Temporary dense seismic network during the 2016 Central Italy seismic emergency for microzonation studies

In August 2016, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Central Italy, starting a devastating seismic sequence, aggravated by other two events of magnitude 5.9 and 6.5, respectively. After the first mainshock, four Italian institutions installed a dense temporary network of 50 seismic stations in an area of 260 km2. The network was registered in the International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks with the code 3A and quoted with a Digital Object Identifier ( https://doi.org/10.13127/SD/ku7Xm12Yy9 ). Raw data were converted into the standard binary miniSEED format, and organized in a structured archive. Then, data quality and completeness were checked, and all the relevant information was used for creating the metadata volumes. Finally, the 99 Gb of continuous seismic data and metadata were uploaded into the INGV node of the European Integrated Data Archive repository. Their use was regulated by a Memorandum of Understanding between the institutions. After an embargo period, the data are now available for many different seismological studies.Publishedid 1825T. Sismologia, geofisica e geologia per l'ingegneria sismicaJCR Journa

Temporary dense seismic network during the 2016 Central Italy seismic emergency for microzonation studies

AbstractIn August 2016, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Central Italy, starting a devastating seismic sequence, aggravated by other two events of magnitude 5.9 and 6.5, respectively. After the first mainshock, four Italian institutions installed a dense temporary network of 50 seismic stations in an area of 260 km2. The network was registered in the International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks with the code 3A and quoted with a Digital Object Identifier (https://doi.org/10.13127/SD/ku7Xm12Yy9). Raw data were converted into the standard binary miniSEED format, and organized in a structured archive. Then, data quality and completeness were checked, and all the relevant information was used for creating the metadata volumes. Finally, the 99 Gb of continuous seismic data and metadata were uploaded into the INGV node of the European Integrated Data Archive repository. Their use was regulated by a Memorandum of Understanding between the institutions. After an embargo period, the data are now available for many different seismological studies.</jats:p

"Delirium Day": A nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool

Background: To date, delirium prevalence in adult acute hospital populations has been estimated generally from pooled findings of single-center studies and/or among specific patient populations. Furthermore, the number of participants in these studies has not exceeded a few hundred. To overcome these limitations, we have determined, in a multicenter study, the prevalence of delirium over a single day among a large population of patients admitted to acute and rehabilitation hospital wards in Italy. Methods: This is a point prevalence study (called "Delirium Day") including 1867 older patients (aged 65 years or more) across 108 acute and 12 rehabilitation wards in Italian hospitals. Delirium was assessed on the same day in all patients using the 4AT, a validated and briefly administered tool which does not require training. We also collected data regarding motoric subtypes of delirium, functional and nutritional status, dementia, comorbidity, medications, feeding tubes, peripheral venous and urinary catheters, and physical restraints. Results: The mean sample age was 82.0 ± 7.5 years (58 % female). Overall, 429 patients (22.9 %) had delirium. Hypoactive was the commonest subtype (132/344 patients, 38.5 %), followed by mixed, hyperactive, and nonmotoric delirium. The prevalence was highest in Neurology (28.5 %) and Geriatrics (24.7 %), lowest in Rehabilitation (14.0 %), and intermediate in Orthopedic (20.6 %) and Internal Medicine wards (21.4 %). In a multivariable logistic regression, age (odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.05), Activities of Daily Living dependence (OR 1.19, 95 % CI 1.12-1.27), dementia (OR 3.25, 95 % CI 2.41-4.38), malnutrition (OR 2.01, 95 % CI 1.29-3.14), and use of antipsychotics (OR 2.03, 95 % CI 1.45-2.82), feeding tubes (OR 2.51, 95 % CI 1.11-5.66), peripheral venous catheters (OR 1.41, 95 % CI 1.06-1.87), urinary catheters (OR 1.73, 95 % CI 1.30-2.29), and physical restraints (OR 1.84, 95 % CI 1.40-2.40) were associated with delirium. Admission to Neurology wards was also associated with delirium (OR 2.00, 95 % CI 1.29-3.14), while admission to other settings was not. Conclusions: Delirium occurred in more than one out of five patients in acute and rehabilitation hospital wards. Prevalence was highest in Neurology and lowest in Rehabilitation divisions. The "Delirium Day" project might become a useful method to assess delirium across hospital settings and a benchmarking platform for future surveys

Earthquake catalogue of the network 3A.

Catalogue of the earthquakes of magnitude larger than 3.0 and distance less than 30km from Amatrice (Latitude 42.63, Longitude 13.29) recorded by the network 3A during the working period. The epicentral localization are given by the INGV web service, accessible from http://terremoti.ingv.it/en

Seismic traces recorded by station MZ62

Seismic traces in binary MiniSeed format recorded by station MZ62. The daily records are separated in folders representing the channels: EHE.D, EHN.D, EHZ.D for the velocimetric data. These data are available from September 28, 2016 to October 26, 2016

Seismic traces recorded by station MZ102

Seismic traces in binary MiniSeed format recorded by station MZ102. The daily records are separated in folders representing the channels: HNE.D, HNN.D and HNZ.D for the accelerometric data. These data are available from October 12, 2016 to November 30, 2016

Seismic traces recorded by station MZ12

Seismic traces in binary MiniSeed format recorded by station MZ12. The daily records are separated in folders representing the channels: EHE.D, EHN.D, EHZ.D for the velocimetric data and HNE.D, HNN.D and HNZ.D for the accelerometric data. Both velocimetric and accelerometric data are available from September 20, 2016 to November 17, 2016

Seismic traces recorded by station MZ24

Seismic traces in binary MiniSeed format recorded by station MZ24. The daily records are separated in folders representing the channels: EHE.D, EHN.D, EHZ.D for the velocimetric data and HNE.D, HNN.D and HNZ.D for the accelerometric data. Both velocimetric and accelerometric data are available from October 10, 2016 to November 22, 2016

Seismic traces recorded by station MZ11

Seismic traces in binary MiniSeed format recorded by station MZ11. The daily records are separated in folders representing the channels: EHE.D, EHN.D, EHZ.D for the velocimetric data and HNE.D, HNN.D and HNZ.D for the accelerometric data. Both velocimetric and accelerometric data are available from September 20, 2016 to November 17, 2016

Seismic traces recorded by station MZ07

Seismic traces in binary MiniSeed format recorded by station MZ07. The daily records are separated in folders representing the channels: EHE.D, EHN.D, EHZ.D for the velocimetric data and HNE.D, HNN.D and HNZ.D for the accelerometric data. Both velocimetric and accelerometric data are available from September 20, 2016 to October 26, 2016