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Beinart, Peter. Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. 1st ed, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2025.
No full textPostel, Guillaume. Le livre de la concorde entre le Coran et les Évangélistes. Éd. et trad. Tristan Vigliano
No full textEdo da Pordenone, Pietro. Nova de miraculis disputatio: Un nuovo dibattito sui miracoli. Ed. Matteo Venier
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“Un piccolo eroe”: Carlo Coccioli e la Resistenza ne Il migliore e l’ultimo
No full textCarlo Coccioli si dissocia fin dagli esordi dal panorama intellettuale post-bellico italiano per intraprendere un percorso letterario improntato sulla ricerca di un equilibrio etico-mistico. Una delle prime tappe di questo cammino è Il migliore e l’ultimo (1946), romanzo dedicato alla Resistenza, a cui l’autore prese parte attiva tanto da meritarsi una medaglia al valore. Lo scrittore spiega come le sue gesta da “piccolo eroe” partigiano fossero in realtà motivate dall’amore per uno dei commilitoni, un episodio che non segna soltanto la biografia dello scrittore, ma anche il suo modo di rappresentare gli eventi successivi al 1943. Su queste basi, il presente articolo intende soffermarsi su tre aspetti fondamentali: la genesi del romanzo e la sua posizione “marginale” rispetto alla mitopoietica resistenziale; il modo in cui Coccioli associa Resistenza e identità omosessuale; le strategie letterarie e narrative adottate dallo scrittore per sfuggire alla retorica dell’eroe a tutti i costi
David Brancaleone. Cesare Zavattini’s Neo-realism and the Afterlife of an Idea: An Intellectual Bibliography. Cesare Zavattini. Selected Writings. Edited by David Brancaleone
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Trunk Tales: A Case Study of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada – Ontario Branch
No full textThis article presents a case study of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada – Ontario Branch through its flagship exhibit, Trunk Tales: Leaving Home...Finding Home. The Museum—founded in 1944 with modest means and a single artifact—now operates as a compact but influential institution, preserving the material and intangible heritage of Ukrainian-Canadians across five distinct waves of migration. This paper examines the Museum’s spatial limitations, digital adaptations, and interpretive strategies in curating diasporic memory. Through the lens of the Trunk Tales exhibit, which combines historical artifacts, oral histories, and community narratives, the study analyzes how the Museum navigates themes of forced migration, cultural preservation, and identity transformation. Special attention is given to moments of cultural exchange, particularly between Ukrainian and Indigenous communities, as seen in shared artistic practices. The exhibit also explores the Museum’s response to historical silences, such as the omission of WWI internment narratives, revealing tensions between preservation and erasure. The evolving mission of the Museum—especially in light of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine—underscores the urgency and complexity of diasporic remembrance. Ultimately, this article argues that the Museum functions not only as a container of cultural memory, but as an active agent in shaping the living identity of Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora. By examining its physical and digital presence, this case study contributes to broader museological discussions on space, narrative authority, and the politics of memory in diasporic institutions
EXPLORING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GAIT SPEED AND BALANCE IN LIMB PROSTHESIS USERS: A PILOT STUDY
No full textBACKGROUND: Increasing balance and stability, along with efficient locomotion, is a high-priority goal of physical rehabilitation after limb loss in order to facilitate effective participation in society. Research in the general population suggests that the ability to walk fast is correlated to good performance in balance tests. However, it is unclear if and how prosthesis use influences this correlation.
OBJECTIVE: Our small-sample pilot study aimed to explore whether the general relationship between walking speed and balance holds true for people with limb loss whose physical capabilities are inevitably influenced by their prosthetic devices.
METHODOLOGY: Participants with any level of limb loss were recruited and asked to perform the Ten-Meter Walk Test and Narrowing Beam Walking Test. Scores in both tests were analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
FINDINGS: The initial sample of eleven participants was reduced to eight (5 males, 3 females, mean age 52 years, mean height 171 cm, mean weight 68 kg, mean BMI 23, limb loss levels ranging from partial hand to trans-femoral amputation) after removing outliers. The mean Ten-Meter Walking velocity was 1.16 m/s, and the mean Narrowing Beam Test score was 11.38. The results indicate a medium to strong correlation between fast walking speed and high balance scores (ρ = 0.681, p = 0.063) when outliers are excluded.
CONCLUSION: These findings are consistent with prior research conducted in other populations. However, outliers in our data suggest that this relationship is not universal across all individuals with limb loss. Possible confounding variables include the activity level and the respectively prescribed prosthetic technology. Our finding, that gait speed and balance scores should be evaluated separately to tailor rehabilitation strategies effectively, is preliminary and needs to be confirmed in a larger study.
Layman\u27s Abstract
Losing a limb can have a major impact on a person’s daily life, including their ability to stay active, feel confident, and avoid accidents like falling. One of the main goals of physical rehabilitation after limb loss is to help people regain balance and stability, so they can move around safely and take part in everyday activities. We know from research on the general population that people who walk faster also tend to have better balance. But it is unclear if this same connection applies to people who use prosthetic limbs, since their walking ability is affected by both their physical condition and the type of prosthesis they use. This pilot study explored how walking speed relates to balance in eleven people with limb loss (8 men, 3 women), of whom three were eventually excluded from the final analysis. Participants completed two tests: a 10-meter walk to measure speed and a narrowing beam test to assess balance. We found that faster walkers generally had better balance scores, with some exceptions that might be due to the challenges of using prostheses. These early findings suggest that both walking speed and balance should be considered separately when designing prosthetic care to improve stability and reduce fall risk. Larger studies are needed to confirm these results, as this was a small feasibility study to test procedures and gather initial data.
Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cpoj/article/view/45517/34223
How To Cite: Alhuzaymi A, Fiedler G. Exploring the correlation between gait speed and balance in limb prosthesis users: A pilot study. Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal. 2025; Volume 8, Issue 1, No. 8. DOI:10.33137/cpoj.v8i1.45517
Corresponding Author: Goeran Fiedler, PhDAffiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.E-Mail: [email protected] ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1532-1248