Faulting, basin formation and orogenic arcuation at the Dinaric–Hellenic junction (northern Albania and Kosovo)

The Dinaric–Hellenic mountain belt bends where two fault systems transect the orogen: (1) the dextral Shkoder-Peja Transfer Zone (SPTZ), active sometime between the Late Cretaceous and middle Eocene; (2) the Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault (SPNF), which accommodated NW–SE directed orogen-parallel extension. The SPTZ dextrally offsets the Dinaric–Hellenic nappes by ~ 75 km, a displacement attributed to reactivation of an Early Mesozoic rift transfer zone in the Adriatic margin during Paleogene subduction of the Pindos Ocean. This subduction involved an initial counter-clockwise rotation of the Hellenides with respect to the Dinarides around a pole at the NW end of the Budva–Krasta–Cukali–Pindos Basin. The SPNF overprints the SPTZ and is a composite structure comprising five fault segments: four of them (Cukali–Tropoja, Decani, Rožaje, Istog) were active under ductile-to-brittle conditions. They downthrow the West Vardar Ophiolite in the hanging wall. The Cukali–Tropoja and Decani segments exhume domes with anchizonal-to-greenschist-facies metamorphism in their footwalls. These structures formed during a first-phase of extension and clockwise rotation, whose Paleocene age is constrained by cross-cutting relationships. A second extensional phase was accommodated mainly by the fifth (Dukagjini) segment of the SPNF, a subsurface normal fault bordering syn-rift, mid-late Miocene clastic and lacustrine sediments in the Dukagjini Basin (DB) that are sealed by Plio-Pleistocene strata. This later phase involved subsidence of Neogene basins at the Dinaric–Hellenic junction coupled with accelerated clockwise oroclinal bending. The driving force for clockwise rotation is thought to be bending and rollback of the untorn part of the Adriatic slab beneath the Hellenides

Qualitative research in social and organizational psychology: the Italian way

Our paper provides a mapping of qualitative research in social and organizational psychology. This mapping was directed by the authors’ choices and this means that scholars from other perspectives are likely to offer different readings of the same topic. The first choice was to not consider the clinical and developmental psychological research, so to deepen our exploration of the two areas in which we work on, and on which we have a more articulated perspective. These two areas differ for some aspects, but they also present some relevant common elements, as it is demonstrated by the fact that scholars working in social and organizational psychology are part of the same academic recruitment field (“11/E3 Social psychology and work and organizational psychology”). The first section of the article consists of a short history of qualitative research in Italian psychology. To deepen the focus on the most recent developments, in the second section we present a review of the scientific articles published in the last five years

Faulting, basin formation and orogenic arcuation at the Dinaric–Hellenic junction (northern Albania and Kosovo)

The Dinaric–Hellenic mountain belt bends where two fault systems transect the orogen: (1) the dextral Shkoder-Peja Transfer Zone (SPTZ), active sometime between the Late Cretaceous and middle Eocene; (2) the Shkoder-Peja Normal Fault (SPNF), which accommodated NW–SE directed orogen-parallel extension. The SPTZ dextrally offsets the Dinaric–Hellenic nappes by ~ 75 km, a displacement attributed to reactivation of an Early Mesozoic rift transfer zone in the Adriatic margin during Paleogene subduction of the Pindos Ocean. This subduction involved an initial counter-clockwise rotation of the Hellenides with respect to the Dinarides around a pole at the NW end of the Budva–Krasta–Cukali–Pindos Basin. The SPNF overprints the SPTZ and is a composite structure comprising five fault segments: four of them (Cukali–Tropoja, Decani, Rožaje, Istog) were active under ductile-to-brittle conditions. They downthrow the West Vardar Ophiolite in the hanging wall. The Cukali–Tropoja and Decani segments exhume domes with anchizonal-to-greenschist-facies metamorphism in their footwalls. These structures formed during a first-phase of extension and clockwise rotation, whose Paleocene age is constrained by cross-cutting relationships. A second extensional phase was accommodated mainly by the fifth (Dukagjini) segment of the SPNF, a subsurface normal fault bordering syn-rift, mid-late Miocene clastic and lacustrine sediments in the Dukagjini Basin (DB) that are sealed by Plio-Pleistocene strata. This later phase involved subsidence of Neogene basins at the Dinaric–Hellenic junction coupled with accelerated clockwise oroclinal bending. The driving force for clockwise rotation is thought to be bending and rollback of the untorn part of the Adriatic slab beneath the Hellenides

Adherence to guidelines strongly improves reproducibility of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation.

BACKGROUND: Brachial artery FMD is widely used as a non-invasive measure of endothelial function. Adherence to expert guidelines is believed to be of vital importance to obtain reproducible measurements. We conducted a systematic review of studies reporting on the reproducibility of the FMD in order to determine the relation between adherence to current expert guidelines for FMD measurement and its reproducibility. METHODS: Medline-database was searched through July 2015 and 458 records were screened for FMD reproducibility studies reporting the mean difference and variance of repeated FMD measurements. An adherence score was assigned to each of the included studies based on reported adherence to published guidelines on the assessment of brachial artery FMD. A Typical Error Estimate (TEE) of the FMD was calculated for each included study. The relation between the FMD TEE and the adherence score was investigated by means of Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple linear regression analysis. RESULTS: Twenty-seven studies involving 48 study groups and 1537 subjects were included in the analyses. The adherence score ranged from 2.4 to 9.2 (out of a maximum of 10) and was strongly and inversely correlated with FMD TEE (adjusted R(2) = 0.36, P < 0.01). Use of automated edge-detection software, continuous diameter measurement, true peak diameter for %FMD calculation, a stereostatic probe holder, and higher age emerged as factors associated with a lower FMD TEE. CONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate that adherence to current expert consensus guidelines and applying contemporary techniques for measuring brachial artery FMD decreases its measurement error

Early onset and late acceleration of rapid exhumation in the Namche Barwa syntaxis, eastern Himalaya

The Himalayan syntaxes, characterized by extreme rates of rock exhumation co-located with major trans-orogenic rivers, figure prominently in the debate on tectonic versus erosional forcing of exhumation. Both the mechanism and timing of rapid exhumation of the Namche Barwa massif in the eastern syntaxis remain controversial. It has been argued that coupling between crustal rock advection and surface erosion initiated in the late Miocene (8-10 Ma). Recent studies, in contrast, suggest a Quaternary onset of rapid exhumation linked to a purely tectonic mechanism. We report new multisystem detrital thermochronology data from the most proximal Neogene clastic sediments downstream of Namche Barwa and use a thermo-kinematic model constrained by new and published data to explore its exhumation history. Modeling results show that exhumation accelerated to ~4 km/m.y. at ~8 Ma and to ~9 km/m.y. after ~2 Ma. This three-stage history reconciles apparently contradictory evidence for early and late onset of rapid exhumation, and suggests efficient coupling between tectonics and erosion since the late Miocene. Quaternary acceleration of exhumation is consistent with river-profile evolution, and may be linked to a Quaternary river-capture event

Insights into the evolution of the Hindu Kush-Kohistan-Karakoram from modern river sand detrital geo- and thermochronological studies

The Hindu Kush-Kohistan-Karakoram region is critical to understanding the long-term accretion history of the south Asian margin pre- and post-India-Asia collision and the impact of these collisions on the development of high topography. However, knowledge about this region remains incomplete due to sparse studies. Here, we present a study comprising detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology, detrital muscovite 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology, and numerical modeling on 40Ar/39Ar dates. The study identifies zircon U-Pb age peaks at 200 Ma, 110–130 Ma, 60–80 Ma, and 28–40 Ma, supporting the polyphase collisions and crustal growth in the south Asian margin. Modeling study reveals fast cooling/erosion at 115–129 Ma, 69–71 Ma, 27–35 Ma, and <8 Ma, which are synchronous with collision related crustal growth, indicating the significant impact of accretion both prior to and post India-Asia collision. This study, along with studies in eastern Karakoram, reveals along-strike variations in erosion and exhumation with young (since late Miocene) intense erosion focusing on the east-central Karakoram. We suggest that this east-west spatial variation in exhumation may have been associated with more intense crustal shortening, and thus the greater crustal thickness, topographic relief and altitude observed in the eastern, compared to western, Karakoram

A pandemic recap : lessons we have learned

On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. The present paper represents a white paper concerning the tough lessons we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, an international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making. With the present paper, international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making.Non peer reviewe