Umpqua River Basin bibliography by date to 2023

Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library staff have compiled bibliographies on Netarts Bay, the Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, the Alsea River Basin, the Yachats River Estuary and the Umpqua River Basin.This bibliography is about the Umpqua River Basin, particularly its hydrology and its fisheries. At the request of the local watershed council, the Partnership for Umpqua Rivers, the bibliography was extended beyond the estuary to include the entire basin. The Umpqua River Basin is almost entirely located in Douglas County, Oregon. It includes the North Umpqua River, the South Umpqua, the mainstem Umpqua River, and the Smith River. The Basin’s salmonid fisheries have been stressed by logging, agriculture and mining, and much work has been done to promote the recovery of its fisheries. The bibliography includes records about some films, photographs and archival materials, along with books, articles, maps and web pages. The bibliography was built using local, regional and national library catalogs, major online databases, theses and dissertations, watershed assessments and Federal endangered species reports. In addition to some attention to the area’s pre-history, references date from Joel Palmer’s 1847 Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains and are current to June, 2023. We have attempted to cover major physical features of the Umpqua Basin, as well as important aquatic species and critical issues facing the area. A web-based version of this bibliography is available at: https://guin.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-estuaries. The web version offers keyword searching, which includes major concepts as well as species names and geographic referents

Siletz Bay bibliography to 2023 by date

Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library staff have compiled bibliographies on Netarts Bay, the Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, the Alsea River Basin, the Yachats River Estuary and the Umpqua River Basin.Siletz Bay is a moderately sized estuary approximately 1,461 acres in area. Its watershed covers about 373 square miles. Major modifications to the bay have come through sedimentation from human activity, mainly logging, and by changes to the shoreline. Much of the land around the bay is now part of the Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The Siletz River has a native summer steelhead trout run that is unique in Oregon, and is widely known for its excellent fishing. This bibliography is about Siletz Bay. Geographic coverage occasionally ranges upriver, but the primary focus is on the estuary. The Siletz Bay Bibliography attempts to identify research on the physical and biological aspects of the Siletz River and estuary, with an emphasis on fisheries and natural resources. In addition to some attention to the area’s pre-history, references date from Theodore Talbot’s 1849 trip through the region through June, 2023. A web-based version of this bibliography is available at: https://guin.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-estuaries. The web version offers keyword searching, which includes major concepts as well as species names and geographic referents

Yachats River bibliography by date to 2023

Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library staff have compiled bibliographies on Netarts Bay, the Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, the Alsea River Basin, the Yachats River Estuary and the Umpqua River Basin.The Yachats River (Lincoln County, Oregon) has a very small (40 acres), estuary. The State of Oregon classifies it as a Conservation Estuary, because it is relatively undeveloped. This bibliography attempts to identify research on physical, biological and cultural aspects of the Yachats River and its estuary, with an emphasis on fisheries and natural resources. Because the estuary is so small and the area has not been extensively studied, the scope of the bibliography has been extended to some aspects of the interesting nearby rocky coastline. In addition to some attention to the area’s pre-history, historical coverage dates from Alexander McLeod’s trip through the region in 1826 through June, 2023. A web-based version of this bibliography is available at: https://guin.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-estuaries. The web version offers keyword searching, which includes major concepts as well as species names and geographic referents

Alsea Basin bibliography to 2023 by date

Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library staff have compiled bibliographies on Netarts Bay, the Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, the Alsea River Basin, the Yachats River Estuary and the Umpqua River Basin.The Alsea Basin Bibliography focuses on the entire Alsea River Basin, from the mouth of the estuary to the foothills of the Coast Range. This enlarged coverage acknowledges the importance of the Alsea Watershed Study (1959-1974), an early and important long-term research project about the effects of logging on salmonid fisheries. The bibliography also includes works from a follow-up investigation, the Alsea Watershed Study Revisited (2008-2016). The Alsea Basin Bibliography attempts to identify research on the physical and biological aspects of the Alsea River and estuary, with an emphasis on fisheries and natural resources. In addition to some attention to the area’s pre-history, the period covered dates from Theodore Talbot’s 1849 trip through the region through June, 2023. A web-based version of this bibliography is available at: https://guin.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-estuaries. The web version offers keyword searching, which includes major concepts as well as species names and geographic referents

Salmon River Estuary / Cascade Head bibliography to 2023 by date

Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library staff have compiled bibliographies on Netarts Bay, the Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, the Alsea River Basin, the Yachats River Estuary and the Umpqua River Basin.The Salmon River (Lincoln County, Oregon) has a small (438 acres), relatively undeveloped estuary. The area gained protection in 1974, when an act of Congress made the Salmon River estuary part of the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area. Today, the estuary is notable for ongoing studies of formerly diked sections that have been restored to tidal marshlands. This bibliography attempts to identify research on physical, biological and cultural aspects of the Salmon River estuary and the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area, with an emphasis on fisheries and natural resources. In addition to some attention to the area’s pre-history, references date from Theodore Talbot’s trip through the region in 1849 up to June, 2023. A web-based version of this bibliography is available at: https://guin.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-estuaries. The web version offers keyword searching, which includes major concepts as well as species names and geographic referents

Netarts Bay bibliography to 2023 by date

Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library staff have compiled bibliographies on Netarts Bay, the Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, the Alsea River Basin, the Yachats River Estuary and the Umpqua River Basin.The Netarts Bay estuary is approximately 2,743 acres in area and its watershed masses approximately 14 square miles. Because it is relatively undisturbed, the Oregon Estuary Classification System calls Netarts Bay a Conservation estuary. As such, it is a valuable resource for many wildlife species. The Audubon Society of Portland reports, for example, that between 18-70% of Oregon's wintering population of Black Brant (average 43%) is to be found at Netarts Bay. A web-based version of this bibliography is available at: https://guin.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-estuaries. The web version offers keyword searching, which includes major concepts as well as species names and geographic referents

Yaquina Bay bibliography by date to 2023

Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library staff have compiled bibliographies on Netarts Bay, the Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay, the Alsea River Basin, the Yachats River Estuary and the Umpqua River Basin.Yaquina Bay, located in Oregon's Lincoln County, has been extensively altered by jetties, dredging, landfills, roads and other human modifications. The Oregon estuary classification system designates Yaquina Bay as a Deep Draft Development estuary. It has been studied for decades, at times aggressively so. With renewed interest in Yaquina Bay as a research site, Oregon Sea Grant and the Environmental Protection Agency generously funded the beginning of this bibliography. The initial compilation was done by graduate student Heather Hiveley and the Guin Librarian, Janet Webster. Further citations were added by Susan Gilmont, under the direction of Janet Webster and Mary Markland. In addition to some attention to the area’s pre-history, the historical period covered extends from Theodore Talbot’s trip through the region in 1849 through June 2023. A web-based version of this bibliography is available at: https://guin.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-estuaries. The web version offers keyword searching, including major concepts as well as species names and geographic referents

Immunochip analysis identifies multiple susceptibility loci for systemic sclerosis

In this study, 1,833 systemic sclerosis (SSc) cases and 3,466 controls were genotyped with the Immunochip array. Classical alleles, amino acid residues, and SNPs across the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region were imputed and tested. These analyses resulted in a model composed of six polymorphic amino acid positions and seven SNPs that explained the observed significant associations in the region. In addition, a replication step comprising 4,017 SSc cases and 5,935 controls was carried out for several selected non-HLA variants, reaching a total of 5,850 cases and 9,401 controls of European ancestry. Following this strategy, we identified and validated three SSc risk loci, including DNASE1L3 at 3p14, the SCHIP1-IL12A locus at 3q25, and ATG5 at 6q21, as well as a suggested association of the TREH-DDX6 locus at 11q23. The associations of several previously reported SSc risk loci were validated and further refined, and the observed peak of association in PXK was related to DNASE1L3. Our study has increased the number of known genetic associations with SSc, provided further insight into the pleiotropic effects of shared autoimmune risk factors, and highlighted the power of dense mapping for detecting previously overlooked susceptibility loci

Oral abstracts 3: RA Treatment and outcomesO13. Validation of jadas in all subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a clinical setting

Background: Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS) is a 4 variable composite disease activity (DA) score for JIA (including active 10, 27 or 71 joint count (AJC), physician global (PGA), parent/child global (PGE) and ESR). The validity of JADAS for all ILAR subtypes in the routine clinical setting is unknown. We investigated the construct validity of JADAS in the clinical setting in all subtypes of JIA through application to a prospective inception cohort of UK children presenting with new onset inflammatory arthritis. Methods: JADAS 10, 27 and 71 were determined for all children in the Childhood Arthritis Prospective Study (CAPS) with complete data available at baseline. Correlation of JADAS 10, 27 and 71 with single DA markers was determined for all subtypes. All correlations were calculated using Spearman's rank statistic. Results: 262/1238 visits had sufficient data for calculation of JADAS (1028 (83%) AJC, 744 (60%) PGA, 843 (68%) PGE and 459 (37%) ESR). Median age at disease onset was 6.0 years (IQR 2.6-10.4) and 64% were female. Correlation between JADAS 10, 27 and 71 approached 1 for all subtypes. Median JADAS 71 was 5.3 (IQR 2.2-10.1) with a significant difference between median JADAS scores between subtypes (p < 0.01). Correlation of JADAS 71 with each single marker of DA was moderate to high in the total cohort (see Table 1). Overall, correlation with AJC, PGA and PGE was moderate to high and correlation with ESR, limited JC, parental pain and CHAQ was low to moderate in the individual subtypes. Correlation coefficients in the extended oligoarticular, rheumatoid factor negative and enthesitis related subtypes were interpreted with caution in view of low numbers. Conclusions: This study adds to the body of evidence supporting the construct validity of JADAS. JADAS correlates with other measures of DA in all ILAR subtypes in the routine clinical setting. Given the high frequency of missing ESR data, it would be useful to assess the validity of JADAS without inclusion of the ESR. Disclosure statement: All authors have declared no conflicts of interest. Table 1Spearman's correlation between JADAS 71 and single markers DA by ILAR subtype ILAR Subtype Systemic onset JIA Persistent oligo JIA Extended oligo JIA Rheumatoid factor neg JIA Rheumatoid factor pos JIA Enthesitis related JIA Psoriatic JIA Undifferentiated JIA Unknown subtype Total cohort Number of children 23 111 12 57 7 9 19 7 17 262 AJC 0.54 0.67 0.53 0.75 0.53 0.34 0.59 0.81 0.37 0.59 PGA 0.63 0.69 0.25 0.73 0.14 0.05 0.50 0.83 0.56 0.64 PGE 0.51 0.68 0.83 0.61 0.41 0.69 0.71 0.9 0.48 0.61 ESR 0.28 0.31 0.35 0.4 0.6 0.85 0.43 0.7 0.5 0.53 Limited 71 JC 0.29 0.51 0.23 0.37 0.14 -0.12 0.4 0.81 0.45 0.41 Parental pain 0.23 0.62 0.03 0.57 0.41 0.69 0.7 0.79 0.42 0.53 Childhood health assessment questionnaire 0.25 0.57 -0.07 0.36 -0.47 0.84 0.37 0.8 0.66 0.4

Vitamin D Status Is Associated with Disease Activity among Rheumatology Outpatients

The co-existence of high prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy among Canadians and high prevalence of systematic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) raise the question on relationship between the two situations. Objective: To determine vitamin D status in known cases of common SARDs and compare to those with non-autoimmune diseases; further, to evaluate the impact of vitamin D on disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cases. Methods: In a retrospective case-control study design, we evaluated 116 patients in a community clinic classified in two groups, Control group: patients with non-rheumatic disease (n = 56), and Case group: those with rheumatic diseases (n = 60). We compared plasma vitamin D status (25(OH)D), indicators of disease activity and other potential confounders. Further, we determined factors associated with disease activity in RA cases. Results: The plasma 25(OH)D was significantly lower in Case group (64.8 ± 29.8) compared to Control group (86.8 ± 37.7). High number of SARDs outpatients 56%) had considerably low plasma 25(OH)D concentration. RA cases with low plasma 25(OH)D had over five times higher risk of disease activity (OR = 5.15 95% CI 1.16, 22.9; p = 0.031). Conclusion: Inadequate vitamin D status in SARDs cases, along with considerably strong association with disease activity in RA cases, indicate the need for proper evaluation of vitamin D status in this clinical population. Moreover, appropriate training should be given to the patients to ensure the intake of the recommended amount of vitamin D per day through diet or supplement