Saturday
20 January 2007
Morning
| Venue |
LT1 |
LT2 |
Theme |
Agriculture |
Business
and Economic Development 2 |
| 09.00–09.15 | Development and implementation of integrated pest management in Mauritius: an overview (A244) D. Abeeluck, C. Dunhawoor and L. Unmole >>More... | Motivators of Dividend payout among firms listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (A93) S. Boodhoo, S. Fowdar, M. Lamport, U. Subadar and R. Sannassee >>More... |
| 09.15–09.30 | Development of a screening tool for the evaluation of mushroom strain (A243) P. Beejan and R. D. Nowbuth >>More... | Understandability of Financial Statements: Evidence from MBA graduates at the University of Mauritius (A95) V. Dabidin, S. Fowdar, M. Lamport, U. Subadar and R. Sannassee >>More... |
| 09.30-09.45 | Evaluating the nutritive value of a bagasse based ration as a sole feed for ruminants (A240) G. Saraye >>More... | Operational Performance in Business Process Outsourcing in Mauritius (A27) J. M. Ballaram, A. Patten and D. Ramasawmy >>More... |
| 09.45–10.00 | New Diversification Crops: MSIRI’s recent and innovative contributions (A249) N. Govinden >>More... | Improving Artificial Neural Network Forecasts with Kalman Filtering (A18) J. Cheeneebash, G. Galanis, A. Gopaul and M. Bhuruth >>More... |
| 10.00–10.15 | Research and Development Strategy of the Mauritius Sugar Industry to Steer the Sugar Industry towards one of Renewable Biomass (A250) J. C. Autrey >>More... | Developing Economic Resilience through Innovation Capacity Building (A248) R. Jutliah, N. Sukurdeep and H. Ramburn >>More... |
| 10.15–10.30 | Questions & Answers |
Questions & Answers |
| 10.30–10.45 | Break |
|
| Theme
|
Climate |
Physical
Sciences and Technology 4 |
| 10.45–11.00 | Analysis of the Relationship between Solar Radiation over Mauritius and Physical Site Characteristics (A19) J. Cheeneebash, M. Bhuruth and S. D. D. V. Rughooputh >>More... | Diuron sorption in soils under sugarcane in Mauritius (A167) R. D. Pather-Poonoosamy and K. F. Ng Kee Kwong >>More... |
| 11.00–11.15 | Catchments Characterisation and Modelling for Mainland Mauritius (A166) R. Nigel and S. D. D. V. Rughooputh >>More... | Diuron dissipation and migration through the profile of three soils under sugarcane in Mauritius (A168) R. D. Pather-Poonoosamy and K. F. Ng Kee Kwong >>More... |
| 11.15–11.30 | Evapotranspiration Mosaic for Mauritius (A221) D. K. Dhunput, R. Boojhawon and S. D. D. V. Rughooputh >>More... | Effect of sugar industry waste compost on the sorption characteristics and availability of phosphorus in acid soils of Mauritius (A189) B. Lalljee >>More... |
| 11.30–11.45 | Observations of gravity wave above South Africa deduced from the variance of LIDAR signal (A184) A. Moorgawa, A. Hauchecorne, P. Keckhut, H. Bencherif and M. M. Michaelis >>More... | Biodegradability and composting of degradable plastic (A35) R. Mohee and G. Unmar >>More... |
| 11.45–12.00 | Limited area model for Mauritius (A214) R. Virasami, S. D. D. V. Rughooputh and B. Pathack >>More... | A study of sewage sludge drying in Mauritius (A163) H. Rughoonundun and Y. Govind >>More... |
| 12.00–12.15 | Questions & Answers |
Questions & Answers |
Afternoon
| Venue |
LT1 |
LT2 |
Theme |
ICT/Communication
– Business and Economic Development/ICT |
Health
1 |
| 13.15-13.30 | Bit Synchronization Scheme Employing Turbo Codes (A76) K. M. S. Soyjaudah and R.D. Dabypersad >>More... | Linkage Disequilibrium Between the Glu298Asp Polymorphism in the NOS3 Gene and Age of Onset of Coronary Heart Disease in Indo-Mauritian Men (A125) M. Manraj, A. Hébé, S. Lee Kwai Yan, N. Sem Fa, S. Jankee, U. S. Ramjutun and T. K. Gunness >>More... |
| 13.30-13.45 | A Comparative Analysis of the MTG (Mobile Tourist Guide for Mauritius) with other Mobile Tourist Guide Systems (A138) G. Suddul and N. Mohamudally >>More... | Baseline characteristics of women presenting with breast cancer at the Radiotherapy Unit of Victoria Hospital (A12) V. Bansy, S. S. D. Goorah, A. Mohith and J. Cheeneebash >>More... |
| 13.45-14.00 | Leveraging Entrepreneurship through Business Incubators (A152) R. K. Seebaluck >>More... | Questions & Answers |
| 14.00-14.15 | Questions & Answers |
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| 14.15-14.30 | Break |
|
| Theme |
Hazards |
Health
2 |
| 14.30–14.45 | Hazards analysis at Port Louis Harbour (A72) R. Mohee and V. Dookhun >>More... | Exposure to Lead from Allopathic and Traditional Medicinal Drugs (A133) S. P. Seetulsingh-Goorah, D. Jinerdeb and R. Cheong Kwet Yive >>More... |
| 14.45–15.00 | Assessing Flooding Hazards for Mauritius Using a Factorial Scoring System (A165) R. Nigel and S. D. D. V. Rughooputh >>More... | Food allergy and house dust mites allergy in different regions of Mauritius (A230) N. Cahoolessur, P. Pugo-Gunsam and A. H. Subratty >>More... |
| 15.15–15.30 | Classification of hazardous roads in Mauritius using GIS (A74) S. C. Fowdur, S. D. D. V. Rughooputh, D. Nathoo and R. Boojhawon >>More... | An overview of Chikungunya in Mauritius (A111) L. Poonyth, N. Mooradhun, A. Hosseny and I. Goolamally >>More... |
| 15.30–15.45 | The Impact of extreme weather events on death rate in Mauritius (A169) Z. Ameerun, H. Kassean, S. D. D. V. Rughooputh, A. Gopaul, R. Boojhawon and J.Cheeneebash >>More... | Family-Based Association Tests Confirm Relation Between the Gln192Arg Polymorphism in the Paraoxonase Gene and Coronary Heart Disease in Indo-Mauritian Women (A127) M. Manraj, A. Hébé, L. Corset, C. Lecoeur, S. Lee Kwai Yan, N. Sem Fa, S. Jankee, U. S. Ramjutun, T. K. Gunness and P. Froguel >>More... |
| 15.45-16.00 | Assessing Landslide Hazards for Mauritius Using GIS (A164) R. Nigel and S. D. D. V. Rughooputh >>More... | Questions & Answers |
| 16.00–16.15 | Questions and Answers |
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