A5067604175- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
- Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Marine animal studies overview
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Okanagan University College
2020-2025
University of British Columbia
2020-2025
Witten/Herdecke University
2023
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2023
University of Edinburgh
2023
Canisius College
1992-2021
National Zoological Park
2017-2021
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
2017-2021
Conservation Biology Institute
2019-2020
University of Maryland, College Park
2018-2020
Abstract In an attempt to restore the connectivity of fragmented river habitats, a variety passage facilities have been installed at barriers. Despite cost building these structures, there has no quantitative evaluation their overall success restoring fish passage. We reviewed articles from 1960 2011, extracted data 65 papers on efficiency, size and species fish, fishway characteristics determine best predictors efficiency. Because were scarce for fishes other than salmonids (order...
Introduction In a subset of patients with asthma, standard-of-care treatment does not achieve disease control, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic approaches. Lebrikizumab is humanised, monoclonal antibody that binds to and blocks interleukin-13 activity. Methods LUTE VERSE were replicate, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, evaluating multiple doses lebrikizumab in uncontrolled asthma despite use medium-to-high-dose inhaled corticosteroid second controller....
Abstract Home range estimation is routine practice in ecological research. While advances animal tracking technology have increased our capacity to collect data support home analysis, these same also resulted increasingly autocorrelated data. Consequently, the question of which estimator use on modern, highly remains open. This particularly relevant given that most estimators assume independently sampled Here, we provide a comprehensive evaluation effects autocorrelation estimation. We base...
This study examined the ability of fluticasone propionate aerosol to reduce oral prednisone requirements in patients with severe asthma. Ninety-six dependent on were treated for 16 wk placebo or (750 1,000 micrograms twice daily). Their dosage was adjusted weekly according predetermined criteria. A total 69% and 88% 750 daily, respectively, compared 3% placebo-treated used no by end study. In groups, FEV1 peak expiratory flow rates at last evaluable visit/date improved number night...
Increased tumour necrosis factor-α levels have been observed in bronchial biopsies and induced sputum from subjects with severe asthma. We investigated etanercept (ETN) as a therapeutic option for treating moderate-to-severe persistent In this 12-week, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial, (n = 132) asthma received subcutaneous injections of 25 mg ETN or placebo twice weekly, were evaluated at baseline, weeks 2, 4, 8 12. The primary end-point was the change baseline to...
Abstract Despite the routine nature of estimating overlapping space use in ecological research, to date no formal inferential framework for home range overlap has been available ecologists. Part this issue is due inherent difficulty comparing estimated ranges that underpin across individuals, studies, sites, species, and times. As calculated conditionally on a pair estimates, biases these estimates will propagate into estimates. Further compounding comparability estimators historical lack...
Fertilization and early embryo development are regulated by a unique maternal-gamete/embryo cross-talk within the oviduct. Recent studies have shown that extracellular vesicles (EVs) oviduct play important roles in mediating this developmental process. Here, we examined influence of oviductal EVs on sperm function domestic cat. We demonstrated (1) enriched proteins related to energy metabolism, membrane modification, reproductive function; (2) bound fused with membranes acrosome mid piece;...
Speed and distance traveled provide quantifiable links between behavior energetics, are among the metrics most routinely estimated from animal tracking data. Researchers typically sum over straight-line displacements (SLDs) sampled locations to quantify traveled, while speed is by dividing these time. Problematically, this approach highly sensitive measurement scale, with biases subject sampling frequency, tortuosity of animal's movement, amount error. Compounding issue scale-sensitivity,...
Abstract Accurately quantifying species’ area requirements is a prerequisite for effective area‐based conservation. This typically involves collecting tracking data on species of interest and then conducting home‐range analyses. Problematically, autocorrelation in can result space needs being severely underestimated. Based the previous work, we hypothesized magnitude underestimation varies with body mass, relationship that could have serious conservation implications. To evaluate this...
Serratia entomophila sp. nov. is a homogeneous deoxyribonucleic acid relatedness group most closely related to ficaria and marcescens. All 19 strains studied resembled S. marcescens (the phenotypically closest species) by their inability ferment or utilize l-rhamnose, d-melibiose, dulcitol, d-raffinose but differed from sorbitol lack of lysine ornithine decarboxylases. utilized itaconate, unique characteristic among species. Two biotypes could be distinguished. Strains biotype 1 d-arabitol...
Abstract Technological advances have steadily increased the detail of animal tracking datasets, yet fundamental data limitations exist for many species that cause substantial biases in home‐range estimation. Specifically, effective sample size a range estimate is proportional to number observed crossings, not sampled locations. Currently, most accurate estimators condition on an autocorrelation model, which standard estimation frame‐works are based likelihood functions, even though these...
Abstract Animal tracking data are being collected more frequently, in greater detail, and on smaller taxa than ever before. These hold the promise to increase relevance of animal movement for understanding ecological processes, but this potential will only be fully realized if their accompanying location error is properly addressed. Historically, coarsely-sampled have proved invaluable large scale processes (e.g., home range, habitat selection, etc.), modern fine-scale unlock far...
ABSTRACT Estimating animal home ranges is a primary purpose of collecting tracking data. Many widely used range estimators, including conventional kernel density assume independently‐sampled In stark contrast, modern datasets are almost always strongly autocorrelated. The incongruence between estimator assumptions and empirical reality often leads to systematically underestimated ranges. Autocorrelated estimation (AKDE) directly models the observed autocorrelation structure data during...
Recent years have seen considerable scientific attention devoted towards documenting the presence of microplastics (MPs) in environmental samples. Due to omnipresence microplastics, however, disentangling MPs from sample contamination is a challenge. Hence, (collection site and laboratory) samples during processing reality that we must address, order generate reproducible reliable data. Here investigated published literature found around 1/5 studies failed use blank controls their...