scholarly journals Ichthyofaunal assessment of the Gelami and Tinggi Rivers, Pahang River System, eastern Malay Peninsula, following construction of an adjacent building complex

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1035
Author(s):  
Yusuke Miyazaki ◽  
Yuichi Kano ◽  
Yuta Tomiyama ◽  
Chika Mitsuyuki ◽  
Zulkafli Abd Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Field Survey ◽  
New Records ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
River System ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Quantitative Monitoring ◽  
Adjacent Building ◽  
Clarias Macrocephalus ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Chi Squared

The fluvial fish fauna of the Gelami and Tinggi Rivers, before and after the construction of a building complex in the adjacent forest, was compared on the basis of a literature survey (covering the period: 1997–2003) and a field survey in 2010. Forty fish species, representing 14 families and 5 orders, were recorded in total, the field survey including new records for Barbonymus gonionotus, Glyptothorax laosensis and Macrognathus maculatus. On the other hand, twelve species, including Osteochilus microcephalus, Luciosoma setigerum, Cyclocheilichthys apogon, Tor tambroides, Acantopsis choirorhynchos, Homaloptera orthogoniata, Clarias teijsmanni, Clarias macrocephalus, Pseudomystus leiacanthus, Mystus nigriceps, Parambassis siamensis and Trichopodus trichopterus, that had been listed previously, were not recorded by the latter. An analysis of the results using McNemar’s chi-squared test indicated that the fish fauna of the rivers has changed significantly following the construction, continuous quantitative monitoring and habitat evaluation being necessary for conservation of future biodiversity levels.

scholarly journals A checklist of orthopteran fauna (Insecta: Orthoptera) with some new records in the cold arid region of Ladakh, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 19616-19625
Author(s):  
M. Ali ◽  
M. Kamil Usmani ◽  
Hira Naz ◽  
Tajamul Hassan Baba ◽  
Mohsin Ali
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
New Records ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Current Field ◽  
First Time

The study is mainly focused on the Orthopteran fauna of Ladakh. In the current field survey and literature survey, 29 species, 24 genera, 11 subfamilies, and five families belonging to four super families of Tettigonioidea (Krauss, 1902), Acridoidea (MacLeay, 1821), Eumastacoidea (Burr, 1899), and Pyrgomorphoidea (Burnner von Wattenwyl, 1847) are reported. The subfamily Gomphocerinae, and the following species Leva indica, Stenohippus mundus, Calliptamus italicus, Phaneroptera gracilis, Conocephalus longipennis, and C. maculatus are recorded for the first time from the region.

scholarly journals Fish, upper Purus River, state of Acre, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helio Daniel Beltrão Dos Anjos ◽  
Jansen Zuanon ◽  
Tony Marcos Porto Braga ◽  
Keid Nolan Silva Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
River System ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Fish Diversity ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Rivers State

The ichthyofauna of the headwaters of the main tributaries of the mighty Solimões/Amazonas River  has been little studied. Considering the importance of those environments for the overall fish  diversity in that river system, we surveyed the composition of the fish fauna of the upper portion  of Purus River and two of its tributaries (Caeté and Macapá rivers), state of Acre, Brazil. The collections were done in November 2004, using a seine net and a set of gillnets of different mesh  sizes. A total of 735 specimens belonging to 86 species and 28 families were collected. Eight  species, Creagrutus occidaneus, Phenacogaster pectinatus, Prionobrama filigera, Moenkhausia cf.  lepidura, Leptagoniates pi (Characidade), Henonemus punctatus (Trichomycteridae), Toracocharax  stellatus (Gateropelecidae), and Eigenmannia macrops (Sternopygidae) composed nearly half of the  specimens collected. This survey adds 48 new records to the ichthyofauna of Purus River and  elevates to 243 the number of known fish species in that river, but a greater sampling effort is necessary to produce a reasonably complete picture of the fish diversity in the basin.

An Assessment of Environmental Changes in Three Lakes from King's County (Nova Scotia, Canada) Using Diatom-Based Paleolimnological Techniques

2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua R. Thienpont ◽  
Brian K. Ginn ◽  
Brian F. Cumming ◽  
John P. Smol
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sediment Cores ◽  
Lake Management ◽  
River System ◽  
210Pb Dating ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Diatom Assemblages ◽  
Shoreline Development ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Paleolimnological approaches using sedimentary diatom assemblages were used to assess water quality changes over the last approximately 200 years in three lakes from King's County, Nova Scotia. In particular, the role of recent shoreline development in accelerating eutrophication in these systems was assessed. Sediment cores collected from each lake were analyzed for their diatom assemblages at approximately 5-year intervals, as determined by 210Pb dating. Analyses showed that each system has changed, but tracked different ecosystem changes. Tupper and George lakes recorded shifts, which are likely primarily related to climatic warming, with diatom assemblages changing from a preindustrial dominance by Aulacoseira spp. to present-day dominance by Cyclotella stelligera. In addition to the recent climatic-related changes, further diatom changes in the Tupper Lake core between approximately 1820 and 1970 were coincident with watershed disturbances (farming, forestry, and construction of hydroelectric power infrastructure). Black River Lake has recorded an increase in diatom-inferred total phosphorus since about 1950, likely due to impoundment of the Black River system for hydroelectric generation and subsequent changes in land runoff. Before-and-after (i.e., top-bottom) sediment analyses of six other lakes from King's County provided further evidence that the region is being influenced by climatic change (decreases in Aulacoseira spp., increases in planktonic diatom taxa), as well as showing other environmental stressors (e.g., acidification). However, we recorded no marked increase in diatom-inferred nutrient levels coincident with shoreline cottage development in any of the nine study lakes. Paleolimnological studies such as these allow lake managers to place the current limnological conditions into a long-term context, and thereby provide important background data for effective lake management.

PP164 Identifying Complications Of Partial Nephrectomy Using Physician Claims

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (S1) ◽  
pp. 130-131
Author(s):  
Jian Sun ◽  
Tania Stafinski ◽  
Fernanda Inagaki Nagase ◽  
Devidas Menon
Keyword(s):  
Ambulatory Care ◽  
Partial Nephrectomy ◽  
Kidney Cancer ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Open Group ◽  
Robot Assisted ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Chi Squared

Introduction:Many population-based studies identify surgical complications using hospital discharge abstract databases (DAD). With DAD, however, complications occurring after the discharge date cannot be followed up. This study used physician claims data to identify the complications of partial nephrectomy, and to compare the rates of complications of open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted nephrectomies.Methods:Physician claims, DAD, and ambulatory care data from April 2003 to March 2016 were provided by Alberta Health. DAD and ambulatory care data were used to extract information on patients with kidney cancer who underwent partial nephrectomy. All physician claims within 30 days before and after surgery for the cohort were extracted. The numbers of the same International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9), codes before and after surgery were compared. If a number increased after surgery, this diagnosis was initially identified as a complication. All diagnoses with neoplasms were excluded. The incidence rates of complications for the three surgery groups were calculated. Chi-squared tests were conducted for the following nephrectomy comparisons: laparoscopic versus open; robot-assisted versus open; and robot-assisted versus laparoscopic.Results:A total of 1,890 kidney cancer patients had partial nephrectomies. Among them, 1,080, 411, and 399 had open, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted nephrectomies, respectively. One patient who had two different nephrectomies on the same day was excluded from analysis. The robot-assisted group had lower rates of digestive complications (ICD-9: 537–578, 787, 789, 998.6) and infections (ICD-9: 004–041, 998.5) than the open group, and higher rates of genitourinary complications (ICD-9: 584–599, 788, 997.5) than the laparoscopy group. The robot-assisted group had lower rates than the open group for most of the complication categories, but the differences were not statistically significant.Conclusions:Robot-assisted surgery appears to be superior to open surgery, but no better than laparoscopic surgery, in terms of minimizing the risk of complications following partial nephrectomy.

scholarly journals Gametocyte carriage after seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Plasmodium falciparum infected asymptomatic children

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Ahmad ◽  
Aurelia Prom ◽  
John Bradley ◽  
Mamadou Ndiath ◽  
Blessed Etoketim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression ◽  
Gametocyte Carriage ◽  
Asymptomatic Children ◽  
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
To Receive

Abstract Background Treatment of clinical Plasmodium falciparum malaria with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and amodiaquine (AQ) is associated with increased post-treatment gametocyte carriage. The effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) with SP and AQ on gametocyte carriage was assessed in asymptomatic P. falciparum infected children. Methods The study was carried out in eastern Gambia. Asymptomatic P. falciparum malaria infected children aged 24–59 months old who were eligible to receive SMC (SMC group) and children 5–8 years that were not eligible to receive SMC (comparison group) were recruited. Gametocytaemia was determined by molecular methods before and after SMC administration. Gametocyte carriage between the groups was compared using the chi-squared test and within-person using conditional logistic regression. Results During the 2017 and 2018 malaria transmission seasons, 65 and 75 children were recruited in the SMC and comparison groups, respectively. Before SMC administration, gametocyte prevalence was 10.7% (7/65) in the SMC group and 13.3% (10/75) in the comparison group (p = 0.64). At day 13 (IQR 12, 13) after SMC administration, this was 9.4% (5/53) in children who received at least the first dose of SMC treatment and 12.7% (9/71) for those in the comparison group (p = 0.57). Similarly, there was no difference in prevalence of gametocytes between children that adhered to all 3-day doses of SMC treatment 15.6% (5/32) and those in the comparison group (p = 0.68). In the SMC group, within-group gametocyte carriage was similar before and after SMC administration in children that received at least the first dose of SMC treatment (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.14–2.51; p = 0.48) and in those that adhered to all 3-day doses of SMC treatment (OR 1.0, 95% CI 0.20–4.95; p = 1.0). Conclusion In this study with relative low gametocyte prevalence prior to SMC treatment, no evidence was observed that SMC treatment increased gametocyte carriage in asymptomatic P. falciparum malaria infected children.

Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4505 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
KAILASH CHANDRA ◽  
ARNA MAZUMDER ◽  
ABESH KUMAR SANYAL ◽  
ANIRBAN ASH ◽  
UTTARAN BANDYOPADHYAY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
New Records ◽  
Literature Survey ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Field Sampling ◽  
Present Communication ◽  
North East ◽  
Indian Himalayas

The present communication consists of the first ever catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 comprising systematic accounts of 242 species (including nominotypical subspecies) and 10 subspecies under 116 genera of 10 subfamilies with four new records to India viz. Phalera (Phalera) birmicola Bryk, 1949, Spatalina desiccata stolida Schintlmeister, 2007, Hiradonta hannemanni Schintlmeister, 1989 and Kamalia tattakana (Matsumura, 1927). The account was prepared by compiling findings from both literature survey and field sampling carried out at various Protected Areas in the Indian Himalayas and Chhattisgarh state in the Deccan Peninsular region of India. Zoogeographic analysis of Indian Notodontidae reveals a majority of the assemblage showing Oriental (58.27%) and Palaearctic (40.49%) affinities with maximum species of Sundanian (80.00%), followed by Himalayan (77.65%) origins. In India, the majority of the species are distributed in the Himalayan (35.33%) and North-East (39.40%) biogeographic zones, reflecting maximum endemicity. Extensive surveys in the less explored southern part of the country are expected to enrich the inventory of Indian Notodontidae. The distribution map and detailed illustrations of the four new records are provided. 

scholarly journals Iktiofauna air tawar Pulau Enggano, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Renny Kurnia Hadiaty ◽  
Sopian Sauri
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Outer Island ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna ◽  
Taxonomical Status

Enggano is an outer island of the archipelago country, Indonesia. A field survey of freshwater fish fauna conducted in Enggano island to get the information of the ichthyofauna of this island. The fish collected in 11 freshwaters. We got 457 fish specimens of 28 species in 11 families and three orders. One species, Stiphodon sp. suspected to be new to science and five species require further study to clarify their taxonomical status. All of the fish collected specimens deposited in 77 catalog numbers of Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB). The ichthyofauna of this island could be use as the basic data for the resource management of the Enggano island. AbstrakPulau Enggano merupakan satu pulau terluar dari negara kepulauan, Indonesia. Survei ikan air tawar dilakukan di Pulau Enggano dengan tujuan untuk mendapatkan informasi iktiofauna yang ada di pulau ini. Koleksi sampel ikan dilakukan di 11 perairan tawar. Kami memperoleh 457 spesimen dari 28 spesies yang termasuk dalam 11 famili dan 3 ordo. Satu jenis diantaranya, Stiphodon sp. diduga merupakan jenis baru dan lima jenis lainnya perlu dikaji lebih lanjut untuk mengetahui status taksonominya. Semua spesimen hasil koleksi dideposit di Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB) dalam 77 nomor MZB. Diharapkan data iktiofauna pulau ini dapat digunakan sebagai dasar pertimbangan pemerintah daerah dalam pengelolaan sumber daya P. Enggano.

Change in the rocky reef fish fauna of the iconic Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve in north-eastern New Zealand over 4 decades

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 1496
Author(s):  
David R. Schiel ◽  
Tony Ayling ◽  
Michael J. Kingsford ◽  
Christopher N. Battershill ◽  
J. Howard Choat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reef Fish ◽  
Fish Species ◽  
Marine Reserve ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Rocky Reef ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Reef Fish Species

Marine reserves exhibit increases in targeted fish species, but long-term effects on biodiversity are poorly understood. Factors other than reserve status may affect decadal changes, including environmental change. We examined the fish fauna at the iconic Poor Knights Islands over 4 decades (1974–2016) before and after implementation of a no-take marine reserve in 1998. We document a substantial increase in commercially and recreationally targeted Chrysophrys auratus, which was virtually absent before 1994 but by 2016 had reached up to 11 fish per 500m2 (220 per hectare). There were also large changes to the fish community, including the decline of subtropical and coastal wrasses, some species with no change and others that increased significantly. Many declines occurred >20 years before the arrival of abundant C. auratus, suggesting the changes do not represent a trophic cascade. Furthermore, this normally benthic-feeding fish has adopted a mid-water foraging behaviour targeting planktivorous fish. The increase in C. auratus appears to be linked both to reserve status and catch regulations in the wider region. Overall, the data point to long-term environmental fluctuations from the late 1970s having a negative effect on the abundance of more than half the reef fish species at these islands.

Abstract WMP89: Stroke Code De-escalation: Safety and Outcomes

Stroke ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Jarnot ◽  
Christopher Streib ◽  
Angela Heyer ◽  
Amy Reichert ◽  
David Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chart Review ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Cost Implications ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Timely Treatment ◽  
Iv Tpa ◽  
Missed Opportunity

Introduction: “Stroke codes” (SCs) facilitate the timely treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with IV tPA or intra-arterial thrombectomy (IAT), but are inherently resource-intensive and can expose patients to unnecessary and potentially harmful interventions. While all healthcare providers are encouraged to activate SCs, this might lead to low SC-to-treatment-ratios (SCTR). We examined the impact of de-escalation of stroke codes (DSCs) on SCTR. Methods: DSCs were initiated in our institution in January 2015. All DSCs were reviewed for the patient’s eligibility for IV tPA or IAT, and reason for de-escalation. We reviewed all stroke codes 12 months before and after the initiation of this process and compared the SCTR by chi-squared testing. Results: In 2014, prior to DSCs, 253 SCs resulted in 22 AIS interventions (22 IV tPA) for a SCTR of 8.7%. In 2015, 348 SCs were activated with 64 subsequent DSCs (18.4%) and 45 AIS interventions (38 IV tPA, 7 IAT, 7 both), for a SCTR of 15.8%. The improvement in SCTR after introducing DSCs was statistically significant (p=0.012). When restricting the analysis to IV tPA interventions alone, there remained a trend (p=0.068) towards improvement in SCTR. Retrospective chart review did not reveal any DSC cases that resulted in missed opportunity for IV TPA or IAT treatment. No DSCs were due to an acute ICH. Justifications for de-escalations are summarized in figure 1. Conclusions: The introduction of DSCs resulted in a statistically significant absolute improvement in SCTR of 7.1%. Importantly, DSCs did not result in any eligible AIS patient forgoing IV tPA or IAT, nor missed ICH. More research is needed to increase the yield of stroke codes, refine the criteria for both activating and de-escalating them, and quantify the resource and cost implications of such de-escalations.

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