Comunicação e saúde. O cinema-debate para prevenir vícios

This paper presents the results of a qualitative multiple case study conducted from 2012 to 2015 in those using film-debate for the prevention of addiction and other risky behaviors among youth in Guerrero - Mexico. 152 young people participated in 5 experiences, and 33 focus groups were interpreted. The results allow us to understand that the mechanisms of appropriation of film stories are closely related to character identification and misidentification, the contextualization of the stories of cinema and the mobilization of feelings, which provides relevant knowledge to film theory, and in an educational context, the implementation of cinema debate as a proposal for addiction prevention.Este trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio cualitativo de casos múltiples realizado desde el año 2012 al 2015 en el que se empleó el cine-debate como estrategia formativa para la prevención de adicciones y otras conductas de riesgo en jóvenes de Guerrero- México. Participaron en las 5 experiencias un total de 152 jóvenes y se interpretaron 33 grupos focales. Los resultados permiten comprender que los mecanismos de apropiación de los relatos cinematográficos se relacionan estrechamente con la identificación y desidentificación con los personajes, la contextualización de los relatos de cine y con la movilización de los sentimientos, aportando conocimientos relevantes para la teoría cinematográfica, y en el contexto educativo para la aplicación del cine debate como una propuesta para la prevención de adicciones.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.33571/revistaluciernaga.v8n16a3Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de um estudo qualitativo de casos múltiplos levados a cabo do ano 2012 até o 2015, onde se empregó o cinema-debate como estratégia formativa para a prevenção de vícios e outros comportamentos de risco dentro dos jovens de Guerrero-México. Nas 5 experiências participaram um total de 152 jovens e 33 grupos focais foram interpretados. Os resultados nos permitem entender que os mecanismos de apropriação das histórias dos filmes estão de perto relacionados com a identificação e desidentificación das personagens, a contextualización das histórias do cinema e com a mobilização dos sentimentos, fornecendo conhecimentos relevantes para a teoria cinematográfica, e no contexto educacional para a aplicação dos debates do cinema como uma proposta para a prevenção de vícios

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1–6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and adolescents aged 5–19 years on the basis of rural and urban place of residence in 200 countries and territories from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, children and adolescents residing in cities were taller than their rural counterparts in all but a few high-income countries. By 2020, the urban height advantage became smaller in most countries, and in many high-income western countries it reversed into a small urban-based disadvantage. The exception was for boys in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in some countries in Oceania, south Asia and the region of central Asia, Middle East and north Africa. In these countries, successive cohorts of boys from rural places either did not gain height or possibly became shorter, and hence fell further behind their urban peers. The difference between the age-standardized mean BMI of children in urban and rural areas was <1.1 kg m–2 in the vast majority of countries. Within this small range, BMI increased slightly more in cities than in rural areas, except in south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and some countries in central and eastern Europe. Our results show that in much of the world, the growth and developmental advantages of living in cities have diminished in the twenty-first century, whereas in much of sub-Saharan Africa they have amplified