“Learning does not reside in a place called comfortable”: Exploring identity and social justice through experiential group work

This chapter explores the process of experiential group work that is central to the youth and community work programme at Goldsmiths. Whilst experiential group work has been pushed out of professional practice programmes more widely over recent decades, Goldsmiths has maintained it as a central focus. The emphasis on social justice within the programme’s curriculum, and the importance of the student group learning from and with each other underpins the teaching methods across the programme. Dialogue, interaction and sharing experiences lie at the heart of training reflective practitioners who can work successfully with groups and individuals, promote social justice, empowering themselves through exploring their own experiences of oppression and power. This enables them to critically engage and intervene effectively with institutions and be active agents of change. The method draws substantially on Freire’s work on critical dialogue as well as on models of reflective practice and empowerment. Scholars of the experiential group process in youth and community work training such as Klein (1961), Turkie (1995) and Woodger and Anastacio (2013) have been at the forefront of the Goldsmiths programme over the last fifty years. This approach values collective learning over individual - and the process of learning over its product, representing a challenge to the dominant culture in Higher Education

Escenarios agroalimentarios para América Latina y el Caribe: estudio prospectivo al año 2040

Libro realizado en el marco de la Red de Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina (Red PP-AL) y contó con el apoyo de la Plataforma Contribución para la Formulación de Gestión de Políticas Públicas de INTA (Argentina).En el ejercicio Escenarios agroalimentarios para América Latina y el Caribe. Estudio prospectivo al año 2040, un equipo de especialistas trabajó sobre las principales variables económicas, sociales, políticas, tecnológicas y ambientales que inciden en la cuestión agroalimentaria para la región, e imaginó cuatro escenarios posibles para los próximos veinte años. El trabajo nucleó a investigadores miembros de la Red de Políticas Públicas y Desarrollo Rural en América Latina, impulsada por el Centro de Investigación y Cooperación para la Agricultura de Francia (CIRAD) con el fin de llevar a cabo los ejercicios de evaluación de las variables y el planteo de los escenarios. El libro busca nutrir los estudios de escenarios agroalimentarios de mediano y largo plazo a escala macro-regional. Apuntando a familiarizar a un público amplio con las contribuciones y el estilo de pensamiento de la prospectiva, y así movilizar el debate y el diseño de políticas para alcanzar el mejor resultado. Al imaginar los escenarios deseados los hacemos posibles: esa es la conclusión más importante de este trabajo. A través del ejercicio prospectivo podemos cuestionar las ideas dominantes, con el objetivo de incentivar el surgimiento de otras nuevas que nos permitan avanzar. La noción de un agro regional potente y sustentable es suficientemente poderosa y plausible para que nos decidamos a actuar, para ser parte del gran impulso hacia esa nueva economía y hacia ese nuevo estadio civilizacional.Centro de Investigación en Economía y ProspectivaFil: Patrouilleau, Maria Mercedes. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Centro de Investigación en Economía y Prospectiva (CIEP); ArgentinaFil: Anastasio, Mario Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; ArgentinaFil: Le Coq, Jean François. CIRAD; Francia. Centre Internacional de Agronomía Tropical (CIAT); PanamáFil: Le Coq, Jean François. Centro de Cooperación Internacional en Investigación Agronómica para el Desarrollo; FranciaFil: Sotomayor, Octavio. Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). División de Recursos Naturale

Evidence for pre-folding vein development in the Oligo-Miocene Asmari Formation in the Central Zagros Fold Belt, Iran

International audienceIn order to understand the interplay between vein development and folding in the carbonates of the Oligo-Miocene Asmari Formation (one of the main hydrocarbon reservoir rocks) in Iran, several anticlines have been investigated in the central part of the Zagros folded belt. Combining observations of relative chronology between veins based on calcite-filling phases and crosscutting/abutting relationships, as well as aerial/satellite image interpretation on several anticlines allowed proposing a tectonic model highlighting the widespread development of veins and other extensional micro/meso-structures in the Central Zagros folded belt. Our data suggest that most of the veins affecting the Asmari formation predated the main Miocene-Pliocene folding episode. An early regional vein set striking N50° marked the onset of collisional stress build-up in the region. Then, N150° and N20° trending vein sets were initiated in response to local extension caused by large-scale flexure/drape folds above N-S and N140° basement faults reactivated under the regional NE compression. At the onset and during Miocene-Pliocene folding of the sedimentary cover, the early formed veins were reactivated (reopened and/or sheared) while duplexes, low angle reverse faults and thrusts formed. Beyond regional implications, this study puts emphasis on the need of carefully considering regional/local vein development predating folding as well as influence of underlying basement faults in models of folded-fractured reservoirs in fold-thrust belts

The specific surface area and chemical composition of diamond dust near Barrow, Alaska

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Radiosensitivity in patients affected by ARPC1B deficiency: a new disease trait?

Actin-related protein 2/3 complex subunit 1B (ARPC1B) deficiency is a recently described inborn error of immunity (IEI) presenting with combined immunodeficiency and characterized by recurrent infections and thrombocytopenia. Manifestations of immune dysregulation, including colitis, vasculitis, and severe dermatitis, associated with eosinophilia, hyper-IgA, and hyper-IgE are also described in ARPC1B-deficient patients. To date, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation seems to be the only curative option for patients. ARPC1B is part of the actin-related protein 2/3 complex (Arp2/3) and cooperates with the Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) in the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton remodeling and in driving double-strand break clustering for homology-directed repair. In this study, we aimed to investigate radiosensitivity (RS) in ARPC1B-deficient patients to assess whether it can be considered an additional disease trait. First, we performed trio-based next-generation-sequencing studies to obtain the ARPC1B molecular diagnosis in our index case characterized by increased RS, and then we confirmed, using three different methods, an increment of radiosensitivity in all enrolled ARPC1B-deficient patients. In particular, higher levels of chromatid-type aberrations and γH2AX foci, with an increased number of cells arrested in the G2/M-phase of the cell cycle, were found in patients’ cells after ionizing radiation exposition and radiomimetic bleomycin treatment. Overall, our data suggest increased radiosensitivity as an additional trait in ARPC1B deficiency and support the necessity to investigate this feature in ARPC1B patients as well as in other IEI with cytoskeleton defects to address specific clinical follow-up and optimize therapeutic interventions

Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study

Funder: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013347Funder: Flemish Society for Critical Care NursesAbstract: Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to provide an international picture of the extent of pressure injuries and factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries in adult ICU patients. Methods: International 1-day point-prevalence study; follow-up for outcome assessment until hospital discharge (maximum 12 weeks). Factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injury and hospital mortality were assessed by generalised linear mixed-effects regression analysis. Results: Data from 13,254 patients in 1117 ICUs (90 countries) revealed 6747 pressure injuries; 3997 (59.2%) were ICU-acquired. Overall prevalence was 26.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.9–27.3). ICU-acquired prevalence was 16.2% (95% CI 15.6–16.8). Sacrum (37%) and heels (19.5%) were most affected. Factors independently associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries were older age, male sex, being underweight, emergency surgery, higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Braden score 3 days, comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunodeficiency), organ support (renal replacement, mechanical ventilation on ICU admission), and being in a low or lower-middle income-economy. Gradually increasing associations with mortality were identified for increasing severity of pressure injury: stage I (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI 1.2–1.8), stage II (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4–1.9), and stage III or worse (OR 2.8; 95% CI 2.3–3.3). Conclusion: Pressure injuries are common in adult ICU patients. ICU-acquired pressure injuries are associated with mainly intrinsic factors and mortality. Optimal care standards, increased awareness, appropriate resource allocation, and further research into optimal prevention are pivotal to tackle this important patient safety threat

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Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study

Funder: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013347Funder: Flemish Society for Critical Care NursesAbstract: Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to provide an international picture of the extent of pressure injuries and factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries in adult ICU patients. Methods: International 1-day point-prevalence study; follow-up for outcome assessment until hospital discharge (maximum 12 weeks). Factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injury and hospital mortality were assessed by generalised linear mixed-effects regression analysis. Results: Data from 13,254 patients in 1117 ICUs (90 countries) revealed 6747 pressure injuries; 3997 (59.2%) were ICU-acquired. Overall prevalence was 26.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.9–27.3). ICU-acquired prevalence was 16.2% (95% CI 15.6–16.8). Sacrum (37%) and heels (19.5%) were most affected. Factors independently associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries were older age, male sex, being underweight, emergency surgery, higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Braden score 3 days, comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunodeficiency), organ support (renal replacement, mechanical ventilation on ICU admission), and being in a low or lower-middle income-economy. Gradually increasing associations with mortality were identified for increasing severity of pressure injury: stage I (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI 1.2–1.8), stage II (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4–1.9), and stage III or worse (OR 2.8; 95% CI 2.3–3.3). Conclusion: Pressure injuries are common in adult ICU patients. ICU-acquired pressure injuries are associated with mainly intrinsic factors and mortality. Optimal care standards, increased awareness, appropriate resource allocation, and further research into optimal prevention are pivotal to tackle this important patient safety threat

Aircraft measurements during the BEMA campaign (Burriana, Spain, June 97)

Our aim, within the framework of the BEMA programme, was to use airborne measurements as input for the initial conditions and boundary conditions for models (TVM/LCC and TVM/RACM meso-scale models) developed by ISPRA, to study the influence of biogenic emissions on the ozone formation in a Mediterranean atmospheric boundary layer. This photochemical formation is connected to a non-linear reaction kinetics involving hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions. These measurements also allowed the models to be validated

Compendio del catecismo de perseverancia : exposición histórica, dogmatica, moral, litúrgica, apologética, filosófica y social de la religión desde el principio del mundo hasta nuestros dias

Saturnino Calleja ejerce ca. 1876-191