A "biografia artística" com jovens deslocados em acampamentos no Iraque: presença como indicador de resiliência

The current armed conflicts in the world, and in particular those linked to the Islamic State System (ISIS) in Iraq, constitute a major obstacle to stable benchmarks, to a collective reading of a common culture, and to a society free from the symptoms of war. Inclusive artistic interventions are often deployed with children affected by conflict as a source of resilience and empowerment. The objective of this article is to propose entry into resilience identified during the implementation of a device of an "artistic biography" activities with coaches of an NGO and young people in a camp in Iraq. The device built was a project to "paint our caravans" as a first project with the young people in a camp. Through our experience as an artist, trainer and researcher, we observe the indicators of entry into "presence" during the artistic activities. Involvement in a collective work, self-recognition by the coaches and self-recognition in the final artistic work are the three indicators of presence that we note. Individual and collective resilience processes are complex and long and subject to many obstacles. Our article invites further investigation to build evidence to develop artistic response in humanitarian emergencies.Os atuais conflitos armados no mundo, e em particular aqueles ligados ao Sistema de Estado Islâmico (ISIS) no Iraque, constituem um grande obstáculo para a estabilidade das referências sociais, para uma leitura coletiva de uma cultura comum e para uma sociedade livre dos sintomas da guerra. Intervenções artísticas inclusivas com crianças afetadas por conflitos, são muitas vezes levadas a cabo para aumentar a sua resiliência e empoderamento. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a resiliência identificada durante a implementação de um dispositivo de atividades de "biografia artística", com técnicos de uma ONG e jovens, em um acampamento no Iraque. O dispositivo construído foi um projeto para "pintar nossas caravanas" como um primeiro projeto com os jovens em um acampamento. Através de nossa experiência como artista, treinador e pesquisador, observamos os traços de "presença" durante as atividades artísticas. Compromisso em um trabalho coletivo, autorreconhecimento pelos treinadores e autorreconhecimento no trabalho artístico final são os três indicadores de presença que observamos. Os processos de resiliência individual e coletiva são complexos e longos e sujeitos a muitos obstáculos. Nosso artigo convida a uma maior investigação para construir evidências e desenvolver uma resposta artística em emergências humanitárias

The Twist Property and the Existence of Invariant Curves for Convex Billiards on Surfaces

This work presents a framework for billiards in convex domains on two dimensional Riemannian manifolds. These domains are contained in connected, simply connected open subsets which are totally normal. In this context, some basic properties that have long been known for billiards on the plane are established. We prove the twist property and investigate conditions on the billiard for the existence and non existence of rotational invariant curves

Activity monitor placed at the non-paretic ankle is accurate in measuring step counts during community walking in post-stroke individuals : a validation study

Background: Different environmental factors may affect the accuracy of step-count activity monitors (AM). However, the validationconditions for AM accuracy largely differ from ecological environments.Objectives: To assess and compare the accuracy of AM in counting steps among poststroke individuals: during different locomotortasks, with AM placed at the nonparetic ankle or hip, and when walking in a laboratory or inside a mall.Design: Validation study.Settings: Laboratory and community settings.Participants: Twenty persons with chronic hemiparesis, independent walkers.Methods: First session: participants performed level walking (6-minute walk test [6MWT]), ramps, and stairs in the laboratory withAM placed at the nonparetic ankle and hip. Second session: participants walked a mall circuit, including the three tasks, with AMplaced at the nonparetic ankle. The sessions were video recorded.Main Outcome Measurements: Absolute difference between the steps counted by AM and the steps viewed on the video recordings(errors, %); occurrence of errors greater than 10%.Results: Median errors were similar for the 6MWT (0.86 [0.22, 7.70]%), ramps (2.17 [0.89, 9.61]%), and stairs (8.33 [2.65, 19.22]%)with AM at the ankle. Step-count error was lower when AM was placed at the ankle (8.33 [ 2.65, 19.22]%) than at the hip (9.26[3.25, 42.63]%, P = .03). The greatest errors were observed among the slowest participants (≤0.4 m/s) on ramps and stairs, whereassome faster participants (>1 m/s) experienced the greatest error during the 6MWT. Median error was slightly increased in the mallcircuit (2.67 [0.61, 12.54]%) compared with the 6MWT (0.50 [0.24, 6.79]%, P = .04), with more participants showing errors >10% dur-ing the circuit (7 vs 2, P = .05).Conclusions: Step counts are accurately measured with AM placed at the nonparetic ankle in laboratory and community settings.Accuracy can be altered by stairs and ramps among the slowest walkers and by prolonged walking tasks among faster walkers.Level of Evidence: III

Comparação entre indivíduos hemiparéticos com e sem histórico de quedas com base nos componentes da Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde

The aim of this study was to compare post-stroke hemiparetic subjects with and without history of falls over the last six months by using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) components. Sixteen community-dwelling hemiparetic subjects without history of falls (62.3±16.6 years, time since stroke 38±48.3 months), and 16 with history of fall(s) (60.9±17 years, time since stroke 47.9±50.8 months) of both sexes and able to walk, with or without assistive devices, were assessed as to ICF components body functions and structures (torque of the paretic limb quadriceps muscle and depression, by the geriatric depression scale), activities (natural and maximal gait speed, timed up-and-go test and Berg balance scale), and participation (by the Nottingham health profile and the stroke-specific quality of life scale). Groups were statistically compared at significance level αO objetivo deste estudo foi comparar hemiparéticos com e sem histórico de quedas nos últimos seis meses (caidores e não-caidores) segundo os componentes da Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde. Dezesseis hemiparéticos não-caidores (62,3±16,6 anos), com tempo de acidente vascular encefálico (AVE) de 38,0±48,3 meses, e 16 caidores (61,0±17,0 anos), tempo de AVE de 48,0±50,7 meses, de ambos os sexos, comunitários e deambuladores, foram avaliados quanto a funções e estruturas do corpo (torque do músculo quadríceps do lado parético e escala de depressão geriátrica), atividade - velocidade de marcha (VM) natural e máxima, teste de levantar e caminhar cronometrado (timed up & go) e escala de equilíbrio de Berg - e participação (pelo perfil de saúde de Nottingham e escala de qualidade de vida específica para AVE). Os dados foram tratados estatisticamente, com nível de significância &#945

Associations between circulating cardiovascular disease risk factors and cognitive performance in cognitively healthy older adults from the NuAge study

IntroductionCardiovascular disease risk factors (CVRFs) contribute to the development of cognitive impairment and dementia.MethodsThis study examined the associations between circulating CVRF biomarkers and cognition in 386 cognitively healthy older adults (mean age = 78 ± 4 years, 53% females) selected from the Quebec Longitudinal Study on Nutrition and Successful Aging (NuAge). Memory, executive function, and processing speed were assessed at baseline and 2-year follow-up. CVRF biomarkers included total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides, glucose, insulin, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), homocysteine, protein carbonyls, and cortisol. Linear mixed models were used to determine associations between individual CVRF biomarkers and cognition at both time points.ResultsHDL-C was most consistently associated with cognition with higher values related to better performance across several domains. Overall, stronger and more consistent relationships between CVRF biomarkers and cognition were observed in females relative to males.DiscussionFindings suggest that increases in the majority of circulating CVRFs are not associated with worse cognition in cognitively healthy older adults

revista de Ciências da Arte

Ao lançarmos a chamada para o dossier de número 10 e 11 da Revista Convocarte, era esperado que a escolha temática, o encontro entre arte e loucura, traria uma grande variedade de considerações, nem sempre concordantes e, por vezes, surpreendentes. Por qualificar de “loucura” e não de “doença” e nem de outra coisa qualquer, avaliamos a oportunidade de escutar os diversos entendimentos que, em nossa sociedade, é possível fazer deste termo. É por isso que, no texto que lançava a chamada, propusemos: “tratar as questões da arte na loucura ou da loucura na arte implica uma série de contextualizações e temporalidades que, de antemão, qualificam tanto a obra quanto o sujeito que a produz”. Isto quer dizer que ao falarmos em loucura, ao revermos as suas bases psicológicas, as suas narrativas sociais, os panoramas médicos ou os apelativos artísticos, nós colaboramos em inventar a própria noção de loucura. A loucura não é um estado definido (ou definitivo) e atestado em laudo médico, ela é possibilitada nas relações entre a razão e a desrazão, ponderada pelo desejo de instituir amarras ou potências sobre os sujeitos que habitam este mundo. É e sempre será incitante perceber as variadas formas de produção dos sentidos da loucura. E quando possibilitamos narrativas que levam estes diversos sentidos ao encontro da arte, ou vice-versa, abrimos um sem fim de perspectivas sobre o que pode parecer ilógico ou imponderável: as expressões da loucura.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The ARIA-MASK-air® approach

Funding Information: The authors thank Ms Véronique Pretschner for submitting the paper. MASK‐air has been supported by Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, EU grants (EU Structural and Development Funds Languedoc Roussillon and Region PACA; POLLAR: EIT Health; Twinning: EIP on AHA; Twinning DHE: H2020; Catalyse: Horizon Europe) and educational grants from Mylan‐Viatris, ALK, GSK, Novartis, Stallergènes‐Greer and Uriach. None for the study. ® Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Clinical and Translational Allergy published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.MASK-air®, a validated mHealth app (Medical Device regulation Class IIa) has enabled large observational implementation studies in over 58,000 people with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma. It can help to address unmet patient needs in rhinitis and asthma care. MASK-air® is a Good Practice of DG Santé on digitally-enabled, patient-centred care. It is also a candidate Good Practice of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). MASK-air® data has enabled novel phenotype discovery and characterisation, as well as novel insights into the management of allergic rhinitis. MASK-air® data show that most rhinitis patients (i) are not adherent and do not follow guidelines, (ii) use as-needed treatment, (iii) do not take medication when they are well, (iv) increase their treatment based on symptoms and (v) do not use the recommended treatment. The data also show that control (symptoms, work productivity, educational performance) is not always improved by medications. A combined symptom-medication score (ARIA-EAACI-CSMS) has been validated for clinical practice and trials. The implications of the novel MASK-air® results should lead to change management in rhinitis and asthma.publishersversionpublishe

ARIA 2016 : Care pathways implementing emerging technologies for predictive medicine in rhinitis and asthma across the life cycle

The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) initiative commenced during a World Health Organization workshop in 1999. The initial goals were (1) to propose a new allergic rhinitis classification, (2) to promote the concept of multi-morbidity in asthma and rhinitis and (3) to develop guidelines with all stakeholders that could be used globally for all countries and populations. ARIA-disseminated and implemented in over 70 countries globally-is now focusing on the implementation of emerging technologies for individualized and predictive medicine. MASK [MACVIA (Contre les Maladies Chroniques pour un Vieillissement Actif)-ARIA Sentinel NetworK] uses mobile technology to develop care pathways for the management of rhinitis and asthma by a multi-disciplinary group and by patients themselves. An app (Android and iOS) is available in 20 countries and 15 languages. It uses a visual analogue scale to assess symptom control and work productivity as well as a clinical decision support system. It is associated with an inter-operable tablet for physicians and other health care professionals. The scaling up strategy uses the recommendations of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. The aim of the novel ARIA approach is to provide an active and healthy life to rhinitis sufferers, whatever their age, sex or socio-economic status, in order to reduce health and social inequalities incurred by the disease.Peer reviewe

Addressing climate change with behavioral science:A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior-several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people's initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors.</p

Addressing climate change with behavioral science: a global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions’ effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior—several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people’s initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors