ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCY: THE WORLD-FAMOUS SAN DIEGO ZOO WAY

2016 ◽  
Vol 2017 (83) ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
Sandy Asch ◽  
Tim Mulligan
Keyword(s):  
San Diego ◽  
The World ◽  
Organizational Resiliency

scholarly journals Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) established in Israel and world distribution of a major termite pest

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1537-1543
Author(s):  
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn ◽  
Brian W. Bahder ◽  
Tomer Lu
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Florida Keys ◽  
Coptotermes Formosanus ◽  
Subterranean Termite ◽  
Formosan Subterranean Termite ◽  
The World ◽  
World Distribution

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909, is a highly destructive structural pest endemic to East Asia. We report a land-based establishment of C. formosanus in Petah Tikva, Israel, over 6000 km from its nearest previous locality in China. The species’ identity was confirmed by soldier morphology and by COI sequence data. In addition, a population discovered in 1992 in suburban San Diego, California, USA, remains viable. Marathon hosts the first infestation of C. formosanus in the Florida Keys. The world distribution of C. formosanus is presented, and the biogeography and mechanisms of spread of this termite are discussed.

scholarly journals Temporal clustering of Kawasaki disease cases around the world

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Burney ◽  
Laurel L. DeHaan ◽  
Chisato Shimizu ◽  
Emelia V. Bainto ◽  
Jane W. Newburger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kawasaki Disease ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Combine Data ◽  
Disease Etiology ◽  
Temporal Clustering ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
Short Time

AbstractIn a single-site study (San Diego, CA, USA), we previously showed that Kawasaki Disease (KD) cases cluster temporally in bursts of approximately 7 days. These clusters occurred more often than would be expected at random even after accounting for long-term trends and seasonality. This finding raised the question of whether other locations around the world experience similar temporal clusters of KD that might offer clues to disease etiology. Here we combine data from San Diego and nine additional sites around the world with hospitals that care for large numbers of KD patients, as well as two multi-hospital catchment regions. We found that across these sites, KD cases clustered at short time scales and there were anomalously long quiet periods with no cases. Both of these phenomena occurred more often than would be expected given local trends and seasonality. Additionally, we found unusually frequent temporal overlaps of KD clusters and quiet periods between pairs of sites. These findings suggest that regional and planetary range environmental influences create periods of higher or lower exposure to KD triggers that may offer clues to the etiology of KD.

scholarly journals The significant and profound impacts of Gordon Life Science Institute

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-11
Author(s):  
Kuo-Chen Chou
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Science Institute ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Research

The “Gordon Life Science” or “GLS” Institute is the first Internet Institute in the world. Established by Prof. Dr. Kuo-Chen Chou in 2003, right after he was retired from “Pfizer Global Research and Development” in San Diego, California.

A Teller of Tales

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Eller
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Writing Conferences ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
Cosmic Evolution ◽  
Lecture Series ◽  
The World ◽  
Nasa Ames Research ◽  
History Of

Bradbury’s six-year odyssey to celebrate and explore the history of Halloween opens chapter 3, culminating in the shift from a screen project to the 1972 publication of The Halloween Tree. In 1972 Bradbury also opened the “Cosmic Evolution” lecture series in San Francisco, sponsored in part by the NASA/Ames Research Center. Chapter 3 concludes with Bradbury’s entry into the world of writing conferences, first with Writer’s Community at Squaw Valley and then with the annual Santa Barbara Writers’ Conference, where he would lecture and work with writers for more than thirty years. At the urging of Shel Dorf, Bradbury’s role as a perennial featured presence at the San Diego Comic Con also began in the early 1970s.

scholarly journals Operation Oryx—the success continues

Oryx ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Fitter
Keyword(s):  
San Diego ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Wild Animal ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
World Wildlife Fund ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Arabian Oryx ◽  
Made In

In the past six months there have been two notable developments in the follow-up of Operation Oryx, whose history was summarised in Oryx in 1982 (Vol. XVI, pages 406–410). A first release was made in Jordan, in October 1983 and a second one in Oman in April 1984. The Royal Jordanian Conservation Society should be most warmly congratulated for having been able to release, with substantial help from both the World Wildlife Fund and the Oman Government, no fewer than 31 oryx into the Shaumari Reserve near Azraq, which although fenced extends to 22 sq km. This herd derives from four pairs originating from Operation Oryx, sent from San Diego Wild Animal Park in California in 1978, and three more animals presented by HH the Prince of Qatar. Their release into the extensive natural habitat at Shaumari by HM King Hussein crowns a notable effort and provides further justification of the foresight of the ffPS in undertaking Operation Oryx 22 years ago. It is unlikely that Arabian oryx can be released into the open desert in Jordan in the foreseeable future, since the available areas are too close both to populated areas in Jordan and to the Saudi Arabian frontier, which they could not be prevented from crossing and where they could not be safeguarded.

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