Misogyny at the onset of the ‘walking simulator’ videogame.

Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital explains how some disciplines, issues, or objects (in the broad sense of the word) are regarded as culturally valuable. Pertaining to these disciplines or having knowledge of topics endowed with cultural capital provides status, so controlling access to cultural capital is key to maintaining power structures. An art in infancy is usually not yet invested in cultural capital. Marginalised groups, be it in terms of gender, race or class, find room for participation as long as the discipline in question is not yet actually considered art, or even worthwhile. This is how female directors or screenwriters were more common at the very onset of cinema rather than later, or—changing fields radically—the first computer programmer was famously a woman, Ada Lovelace, as it was deemed insignificant, mechanic work, and then turned into a male-dominated prestigious and high-paying field.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Agency and Interactivity in the Narrative Video Game 'What Remains of Edith Finch'; Exploring Rita Felski's

In Hooked: Art and Attachment (2020), Rita Felski argues for the analysis of attachment to works of art, included that of the scholar’s towards the object of study. Although researchers in areas such as feminist or race studies have also practiced this kind of situated analysis, Felksi observes it is not a widespread practice yet. Moreover, an analysis that takes attachment into account can also be translated into a specific methodology to be applied both in the classroom setting as well as on research papers. This methodology has at its core a position of openness towards the work, of appreciation and of reading “with the grain” in order to allow it to speak for itself and convey the message it intends. This attitude take the opposite stance to that of the critical theory practiced in the last few decades. While the scholar should not abandon critical thinking practices, Felski suggests one should also take the work and its message at face value rather than jumping into the already worn mechanisms of unveiling and decoding. In order to test this methodology, I analyse a moment of detachment, rather than attachment, to the game What Remains of Edith Finch (Dallas 2017). It is a narrative videogame in which the player explores the family home of Edith Finch from a first person perspective. Felski applies her methodology to literature, music and films to demonstrate its versatility and, although they are not explictly mentioned, video games can also benefit from this theoretical framework. Therefore, I apply her theory of attachment to a controversial episode in the game and, rather than dismantling it after critical theories, I explore it through Felski’s methodology of openness. By accepting the premises under which the creative team renders this episode, its connection with the rest of the game becomes more aparent and the themes What Remains explores are reasserted.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech; Ministerio de Universidades para la Formación de Profesorado Universitari

INSTABILIDADE POÉTICA: conjunto de estratégias artístico- pedagógicas

Neste artigo descrevo ideias encontradas nas minhas práticas artístico-pedagógicas, sempre ligadas ao movimento corporal, que agrupei sob o nome de Instabilidade Poética, extraídas da dissertação defendida no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ar- tes Cênicas da Universidade Federal da Bahia em 2014. Pre- tendo conectar essas ideias a alguns aspectos terapêuticos do brincar, de Winnicott (1975) e aos saberes necessários à prática educativa, de Paulo Freire (2009), estabelecendo diálogo entre arte, saúde e educação. Palavras-chave: Instabilidade Poética. Arte. Educação

The impact of dance on the risk of falls in the elderly: a systematic review

Resumo: Uma das maiores preocupações associada ao envelhecimento populacional, que já é uma realidade mundial, é o risco de quedas. As quedas apresentam origem multifatorial, comprometem a capacidade funcional e qualidade de vida do idoso. No Brasil, as quedas constituem a sexta causa de óbito em pessoas com mais de 65 anos de idade. Conseguir inserir um programa de exercício físico na rotina do idoso é uma forma de manter um bom equilíbrio postural e marcha, diminuindo assim o risco de quedas. A dança é uma modalidade de exercício físico que tem sido recomendada como alternativa de prevenção, possui bom potencial para promover benefícios relacionados à mobilidade e equilíbrio em idosos. Esta revisão teve como objetivo reunir os impactos da dança sobre o risco de quedas em idosos. Para tanto, foram selecionados estudos publicados no período de setembro de 2021 a novembro de 2021 nas bases de dados eletrônicas MEDLINE, LILACS, PEDro e Cochrane Library. Apenas artigos do tipo ensaio clinico randomizados a partir do ano de 2015 foram considerados para esta revisão. Após a análise do título, do resumo e do texto na íntegra, sete artigos foram incluídos na revisão. Nos estudos analisados, observou-se que a dança é uma prática que promove benefícios tanto musculoesqueléticos como biológicos, podendo prevenir quedas, melhorar a mobilidade e o equilíbrio corporal, levando o idoso a uma melhor qualidade de vida. Contudo, estudos futuros ainda são necessários para investigar o efeito de maior conformidade usando métodos rigorosos, utilização de outras modalidades de dança, um número maior de participantes e por um tempo maior de intervenção.Abstract: One of the biggest concerns associated with population aging, which is already a global reality, is the risk of falls. Falls have a multifactorial origin, compromising the functional capacity and quality of life of the elderly. In Brazil, falls are the sixth cause of death in people over 65 years of age. Being able to insert a physical exercise program into the elderly's routine is a way to maintain good posture and gait balance, thus reducing the risk of falls. Dance is the art of moving the body expressively, it has been recommended as an alternative for prevention, as it has good potential to promote benefits related to mobility and balance in the elderly. This review aimed to verify the impact of dancing about the risk of falls in the elderly. For this purpose, studies published from September 2021 to November 2021 in the MEDLINE, LILACS, PEDro and Cochrane Library electronic databases were selected. Only randomized clinical trial as from the year 2015 were analyzed for this review. After analyzing the title, abstract and full text, seven articles were included in the review. In the studies analyzed, it was observed that dance is a practice that promotes both musculoskeletal and biological benefits, and can prevent falls, improve mobility and body balance, leading the elderly to a better quality of life. However, future studies are still needed to investigate the effect of greater compliance using rigorous methods, use of other dance modalities, a greater number of participants and for a longer time of intervention

Risk of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among travellers visiting friends and relatives to continental Latin America

Chagas disease (CD) is regarded as a possible risk for travellers to endemic areas of continental Latin America (LA). The aim of the study is to determine the risk of Trypanosoma cruzi (TC) infection among travellers to CD endemic areas and to identify risk factors for acquiring TC infection. We designed a multicenter cross-sectional study among travellers in Spain (Badalona, Barcelona and Madrid). All available adults with laboratory confirmed proof of absence of TC infection from January 2012 to December 2015 were contacted. Participants referring a trip to LA after the negative TC screening were offered to participate. We performed a standardized questionnaire of travel related factors and measurement of TC antibodies in serum. A total of 971 participants with baseline negative TC serology were selected from the microbiology records. After excluding participants not meeting inclusion criteria, eighty participants were selected. Sixty three (78.8%) were female, and the median age was 38 (IQR 34-47) years. The reason to travel was visiting friends and relatives in 98.8% of the participants. The median duration of travel was 40 (IQR 30-60) days, with 4911 participants-day of exposure. Seventy seven cases (96.25%) participants had two negative TC serology tests after the travel, two cases (2.5%) had discordant serology results (considered false positive results) and one case was infected before travelling to LA. According to our data, the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval of the incidence rate of TC acquisition in travellers is 0.8 per 1000 participant-days. Among 79 non-CD travellers to TC endemic areas, we found no cases of newly acquired TC infection. The incidence rate of TC acquisition in travellers to endemic countries is less than or equal to 0.8 per 1000 traveller-days. Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite T. cruzi. It is endemic in certain areas of continental Latin America. Few cases of T. cruzi infection have been described in travellers. However, there is little information regarding the incidence rate of T. cruzi infection during a trip to continental Latin America. In this study we aim to study the incidence of T. cruzi infection among migrants from Latin America living in Spain travelling to visit friends and relatives. In this study we found no cases of newly acquired T. cruzi infection among 79 previously uninfected travellers and calculate that the upper limit of the 95% CI of the incidence rate of T. cruzi acquisition in travellers is 0.8 per 1000 participants-da

Develando los sentidos de la motricidad en Colombia

ABSTRACT: With the suspicion that in the area of the physical education he exists significant breaches between the reality (formal education) and the intentions and mission that the discipline in the human development has, a group of investigators in national network with international intervention , drew up a project of study with the objective to reveal "the senses of the human movement, from the vision of the actors of the Physical education in Colombia", like departure poi nt to invite to a change and rupture of paradigms in this field. In the study, the set of perceptions, educational speeches is understood by "Senses", experiences and practices that the teachers of the physical education in Colombia have in relation to the human movernent that surpass from its complexity the understanding and meaning of the human, the bio- physiologic concept of the body and instrumental mechanical dualism that is assigned to him to the movement in historical course of the discipline.RESUMEN: Con la sospecha de que en el área de la educación física existen brechas significativas entre la realidad (educación formal) y los propósitos y misión que tiene la disciplina en el desarrollo humano, un grupo de investigadores en red nacional con intervención internacional, trazó un proyecto de estudio con el objetivo de develar ""Los sentidos de la motricidad a partir de la visión de los actores de la Educación Física en Colombia"", como punto de partida para invitar a un cambio y ruptura de paradigmas en este campo. En el estudio, se entiende por ""Sentidos"" el conjunto de percepciones, discursos, vivencias y prácticas docentes que los maestros de la educación física en Colombia tienen en relación con la Motricidad; dimensión que supera desde su complejidad la comprensión y significados de lo humano, el concepto biofisiológico del cuerpo y dualismo mecánico instrumental que se le asigna al movimiento en el trasegar histórico de la disciplina

Treatment with tocilizumab or corticosteroids for COVID-19 patients with hyperinflammatory state: a multicentre cohort study (SAM-COVID-19)

Objectives: The objective of this study was to estimate the association between tocilizumab or corticosteroids and the risk of intubation or death in patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) with a hyperinflammatory state according to clinical and laboratory parameters. Methods: A cohort study was performed in 60 Spanish hospitals including 778 patients with COVID-19 and clinical and laboratory data indicative of a hyperinflammatory state. Treatment was mainly with tocilizumab, an intermediate-high dose of corticosteroids (IHDC), a pulse dose of corticosteroids (PDC), combination therapy, or no treatment. Primary outcome was intubation or death; follow-up was 21 days. Propensity score-adjusted estimations using Cox regression (logistic regression if needed) were calculated. Propensity scores were used as confounders, matching variables and for the inverse probability of treatment weights (IPTWs). Results: In all, 88, 117, 78 and 151 patients treated with tocilizumab, IHDC, PDC, and combination therapy, respectively, were compared with 344 untreated patients. The primary endpoint occurred in 10 (11.4%), 27 (23.1%), 12 (15.4%), 40 (25.6%) and 69 (21.1%), respectively. The IPTW-based hazard ratios (odds ratio for combination therapy) for the primary endpoint were 0.32 (95%CI 0.22-0.47; p < 0.001) for tocilizumab, 0.82 (0.71-1.30; p 0.82) for IHDC, 0.61 (0.43-0.86; p 0.006) for PDC, and 1.17 (0.86-1.58; p 0.30) for combination therapy. Other applications of the propensity score provided similar results, but were not significant for PDC. Tocilizumab was also associated with lower hazard of death alone in IPTW analysis (0.07; 0.02-0.17; p < 0.001). Conclusions: Tocilizumab might be useful in COVID-19 patients with a hyperinflammatory state and should be prioritized for randomized trials in this situatio

Measurement of the (eta c)(1S) production cross-section in proton-proton collisions via the decay (eta c)(1S) -&gt; p(p)over-bar

The production of the $\eta_c (1S)$ state in proton-proton collisions is probed via its decay to the $p \bar{p}$ final state with the LHCb detector, in the rapidity range $2.0 6.5$ GeV/c. The cross-section for prompt production of $\eta_c (1S)$ mesons relative to the prompt $J/\psi$ cross-section is measured, for the first time, to be $\sigma_{\eta_c (1S)}/\sigma_{J/\psi} = 1.74 \pm 0.29 \pm 0.28 \pm 0.18 _{B}$ at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.7 fb$^{-1}$, and $\sigma_{\eta_c (1S)}/\sigma_{J/\psi} = 1.60 \pm 0.29 \pm 0.25 \pm 0.17 _{B}$ at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV using 2.0 fb$^{-1}$. The uncertainties quoted are, in order, statistical, systematic, and that on the ratio of branching fractions of the $\eta_c (1S)$ and $J/\psi$ decays to the $p \bar{p}$ final state. In addition, the inclusive branching fraction of $b$-hadron decays into $\eta_c (1S)$ mesons is measured, for the first time, to be $B ( b \rightarrow \eta_c X ) = (4.88 \pm 0.64 \pm 0.25 \pm 0.67 _{B}) \times 10^{-3}$, where the third uncertainty includes also the uncertainty on the $J/\psi$ inclusive branching fraction from $b$-hadron decays. The difference between the $J/\psi$ and $\eta_c (1S)$ meson masses is determined to be $114.7 \pm 1.5 \pm 0.1$ MeV/c$^2$.The production of the $\eta _c (1S)$ state in proton-proton collisions is probed via its decay to the $p\overline{p}$ final state with the LHCb detector, in the rapidity range $2.0 6.5 \mathrm{{\,GeV/}{ c}}$ . The cross-section for prompt production of $\eta _c (1S)$ mesons relative to the prompt ${{ J}}/{\psi }$ cross-section is measured, for the first time, to be $\sigma _{\eta _c (1S)}/\sigma _{{{{ J}}/{\psi }}} = 1.74\, \pm \,0.29\, \pm \, 0.28\, \pm \,0.18 _{{\mathcal{B}}}$ at a centre-of-mass energy ${\sqrt{s}} = 7 {~\mathrm{TeV}}$ using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.7 fb$^{-1}$ , and $\sigma _{\eta _c (1S)}/\sigma _{{{{ J}}/{\psi }}} = 1.60 \pm 0.29 \pm 0.25 \pm 0.17 _{{\mathcal{B}}}$ at ${\sqrt{s}} = 8 {~\mathrm{TeV}}$ using 2.0 fb$^{-1}$ . The uncertainties quoted are, in order, statistical, systematic, and that on the ratio of branching fractions of the $\eta _c (1S)$ and ${{ J}}/{\psi }$ decays to the $p\overline{p}$ final state. In addition, the inclusive branching fraction of ${b}$ -hadron decays into $\eta _c (1S)$ mesons is measured, for the first time, to be ${\mathcal{B}}( b {\rightarrow } \eta _c X ) = (4.88\, \pm \,0.64\, \pm \,0.29\, \pm \, 0.67 _{{\mathcal{B}}}) \times 10^{-3}$ , where the third uncertainty includes also the uncertainty on the ${{ J}}/{\psi }$ inclusive branching fraction from ${b}$ -hadron decays. The difference between the ${{ J}}/{\psi }$ and $\eta _c (1S)$ meson masses is determined to be $114.7 \pm 1.5 \pm 0.1 {\mathrm {\,MeV\!/}c^2}$ .The production of the $\eta_c (1S)$ state in proton-proton collisions is probed via its decay to the $p \bar{p}$ final state with the LHCb detector, in the rapidity range $2.0 6.5$ GeV/c. The cross-section for prompt production of $\eta_c (1S)$ mesons relative to the prompt $J/\psi$ cross-section is measured, for the first time, to be $\sigma_{\eta_c (1S)}/\sigma_{J/\psi} = 1.74 \pm 0.29 \pm 0.28 \pm 0.18 _{B}$ at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.7 fb$^{-1}$, and $\sigma_{\eta_c (1S)}/\sigma_{J/\psi} = 1.60 \pm 0.29 \pm 0.25 \pm 0.17 _{B}$ at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV using 2.0 fb$^{-1}$. The uncertainties quoted are, in order, statistical, systematic, and that on the ratio of branching fractions of the $\eta_c (1S)$ and $J/\psi$ decays to the $p \bar{p}$ final state. In addition, the inclusive branching fraction of $b$-hadron decays into $\eta_c (1S)$ mesons is measured, for the first time, to be $B ( b \rightarrow \eta_c X ) = (4.88 \pm 0.64 \pm 0.29 \pm 0.67 _{B}) \times 10^{-3}$, where the third uncertainty includes also the uncertainty on the $J/\psi$ inclusive branching fraction from $b$-hadron decays. The difference between the $J/\psi$ and $\eta_c (1S)$ meson masses is determined to be $114.7 \pm 1.5 \pm 0.1$ MeV/c$^2$