Analysis of the footprint in school age of 8-10 years old

Biomechanical problems in children, is an important subject currently, existing controversy in different areas, for example, the majority of children have a flattened footprint, or the hypermobility joint is linked to a musculoskeletal pain. The objective of the study was to determine what kind of footprint is most frequent in school-age children (8-10 years) in the area of Plasencia. This was taken as a sign 50 children, of whom 28 were males and 22 females. All the subjects in the study underwent an assessment of footprint planted in static as well as an exploration of different parameters through inspection in a standing position (formula digital, rearfoot). The results show that excavated footprint is present in a 72% cases of the population, 16% was belonging to an excavated footprint in which we find a higher percentage of weight related.For the digital formula we find that the most common is the Egyptian foot by 40% of the cases and that the prevalence in the rearfoot, is a normal hindfoot. In relation with the hypermobility joint, we check that it is more common in girls and that none of them presents an association to musculoskeletal pain. As a future line we could establish a more comprehensive study with new techniques and valuingchild’s statics and dynamics, to have a more accurate study of the different variables in the sample population studied.

Physiological stress responses in the edible crab, Cancer pagurus, to the fishery practice of de-clawing

We examined physiological stress responses in the edible crab, Cancer pagurus, subjected to the commercial fishery practice of manual de-clawing. We measured haemolymph glucose and lactate, plus muscular glycogen and glycogen mobilisation, in three experiments where the crabs had one claw removed. In the first, crabs showed physiological stress responses when 'de-clawed' as compared to 'handled only over the short term of 1-10 min. In the second, de-clawing and the presence of a conspecific both increased the physiological stress responses over the longer term of 24 h. In the third, de-clawing was shown to be more stressful than 'induced autotomy' of claws. Further, the former practice caused larger wounds to the body and significantly higher mortality than the latter. Since the fishery practice is to remove both claws, the stress response observed and mortality data reported are conservative.

Structural motifs of cholesterol nanoparticles

The growth sequence of gas-phase cholesterol clusters (Ch(N)) with up to N=36 molecules has been investigated by atomistic simulation based on an empirical force field model. The results of long annealings from high temperature show that the geometric motifs characterizing the structure of pure cholesterol crystals already appear in nanometric aggregates. In all clusters molecules tend to align along a common direction. For cluster sizes above the smallest ones, dispersion interactions among the hydrocarbon body and tails of cholesterol cooperate with hydrogen bonding to give rise to a bilayer structure. Analysis of snapshots from the annealing shows that the condensation of hydrogen bonds into a connected network of rings and chains is an important step in the self-organization of cholesterol clusters. The effect of solvation on the equilibrium properties of medium-size aggregates is investigated by short molecular dynamics simulations for the N=30 and N=40 clusters in water at near ambient conditions and in supercritical carbon dioxide at T=400 K.

Upholding the convention on the rights of the child: a quandary in cyberspace

Put in place to protect the rights of the child, the Convention on the Rights of the Child is a set of non-negotiable standards. A core principle underpinning the Convention is the child's right to participate fully in social arenas and to access sources of social support without excessive interference. Juxtaposing this is the right of the child to be shielded from harm, abuse and exploitation. Over the past several decades the Internet has emerged as a fast and easily accessible medium for people to connect and communicate. While the Internet provides children with a source of support through chat rooms, online communities and social networking sites, just as equally it can expose vulnerable children to predatory and deviant individuals exacerbating the potential for harm. Upholding the Convention in cyberspace is a challenge. The Internet is not owned or regulated by any governing body and accountability is difficult to enforce. This article discusses some of the difficulties of upholding the Convention online and provides recommendations for policy-makers to protect children as they participate in cyberspace.

The Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU A New Panopticism

The Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union (FRA) is the EU’s newest, and only, human rights institution. The FRA represents a new way of speaking about rights in the EU, using ‘governance’ language. It was not conceived as a traditional human rights monitoring body and the monitoring mission was actively abandoned in favour of an advisory one. This article examines how the FRA’s governance-related role actually reveals a type of monitoring best understood as ‘surveillance’ in a critical, Foucauldian sense. In exercising surveillance tactics, the FRA represents a model of panopticism which allows it to carry out a new form of government. This is an interesting observation not only because of the implications it has for an EU that is striving to move away from government towards governance, but also because it challenges the assumption of the FRA as a ‘beacon on fundamental rights’ and a model of apolitical progress.

The last word:Family members' descriptions of end-of-life care in long-term care facilities

A postal survey was used to collect data from family members of deceased residents of six long-term care (LTC) facilities in order to explore end-of-life (EOL) care using the Family Perception of Care Scale. This article reports on the results of thematic analysis of family member comments provided while completing the survey. Family comments fell into two themes: 1) appreciation for care and 2) concerns with care. The appreciation for care theme included the following subthemes: psychosocial support, family care, and spiritual care. The concerns with care theme included the subthemes: physical care, staffing levels, staff knowledge, physician availability, communication, and physical environment. This study identified the need for improvement in EOL care skills among LTC staff and attending physicians. As such, there is a need to implement continuing education to address these issues. © 2006 Centre for Bioethics, IRCM.

Ultrasound biomicroscopy in infantile glaucoma

Background: Glaucoma in infants has many causes. Evaluation of the anatomy of the anterior segment of eyes with infantile glaucoma may help to determine the pathogenesis of an infant's disease and influence therapeutic decisions. Methods: Eleven eyes of six infants with glaucoma were evaluated with ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) to evaluate the anatomic characteristics and relationships of the anterior segment structures. Results: The anterior chamber angle, iris, lens, ciliary body, and posterior chamber angle could be imaged in detail. Elongated and anteriorly placed ciliary processes were noted in all eight eyes with trabeculodysgenesis. There were no apparent anomalies in the trabecular meshwork, or anterior chamber. In three eyes with dense corneal opacities, ultrasound biomicroscopy showed severe anterior segment disorganization and thin central corneas with posterior corneal excavation. Conclusions: Ultrasound biomicroscopy is a useful non-invasive method for evaluating infants with glaucoma in cases with corneal opacities. This information can help in surgical planning for glaucoma management.

First-order characteristics of the person-to-vehicle channel at 5.8 GHz

In this paper we investigate the first order characteristics of the radio channel between a moving vehicle and a stationary person positioned by the side of a road at 5.8 GHz. The experiments considered a transmitter positioned at different locations on both the body and receivers positioned on the vehicle. The transmitter was alternated between positions on the central chest region, back and the wrist (facing the roadside) of the body, with the receivers placed on the outside roof, the outside rear window and the inside dashboard of the vehicle. The Rice fading model was applied to the measurement data to assess its suitability for characterizing this emerging type of wireless channel. The Ricean K factors calculated from the data suggest that a significant dominant component existed in the majority of the channels considered in this study.

Approaches through Materiality

Religion is a funny thing, because it always seems to be riding two horses at once. One could describe these horses in a number of different ways, using all sorts of familiar dichotomies; practice and belief, body and soul, earthly and heavenly, here and hereafter. “Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses”. Here, food and forgiveness, or, perhaps more accurately, ingestion and salvation, are claimed, simultaneously – even seamlessly – by religion. This list could (and does) go on, being inclusive of, for example, immanence and transcendence – but more on this below. Yet these binary pairs can clearly be observed bleeding into one another. Ingesting pork, for example, often appears to be religiously more troublesome than does ingesting bread. This is because matter matters. We may ask, then, is religion really riding two horses, or are these ‘familiar dichotomies’ so familiar because they are false? Rephrasing the question in terms that partially echo the title and subtitle of Morgan’s (2010) landmark edited volume Religion and Material Culture: The Matter of Belief, is, I think, helpfully clarifying. What, then, is the matter with religion? The answer presented below is that, very often, the matter with religion is the matter of religion. Put more simply still, the problem with religion is its materiality. This chapter examines the whys and wherefores of this problem for the anthropology of religion – its ethnographic puzzles and methodological opportunities, as well as its conceptual impasses and theoretical insights.

Do design de interação ao design da experiência tecnologicamente (i)mediata

Partindo da ideia de ʻDesign Globalʼ e tendo como pano de fundo a emergência e consolidação de novos paradigmas de interação baseados numa relação mais direta entre o corpo e os conteúdos digitais, a presente tese aborda a questão da (re)qualificação da experiência humana tecnologicamente mediada do ponto de vista do Design, designadamente do Design de Interação e do Design da Experiência. Neste contexto, a noção de ʻexperiência tecnologicamente (i)mediadaʼ representa uma ação humana que é, simultaneamente, mediada (do ponto de vista técnico) e direta ou imediada (do ponto de vista da percepção) entre o ser e a sua ação no mundo. Dado o objecto de estudo ser a experiência real que os objetos e dispositivos técnicos convocam designadamente na vida quotidiana, o nosso estudo implica toda a dinâmica holística da relação singular – racional, emocional, estética e projetiva – do ser com o seu mundo. Desse modo, defende-se a necessidade de enquadrar a raiz do pensamento e ação em Design numa hermenêutica fenomenológica e ontológica do projeto. Esta tese visa desta forma contribuir para apuramento e consolidação de uma praxis transdisciplinar para os designers e restantes intervenientes do processo do Design, cujo desígnio é a (re)qualificação da experiência que os artefactos e dispositivos técnicos convocam, assim como na apropriação e vínculo que a pessoa estabelece com estes. O resultado deste estudo sintetiza-se nos seguintes objetivos: 1. no desenvolvimento de conceitos operativos que estruturem o pensamento de uma Filosofia da Ação em Design com base numa prática que designamos por “design centrado-no-ser”; 2. na reflexão da experiência tecnológica através do conceito do estado de fluxo de Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, enquadrando essa tipologia de experiências no contexto de uma vida, ou seja, no projeto de um eu; 3. na problematização da (re)qualificação da experiência técnica numa perspetiva de vida mais alargada que envolve o princípio de simetria entre ação ética e ação estética no pensamento e prática em Design; 4. na definição de um quadro de ações que manifesta a aplicabilidade dos conceitos desenvolvidos no ensino, investigação e prática do Design.

Exposições museológicas: a moda por narrativas, experiências e conexões

Este estudo apresenta o universo patrimonial pela perspetiva da acessibilidade pública conferida por instituições museológicas. Consiste em exploração e análise das informações e experiências proporcionadas por museus no âmbito da cultura material indumentária e de moda. O foco desta abordagem são as exposições presenciais e os websites institucionais, com ênfase à acessibilidade aos catálogos de coleções. Pela perspectiva do designer como antropólogo neste estudo – com base em estudos de caso e outros dados coletados – são apresentadas ferramentas comparativas da realidade atual e propostas para a disseminação mais alargada, diversificada e especializada das informações cultura material e imaterial de moda. Duas hipóteses orientaram esta tese: - A noção de que as exposições de artefatos de traje podem ser inovadoras em relação às exposições de outros objetos, já que a roupa vincula-se a movimento, toque, corpo e usabilidade que induz experiências e conexões, sentimentos e identidades em uma relação de metamorfose. - A noção de que o potencial de ensino e difusão de uma cultura de design, com destaque aos contextos de Portugal e Brasil, é um campo relevante à visibilidade pública da indústria da moda nestes países e alavanca para um melhor posicionamento na competitividade global. Pelas propostas específicas e pelo contributo de fornecer informações inéditas a respeito do universo investigado, este estudo abre novas perspectivas para futuras investigações, principalmente nas áreas de museologia, museografia, história e teoria da moda e do design, design de exposição, design de produto, estudos da cultura material, comunicação e antropologia do design.

‘Racialised’ pedagogic practices influencing young Muslims' physical culture

Background: There is growing concern surrounding the ‘racialised’ body and the way young people develop dispositions towards physical activity (PA) and sports, and more broadly to physical culture. This paper draws on Bourdieu's social theory in an effort to explore the ways in which the intersectionality of various fields (family, religion and school) and their dimensions (culture and social class) influence young Muslims' physical culture. Purpose: More specifically the paper examines the ‘racialised’ pedagogic practices in various fields that influence young Muslims' dispositions to physical culture. Method: The study reports on the voices of 40 participants identifying as young Muslims (12–15 years old; 20 girls and 20 boys) from one secondary school in the South of England, UK. A case study approach was used to explore participants’ understanding, meaning, structural conditions and personal agency with regard to physical culture and ‘racialised’ body pedagogies. Data include semi-structured paired interviews with participants. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. More specifically, thematic analysis based on the notion of ‘fields' informed deductive and inductive procedures. Findings: Results suggested that religion had limited influence on the participants' agency when intersecting with schooling and social class with regard to embodiment of active physical culture. Economic capital, on the other hand, had a considerable influence on participants’ physical culture as it contributed to young people's access to PA opportunities, agency and body pedagogies. In addition, the study concludes that fields outside the school play a significant role in influencing and enabling young Muslims’ physical culture. Conclusions: One of the most significant implications of this study is emphasising that young Muslims should not be viewed as a homogenous group as various fields intersect to influence their participation in physical education and their embodiment of physical culture. Identified fields and their markers make dispositions unique, dependent upon characteristics and their relative influence.

What a girl's gotta do: the labor of the biopolitical celebrity in austerity Britain

This article debunks the widespread view that young female celebrities, especially those who rise to fame through reality shows and other forms of media-orchestrated self-exposure, dodge “real” work out of laziness, fatalism, and a misguided sense of entitlement. Instead, the authors argue that becoming a celebrity in a neoliberal economy such as that of the United Kingdom, where austerity measures disproportionately disadvantage the young, women, and the poor, is not as irregular or exceptional a choice as previously thought, especially since the precariousness of celebrity earning power adheres to the current demands of the neoliberal economy on its workforce. What is more, becoming a celebrity involves different forms of labor that are best described as biopolitical, since such labor fully involves and consumes the human body and its capacities as a living organism. Weight gain and weight loss, pregnancy, physical transformation through plastic surgery, physical symptoms of emotional distress, and even illness and death are all photographically documented and supplemented by extended textual commentary, usually with direct input from the celebrity, reinforcing and expanding on the visual content. As well as casting celebrity work as labor, the authors also maintain that the workings of celebrity should always be examined in the context of wider cultural, social and real economies.

Conversations with remarkable teachers an exploration of teaching as healing

Through analysis and interpretation of transcribed taped conversations with two remarkable University teachers, Joel Shack and Harry Whittier, an articulation of perception and metaphor that exists in effective teaching, emerges as life giving or transformational. Creative insight and interpretation connect teaching to life. This work demonstrates how insightful conversations about teaching relate to poetic essence (Joel), energy (Harry), and healing (Ray), all aspects of a similar perceptual, creative and transformative process. Teachers shape education and excellent teaching inspires insofar as it is inspirited. Effective teaching is highly conscious and intentional. So much depends on how aware the teacher is, how the teacher sees what s/he is doing and how this doing/teaching is received. The effective teacher, attentive to how this energy works, can provoke positive change in consciousness both in the student, in education and in society. My study draws attention to the healing power of the teacher as he/she teaches and to the process of dialogue as teachers talk about what they do and don't do. For inherent in conversation and dialogue is the desire to affirm whole perceptions of existence. Dialogue and conversation is necessary to creating the kind of consciousness that will aid the reflective and conscientious teacher. The effective teacher attempts to effect change, to make things better. I call this transforming process, healing. And what creates this healing is the life, the attitude and approach of the teacher. The teacher's energy and consciousness, the teacher's perception of meaning, is the active but implicit ingredient in this transformative and healing process. These conversations are creative, theoretical, illuminating and even practical. It is my hope that the contents of these conversations will inspire potential teachers who can consider the vocation of teaching as a healing process that promises to generate positive growth in mind, body and spirit.

Industrial resources, Horry County: Conway

This is a 1968 report generated by the Conway Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina State Development Board to provide potential industrial developers with information about industry in Horry County, particularly Conway, and to promote new development. The report includes detailed statistics and descriptive information about industry in Horry County and in Conway in the form of text statements as well as charts and maps. This information covers, at the county and city levels: county and community services and resources, agricultural resources, communications, labor supply, economics, and education, state, county, and city taxation, utility and transportation availability, weather and climate data, local recreation, and industrial site availability.