108 research outputs found
Fathers’ Lived Experiences With a Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Phenomenological Study
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
This study examined the lived experiences of fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder in regard to how occupational therapy helped facilitate their involvement with their children. Major findings include recognizing their unique role, positive influence of activity, and the value of therapists as facilitators.
Primary Author and Speaker: Katie Conlon
Additional Authors and Speakers: Ellen Herlache-Pretzer
Contributing Authors: Molly Braun, Allison Gallo, Jordan Vincke, Lisa Brewer, Liat Gafni-Lachter</jats:p
Benchmarking of the simulation of the ATLAS Hall background
No full textThe LHC, mainly to be used as a proton-proton collider, providing collisions at energies of 14 TeV, will be operational in the year 2005. ATLAS, one of the LHC experiments, will provide high accuracy measurements concerning these p-p collisions. In these collisions also a high particle background is produced. This background was already calculated with the Monte Carlo simulation program FLUKA. Unfortunately, the prediction concerning this background rate is only understood within an uncertainty level of five. The main contribution of this factor can be seen as limited knowledge concerning the ability of FLUKA to simulate these kinds of scenarios. In order to reduce the uncertainty, benchmarking simulations of experiments similar to the ATLAS background situation were performed. The comparison of the simulations with the experiments proves to which extent FLUKA is able to provide reliable results concerning the ATLAS background situation. In order to perform this benchmark, an iron construction was irradiated by a hadron beam. The primary particles had ATLAS equivalent energies. Behind the iron structure, the remnants of the shower processes are measured and simulated. The simulation procedure and its encouraging results, including the comparison with the measured numbers, are presented and discussed in this work
The AWAKE Run 2 programme and beyond
No full textAutores: Edda Gschwendtner, Konstantin Lotov, Patric Muggli, Matthew Wing, Riccardo Agnello, Claudia Christina Ahdida, Maria Carolina Amoedo Goncalves, Yanis Andrebe, Oznur Apsimon, Robert Apsimon, Jordan Matias Arnesano, Anna-Maria Bachmann, Diego Barrientos, Fabian Batsch, Vittorio Bencini, Michele Bergamaschi, Patrick Blanchard, Philip Nicholas Burrows, Birger Buttenschön, Allen Caldwell, James Chappell, Eric Chevallay, Moses Chung, David Andrew Cooke, Heiko Damerau, Can Davut, Gabor Demeter, Amos Christopher Dexter, Steffen Doebert, Francesa Ann Elverson, John Farmer, Ambrogio Fasoli, Valentin Fedosseev, Ricardo Fonseca, Ivo Furno, Spencer Gessner, Aleksandr Gorn, Eduardo Granados, Marcel Granetzny, Tim Graubner, Olaf Grulke, Eloise Daria Guran, Vasyl Hafych, Anthony Hartin, James Henderson, Mathias Hüther, Miklos Kedves, Fearghus Keeble, Vadim Khudiakov, Seong-Yeol Kim, Florian Kraus, Michel Krupa, Thibaut Lefevre, Linbo Liang, Shengli Liu, Nelson Lopes, Miguel Martinez Calderon, Stefano Mazzoni, David Medina Godoy, Joshua Moody, Kookjin Moon, Pablo Israel Morales Guzmán, Mariana Moreira, Tatiana Nechaeva, Elzbieta Nowak, Collette Pakuza, Harsha Panuganti, Ans Pardons, Kevin Pepitone, Aravinda Perera, Jan Pucek, Alexander Pukhov, Rebecca Louise Ramjiawan, Stephane Rey, Adam Scaachi, Oliver Schmitz, Eugenio Senes, Fernando Silva, Luis Silva, Christine Stollberg, Alban Sublet, Catherine Swain, Athanasios Topaloudis, Nuno Torrado, Petr Tuev, Marlene Turner, Francesco Velotti, Livio Verra, Victor Verzilov, Jorge Vieira, Helmut Vincke, Martin Weidl, Carsten Welsch, Manfred Wendt, Peerawan Wiwattananon, Joseph Wolfenden, Benjamin Woolley, Samuel Wyler, Guoxing Xia, Vlada Yarygova, Michael Zepp, Giovanni Zevi Della Porta. ::: Publisher: [MDPI] ::: Location: [
Radiation protection studies for the SHiP facility
No full textThe enlarged scope of the recently proposed experiment to search for Heavy Neutral Leptons, SPSC-EOI-010, is a general purpose fixed target facility which in the initial phase is aimed at a general Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) as well as tau neutrino physics. This report summarizes radiation protection considerations for the SHiP facility and the primary beam extraction for SHiP
Author Correction: The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data
No full textThe following authors were omitted from the original version of this Data Descriptor: Markus Reichstein and Nicolas Vuichard. Both contributed to the code development and N. Vuichard contributed to the processing of the ERA-Interim data downscaling. Furthermore, the contribution of the co-author Frank Tiedemann was re-evaluated relative to the colleague Corinna Rebmann, both working at the same sites, and based on this re-evaluation a substitution in the co-author list is implemented (with Rebmann replacing Tiedemann). Finally, two affiliations were listed incorrectly and are corrected here (entries 190 and 193). The author list and affiliations have been amended to address these omissions in both the HTML and PDF versions
THE EFFECT OF A BEAM LOSS AT THE PS/N_TOF INTERFACE OF THE CERN PS COMPLEX
No full textThis paper discusses the potential radiation hazard caused by beam losses in one of the transfer lines (TT2) of the CERN Proton Synchrotron, close to the point where the beam is split and can be directed towards the Super Proton Synchrotron via the TT10 tunnel, sent to the n_TOF experiment installed in the extension of TT2 (TT2A tunnel), or stopped in a massive dump. The TT2 area is separated from the downstream TT2A zone of n_TOF by a 4.8 m thick concrete wall. A full beam loss in TT2 could generate a serious radiation hazard on the TT2A side of the shielding wall. Several beam loss scenarios were investigated by Monte Carlo simulations performed with the FLUKA code. The various radiation components making up the dose equivalent rate in TT2A were assessed. It was found that the dose equivalent is dominated by either muons, mainly originating from pion decay, or neutrons produced in hadronic cascades inside the shielding wall, depending on the point where the beam is lost. A comparison between simulation results and measurements is made
Calculations of dose attenuation in slowly curving tunnel geometries at a high-energy proton accelerator
No full textThe CERN Neutrino beam to Gran Sasso (CNGS) project and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will receive 450 GeV/c protons extracted from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). In the tunnels leading to the CNGS target and the LHC accelerator there is a 150 m straight section where a beam dump (TED) can be moved into the beam chamber, intercepting the proton beam. After the TED, the beam is routed into either the 700m slowly curving TT41 tunnel (CNGS) or the TI8 tunnel consisting of a 400 m straight section followed by a curved 1.5 km long tunnel (LHC). The curved tunnels have a radius of approximately 1 km. During tests a proton beam of 1.2 multiplied by 10**1**3 s**- **1 could be sent to the dump. The question posed was how close to the TED could access be allowed during dumping operations. Initial simulations using the FLUKA Monte-Carlo transport program were optimised assuming that the high-energy muon contribution dominates. Discrepancies with an analytically based calculation led to a revision of this optimisation. Further simulations showed that the radiation field deep in the slowly curving tunnels was dominated by the scattering of low-energy muons in the walls. These were also more important than the low-energy neutrons. This paper describes these simulations, which were the first in the authors' experience where muon scattering dominated tunnel attenuation at a high-energy accelerator. 10 Refs
ActiWiz – optimizing your nuclide inventory at proton accelerators with a computer code
No full textWhen operating an accelerator one always faces unwanted, but inevitable beam losses. These result in activation of adjacent material, which in turn has an obvious impact on safety and handling constraints. One of the key parameters responsible for activation is the chemical composition of the material which often can be optimized in that respect. In order to facilitate this task also for non-expert users the ActiWiz software has been developed at CERN. Based on a large amount of generic FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations the software applies a specifically developed risk assessment model to provide support to decision makers especially during the design phase as well as common operational work in the domain of radiation protection
ARTICLE ActiWiz -optimizing your nuclide inventory at proton accelerators with a computer code
No full textWhen operating an accelerator one always faces unwanted, but inevitable beam losses. These result in activation of adjacent material, which in turn has an obvious impact on safety and handling constraints. One of the key parameters responsible for activation is the chemical composition of the material which often can be optimized in that respect. In order to facilitate this task also for non-expert users the ActiWiz software has been developed at CERN. Based on a large amount of generic FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations the software applies a specifically developed risk assessment model to provide support to decision makers especially during the design phase as well as common operational work in the domain of radiation protection
Radiological Characterization Studies for the CNGS Dismantling
No full textA comprehensive study of the radiological CNGS (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso Experiment) environment characterization is presented. It comprises the evaluation of the residual dose rates of the most relevant standalone beam line equipment, such as the target and horn, as well as overall dose levels in the cavern before and after dismantling. Furthermore, the radionuclide inventories of the main objects to be dismantled were calculated by the Monte Carlo FLUKA code and ActiWiz. The latter is particularly important for transport and waste management. Moreover, we present benchmarking measurements of residual dose rates in the experimental cavern, staying in good agreement with simulation predictions. Additional measurements, as well as FLUKA and ActiWiz studies, allowed for assessing the concrete composition of the cavern’s walls and floor and the shielding blocks. The resulting refined composition allowed for evaluating more precisely the radionuclide inventories and residual dose rates expected before and after the dismantling in the CNGS target area. This was particularly important for the evaluation of the dismantling cost and the substantial savings due to the reusage of the majority of the concrete blocks. Finally, contamination measurements in the accessible parts of the area also are included. All the results discussed are crucial for determining the requirements, planning, and costs of the CNGS dismantling
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