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Variability in response to non-invasive brain stimulation protocols" by López-Alonso V, Sandrini M, Colomer-Poveda D.
No full textThis chapter focuses on the concept of variability in response to non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques, with a particular emphasis on transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). It explores both inter-individual and intra-individual variability, analyzing the presence of responders and non-responders to stimulation, as well as the different statistical methods employed to assess this variability. While intra-individual variability appears to be lower than inter-individual variability, it still presents challenges in interpreting NIBS results.Furthermore, the chapter discusses the factors that influence variability in NIBS studies. These factors can be categorized into non-modifiable physiological factors (such as sex, age, genetics and anatomical features), modifiable factors (including medical and non-medical substances), technical factors (e.g., stimulation parameters), and statistical aspects.By identifying the contributing factors and tailoring stimulation protocols to individual needs, researchers can optimize the effectiveness of NIBS interventions. However, due to the complexity and multitude of factors involved, more research is needed to fully elucidate the mechanisms underlying this variability in NIBS.<br/
Moving and Mapping: Exploring body-site relations through counter-cartography’
No full text2-hour workshop – situated indoors /outdoors (weather dependent).This workshop will take place outdoors and participants are invited to explore exchanges between sensory, material bodies, architectures, atmospheres and visual responses, to ‘tune in’ to place and space and explore a form of ‘vernacular mapping’ that challenges the ‘representational certitude of cartography’ (Gerlach 2013:1).Through simple tasks and exercises that incorporate moving, drawing and camera work, we will explore human-nonhuman material entanglements through playful intra-actions grounded in embodied, qualitative enquiry through which body-world relations will be fostered. Through practical enquiry the workshop puts ‘vital materialism’ to work in pragmatic ways and illustrates a form of praxis that works to ‘counter the narcissism of humans in charge of the world’ (Bennet 2009, p.xvi). Through moving and mapping the sites with our bodies ‘flesh and stone’ relations will be invoked (Sennett 1994) as we explore sensory and embodied knowledges of space and place. This workshop draws on Hunter’s practice-based research into body-site relationships encountered in and through site-based movement practice and Salzer’s Wanderlust method, a site-specific holistic approach for the making of somatic landscape screendance (Salzer, 2019). Hunter’s research is informed by theories of New Materialism (Barad 2003, 2007, Bennet 2009, Haraway 2014, 2016) Human Geography (Massey 2005, Longhurst 2000) and non-representational / worlding theory (Stewart 2012) her work explores human-non-human engagements and body-site synergies and their implications for Anthropocene thinking. Salzer’s work is informed by Romantic themes of Heimat (Schüle, 2018), Wanderlust and Embodiment of Place in landscape art in relation to artistic and philosophical aspects of the early German Romantic landscape artists (Koerner, 2014; Rigby, 2004; Verwiebe & Montua, 2018). She collaborates with Ana Baer under the umbrella of WECreate Productions developing films, installations and multi-media performances, reflecting on place and emotional geographies of individuals, communities, and society. (Latent Spaces 2018-23, HinterTerra 2023, WECreate Spaces 2019-2021, Thule 2019, Wild-er-ness 2019)The session will include:1) An introductory overview of the facilitators’ praxis in relation to the conference themes.2) A site-based movement session (for all abilities / levels of experience) in which participants will engage in movement tasks and short exercises. Tasks will practically illustrate philosophical perspectives that explore intrinsic relationships between bodies and environments in which bodies, objects, and place assemble.3) A post-practice discussion and evaluation of the movement practice as a method of exploring and considering sites and spaces in and through the body.Incorporating pedestrian, organic and somatically informed modes of moving and responding to tasks, scores and provocations participants are invited to consider bodily ‘utterances’ (Haraway 1991) and the ‘conversations’ between mobile bodies and moving sites. Participants should wear lose, comfortable clothing suitable for engaging with the physical site through their body and appropriate footwear for moving (i.e. trainers) – no previous movement / dance experience is required. Please travel light and bring a camera device (such as a mobile phone or camera) and bring water, sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses as required.<br/
The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the mental health and lifestyle changes of primary school children and families
Get PDFRobots and reshoring: a comparative study of automation, trade, and employment in Europe
No full textThis paper constitutes a comparative assessment of the impact of robots on local labor markets across eight European countries. Doing so, we find that robots generally reduce employment in the manufacturing sector, while their impacts on total employment are more ambiguous. Though local markets experienced significant employment losses in Italy, Norway, and the United Kingdom, we find no statistically significant impact of robots on employment in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Spain. Job losses were seemingly offset by employment gains in other sectors of the economy. We explore two mechanisms that might explain these patterns: differences in investment in complementary job-creating technologies and robot-induced reshoring. Our analysis provides some support for both mechanisms in elucidating the differential impacts of robots on jobs across space
AI-empowered mobile edge computing: inducing balanced federated learning strategy over edge for balanced data and optimized computation cost
No full textEnhanced Community Detection via Convolutional Neural Network: A Modified Approach Based on MRFasGCN Algorithm
No full textAttachment, emotion, and change: Emotionally focused individual therapy (EFIT) within a process-based therapy (PBT) framework
No full textIn this paper we present emotionally focused individual therapy (EFIT; Johnson & Campbell, 2022) within a process-based therapy (PBT) framework. A case presentation follows detailed descriptions of the theoretical underpinnings of EFIT, of the specific interventions involved in the approach, and of the evidence upon which the therapeutic processes in EFIT are based. We conclude that the Extended Evolutionary Meta-Model (EEMM) perspective, with its common language; nonpathologizing stance on psychological suffering; and attention to intrapsychic, interpersonal, and sociocultural aspects of change provides an excellent context for learning and practicing EFIT
