Transitional Domain Research Articles

Palynostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the South Rifian Ridges (Morocco) Upper Domerian-Lower Toarcian sequence: A transitional domain between the Proto-Atlantic and the Tethys

This paper relates to two marly outcrop sections of the South Rifian Ridges central unit (Moulay Idriss Zerhoun area), dated by Upper Domerian-Lower Toarcian ammonites. The Upper Domerian marls from the SKM outcrop section (Souk of Moulay Idriss Zerhoun) have yielded palynofacies very rich in lignitic particles (needle-like phytoclasts), Tasmanites (unicellular green algae), spores and pollen grains. The marine microfossils, especially dinoflagellate cysts and acritarchs, are not present. These latter marine organisms are predominant in the Lower Toarcian palynofacies samples collected from the FA (Feddane Amar) outcrop section, in association with a significant amount of lignitic particles. This striking difference in the palynological content between the palynofacies of the Upper Domerian and the Lower Toarcian indicates an important change in the marine paleoenvironment in the South Rifian Ridge domain. Therefore, the anoxic period during the Upper Domerian is marked by the abundance of spores and pollen grains and the absence of marine microfossils, except for the Tasmanites; it is followed by a normal salinity-marine period, characterized by abundant marine-related palynomorphs, in the Early Toarcian. This paleoenvironmental change may be related with the Middle Liassic carbonate platform dislocation of the South Rifian Ridge domain and probably to the global marine transgression, occurring at the base of Toarcian, known all over the world.

Settlement layout and social organisation in the earliest European Neolithic

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3D numerical simulation on thermal-stress distribution of hardened steels workpiece assembled with different hardness

Thermal-stress distribution in the transitional domain of assembled hardened steel die with different hardness was investigated. Finite element analysis method was applied for assembled die in milling process. The milling force, milling temperature fluctuation amplitude and stress field, temperature field distribution in assembled transitional domain was obtained respectively. Based on the elastic-plastic mechanics and high speed cutting technology, milling force, milling temperature fluctuations of assembled workpiece with different material hardness were studied. Considering the change of Johnson–Cook constitutive model parameters, singularity distribution regularity of stress field, temperature field in the transitional domain was analyzed. The results showed that: the milling force, milling temperature in the assembled transitional domain presented a step change characteristic, the distribution of the thermal-stress field in the transitional domain had a significant difference due to the distinct material hardness and the experimental results were well consistent with the numerical simulation results further validated the accuracy of simulation.

Superconductivity between standard types: Multiband versus single-band materials

In the nearest vicinity of the critical temperature, types I and II of conventional single-band superconductors interchange at the Ginzburg-Landau parameter $\ensuremath{\kappa}=1/\sqrt{2}$. At lower temperatures this point unfolds into a narrow but finite interval of $\ensuremath{\kappa}$'s, shaping an intertype (transitional) domain in the $(\ensuremath{\kappa},T)$ plane. In the present work, based on the extended Ginzburg-Landau formalism, we show that the same picture of the two standard types with the transitional domain in between applies also to multiband superconductors. However, the intertype domain notably widens in the presence of multiple bands and can become extremely large when the system has a significant disparity between the band parameters. It is concluded that many multiband superconductors, such as recently discovered borides and iron-based materials, can belong to the intertype regime.

Long-term effects of a multidisciplinary transition intervention from paediatric to adult care in patients with epilepsy

PurposeTo evaluate the long-term effects of a multidisciplinary transition intervention compared to the impact of patient-related intrinsic factors on the improvement in medical and psychosocial outcome. MethodsAll patients who visited our multidisciplinary Epilepsy Transition Clinic between March 2012 and September 2014 were invited to participate (n=114). Patients were sent one questionnaire and informed consent was obtained. Questions included the patient's level of functioning on three transitional domains and a list with medical health care workers. Previously defined scores on three transitional domains and the risk profile score were re-evaluated. Past and current patient characteristics were compared using descriptive statistics. Discriminant analyses were used to determine the influence of patient-related intrinsic factors (defined as the risk factors from our previous study) and a multidisciplinary transition intervention on the improvement of medical and psychosocial outcome. ResultsSixty-six out of 114 invited participants (57.9%) completed the questionnaire. Discriminant analyses showed that the patient-related intrinsic factors combined proved a strong predictor for improvement in medical outcome (72.7%) and relatively strong for educational/vocational outcome (51.5%). The transition interventions are a relative strong predictor of improvement in medical outcome (56.1%), educational/vocational outcome (53.0%) and improvement in the overall risk score (54.5%). ConclusionBased on the overall improvement of psychosocial outcome in most patients, and the influence of a transition intervention on medical, educational/vocational outcome and the overall risk score, it is likely that adolescents with epilepsy benefit from visiting a multidisciplinary epilepsy transition clinic.

Biogeography of small odontocetes in relation to wide‐scale oceanographic structure in theNorthPacificOcean

AbstractInformation regarding the distributional patterns of top predators is undoubtedly important for the monitoring and management of marine ecosystems. Nevertheless, previous knowledge on the distributional patterns of cetacean species in relation to physical oceanography is usually limited to a small fraction of each species' range because of their vast distribution and infrequency of encountering many species. We carried out comprehensive analyzes on the distributions of small odontocetes covering almost the entire North Pacific Ocean. Using data from over 300 000 nautical miles (≈ 555 600 km) of dedicated sighting surveys and 7000 school sightings of 14 small odontocete species, which have accumulated for approximately a quarter of a century, we describe interspecific habitat differences in small odontocetes with respect to physical oceanography. Multivariate analyzes were used to discriminate the 14 species into four ecological groups: (i) Subtropical Domain species; (ii) Subarctic Boundary species; (iii) Transitional Domain species; and (iv) Subarctic Domain species. By comparing environmental variables in their habitats with variables indicative of water mass and frontal structures, the four species groups were further divided into several subgroups. Groups at higher latitudes comprised fewer species than those at lower latitudes, while species diversity was maximal at lower and intermediate latitudes. Our findings indicate that large‐scale oceanographic structures are important determinants for the present patterns in biogeography and species diversity of small odontocetes.

Crustal thinning and extension in the northwestern continental margin of the South China Sea

AbstractMultichannel seismic data on the continental shelf have been used to image the rift‐related shallow structural units of the Pearl River Mouth Basin across the northwestern margin of the South China Sea. The Hainan Uplift, Zhu 3 Depression and Shenhu‐Ansha Uplift zones are bounded by normal faults or listric‐normal faults, which suggest lithospheric extension on the continental shelf. Graben structures 10–15 km wide are imaged on the Wanshan Uplift and Northern Fault Terrace from the reflection data. The thinned continental crust and anomaly rift‐related crust in the depression zone and the transitional crust indicated by the wide‐angle OBS velocity model dominate the crustal structure of the continental shelf in the continental margin of the South China Sea. The different total crustal stretching factors in different shallow structural units suggest that non‐uniform horizontal stretching controls the crustal thinning. The total crustal stretching factor is ca. 1.4–1.6 at the coast area, ca. 1.67–1.8 in the rift‐depression zone and ca. 1.7–1.75 in the transitional crustal domain. Pure‐shear crustal thinning controls the crustal extension in the rift‐depression zone. The high heat flow anomaly in the vicinity of the seismic lines and anomaly rift‐depression velocity structure suggest that the crustal thinning on the continental shelf of the South China Sea can be produced by lateral mantle flow within the hotter regional lithospheric background. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Early Eocene carbonaceous shales of Tadkeshwar Formation, Cambay basin, Gujarat, India: Geochemical implications, petrogenesis and tectonics

We report the early Eocene Cambay sedimentation, petrogenesis and tectonics of a rift graben basin of western India using geochemistry. The carbonaceous shales of Tadkeshwar Formation from Tadkeshawar and Rajpardi lignite mines of Cambay basin were studied using major, trace and rare earth elements. The study reveals that the protolith of these shales is likely to be mafic to ultramafic in nature based on the high abundance of Fe2O3 (avg. of 8.68%), MgO (avg. of 5.78%) and TiO2 (avg. of 8.80%) with a lower SiO2 content (avg. of 44.74%) when compared to PAAS values. PAAS normalized REE distribution patterns of carbonaceous shales indicate relatively depleted LREE with enriched HREE coupled with small magnitude of Eu/Eu* strongly supports the protolith of these shales to be mafic to ultramafic. Weathering indices confirm these shales were derived from a source subjected to intense weathering. Low Na2O and high perseverance of Al2O3 are proxies for Smectite to Illite transformations of shales in a gaining temperature regime across the basin. We speculate that the high geothermal gradients prevailed during 60–65 Ma along the western margin of Indian plate might be responsible for the intense weathering of the marine mafic protolith. Redox-sensitive trace element ratios and negative Ce-anomalies suggest that the shales were deposited under suboxic to oxic environment. The link between early Eocene marine transgression followed by basin subsidence is inferred for the deposition of these carbonaceous shales in suboxic to oxic environments. The immobile trace element ratios and geochemical discrimination diagrams (K2O/Na2O vs. Si2O; La–Th–Sc) reveals, the protoliths of the Tadkeshwar Formation were derived from a transitional domain of intra ocean island arc to active continental margin followed by convergence, leading to the deposition of immature shales.

Neogene tectonostratigraphic history of the southern Neuquén basin (39°–40°30′S, Argentina): implications for foreland basin evolution

AbstractAlthough the Neuquén basin in Argentina forms a key transitional domain between the south‐central Andes and the Patagonian Andes, its Cenozoic history is poorly documented. We focus on the sedimentologic and tectonic evolution of the southern part of this basin, at 39–40°30′S, based on study of 14 sedimentary sections. We provide evidence that this basin underwent alternating erosion and deposition of reworked volcaniclastic material in continental and fluvial settings during the Neogene. In particular, basement uplift of the Sañico Massif, due to Late Miocene–Pliocene intensification of tectonic activity, led to sediment partitioning in the basin. During this interval, sedimentation was restricted to the internal domain and the Collon Cura basin evolved towards an endorheic intermontane basin. From stratigraphic interpretation, this basin remained isolated 7–11 Myr. Nevertheless, ephemeral gateways seem to have existed, because we observe a thin succession downstream of the Sañico Massif contemporaneous with the Collon Cura basin‐fill sequence. Comparisons of stratigraphic, paleoenvironmental and tectonic features of the southern Neuquén basin with other foreland basins of South America allow us to classify it as a broken foreland with the development of an intermontane basin from Late Miocene to Late Pliocene. This implies a thick‐skinned structural style for this basin, with reactivation of basement faults responsible for exhumation of the Sañico Massif. Comparison of several broken forelands of South America allows us to propose two categories of intermontane basins according to their structural setting: subsiding or uplifted basins, which has strong implications on their excavation histories.

Sr isotope chemostratigraphy of Upper Jurassic carbonate rocks in the Demerdzhi Plateau (Crimean Mountains)

The first Sr chemostratigraphic data are obtained for the Upper Jurassic carbonate sections in the Demerdzhi Plateau of the Crimean Mountains. The oncoid, microbial, and organogenic-detrital limestone varieties representing shallow-water marine microfacies of the carbonate platform served as material for these studies. The limestone samples for reconstructing the isotopic parameters of depositional environments were selected using geochemical criteria (Mn/Sr < 0.2, Fe/Sr < 1.6, Mg/Ca < 0.024) and subjected to the preliminary treatment in a 1 N ammonium acetate solution. The 87Sr/86Sr value in the least altered samples increases up the section from 0.70701 to 0.70710. The obtained 87Sr/86Sr values are correlated with the Sr isotope properties of belemnite rostrae characterizing the Pectinatites scitulus-Pavlovia rotunda ammonite zone in the zonal scale of the Boreal realm, Hyponoticeras hybonotum-M. ponti/B. peroni Zone in the zonal scale of the Tethyan realm, and lower part of the Dorsoplanites panderi Zone in the zonal scale for the transitional domain of the East European Platform. The Sr chemostratigraphic correlation indicates the early Tithonian age of sediments developed in the eastern part of the Demerdzhi Plateau and restricts the upper boundary of the limestone section redeposited within carbonate breccia of Mount Severnaya Demerdzhi to the terminal early Tithonian. The Sr isotope data are used for calculating the sedimentation rates for limestones. They are estimated to be at least 0.23 m/1000 years, which is an anomalously high value for pre-Quaternary carbonate platforms.

From a Duty to Remember to an Obligation to Memory? Memory as Reparation in the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Commemorations and reparations are central elements of the transitional justice agenda. The inclusion of memory-related measures among the steps that states are expected to take along the transitional process has been progressively translated from the transitional justice domain to the language of international law. Judicial and quasi-judicial human rights instances have required states to make and undertake memorials, commemorations and public acts of remembrance, both as an instrument of reparation for the individual victim and as a mechanism to warn against the repetition of the same abuses in the future. As a result of this trend, memory-related measures have progressively become part of the state obligation to provide reparations to victims. The inclusion of memory-related measures in the scope of the international obligation to repair, however, raises some thorny issues. This review of the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in relation to memory-related orders and analysis of the case of the memorial El Ojo que Llora in Peru critically assesses the emerging trend of using memory-related initiatives as measures of reparation determined by judicial organs.

Transformation of the domain pattern in the development of Fagus silvatica L. cambium

The domain pattern of cambium during the first year of its function in &lt;i&gt;Fagus silvatica&lt;/i&gt; L. resembles a checkerboard. The longitudinal line along the leaf trace, its corresponding line on the opposite side of the internode and nodes comprise the domain borders. Starting from the formation of the first annual ring, this checkerboard pattern begins to undergo gradual transformation. A transitional domain pattern appears during the first few years; in each internode, due to the alternate disappearance of Z and S domains, a fragmentary domain of one type and an expanded domain of the opposite type occur in pairs. After further transformations, a regular pattern of transverse bands of domains moving along the stem appear on older stems (over ten years-old). This pattern is commonly found in other studied species of trees.

Micromechanical characterization of the interphase layer in semi‐crystalline polyethylene

ABSTRACTThe interphase layer in semi‐crystalline polyethylene is the least known constituent, compared to the amorphous and crystalline phases, in terms of mechanical properties. In this study, the Monte Carlo molecular simulation results for the interlamellar domain (i.e. amorphous+ interphases), reported in (Macromolecules 2006, 39, 439–447) are employed. The amorphous elastic properties are adopted from the literature and then two distinct micromechanical homogenization approaches are utilized to dissociate the interphase stiffness from that of the interlamellar region. The results of the two micromechanical approaches match perfectly. Interestingly, the dissociated interphase stiffness lacks the common feature of positive definiteness, which is attributed to its nature as a transitional domain between two coexisting phases. The sensitivity analyses reveal that this property is insensitive to the non‐orthotropic components of the interlamellar stiffness and the uncertainties existing in the interlamellar and amorphous stiffnesses. Finally, using the dissociated interphase stiffness, its effective Young's modulus is calculated, which compares well with the effective interlamellar Young's modulus for highly crystalline polyethylene, reported in an experimental study. This satisfactory agreement along with the identical results produced by the two micromechanical approaches confirms the validity of the new information about the interphase elastic properties in addition to making the proposed dissociation methodology quite reliable when applied to similar problems. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2013, 51, 1228–1243

Earthquake focal mechanisms, seismogenic stress, and seismotectonics of the Calabrian Arc, Italy

Abstract Crustal earthquake focal mechanisms are investigated in the Calabrian Arc region, where the western Mediterranean subduction process is close to ending and the residual Ionian subducting slab affected by gravitational roll-back produces a strong variation of faulting regimes at shallow depth along the local section of the convergent margin. An updated database of earthquake focal mechanisms has been compiled by selecting the best-quality solutions available in the literature and in catalogs, and by adding 17 new solutions estimated in the present work. A total of 164 mechanisms are included in this database, 142 computed by waveform inversion and 22 by analysis of P-wave first motions from earthquakes with good network coverage and no less than 14 records. 60% of the solutions included in the database have never been used for regional-scale geodynamic investigations before the present study, and this makes the compiled database substantially new for our application. Focal mechanisms have been inverted for stress tensor orientations to obtain the principal stress axes over the study region. Results are compatible with three major tectonic domains subject to markedly different regional stresses along the arc. These three domains are separated by two transitional domains, which are located on top of the Ionian subducting slab edges and are likely forced in their horizontal transfer kinematics by the different tectonic regimes occurring in the adjacent major domains rather than by the regional tectonics. This along-arc differential tectonics is at least in part interpreted as the surface expression of the different deep mechanisms occurring in correspondence of the narrow Ionian slab and their lateral edges. Open tectonic questions are emphasized and proposed for future studies.

Post-breakup evolution and palaeotopography of the North Namibian Margin during the Meso-Cenozoic

Passive margins display various structural and morphological patterns resulting in a complex coupling between local effects. We performed an integrated analysis from the ocean to the continent at the crustal scale of the post-breakup evolution of the northern Namibian margin in terms of vertical displacements and palaeotopography. A main topographic scarp that disappears where the Palaeo-Proterozoic Damara belt crosses the coast separates the Namibian margin and the South African plateau. We analysed this transition using a synthetic crustal cross-section based on a compilation of published data as well as new field data.The thinned margin displays two domains separated by a deep sedimentary trough. This trough separates a proximal part with landward tilted blocks from the distal part with seaward tilted blocks. This structural pattern reveals a complex flowing pattern of the ductile crust controlled by magmatism. Onshore, the basalts and Cenozoic conglomerates recorded a progressive seaward tilting of the coastal zone.Post-breakup vertical motions were estimated with subsidence curves in the offshore domain and from isostatic adjustments induced by the variations of cover thickness (depth of magmatic intrusions and Apatite Fission Tracks) in onshore domain. Three domains are recognised: a subsiding offshore domain, a uplifting continental domain and a transitional domain, located on both sides of the current shoreline with successive phases of uplift and subsidence. The offshore subsidence displays variations along the margin controlled by the thinning crust generated by the continental breakup. The onshore palaeotopogaphy is approximately assessed since the end of rifting by integrating the isostatic adjustment induced by denudation: the mean elevation of the plateau has remained above 1000m since continental breakup. No significant additional uplift was pointed out during the late Cretaceous or late Neogene. Therefore, we conclude that the South African plateau has been present in northern Namibia since 130Ma, at least.

Crustal-scale architecture and segmentation of the South Atlantic volcanic margin

Abstract Seismic reflection and refraction profiles, and potential field data, complemented by crustal-scale gravity modelling, plate reconstructions and well cross-sections are used to study the evolution of the South Segment of the South Atlantic conjugate margins. Distinct along-margin structural and magmatic changes that are spatially related to a number of conjugate transfer systems are revealed. The northern province, between the Rio Grande Fracture Zone and the Salado Transfer Zone, is characterized by symmetrical seawards-dipping reflections (SDRs) and symmetrical continent–ocean transitional domain. The central province, between the Salado Transfer Zone and the conjugate Colorado–Hope transfer system, is characterized by along-strike tectonomagmatic asymmetry. The Tristan da Cunha plume, located on the central province of the South Segment, may have influenced the volume of magmatism but did not necessarily alter the process of rifted margin formation. Thus implying that, apart from voluminous magmatism, the extensional evolution of the central province of the South Segment may have much in common with ‘magma-poor’ margins.

Geological context and vents morphology of the ultramafic‐hosted Ashadze hydrothermal areas (Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 13°N)

Recent ROV dives and high‐resolution bathymetric data acquired over the Ashadze fields on the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge (13°N) allow us to derive constraints on the regional and local geological setting of ultramafic‐hosted hydrothermal fields. The active vent fields of Ashadze hydrothermal fields are located in the western axial valley wall, downslope from the termination of a prominent corrugated surface and in a transitional domain with respect to ridge segmentation. The study of the shipboard and ROV bathymetry shows that decameter (100 m by 60 m) to kilometer‐scaled rockslides shape the axial valley wall slopes in this region. The Ashadze 1 vent field occurs on a coherent granular landslide rock mass that is elongated in an E‐W direction. The Ashadze 1 vent field comprises hundreds of active and inactive sulfide chimneys. The Ashadze 2 vent field is located in a NNE‐trending linear depression which separates outcrops of gabbros and serpentinized peridotites. Active black smokers in the Ashadze 2 field are located on ultramafic substratum in a 40‐m diameter crater, 5‐m deep. This crater recalls similar structures described at some vents of the Logatchev hydrothermal field (Mid‐Atlantic Ridge 15°N). We discuss the mode of formation for these craters, as well as that for a breadcrust‐like array of radial fissures identified at Ashadze 1. We propose that hydrothermalism at Ashadze can be an explosive phenomena associated with geyser‐like explosions. Our study also constrains the geological and geophysical context of the ultramafic‐hosted Ashadze hydrothermal system that may use the oceanic detachment fault as a preferred permeability conduit.

National Survey of Hospital Strategies to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions

Background— Reducing 30-day heart failure readmission rates is a national priority. Yet, little is known about how hospitals address the problem and whether hospital-based processes of care are associated with reductions in readmission rates. Methods and Results— We surveyed 100 randomly selected hospitals participating in the Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure quality improvement program regarding common processes of care aimed at reducing readmissions. We grouped processes into 3 domains (ie, inpatient care, discharge and transitional care, and general quality improvement) and scored hospitals on the basis of survey responses using processes selected a priori. We used linear regression to examine associations between these domain scores and 30-day risk-standardized readmission rates. Of the 100 participating sites, 28% were academic centers and 64% were community hospitals. The median readmission rate among participating sites (24.0%; 95% CI, 22.6%–25.7%) was comparable with the national average (24.6%; 23.5–25.9). Sites varied substantially in care processes used for inpatient care, education, discharge process, care transitions, and quality improvement. Overall, neither inpatient care nor general quality improvement domains were associated with 30-day readmission rates. Hospitals in the lowest readmission rate quartile had modestly higher discharge and transitional care domain scores ( P =0.03). Conclusions— A variety of strategies are used by hospitals in an attempt to improve 30-day readmission rates for patients hospitalized with heart failure. Although more complete discharge and transitional care processes may be modestly associated with lower 30-day readmission rates, most current strategies are not associated with lower readmission rates.

Deformation localization in orogens: Spatiotemporal expression and thermodynamic constraint

Orogens are spatiotemporal expressions of instabilities in materials under load, constrained by thermodynamics, and preserved in the cold outer shell of the planet. Their pressure–temperature–time histories are consistent with the predictions of differential grade-2 (DG-2) materials in pure shear. We place the statistically invariant shear localization mechanism of these materials in a coherent thermodynamic context using an analysis of strained elastic materials. This prototype system exhibits non-classical thermodynamic symmetry-breaking, where the potentials are all functions of a single variable and the distinction between heat and work fades from view. Consequently, internal energy must be described by a monotonically decreasing function of the entropy in order for heat capacity and absolute temperature to be positive. The entropy itself exhibits an inverse dependence on length. These constraints are satisfied by the overall shape and slope of the distributed deformation threshold ψD for DG-2 materials, and its noted 1/length correlation with naturally observed folds as a function of thermomechanical competence κ/χ. We predict that temperature in this non-linear elastic material will vary in proportion to the slope of ψD, being high at low competence, and low at high competence. Similar constraints apply to a self-gravitating body, where the energy function varies inversely with radius. Assigning zero pressure at the surface of the body, we also predict that pressure, the tensor trace of its stress–energy density, will vary inversely with radius. Thus, the body force of gravity will be expressed in this elastic self-gravitating system through the interplay of elastic and thermal lengths. Deformation localization in DG-2 materials arises due to the dynamic rescaling of lengths in response to a spike in the intrinsic energy ψI at κ/χ = ½. While the intrinsic ψI and localization ψL thresholds are monotonically decreasing for κ/χ > ½, they exhibit positive slopes at lower competence, signaling a return to classical thermodynamics and Joule heating in this transitional domain. Numerous structural and tectonic observations can be correlated using this remarkably simple model, beginning with the thickness and mechanical character of the brittle crust and oceanic lithosphere. In effect, this model projects the kinematic theory of plate tectonics into four-dimensional spacetime.

Patterns of adult roles, their antecedents and psychosocial wellbeing correlates among Finns born in 1959

The study aimed to identify patterns of adult role combinations across the transitional domains of housing, educational attainment, work, partnership, and parenthood at age 27, and to investigate their antecedents and concurrent psychosocial well-being correlates. Data were derived for 354 Finns (born in 1959) from the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development. Three latent classes were identified: Work-orientation with delayed parenthood ( WO ; 46%; completed adult transitions of independent living, education, work, and partnership), Traditional work and family (35%; completed all five adult transitions), and Academic track with no children ( AT ; 19%; completed independent living, education, work, and partnership transitions). Individuals in the Traditional pattern were more likely to be women, whereas individuals in the AT and WO patterns were more likely to be men. The socio-economic status (SES) and structure of the family of origin did not differentiate the patterns, but individuals in the AT pattern had had higher school success and educational aspirations in adolescence than those in the other patterns. Early adult life satisfaction and career stability were higher, and depressive symptoms and binge drinking lower in the Traditional pattern than in WO . Life satisfaction was also higher in AT than in WO .