Sixteen earthquakes with intensities of VIII (on modified Mercalli scale) or higher occurred between years 26 B.C. and 1900 A.D., and two of them had big impact in Salamis (today's Famagusta) and destroyed the whole town; one occurred in 76 A.D. and the other occurred in 332 A.D. In 1896 more accurate data started to be collected when seismological stations started to operate on neighboring countries and on 1984 a seismological station was placed in Cyprus. During the period 1896-2004 more than 400 earthquakes had epicenters on Cyprus and the surrounding region, with 14 of those causing severe damages as well as victims (Unit of Environmental Studies, 2004). Two earthquakes caused damage in Famagusta since 1896: one on February 18 th , 1924 with a magnitude of 6.0 that caused small damage and another on January 20 th , 1941 with a magnitude 5.9 that caused severe damage.

Presidential elections in the United States pit two (or more) candidates against each other. Voters elect one and reject the others. This work tested the hypothesis that supporters of a losing presidential candidate may experience that defeat as a personal rejection. Before and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, voters reported their current feelings of rejection and social pain, along with potential predictors of these feelings. Relative to Trump supporters, Clinton (losing candidate) supporters reported greater feelings of rejection, lower mood, and reduced fundamental needs post-election, while controlling for pre-election levels of these variables. Moreover, as self–candidate closeness and liberal political orientation increased, so too did feelings of rejection and social pain among Clinton supporters. We discuss the implications of these results for understanding human sensitivity to belonging threats and for the vicarious rejection literature.

Science can improve life around the world, but public trust in science is at risk. Understanding the presumed motives of scientists and science can inform the social psychological underpinnings of public trust in science. Across five independent datasets, perceiving the motives of science and scientists as prosocial promoted public trust in science. In Studies 1 and 2, perceptions that science was more prosocially oriented were associated with greater trust in science. Studies 3 and 4a & 4b employed experimental methods to establish that perceiving other-oriented motives, versus self-oriented motives, enhanced public trust in science. Respondents recommend greater funding allocations for science subdomains described as prosocially oriented versus power-oriented. Emphasizing the prosocial aspects of science can build stronger foundations of public trust in science.

Objective Past work has documented a cross‐sectional relationship between eating disorders (ED) and suicidality, but few studies have examined the directionality of this relationship. Informed by the interpersonal–psychological theory of suicide (IPTS), this study examines the bidirectional, longitudinal relationship between ED symptoms and two determinants of suicide ideation—thwarted belongingness (TB) and perceived burdensomeness (PB). Method Ninety‐two treatment‐seeking individuals with ED (94.5% White, 95.6% female) completed baseline (T1) measures of ED symptoms along with TB and PB. Of those, 75 (81.5%) completed a follow‐up assessment eight weeks later (T2). Results Separate linear regression models revealed that T1 ED symptoms did not predict T2 TB (b = .03, p = .42) or T2 PB (b = −.01, p = .68). Similarly, T1 TB did not predict T2 ED symptoms (b = .25, p = .37). T1 PB did significantly predict T2 ED symptoms (b = 0.52, p = .04). Further, among participants with AN/sub‐AN, T1 TB and PB predicted T2 ED symptoms (p's ≤ .03). Conclusion Our results reveal the need for a nuanced understanding of the relationship between ED and suicidality. This study found that PB predicts greater ED symptoms and, among the AN/sub‐AN sample, TB does as well.

RESUMENResultados de medidas de difracción de rayos-X mostraron una secuencia de modificaciones químicas y estructurales como la deshidratación, descomposición y formación de nuevas fases en arcillas sometidas a aumentos graduales de temperatura. Los componentes de las muestras fueron determinados, identificándose montmorillonita-Ca, vermiculita, muscovita, caolinita, chlorita, illita, cuarzo y albita. El refinamiento estructural por el método de Rietveld reportó, en todas las muestras, mayor porcentaje de arcilla noexpansiva en comparación con la expansiva. A 250°C, la montmorillonita-Ca presentó una disminución drástica en su distancia interlaminar, de 1.5 nm a 1.0 nm, debido a la remoción del agua superficial y de los poros, así como de la contenida en la región interlaminar. Para el caso de la vermiculita, esta disminución es mucho menor (~0.04 nm), en tanto que la caolinita no presenta disminución significativa de este parámetro. La vermiculita estructuralmente colapsa a ~350°C, en tanto que la caolinita lo hace a ~500°C, mientras que nuevas fases aparecen, como la ortoclasa y anorthita. Palabras llave: arcilla, difracción de rayos-X, método de Rietveld. ABSTRACTResults of measures of X-ray diffraction showed a sequence of chemical and structural changes such as dehydration, decomposition and formation of new phases in clays subjected to gradual increases in temperature. The components of the samples were determined identifying Ca-montmorillonite, vermiculite, muscovite, kaolinite, chlorita, illite, quartz and albite. The structural refinement by the Rietveld method reported the presence of a higher percentage of non-expansive clay compared to the expansive in all samples. At 250°C, Ca-montmorillonite presents a drastic decrease in its interlayer distance, from 1.5 nm to 1.0 nm, due to removal of water from the surface and pores, as well as of water contained in the interlayer region. In the case of vermiculite, this decrease is much smaller (~0.04 nm), while kaolinite does not present significant decrease in this parameter. Vermiculite structurally collapses to ~350° C, whereas kaolinite makes it to ~500° C, while new phases appear, such as orthoclase and anorthite.