Linkages between sediment composition, wave climate and beach profile variability at multiple timescales

The paper analyses, compares and contrasts cross-shore morphodynamic behaviour of four diverse beaches that have very different regional settings, wave climates and sediment characteristics, with the aid of rarely available long term measurements of beach profiles and incident waves. The beaches investigated are Narrabeen Beach, New South Wales, Australia; Milford-on-Sea Beach, Christchurch Bay, UK; Hasaki Coast, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan; and Joetsu-Ogata Coast, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. A statistical analysis, equilibrium beach profile analysis and Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis are used to investigate, compare and contrast spatial and temporal variability of cross shore beach profiles of the selected beaches at short-, medium- and long-term timescales. All beaches show evidence of multi-timescale morphodynamic change. Narrabeen Beach profile has the highest sensitivity to local weather patterns. Milford-on-Sea, Joetsu-Ogata and Hasaki profiles are sensitive to seasonal variation of the wave climate however, they also show some correlations with regional climate variabilities. The nature of sediment exchange across the profile, which contributes to profile shape change with time, is found to be related to sediment characteristics across the profile. At Milford-on-Sea and Joetsu-Ogata, both of which have composite profiles, sediment exchange between the upper beach and the inter-tidal zone dominates profile change, irrespective of the distinct differences in sediment composition found in the two beaches. On the other hand in Narrabeen and Hasaki where beach sediment comprises medium to find sand, sediment exchange and hence profile change occur mainly in intertidal and subtidal zones

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Smartline Environmental Sensor Data and Utility Usage, 2017–2023

The Smartline sensor datasets include utility usage (Gas, Water, Electricity), indoors environmental parameters (Temperature, Humidity, TVOC - Total Volatile Organic Compounds, eCO2 - Estimated Carbon Dioxide, P.M2.5 - Airborne Particulate Matter More than 300 households were recruited in 2017 to take part in the Smartline project to provide data on health, wellbeing, community, indoor environment and utility usages. The overarching aim of the project was to explore and trial opportunities for technology to support people to live healthier and happier lives in their homes and communities. 329 households completed survey questionnaires and 279 opted to have sensors installed. The network of sensors, from which the accompanying data derive, provide opportunities to gain insight in to existing utility usage and environmental conditions in homes. Surveys of participating households were undertaken at several points in the project and linked to sensor data, enabling better exploration of the everyday human lives behind the sensor data. Many of the sensors have recorded data spanning more than 5 years, capturing regular patterns resulting from participants daily routines, seasonal climatic variation, and local weather activity. Unexpected events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, cost of living crisis, and a record summer heatwave all fall within the timeframe of the sensor data.</p

Improving hospital discharge arrangements for people who are homeless: a realist synthesis of the intermediate care literature

This review presents a realist synthesis of "what works and why" in intermediate care for people who are homeless. The overall aim was to update an earlier synthesis of intermediate care by capturing new evidence from a recent UK government funding initiative (the "Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund"). The initiative made resources available to the charitable sector to enable partnership working with the National Health Service (NHS) in order to improve hospital discharge arrangements for people who are homeless. The synthesis adopted the RAMESES guidelines and reporting standards. Electronic searches were carried out for peer-reviewed articles published in English from 2000 to 2016. Local evaluations and the grey literature were also included. The inclusion criteria was that articles and reports should describe "interventions" that encompassed most of the key characteristics of intermediate care as previously defined in the academic literature. Searches yielded 47 articles and reports. Most of these originated in the UK or the USA and fell within the realist quality rating of "thick description". The synthesis involved using this new evidence to interrogate the utility of earlier programme theories. Overall, the results confirmed the importance of (i) collaborative care planning, (ii) reablement and (iii) integrated working as key to effective intermediate care delivery. However, the additional evidence drawn from the field of homelessness highlighted the potential for some theory refinements. First, that "psychologically informed" approaches to relationship building may be necessary to ensure that service users are meaningfully engaged in collaborative care planning and second, that integrated working could be managed differently so that people are not "handed over" at the point at which the intermediate care episode ends. This was theorised as key to ensuring that ongoing care arrangements do not break down and that gains are not lost to the person or the system vis-à-vis the prevention of readmission to hospital