À corps ouverts. Changement et échange d’identités dans la Capoeira et le contact improvisation

Cet article tente de montrer comment deux formes particulières de la danse contemporaine, la Capoeira et le contact improvisation peuvent fournir des modèles – et même des technologies physiques – à partir desquels théoriser une altérité incarnée. Il montre comment ces formes de danse proviennent de cultures et d’histoires spécifiques mais aussi comment, dans leurs manifestations contemporaines, elles possèdent leur propre logique qui nous force à repenser notre compréhension des corps et des cultures.This paper addresses how two different contemporary dance forms – Capoeira and Contact Improvisation – can provide models (even physical technologies) with which to theorize an embodied « altérité » or otherness. I will demonstrate how these forms came from specific cultural and historical locations, as well as how, in their contemporary manifestations, they embody their own inner logic, asking us to rethink our understanding of bodies and cultures

Recipients of electric-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs provided by a National Health Service: A cross-sectional study

This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2013 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics, across all ages, of powered wheelchair users and the assistive technology prescribed by a regional specialist wheelchair service DESIGN: Cross-sectional study SETTING: Regional wheelchair service provided to those fulfilling strict eligibility criteria by a National Health Service serving a population of 3 million. PARTICIPANTS: 544 Electric Powered Indoor/outdoor wheelchair (EPIOC) users. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Demographic, clinical/diagnostic details of EPIOC recipients including pain, (kypho)scoliosis and ventilators. Technical features including specialised (adaptive) seating (SS), tilt in space (TIS), and modified control systems. Factors were related to age groups: 1 (0-15), 2 (16-24), 3 (25-54), 4 (55-74) and 5 (75+). RESULTS: 262 men mean age 41.7 (range 8-82, sd 20.7) and 282 women mean age 47.2 (range 7-92, sd 19.7) years were studied. Neurological/neuromuscular conditions predominated (81%) with cerebral palsy (CP) (18.9%) and multiple sclerosis (16.4%). Conditions presenting at birth or during childhood constituted 39%. 99 had problematic pain, 83 a (kypho)scoliosis and 11 used ventilators. SS was provided to 169 users (31%), the majority had CP or muscular dystrophy. TIS was used by 258 (53%). Younger people were more likely to receive TIS than older ones. Only 92 had SS and TIS, mean age 29 (range 8-72, sd 17.8) years. 52 used modified control systems. CONCLUSIONS: The diversity of EPIOC users across age and diagnostic groups is shown. Their complex interrelationships with these technical features of EPIOC prescription are explored. Younger users were more complex due to age-related changes. This study provides outcomes of the EPIOC prescription for this heterogeneous group of very severely disabled people

The Tensions of Technē: On Heidegger and Screendance

No abstract availableThis article was originally published by Parallel Press, an imprint of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, as part of The International Journal of Screendance, Volume 2 (2012), Parallel Press. It is made available here with the kind permission of Parallel Press

MOVENDO-SE ATRAVÉS DA DIFERENÇA: DANÇA E DEFICIÊNCIA

This article focuses on the notion of disability, questioning the ways in which professional dance has traditionally been structured by an exclusionary mindset that projects a vision of a dancer as white, female, thin, long-limbed, flexible and able-bodied. It also addresses the growing desire to radically revise this paradigm reenvisioning what kinds of movements can constitute a dance and, by extension, what kind of body can constitute a dancer. Although most of the discussion is centered in specific dances and in several critical responses to them, it is also proposed to reveal the complex ways in which the opposition of fit and frail bodies is implicated within many of the dominant cultural paradigms of health and self-determination.O artigo centra-se na noção de deficiência, questionando as maneiras como a dança profissional tem sido tradicionalmente estruturada por uma mentalidade exclusivista que projeta uma visão de um  bailarino como sendo branco, do sexo feminino, esbelto, de membros alongados, flexível e capaz (não deficiente). Aborda igualmente o crescente desejo de revisar radicalmente este paradigma reimaginando que tipos de movimentos podem constituir a dança e, por extensão, que tipo de corpo pode constituir um bailarino. Apesar da maior parte das discussões centralizar-se em danças específicas e nas várias respostas críticas a elas, propõe-se também a revelar as maneiras complexas pelas quais a oposição de corpos plenamente capazes e de corpos debilitados estão implicados em muitos dos paradigmas culturais dominantes de saúde e autodeterminação

The Double Cover of the Icosahedral Symmetry Group and Quark Mass Textures

We investigate the idea that the double cover of the rotational icosahedral symmetry group is the family symmetry group in the quark sector. The icosahedral (A5) group was previously proposed as a viable family symmetry group for the leptons. To incorporate the quarks, it is highly advantageous to extend the group to its double cover, as in the case of tetrahedral (A4) symmetry. We provide the basic group theoretical tools for flavor model-building based on the binary icosahedral group I' and construct a model of the quark masses and mixings that yields many of the successful predictions of the well-known U(2) quark texture models.Comment: 10 pages, references added, typos in up quark mass matrix correcte

The relationship between postnatal depression, sociodemographic factors, levels of partner support, and levels of physical activity

Background: postnatal depression (PND) is defined as a psychological mood disorder that occurs in a mother within 6 weeks of her giving birth. It refers to an episode that causes mood disturbance and it could begin in, or extend into, the postpartum period. It is thought to have a high impact upon the mother's health as well as the family's functioning and the child's development. Socio-demographic, psych-social, and physical activity factors may all contribute to postpartum mood and ability to cope with responsibilities. The primary aim of this study was to determine which of these factors predicted PND in postpartum women. A secondary aim was to identify the socio-demographic and psycho-social predictors of physical activity in postpartum women. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional correlational design. A sample of 150 postpartum women was sent a package of six standardized questionnaires. Results: There was no association between physical activity and PND; however, older mothers, mothers of younger children, mothers who are less reluctant to ask for help, and mothers who are more satisfied with the help they get experience lower levels of PND. Mothers of older babies, mothers with more children, and less educated mothers are more likely to engage in caregiving activities, whereas mothers with fewer children and higher levels of partner support are more likely to engage in occupational activities. None of the socio-demographic factors or any of the parenting factors predicted levels of sporting activity

Neutrinos

Report of the Community Summer Study 2013 (Snowmass) Intensity Frontier Neutrino Working GroupReport of the Community Summer Study 2013 (Snowmass) Intensity Frontier Neutrino Working GroupThis document represents the response of the Intensity Frontier Neutrino Working Group to the Snowmass charge. We summarize the current status of neutrino physics and identify many exciting future opportunities for studying the properties of neutrinos and for addressing important physics and astrophysics questions with neutrinos