Status Revision and Update for Illinois' Fish Species in Greatest Need of Conservation: 2012 Annual Project Report

Work during this reporting period focused on gathering fisheries data relevant to distribution, abundance and ecological characteristicsof fish in Illinois and summarizing those data to reevaluate portions of the Illinois Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan and Strategy (IWAP). Fisheries databases and museum collections from seven sources along withsurveys of Illinois fisheries experts have been utilized to conduct a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative assessment of Illinois fish Species in Greatest Need of Conservation (SGNC)to assist with updating and revisingAppendix I and II of the IWAP.This annual progress report summarizes work conducted for the period1 January 2011 –31 December 2011.Illinois Department of Natural Resources State Wildlife Grant / Project Number (T-68-R-001)unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Monitoring and Assessment of Aquatic Life in the Kaskaskia River for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: Annual Report 2015

Summer thermal characteristics were monitored at 81 locations in the basin (Figure 3) during the three years of this study. Mean daily summer temperature ranged from 18.9oCto 27.2oC with a mean of 23.5oC. Water quality parameters were measuredduring152site visits in summer and 60 site visits infall between 2013 and 2015. Mean values for these parameters were similar in summer and fall (Table 2) and are characteristic of Midwestern watersheds with high densities of agricultural land use. Fish were collected during123sampling events between 2013 and 2015.Mean standardized abundance (number of individuals per 100m of sampled stream) was 323.3 and mean standardized species richness (number of species per 100m of sampled stream) was 11.8. Index of Biotic Integrity(Smogor 2000)scores calculated from sampled fish assemblages had a range of13 (very low) to 55(moderate) and a mean of 36.3(indicating an average condition within the moderately low category; Table 3).The seven overall most abundant fish species in wadeable streams of the Kaskaskia River watershed were all minnows, but that pattern varies by subwatershed (Table 4). Green sunfish is the most frequently collected species in the watershed and in three of the four subwatersheds; however, frequency of occurrence patterns vary across the subwatersheds amongst the remaining species(Table 5).QHEI scores (OEPA 2006) for the watershed range between 21 (impaired) and 77.5 (excellent) with a mean of 51.8 (moderate, Table 6). IHI scores (Sass et al. 2011) for the watershed range between5 and 24 (which are the minimum and maximum scores possible) with a mean of 18.3, which is near the middle of the index gradient (Table 7).Work conducted during this reporting period was performed primarily by one FTE research scientist aided by the Principle Investigators, two graduate students and three hourly workers. A total of eleven hourly workers (mainly undergraduate students) have assisted staff during the three years of study.IDNR Office of Resource Conservationunpublishednot peer reviewedOpe

Continuity, psychosocial correlates, and outcome of problematic substance use from adolescence to young adulthood in a community sample

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The study of the continuity, psychosocial correlates, and prediction of problematic substance use (PSU) across time from adolescence to young adulthood. METHODS: Substance use was studied in a cohort of N = 593 subjects who had been assessed at three times between adolescence and young adulthood within the Zurich Psychology and Psychopathology Study (ZAPPS). Based on the frequency of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis consumption, groups with PSU were defined at each of the three measurement points in time and compared to the rest of the sample. Comparisons included questionnaire data regarding emotional and behavioural problems, life events, coping style, self-related cognitions, perceived parenting style, perceived school environment, and size and efficiency of the social network. RESULTS: The size of the groups with PSU increased continuously across time. The cross-sectional correlates of PSU were characterized by a similar pattern that included higher scores for externalizing behaviour, and both number and negative impact of life events across all three times. At time 1 and 2 subjects with PSU also experienced less favourable parenting styles and school environments. Longitudinally, PSU in young adulthood was predicted most strongly and persistently by previous risk status, externalizing problems and male gender. CONCLUSION: Problematic substance use is a major problem in youth. Its contributing pattern of associated and predictive psychosocial variables can be identified in the community

Psychosocial Factors in Adolescent and Young Adult Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms: Causal or Correlational Associations?

Using a large longitudinal representative community sample, this study identified three groups of subjects who were depressed either in pre-adolescence, late adolescence or early adulthood, and matched by age and gender to controls without depression. The 90th percentile on one or two self-reported symptom scales [i. e. the Center for Epidemilogical Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) or the subscale Anxious / Depressed subscale on either the Youth Self Report (YSR) or the Young Adult Self Report (YASR)] served as the cut-off for the depression groups. Psychosocial variables under study included life events and life events impact, coping, self-related cognitions, perceived parental rearing style, family relations, perceived school environment, and the internalizing (except anxious/depressed) and externalizing problem scale of the YSR/YASR. The study found a large number of time-related correlations between psychosocial factors and depression. Evidence for causal effect (either antecedent or consequent) was obtained only for self-esteem, perceived maternal rejection, and internalizing problem

Differentiating the behavioural profile in autism and mental retardation and testing of a screener

Abstract. : In order to differentiate the behavioural profiles in autism and mental retardation and to cross-validate a behavioural autism screen, 84 subjects with autism (64 males and 20 females) with a mean age of 10 years selected from a Swiss national survey were compared to a control group of 84 subjects matched by age and gender with mental retardation, but without autistic features. The behavioural profile was assessed using the Developmental Behaviour Checklist (DBC). The behavioural profile in autism, in contrast to mental retardation, was marked by higher scores in the domains of disruptive, self-absorbed, communication disturbed, anxious and autistic behaviour, and a higher total DBC score. Furthermore, a higher vulnerability for behavioural abnormalities became evident for females with autism. A recently proposed DBC-Autism Screen was cross-validated, and a slight extension of the screen led to even higher correct classification rates. It was concluded that the DBC is a suitable instrument for the assessment of the behavioural profile and for screening in autis

Correlation effects in the valence bands of ferromagnetic semiconductor EuS

We present a many body analysis of the multi-band Kondo lattice model. The study is then combined with the first principles TB-LMTO band structure calculations, in order to investigate the temperature dependent correlation effects in the 3$\textit{p}$ valence bands of the ferromagnetic semiconductor EuS. Some of the physical properties of interest like the quasi-particle density of states (Q-DOS), spectral density (SD) and quasi-particle band structure (Q-BS) are calculated and discussed. Therewith, we propose a spin resolved ARPES of the valence bands of EuS to be performed.Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Stat. Solidi

Behavioral and emotional problems reported by parents for ages 6 to 17 in a Swiss epidemiological study

In an epidemiological sample of children aged 6 to 17 a total of 1964 parents responded to the Child Behavior Check List (CBCL). A subgroup of 399 parents were interviewed with the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC). The mean syndrome scale scores in the various sex/age groups were in the lower range of several international studies using the CBCL. Effect analyses revealed sex to be more important than nationality (indigenous vs. immigrant) and age. All effects had to be considered as being small. Convergence between syndrome scales of the CBCL and interview-derived DSMIII-R diagnoses was good for three major groups of disorder

Hierarchical Framework for Wadeable Stream Management and Conservation: Annual Report 2013

We have consolidated and mapped biological information associated with existing criteria for INAI listing of wadeable streams. Threatened and Endangered species locations, fish Index of Biotic Integrity and Mussel Community Index values, and Mussel Species Richness from recent statewide surveys that meet existing criteria for INAI listing have been consolidated and mapped. Additional efforts were made toward developing standard methods for classifying and rating INAI Category I and Category VI sites.Work on this project continued with one full time research scientist and one part-time research scientist during the reporting period. We hired and added a second full time staff member nearthe end of the reporting period to focus on completion of Jobs 2 and 3.Our part-time graduate student worker completed georeferencing and quality assurance of Illinois EPT collections data that is now available for our use.Efforts to define AES polygons uncovered two unexpected but related issues with our existing GIS database system. A large number of very small areas (often < 1 meter wide but sometimes miles long) within the state had not been incorporated into the system. Secondly, some watershed polygons were found to have been misattributed to adjacent watersheds. These areas were generally at the boundaries of the processing units that were used in the initial database development. Identifying, incorporating, and attributing these areas has taken considerable time and delayed work on defining AESs (Job 3)Illinois Department of Natural Resources State Wildlife Grant Program (Project Number T-75-R-001)unpublishednot peer reviewedOpe