In this article, we formulate and implement a computational multiphase periporomechanics paradigm for unguided fracturing in unsaturated porous media assuming passive pore air pressure. The same governing equation the solid phase applies on off cracks. Crack formation framework is autonomous, requiring no prior estimates of crack topology. As new contribution, an energy-based criterion arbitrar...

The ability to navigate without getting lost is an important aspect of quality of life. In 5 studies, we evaluated how spatial learning is affected by the increased demands of keeping oneself safe while walking with degraded vision (mobility monitoring). We proposed that safe low vision mobility requires attentional resources, providing competition for those needed to learn a new environment. I...

BACKGROUND Self-help is an effective treatment for depression. Less is known, however, about how acceptable people find different self-help treatments for depression. AIMS To investigate preferences and attitudes toward different self-help treatments for depression in comparison to psychotherapy and antidepressants. METHOD N = 536 people who were not actively seeking treatment for depressio...

A method was developed for simultaneous Bayesian inference of species delimitation and species phylogeny using the multispecies coalescent model. The method eliminates the need for a user-specified guide tree in species delimitation and incorporates phylogenetic uncertainty in a Bayesian framework. The nearest-neighbor interchange algorithm was adapted to propose changes to the species tree, wi...

Background Internet- and mobile-based interventions are most efficacious in the treatment of depression when they involve some form guidance, but providing guidance requires resources such as trained personnel, who might not always be available (eg, during lockdowns to contain COVID-19 pandemic). Objective The current analysis focuses on changes symptoms a guided sample patients with registered...

Background. The optimal surgery in lesional neocortical temporal lobe epilepsy is unknown. Hippocampal electrocorticography maximizes seizure freedom by identifying normal-appearing epileptogenic tissue for resection and minimizes neuropsychological deficit by limiting resection to demonstrably epileptogenic tissue. We examined whether standardized hippocampal electrocorticography (hippocampogr...

Predicting the flight-path of an unguided rocket can help overcome unnecessary risks. Avoiding residential areas or a car-park can improve the safety of launching a rocket significantly. Furthermore, an accurate landing site prediction facilitates recovery. This paper introduces a six-degrees-of-freedom flight simulator for large unguided model rockets that can fly to altitudes of up to 13 km a...

Free-space optical communication has the potential to transmit information with both high speed and security. However, since it is unguided it suffers from losses due to atmospheric turbulence and diffraction. To overcome the diffraction limits the long-distance propagation of Bessel beams is considered and compared against Gaussian beam properties. Bessel beams are shown to have a number of be...