Wanted: Tesseract. One Hypothesis on Languages,Cultures, and Ethics for Mind,Brain, and Education     

Bruno Della Chiesa 《Mind, Brain, and Education》2010,4(3):135-148

For potential consideration by the Mind, Brain, and Education community, here is a modest but provocative hypothesis regarding the relationships between acquisition of languages, awareness of cultures, and development of ethics in human beings. Starting from the basic idea according to which “a fish does not know what water is,” and using both various literature sources and my personal experience of linguistic/cultural diversity, I postulate, using the mathematical metaphor of the “tesseract,” that mastery of several languages is not only essential to developing cultural awareness but also a key to (partial) access to global awareness. This might open research avenues for colleagues interested in some of these fields, or in all of them; if sound neuroscientific work, possibly combined with quantitative studies, proves the hypothesis right, then we may hope to take one small step toward more tolerance: yet another “giant leap for mankind”? Let us dream—it is not forbidden yet.  相似文献   

Neuromuscular adaptations to sixteen weeks of whole-body high-intensity interval training compared to ergometer-based interval and continuous training     

Gustavo Zaccaria Schaun  Stephanie Santana Pinto  Bruno Brasil  Gabriela Neves Nunes  Cristine Lima Alberton 《Journal of sports sciences》2019,37(14):1561-1569

The neuromuscular adaptations between ergometer-based high-intensity interval training (HIIT-T; n = 15), whole-body high-intensity interval training (HIIT-WB; n = 12) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT; n = 14) were compared in forty-one healthy men randomized to 16 weeks of training (3x per week). Two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed countermovement (CMJ) and squat (SJ) jump height (HIIT-T: 8.5 ± 13.3%; 3.1 ± 9.7%, HIIT-WB: 6.4 ± 9.8%, 10.4 ± 16.1% and MICT: 2.2 ± 9.5%; 4.4 ± 12.1%, respectively), SJ peak power (HIIT-T: 1.7 ± 3.9%; HIIT-WB : 6.4 ± 7.9%; MICT: 0.5 ± 6.5%) and CMJ rate of force development (HIIT-T: 58.1 ± 50.5%; HIIT-WB: 36.9 ± 54.2%; MICT: 38.4 ± 64.3%) improved similarly in all training groups (all p < 0.05). CMJ peak power increased only after HIIT-T (4.3 ± 5.5%) and HIIT-WB (4.5 ± 5.2%), while no differences were observed in both the rectus femoris and vastus lateralis maximal electromyographic amplitude. Finally, marked improvements were also observed in the number of repetitions in the HIIT-WB protocol at the eighth week, with no further improvement at the sixteenth week. These data suggest that 16 weeks of HIIT-WB is capable to improve neuromuscular function to a similar extent as HIIT-T and MICT.  相似文献   

Celebrating science education from people for people: a tribute to Wolff-Michael Roth     

Yew-Jin Lee  Diego M. Ardenghi  Gholam-Reza Emad  Pei-Ling Hsu  Bruno de Oliveira Jayme  Mijung Kim  Michiel van Eijck  Jean Fran?ois Maheux  Lilian Pozzer-Ardenghi  Giuliano Reis 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2010,5(4):787-805

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How to provide an alerting service on health topics for medical journalists selecting papers from scientific journals     

Vercellesi L  Centemeri C  Miranda GF  Rotta B  Bruno F 《Health information and libraries journal》2006,23(3):223-228

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Interpersonal dynamics and relative positioning to scoring target of performers in 1 vs. 1 sub-phases of team sports     

PT Esteves  D Araújo  K Davids  L Vilar  B Travassos  C Esteves 《Journal of sports sciences》2012,30(12):1285-1293

Abstract In this study, we examined the effects of relative positioning of attacker-defender dyads to the basket on interpersonal coordination tendencies in basketball. To achieve this aim, four right-hand dominant basketball players performed in a 1 vs. 1 sub-phase, at nine different playing locations relative to the basket (from 0° to 180°, in 20° increments). Performers' movement displacement trajectories were video-recorded and digitized in 162 trials. Results showed that interpersonal coordination tendencies changed according to the scaling of the relative position of performers to the basket. Stable in-phase modes of coordination were observed between performers' longitudinal and lateral displacements (50.47% and 43.02%) on the left side of the court. On the right side of the court, a shift in the dominant mode of coordination was observed to a defender lead-lag of -30°, both for longitudinal and lateral displacements (30.51% and 32.65%). These results suggest how information about dribbler hand dominance and relative position to the basket may have constrained attacker-defender coordination tendencies in 1 vs. 1 sub-phases of basketball.  相似文献   

South African Deaf education and the Deaf community     

Storbeck C  Martin D  Parkin I  Magongwa L  Druchen BP  Batchelor M  McIlroy G  De Villiers D  Captieux-Bhana N  Rasebopye L  Rasebopye D  Krige-Henderson S  Krige F  Louw A  Surtees T  Smit AL  Cox R  Henderson M 《American annals of the deaf》2010,155(4):488-518

In a special section of the american Annals of the Deaf, Deaf education and the Deaf community in South Africa are discussed. The special section is organized into 7 segments: a historical overview to establish context, the educational context, educators and learners, postgraduate education and employment, perspectives of Deaf children and their parents, sport and the arts, and spiritual lives and mental health. Throughout the entire section, however, the central focus is on the overall foundation (or lack thereof) of education for Deaf learners in South Africa.  相似文献   

The “Indefinite Discipline” of Competitiveness Benchmarking as a Neoliberal Technology of Government     

Bruno  Isabelle 《Minerva》2009,47(3):261-280

Minerva - Working on the assumption that ideas are embedded in socio-technical arrangements which actualize them, this essay sheds light on the way the Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC) achieves...  相似文献   

Microtextural and microchemical studies of hydraulic ancient mortars: Two analytical approaches to understand pre-industrial technology processes     

Maria Pia Riccardi  Marco Lezzerini  Federico Car  Marco Franzini  Bruno Messiga 《Journal of Cultural Heritage》2007,8(4):350-360

Two different analytical approaches have been taken into account to investigate the role of Si-rich phases in enhance hydraulic reactions of bedding mortar mixtures from San Lorenzo Church in Milan (Northern Italy) and from the Medicean Aqueduct in Pisa (Central Italy). In the first case, mortars show clear hydraulic type reactions in the form of coronal layers between the reacting additive and the binder mass. In the second one, the hydraulic reactions do not develop visible mineral phases and processes have been inferred from chemical, mineralogical analyses and mass balance calculation. The microstructural studies not always are sufficient to understand the complex dynamics of reaction attained during pre-industrial manufacturing processing of mortars and related binders. In fact, if the reacting raw materials are fine-grained and/or have remarkable chemical reactivity, no relicts are preserved by mortar microtextures.  相似文献   

Notes of iron in bone-black     

DR. Bruno Terne 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1892

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The use of online electronic information resources in scientific research: The case of neuroscience     

Nicolas Vibert  Jean-Franois Rouet  Christine Ros  Mlanie Ramond  Bruno Deshoullieres 《Library & information science research》2007,29(4):508-532

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