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Tidalectic Memories of the Black Atlantic: Monénembo’s approaches to a past that is not past in Pelourinho and Les Coqs cubains chantent à minuit
Full text linkThis article demonstrates how Tierno Monénembo’s literary poetics set memory in motion across the Atlantic. Pelourinho and Les Coqs cubains chantent à minuit were published by Monénembo in 1995 and 2015 respectively, the former set in Brazil and the latter in Cuba. He pursues his literary project to ‘humaniser l’histoire’ in these two novels, via a roots-tourism entry point to revisiting the persistent traces of transatlantic crossings in Francophone Latin American literary memory work. By demoting the visual, Monénembo reiterates a sense of disorientation that emerges in his earlier writing, yet here the motion is more a sway between overlapping temporalities. His continued focus on mobility in the postcolonial world, the recurrence of absent protagonists, and an emphasis on soundscape present new ways of remembering past experiences of suffering and solidarityJournal (linked) selected is not the journal of publication. No corresponding entry was available for Ipotesi - Revista de Estudos Literário
Identifying Food Preferences and Malnutrition in Older Adults in Care Homes: Co-Design Study of a Digital Nutrition Assessment Tool
Full text linkBackground: Malnutrition is a challenge among older adults and can result in serious health consequences. However, the dietary intake monitoring needed to identify malnutrition for early intervention is affected by issues such as difficulty remembering or needing a dietitian to interpret the results. Objective: This study aims to co-design a tool using automated food classification to monitor dietary intake and food preferences, as well as food-related symptoms and mood and hunger ratings, for use in care homes. Methods: Participants were 2 separate advisory groups and 2 separate sets of prototype testers. The testers for the first prototype were 10 community-dwelling older adults based in the Stirlingshire area in Scotland who noted their feedback on the tool over 2 weeks in a food diary. The second set of testers consisted of 14 individuals (staff: n=8, 57%; and residents: n=6, 43%) based in 4 care homes in Scotland who provided feedback via interview after testing the tool for a minimum of 3 days. In addition, 130 care home staff across the United Kingdom completed the web-based survey on the tool’s needs and potential routes to pay for it; 2 care home managers took part in follow-up interviews. Data were collected through food diaries, a web-based survey, audio recordings and transcriptions of focus groups and interviews, and research notes. Systematic text condensation was used to describe themes across the different types of data. Results: Key features identified included ratings of hunger, mood, and gastrointestinal symptoms that could be associated with eating specific foods, as well as a traffic light system to indicate risk. Issues included staff time, Wi-Fi connectivity, and the accurate recognition of pureed food and fortified meals. Different models for potential use and commercialization were identified, including peer support among residents to assist those considered less able, staff-only use of the tool, care home–personalized database menus for easy meal photo selection, and targeted monitoring of residents considered to be at the highest risk using the traffic light system. Conclusions: The tool was deemed useful for monitoring dietary habits and associated symptoms, but necessary design improvements were identified. These should be incorporated before formal evaluation of the tool as an intervention in this setting. Co-design was vital to help make the tool fit for the intended setting and users
Surrogate-assisted evolutionary multi-objective optimisation of office building glazing
Full text linkThe quantity and positioning of glazing on a building's facade has a strong influence on the building's heating, lighting, and cooling performance. Evolutionary algorithms have been effective in finding glazing layouts that optimise the trade-offs between these properties. However, this is time-consuming, needing many calls to a building performance simulation. Surrogate fitness functions have been used previously to speed up optimisation without compromising solution quality; our novelty is in the application of a surrogate to a binary encoded, multi-objective, building optimisation problem. We propose and demonstrate a process to choose a suitable model type for the surrogate: a multilayer perceptron (MLP) is found to work best in this case. The MLP is integrated with the Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) algorithm, and experimental results show that the surrogate leads to a significant (400x) speedup. This allows the algorithm to find solutions that are better than the algorithm without a surrogate in the same timeframe. Updating the surrogate at intervals improves the solution quality further with a modest increase in run time
Empowering women’s entrepreneurship: an evidence synthesis of policy and practice in developing countries
Full text linkThe impact of the cost-of-living crisis on water poverty in Scotland: A lived-experience analysis
Full text linkDuring the ongoing ‘cost-of-living (CoL) crisis’, households have faced increased household expenses, including water bills, which will hinder efforts towards tackling water poverty. Using a quota-based online panel survey (n = 726), we aimed to quantify the impact of the CoL crisis on water poverty in Scotland. Using lived experience rather than the typical income-based approach, we found that age and household income were significant predictors of water poverty, with younger respondents being more likely to struggle, contrary to conventional wisdom. We argue for the involvement of people with lived experience, government financial support and better targeting of that support
Optimizing adherence to medication to improve outcomes in asthma
Full text linkPurpose of review Adherence to medication is essential for asthma control and reducing the risk of exacerbations. Research has accumulated in recent years on causes and consequences of adherence and effective interventions. This review highlights current advances in adherence research and their potential for clinical practice. Findings Optimizing adherence to medication can be achieved through interventions that identify individual barriers and train the care team in offering tailored support. Digital technologies that facilitate remote monitoring, patient–provider communication and care coordination are increasingly being integrated into asthma care. Summary Adherence determinants reported cover individual, social and health service-related factors. Age and attitudes toward adherence are crucial determinants. Patients’ and caregivers’ mental health is relevant for adherence and clinical outcomes, highlighting the importance of integrating this aspect into holistic asthma management. Single-site care arrangements are beneficial for adherence. Tailoring adherence interventions to individual needs, using brief questionnaires to assess barriers and recommending evidence-based strategies to address them, have been found useful and feasible across care settings. Digital technologies such as smart inhaler systems and telemedicine-enhanced care have been shown to be effective in randomized controlled trials, yet implementation research highlights challenges to sustaining support on the long-term
Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras
Full text linkAdditional co-authors: Luzmila Arroyo, Peter Ashton, Suspense A. Averti Ifo, Gerardo A. C. Aymard, Michel Baisie, William Balee, Michael Balinga, Lindsay F. Banin, Olaf Banki, Christopher Baraloto, Jorcely Barroso, Jean-Francois Bastin, Hans Beeckman, Serge Begne, Natacha Nssi Bengone, Nicholas Berry, Wemo Betian, Vincent Bezard, Lilian Blanc, Pascal Boeckx, Damien Bonal, Frans Bongers, Francis Q. Brearley, Roel Brienen, Foster Brown, Musalmah Bt. Nasaradin, Benoit Burban, David F. R. P. Burslem, Plinio Camargo, Jose Luis Camargo, Wendeson Castro, Carlos Ceron, Victor Chama Moscoso, Colin Chapman, Jerome Chave, Eric Chezeaux, Murray Collins, James Comiskey, David Coomes, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Flavia R. C. Costa, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Lola da Costa, Douglas C. Daly, Martin Dančák, Armandu Daniels, Greta Dargie, Stuart Davies, Charles De Canniere, Thales de Haulleville, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel, Geraldine Derroire, Kyle G. Dexter, Anthony Di Fiore, Marie-Noel K. Djuikouo, Jean-Louis Doucet, Vincent Droissart, Gerald Eilu, Thaise Emillio, Julien Engel, Bocko Yannick Enock, Fidele Evouna Ondo, Corneille Ewango, Sophie Fauset, Ted R. Feldpausch, Muhammad Fitriadi, Gerardo Flores Llampazo, Ernest G. Foli, Gabriella Fredriksson, David R.Galbraith, Martin Gilpin, Emanuel Gloor, Christelle Gonmadje, Rene Guillen Villaroel, Jefferson Hall, Keith C. Hamer, Alan Hamilton, Olivier Hardy, Terese Hart, Radim Hédl, Rafael Herrera, Niro Higuchi, Claude Marcel Hladik, Eurídice Honorio Coronado, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Walter Huaraca Huasco, Wannes Hubau, Muhammad Idhamsyah, Sascha A. Ismail, Eliana Jimenez, Tommaso Jucker, Elizabeth Kearsley, Lip Khoon Kho, Timothy Killeen, Kanehiro Kitayama, William Laurance, Susan Laurance, Miguel Leal, Simon L. Lewis, Stanislav Lhota, Jeremy Lindsell, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Jon Lovett, Richard Lowe, William E. Magnusson, Jean-Remy Makana, Yadvinder Malhi, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Andrew Marshall, Colin Maycock, Faustin Mbayu, Casimiro Mendoza, Irina Mendoza Polo, Faizah Metali, Vianet Mihindou, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza, Sam Moore, Patrick Mucunguzi, Jacques Mukinzi, Pantaleo Munishi, Laszlo Nagy, Petrus Naisso, David Neill, Adriano Nogueira Lima, Percy Nunez Vargas, Lucas Ojo, Walter Palacios, Nadir Pallqui Camacho, Alexander Parada Gutierrez, Julie Peacock, Kelvin S.-H. Peh, Antonio Pena Cruz, Colin Pendry, Toby Pennington, Maria Cristina Penuela-Mora, Pascal Petronelli, Oliver L. Phillips, Georgia Pickavance, G. John Pipoly, Nigel Pitman, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, Ghillean T. Prance, Adriana Prieto, Richard B. Primack, Lan Qie, Simon A. Queenborough, Terry Sunderland, Carlos Quesada, Freddy Ramirez Arevalo, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo, Jan Reitsma, Maxime Réjou-Méchain, Anand Roopsind, Francesco Rovero, Ervan Rutishauser, Kamariah Abu Salim, Rafael Salomao, Ismayadi Samsoedin, Muhd Shahruney Saparudin, Juliana Schietti, Ricardo A. Segovia, Julio Serrano, Rafizah Serudia, Douglas Sheil, Natalino Silva, Javier Silva Espejo, Marcos Silveira, Murielle Simo-Droissart, James Singh, Bonaventure Sonké, Thaise Emilio Lopes De Sousa, Juliana Stropp, Rahayu Sukri, Terry Sunderland, Martin Svátek, Michael Swaine, Hermann Taedoumg, Joey Talbot, Sylvester Tan, James Taplin, David Taylor, Hans ter Steege, John Terborgh, Armando Torres-Lezama, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Darlington Tuagben, Peter van de Meer, Geertje van der Heijden, Peter van der Hout, Mark van Nieuwstadt, Bert van Ulft, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Ronald Vernimmen, Barbara Vinceti, Simone Vieira, Ima Celia Guimaries Vieira, Emilio Vilanova Torre, Jason Vleminckx, Lee White, SimonWillcock, Mathew Williams, John T. Woods, Tze Leong Yao, Ishak Yassir, Roderick Zagt& Lise Zemagh
Performance-related Pay and Sorting into Stress
Full text linkTo date, the literature on the performance-related pay (PRP) and health relationship has focused on self-reported data. This paper uses an experimental method to examine the effect of PRP on stress measured by salivary cortisol for those who self-selected into a PRP contract, focusing on whether participants who perceive themselves with higher ability self-select into PRP and exhibit different stress changes compared to those not in a PRP scheme. Results show that self-selected PRP participants demonstrate significantly higher cortisol levels than participants in the nonPRP group. This study suggests that, regardless of sorting, PRP leads to higher physiological stress
Consistent Facial Cues to Social Class Across Two Different Western Contexts
Full text linkIndividuals form impressions of others’ social-class standing from nonverbal information, including facial appearance. Whether the facial cues relating to (perceptions of) social class generalize across different contexts and class measures (e.g., income, subjective status) remains unknown. We tested which facial cues relate to actual and perceived social class using multiple social-class measures in two contexts: Canada (using contemporary lab-based photos) and Iceland (using mid-20th-century yearbook photos). Results show that facial appearance reveals and predicts impressions of social class broadly (vs. only for specific measures). Greater facial Attractiveness (attractiveness/competence/health) and Positivity (affect/warmth) related to higher social-class standing in both contexts, suggesting that social class influences facial appearance similarly in different environments. Attractiveness also primarily explained social-class perceptions. Validity and utilization of other cues, however, differed between contexts, and we observed perception accuracy only for Canadian targets. These findings provide a more complete understanding of accuracy and bias in perceiving social class
Curriculum making and climate change and sustainability education: a case study of school teachers' practices from England, UK
Full text linkSchool-based climate change and sustainability education are widely understood as a vital response to the triple environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. This current research analyses over 700 responses from a national survey of teachers working in England to explore teachers’ curriculum making activities and the sites in which these occur, in the context of climate change and sustainability education (CCSE). Micro and nano sites of curriculum making were the most prominent in the responses provided. A central barrier to curriculum making is understood to be the content-heavy nature of the National Curriculum in England and the low visibility of climate change and sustainability in both the National Curriculum and examination specifications. Enablers and barriers include the level of personal motivation of teaching staff and students to engage with climate change and sustainability education, the extent to which school leaders provide support, the availability of no-cost and high-quality resources, and meso-level support and opportunities for teachers to develop their knowledge and confidence in relation to climate change and sustainability. At a time of curriculum review in England, we highlight the opportunity for policy makers to reconsider the orientation of the National Curriculum such that, consistent with the practices of teachers in relation to climate change and sustainability education, it combines a reduced focus on academic rationalism and social efficiency with an increased emphasis on social reconstructionism
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