Penser l’art antique : alliances et résistances disciplinaires

Existe-t-il une différence fondamentale entre l’étude de l’art « ancien » – qu’il soit préhistorique, antique ou médiéval – et l’histoire de l’art des époques ultérieures ? De nombreux arguments semblent suggérer que oui : en nature, comme en quantité, les sources documentaires sont plus lacunaires que pour les périodes suivantes ; faisant usage de matériaux plus fragmentaires, elle repose davantage sur la connaissance du contexte ; elle fait largement appel à des hypothèses invérifiées ; sur..

Penser l’art antique : alliances et résistances disciplinaires

Existe-t-il une différence fondamentale entre l’étude de l’art « ancien » – qu’il soit préhistorique, antique ou médiéval – et l’histoire de l’art des époques ultérieures ? De nombreux arguments semblent suggérer que oui : en nature, comme en quantité, les sources documentaires sont plus lacunaires que pour les périodes suivantes ; faisant usage de matériaux plus fragmentaires, elle repose davantage sur la connaissance du contexte ; elle fait largement appel à des hypothèses invérifiées ; sur..

Ischia and After

This short note reminds the important role the meeting “La mort, les morts dans les sociétés anciennes”, which took place in Ischia in 1977, played to establish a long-lasting connection between historical anthropology and classical archaeology.Dans cette note, l’auteur rappelle le rôle important que joua le colloque « La mort, les morts dans les sociétés anciennes », qui se tint à Ischia en 1977, dans le rapprochement entre anthropologie historique et archéologie classique

Promotion of healthy nutrition in clinical practice: a cross-sectional survey of practices and barriers among physiotherapists in southeast Nigeria

AbstractBackgroundHealthy diet counselling is an important concept in health promotion. Physiotherapists are well positioned to initiate or support healthy nutrition in addition to physical activity counselling, in routine patient consultation.ObjectiveTo determine the practices about and barriers to diet counselling practices among physiotherapists in Southeast Nigeria.MethodsIn this cross-sectional survey, a total of 140 questionnaires were distributed among physiotherapists.ResultsOverall, 103 physiotherapists responded. Physiotherapists are confident and consider the incorporation of dietary counselling very important and of high priority in their daily clinical work. They, however, assessed and counselled on dietary status opportunistically in patients. Notwithstanding, physiotherapists believed that the diet counselling they give could be effective in helping patients change their unhealthy dieting practices. Patients were also amenable to physiotherapists advocating on diet issues as part of their consultation. Several barriers to incorporating diet counselling into physiotherapy practice were identified, including lack of access to a dietician/health promotion staff/counsellors, lack of proper patient education materials, lack of expertise in relation to dietary risk factors' assessment and management, and uncertainty about what dietary services to provide.ConclusionAlthough physiotherapists consider it important to incorporate diet counselling in their daily clinical practice, development and implementation of strategies to improve physiotherapists' diet counselling knowledge, competence, skills, and practice are warranted

Exploring Late Bronze Age systems of bronzework production in Switzerland through Network Science

YesMany hundreds of Bronze Age bronze artefacts are known from excavations in Switzerland, yet the interpretation of production networks from the object find locations remain problematic. It is proposed that the decorative elements used on items, such as ring-jewellery, can be used as elements to assist in the identification of artisanal traditions and ‘schools’, and also regional or community preference and selection of specific designs. Combining the analysis of over 1700 items of ring-jewellery from Switzerland with approaches from network science has facilitated the identification of regional clustering of design elements, comparable with cultural typologies in the area. It is also possible to identify potential instances of cultural differentiation through decoration within the broader regional cultural traditions. The study highlights important facets of bronzework production in the region of Switzerland, while also demonstrating future potential directions which could build upon the European wide dataset of prehistoric bronzework.Primary research conducted under previous funding at University of Basel, Switzerland – SNF gran

Integrated Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Sediments from a Coastal Industrial Basin, NE China

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of metal pollution of the sediments from urban-stream, estuary and Jinzhou Bay of the coastal industrial city, NE China. Forty surface sediment samples from river, estuary and bay and one sediment core from Jinzhou bay were collected and analyzed for heavy metal concentrations of Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni and Mn. The data reveals that there was a remarkable change in the contents of heavy metals among the sampling sediments, and all the mean values of heavy metal concentration were higher than the national guideline values of marine sediment quality of China (GB 18668-2002). This is one of the most polluted of the world’s impacted coastal systems. Both the correlation analyses and geostatistical analyses showed that Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd have a very similar spatial pattern and come from the industrial activities, and the concentration of Mn mainly caused by natural factors. The estuary is the most polluted area with extremely high potential ecological risk; however the contamination decreased with distance seaward of the river estuary. This study clearly highlights the urgent need to make great efforts to control the industrial emission and the exceptionally severe heavy metal pollution in the coastal area, and the immediate measures should be carried out to minimize the rate of contamination, and extent of future pollution problems

Urbanism: a view from the south

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