31 research outputs found

    Correction to: The relevance of the interpersonal theory of suicide for predicting past-year and lifetime suicidality in autistic adults (Molecular Autism, (2022), 13, 1, (14), 10.1186/s13229-022-00495-5)

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    Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported missing information in the ‘Acknowledgements’ section. The corrected ‘Acknowledgements’ section reads: We thank our participants for their generosity in taking part in the present research and for their helpful feedback towards this and future research. We would like to thank the ACORN panel at Bournemouth University for the funding this research, and our supportive colleagues. Special thanks goes to Rebecca Ellis for her patience in assisting with participant payments. We thank our colleagues at the Autism Research Centre who helped us recruit through their participant panel; the staff at Autistica who allowed us to advertise to their research network; moderators and owners of Facebook groups who were willing to let us advertise our study. Dr. Moseley thanks Dr. Sarah George, Dr. Helen Bolderston, and Dr. Cécile Bardon for their advice around ensuring the safety of participants, with especial thanks to Dr. Bardon for her warm encouragement. Finally, the authors remember all autistic people whose lives were lost to suicide, both within our participant cohort and the broader autistic community. The original article [1] has been updated

    Geophysical surveys to help map buried igneous intrusions, Snowdonia, North Wales, UK

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    The geology of the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales comprises a mixture of Lower Palaeozoic shallow marine sediments, acidic igneous rocks and basic intrusions of the Welsh Basin that were subsequently deformed during the Caledonian Orogeny. Thin igneous intrusions are challenging to map due to variable surface exposures, their intrusive origin, structural deformation and burial by glacial sediments. This study used a combination of traditional geological techniques, near-surface geophysical surveys and remote sensing to detect and map a buried dolerite sheet intrusion. Both simple and mathematical analysis of magnetic anomalies and numerical modelling allowed the dolerite position, depths and target widths to be determined. Results showed that calibrated magnetic surveys can characterize buried igneous bodies in such mountainous environments

    Mapping crustal stress and strain in southwest British Columbia

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    International audienceThis paper investigates the orientation and sources of stress in the forearc of the Cascadia subduction zone in southwest British Columbia, using Bayesian inversion results from focal mechanism data and comparing results with GPS derived short-term strain rates. The subduction margin in this region includes a change in orientation from N-S in Washington State to NW-SE in British Columbia. Over 1000 focal mechanisms from North American crustal earthquakes have been calculated to identify the dominant style of faulting, and ∼600 were inverted to estimate the principal stress orientations and the stress ratio. Our results indicate the maximum horizontal compressive stress orientation changes with distance to the trench, from approximately margin-normal along the coast to approximately margin-parallel 100-150 km inland from the coast. Comparing stress orientations with GPS data, we relate the margin-normal stress direction to subduction-related strain rates due to the locked interface between the North American and Juan de Fuca plates just west of Vancouver Island. Further from the margin the plates are coupled less strongly, and the margin-parallel maximum horizontal compressive stress in the North American Plate relates to the northward push of the Oregon Block, which is also observed in the horizontal shortening direction of the residual strain rates, after the subduction component is removed

    Interpreting complex, three-dimensional, near-surface GPR surveys: An integrated modelling and inversion approach

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    With the increasing computational power of modern personal computers, sophisticated modelling and inversion techniques are becoming popular tools for the interpretation of high-resolution, fully three-dimensional GPR surveys. In this paper, we present the latest results of ongoing practical research into the development of novel, integrated, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical modelling and linear tomographic inversion methods for the interpretation and analysis of near–surface, 3D GPR data. The proposed approach utilizes the Born approximation solution to the inverse-scattering problem and a truncated singular value decomposition (TSVD) to create the final, inverted reconstructions. A three-dimensional, full-field, O(2,4) accurate FDTD modelling scheme is used to generate the numerical-based Green’s functions and incident fields for the inversion. As such, accurate antenna sources (including the influence of shields) and near-field air/ground interface effects are inherently included in the inversion formulation. The performance of this integrated method is evaluated via a simulated, 3D, forensic-based, test-case example (a 900 MHz survey over a clandestine human burial target) including coherent noise from near-surface clutter. Although the example is simplistic, the results show that the scheme works well, despite some assumptions in the inversion methodology. As such, useful information can be gained on the true form, depth, location and spatial interrelationships of the buried features and, therefore, improved interpretations can be obtained in a three-dimensional context

    Comparison of geophysical techniques for investigating an in-filled ditch at Bury Walls hill fort, Shropshire

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    Five geophysical survey techniques were used to investigate the infilled section of the outer ditch at the Iron Age hill fort of Bury Walls, Shropshire. The techniques were resistance mapping and four profiling methods: resistivity sounding, ground-penetrating radar (GPR), P-wave seismic refraction and S-wave seismic refraction. The ditch was clearly visible on the resistance map and on GPR profiles, but no depth estimate was obtainable from these surveys. The most successful survey technique was S-wave seismic refraction, both for determining whether the ditch was present on a profile and for obtaining an estimate of its depth. A key factor for the success of S-wave seismic refraction profiling was that the ditch had been excavated into the sandstone bedrock
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