Butterfly biodiversity, conservation, and citizen science in urban Los Angeles

This paper describes a project that started with a proto-science communication project on wetland dragonfly biodiversity in 1998, stopped when a funding hurdle appeared in 2002, restarted with the development of an app in 2016, and culminated with the completion of a successful citizen science project in 2017. Digital disruption, in the form of an app to replace a field guide that was never printed due to lack of funds, and using digital media to facilitate a citizen science project, was the key to completing the initial project and collecting data on dragonflies (locally valued wetland species) that previously would have been difficult to achieve. The invitation to write this paper from a less formal perspective provided the opportunity to describe the unconventional progress of a project spanning 20 years, to acknowledge the contributions of family and friends, and to emphasise the new opportunities that digital tools, media and skills can provide for wetland science and biodiversity conservation.

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From Citizen Science to Citizen Management: Suggestions for a pervasive fine-grained and operational approach to biodiversity conservation

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution ◽

10.1163/22244662-bja10029 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Corrado Battisti ◽

Fulvio Cerfolli

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Citizen Science ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Management Approach ◽

Ecosystem Structure ◽

Knowledge Process ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Management Paradigms

Abstract Citizen Science involves people as part of a scientific enquiry. However, in an age of great environmental changes, citizens are faced with degradation that affects ecosystem structure and function. Their role as drivers of change can be also relevant for biodiversity conservation. As in Citizen Science, where the citizens, properly trained, can initiate a widespread and fine-grained knowledge process, it is also possible to start a Citizen Management process, where citizens, adequately trained in problem solving, can change the state of an environmental system, with positive effects on the latter and on themselves. To prepare citizens for the acquisition of a problem solving and management paradigms, a quick meeting carried out with citizens by a senior manager as facilitator can be an opportunity to explain some basic steps: introducing them to the concept of ‘problem’, the definition of a project team and SMART objectives, the use of creativity during brainstorming, choosing an approach to the decision-making process and defining a strategy (actions, times, roles, resources, monitoring, and adaptation). According to the Hill and Westbrook’s SWOT approach, we suggest a list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that characterize the Citizen Management approach.

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James J. Murphy, ed., Medieval Eloquence: Studies in the Theory and Practice of Medieval Rhetoric. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1978. Pp. xii, 354. $16.

Speculum ◽

10.1017/s003871340017191x ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 54 (03) ◽

pp. 641

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

University Of California ◽

Medieval Rhetoric

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Sinusoidal Cells in Bone Marrow Take Up BSA-Au Conjugates in the Presence of an Artificial Blood Substitute

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100120199 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

pp. 700-701

Author(s):

J.S. Geoffroy ◽

R.P. Becker

Keyword(s):

Bone Marrow ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Iliac Artery ◽

Blood Substitute ◽

Sprague Dawley ◽

Coated Pits ◽

Sinusoidal Cells ◽

Artificial Blood ◽

Left Common Iliac Artery

The pattern of BSA-Au uptake in vivo by endothelial cells of the venous sinuses (sinusoidal cells) of rat bone marrow has been described previously. BSA-Au conjugates are taken up exclusively in coated pits and vesicles, enter and pass through an “endosomal” compartment comprised of smooth-membraned tubules and vacuoles and cup-like bodies, and subsequently reside in multivesicular and dense bodies. The process is very rapid, with BSA-Au reaching secondary lysosmes one minute after presentation. (Figure 1)In further investigations of this process an isolated limb perfusion method using an artificial blood substitute, Oxypherol-ET (O-ET; Alpha Therapeutics, Los Angeles, CA) was developed. Under nembutal anesthesia, male Sprague-Dawley rats were laparotomized. The left common iliac artery and vein were ligated and the right iliac artery was cannulated via the aorta with a small vein catheter. Pump tubing, preprimed with oxygenated 0-ET at 37°C, was connected to the cannula.

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Interprofessional Collaboration to Promote Culturally Engaged and Strengths-Based Practice

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2020_persp-20-10007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 1410-1421

Author(s):

Erica Ellis ◽

Mary Kubalanza ◽

Gabriela Simon-Cereijido ◽

Ashley Munger ◽

Allison Sidle Fuligni

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Training Program ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Interprofessional Collaboration ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

Outreach Program ◽

State University ◽

Diversity And Inclusion ◽

Health Nursing

Purpose To effectively prepare students to engage in interprofessional practice, a number of Communication Disorders (COMD) programs are designing new courses and creating additional opportunities to develop the interprofessional competencies that will support future student success in health and education-related fields. The ECHO (Educational Community Health Outreach) program is one example of how the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services at California State University, Los Angeles, has begun to create these opportunities. The ultimate goal of the ECHO project is to increase both access to and continuity of oral health care across communities in the greater Los Angeles area. Method We describe this innovative interdisciplinary training program within the context of current interprofessional education models. First, we describe the program and its development. Second, we describe how COMD students benefit from the training program. Third, we examine how students from other disciplines experience benefits related to interprofessional education and COMD. Fourth, we provide reflections and insights from COMD faculty who participated in the project. Conclusions The ECHO program has great potential for continuing to build innovative clinical training opportunities for students with the inclusion of Child and Family Studies, Public Health, Nursing, and Nutrition departments. These partnerships push beyond the norm of disciplines often used in collaborative efforts in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Additionally, the training students received with ECHO incorporates not only interprofessional education but also relevant and important aspects of diversity and inclusion, as well as strengths-based practices.

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Timber Production and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Rain Forests

10.1017/cbo9780511525827 ◽

1997 ◽

Cited By ~ 88

Author(s):

Andrew Grieser Johns ◽

Jeffrey Burley

Keyword(s):

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Timber Production ◽

Tropical Rain Forests ◽

Rain Forests

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Vorhersagbarkeit posttraumatischer Belastung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen nach traumatischen Ereignissen in der Schule

Kindheit und Entwicklung ◽

10.1026/0942-5403.17.4.219 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 219-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Barbara Frühe ◽

Hans-Joachim Röthlein ◽

Rita Rosner

Keyword(s):

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Stress Disorder ◽

Reaction Index ◽

Traumatische Ereignisse

Traumatische Ereignisse im schulischen Kontext treten vergleichsweise häufig auf. So ist die Bestimmung von Kindern und Jugendlichen, die aktuell und auch zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt einer psychologischen Betreuung bedürfen, im Rahmen der Fürsorgepflicht notwendig. 48 Jugendliche zwischen 12 und 17 Jahren wurden in der Schule zu zwei Messzeitpunkten zur akuten und posttraumatischen Symptomatik sowie zu verschiedenen Risikofaktoren befragt. Verwendet wurde die neu entwickelte Checkliste zur Akuten Belastung (CAB) und die deutsche Version des University of Los Angeles at California Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index (UCLA CPTSD-RI). Eine Woche nach dem Ereignis betrug der Anteil klinisch bedeutsamer Belastung 21 % und nach 10 – 15 Wochen 10 %. Ein mittlerer Zusammenhang zwischen akuter und posttraumatischer Belastung konnte nachgewiesen werden. Als bedeutsame Risikofaktoren für die Entwicklung einer posttraumatischen Belastung stellten sich der Konfrontationsgrad, peritraumatisch erlebte Angst sowie akute Beeinträchtigung heraus. Im Kontext der Betreuung betroffener Jugendlicher nach traumatischen Ereignissen sollte den Risikofaktoren mehr Beachtung geschenkt werden.

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