Anticipatory Action: Fast, Effective and Dignified

2021 ◽  
pp. 279-281
Keyword(s):  
Anticipatory Action

scholarly journals Efficacy of the use of unaffected hand containment in unimanual intensive therapy to increase visuomotor coordination in children with hemiplegia: a randomized controlled pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 204062232110012
Author(s):  
Rocío Palomo-Carrión ◽  
Elisabeth Bravo-Esteban ◽  
Sara Ando-La Fuente ◽  
Purificación López-Muñoz ◽  
Inés Martínez-Galán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Time ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Intensive Therapy ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Reaction Time Task ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Visuomotor Coordination ◽  
Therapy Program ◽  
Anticipatory Action

Background: The capacity of children with hemiplegia to be engaged in anticipatory action planning is affected. There is no balance among spatial, proprioceptive and visual information, thus altering the affected upper limb visuomotor coordination. The objective of the present study was to assess the improvement in visuomotor coordination after the application of a unimanual intensive therapy program, with the use of unaffected hand containment compared with not using unaffected hand containment. Methods: A simple blind randomized clinical trial was realized. A total of 16 subjects with congenital infantile hemiplegia participated in the study with an age mean of 5.54 years old (SD:1.55). Two intensive protocols for 5 weeks of modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT) or unimanual therapy without containment (UTWC) were executed 5 days per week (2 h/day). Affected upper limb visuomotor coordination (reaction time, task total time, active range, dynamic grasp) was measured before–after intensive therapy using a specific circuit with different slopes (10°/15°). Results: Statistically significant inter-group differences were found after the intervention, with clinically relevant results for the mCIMT group not seen in UTWC, in the following variables: reaction time 10°slope ( p = 0.003, d = 2.44), reaction time 15°slope ( p = 0.002, d = 2.15) as well as for the task total time 10°slope ( p = 0.002, d = 2.25), active reach 10°slope ( p = 0.002, d = 2.7), active reach 15°slope ( p = 0.003, d = 2.29) and dynamic grasp 10°/15°slopes ( p = <0.001, d = 2.69). There were not statistically significant inter-group differences in the total task time with 15°slope ( p = 0.074, d = 1.27). Conclusions: The use of unaffected hand containment in mCIMT would allow improvements in the affected upper limb’s visuomotor coordination. Thus, it would favor clinical practice to make decisions on therapeutic approaches to increase the affected upper limb functionality and action planning in children diagnosed with infantile hemiplegia (4–8 years old).

The alternative futures of the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture: from salinity research to greening the desert

foresight ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 389-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohail Inayatullah ◽  
Ismahane A. Elouafi
Keyword(s):  
Action Learning ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Alternative Futures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Short Run ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anticipatory Action

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present findings, based on a report for the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), of the preferred visions, scenarios and strategies of stakeholders articulated at a workshop held in Dubai from November 25 to 26, 2012. Design/methodology/approach – The “six pillars” approach to foresight was used to articulate visions of preferred futures of over 50 international stakeholders, including representatives from the UAE Government, national and international donors, the private sector and leading scientists from universities and international scientific institutions. These visions were then translated into a strategic and business plan for ICBA. Findings – The research center was successfully able to use foresight methods to develop a long-term strategic plan, continuing its history of innovation in knowledge-based research relating to saline and marginal environments. Novel visions and strategies for water and food futures were developed. A risk assessment of each vision was conducted. Research limitations/implications – This case study presents visions with scenarios and strategic pathways. It illustrates the utility in setting long-term visions first and then linking with strategic plans. Limitations include that the success of such a venture cannot be judged for at least five to six years. While in the short run, resources – human, partnerships, capital and leadership – have been mobilized, it is too soon to gauge real success of the foresight workshop, project. Practical implications – The study shows links between visions, scenarios and strategic pathways. Social implications – The study includes valuable discussions by leading scientists of water and food futures as well as the organizational and leadership capabilities required to deliver alternative futures. Originality/value – One of the few workshop-oriented interventions in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) region using the anticipatory action learning six pillars framework is included. The study contrasts normal expert-based conferencing in the MENA region.

Corticospinal excitability during preparation for an anticipatory action is modulated by the availability of visual information

2011 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 1122-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Welber Marinovic ◽  
Campbell S. Reid ◽  
Anna M. Plooy ◽  
Stephan Riek ◽  
James R. Tresilian
Keyword(s):  
Visual Information ◽  
Moving Objects ◽  
Corticospinal Excitability ◽  
Movement Initiation ◽  
Motor Activation ◽  
Neurophysiological Data ◽  
The Right ◽  
Anticipatory Action ◽  
Perceptual Variable ◽  
Visual Conditions

To intercept rapidly moving objects, people must predict the right time to initiate their actions. The timing of movement initiation in interceptions is thought to be determined when a perceptual variable specifying time to contact reaches a criterion value. If a response needs to be aborted, the performer must make a decision before this moment. It has been recently shown that the minimal time to suppress an anticipatory action takes longer during motion extrapolation than during continuous visual information. In experiment 1, we sought to determine whether or not the availability of visual information would 1) affect the latency to inhibit an anticipatory action, and 2) modulate the level of excitability in the motor cortex (M1). The behavioral results showed that the absence of visual information prolonged the latency to stop the movement as previously reported. The neurophysiological data indicated that corticospinal excitability levels were affected by the availability of visual information. In experiment 2, we sought to verify whether corticospinal excitability levels would also differ between the two visual conditions when the task did not involve response suppression. The results of experiment 2 indicated that excitability levels did not differ between visual conditions. Overall, our findings indicated that the buildup of motor activation can also play a role in determining different latencies to inhibit an anticipatory action. They also suggest that the buildup of motor activation in the corticospinal pathways can be strategically modulated to the requirements of the task during continuous visual information.

scholarly journals Manajemen Pengembangan Kultur Literasi di MTs Negeri Kota Batu

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Nurlaeli Fitriah
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Culture Development ◽  
Research Types ◽  
Anticipatory Action ◽  
Analysis Models

<em>Literacy is identified with reading and writing activities. With the passage of time literacy activities not only read and write. Literacy is defined as the ability to support, challenge, create, communicate and count using printed material and writing related to various contexts. Literacy that supports learning is literacy that allows individuals to achieve what they want to know, develop their knowledge and talents and support their participation in the community. This study aims to describe the management of the development of literacy culture, the implementation of the development of a culture of literacy and the evaluation of literacy culture development programs in MTs Negeri Kota Batu. This research uses qualitative with descriptive research types. The data sources used are primary and secondary. Data analysis used the Miles and Huberman analysis models. The results show the management carried out by the MTs Negeri Kota Batu under the coordination of the kepala madrasah and supported by the deputy of kepala madrasah in the fields of curriculum, infrastructure, public relations and financing. Not only that, for the success of the school management program, it also involves the madrasah committee. The implementation of the program in the form of habituating the dhuha prayer and reading Al-Qur’an, the habit of silent reading before learning, holding reading corners, programming the language of the month, and scientific writing training for teacher in collaboration with universities in Malang. Program evaluation carried out by the madrasah management is still anticipatory action. Its consideration is that the program is just implemented.</em>

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