The Corporal-oriented approach to Education: a Turn towards the Whole Person

Recent anthropological studies consider the corporal experience as an indispensable attribute of a person’s life world. They declare to go beyond the dichotomy of body and mind and present a modern person as a complex integrity of all systems and characteristics of a living organism. Body and mind are a union of vitality with different forms of their manifestation. The corporal is not regarded as an essential complement to the mental, the corporal is the mental, just in a different form of its manifestation. The implementation of a methodological turn from a rationalcognitive approach to a holistic understanding of human nature and the peculiarities of cognitive processes outlines the problem of education transformation in both theoretical and practical terms. Taking into account the complexity and multiplicity of tasks in solving this problem, the guideline in defining conceptual ideas is the understanding of a person as a multi-temporal being who lives simultaneously in multiple hierarchical levels, ontological time and the scale of processes. It is a question of necessity to construct educational activity in semantic planes: mindbody- culture, mind-body-activity, body-consciousness-reaction and others.

Change of Ruminoreticular Temperature and Body Activity before and after Parturition in Hanwoo (Bos taurus coreanae) Cows

How do body temperature and activity change before and after parturition in pregnant cows? Changes in body temperature such as ruminal, rectal, and vaginal temperature during the parturition have been reported, but there are no results of the simultaneous observation of body temperature and activity. The aim of this study was to simultaneously confirm changes in the ruminoreticular temperature and body activity before and after parturition using the ruminoreticular bio-capsule sensor every 1 h. The 55 pregnant cows were used for the experiment, the ruminoreticular bio-capsule sensor was inserted and stabilized, and the ruminoreticular temperature and body activity were measured. The ruminoreticular temperature was lower by 0.5° from −24 h to −3 h in parturition compared to 48 h before parturition and then recovered again after parturition. Body activity increased temporarily at the time of parturition and 12 h after parturition. Therefore, the ruminoreticular temperature and body activity before and after parturition was simultaneously confirmed in pregnant cows.

Virtual Mind-Body Program for Obese Knee Osteoarthritis Patients with Comorbid Depression: Development and Feasibility Pilot (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common joint disorder in the U.S. and a leading cause of disability. Depression and obesity are highly comorbid with KOA and accelerate knee degeneration and disability through biopsychosocial mechanisms. Mind-body physical activity programs can engage biological, mechanical, and psychological mechanisms to improve outcomes in KOA, but such programs are not currently available. OBJECTIVE Here, we report on a mixed-methods study to adapt a mind-body activity program for the unique needs of patients with KOA, depression, and obesity (GetActive-OA) delivered via live video. METHODS Participants were adults (age ≥ 45) from rural Kentucky with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), idiopathic KOA with mild to moderate radiographic changes, and elevated depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) recruited from two orthopedic centers. In Phase 1, we developed GetActive-OA and the study protocol using qualitative focus group feedback from the study population (N = 9; 2 focus groups, 90 minutes) and multidisciplinary expertise from clinical psychologists and orthopedic researchers. In Phase 2, we explored the initial feasibility, credibility, and acceptability of GetActive-OA, live video delivery, and study procedures via an open pilot with exit interviews (N = 5, 1 group). This research was guided by the NIH Model Stage 1A. RESULTS Phase 1 qualitative analyses revealed nuanced information about: 1) challenges with coping and increasing activity, 2) high interest in a mind-body activity program, 3) program participation facilitators (flexibility with technology) and barriers (amotivation, forgetfulness), and 4) perceived challenges with data collection procedures (blood and urine samples, homework). Phase 2 quantitative analyses showed that GetActive-OA met most a priori feasibility markers (e.g., feasibility of recruitment, acceptability, expectancy, credibility, adherence, and program satisfaction). Adherence to ActiGraph wear and collection of blood samples was low. Participation in GetActive-OA was associated with signals of improvements in pain, KOA symptoms, depression, anxiety, pain catastrophizing, self-efficacy, and general coping. Qualitative exit interviews confirmed quantitative findings and provided valuable information to optimize the program and protocol. CONCLUSIONS Patients with KOA, depression, and obesity from rural Kentucky are interested in a virtual mind-body activity program this comorbidity GetActive-OA shows promise, but the program and protocol require further NIH stage 1 refinement before formal efficacy testing (NIH model stage II). INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100720

Increased Ruminoreticular Temperature and Body Activity after Foot-and-Mouth Vaccination in Pregnant Hanwoo (Bos taurus coreanae) Cows

How does vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) affect pregnant cows? Vaccination is the most effective method of preventing the spread of FMD, but it is linked to sporadic side effects, such as abortion and premature birth, which result in economic loss. In this study, ruminoreticular temperature and body activity were measured before and after FMD vaccination using a ruminoreticular biocapsule sensor in Hanwoo cows at different stages of pregnancy. Compared to the unvaccinated groups, the ruminoreticular temperature increased 12 h after vaccination in the vaccinated groups. This increase in temperature is significantly correlated to vaccination. Compared to the nonpregnant and early pregnancy groups, the ruminoreticular temperature of the late pregnancy group increased sharply by more than 40 °C. Moreover, in nonpregnant and early pregnancy groups, a rapid increase in body activity was observed after FMD vaccinations. Of the 73 pregnant vaccinated cows in the study, a total of five cases had side effects (four abortions and one premature birth). Therefore, changes in the ruminoreticular temperature and activity in pregnant cows can be used as raw data to further clarify the association of FMD vaccination with the loss of a fetus and possibly predict abortion, miscarriage, and premature birth following FMD vaccination.

Neurofibromin 1 in mushroom body neurons mediates circadian wake drive through activating cAMP–PKA signaling

Various behavioral and cognitive states exhibit circadian variations in animals across phyla including Drosophila melanogaster, in which only ~0.1% of the brain’s neurons contain circadian clocks. Clock neurons transmit the timing information to a plethora of non-clock neurons via poorly understood mechanisms. Here, we address the molecular underpinning of this phenomenon by profiling circadian gene expression in non-clock neurons that constitute the mushroom body, the center of associative learning and sleep regulation. We show that circadian clocks drive rhythmic expression of hundreds of genes in mushroom body neurons, including the Neurofibromin 1 (Nf1) tumor suppressor gene and Pka-C1. Circadian clocks also drive calcium rhythms in mushroom body neurons via NF1-cAMP/PKA-C1 signaling, eliciting higher mushroom body activity during the day than at night, thereby promoting daytime wakefulness. These findings reveal the pervasive, non-cell-autonomous circadian regulation of gene expression in the brain and its role in sleep.

Using ICF to Describe Problems With Functioning in Everyday Life for Children Who Completed Treatment for Brain Tumor: An Analysis Based on Professionals' Documentation

Background: Children treated for brain tumors often experience persistent problems affecting their activity performance and participation in everyday life, especially in school. Linking these problems to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) classification system can be described as affecting body function, activity performance, and/or participation. Services involved in the everyday life of the child have different focus and goals when meeting the child in context, which advantage the use of ICF to overcome this impediment to follow-up and provide comprehensive support for children who have completed treatment for a brain tumor.Aim: The aim of the study was to use the ICF classification system to describe how professionals in healthcare, habilitation, and school document problems with everyday life functioning at body, activity, and participation levels for children who completed treatment for a brain tumor.Materials and Methods: A retrospective review of records from healthcare, habilitation, and school concerning nine children completed treatment for brain tumor was implemented. Identified problems in everyday life were linked to ICF codes. Descriptive statistics of ICF-linked code frequency supplemented by network visualization diagrams viewing the co-occurrence between codes within the body, activity participation, and environmental components were performed.Results: Most documented problems were found in healthcare records, whereas the documentation in habilitation and school was sparse. The frequently occurring codes, independent of record source, were linked to the body function component, and ICF-linked problems in habilitation and school were salient in the activity and participation component. To gain a holistic picture of relations between ICF codes and problems, network visualization diagrams were used to illustrate clusters of problems.Conclusion: Code prevalence likely reflects where healthcare professionals and educators focus their attention when meeting the needs of children treated for a brain tumor in context. To maximize the comprehensive view of functioning and participation of children in everyday life, the full range of difficulties regarding body impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions must be identified and linked to each other in patterns of co-occurrence, which the ICF facilitate. However, ICF provides no guidance on how to identify networks of problems within the body, activity, and participation. Identifying such networks is important for building comprehensive interventions for children.

Feasibility randomized controlled trial of a mind-body activity program for older adults with chronic pain and cognitive decline: The virtual “Active Brains” study

Background and Objectives Chronic pain (CP) and cognitive decline (CD) are highly co-morbid and debilitating among older adults. We iteratively developed Active Brains–Fitbit (AB-F), a group mind-body activity program aided by a Fitbit that is feasible and associated with improvements in physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning when delivered in person to older adults with CP and CD. We adapted our intervention and methodology for remote delivery to bypass barriers to participation. Here we report on a feasibility randomized controlled trial of the virtual AB-F versus a Health Enhancement Program (HEP) educational control followed by qualitative exit interviews. Research Design and Methods Older adults (age ≥ 60) with CP and CD (2 cohorts) completed eight weeks of AB-F (n = 8) or HEP (n = 11). Study procedures were fully remote via live video. Quantitative analyses explored feasibility and acceptability markers and within group improvements in outcomes. Qualitative analyses were primarily deductive using the Framework Method. Results AB-F met a-priori set feasibility benchmarks, similar to our in-person pilot. Participation in AB-F was associated with preliminary signals of improvement in multimodal physical function, emotional function (anxiety), cognitive function, pain intensity, and coping (e.g., pain self-efficacy, catastrophizing). Participation in HEP was associated with smaller or negligible improvements. Exit interviews confirmed feasibility and satisfaction with our completely remote interventions and methodology. Discussion and Implications Results provide evidence for the feasibility of our completely remote study, and for initial markers of improvement after AB-F. The results will inform a fully powered remote efficacy trial.

Questions of Female Gaze: Males Through Eyes of Females in Vijay Tendulkar’s Select Plays

Gaze, as defined by Oxford Advance learner’s Dictionary, “is an interested steady look at something or somebody” (642). The privilege of gazing presupposes or attributes some power in the onlookers. So, gaze is an expression of power, a way of looking, a point of view or a medium to establish and extend dominance. In a patriarchal set-up of society, the role of the onlooker is played most of the times by males, and according to Laura Mulvey, women are generally made to appear as the visual sex objects of male desire and pleasure. Here, my question is, do the females dare to return the male gaze in one way or another? I want to dwell upon the possibility of a reversed or altered picture of male gaze in the context of Tendulkar’s plays. So, let the females be the gazers and males be the gazed in the context of Tendulkar’s selected plays and let me make an attempt to study certain male characters as looked by certain female figures. Champa and Laxmi in Sakharam Binder, Leela Benare and Mrs. Kashikar in Silence! the Court is in Session and Sarita and Kamala in Kamala represent a polarity of ‘female eyes’. Champa, Leela Benare, and Sarita take guts to have a gaze at the body, activity, and position of their chauvinistic male counterparts and often, put a question mark to the so-called vanity of masculinity. But Laxmi, Mrs. Kashikar, and Kamala look at men in the way men want to be looked at with all of his power over them. In view of the above, I shall try to show whether there is a scope for an active female gaze? If yes, to what extent? Do they transgress their traditional roles imposed on them in returning the male gaze and open up a space for anti-male discourse?

STRESS PREDICTION USING RANDOM FOREST LINEAR REGRESSION

In today’s world stress has become a more familiar word because of its disastrous impact on the huge number of people worldwide. It is very important to keep stress under control every time, as it is the primitive reason for much major health issues. Some people meditate to g e t r i d o f i t and others choose to use medicines to control their stress levels. Students also found with very much stressed out because of academics, projects, exams, and whatnot. There are many ways through which one can check whether you have stress or not. According to this situation, the medical diagnosis system based on human physiology becomes more requisite as compared to others. Human physiology-based study plays a important character in the detection of mental stress in persons. There have also been eventual researches which are done on the detection of stress based on facial emotions. To find out whether stressed or not we need to see a doctor and get checked, but it seems to be not practical at all times to do so. In fact, in the era of digitalism, where everyone has a smartphone there is a dearth of finding novel ways through which we can make use of technology to detect your stress levels automatically. There are wearable devices that detect stress levels based on your body activity. Many approaches aim for the detection of stress through the use of wearable devices. The approach that we are presenting in this project is predicting stress through medical data of the patients using random forest regression. Additionally, an examination between oneself fabricated convolution neural model and a portion of the pre-trained models has been finished. This is another methodology and we are getting very promising precision by utilizing sufficient research experiments on 2000 irregular trees in the model. The results achieved are the outcomes of effectively anticipated with the accuracy utilizing the model. The outcomes of this research can be useful in directing the future which explor