Evaluation of signal detection algorithms within the Elanco Animal Health Pharmacovigilance database     

Mark J. Novotny  Austin Rhodes  Jacob Shields  Andrea Wilson  Camilo Giraldo  Michael O&#x;Gorman  Theresa Real  Alexandra Sarsadskikh  Scott Wiseman 《Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics》2021,44(1):107-115

Statistical algorithms for detecting safety signals are beginning to be applied to Animal Health Pharmacovigilance (PV) databases. How these signal detection algorithms (SDAs) perform in an animal health PV database is the subject of this report. Statistical methods and SDAs were assessed against a set of known signals in order to identify which SDAs were most appropriate for signal detection using the Elanco Animal Health PV database. A reference set of adverse events that should signal was created for 31 products across four species. Nine SDAs based on five disproportionality statistical methods were evaluated against the reference set. The performance metrics were sensitivity, precision, specificity, accuracy, and F score. For bovine and porcine products, the Observed‐to‐Expected (O/E) SDA was the closest in terms of geometric distance to 100% sensitivity and 100% precision. For canine and feline products, the Information Component (IC) SDA was geometrically closest to 100% sensitivity and 100% precision. Principal Component Analysis confirmed that the O/E and IC SDAs were unique performers with respect to one another and other SDAs. The performance of the SDAs was dependent on the choice of the statistical method with differences seen between animal species.  相似文献   

Quantifying the water budget of irrigated rice in the Shepparton Irrigation Region, Australia   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Matthew Bethune  Nick Austin  Sheridan Maher 《Irrigation Science》2001,20(3):99-105

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Tribute to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merbach on his 65th birthday     

J. Austin  W. Gans  E. A. Kirkby  P. Pickel  S. Schubert 《植物养料与土壤学杂志》2004,167(6):665-666

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Laudatio Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merbach zum 65. Geburtstag     

J. Austin  W. Gans  E. A. Kirkby  P. Pickel  S. Schubert 《植物养料与土壤学杂志》2004,167(6):667-668

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Polygon of crossability between eleven species of Ipomoea: section Batatas (Convolvulaceae)     

Jaime Diaz  Peter Schmiediche  Daniel F. Austin 《Euphytica》1996,88(3):189-200

Summary Crossability within Ipomoea section Batatas is complex because of genetic, cytogenetic and physiological interactions. This complexity is responsible for the fact that knowledge about phylogenetic relationships within this section remains preliminary. Between 1988 and 1991, studies of planting, pollination and evaluation of progenies were carried out at the facilities of CIP in La Molina and San Ramon, Peru. Self-compatibility was found in nine diploid species. Self-incompatibility was found in diploid I. trifida, tetraploid I. tiliacea and both tetraploid and hexaploid I. batatas. Sexual compatibility is though to be related to a multiallelic sporophytic incompatibility system which is expressed in the stigmatic papillae. Altogether, 4,162 cross pollinations were made between 11 species and 76 interspecific combinations of 110 possible combinations in a diallel 11×11 design. From these 76 interspecific combinations only 38 survived, and in these crossability (= proportion between number of fruits harvested/pollinations made) ranged from 0.01 to 1.00 at La Molina. At San Ramon, 11 out of 17 cross combinations were successful, and in these crossability ranged from 0.01 to 0.71. Crossability appeared to be influenced by latitude which is related to flowering synchrony. The early death of seedlings is hypothesized to be related to a genomic imbalance between embryo and endosperm. Maternal effects were found in crosses between diploids and tetraploids which produced triploid and diploid offspring, and in crosses between hexaploids and diploids which gave rise to hexaploid offspring. This study shows that I. trifida and I. x leucantha may act as bridge species for gene flow from wild Ipomoea species to the genepool of the sweetpotato.  相似文献   

棉花组织培养高效植株再生体系的建立   总被引：12，自引：2，他引：12  

刘方  张宝红 《棉花学报》2004,16(2):117-122

通过对影响棉花体细胞胚胎发生和植株再生关键因素的研究,建立了适用于广泛基因型的棉花组织培养高效胚胎发生与植株再生体系。从中棉所12、中棉所19、泗棉3号等20余个主栽品种诱导获得了胚胎发生和植株再生,有效地突破了棉花组织培养植株再生的基因型控制,使占我国棉田面积50%以上的品种均能诱导获得胚胎发生和再生植株。首次诱导获得直接胚胎发生,使棉花组织培养的周期由180d缩短到120d左右,减少了培养过程中变异的发生。该结果的获得必将大大促进植物细胞工程和基因工程在棉花遗传改良上的应用。  相似文献   

A conceptual production model for freshwater crayfish pond culture incorporating detrital forage     

B D Mitchell  T Anderson  S S De  Silva  R O Collins  J R Chavez  P L Jones  C M Austin 《Aquaculture Research》1995,26(2):117-127

A production model is presented for semi-intensive freshwater crayfish culture ponds incorporating detrital forage. The conceptual model is developed from five submodels of trophic-dynamic interactions within the pond ecosystem. The model includes microbially enhanced detrital forage (MEDF) produced from plant matter grown in the pond as a significant component of nutrition. The model is proposed as an aid to understanding pond-based aquaculture techniques that rely upon manipulating the characteristics of MEDF. The significance of MEDF as a source of nutrition in aquaculture is discussed.  相似文献   

Effect of dietary supplements on cytokine gene expression in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)     

Awad E  Mitchell WJ  Austin B 《Journal of fish diseases》2011,34(8):629-634

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Use of probiotics to control furunculosis in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum)   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

A Irianto  & B Austin 《Journal of fish diseases》2002,25(6):333-342

Aerobic heterotrophic bacteria were isolated from the intestinal contents of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar , rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss , and turbot, Scophthalmus maximus , on tryptone soya agar and De Man Rogosa and Sharpe agar, of which 11 of 177 (6% of the total) of the isolates were antagonistic to Aeromonas salmonicida . Four of these cultures, which were identified tentatively as A. hydrophila , Vibrio fluvialis , Carnobacterium sp. and an unidentified Gram-positive coccus, were beneficial to fish when fed singly or as an equi-mixture. Feed supplemented with the putative probiotics indicated survival of the organisms in the gastrointestinal tract for 7 days. Feeding with the probiotics for 7 and 14 days led to better survival following challenge with A. salmonicida . There was no indication of serum or mucus antibodies to A. salmonicida , but there was an increased number of erythrocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes and leucocytes, and enhanced lysozyme activity in the fish.  相似文献   

Gear restrictions create conservation and fisheries trade-offs for management     

Paul G. Carvalho  Austin Humphries 《Fish and Fisheries》2022,23(1):183-194

Gear-based management for coral reef fisheries is often overlooked in the scientific literature. Empirical studies have demonstrated the conservation benefits of gear-restricted areas (i.e. prohibiting fishing gears), which can support greater biomass than unrestricted areas and protect species that play key functional roles. However, population dynamics of functional feeding groups of reef fishes under specific gear-restriction regimes remains uncertain. Here, we constructed a multi-species, length-based fisheries model to observe relative biomass and catch of reef fishes under various gear-restriction management scenarios. We used fishery-dependent and fishery-independent data to determine the catchability of functional groups and selectivity of size classes for hook-and-line, net and spear fishing, which are widely used gear types on coral reefs globally. Our model revealed trade-offs involved with gear-restriction management such that no single management strategy was able to maximize biomass or catch of all functional groups simultaneously. Also, we found that spear fishing (i.e. prohibiting hook-and-line and net fishing) maintained the highest total biomass summed across functional groups, whilst hook-and-line fishing (i.e. prohibiting net and spear fishing) and a ban on spears maintained the lowest biomass. However, hook-and-line fishing generated the highest catch-per-unit-effort. Our model results were primarily driven by differential growth rates, maximum per capita production of recruits, and catchability of functional groups targeted by each fishing gear. We demonstrate that gear restrictions can be a critical management tool for maintaining biomass and catch of certain functional groups but will likely require additional management to protect all key functional feeding groups of coral reef fishes.  相似文献