Post hurricane Harvey dataset: Portable free fall penetrometer and chirp sonar measurements of Texas rivers.

This data article includes datasets collected at three sections of the Guadalupe River, Brazos River, and Colorado River in Texas, USA, almost ten months post Hurricane Harvey. Instruments used include a Portable Free Fall Penetrometer (PFFP), Chirp Sonar, Side Scan Sonar (SSS), Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and sediment grab sampler. Measurements were collected from small vessels such as canoes and a 6-feet inflatable zodiac and were supported by long term hydrodynamic data from local river water level and discharge gages. Laboratory testing performed on samples collected included grain size analysis, Atterberg test, and erodibility testing using an Erosion Function Apparatus (EFA). Data collected were analyzed to estimate sediment strength derived from the PFFP, backscatter intensity recorded by the chirp sonar, and soil sample characteristics. The dataset includes raw and processed data for the measurements recorded by the instruments, location of measurements, and laboratory testing grouped for each river with a readme file which gives a potential for reuse by other researchers for further analysis if needed. This data article is representing supplementary data to the following research article published in Engineering Geology [1]: Jaber, R., Stark, N., Jafari, N., & Ravichandran, N. "Combined Portable Free Fall Penetrometer and Chirp Sonar Measurements of three Texas River Sections Post Hurricane Harvey." Raw data was published [2]: Stark, N. Jafari, N. Ravichandran, R. Jaber, R. (2020). Combined Geotechnical and Geophysical Investigation of Texas Rivers Post Hurricane Harvey. in Combined Geotechnical and Geophysical Investigation of Texas Rivers Post Hurricane Harvey. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-835m-zp94.

A close look at therapist contributions to narrative-emotion shifting in a case illustration of brief dynamic therapy.

Objective: In a secondary analysis of Friedlander et al.'s [(2018). "If those tears could talk, what would they say?" multi-method analysis of a corrective experience in brief dynamic therapy. Psychotherapy Research, 28, 217-234. doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1184350] case study of Hanna Levenson's Brief Dynamic Therapy over Time (from APA's Psychotherapy in Six Sessions DVD series), we re-visited the Narrative-Emotion Process Coding (Angus, L. E., Boritz, T., Bryntwick, E., Carpenter, N., Macaulay, C., & Khattra, J. (2017). The Narrative-Emotion Process Coding System 2.0: A multi-methodological approach to identifying and assessing narrative-emotion process markers in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 27, 253-269. doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1238525) to identify specific therapist behaviors that may have facilitated the client's movement from expressing mostly Problem markers in early sessions to expressing considerably more Transition and Change markers in later sessions. Method: Using open coding and constant comparison qualitative methods, we identified Levenson's behaviors immediately preceding the client's "change shifts" (Problem → Transition/Change and Transition → Change) and "problem shifts" (Transition/Change → Problem). Results: Compared to problem shifts, change shifts were preceded by more therapist behavior reflecting Attaching New Meaning (e.g., linking the client's self-deprecation to her avoidant behavior) and Exploring/Expanding emotions (e.g., inviting the client to give voice to her tears), cognitions (e.g., pointing out the client's self-talk) and motivation (e.g., reflecting on the client's dissatisfaction with her defenses). Conclusions: In this successful case, facilitative therapist behavior reflected common therapeutic responses (e.g., validating the client's perspective) as well as responses characteristic of brief dynamic therapy (e.g., interpreting the client's defenses) and the therapist's personal style (e.g., repeating the client's words for emphasis).

Increased arterial wave reflections predict severe cardiovascular events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.

AIMS: Increased arterial wave reflections are associated with the presence and extent of coronary atherosclerosis and with cardiovascular mortality in selected populations. We prospectively evaluated their prognostic value in the short- and long-term following percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). METHODS AND RESULTS: We non-invasively quantified wave reflections [expressed as augmentation index corrected for heart rate of 75 b.p.m. (AIx@75)] using applanation tonometry of the radial artery and a validated transfer function to obtain the corresponding aortic values in 262 patients undergoing PCI. During 2-year follow-up, 61 patients reached the primary endpoint [death, myocardial infarction (MI), and restenosis]. Increasing tertiles of Alx@75 were related to the rate of patients reaching the primary endpoint [15.2, 20 and 35.3%, respectively (P = 0.001)], as well as the secondary endpoints total mortality, myocardial infarction and death plus myocardial infarction (RR for the third vs. the first tertile 4.33, 3.25 and 3.46, respectively, P < 0.05). In a multivariable Cox-regression model, AIx@75 added prognostic value above and beyond clinical risk factors, angiographic variables, and medications (RR 1.8, 95%CI 1.18-2.76 per increasing AIx@75-tertile, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Increased arterial wave reflections are independently associated with an increased risk for severe short- and long-term cardiovascular events in patients undergoing PCI.