A Collaborative Investigation of the Experiences of Elders Using an Older Adult Home Treatment Team: From Understanding to Action

Introduction: Older Adult Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams (OA-CRHTT) have become more prominent in NHS services in recent years. The research on such services thus far has focused on the business aspect of measures, namely hospital admissions. There is no current evidence exploring the experiences of elders using these services, and how these services are perceived by elders. Method: Five co-researchers were recruited from an OA-CRHTT in inner London, and agreed to engage in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project. Narrative analysis was used to investigate how the co-researchers experienced support from the OA-CRHTT. A particular focus was paid to the element of action based on the findings of this research project. Narrative stories were created using a collaborative framework. The data was analysed by first creating personal narratives and then having a group collective statement based on these narratives. Results: The interpretation from the personal narratives suggest that elders who have not had prior experience with mental health services require support in understanding the service and how it operates and what it is meant to provide, and that stigma played a role in perceptions of engaging with an acute community mental health team. Humanising care was reported as the main factor of what elders found as useful, with a need for understanding and good assessment to be achieved. Discussion: Co-researchers each presented different aspects of what they found helpful about the service, steeped in their own context and experience of services. The need for dominant narratives regarding elders about the ability for services to be responsive to these was imperative. Implications for the research highlight the need for further investigation of elder views of the workings of CRHTT for elders, specifically hearing from people who are diagnosed with dementia, and elders from marginalised groups

Measurement of the cross section and longitudinal double-spin asymmetry for dijet production in polarized pp collisions at √ s = 200 GeV

We report the first measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry ALL for midrapidity dijet production in polarized pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √s=200 GeV. The dijet cross section was measured and is shown to be consistent with next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative QCD predictions. ALL results are presented for two distinct topologies, defined by the jet pseudorapidities, and are compared to predictions from several recent NLO global analyses. The measured asymmetries, the first such correlation measurements, support those analyses that find positive gluon polarization at the level of roughly 0.2 over the region of Bjorken-x\u3e0.05

A model for closing the inviscid form of the average-passage equation system

A mathematical model is proposed for closing or mathematically completing the system of equations which describes the time average flow field through the blade passages of multistage turbomachinery. These equations referred to as the average passage equation system govern a conceptual model which has proven useful in turbomachinery aerodynamic design and analysis. The closure model is developed so as to insure a consistency between these equations and the axisymmetric through flow equations. The closure model was incorporated into a computer code for use in simulating the flow field about a high speed counter rotating propeller and a high speed fan stage. Results from these simulations are presented

A numerical simulation of the inviscid flow through a counter-rotating propeller

The results of a numerical simulation of the time-averaged inviscid flow field through the blade rows of a multiblade row turboprop configuration are presented. The governing equations are outlined along with a discussion of the solution procedure and coding strategy. Numerical results obtained from a simulation of the flow field through a modern high-speed turboprop will be shown

The passage of an infinite swept airfoil through an oblique gust

An approximate solution is reported for the unsteady aerodynamic response of an infinite swept wing encountering a vertical oblique gust in a compressible stream. The approximate expressions are of closed form and do not require excessive computer storage or computation time, and further, they are in good agreement with the results of exact theory. This analysis is used to predict the unsteady aerodynamic response of a helicopter rotor blade encountering the trailing vortex from a previous blade. Significant effects of three dimensionality and compressibility are evident in the results obtained. In addition, an approximate solution for the unsteady aerodynamic forces associated with the pitching or plunging motion of a two dimensional airfoil in a subsonic stream is presented. The mathematical form of this solution approaches the incompressible solution as the Mach number vanishes, the linear transonic solution as the Mach number approaches one, and the solution predicted by piston theory as the reduced frequency becomes large

Simulation of 3-D viscous flow within a multi-stage turbine

This work outlines a procedure for simulating the flow field within multistage turbomachinery which includes the effects of unsteadiness, compressibility, and viscosity. The associated modeling equations are the average passage equation system which governs the time-averaged flow field within a typical passage of a blade row embedded within a multistage configuration. The results from a simulation of a low aspect ratio stage and a one-half turbine will be presented and compared with experimental measurements. It will be shown that the secondary flow field generated by the rotor causes the aerodynamic performance of the downstream vane to be significantly different from that of an isolated blade row

Central exclusive production at RHIC

The present status and and future plans of the physics program of Central Exclusive Production at RHIC are described.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, to appear as a review article in IJMP

Average-passage flow model development

A 3-D model was developed for simulating multistage turbomachinery flows using supercomputers. This average passage flow model described the time averaged flow field within a typical passage of a bladed wheel within a multistage configuration. To date, a number of inviscid simulations were executed to assess the resolution capabilities of the model. Recently, the viscous terms associated with the average passage model were incorporated into the inviscid computer code along with an algebraic turbulence model. A simulation of a stage-and-one-half, low speed turbine was executed. The results of this simulation, including a comparison with experimental data, is discussed

Measurements of the unsteady flow field within the stator row of a transonic axial-flow fan. 1: Measurement and analysis technique

This two-part paper presents laser anemometer measurements of the unsteady velocity field within the stator row of a transonic axial-flow fan. The objective is to provide additional insight into unsteady blade-row interactions within high speed compressors which affect stage efficiency, energy transfer, and other design considerations. Part 1 describes the measurement and analysis techniques used for resolving the unsteady flow field features. The ensemble-average and variance of the measured velocities are used to identify the rotor wake generated and unresolved unsteadiness, respectively. (Rotor wake generated unsteadiness refers to the unsteadiness generated by the rotor wake velocity deficit and the term unresolved unsteadiness refers to all remaining contributions to unsteadiness such as vortex shedding, turbulence, mass flow fluctuations, etc.). A procedure for calculating auto and cross correlations of the rotor wake generated and unresolved unsteady velocity fluctuations is described. These unsteady-velocity correlations have significance since they also result from a decomposition of the Navier-Stokes equations. This decomposition of the Navier-Stokes equations resulting in the velocity correlations used to describe the unsteady velocity field will also be outlined in this paper

PRESSURE ANALYSIS AND FLUID CONTACT PREDICTION FOR ALPHA RESERVOIR (A PARTIALLY APPRAISED FIELD) ONSHORE NIGER DELTA.

The study field is green, with limited well penetrations. The objective reservoir (Alpha Reservoir) is a relatively shallow one, with 6 wells penetration. Two of the wells are wet (Water-Up-To) while the rest penetrated hydrocarbon bearing intervals (Gas-Down-To). As pressure data was not acquired in the water leg of the reservoir, pressure gradient analysis was done with the field-wide hydrostatic profile for contact and fluid prediction. Also, an evaluation of the possibility of having an oil rim within the region of fluid-type uncertainty was carried out. The predicted results revealed that the objective reservoir has the potential of having oil rim of a possible gradient 0.20psi/ft., with a column height of less than or equal to 20ft. Such an oil column if present is deemed insignificant. Therefore, the reservoir can be developed as a non- associated gas reservoir with a predicted Gas-Water-Contact of 7529ftss. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v36i3.2