30 research outputs found
Vulva-genda: Exploration of brand opportunity spaces and concept product for Yoni for The Young
No full textFor an incredibly long time, what exactly happens between the legs of female-sex people has been a great mystery.It‘s not common to talk about our vulvas and how we feel about them in detailed and specific terms - and yes it‘s vulva and not vagina, the vulva is the entire external genital area, the vagina is merely the internal muscle canal.It‘s so unusual that many women lack the vocabulary to describe their genitals and the education that‘s practised in the school system is sporadic and often only focused on reproduction. And the vagina is by no means the star of the show and definitely not the female equivalent of the penis. This is the clitoris, which is by no means just a little (apparently difficult to find) knob above the vaginal opening, but is a large and complex organ located beneath the skin‘s surface. A more or less fun fact, for example, is that it was not until 1998 that the complete anatomy of the clitoris was revealed in a study by the Australian urologist Helen O‘Connell (Fyfe, 2018). In fact, most anatomical books don‘t even show the clitoris and therefore not depicting the vulva correctly. Let that sink in.Conversations about sexuality, well-being or pleasure find no place and lead to misconceptions, rumours and often leave people wondering „Am I normal?“. This thesis aims to answer the question “How might a concept car look like for Yoni” as means of process and deliverable exploration for The Young.In essence this thesis is about the world and future of vulvas and which role Yoni could play to ultimately facilitate positive change in people’s lives. To explore this notion the method of developing a “concept car” was used to deliver a tangible representation of this future brand scenario. And because the social climate is changing and brands are increasingly acting as amplifiers of cultural trends and the introduction of questions and topics into the mainstream of society. At this point Yoni joins the conversation. Yoni has been offering organic 100% cotton period products since 2015 after the founder found that the products recommended to her by her gynaecologist were not only unavailable to the majority of consumers but regular period products did not list their ingredients and were full of synthetic fibres. That‘s why Yoni made it its mission to offer better products, products one would trust to touch their most intimate body part. Yoni wanted to change the market for more transparency and a higher standard of menstrual products and has achieved this, especially in recent years. Big brands are now also offering organic alternatives, explaining the ingredients of their products on the packaging or at least online and other brands have followed Yoni‘s lead. But with the constant fulfilment of the initial mission, it is time to find a new drive, a new vision.And the time is ripe to do so, people are excited and ready to overcome their inhibitions and have meaningful conversations about their vulvas, and are eager for opportunities to learn. And the market is not yet oversaturated with offerings.To answer the question of what exactly happens in the world of the vulva, this work started with in-depth research both in an interview study and in extensive literature and media research. It was about exploring the behaviour, feelings, culture, history and economy regarding vulvas and menstruation.The market, consumer and context research resulted in four distinct directions Yoni could follow in the future to have a positive impact on their users‘ lives. These directions were about pushing the menstruation conversation in society further, for more social justice, to build strong communities of people with vulvas to overcome gaps of knowledge and wisdom, to unlock knowledge about hormonal cycles beyond the binary view of period on-period off and finally to discover how to bring vulva care to the forefront of people’s attention to share knowledge, facilitate experiences and overcome bodily shame.In close collaboration with Yoni one direction was chosen as the means for Yoni to facilitate meaningful positive impact in the lives of their users and subsequently use this direction as a vehicle for organisational transformation and future vision.This direction is called “vulva care” and targets the redefinition of what true vulva care might mean on a time axis of 1 to 5 years. At the end of this axis stands the concept product of vulvovaginal microbiome testing and personalised vulvar care products which acts as a beacon for creative brand development. To make this concept product more accessible from an organisational point of view, the product was contextualised in a three step roadmap showcasing three distinct steps on how the company might develop for their current offering and structure towards a focus on vulvovaginal care using digital and care products infused with science and technology to ultimately future-proof a brand with incredible potential.At the final pages of the report you will find the translation of this concept product into a website and digital product prototype illustrating how Yoni’s brand future might look like.Strategic Product Desig
¿Memoria oficial o literatura testimonial? El libro “Comuna 13 de Medellín, El Drama del Conflicto Armado” del policía Yoni Alexander Rendón Rendón
No full textThe article analyzes the book "Comuna 13 de Medellín. El Drama del Conflicto Armado" published by Yoni Alexander Rendón Rendón Rendón, in 2007 when the author was a patrolman of the National Police, in one of the most violent areas of Colombia: the popular neighborhoods of Medellín. The book was analyzed in its textual and extratextual dimensions, which allowed it to be classified in the testimonial genre and in some of the discursive universes on the urban conflict, which explains its successful insertion in the disputes about the truth of what happened in Comuna 13 in October 2002 in the Orion Operation.El artículo analiza el libro “Comuna 13 de Medellín. El Drama del Conflicto Armado” publicado por Yoni Alexander Rendón Rendón, en 2007 cuando el autor era patrullero de la Policía Nacional, en una las zonas más violentas de Colombia: los barrios populares de Medellín. El libro se analizó en sus dimensiones textuales y extratextuales lo que permitió clasificarlo en el género testimonial y en algunos de los universos discursivos sobre el conflicto urbano, lo que explica su inserción exitosa en las disputas sobre la verdad de lo ocurrido en la Comuna 13 en octubre de 2002 en la operación Orión
Gentle touch of creativity
No full textJaponijos menininkė Tei Kobayashi prisimiena skulptūros "YONI", skirtos archeologei Marijai Gimbutienei kūrimą Europos parke 1994 m. Skulptūrinę kompoziciją "YONI" sudaro trys skirtingo aukščio stulpeliai, sudaryti iš įvairiaspalvių, vienas ant kito suvertų akmeninių žiedų. Menininkei padėjo akmens apdirbėjas, turintis daugiau kaip keturiasdešimt metų šio darbo patirtį, Europos parko įkūrėjas Gintaras Karosas, paramą suteikė skulptorius Zigmondas Raicevičius.2021-ieji – are the year of Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994) in Lithuania and the world. UNESCO celebrates 100th anniversary of famous female archaeologist and anthropologist. On this occasion the author reminds how the work „YONI: In Memory of Marija Gimbutas“ by Japanese artist Tei Kobayashi found its way to Europe park
Microwear analysis of small recycled flakes and recycling products from the Ein-Zippori site, Lower Galilee, Israel
No full textA microwear analysis of recycled lithic artefacts from late Pottery Neolithic Wadi Rabah and Early Bronze Age layers at Ein-Zippori, Israel included cores-on-flakes (COFs) which are discarded blanks made into cores, and the flakes detached from them. COFs may have microwear traces that formed before they were recycled. The focus here is on how blanks removed from recycled COFs were used. Discarded flakes were not used as cores to produce small blanks at Ein-Zippori because lithic raw material was scarce, but were COFs recycled so that small tools could be produced for specific tasks? Visible wear traces were present on 19 of 44 blanks produced from COFs. Microwear traces were similar to use wear Lemorini et al. (2015) observed on much older Lower Paleolithic recycled flakes from Qesem Cave, Israel. Most flakes struck from COFs had been used to cut and scrape meat and fresh hide (42%, n=8), but four were used to work wood (21%) and four others were used to cut, scrape, or whittle bone and wood (21%), and two were used for butchering and wood working (11%). One flake only had generic weak microwear traces (5%). These were expedient flake tools, made and used in an ad hoc fashion. Specific blanks do not seem to have been used for distinct tasks
Recycling in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age: evidence of flint recycling at Ein-Zippori, Israel
No full textThis paper presents a new techno-typological analysis of a sample of small flakes that were produced through recycling from discarded blanks at the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age site of Ein-Zippori, Lower Galilee, Israel. This study shows that the systematic production of small flakes from previously discarded blanks was not related to a scarcity in raw materials, but rather to specific decisions concerning the types of tools needed to complete necessary tasks. These results are supported by use-wear analysis noted briefly here and presented in more detail in a separate paper. The results indicate that recycling was a significant lithic production trajectory during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. Recycling also contributes to the variability in lithic assemblages from those cultural periods
Cellular processes under mechanical stress: Designing an in vitro model for testing burn splinting strategies
No full textIntroduction. To prevent burns from scar formation and contraction, the use of splinting therapy in the early phase of wound healing is considered as an effective non-surgical method. Splinting entails the application of a mechanical load in the opposite direction of the contractile force within the wound, based on the assumption that wound- or scar contraction will be prevented or reduced. However, clinical research provides conflicting evidence on its effectiveness and optimal treatment method. Therefore, the aim of this study was to design an in vitro model to investigate the mechanoresponsive cellular effects of stress on specifically Human Eschar Fibroblasts and their extracellular matrix, in order to confirm or disprove effects of burn splinting. Methods. The two major players of the burn wound model include (1) the fibroblasts, and (2) the novel extracellular matrix they produce. Outcome measures were chosen that directly relate to matrix organization, fibroblast functioning and matrix functioning. Three chronological sub-goals were defined to achieve the goal of designing a burn wound splinting model: (1) Formulating a suitable mechanical stress protocol; (2) Select a system that enables the selected mechanical stress of extensible substrates that facilitate the growth of fibroblasts and their derived extracellular matrix; (3) Create and optimize conditions to culture fibroblasts on an extensible substrate. To successfully reach these goals, the current literature on this subject was evaluated and comparative experiments were executed. Feasibility of the model was tested in a pilot study. Results. The MCB1 stretching apparatus was provided by Association of Dutch Burn Centre as a suitable device, which was modified to fulfill all predefined requirements. Human Eschar fibroblasts and dermal fibroblasts were cultured on custom made silicone culture wells. Cross-linked gelatin-A coating and vitamin C-supplemented culture medium were selected for optimal cell culturing results. A clinically relevant stretching regimen was chosen, given the paucity of available evidence in literature. A pilot study to test the feasibility of the model indicated that both dynamic and static stretching of eschar fibroblasts show a trend towards thicker, denser collagen matrices compared to unstretched conditions. These collagen fibers also showed a greater degree of alignment. However, no definitive conclusions can be drawn since sample size is limited. Conclusion. The model presented in this work constitutes a practical framework to test mechanotransducive processes in burn scars on a cellular and molecular level. A pilot study using this model showed excellent feasibilityBiomedical Engineerin
A Mongol Princess Making<i>hajj</i>: The Biography of El Qutlugh Daughter of Abagha Ilkhan (r. 1265–82)
No full textAbstractThis study examines in detail the biographical entry of an Ilkhanid (the Mongol state centred in Iran) princess, El Qutlugh Khatun daughter of Abagha Ilkhan (r. 1265–82), in the biographical dictionaries of the Mamluk author Khalīl ibn Aybeg al-Ṣafadī (d. 1363). Al-Ṣafadī‘s biography of the lady provides a rare glance into the life of women of the Mongol royal household during the transitional period which followed the Ilkhanid conversion to Islam. It sheds light on issues such as the relations between the Mamluks and the Ilkhans in light of the latter's conversion to Islam and the influence of the process of Islamization on traditional Mongolian gender related practices. This paper also discusses the motivation of the Mamluk author in including El Qutlugh's unusual story in his biographical dictionaries showing how his choices might have been influenced not only by his own interests but also by what appealed to his readers.</jats:p
Acting Jewish : a case study of performance-making practice
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The privileged role of location in visual working memory
No full text# The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Reports have conflicted about the possible special role of location in visual working memory (WM). One impor-tant question is: Do we maintain the locations of objects in WM even when they are irrelevant to the task at hand? Here we used a continuous response scale to study the types of reporting errors that participants make when objects are presented at the same or at different locations in space. When several objects successively shared the same location, participants exhibited a higher tendency to report features of the wrong object in memory; that is, they responded with features that belonged to objects retained in memory but not probed at retrieval. On the other hand, a similar effect was not observed when objects shared a nonspatial feature, such as color. Furthermore, the effect of location on reporting errors was present even when its manipulation was orthogonal to the task at hand. These findings are consistent with the view that binding together different nonspatial features of an object in memory might be mediated through an object’s location. Hence, spatial location may have a privileged role in WM. The relevance of these findings to conceptual models, as well as to neural accounts of visual WM, is discussed
Desain Mainan Papan Keseimbangan (Balance Board) Untuk Stimulasi Gerak Motorik Kasar Dan Interaksi Sosial Di Pendidikan Dasar Setingkat Taman Kanak-Kanak
No full textMainan papan keseimbangan adalah salah satu permainan yang dapat dijadikan media pengembangan keterampilan motorik kasar dan interaksi sosial di pendidikan setingkat taman kanak-kanak (TK). Namun, mainan tersebut diketahui memiliki beberapa kekurangan ketika diuji coba pada anak TK. Kekurangannya terutama terletak pada tidak adanya pegangan tangan sehingga beberapa anak takut dan ada yang hampir terjatuh ketika bermain. Sementara itu, ditinjau dari segi pemasaran, mainan papan keseimbangan lebih banyak masih harus diimpor dari luar negeri ke Indonesia. Hal tersebut membuat harganya menjadi lebih tinggi dari harga jual awal di negara asal produksinya. Dari permasalahan itu, penulis mencoba berinovasi dengan penambahan fitur handlebar dan mode bermain yang dapat diproduksi oleh Usaha Mikro, Kecil dan Menengah (UMKM) di Indonesia. Dari hasil perancangan ini pada akhirnya dapat menghasilkan mainan keseimbangan yang dapat diproduksi UMKM dengan biaya yang terjangkau untuk membantu pengembangan keterampilan motorik kasar dan interaksi sosial anak TK.
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Balance board toys are one of the games that can be used as a medium for the development of gross motor skills and social interaction in kindergarten education. However, these toys are known to have some shortcomings when tested on kindergarten children. The disadvantage mainly lies in the absence of handrails so that some children are scared and some are almost falling when playing. As for marketing, more balance board toys still have to be imported from abroad to Indonesia. This makes the price higher than the initial selling price in the country of origin of its production. From these problems, the author tries to innovate by adding handlebar features and play modes that can be produced by Micro, Small and Medium Industries (UMKM) in Indonesia. The results of this design can eventually produce a balance toy that can be produced by UMKM at an affordable cost to help develop gross motor skills and kindergarten children's social interaction
