2 research outputs found
The Magic Circle: An Essential Experience Through Virtual Theatre
This thesis explores the similarities of video game design elements within the world of theatrical scenic design. Using my 2019 scenic design of Marc Camoletti’s bedroom farce Boeing Boeing as the backdrop, I discuss the core concepts of game design. I then describe the scenic process of the production and the journey from concept all the way through to a virtual reality recreation of the design. The study of game design in theatre has the potential to open a wide new world of opportunities in the scenic design industry. This paper examines how the theatre can benefit from game design in several areas, such as artist and technical design, economic and financial relief throughout production, performance, and efficiency. But the primary focus is on the dramatic and positive impact that it can have on communication and the way that theatre artists can work together in a collaborative setting. For the theatrical world, game design presents a wide and exciting realm of possibilities in not only design, but for theatre as a whole
Contributing factors common to COVID-19 and gastrointestinal cancer
The devastating complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
result from the dysfunctional immune response of an individual following
the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection. Multiple toxic stressors and behaviors contribute to
underlying immune system dysfunction. SARS-CoV-2 exploits the
dysfunctional immune system to trigger a chain of events, ultimately
leading to COVID-19. The authors have previously identified a number of
contributing factors (CFs) common to myriad chronic diseases. Based on
these observations, it was hypothesized that there may be a significant
overlap between CFs associated with COVID-19 and gastrointestinal cancer
(GIC). Thus, in the present study, a streamlined dot-product approach
was used initially to identify potential CFs that affect COVID-19 and
GIC directly (i.e., the simultaneous occurrence of CFs and disease in
the same article). The nascent character of the COVID-19 core literature
(similar to 1-year-old) did not allow sufficient time for the direct
effects of numerous CFs on COVID-19 to emerge from laboratory
experiments and epidemiological studies. Therefore, a literature-related
discovery approach was used to augment the COVID-19 core
literature-based ‘direct impact’ CFs with discovery-based ‘indirect
impact’ CFs [CFs were identified in the non-COVID-19 biomedical
literature that had the same biomarker impact pattern (e.g.,
hyperinflammation, hypercoagulation, hypoxia, etc.) as was shown in the
COVID-19 literature]. Approximately 2,250 candidate direct impact CFs in
common between GIC and COVID-19 were identified, albeit some being
variants of the same concept. As commonality proof of concept, 75
potential CFs that appeared promising were selected, and 63 overlapping
COVID-19/GIC potential/candidate CFs were validated with biological
plausibility. In total, 42 of the 63 were overlapping direct impact
COVID-19/GIC CFs, and the remaining 21 were candidate GIC CFs that
overlapped with indirect impact COVID-19 CFs. On the whole, the present
study demonstrates that COVID-19 and GIC share a number of common
risk/CFs, including behaviors and toxic exposures, that impair immune
function. A key component of immune system health is the removal of
those factors that contribute to immune system dysfunction in the first
place. This requires a paradigm shift from traditional Western medicine,
which often focuses on treatment, rather than prevention