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Improving continence services for older people from the service-providers' perspective: a qualitative interview study
This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.Objective To examine in depth the views and experiences of continence service leads in England on key service and continence management characteristics in order to identify and to improve our understanding of barriers to a good-quality service and potential facilitators to develop and to improve services for older people with urinary incontinence (UI). Design Qualitative semistructured interviews using a purposive sample recruited across 16 continence services. Setting 3 acute and 13 primary care National Health Service Trusts in England. Participants 16 continence service leads in England actively treating and managing older people with UI. Results In terms of barriers to a good-quality service, participants highlighted a failure on the part of commissioners, managers and other health professionals in recognising the problem of UI and in acknowledging the importance of continence for older people and prevalent negative attitudes towards continence and older people. Patient assessment and continence promotion regardless of age, rather than pad provision, were identified as important steps for a good-quality service for older people with UI. More rapid and appropriate patient referral pathways, investment in service capacity, for example, more trained staff and strengthened interservice collaborations and a higher profile within medical and nurse training were specified as being important facilitators for delivering an equitable and high-quality continence service. There is a need, however, to consider the accounts given by our participants as perhaps serving the interests of their professional group within the context of interprofessional work. Conclusions Our data point to important barriers and facilitators of a good-quality service for older people with UI, from the perspective of continence service leads. Further research should address the views of other stakeholders, and explore options for the empirical evaluation of the effectiveness of identified service facilitators.Funding was received from the New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, led by the Economic & Social Research Council, UK (grantnumber RES-353-25-0010)
Deconstructive Analysis of Six Characters in Search of an Author
This analysis applies deconstruction theory to Luigi Pirandello\u27s Six Characters in Search of an Author, exploring diverse perspectives, fragmented reality, and language ambiguity. It emphasizes the dynamic nature of meaning and offers a fresh perspective on the play\u27s complexity through visual representations and engaging discussions. It contributes to the discourse on deconstruction in World Literature.
This project was created in response to an assignment prompt that asked students to apply a literary theory to Pirandello\u27s play. Students explored their chosen theory through visualizations of its major concepts using text and images. They then connected examples from the play to the theory\u27s concepts in order to show how using the theory provided insight about the play\u27s structure and meaning
Weighted maximal regularity estimates and solvability of non-smooth elliptic systems II
We continue the development, by reduction to a first order system for the
conormal gradient, of \textit{a priori} estimates and solvability for
boundary value problems of Dirichlet, regularity, Neumann type for divergence
form second order, complex, elliptic systems. We work here on the unit ball and
more generally its bi-Lipschitz images, assuming a Carleson condition as
introduced by Dahlberg which measures the discrepancy of the coefficients to
their boundary trace near the boundary. We sharpen our estimates by proving a
general result concerning \textit{a priori} almost everywhere non-tangential
convergence at the boundary. Also, compactness of the boundary yields more
solvability results using Fredholm theory. Comparison between classes of
solutions and uniqueness issues are discussed. As a consequence, we are able to
solve a long standing regularity problem for real equations, which may not be
true on the upper half-space, justifying \textit{a posteriori} a separate work
on bounded domains.Comment: 76 pages, new abstract and few typos corrected. The second author has
changed nam
An Algebraic Approach to the Non-chromatic Adherence of the DP Color Function
DP-coloring (or correspondence coloring) is a generalization of list coloring
that has been widely studied since its introduction by Dvo\v{r}\'{a}k and
Postle in 2015. As the analogue of the chromatic polynomial of a graph ,
, the DP color function of , denoted by , counts the
minimum number of DP-colorings over all possible -fold covers. A function
is chromatic-adherent if for every graph , for some implies that for all . It is known
that the DP color function is not chromatic-adherent, but there are only two
known graphs that demonstrate this. Suppose is an -vertex graph and
is a 3-fold cover of , in this paper we associate with
a polynomial so that the number of non-zeros of equals the number
of -colorings of . We then use a well-known result of Alon and
F\"{u}redi on the number of non-zeros of a polynomial to establish a
non-trivial lower bound on when . Finally, we use
this bound to show that there are infinitely many graphs that demonstrate the
non-chromatic-adherence of the DP color function.Comment: 8 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2107.08154,
arXiv:2110.0405
Changing the Face of Student Teaching Through Co-Teaching
In this article, the authors challenge the status quo of current student teaching practice which has remained relatively unchanged for close to 100 years. This four year study identifies the differences between a co-teaching and a non-co-teaching model of student teaching. Quantitative and qualitative results clearly demonstrate the positive impact of co-teaching on learners. This emerging practice of co-teaching in student teaching holds great promise in transforming the world of teacher preparation
A Polynomial Method for Counting Colorings of -labeled Graphs
The notion of -labeling, where is a subset of the symmetric group, is
a common generalization of signed -coloring, signed -coloring,
DP-coloring, group coloring, and coloring of gained graphs that was introduced
in 2019 by Jin, Wong, and Zhu. In this paper, we present a unified and simple
polynomial method for giving exponential lower bounds on the number of
colorings of an -labeled graph. This algebraic technique allows us to prove
new lower bounds on the number of colorings of any -labeling of graphs
satisfying certain sparsity conditions. This gives new lower bounds on the DP
color function, and consequently chromatic polynomial and list color function,
of families of planar graphs, and the number of colorings of signed graphs.
These bounds improve previously known results, or are the first such known
results.Comment: 25 pages, 2 figure
The declining spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus: calling site choice and conservation
We investigated whether local biotic and abiotic conditions could explain the occurrence of calling males of the declining spadefoot toad Pelobates fuscus in 72 ponds in southern Sweden. The ponds covered the entire distribution range of P. fuscus and were monitored during the breeding season in 2000. Calling males were found in 33 ponds. representing ca 50% of all known ponds for the species ill Sweden. They had a non-random distribution and a discriminant analysis including 19 environmental variables successfully classified 86% of the ponds as with or without calling males A stepwise discriminant analysis selected eight of these variables and classified 85% of the ponds correctly. ponds with calling males were classified mainly on characteristics of the ponds, whereas composition of the terrestrial habitat close to the ponds and traffic load within 500 in had little influence on the distribution of calling males. Ponds with P. fuscus were large, permanent and eutrophic with high concentrations of oxygen and high spring temperatures. They also had a high proportion of shoreline with steep banks. Permanent ponds with calling males typically had a low abundance of predatory fish and crayfish: only two of the ponds with P. fuscus contained predatory fish. The results of this study indicate that interactions between physical factors (e.g. pond drying) and predation determine the presence of P. fuscus. Because P. fuscus has specific habitat requirements necessary for its survival and high site fidelity, it is particularly vulnerable to local changes in the condition of its natural breeding ponds. The situation is particularly serious for this species because the majority of the ponds that are within its dispersal range do not seem to be suitable for P. fuscus because of physical constraints
What Makes Co-Teaching Work? Identifying The Essential Elements
This paper will share the process used in the development of the What Makes Co-teaching Work instrument used to support the successful implementation of a co-teaching model of student teaching
Intertwining caring science, caring practice and caring education from a lifeworld perspective—two contextual examples
This article describes how caring science can be a helpful foundation for caring practice and what kind of learning support that can enable the transformation of caring science into practice. The lifeworld approach is fundamental for both caring and learning. This will be illustrated in two examples from research that show the potential for promoting health and well-being as well as the learning process. One example is from a caring context and the other is from a learning context. In this article, learning and caring are understood as parallel processes. We emphasize that learning cannot be separated from life and thus caring and education is intertwined with caring science and life. The examples illustrate how an understanding of the intertwining can be fruitful in different contexts. The challenge is to implant a lifeworld-based approach on caring and learning that can lead to strategies that in a more profound way have the potential to strengthen the person's health and learning processes
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