Geothermal resources offer a stable low-carbon energy source. However, geothermal sites can collocate with the hypocenters of large-magnitude seismic events. Large events pose risk to public safety and are therefore liability for efforts develop resources. Here, we propose “fracture caging” limit induced event magnitudes present evidence from numerical model predictions, laboratory experiments,...

[1] During the past decades, the research into fluid-controlled geodynamic processes in the upper crust of the Earth is put foreward regarding the stress accumulation, deformation, and seismicity. In a large-scale injection experiment at the deep borehole site KTB (Kontinentale Tiefbohrung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) in Germany, more than 84.000 m fresh water was injected in 4000 m depth ov...

The central United States has undergone a dramatic increase in seismicity over the past 6 years (Fig. 1), rising from an average of 24M ≥3 earthquakes per year in the years 1973–2008 to an average of 193M ≥3 earthquakes in 2009–2014, with 688 occurring in 2014 alone. Multiple damaging earthquakes have occurred during this increase including the 2011M 5.6 Prague, Oklahoma, earthquake; the 2011 M...

Abstract There has been a remarkable increase in induced seismicity Western Canada and the majority of these events can be related to hydraulic fracturing operations applied develop unconventional reservoirs. The underlying mechanism such is still unclear needs investigated mitigate risks future events. In this paper, we propose new integrated approach characterize fracturing-induced seismicity...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of insomnia in chronic tinnitus and the association of tinnitus distress and sleep disturbance. METHODS We retrospectively analysed data of 182 patients with chronic tinnitus who completed the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ) and the Regensburg Insomnia Scale (RIS). Descriptive comparisons with the validation sample of the RIS in...

Existing loading protocols for quasi-static cyclic testing of structures are based on recordings from regions of high seismicity. For regions of low to moderate seismicity they overestimate imposed cumulative damage demands. Since structural capacities are a function of demand, existing loading protocols applied to specimens that are representative of structures in low to moderate seismicity re...

Background and Objectives: To compare the safety and efficacy of haloperidol and risperidone in the treatment of delirium and its subtypes Methods: We collected sociodemographic data and medical variables in addition to systematically rating all patients with delirium with the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS), Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPS) and abbreviated Udvalg for Kliniske...

Atypical antipsychotics have been linked to weight gain, hyperglycemia, and diabetes. We examined the effects of atypical antipsychotics olanzapine (OLZ) and risperidone (RIS) versus placebo on adiposity, insulin sensitivity (S(I)), and pancreatic beta-cell compensation. Dogs were fed ad libitum and given OLZ (15 mg/day; n = 10), RIS (5 mg/day; n = 10), or gelatin capsules (n = 6) for 4-6 weeks...

BACKGROUND Antipsychotic-induced weight gain occurs in a substantial percentage of treated persons. There remains a paucity of naturalistic data that describe relative weight-gain liability with the available novel atypical antipsychotics (NAPs). This investigation describes comparative NAP-induced weight gain in a prospective naturalistic cohort of persons with schizophrenia and related psycho...