Recent trends in the use of electrical neuromodulation in Parkinson's disease

Purpose of Review: This review aims to survey recent trends in electrical forms of neuromodulation, with a specific application to Parkinson’s disease (PD). Emerging trends are identified, highlighting synergies in state-of-the-art neuromodulation strategies, with directions for future improvements in stimulation efficacy suggested. Recent Findings: Deep brain stimulation remains the most common and effective form of electrical stimulation for the treatment of PD. Evidence suggests that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) most likely impacts the motor symptoms of the disease, with the most prominent results relating to rehabilitation. However, utility is limited due to its weak effects and high variability, with medication state a key confound for efficacy level. Recent innovations in transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) offer new areas for investigation. Summary: Our understanding of the mechanistic foundations of electrical current stimulation is advancing and as it does so, trends emerge which steer future clinical trials towards greater efficacy

La transmission intergénérationnelle et ses déterminants. Enquête sur les habitudes alimentaires belgo-péruviennes et belgo-philippines

The intergenerational transmission of food practices in “ mixed” families in which one parent is a migrant has been scantly researched in the works on foods in the context of migration. To explore this theme, this article examines the case of mixed families with Peruvian and Filipino migrant mothers in Belgium. These mothers belong to two migrant populations that differ in terms of migration history and socioeconomic profile, but share certain similarities, which makes it possible to cross their experiences. The analysis of empirical data obtained through semi-structured interviews and observations reveals three food practices that are subject of intergenerational transmission in the families studied : the consumption of dishes typical of the mother’s country of origin, the preparation of foods and table (and clearing up after the meal), and eating together. These practices stand at the intersection of gender and ethnicity and are influenced by the parents’ economic situation and the networks created by the migrant mother.La transmission intergénérationnelle des pratiques alimentaires au sein des familles dites « mixtes » dont l’un des parents est migrant demeure peu explorée dans les travaux sur l’alimentation dans le contexte migratoire. Afin d’explorer cette question, cet article examine le cas des familles mixtes de migrantes péruviennes et philippines en Belgique. Ces mères de famille appartiennent à deux populations migrantes différentes en termes d’histoire de migration et de profils socioéconomiques, mais partagent certaines similarités, ce qui rend possible le croisement de leurs expériences. L’analyse de données empiriques obtenues au moyen d’entretiens semi-directifs et d’observations révèle trois pratiques alimentaires qui font l’objet d’une transmission intergénérationnelle dans les familles étudiées : la consommation des plats propres au pays de la mère, la préparation des aliments et de la table (ainsi que son nettoyage à la fin du repas) et la commensalité. Ces pratiques se situent au croisement du genre et de l’ethnicité et sont influencées par la situation économique des parents ainsi que par les réseaux tissés par la mère migrante.Gonzalez Alvarez Catherine S., Fresnoza-flot Asunción. La transmission intergénérationnelle et ses déterminants. Enquête sur les habitudes alimentaires belgo-péruviennes et belgo-philippines. In: Revue des politiques sociales et familiales, n°134, 2020. Parentalités en migration. Normes, pratiques et perceptions. pp. 39-52

Freedom or money? The dilemma of migrant live‐in elderly carers in times of COVID‐19

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Kulturelle Identität, interkulturelle Kommunikation, Rationalität und Weltgesellschaft

Kulturelle Identität, interkulturelle Kommunikation, Rationalität und Weltgesellschaft. - In: Transkulturelle Kommunikation und Weltgesellschaft / Horst Reimann (Hrsg.). - Opladen : Westdt. Verl., 1992. - S. 66-8

Crafting Love: letters and cassette tapes in transnational Filipino family communication

This paper provides a historical perspective on communication among Filipino transnational families. Before the explosion of communication channels and opportunities accompanying the arrival of mobile telephony, cheap international calls and the Internet in the late 1990s, communication between migrant parents and left-behind children was dominated by letters and cassette tapes. For mothers who arrived in the UK in the 1970s, these were the main means of communication for almost two decades. The authors' research is based on a one-year-long ethnographic study of Filipino migrants in the London and Cambridge areas of the UK, who typically came to the UK after periods in the Middle East or Hong Kong and were employed as domestic workers or nurses. These were mainly mothers separated from their families for almost the whole of their children's development. Apart from fieldwork with mothers, many of whom recall this early period of their migration as being dominated by letters and cassettes, fieldwork was also conducted in the Philippines, where the mothers' now grown-up children were interviewed. The authors compare the accounts of the mothers and children, and the different qualities associated with letters and cassettes, such as temporality, materiality and the public–private distinction. They examine how the different types of media structure relationships between parents and children and how these media are appropriated in the context of different relationships as part of our understanding of the dialectical nature of media as a process of mediation