sooner than later. That said, I REALLY like Moore this year. Basically it comes down to really thinking both are in for big years.
Thx, Paul. Trying to figure out which one for a keeper. And while I know this is totally apples to oranges, the other guy I am considering at the same price is Ian Desmond. Thoughts on him? I would need him to be a top 4 or 5 SS behind Tulo, Hanley, Reyes and maybe Castro to be worth keeping. My league's scoring system values power more than speed, so the Andrus types aren't as valuable.
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Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders
What Are Psychogenic Movement Disorders?
Psychogenic movement disorders are characterized by unwanted movements, such as spasms, shaking or jerks involving any part of the face, neck, trunk or limbs. In addition some patients may have bizarre gait or difficulties with their balance that are caused by underlying stress or some psychological condition. Speech and voice disorders are also relatively common in patients with psychogenic movement disorders, in which patients may experience stuttering, speech arrest, lower speech volume (hypophonia), or even a foreign accent.
A variety of blood, imaging and other tests are usually normal and do not reveal any physical (organic) cause that could explain these motor abnormalities. Most psychogenic movements are considered involuntary – performed without conscious awareness or effort. They can mimic organic movement disorders, such as tremor, dystonia, myoclonus, parkinsonism, tics and paroxysmal dyskinesias. Although a psychogenic movement disorder may resemble or accompany an organic disorder, a skilled and experienced neurologist should be able to differentiate the two types of movement disorders.
Several other terms have been used to describe psychogenic movement disorders and there has been considerable debate regarding the appropriate naming of the disorder. Other terms, including functional, nonorganic, conversion disorder, psychosomatic, medically unexplained, dissociative motor disorder, and hysterical, when applied to the diagnosis, may seem vague and can often be misinterpreted by the patient to perceive themselves as dysfunctional rather than functional. Some physicians use the term "functional," but this term may be rather confusing and ambiguous as there are several movement disorders that are functional, but not psychogenic. The term "psychogenic" can be reassuring to patients that there is no evidence of neurologic damage and acknowledges the role of psychological factors including stress.
Types of Psychogenic Movement Disorders
Psychogenic Tremor
Tremor is defined as an oscillatory movement produced by a rhythmic contraction of muscles. Psychogenic tremor is the most common subcategory of psychogenic movement disorders, reported as representing approximately 50 percent of cases. When present, it often manifests both at rest and with action. The tremor may spread to other body parts, especially when one limb is actively engaged in a different activity. There may be tremor coherence, meaning multiple body parts may simultaneously have tremor and at the same frequency. There can be variability of the tremor in which direction it moves, how fast it moves, and much distance it moves. Another distinguishing characteristic is that it is distractible, meaning it may almost completely resolve when focusing on another task. In comparison to essential, the most common cause of tremor, psychogenic tremor tends to have a sudden onset, short duration, and spontaneous remission of tremor. The tremor may be episodic and it may involve the entire body.
Psychogenic Dystonia
Dystonia is defined as involuntary, sustained or repetitive, patterned muscle contractions or spasms, frequently causing squeezing, twisting and other movements or abnormal postures. Psychogenic dystonia can manifest as fixed or mobile dystonia. Fixed dystonia means that the affected body part is stuck in the abnormal posture at rest, whereas mobile dystonia presents as repetitive, prolonged twisting movements. Psychogenic dystonia more commonly manifests as fixed dystonia and may be preceded by an injury to the affected body part. Patients with psychogenic dystonia generally do not describe alleviating maneuvers that can correct the abnormal posture. The arms and legs are more commonly affected than the shoulders, neck and jaw.
Psychogenic Myoclonus
Myoclonus is defined as sudden, brief involuntary jerking of a muscle or group of muscles. Patients with psychogenic myoclonus may have an excessive startle response to sensory stimuli, such as loud noises. In one study, about one-third of patients sited a preceding event, such as a minor surgery, as the triggering factor. Psychogenic myoclonus may be difficult to distinguish from organic myoclonus. Neurophysiologic testing, such as studying the electrical properties of muscle with electromyography (EMG), can help with this distinction.
Psychogenic Parkinsonism
Parkinsonism refers to the clinical signs that may be present in Parkinson's disease or other related disorders, including tremor, slowness and abnormalities of speech and gait. Psychogenic parkinsonism, although often quite disabling, is one of the least reported subtypes of psychogenic movement disorders. The tremor in psychogenic parkinsonism typically involves the dominant hand and is variable and distractible, as discussed in the psychogenic tremor section. Effortful, rapid successive movements often associated with sighing and grimacing typically characterize the slowness of movement. Speech issues include excessive slowness, stuttering and whispering. Some patients with psychogenic parkinsonism have clinical improvement with placebo medication. It is important for the physician to bear in mind that both psychogenic parkinsonism and organic parkinsonism may indeed coexist in the same patient.
Psychogenic Tics
Tics are defined as repeated, patterned, individually recognizable movements. They are suppressible, meaning the patient may be able to prevent an oncoming tic from happening. They are usually associated with a premonitory sensation or urge to make the tic movement followed by a sense of relief when the tic movement is completed. It is not uncommon for other psychogenic movement disorders to coexist with psychogenic tics.
Psychogenic Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
Paroxysmal dyskinesia refers to episodic movement disorders in which abnormal movements are only present during attacks. Paroxysmal means that the symptoms are only noticeable at certain times. Dyskinesia broadly means broadly a distortion or difficulty performing a voluntary movement. This most commonly presents as isolated dystonia (discussed above). In one study, approximately 70 percent of patients with this disorder had a combination of different movements. There was marked variability in the duration and frequency of the dyskinesias. An identifiable trigger, which is not typical for organic paroxysmal dyskinesia, was noted in 50 percent of patients in this study.
Psychogenic Gait Disorders
Psychogenic gait disorders can present in various ways and are often associated with other psychogenic movement disorders. Patients may have astasia-abasia, characterized by the ability to maintain good balance despite bizarre swaying and contortions of the body. In one study, the most common characteristic was a buckling of the knees. In patients that had other coexisting psychogenic movement disorders, slowness of gait was the most common manifestation of psychogenic gait. Psychogenic gait should be distinguished from a "fear of falling" gait, which is most commonly seen in elderly women after a fall and is characterized by sliding or shuffling with a need to hold on for support.
When the movements in question are inconsistent over time (over time the movements are observed to be different over subsequent evaluations) or is not characteristic with a classic movement disorder, then the clinician becomes concerned that the movements may be psychogenic.
The diagnosis is based on a combination of a number of clinical observations and recognition of typical characteristics (phenomenology) that include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:
Onset of the movements is abrupt/sudden.
Movements are triggered by emotional or physical trauma, or by some conflict (marital, sexual, work-related).
Movements are episodic or appear intermittent.
There are spontaneous remissions of the movements.
Movements disappear with distraction.
Movements are suggestible, meaning they may disappear by making a suggestion. For example, suggesting that the application of a tuning fork to the body part affected may help relieve the movements.
Underlying psychiatric disturbances (depression, anxiety) are present.
There are multiple somatizations and undiagnosed conditions.
There is a lack of emotional concern about the disorder ("la belle indifference").
There has been exposure to neurologic disorders during one's occupation (e.g. nurse, physician) or while caring for someone with similar problems.
Other characteristics include:
Slurred speech, soft voice, gibberish, foreign accent
Delayed and excessive startle (bizarre movements in response to sudden, unexpected noise or threatening movement)
Presence of additional types of abnormal movements that are not known to be part of the primary or principal movement disorder pattern that the patient manifests
Active resistance against passive movement
Fixed posture
There is no blood test or any other diagnostic test for psychogenic movement disorder. Making the diagnosis of a psychogenic movement disorder is a two-step process. First is to make a positive diagnosis that the movements are psychogenic rather than from an organic illness. Second is to identify either a psychiatric disorder, such as depression or anxiety, or the psychodynamics that could explain the abnormal movements. It is very important to make the correct diagnosis when it is a psychogenic movement disorder because only then can appropriate treatment be started. Additionally, if the patient has a psychogenic movement disorder that is misdiagnosed, then the patient may be given inappropriate treatment, such as medication that may have harmful side effects. This would also postpone appropriate psychiatric treatment. Delay in appropriate diagnosis and treatment may lead to chronic disability.
Patients should understand that they have a movement disorder, such as tremor or dystonia, but that in their case, the disorder is not due to any damage to the brain, spinal cord or nerves, but it is a manifestation of how their bodies respond to stress. Just as stress can cause elevation in blood pressure, palpitations and tremors, stress can similarly manifest as disorders of movement. Understandably, the diagnosis of psychogenic (stress-induced) movement disorder can be a delicate matter both for physicians as well as patients. Patients manifesting movements or other motor abnormalities that can be quite dramatic and disabling, often do not readily recognize or acknowledge that these are stress-induced (psychogenic) and may disagree with the diagnosis. Most seasoned physicians believe that it is in the patient's best interest to be honest and to candidly disclose the diagnosis and discuss the psychological nature of the movement disorder. Not all patients are accepting of the diagnosis. In many cases, it takes more time or even several visits before the patient begins to understand the relationship between stress, underlying psychological and psychiatric conditions, and the movement disorder.
Successful treatment of psychogenic movement disorders will likely involve a multidisciplinary approach with several practitioners, including a movement disorder neurologist, psychologist, psychiatrist and physical, speech and occupational therapists in implementing a short-term and long-term therapeutic program.
Physical, speech and occupational therapy may be useful not only in improving physical and psychological functioning, such as activities of daily living, but also to alter the abnormally learned pattern of movement - "motor reprograming." Antidepressants and muscle relaxants may be also beneficial. Rarely, transcutaneous electrical stimulation applied to the area of spasm or involuntary movement may be helpful, analogous to the application of a tuning fork during clinic evaluation. Most importantly, however, the patient should try to understand which stress factors may be playing a role and seek the expertise of a psychologist experienced and skilled in stress management. The role of a psychiatrist is not to make the diagnosis but to provide insights into underlying psychological or psychiatric issues and to aid in the treatment of psychiatric issues such as depression or anxiety.
Psychogenic movement disorders may be difficult to treat, especially if the patient is diagnosed late or is not accepting of the diagnosis. Indeed, patients with the best prognosis are those who initially accept the diagnosis and work with the movement disorder neurologist, psychologist, psychiatrist and physical, speech and occupational therapists in implementing a short-term and long-term therapeutic program. The diagnosis should be disclosed to patients in a manner that is empathetic and nonjudgmental.
Several critical points are worth emphasizing relating to the diagnosis of psychogenic movement disorder.
The movement abnormalities are not deliberate but subconsciously generated.
The presence of the movement disorder does not mean a psychiatric disease.
The movements are real and can interfere with normal functioning.
There is no evidence of brain, spinal cord or any other neurological damage as the cause of the abnormal movements.
This is a treatable and likely curable disorder.
In addition to disclosing the diagnosis and exploring various potential psychodynamic factors that could have brought on this condition, it is also important to discuss the role of underlying depression and anxiety, even though many patients deny or are not aware of these psychiatric diagnoses.
The severity of psychogenic movement abnormalities and prognosis varies among individuals. Long-term outcomes appear to be best in patients with a shorter duration of symptoms, those with clearly identifiable trigger or a precipitating or exacerbating factor that can be modified, and most importantly, in those patients who accept the diagnosis and work with their physicians and other healthcare professionals to help them return to the mainstream of life.
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Verbascum nigrum
Dark Mullein
Packet Size: 100mg
Average Seed Count: 1,000 Seeds
Verbascum nigrum is one of the most reliable and long-flowering varieties and one of the few truly perennial species of mullein.
The plants grow to around 90 to 100cm (36 to 39in) tall with numerous erect spikes on each plant. They bloom profusely in late spring with masses of golden-yellow flowers each with attractive violet filaments and accented by golden orange stamens. If deadheaded they will repeat flower throughout the summer.
This European native can be found on dry, stony hillsides and open woodlands, but plants are well-adapted to cottage, gravel, and rock gardens, or naturalised areas. Verbascum nigrum will tolerate a wide range of soil conditions but must have good drainage. This low maintenance perennial requires dry to medium soil and should be planted in full sun for best results. It can be planted in rocky slopes to add colour, as a border plant or in cottage gardens. Seeds sown in a cold frame in late spring to late summer produce rosettes of hairy, mid-green leaves and flowers the following year.
Verbascum don't last well as cut flowers so are best left for the garden. They bloom throughout the summer, with a few sporadic flowers still in September to early October. They work well with many planting schemes and are a good subject for the sunny border, cottage-style plantings, wildflower and gravel gardens.
From June to September, five-petalled yellow flowers bloom randomly in the dense, club-shaped terminal cluster. The three upper stamens, which are short and woolly, contain a sap that lures many insects to the plant. The two lower stamens, which are longer and smooth, produce the pollen that fertilises the flower.
Bees absolutely adore this plant. First thing in the morning, the flowers are alive with bees getting on with their day's work. Take time to stand and admire them for a few minutes. They will pay you no heed, they're far too busy.
Sowing: Sow in spring or in autumn
If started as early as January, this strain usually blooms the first year from seed. Later sown seedlings will provide blooms the following year. Germination 7 to 21 days.
Sowing Direct:
Seeds can be sown directly where they are to flower in either spring (two to four weeks before average last frost date) or in autumn (up to two months before first autumn frost) Sow thinly and thin seedlings to an eventual spacing of 38 to 45cm.
Sowing Indoors:
Sow 6 to 8 weeks before planting outdoors in April to May. The plants have a long tap root, so you may wish to use root trainers or long pots. Take care when transplanting. Sow in trays, pots, etc of good seed compost. Space 25mm (1in) between the seeds. Cover the seeds lightly with compost or medium-grade vermiculite to help keep the seed moist during germination. Avoid direct sunlight by shading seeds after sowing. Place in a propagator or warm place to maintain an optimum temperature of 15 to 18°C (60 to 65°F). Keep soil slightly moist but not wet.
Following germination, reduce the moisture levels somewhat, allowing the growing medium to dry out slightly before watering to help promote rooting. They are usually ready for transplanting in 5 to 7 weeks. Transplant into 10 to 18cm (4 to 7in) pot. Harden off and plant out when all risk of frost has passed 45cm (18in) apart in full sun.
Verbascum grows best under full sun in locations with moist but well drained soil; sites with poor drainage will most likely lead to plant mortality. They require a mulch in the winter for protection.
Verbascum is a moderate feeder. Growing them under high fertility regimes generally causes them to become very lush and delay flowering. Don't fertilise after mid Sept.
To encourage the plant to repeat bloom or extend the bloom season to late in the year, cut off the centre stalk after initial flowering, just to where you see side shoots emerging. Approx 4 to 5 weeks to the second flowering. It will also extend the life of your plant
These are evergreen plants; they keep their leaves year round, losing the aerial part during the coldest months of the year. As spring begins, stems and leaves quickly start to reproduce.
Self Seeding:
Deadheading the spent large stalks insures reflowering, but it's a good idea to let some go to seed so that there'll be new ones appearing for the future. Once you can recognise the small plants, they are easily transplanted to other parts of the garden. Use a trowel to scoop up a clump of seedlings, and then transplant the whole clump rather than fiddle with a single plant or two. Keep the patch watered for a few days and let the roots settle in. After a week or two, look for the strongest seedlings and then weed out the extras.
Plant Uses:
Border, Cottage Garden, Mediterranean or Gravel Garden. Exposed Coastal planting. Wildflower and Wildlife, Architectural. Drought, heat, deer, slug and snail proof.
Flower Arrangements:
Verbascum don't last well as cut flowers so are best left for the garden but they do make wonderful dried flowers. Pick the flowers as required and place the flowers face down on paper or racks away from light to preserve colour. They can also be used in potpourri.
Verbascum nigrum is an important plant for wildlife. The flowers are a good pollen and nectar source for a wide range of insects, particularly bees. Numerous seed-eating animals including birds such as the goldfinch feed on the massive number of small seeds produced and the dead flowering stems provide hibernation sites for over-wintering invertebrates.
Dark Mullein is also a food plant for the noticeable black and yellow spotted caterpillars of Cucullia verbasci, the aptly named 'Mullein Moth'.
There are about 300 species of Verbascum, including annuals, biennials and short-lived perennials, native mainly to Europe.
Verbascum nigrum is native to Europe and Asia including the UK (particularly in the south east of the country). It is found growing on poor, dry soils or recently disturbed ground. In the wild they are found on road verges and hedge banks, and other grassy places that are subject to occasional disturbance, including arable field margins.
Verbascum nigrum can be told apart from the slightly more common Verbascum thapsus, the Great Mullein in having hairy rather than woolly leaves. and in having purple rather than yellow stamens.
Native to the mountains of Greece. The genus name is likely to have derived from two Latin sources – ver meaning 'spring' and barbascum, which means 'bearded plant'.
The species name nigrum is derived from the Latin for black, which refers to the colour of the roots. This has led to some confusion in the past, as the species has yellow flowers. In the English Botanist, written by James Sowerby it says By what figure of speech this beautiful plant can be called black, not having a particle of colour about it, we will not determine. All the old botanists, however have denominated it: and if they had any meaning, it can only have been that it was not white.
Commonly called the Dark Mullein, Black Rooted Mullein or Tall Mullein, the name 'Mullein' is taken from the Latin 'mollis' meaning soft, referring to the leaves of the plant.
One of the old common names is 'the candlewick plant' because the large soft furry leaves were cut into strips, dried, and used as wicks for candles.
Seed Form
nigrum
Wildflower - European native
Black Rooted Mullein or Tall Mullein
Hardy Perennial
Hardy to minus18°C (0°F)
Golden yellow with violet filaments
Natural Flower Time
July to September.
Basal rosettes
90 to 100cm (36 to 39in)
40cm (16in)
Full sun for best flowering
Well drained, lean well-drained gravelly soil


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Home Sport Majestic Kylian Mbappe swings his boot and sends France into World Cup...
Majestic Kylian Mbappe swings his boot and sends France into World Cup quarter-finals
Doha — Olivier Giroud's record goal and Kylian Mbappe's moments of sheer brilliance sent defending champions France into the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a 3-1 victory against Poland on Sunday.
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Les Bleus, who will face either Senegal or England for a spot in the last four, had to dig deep but scored on the stroke of half-time as Giroud became the outright all-time scorer for France with 52 goals before Mbappe's 74th-minute and stoppage-time screamers sealed Poland's fate.
Poland, in the knockout stage for the first time since 1986 and looking for a first quarter-final appearance since 1982, had a huge chance in the first half but the France midfield did a great job at cutting the feeding line to Robert Lewandowski, who reduced the arrears with a last-second penalty.
Keeper Hugo Lloris made his 142nd appearance and is now tied with Lilian Thuram as France's most-capped player, and his experience mattered when he made a superb quick save to deny Piotr Zielenski.
Coach Didier Deschamps had warned that there was more to Poland than Lewandowski and he was proved right at the Al Thumama stadium.
France got off to a dominant start before abandoning possession, looking to create space in the back of the Polish defence after Mbappe's first forays failed to lead to clear chances.
Poland's poise was close to being rewarded in the 38th minute when the onrushing Zielinski's shot was parried by Lloris. It then came back into the midfielder's path but his second attempt was deflected by Theo Hernandez.
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Jakub Kaminski followed, only for his shot to be saved close to the goal-line by Raphael Varane.
One minute from the break, however, France's tactics paid off.
Mbappe drew the defence to him and slid the ball through into the path of Giroud, who grabbed the inch of space he needed to clip the ball past Wojceich Szczesny and net his third goal of the tournament.
The 36-year-old Giroud, who did not score a goal in Russia four years ago, had drawn level with Thierry Henry on 51 goals after netting a double in the defending champions' 4-1 win over Australia in their opening Group D game.
France, however, looked too casual, especially Mbappe, but the forward came up with a spine-chilling rising shot that went under the bar before curling another jaw-dropping shot into the top corner one minute into injury-time.
They were his fourth and fifth goals in Qatar, and Mbappe became the first player to score nine World Cup goals before his 24th birthday, having netted as many as Argentina's 35-year-old Lionel Messi.
It helped Mbappe to erase painful memories from last year's European championship, when he missed the decisive penalty that sent Switzerland into the last eight after a shoot-out following a 3-3 draw.
A handball by Dayot Upamecano gave Lewandowski a chance of scoring a consolation goal with a penalty that was first saved by Lloris before being retaken — and scored — as the keeper did not have his feet on the line.
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Thames Water ordered to pay £700k after '30 MILLION litres of sewage pumped into Maidenhead Ditch killing hundreds of fish'
Thames Water has been ordered to pay more than £700,000 for polluting the Maidenhead Ditch – killing fish and leaving many in distress.
The case was brought by the Environment Agency (EA) after Thames Water caused pollution from its site at Maidenhead Sewage Treatment works (STW) to enter the Maidenhead Ditch – which joins the River Cut – a tributary of the Thames which is home to Bray Marina, South East Water's public water supply waterworks as well as a well-used amenity for paddle borders and other water users.
An officer said the EA believes up to around 30 million litres of sewage polluted the ditch, causing the deaths of hundreds of fish.
The court heard how in June 2014, the firm caused pollution of the watercourse with raw sewage. Maidenhead STW has a permit to discharge storm sewage in storm conditions into the watercourse.
The permit aims to deal with the high flows which can result during periods of extreme rainfall.
In June 2014 there were no extreme weather conditions, the EA said.
Maidenhead STW also has another permit to discharge treated final sewage into the watercourse as it includes human waste, a variety of pollutants, organic materials and chemicals.
But the Environment Agency told the court how Thames Water did not meet the conditions of these permits around the time of the incident.
The court heard how sewage and partially treated sewage respectively ended up in the watercourse as a result of poorly performing equipment.
Environment Agency officers rushed to the site as soon as a member of the public alerted the incident hotline after witnessing a grey and odorous cloud of polluted water entering the Maidenhead Ditch and River Cut from the STW.
Officers carried out monitoring for water quality and took water samples of the watercourse at various locations.
The results revealed very low dissolved oxygen levels – indicating that oxygen was stripped from the water as a consequence of pollution last month.
Investigations carried out by Environment Agency officers revealed further failures by TWUL management.
This involved repeated discharges of untreated or poorly treated raw sewage into the river and failing to react adequately to alarms used to alert them to the serious problems.
Log book entries suggest ongoing discharges and other problems at a site that was struggling to cope.
Environment Agency officer Ben Govan said: "Our officers believe up to around 30 million litres of sewage polluted the ditch.
"Hundreds of fish died and the environment suffered as a result of Thames Water's failures.
"Pollution could and should have been avoided had the many warnings and alerts leading up to the incident been acknowledged and dealt with properly.
"We take these types of incidents very seriously and will do everything within our powers to safeguard the environment and people affected, and that includes holding those who put the environment at risk to account for their actions".
On Wednesday this week, Thames Water was ordered to pay a fine of £607,000, costs of £100,000 and a victim surcharge of £120 at Aylesbury Crown Court.


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One Night Only Showing of Re:Generation, Features Skrillex, The Crystal Method, Pretty Lights, Mark Ronson and DJ Premier, Is Tonight
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Jamie Laughlin | February 16, 2012 | 2:16pm
Tonight select Dallas theaters will participate in the one night exclusive showing of
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to mash up his own style with famous live musicians of perpendicular genres. In this documentary you'll watch collaborative efforts unfold, sometimes with ease, others against the grain, but each producing a new seven-layer dip of sound to make you can shake your can.
Skrillex unites his dubstep dance club laser beams with members of The Doors to create "Breakin' A Sweat." Mark Ronson collaborates with soulful heavy-hitters Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste and members of The Dap Kings to get a jambalaya's worth of southern influences in his song "A La Modeliste." The Crystal Method gets a Detroit education in rhythm and blues when they merge minds with Martha Reeves (Of Vandella's fame) and the Motown house band that finally gained much-deserved notoriety in the 2002 documentary, Standing In the Shadows of Motown, The Funk Brothers. Pretty Lights go deep and dirty twangtastic as they shake 'n' bake the song "Wayfaring Stranger" with LeAnn Rimes and Dr. Ralph Stanley. DJ Premier tugs Nas into the mix and then looks to the classics, incorporating Boston's Berklee Symphony Orchestra into the film's titular track "Regeneration."
Showtimes, locations and music videos after the jump.
Pretty Lights "Wayfaring Stranger"
The Crystal Method "I'm Not Leaving"
Mark Ronson "A La Modeliste"
DJ Premier "Regeneration"
Skrillex "Breakin' A Sweat"
This documentary is one night only, so buy your tickets in advance and watch the collaborative efforts unfold. Re:Generation is playing at:
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