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Supplementary files for Bioprospecting from Marine Sediments of New Brunswick, Canada
Kerr, Russell G.; Duncan, Katherine; Haltli, Bradley; Gill, Krista — 2014-02-13 New Brunswick, Canada Supplementary Information includes tables and figures. Abstract from the article <br/> Actinomycetes are an important resource for the discovery of natural products with therapeutic properties. Bioprospecting for actinomycetes typically proceeds without a priori knowledge of the bacterial diversity present in sampled habitats. In this study, we endeavored to determine if overall bacterial diversity in marine sediments, as determined by 16S rDNA amplicon pyrosequencing, could be correlated with culturable actinomycete diversity, and thus serve as a powerful tool in guiding future bioprospecting efforts. Overall bacterial diversity was investigated in eight marine sediments from four sites in New Brunswick, Canada, resulting in over 44,000 high quality sequences (x̄ = 5610 per sample). Analysis revealed all sites exhibited significant diversity (H’ = 5.4 to 6.7). Furthermore, statistical analysis of species level bacterial communities (D = 0.03) indicated community composition varied according to site and was strongly influenced by sediment physiochemical composition. In contrast, cultured actinomycetes (n = 466, 98.3% Streptomyces) were ubiquitously distributed among all sites and distribution was not influenced by sediment composition, suggesting that the biogeography of culturable actinomycetes does not correlate with overall bacterial diversity in the samples examined. These actinomycetes provide a resource for future secondary metabolite discovery, as exemplified by the antimicrobial activity observed from preliminary investigation.
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Provincial Parks Campground Occupancy Data
Department of Economic Development and Tourism — 2016-05-06 Site nights available and sold by year for all the Provincial Parks Campgrounds 2005-01-01 to 2015-12-31 Prince Edward Island
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Atlantic Canada Newspaper Survey - Dataset
University of New Brunswick at Saint John; Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation; Canadian Heritage Information Network; Canadian Museum of Civilization; Gorsebrook Research Institute, St. Mary’s University; Memorial University of Newfoundland; New Brunswick Museum, Saint John; Newfoundland Museum; Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax — 2017-02-12 The Atlantic Canada Newspaper Survey (ACNS) project was designed to provide a machine-readable database of goods and services offered for sale in important east coast regional newspapers before 1900. This newspaper research database has as its focus nine broad categories of commodities based upon Statistics Canada’s “Trade of Canada Commodity Classification”. In the 1980s work on the database was supported by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The project received SSHRC funding in 1986-1987 as part of its Research Tools Program. In June 2013, the Canadian Heritage Information Network was no longer able to host the database due to accessibility issues. CHIN exported the dataset and provided a copy to UPEI in the hopes that it would be useful. Atlantic Canada, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland
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Spatial multiplexing
Nilsson, Thomy H. — 2014-09-19 Geometrical constraints limit how much information can be received and emitted along real pathways across the boundary of any processor. Applied to central nervous systems this imposes a seemingly impassable bottleneck to the evolution of large brains. A small brain could never access enough information to warrant a larger brain. A small brain could not send enough information to operate a large body. Larger bodies are needed to support larger brains. Thus, with a rare exception, there are no invertebrates with large brains or large bodies. It is proposed that a convergent-divergent scanning neural network developed which enabled vertebrates to squeeze more information through this bottleneck by “spatial multiplexing”. This reduces the number of pathways into, between and from processors by a factor of 16 while maintaining spatial and intensity accuracy. This paper describes spatial multiplexing using downloadable spreadsheet models and shows how the necessity of scanning likely introduced brain rhythms.
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Pesticide Analysis for Finfish and Shellfish
Department of Communities, Land and Environment — 2016-05-04 This data set provides pesticide sample analyses results for finfish (brook and rainbow trout) and shellfish (mussels and soft shell clams) for the province’s Pesticide Monitoring Program. The sampling includes a total of nine rivers that are tested across PEI, with three of the rivers being sampled each year. Finfish are collected from the river by electrofishing or rod and reel. Shellfish are collected from the same river systems manually, as close to the finfish sampling as possible. The purpose of the sampling is to determine if pesticide residues accumulate in the fish/shellfish. Collected 2007-Aug-22 to 2012-Nov-15 Prince Edward Island
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Did the unemployment benefits extension between 2009-2013 deter entrepreneurship in the US? Some evidence and a model of unemployment benefits and entrepreneurship
George Jia — 2022-12-01 US States This dataset includes information on the changes in the duration of unemployment benefits between the end of 2013 and 2014, the differences between the annual average unemployment rates and the natural unemployment rate, the change in entry rate for employer businesses and the net change in nonemployer business for all U.S. states. Raw data on unemployment benefits was obtained from the archived reports on Unemployment Compensation from the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities. Data on employer and nonemployer businesses are from the U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. The author's calculations are reported whenever necessary.
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Intramuscular infiltration of a local anesthetic, lidocaine, does not result in adverse behavioural side effects in rainbow trout
E. Don Stevens — 2018-02-09 Fish are a useful animal model for research, but our improvement in some aspects of their welfare has not kept pace with their increased popularity for this use. For example, researchers rarely use analgesics. We evaluated the side effects of lidocaine, a local anesthetic widely used in human and veterinary medicine. We infiltrated lidocaine on each side of the dorsal fin (total 20 mg/kg) of young rainbow trout (15 fish per group) compared with infiltration with an equal volume of saline. We monitored behaviour of individual trout during the 4-hour trial. Food was presented 5 times during the trial (30 min, 1h, 2h, 3h, 4h after infiltration) and we analyzed behaviour for 1 minute before and after food presentation. Behaviour of Saline-Infiltrated trout compared with trout that received no infiltration showed that infiltration in and of itself had no statistically significant effects on trout behaviour. However, there were many statistically significant effects of Lidocaine-Infiltrated trout compared with Saline-Infiltrated trout; none of the side-effects were adverse.
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Bioenergetic and volume regulatory effects of mitoKATP channel modulators protect against hypoxia–reoxygenation-induced mitochondrial dysfunction
Onukwufor, JO; Stevens, D; Kamunde, C — 2016-08-10 The mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ (mitoKATP) channel plays an important role in mitochondrial physiology. We studied its role in protecting against hypoxia–reoxygenation (H-R)-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in fish. We used two modulators of the channel, diazoxide and 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD), and tested the effects of low and high doses on mitochondrial bioenergetics and volume under normoxia and after H-R using buffers with and without magnesium and ATP (Mg-ATP). Overall, we showed that in the presence of Mg-ATP, both opening of mitoKATP channels and bioenergetic effects of diazoxide were protective against H-R in fish liver mitochondria, whereas in the absence of Mg-ATP only the bioenergetic effect of diazoxide was protective.
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DAIRY PRODUCER SATISFACTION AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER WITH THE VETERINARY-ADMINISTERED RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN IN A VOLUNTARY JOHNE’S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM - SUPPLEMENTAL FILE
MacDonald-Phillips, Karen A.; Keefe, Greg P.; VanLeeuwen, John.; Shaw, Darcy H.; McClure, J.; McKenna, Shawn L. B. — 2021-07-19 Knowledge transfer questions in the Producer Satisfaction Questionnaire for the Risk Assessment and Management Plan (RAMP) in the Atlantic Johne's Disease Initiative. Atlantic Provinces of Canada
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Prince Edward Island Ambulance Coverages
Prince Edward Island Finance and Municipal Affairs, Taxation and Property Records, Geomatic Services — 2000-01-01 Prince Edward Island This layer identifies the geographic area each ambulance provider responds to in PEI. Supplemental_Information: ***** Spatial Reference Information (Beg) ***** Projection Parameters The coordinate plane of the province's Geographic Information System was realized by using a Double Stereographic Projection with parameters specific to this province as listed below and is referred to as the PEI Survey Reference System. The projection is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 realized from the Canadian Spatial Reference System (NAD83(CSRS)). The Geodetic Reference System of 1980 (GRS80) is the ellipsoid upon which the datum is realized. This reference ellipsoid or ellipse of revolution, was fixed in 1980 as a "best" means to mathematically represent the earth%u2019s surface. Parameters for the PEI Survey Reference System are as follows: Projection Stereographic Double Projection Origin Latitude: N 47° 15' Longitude: W 63° 00' Scale Factor at Origin 0.999912 False Origin Northing: 800,000 Metres Easting: 400,000 Metres NAD 83(CSRS) Datum Parameters a=6378137.0000 b=6356752.3141 1/f=298.257222101 First Eccentricity e² =0.006694380 Second Eccentricity e'² =0.006739497 Gaussian Mean Radius at Origin =6,379,782.0995 Metres PEIGeocalc is a transformation software that enables coordinates to be converted to and from various projections and datums such as NAD83(CSRS), ATS77, or again NAD27. For further information or to obtain a copy of this software contact: Chief Surveyor: Serge Bernard Spatial Information Raster: Number of Columns: Number of Rows: Pixel Resolution (m): Data Type: byte ***** Spatial Reference Information (End) *****
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Oral Interview - Ward MacDonald: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, February 18, 2022.
Rowen Gallant — 2022-04-30 Prince Edward Island Oral history interview conducted by Rowen Gallant with Prince Edward Island traditional musician and dance-caller, Ward MacDonald. Charlottetown, PEI, February 18th, 2022. Interview conducted under the heading of Gallant's honours thesis, "Commodification of Traditional Musical Modalities and Cultural Identity (Re)constructions on Prince Edward Island, 1980s to the Present." Thesis was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the University of Prince Edward Island's Honours Program in History, April 30, 2022
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Oral Interview - Chuck Arsenault: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, February 20, 2022.
Rowen Gallant — 2022-02-20 Prince Edward Island Oral history interview conducted by Rowen Gallant with Prince Edward Island traditional musician Chuck Arsenault. Tracadie, PEI, February 20th, 2022. Interview conducted under the heading of Gallant's honours thesis, "Commodification of Traditional Musical Modalities and Cultural Identity (Re)constructions on Prince Edward Island, 1980s to the Present." Thesis was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the University of Prince Edward Island's Honours Program in History, April 30, 2022
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Historical road paving in Prince Edward Island, 1930-1990
Bartlett, Rebecca — 2017-12-01 Prince Edward Island Created by students in the Advanced Diploma GIS program (2012) at New Brunswick Community College using a hand-annotated map of road paving on Prince Edward Island provided by the PEI Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. The original map was scanned and then georeferenced in ArcMap using the 2012 National Road Network (NRN) GIS file for PEI. New date fields were added to the NRN file and students compared the NRN road segments to the georeferenced map, adding dates as appropriate. Only roads with paving dates available on the original map remain in this dataset and other NRN road segments were removed; however, the NRN roadsegID, road class, street name, and place name fields were kept. While efforts were made to be accurate and perform quality control, the accuracy of this dataset is not guaranteed. FIELDS PaveYear: yyyy-mm-dd, e.g. 1954-01-01. Created for temporal animations as certain date formats were required, although only years were provided in the original map so all were defaulted to January 1st. PaveYearTx: year only, e.g. 1954. Text field with pave year only. All other fields are from the original NRN dataset, NRN_PE_11_0_ROADSEG downloaded in May 2012 from the now-defunct GeoBase website. As of May 2021, the current NRN datasets are available via OpenCanada.ca.

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