cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Determinants of native and exotic plant species diversity and composition in remnant oak savannas on southeastern Vancouver Island
Creators: name: Lilley, Patrick Ledford
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2007

description: Many regional and local factors can influence the distribution of native and exotic species in ecological communities. I examined the regional- and local-scale determinants of native and exotic vascular plant species richness and composition in a highly fragmented oak savanna ecosystem on southeastern Vancouver Island. In sharp contrast to most reported results, I found a negative relationship between native and exotic richness at the regional scale, and no relationship at the local scale. Two extrinsic factors, surrounding road density and climate, best explained the regional-scale relationship by each affecting natives and exotics in opposite ways. Road density and climate were also the dominant predictors of native and exotic composition at the regional scale. Patterns in the patch occupancy of individual species confirmed the importance of these factors but I found that low surrounding road densities and cool, wet conditions predicted the presence of many natives and the absence of many exotics. Environmental factors explained variation in richness and composition at the local scale, but these factors were different for natives and exotics. My results suggest that natives and exotics respond to roads and climate in fundamentally different ways. Roads increase both exotic propagule pressure and disturbance, which may facilitate exotic invasion. In contrast, disturbance from roads may increase the likelihood of local extinction for particular natives. Differing climatic preferences within the native and exotic species pools may also partially explain the observed patterns. There was no evidence that native diversity directly affects exotic diversity (or vice versa). Surprisingly, I found that connectivity was not an important predictor of richness or composition despite the high degree of habitat fragmentation in this ecosystem.
Pungentus Thorne & Swanger 1936
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Nordiidae
Pungentus

description: Pungentus Thorne & Swanger, 1936
P. engadinensis Alterr, 1950
Pungentus spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Enchodelus Thorne 1939
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Nordiidae
Enchodelus

description: Enchodelus Thorne, 1939
E. arcuatus Thorne, 1939
E. macrodorus (de Man, 1880) Thorne, 1939
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Heterodorus Altherr 1952
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Nordiidae
Heterodorus

description: Heterodorus Altherr, 1952
H. longidens (Jairajpuri & Loof, 1968) Andrassy, 2009
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Carcharolaimus Thorne 1939
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Qudsianematidae
Carcharolaimus

description: Carcharolaimus Thorne, 1939
Carcharolaimus spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Belondira Thorne 1939
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Belondira

description: Belondira Thorne, 1939
B. paraclava Jairajpuri, 1964
Belondira spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Amphibelondira Rahman, Jairajpuri, Ahmad & Ahmad 1987
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Amphibelondira

description: Amphibelondira Rahman, Jairajpuri, Ahmad & Ahmad, 1987
A. sindhicus Ashfaque, Nasira & Shahina, 2019
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Supraspinal actions of pentobarbital on transmission through the spinothalamic tract
Creators: name: Namjoshi, Dhananjay
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2007

description: Despite the advances made in our understanding of the molecular mechanistic actions of general anesthetics very little is known about the in vivo neural circuits involved in creating the state of general anesthesia. To date the common consensus is that general anesthetics act ubiquitously within the CNS. Recently, (Devor and Zalkind, 2001) have reported that microinjections of pentobarbital (PB) into a discrete brainstem focal area of conscious rats induced a classical, reversible general anesthesia-like behavioral state. The authors concluded that this area, termed the mesopontine tegmental anesthesia area (MPTA), may be important for the induction of general anesthesia. The purpose of the present project was to study the neurophysiological basis of the analgesia, which accompanied the state of general anesthesia induced by PB microinjections into the MPTA that was reported by (Devor and Zalkind, 2001). Here, sensory inflow via the spinothalamic tract (STT), a classical spinal nociceptive pathway in the rat, was assessed using single neuron extracellular recording techniques before, during and after microinjections of PB into the MPTA. Spontaneous firing rate (SFR), antidromic firing index (FI) and sciatic as well as sural nerve-evoked responses (Sc-, Su-ER) of STT neurons in isoflurane-anesthetized rats were quantified before as well as 2, 15, 30 and 60 min following bilateral microinjections of either PB (200 micrograms/side) or vehicle control solution (Vh, 1 microliter/side) into the MPTA. The group mean SFR, FI as well as magnitudes of Sc-, Su-ER of STT neurons were significantly and reversibly reduced following PB microinjections compared to corresponding baseline measurements. There were no significant changes in any of the three parameters following microinjections of Vh compared to the pre-microinjection baseline responses. The results from this study indicate that analgesia, which occurs during the anesthesia-like state following microinjections of PB into the MPTA, may be due to attenuation of sensory inflow through the STT. The suppression of STT neurons likely occurs via direct and/or indirect descending pathways from the MPTA to the spinal cord. This study provides the first direct electrophysiological evidence for the analgesia caused by PB microinjections into the rat MPTA.
Axonchium Cobb 1920
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Axonchium

description: Axonchium Cobb, 1920
A. gigas Thorne, 1939
A. indicum Siddiqi, 1964
A. mauritiense Williams, 1958
A. oostenbrinki Khan & Ahmad, 1970
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius awu Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius awu

description: Maechidius awu sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
IECA (♂ holotype, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ paratypes), DTC (1 ♀ paratype).
Distribution
Sangihe Islands (the northernmost record of the Maechidiini).
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 186, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Dorylaimellus Cobb 1913
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Dorylaimellus

description: Dorylaimellus Cobb, 1913
D. clavicaudatus Williams, 1958
D. vexator Heyns, 1963
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius babyrousa Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius babyrousa

description: Maechidius babyrousa sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
BMNH (♂ holotype, 12 paratypes).
Distribution
North Sulawesi.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 186, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Constructing everyday notions of healthy eating: exploring how people of three ethnocultural backgrounds in Canada engage with food and health structures
Creators: name: Ristovski-Slijepcevic, Svetlana
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2007

description: Despite widespread health promotion and nutrition education efforts, gaps between official healthy eating messages and people’s actual eating practices persist. There is increasing recognition that emphasizing individual responsibility for eating may have limited applicability in improving people’s health. Many experts advocate that future research on healthy eating should involve exploration of how food practices are shaped by social structures (or determinants) and individual agency. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which people engage with food structures to construct everyday notions of healthy eating. ‘Food structures’ draws on the concept of ‘structure,’ described by the social theorist Anthony Giddens, to refer to the range of food rules and resources people draw on. The research was conducted as part of a qualitative study on family food decision-making that included 144 participants from 13 African Nova Scotian, 10 European Nova Scotian, 12 Punjabi British Columbian and 11 European British Columbian families. These groups were chosen for their potential differences in perspectives based on place, ethnocultural background and histories of immigration to Canada. Data collection consisted of individual interviews with three or more family members aged 13 and older, and, with each family, observation of a grocery shopping trip and a family meal. Analysis followed common qualitative procedures including coding, memoing and thematic analysis. Together, the analyses support views that the gaps between official healthy eating messages and people’s eating practices may not be closed by further education about how to eat. Drawing on the theoretical concepts of Anthony Giddens and Michael Foucault, the findings suggest that one way to understand why people eat the way they do and how changes in eating habits occur is to think about the constant exposure to change through everyday, taken-for-granted practices. The findings also suggest that further healthy eating discourses may require more reflection with respect to the roles of nutrition educators and the social roles/autonomy of people in goals for health and well-being. Dietary goals for the population cannot be considered as isolated scientific objectives without taking into consideration how healthy eating discourses provide social standards beyond messages about healthy eating.
Axodorylaimellus Siddiqi 1983
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Axodorylaimellus

description: Axodorylaimellus Siddiqi, 1983
A. aghai Siddiqi, 1983
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Elongidorylaimellus Siddiqi 1983
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Elongidorylaimellus

description: Elongidorylaimellus Siddiqi, 1983
E. lauceolatus Siddiqi, 1983
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius bintang Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius bintang

description: Maechidius bintang sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
NME (♂ holotype).
Distribution
Central Cordillera (Star Mts.) of New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 186, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Maechidius boessnecki Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius boessnecki

description: Maechidius boessnecki sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
SNSD (♂ holotype).
Distribution
North Sulawesi.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 186, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Jamilius Siddiqi 1983
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Jamilius

description: Jamilius Siddiqi, 1983
J. adenophorus Siddiqi, 1983
J. jamali Siddiqi, 1983
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Sindellus Siddiqi 1983
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Sindellus

description: Sindellus Siddiqi, 1983
S. sindi Siddiqi, 1983
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
The greenhouse tomato industry in Delta, British Columbia
Creators: name: Mendis, Asoka
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: This focus of this dissertation is the greenhouse tomato industry in Delta, British Columbia. Using a conceptual framework assembled from Regulation theory (including the concept of food regimes) and the political economy of agriculture, I explore the origins and development of the industry in Delta. I argue that sub-national regulation has historically played a pivotal role in the agricultural development of the region. The impact of such regulation on the greenhouse industry, however, is contingent upon the specific regime of accumulation. I make the case, for example, that regulation instituted in the early 20th century under an extensive regime of accumulation acts as a fetter on the industry under a post-Fordist regime of accumulation. Furthermore, I make the argument that the emergence and consolidation of Delta’s greenhouse tomato industry can best be understood through the deployment of the concept of food regimes. Thus the local industry can be seen as part of global trends in food production and consumption and which have come to characterise the third food regime. In this thesis I also examine the ‘nature’ of the tomato and of greenhouse production. I demonstrate that, beginning in the mid-19th century, the tomato has been transformed into an input amenable to such industrial processes as canning. Using the conceptual tools offered by the political economy of agriculture, I further argue that the technique of greenhouse production is a result of the process of ‘appropriation’. That is, the discrete elements of the agricultural production process have been appropriated by industrial capital and reassembled as a technologically intensive system of plant production. However, and using the case study, I illustrate how this process of appropriation has created a new set of ‘natural’ obstacles within a fairly distinctive form of industrial agriculture.
Rashidanema Siddiqi 1983
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Belondiridae
Rashidanema

description: Rashidanema Siddiqi, 1983
R. cognatum (Siddiqi, 1983) Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 223, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Tylencholaimus de Man 1876
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Rhabditida
Hemicycliophoridae
Tylencholaimus

description: Tylencholaimus de Man, 1876
T. cynodonti Nasira, Erum & Shahina, 2005
T. gertii Kruger, 1965
T. nagauriensis Baqri & Bohra, 2001
T. proximus Thorne, 1939
Tylencholaimus spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Discomyctus Thorne 1939
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Tylencholaimidae
Discomyctus

description: Discomyctus Thorne, 1939
Discomyctus spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Dorylaimoides Thorne & Swanger 1936
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Mydonomidae
Dorylaimoides

description: Dorylaimoides Thorne & Swanger, 1936
D. (Acridorylaimoides) arcuatus Siddiqi, 1964
D. (Digidorylaimoides) pakistanensis Siddiqi, 1964
D. (Dorylaimoides) parateres Siddiqi, 1964
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Xiphinemella Loos 1950
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Leptonchidae
Xiphinemella

description: Xiphinemella Loos, 1950
X. ornata (Loos, 1949) Loos, 1950
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Leptonchus Cobb 1920
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Leptonchidae
Leptonchus

description: Leptonchus Cobb, 1920
L. granulosus Cobb, 1920
Leptonchus spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Basirotyleptus Jairajpuri 1964
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Leptonchidae
Basirotyleptus

description: Basirotyleptus Jairajpuri, 1964
B. (Basirotyleptus) basiri (Jairajpuri, 1964) Jairajpuri & Ahmad, 1992
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Doryllium Cobb 1920
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Tylencholaimellidae
Doryllium

description: Doryllium Cobb, 1920
D. minor Jairajpuri, 1963
Doryllium spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius brocki Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius brocki

description: Maechidius brocki sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
BMNH (♂ holotype, 8 paratypes).
Distribution
Papuan Peninsula of New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on pages 186-187, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Nygolaimus Cobb 1913
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Nygolaimidae
Nygolaimus

description: Nygolaimus Cobb, 1913
N. gigantus Shahina, Erum & Siddiqi, 2005
N. neominimus Shahina, Erum & Siddiqi, 2005
N. vulgaris Thorne, 1930
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
title: Why Empathy is not the Best Basis for Humanitarianism
title: With commentaries by Frank Adloff and Christine Unrau
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Breithaupt, Fritz
Publisher: name: GCR21- Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Center for Global Cooperation Research
Year: 2015

description: The paper challenges the assumption that empathy is the key source of humanitarianism. It begins by asking what underlies the perception of empathy as one of the chief motors of humanitarian aid. This leads to an examination of the ‘scene of empathy’—which in turn sheds light on some of the more problematic aspects of empathy. Three of these problematic aspects and their importance for humanitarian aid are discussed, namely (temporary) self-loss, a tendency to radicalize conflicts and the danger of sadism. In conclusion, the author asks in how far humanitarianism can be decoupled from empathy and proposes an alternative approach. This alternative approach revolves around the development of a common we-identity which does not depend on empathy.
Immune cell alterations in mouse models of prostate cancer
Creators: name: Tien, Hsing-Chen Amy
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: Numerous studies have demonstrated that tumour cells have the ability to alter immune function to create an immune suppressed environment. This allows tumour cells to escape immune surveillance and consequently the tumour can progress. Dendritic and T cells have critical roles in immune activation and tolerance and are thus major targets of tumour-mediated immune suppression. Understanding the mechanism(s) by which tumour cells modulate the immune system will facilitate the development of immune system-based therapies for cancer treatments. In this study we sought to determine the nature of, and cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying, changes in immune status during tumour progression using mouse models of prostate cancer. Detailed analysis of the immunological status in a mouse prostate dysplasia model (12T-7slow) revealed that immune suppression accompanied tumour progression. We found that T cells isolated from tumour-bearing hosts were hypo-responsive to antigen stimulation. Furthermore, we demonstrated that CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells were responsible, at least in part, for this alteration. Anti-CD25 antibody treatment reduced, but did not prevent, tumour growth in either a transplanted prostate tumour model or a spontaneously developing prostate tumour model. In addition, an altered dendritic cell phenotype and an elevated frequency of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells were observed within the tumour mass. Similar alterations were observed in the prostate-specific Pten knockout mice which develop advanced prostate adenocarcinoma. Interestingly, evidence of immune activation, such as an increased frequency of activated T cells, was detected in the tumour microenvironment in both mouse prostate tumour models. To identify factors that may play critical roles in the altered immune cell phenotype observed in the tumour microenvironment, a global gene expression profiling analysis was carried out to evaluate the changes in immune-related gene expression patterns. This analysis provided additional evidence for the co-existence of immune suppression and immune activation. Moreover, subsequent analyses suggested that one differentially expressed transcript, interferon regulatory factor 7, and its target genes might be involved in modulating immune cells and/or tumour progression. Taken together, these studies have important implications for designing specific and effective anti-tumour immune therapy strategies that involve manipulation of tumour cells, dendritic cells and regulatory T cells.
Maechidius cakalele Telnov 2020, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius cakalele

description: Maechidius cakalele (Narakusumo & Balke, 2019) comb. nov.
Epholcis cakalele Narakusumo & Balke, 2019: 41 (original description), 46 (key).
Type material
MZB (holotype, paratypes), NMNL (paratypes).
Distribution
North Moluccas (Halmahera, Obi, Ternate).
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 187, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Solididens Heyns 1968
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Nygolaimidae
Solididens

description: Solididens Heyns, 1968
S. swatiensis Nasira, Shahina & Maqbool, 1999
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Nygolaimellus Loos 1949
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Dorylaimida
Nygolaimellidae
Nygolaimellus

description: Nygolaimellus Loos, 1949
N. abnormis Loos, 1949
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius caperatus Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius caperatus

description: Maechidius caperatus sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
NME (♂ holotype).
Distribution
Bird’s Neck Isthmus of New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 187, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Good Research Practice (GRP) Guidelines of the FLI — Revamped! Updated! Extended! — Preview of Version 3
Creators: name: Wilbrandt, Jeanne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Context:

This short talk was given on April 23 2024 in the context of the internal Work in Progress Seminars of the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institue (FLI), Jena.

Description:

This presentation serves as an appetizer and overview for the updated Guidelines of Good Research Practice (GRP) of the FLI [1]. 

After a short introduction of the team and the basic principles of GRP, three highlights of both the guidelines as well as the accompanying appendix are shown: 

Guideline highlights:

Readability

Details & Transparency

Appendices

Appendix highlights:

References and Tips

FLI-internal Assessment Before Submission (ABS) Rules and How-To

Checklist

[1] Briest et al. (2024). Guidelines of Good Research Practice at the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (Version 03). Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.8276433

Learning Goals:

Know absolute basics of Good Research Practice (GRP)

Know that there are FLI Guidelines

Know that there is support

 

Duration:

15 min

Target Audience:

Researchers (Students, PhD candidates, PostDocs, group leaders)

Anyone interested

Prerequisites:

none

 

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Alaimus de Man 1880
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Enoplida
Alaimidae
Alaimus

description: Alaimus de Man, 1880
A. minor Cobb, 1893
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius ciliatus Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius ciliatus

description: Maechidius ciliatus sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
IECA (♂ holotype).
Distribution
East New Guinea (Madang Province).
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 187, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Cryptonchus Cobb 1930
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Mononchida
Cryptonchidae
Cryptonchus

description: Cryptonchus Cobb, 1930
Cryptonchus spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Diphtherophoridae Micoletzky, 1922 Diptherophora de Man 1880
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Triplonchida
Diphtherophoridae

description: Diptherophora de Man, 1880
Diptherophora spp.
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius crypticus Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius crypticus

description: Maechidius crypticus sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
BMNH (♂ holotype, 7 paratypes).
Distribution
East New Guinea (Herzog Mts).
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 187, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Maechidius dani Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius dani

description: Maechidius dani sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
IECA (♂ holotype, 1 ♂ paratype).
Distribution
Central Cordillera (Baliem Valley) of New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 187, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Trichodorus Cobb 1913
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Triplonchida
Trichodoridae
Trichodorus

description: Trichodorus Cobb, 1913
T. obtusus Cobb, 1913
T. pakistanensis Siddiqi, 1962
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius deltouri Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius deltouri

description: Maechidius deltouri sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
BMNH (♂ holotype).
Distribution
North Sulawesi.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 188, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
Influence of physical and biological habitat variables on juvenile salmonid and invertebrate drift abundance in southwest British Columbia streams
Creators: name: Nicol, Sandra Diane
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: Determining the physical and biological habitat variables that influence the abundance of juvenile salmonids in British Columbia streams will improve management practices. Habitat models are tools that provide insight into organisms’ habitat needs and provide a more efficient mechanism for estimating population abundance than direct measurement. Models have been developed for salmonids in other jurisdictions, but very few have included invertebrate drift (a primary food source for juvenile salmonids) as a predictive variable. This is because temporal and spatial variation of drift abundance are widely assumed to be so high that drift cannot be reliably estimated without unreasonable effort. This thesis investigates the temporal and spatial variability of invertebrate drift and the impact of its inclusion in habitat models for juvenile salmonid abundance in two chapters. The first objective of the first chapter was to evaluate the temporal variability of invertebrate drift by comparing the seasonal and day-to-day variation in drift abundance to spatial variation within and between sites. The second objective was to develop predictive models for invertebrate drift abundance. Aquatic, terrestrial and total invertebrate drift abundances varied primarily between sites and very little between days or months at the same site, indicating that a single day of sampling is sufficient to assess drift abundance for comparison among sites. The abundance of invertebrate drift was related to productivity- and flow-related habitat variables. The objectives of the second chapter were to develop predictive models for juvenile salmonid abundance in southwestern BC using physical and biological habitat variables, to determine whether habitat variables differ between the Coast and Interior regions of BC, to determine the contribution of invertebrate drift to the relative predictive ability of the models, and to determine cost:benefit ratios for the predictive models and their component variables. The final models for predicting abundance of all young-of-year salmonids combined, and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and coho salmon (O. kisutch) individually, included variables related to stream structure and productivity, and the models for rainbow and coho showed regional differences. Invertebrate drift did not improve model fit.
Paratrichodorus Siddiqi 1974
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Enoplea
Triplonchida
Trichodoridae
Paratrichodorus

description: Paratrichodorus Siddiqi, 1974
P. faisalabadensis Nasira & Maqbool, 1994
P. minor (Colbran, 1956) Siddiqi, 1974
syn. Trichodorus minor Colbran, 1956
P. christiei (Allen, 1957) Siddiqi, 1974
P. obesus (Rasjivin & Penton, 1975) Rodriguez & Bell, 1978
P. mirzai (Siddiqi, 1960) Siddiqi, 1974
syn. Trichodorus mirzai Siddiqi, 1960
T. musaambi Edward & Misra, 1970
P. psidii Nasira & Maqbool, 1994
P. renifer Siddiqi, 1974
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Maechidius dendrolagus Telnov 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Telnov, Dmitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Maechidius
Maechidius dendrolagus

description: Maechidius dendrolagus sp. nov.
Described above.
Type material
NHMB (♂ holotype, 1 ♂ paratype).
Distribution
Madang Province, East New Guinea.
description: Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace's Line, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 188, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118
A study of the mechanism of action of novel inhibitors of tumour cell invasion
Creators: name: McHardy, Lianne M.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2008

description: Metastasis is the leading cause of death in cancer patients. Tumour invasion and migration are critical aspects of metastatic progression. A forward chemical genetics project was initiated in an effort to identify novel compounds that inhibit tumour invasion. After screening a natural extract library, two novel inhibitors were identified: motuporamine C (MotC) and strongylophorine-26 (STP-26). Structure-activity studies identified dihdyromotuporamine C (dhMotC) as a potent and easily synthesized analogue. In this work, the mechanism of activity of dhMotC and STP-26 was investigated. It was found that both dhMotC and STP-26 affect cellular shape. dhMotC induced thick central actin stress fibres and large focal adhesions and caused cells to contract. STP-26 also induced adhesion formation but it reduced stress fibres and caused increased cell spreading. Both inhibitors activated Rho GTPase, a result which was shown to mediate, in large part, the anti-invasion activity of these molecules. Motuporamines also induce the formation of membrane-rich inclusions at the peri-nuclear region in cells. Motuporamines cause an increase in lysosomal pH and inhibit lysosomal function, such that EGFR/EGF complexes internalized in the presence of dhMotC do not get degradad. This inhibition of EGF degradation is not dependent on Rho activity. However, the anti-invasive activity of motuporamine analogues correlates well with their ability to induce the formation of membrane-rich inclusions. Thus, alteration in membrane trafficking or degradation of cellular membranes may be mechanistically related to the anti-invasion effect of motuporamines. A systematic genome-wide yeast haploinsufficiency screen was employed in an effort to identify possible targets of dhMotC. Yeast screening resulted in a list of 21 mutant strains which showed increased drug sensitivity. Sphingolipid biosynthesis was identified as a target in yeast cells. By testing other genes from the list, ARF1 was identified as a target that partially mediates the anti-invasive activity in human cells. The results of this body of work show that Rho and ARF1 are important molecular players in the mechanism of tumour cell invasion. This knowledge will contribute to the development of future anti-metastasis therapies and to the development of small molecules for use as biological probes to investigate the molecular basis of metastasis.
Prismatolaimus de Man 1980
Creators: name: Shahina, F.
name: Nasira, K.
name: Firoza, K.
name: Erum, Y. I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Chromadorea
Plectida
Aphanolaimidae
Prismatolaimus

description: Prismatolaimus de Man, 1980
P. intermedius (Butschli, 1873) de Man, 1980
description: Published as part of Shahina, F., Nasira, K., Firoza, K. & Erum, Y. I., 2019, Overview of the nematode fauna of Pakistan, pp. 171-243 in Pakistan Journal of Nematology 37 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p171-243, http://zenodo.org/record/10711768
Regional seismic loss estimation and critical earthquake scenarios for the Western Quebec seismic zone
Creators: name: Goda, Katsuichiro
name: Rimando, Jeremy
name: Peace, Alexander L.
name: Sirous, Navid
name: Rosset, Philippe
name: Chouinard, Luc
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Earthquakes pose potentially substantial risks to residents in the Western Quebec seismic zone of eastern Canada, where Ottawa and Montreal are located. In eastern Canada, the majority of houses are not constructed to modern seismic standards and most homeowners do not purchase earthquake insurance for their homes. If a devastating earthquake strikes, homeowners would be left unprotected financially. To quantify financial risks to homeowners in the Western Quebec seismic zone, regional earthquake catastrophe models are developed by incorporating up-to-date public information on hazard, exposure and vulnerability. The developed catastrophe models can quantify the expected and upper-tail financial seismic risks by considering a comprehensive list of possible seismic events as well as critical earthquake scenarios based on the latest geological data in the region. The results indicate that regional seismic losses could reach several tens of billions of dollars if a moderate-to-large earthquake occurs near urban centres in the region, such as Montreal and Ottawa. The regional seismic loss estimates produced in this study are useful for informing earthquake risk management strategies, including earthquake insurance and disaster relief policies.