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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) to lose their daily routines and social support, and as a result, many adults with IDD are increasingly reliant on their family caregivers. Siblings often play a crucial support role for their brothers and sisters with IDD. As such, this study aimed to describe the experiences of adult siblings of people with IDD during the COVID-19 pandemic., Methods: The Sibling Collaborative worked with researchers to codesign an online survey, completed by 91 people, exploring sibling supports and concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey also aimed to identify helpful resources for siblings during this time., Results: The results showed that the majority of siblings are supporting their brother or sister with IDD during the COVID-19 pandemic and are concerned about the health and well-being of their brother/sister. The most common concern related to disruption of their brother's or sister's routine and activities. Although responses of older and younger siblings did not differ from each other, siblings whose brother or sister with IDD lived with family had some unique concerns relative to those whose siblings no longer lived with family. Siblings described how their own self-care and relationships with others, as well as support for their brother/sister, were particularly helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic., Conclusions: Siblings are providing key support to their brother or sister with IDD during the COVID-19 pandemic, and they too must be supported. Siblings should be included in efforts to disseminate resources targeting people with IDD and their feedback and input must be obtained. It is also important to include sibling mental wellness as caregiver supports are created and implemented. More research is needed to further understand how to support sibling caregivers., (© 2020 MENCAP and International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

Background: The COVID‐19 pandemic has significantly impacted family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This study evaluated a virtual course for family caregivers from across Canada, focused on supporting the mental health and well‐being of adults with IDD and their families. The evaluation examined the feasibility and acceptability of the course, as well as the impact of the intervention on participants' overall health and well‐being. Methods: The 6‐week virtual course, informed by a parallel Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) course for service providers, combined didactic instruction with applied activities. A total of 126 family caregiver course participants consented to be part of the research evaluation delivered over three cycles between October 2020 and April 2021. Attendance was measured at each weekly session. Satisfaction was assessed weekly and post‐program. Learning, self‐efficacy, and well‐being were assessed pre‐ and post‐course, and again at follow‐up (8 weeks post‐course). Mixed‐effects models assessed changes between and within individuals across time. Results: Participants had consistent attendance, low‐dropout rates, and reported high satisfaction, with 93% of participants reporting that their expectations for the course were met. Compared with pre‐course, participants reported improved self‐efficacy and well‐being post‐course, which were maintained at follow‐up. Conclusions: An interactive and applied virtual education course delivered to a large group of family caregivers of adults with IDD was both feasible and acceptable. It positively impacted participants' well‐being by offering much needed mental health support and creating a peer‐led community of practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Presents a study of spatial and temporal variation of distributed water quality in municipal drinking water utilities in Quebec. Key parameters responsible for the differences between the groups of utilities; Capacity of studied utilities to handle the acute disease risk associated with microorganisms; Parameters upon which it may be possible to act to achieve better water quality in each of the utility groups; Comparisons of the characteristics of water quality at the source; Chlorination conditions in the plant; Water quality from the entrance to the extremity of the distribution system.

Early Cretaceous unconsolidated quartz sand and kaolinitic clay deposits in the lowlands of Nova Scotia are preserved in narrow half-grabens obscured by glacial drift. The Chaswood Formation sediments can be subdivided into three members; upper and lower members dominated by cyclical sand–mud facies of fluvial origin and the middle member with lignitic clay of lacustrine origin. Ferruginous oxisols are common in the fine-grained facies of the upper and lower members. Seismic data indicate that Chaswood Formation strata in the Elmsvale Basin are deformed into steeply dipping faults and fault-related folds (Rutherford Road fault zone). An Aptian–Albian age for this tectonic event is inferred from synsedimentary deformation and from the angular unconformity spanning the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary that truncates the Chaswood Formation. Exhumation of a thick cover of Mesozoic sediment (1–2 km) is needed to account for the preservation of Chaswood Formation outliers after ~80 Ma of erosion. The half-grabens that host the Chaswood Formation were formed in the Mesozoic and were antecedent to the present-day structurally controlled lowlands.Des dépôts non consolidés de sable quartzeux et d'argile à kaolin (Crétacé précoce) dans les basses-terres de la Nouvelle-Écosse sont préservés dans d'étroits demi-grabens sous des dépôts glaciaires. Les sédiments de la Formation de Chaswood peuvent être subdivisés en trois membres : des faciès cycliques sable-boue d'origine fluviale dominent les membres inférieur et supérieur et de l'argile ligneuse d'origine lacustre domine le membre intermédiaire. Les faciès à grain fin des membres inférieur et supérieur comprennent fréquemment des oxisols ferrugineux. Des données sismiques indiquent que les strates de la Formation de Chaswook dans le bassin d'Elmsvale ont été déformées en failles à pendage abrupte et en plis reliés aux failles (zone de failles Rutherford Road). L'âge de cet événement tectonique (Aptien-Albien) est déduit de la déformation synsédimentaire et de la discordance angulaire couvrant le Crétacé tardif et le Tertiaire qui recoupe la Formation de Chaswood. Pour tenir compte de la préservation des lambeaux externes après ~80 Ma d'érosion, il faut l'enlèvement d'une épaisse couverture (1 à 2 km) de sédiments mésozoïques. Les demi-grabens hôtes de la Formation de Chaswood ont été formés au cours du Mésozoïque et ils précèdent les basses-terres actuelles qui sont contrôlées par la structure.[Traduit par la Rédaction] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]