Combined geophysical, geomorphological and geological studies at the active Lassee Segment of the Vienna Basin Fault System

Abstract: Integrated data from 2D seismic interpretation, geomorphologic mapping, GPR profiling and Quaternary basin analysis of the Lassee Segment of the sinistral Vienna Basin Fault System 30 km east of Vienna depicts an active sinistral wrench fault with a negative flower structure, which is partly filled with Pleistocene growth strata. The flower structure developed during the Middle and Upper Miocene and was reactivated during the Quaternary. The faults east of the flower structure offset a Pleistocene terrace of the Danube River. There, high resolution GPR depicts the existence of several surface breaking faults, controlling the morphology of a pronounced composite fault scarp

Knowledge of sexually transmissible infections: a comparison of prisoners and the general population

The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified a failure to provide education for vulnerable populations such as prisoners as a contributing factor to the epidemic of sexually transmissible infections (STIs). Despite this recognition, little is known about prisoners' level of knowledge of STIs compared with the general population. Using computer-assisted telephone interviews, we compared a representative sample of 2289 Australian prisoners, aged 18–59 years from New South Wales and Queensland prisons with a representative community sample of 3536 participants from these two states. Prisoners had significantly better knowledge than the general community of chlamydia-related questions, while knowledge of herpes (genital and oral) was slightly better in the community sample. Prisoners who were aged over 25 years, not married, female, self-identified as either homosexual or bisexual and reported a history of STIs tended to have better STI knowledge levels. Despite their more disadvantaged backgrounds, prisoners demonstrated relatively good health literacy in relation to STIs. Ongoing education about the transmission risks of STIs for prisoners and the general community is needed