Workshop: Best-practice for laboratory testing low-permeable materials

The testing of low-permeable materials is challenging. Yet, for the disposal of radioactive waste, it is essential, too. This workshop is aimed at gathering ambitious scientists to discuss and to collaborate on their experiences in the laboratory testing of low-permeable materials. The focus here is on the methods: What method is best for what kind of low-permeable host rock (salt/clay) and for what kind of technical barrier material (bentonite/crushed salt)? How can measurement errors be correctly determined? What are the crucial “bottlenecks” in the device setups? How can high porous but low permeable samples best be pre-saturated? How can coupled flow and cumbersome gas traps in the tests be dealt with? What is the best-practice analysis of permeability from pressure decay recordings? Is there a hope of defining a standardized procedure for low-permeability testing? These points will be reflected in the light of radioactive waste disposal and in the need to find a best-practice solution when it comes to eventual evaluation and comparison of potential underground disposal sites.

Distance, Time, Speed & Energy: A socio-political analysis of technologies of longer distance cycling

The basic laws of motion governing cycling are wellunderstood. Consideration of the variables of energy use in cycle travel areless frequent. The potentials of both aerodynamically efficient cycle designand the augmentation of human power with e-motors dramatically reconfigure whatwe understand as a cycle and as cycling. The prospect of increasing travel distance in regularjourneying, coupled with the logical application of augmentation (aerodynamicand/ or power), suggest a need to re-evaluate some of the ground expectationsapplied in design and planning for cycle travel if the cycles being designedfor do not fit the existing expectations of what a cycle is and how itperforms. Current e-bike performance is limited principally bynormative legislative intervention, not by the intrinsic potential of thetechnologies. Existing decisions as to what an e-bike can (and should) be, areshaped by the performance expectations of late 19th and early 20thcentury bicycle designs. Shaping modal shift for longer trips returns us tothink about the place of cycling travel time as a function of the relationshipbetween distance and speed. Increased speed allows for greater distance withouttime penalty. However, speed is itself governed by available energy, coupledwith the efficiency of use of that energy. Without entirely substituting humanpower, E-motors allow us to augment the human power available in differentways; Changes in cycle design (as us, for example, in velomobiles) allow us toincrease the efficiency of use of available power in overcoming resistance tomovementIdentifying the assemblage of cycle/cyclist as avariable, rather than a determinate object to be accommodated, raises difficultquestions for cycling provision, especially in relation to longer distancetravel.This paper takes an approach rooted in Actor NetworkTheory and developed through social practice analysis to explore theinteractions of people machines and spaces for longer distance travel. It paysparticular attention to the capacities and affordances of each of theseelements, especially in their interaction. Drawing on the capacities of already existingtechnologies of cycling and e-cycling, the paper focuses on the socialimplications of potentially problematic interactions. It argues that newdecisions will need to be made in regard to speed and distance in cycle traveland that the forging of regulations consequent on those fundamentals  will substantially shape the potentials andpossibilities of modal shift for longer distance cycle travel. What emerges isa politics of longer distance cycle, not simply a set of technical barriers andproblems.

MEMEING AGAINST MAINSTREAM. AN ANALYSIS OF DANK MEMES AND THE PICTORIAL (COUNTER-)PRACTICES OF MEME CULTURE

Internet memes are now part of mainstream media culture. On social media, each day memes are created, consumed, and shared by millions of people. Advertising agencies create their own memes to promote brands and products. However, memes are also integral to subcultures on 4chan, Reddit, and Tumblr, where most memes originate from. These subcultures battle the mainstreamization of memes to protect the independent media making practice of memeing from outsiders, who they call ‘normies.’ Their weapon of choice are so-called ‘dank memes,’ which are self-reflexive internet memes that criticize mainstream memes and memeing. This critique is a form of visual vernacular criticism, which is highly understudied, especially in regard to digital metapictures such as dank memes. The question this paper wants to answer is: how are dank memes made and employed to reclaim the independent media making practice of memeing from mainstream and marketing culture? The focus lies on specific pictorial practices that counteract the popularization and commercialization of internet memes. To explore these counter-practices, the paper proposes a methodology that combines media philosophy with practice theory to stress that digital metapictures themselves such as dank memes hold knowledge about the media practices that mainstream memes are made of, and about how to counteract them. To explore this media knowledge, examples of the meta-meme $2 are closely examined in the context of the subreddit r/dankmemes. The conducted picture practice analysis suggests that dank memes oppose image macros, while being criticized themselves as mere shibboleths to meme culture.

Análise da prática de telessaúde em terapia ocupacional em um hospital universitário cardiológico/Analysis of the telehealth practice in occupational therapy in a university cardiological hospital

Contextualização: Este relato tem como objetivo descrever o planejamento e os procedimentos adotados para a estruturação da prática da Terapia Ocupacional em Telessaúde com pacientes cardiopatas. Processo de intervenção: A atuação do terapeuta ocupacional na cardiologia busca planejar, prevenir e tratar as disfunções ocupacionais relacionadas às doenças cardiovasculares e que podem levar a deficiências, incapacidades e desvantagem social. Análise crítica da prática: O telemonitoramento em Terapia Ocupacional com estes pacientes está fundamentado no Modelo da Ocupação Humana e na abordagem centrada no cliente. Os objetivos chave foram traçados com base na avaliação terapêutica-ocupacional, que considerou interesses e ocupações desses indivíduos.Palavras-chave: Telemonitoramento. Terapia Ocupacional. Hospital Universitário. Cardiologia. AbstractContextualization: This report has the object to discribe the planning and the procedures adopted to structure the practice of Occupational Therapy in telehealth with cardiac patients. Intervention process: The occupational therapist’s performance in cardiology quests planning, preventing and treating the occupational disfunctions related to cardiovasvular diseases, which can lead to deficits, inability and social disadvantage. Practice analysis: The occupational therapy telehealth with these patients are based in the Model of Human Occupation with a client centered approach. The key objectives were planed through occupational therapy’s avaliation, which considered interests and occupations of the individuals.Keywords: Telemonitoring. Occupational Therapy. Universitary Hospital. Cardiology.ResumenContextualización: Este informe tiene como objetivo describir la planificación y los procedimientos adoptados para estructurar la práctica de la terapia ocupacional en telesalud con pacientes cardíacos. Proceso de intervención: El papel del terapeuta ocupacional en cardiología busca planificar, prevenir y tratar los trastornos ocupacionales relacionados con enfermedades cardiovasculares y que pueden conducir a discapacidades, discapacidades y desventajes sociales. Análisis crítico de la práctica: La telemonitorización en la terapia ocupacional con estos pacientes se basa en el modelo de ocupación humana y el enfoque centrado en el cliente. Los objetivos se elaboraron con base en la evaluación terapéutico-ocupacional, que consideró los intereses y ocupaciones de estos individuos.Palabras clave: Telemonitorización. Terapia ocupacional. Hospital Universitario. Cardiología.

Estratégias de intervenção em telessaúde e reabilitação: pandemia do covid-19, resolução nº 516 do coffito e nova modalidade de assistência terapêutica ocupacional no Brasil| Strategies of telehealth’s intervention and rehabilitation: covid-19 pandemic, resolution nº 516 of coffito and new modality of occupational therapy’s assistance in brazil

Contextualização: O estudo analisa as estratégias adotadas por terapeutas ocupacionais de um Centro Especializado em Reabilitação IV do Recife-PE, via teleconsulta e telemonitoramento, em meio à pandemia de COVID-19. Processo de intervenção: As ações aqui contempladas corroboram com evidências científicas relevantes para a prática profissional, ajustadas à modalidade remota de assistência. Análise crítica da prática: Reflete-se sobre o potencial da utilização da tecnologia a favor do acesso e continuidade à reabilitação, lançando mão desde o acolhimento ao paciente até o fornecimento de orientações adequadas quanto ao cuidado pessoal e familiar, educação em saúde, desenvolvimento de habilidades, estruturação da rotina, adaptações e treino de atividades significativas.Palavras-chave: Infecções por coronavírus. Pandemias. Terapia Ocupacional. Telemonitoramento. AbstractContextualization: The study analyzes the strategies adopted by occupational therapists at a Specialized Center for Rehabilitation IV in Recife-PE, via teleconsult and telemonitoring, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Intervention process: The actions contemplated here go according to official health recommendations, as well as following scientific evidence relevant to professional practice. Practice analysis: It reflects on the potential of using technology in favor of access and continuity to rehabilitation, using everything from welcoming the patient to providing adequate guidance on personal and family care, health education, skills development, routine structuring, adaptations and training of significant activities.Keywords: Coronavirus Infections. Pandemics. Telemonitoring. Occupational Therapy. ResumenContextualización: El estudio analiza las estrategias adoptadas por los terapeutas ocupacionales en un Centro Especializado para la Rehabilitación IV en Recife-PE, a través de la teleconsulta y la telemonitorización, en medio de la pandemia COVID-19. Proceso de intervención: Las acciones contempladas aquí están de acuerdo con las recomendaciones oficiales de salud, así como siguiendo la evidencia científica relevante para la práctica profesional. Análisis crítico de la práctica: Reflexiona sobre el potencial del uso de la tecnología a favor del acceso y la continuidad de la rehabilitación, utilizando todo, desde dar la bienvenida al paciente hasta proporcionar una orientación adecuada sobre el cuidado personal y familiar, educación para la salud, desarrollo de habilidades, estructuración rutinaria, adaptaciones y entrenamiento de actividades significativas.Palabras clave: Infecciones por Coronavirus. Pandemias. Telemonitorización. Terapia Ocupacional.