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One goal of the sixth generation (6 G) is to extend the communication abilities of a Gbps bitrate, low latency and high reliability to global areas. The Space-Air-Ground Network (SAGN) is a promising scheme. Deterministic services in SAGN are very important for network providers, but service conflicts and a lack of end-to-end feature abstractions restrict the development of more services and applications. Abstracting the network features to design service components and abilities is the key issue. Therefore, this paper proposes a new service development scheme for SAGNs, which provides global service components and abilities based on a microservice framework for different networks. We explore the unified feature description method based on the ground state, which decouples the network element function (NEF) from different end-to-end networks. A convex optimisation model based on reversible driving factors is designed for the service developments model, which can optimise the choreographies and combinations of the services in SAGN. A feature compression method based on equivalent mapping service description and orbital shrinking is proposed to improve the development efficiency of SAGN services. Simulations and tests are conducted to examine the performance enhancement of services, which improves the service generating speed by 14.5% and the service conflict rate by 23.4%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This small-scale, Welsh qualitative study explores how a new "moving on" service empowered older people to move voluntarily from their home to an extra-care facility. Eighteen older people were interviewed about their experiences of the service, which offered in-person, bespoke information, advice, financial, practical, brokerage, and emotional support about moving. Findings indicate three service use patterns: continuous, partial, and discontinued. It was instrumental in empowering clients to exercise decisional, executional, delegated, and/or consumer autonomies. Recommendations for future developments of a prototype "moving on" service include a multipartner approach and caseworker case management training modeled on social work practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) can face many challenges in society including accessing education, care and support appropriate to individual needs. However, there is a growing and evolving evidence base about the specific needs of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in this regard.Aims: The aim of this review was to explore the experiences of people with ID who identified as LGBT through an examination of studies that addressed their views and highlighted specific issues, concerns and service responses.Methods and Procedures: A comprehensive search of relevant databases from February 1995 to February 2015 was conducted. Studies were identified that met specific criteria that included: empirical peer reviewed studies, the use of recognised research methods and focused on people with ID whom identified as LGBT. The search yielded 161 papers in total. The search was narrowed and 37 papers were screened using rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria. Finally, 14 papers were considered suitable for the review.Outcomes and Results: The data were analysed and key themes identified that included accessing health services, gender and sexual identity, attitudes of people with ID regarding their LGBT status, and education, supports and therapeutic interventions.Conclusions and Implications: There is a need for service providers and carers to be more responsive to the concerns of people with ID who identify as LGBT to improve their health and well-being by reducing stigma and discrimination and by increasing awareness of their care and support needs. The implications are discussed in terms of policy, education, research and practice developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]