The Violence Reduction Programme: An exploration of posttreatment risk reduction in a specialist medium-secure unit.

Background: There is limited evidence for treatment programmes for offenders with a diagnosis of personality disorder deemed to be of high risk of violence towards others.

Aim: This study sought to evaluate change in clinician-rated risk of violence in males among offenders accepted to a specialist medium-secure hospital providing treatment based on the Violence Reduction Programme (VRP).

Method: A retrospective, records-based cohort study design was used to explore change in risk of violence in a sample including five VRP cohorts composed of 33 offenders.

Earthquakes drive large-scale submarine canyon development and sediment supply to deep-ocean basins.

Although the global flux of sediment and carbon from land to the coastal ocean is well known, the volume of material that reaches the deep ocean-the ultimate sink-and the mechanisms by which it is transferred are poorly documented. Using a globally unique data set of repeat seafloor measurements and samples, we show that the moment magnitude () 7.8 November 2016 Kaikōura earthquake (New Zealand) triggered widespread landslides in a submarine canyon, causing a powerful "canyon flushing" event and turbidity current that traveled >680 km along one of the world's longest deep-sea channels.

Psychologically informed practice (PIP) for staff working with offenders with personality disorder: A pragmatic exploratory trial in approved premises.

Background: Rates of reoffending and recall are high among released male prisoners with personality disorder. There is a need for innovative intervention to reduce offending and increase staff confidence in working with such men.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel intervention consisting of training and consultation termed 'psychologically informed practice', within community-based 'approved premises' for offenders.

A simple law for ice-shelf calving.

A major problem for ice-sheet models is that no physically based law for the calving process has been established. Comparison across a diverse set of ice shelves demonstrates that iceberg calving increases with the along-flow spreading rate of a shelf. This relation suggests that frictional buttressing loss, which increases spreading, also leads to shelf retreat, a process known to accelerate ice-sheet flow and contribute to sea-level rise.

Discovery of till deposition at the grounding line of Whillans Ice Stream.

We report on the discovery of a grounding-line sedimentary wedge ("till delta") deposited by Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Our observation is that grounding-line deposition serves to thicken the ice and stabilize the position of the grounding line. The ice thickness at the grounding line is greater than that of floating ice in hydrostatic equilibrium.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a case report with optic nerve histopathology.

We present the clinical and pathologic findings in an atypical case of idiopathic intracranial hypertension. A 51-year-old man had headaches, visual deterioration, papilloedema, and deafness. Neuroimaging was normal, and cerebrospinal fluid pressure monitoring confirmed increased intracranial pressure.

Factors associated with delay to treatment for acute myocardial infarction in Ireland.

Irish data from the ISIS-2 multi-centre study of thrombolytic therapy has indicated longer delays to treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) than in other countries (7.9 vs 6.9 hours, p < 0.