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Mindfully Rocking and Rolling
Authors: Davida Dena 
Published: October 2024

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This auto-ethnographic memoir of a North American dancer’s immersion into the postmodern artworld of Contact Improvisation (CI) in the 1970s and 1980s seeks to balance past and present perspectives of how and why we danced then. Now in her seventies, she brings to consciousness past sensations and beliefs by way of an archive of notes, posters, interviews, reviews, and photos and through the lens of second wave feminism. This chapter recreates events of that period in Minnesota in which the practice and pedagogy of Contact Improvisation was in its formative years, and how after immigrating to Canada, she introduced initial classes and jams to Montrealers, taught CI in the Dance Department at the University of Québec, formed the Catpoto Dance Collective, and created the gender role-reversing performance Each Man for Herself. Instigated by challenging and illuminating lived experiences during the CI @ 50 gathering at Oberlin College in March 2022, the author interweaves the original narrative of her all-consuming passion for CI as a young “artivist” dancer with powerful and necessary critiques reframing and changing the nature and meaning of its practice today.
Doing It Wrong
Authors: Bigé Emma , Singh Paul 
Published: October 2024

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Taken to task and inspired by the generative intervention of Ishmael Houston-Jones and Fred Holland’s Wrong Contact Manifesto, this conversation investigates the (lost/erased/fugitive) legacies of the aesthetics of the Black radical tradition in Contact Improvisation’s history. From the contemporary cultural currency of racial optics and their effect on some Contact Improvisation communities, to deeper historical strata going back to the invention of jazz and to Fred Moten’s philosophy of blackness and improvisation, this conversation asks: What kind of gestures are made possible, and what kind of gestures are hindered when the haptics of race come to the foreground?
Therapeutic Applications of Contact Improvisation
Authors: (Brando) Aaron Brandes , Revlock Gabrielle 
Published: October 2024

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In this chapter, the authors articulate how elements of Contact Improvisation can be adapted for a broader audience who may have limited access to the kind of interpersonal contact that humans need to thrive. Research on the therapeutic benefits of touch is interwoven with the authors’ personal and professional experiences: Brandes is a licensed psychotherapist who infuses body-based modalities and somatic education into his Body&Being sessions; Revlock is a professional dancer, educator, and the creator of Restorative Contact, a partner mindfulness practice. Their holistic perspective bridges the gap between the body and mind, offering a connection between individuals and the transformative potential of touch. Specific aspects of Contact Improvisation that are explored in the chapter include compression, reciprocal touch, bonding with the earth, spherical space, attunement, and weight-sharing.
Rolling and Knowing
Authors: Schultis Brian 
Published: October 2024

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This chapter explores how Contact Improvisation and other embodied ephemeral forms endure through time. It foregrounds the physical action of rolling as it is often done in Contact Improvisation as an act of knowing, in contrast to a conventional static image of knowledge described by Tim Ingold as a logic of inversion. It develops this form of knowing in two ways, both drawing on the thinking of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. First it shows how rolling establishes a dynamic intensive system and then how it works between smooth and striated space. Throughout, the concepts are illustrated with examples from the author’s reflections on a year of intensive dancing.
The Religious Function of Contact Improvisation
Authors: Laursen Carol 
Published: October 2024

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While Contact Improvisation developed within a secular framework, its practice can give rise to profound religious insight. This chapter examines some of the ways that the process of experiencing CI facilitates a dancer’s capacity to perceive a connection with a larger mystery. It also explores parallels with explicitly religious traditions such as Aikido, Quakerism, and Zen Buddhism. These forms have the intention to transform their practitioners in fundamental ways which are beneficial to themselves and the wider world. Some of the potential pitfalls that can inhibit this transformation are held up in an attempt to modify how one understands religious practice, allowing it to include both the visceral body and metaphoric spirit.
Making Contact
Authors: Suraj Guru , Michalska Adrianna 
Published: October 2024

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This chapter provides an overview of the practice of Contact Improvisation (CI) in India. Starting from tracing the introduction of the form by international teachers, it follows the emergence of local facilitators and their adaptation of the CI practice to the context of India, in order to discuss the potential of the form to challenge established norms of social interactions. The chapter briefly addresses aspects of living in India, including casteism, colonial influence on regulating the power dynamics related to gender, and social and economic status. Based on this, the chapter outlines the process of developing a community of independent Indian facilitators and touches on the issues of colonialism in the arts and power dynamics between international and Indian teachers. The chapter then discusses in more detail the adaptation of teaching and organizing of CI events according to the constraints of social norms in India. Through practical examples, the chapter describes the principles around which the teaching of CI is centered—emphasizing the autonomy, self-authority of an individual while fostering collaboration and collective attention of a group. It concludes with a reflection on the practice of CI as providing a more expansive understanding of human experience and therefore becoming a potentially revolutionary practice of inclusion and diversity that can challenge and expand the structures of the society.
Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi's Schools
Authors: Aiyar Yamini 
Published: October 2024

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What will it take to build high-performing, purpose-oriented public systems in India? In answering this question, it is all too common to dismiss the voices of India’s army of frontline officers charged with running schools and health centres and delivering the vast array of public services to citizens. Weak state capacity is a well-recognized reality that has contributed to the persistent poor quality of public services (poor learning outcomes, broken health care, gaps in the provision of water, sanitation, law and order) in India. In public debates on the Indian state, the frontline is seen as the problem. This book pushes back on this dominant discourse by training an empathetic ear to the voices of the frontlines of the Indian State. It does so through a thick descriptive account of an ambitious effort to improve the quality of Government schools, specifically its ability to equip students with basic foundational literacy and numeracy, in the city-state of Delhi. It documents the trials and tribulations of teachers, heads of schools, bureaucrats, and reformers as they struggled to implement reforms. In doing so, it offers new insights into what it takes to build state capacity and embed reform ideas into the public system. In doing so, this book makes the case for reframing the debate on state capacity to focus on the centrality of organizational culture, professional identity, and aligning management practices with mission oriented purpose as the critical ingredients of building state capacity and entrenching a learning-oriented approach in the education system.
Identifying the proximal cue(s) for pupal color variation in the bordered patch butterfly, Chlosyne lacinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Authors: Phelps Jamie M , Santiago-Rosario Luis Y , Kelly Morgan W 
Published: October 2024

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Coloration is a multifaceted trait that serves various functions, including predator defense, thermoregulation, and immune response, among others. We investigated pupal color variation in Chlosyne lacinia pupae, focusing on identifying the cue that influences variation in melanization. Through laboratory experiments, we demonstrated that pupae reared on black backgrounds exhibited significantly higher melanization compared to those on white backgrounds. Additionally, black pupae experienced longer developmental periods, suggesting a trade-off between defense and developmental time. Our findings support crypsis as a likely evolutionary driver for increased melanization in response to substrate color. We discuss potential implications for predator avoidance, immune response, and developmental costs associated with melanization. This study provides insights into the adaptive significance of pupal melanization in response to environmental cues, shedding light on the complex interplay between life history traits in butterflies.
Quantitative analysis of sodium concentration in condiments, soft drinks, and mineral water by external standard 23Na-qNMR
Authors: Ogura Kenji 
Published: October 2024

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Sodium is essential for human health, but excessive intake can lead to hypertension. Accurate sodium labeling in foods is critical due to increasing health awareness. This study investigated the use of 23Na nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) for sodium quantification in condiments, soft drinks, and mineral water. In this study, external standard quantitative 23Na-NMR was used to measure sodium concentrations. Key steps included sample preparation, 90° pulse width calibration, and linewidth evaluation. The results showed that 23Na-NMR can accurately quantify sodium concentrations over a wide range, with good agreement with ion electrode methods. The results demonstrated that 23Na-NMR is a reliable method for the quantification of sodium in various liquid foods.
m6ATM: a deep learning framework for demystifying the m6A epitranscriptome with Nanopore long-read RNA-seq data
Authors: Yu Boyi , Nagae Genta , Midorikawa Yutaka , Tatsuno Kenji , Dasgupta Bhaskar , Aburatani Hiroyuki , Ueda Hiroki 
Published: October 2024

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N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most abundant and well-known modifications in messenger RNAs since its discovery in the 1970s. Recent studies have demonstrated that m6A is involved in various biological processes, such as alternative splicing and RNA degradation, playing an important role in a variety of diseases. To better understand the role of m6A, transcriptome-wide m6A profiling data are indispensable. In recent years, the Oxford Nanopore Technology Direct RNA Sequencing (DRS) platform has shown promise for RNA modification detection based on current disruptions measured in transcripts. However, decoding current intensity data into modification profiles remains a challenging task. Here, we introduce the m6A Transcriptome-wide Mapper (m6ATM), a novel Python-based computational pipeline that applies deep neural networks to predict m6A sites at a single-base resolution using DRS data. The m6ATM model architecture incorporates a WaveNet encoder and a dual-stream multiple-instance learning model to extract features from specific target sites and characterize the m6A epitranscriptome. For validation, m6ATM achieved an accuracy of 80% to 98% across in vitro transcription datasets containing varying m6A modification ratios and outperformed other tools in benchmarking with human cell line data. Moreover, we demonstrated the versatility of m6ATM in providing reliable stoichiometric information and used it to pinpoint PEG10 as a potential m6A target transcript in liver cancer cells. In conclusion, m6ATM is a high-performance m6A detection tool, and our results pave the way for future advancements in epitranscriptomic research.
DeepCheck: multitask learning aids in assessing microbial genome quality
Authors: Wei Guo , Wu Nannan , Zhao Kunyang , Yang Sihai , Wang Long , Liu Yan 
Published: October 2024

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Metagenomic analyses facilitate the exploration of the microbial world, advancing our understanding of microbial roles in ecological and biological processes. A pivotal aspect of metagenomic analysis involves assessing the quality of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), crucial for accurate biological insights. Current machine learning–based methods often treat completeness and contamination prediction as separate tasks, overlooking their inherent relationship and limiting models’ generalization. In this study, we present DeepCheck, a multitasking deep learning framework for simultaneous prediction of MAG completeness and contamination. DeepCheck consistently outperforms existing tools in accuracy across various experimental settings and demonstrates comparable speed while maintaining high predictive accuracy even for new lineages. Additionally, we employ interpretable machine learning techniques to identify specific genes and pathways that drive the model’s predictions, enabling independent investigation and assessment of these biological elements for deeper insights.
What is Life Story Work? How defining approaches can bring clarity to research, training, and practice
Authors: Neal Laura , Matthews Kimberley 
Published: October 2024

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Within health and social care settings, Life Story Work (LSW) for care-experienced children and young people is a social intervention that includes using a biographical or narrative approach. LSW is cited in policy, practice guidance and literature as important in helping young people develop their identity, increase placement stability and in supporting mental health and well-being. Despite an acknowledgement of the potential benefits of LSW, recent studies suggest that little is known about LSW effectiveness in practice, with a lack of qualitative studies available. In this article, we explore the potential benefits of LSW to care-experienced young people and the barriers to research, training, and practice, and suggest that clearly defined approaches could provide clarity for carers, practitioners and researchers. We introduce five defined approaches to LSW that are informed by literature and current practice. We provide examples of how they might be incorporated into research, training, and practice, then discuss how use of the five approaches could meet practice guidance requirements, and increase the emotional and psychological well-being of care-experienced young people. We conclude by suggesting how the approaches may be used within LSW research to develop an international evidence base for best practice.
9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-modified taurine as a hydrogelator bearing sulfonate group
Authors: Sugiura Shintaro , Higashi Sayuri L , Shintani Yuki , Shibata Aya , Hirosawa Koichiro M , Suzuki Kenichi G N , Ikeda Masato 
Published: October 2024

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Here, we report that a 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc)-modified taurine (Fmoc-Tau) can act as a hydrogelator. The supramolecular hydrogels of Fmoc-Tau were constructed through the self-assembly to form fibrous structures under physiologically relevant aqueous conditions. Fluorescence microscopy was employed to investigate the accumulation of basic fibroblast growth factors along the self-assembled fibrous structures.
Dashing off a Diagnosis: Diagnostic Reading in Meg Mason’s Sorrow and Bliss
Authors: Allitt Marie 
Published: October 2024

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Sorrow and Bliss (2020) concerns one woman’s experiences of mental illness, from adolescence into adulthood, and the unraveling of her marriage, culminating in receiving the diagnosis of “– –.” This “diagnosis novel” treats the moment of disclosure as transformative, but it is withheld from the reader. In this essay, I argue that this omission creates a certain kind of reading which seeks to unlock the mystery. Ultimately, however, the novel ends without explanation, aside from a paratext explaining that it is no real illness. I argue that the multiple levels of diagnostic disclosure and disillusionment challenge us to reconsider and reassess our assumptions about the power of diagnosis. This essay offers an opportunity to reflect on our complicit impulse to pathologize and categorize individuals.
Shifts in geographic vulnerability of US corn crops under different climate change scenarios: corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria) and Stewart’s Wilt (Pantoea stewartii) bacterium
Authors: Schattman Rachel E , Merrill Scott C , Tracy William F 
Published: October 2024

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Changing climate patterns will likely affect insect pressure on many agricultural crops. Mild winters may decrease the number of insects that experience reduced fecundity or that are killed during hard freezes. This may result in larger populations in subsequent years and allow for range expansion. Direct effects from pests are compounded by indirect effects, such as crop damage resulting from insect-vectored diseases. Corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria) infestations have both direct and indirect effects on crops. This beetle is a pest on all types of corn in the United States, including sweet corn and grain corn (sometimes referred to as dent corn). It is responsible for damage to plant foliage and also serves as the primary overwintering vector for Pantoea stewartii bacterium, which causes Stewart’s Wilt, a disease that can severely impact the health and productivity of corn. Evidence suggests that warmer winters will contribute to a geographic range expansion for the corn flea beetle. Here we show the projected northward expansion of economically damaging crop losses caused by Stewart’s Wilt: (A) from 1980 to 2011, (B) projected by mid-century, and (C) projected by end-century. Our work suggests that climate change and associated increasing winter temperatures in the United States will lead to a dramatic increase in the probability of severe damage from corn flea beetle across the United States, including the Corn Belt. Predicted increases in pest and disease pressure will have negative ramifications for corn production and are likely to exacerbate issues associated with specific management tactics, such as pesticide application.
Balancing realist review outputs with the needs of policymakers and practitioners
Authors: Mukumbang Ferdinand C , Klingberg Sonja , Adhikari Bipin 
Published: October 2024

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A realist review is a theory-driven approach to synthesizing evidence based on the realist philosophy of science. Realist reviews are conducted to provide the policy and practice community with a rich, detailed and practical understanding of complex social interventions that will likely be of much more use to them when planning and implementing programmes. Robust realist reviews must balance philosophical engagement, methodological rigour and relevance to practice. Nevertheless, they have been criticized for being more philosophically inclined and less methodologically robust, with findings that have little implication for practice. Using the philosophy/epistemology➔ methodology➔ theory➔ practice concept flow, we report how we balanced philosophical principles and practical insights in a recently conducted realist review on participatory practices that impact the benefits of non-communicable disease research and interventions in low- and middle-income countries. If realist reviews are not comprehensible enough for these practitioners, their utility and relevance may suffer from being limited to a specialist cohort of academics. We propose that realist review findings and outputs must be framed and communicated to meaningfully engage practitioners without undertaking translational efforts.
The role of social identity in a suicide prevention programme for construction workers in Australia
Authors: Gullestrup Jorgen , Thomas Samantha , King Tania , LaMontagne Anthony D 
Published: October 2024

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Each year, more than 700 000 people die by suicide globally, the majority of whom are men. The United Nations and World Health Organization have set targets to reduce suicide rates by one-third by 2030. While large-scale suicide prevention programmes are required to meet these targets, diffusion of these types of initiatives is difficult—particularly with male populations. This qualitative study investigated the MATES in Construction suicide prevention programme in Australia. Guided by Social Identity Theory and the Social Identity Model for Collective Action, the study aimed to understand why construction workers chose to volunteer and advocate for industry-based suicide prevention programmes, and how their worker identity, solidarity and relationships impacted their volunteering and advocacy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 participants who had chosen to engage with MATES as volunteers. Data were interpreted using a reflexive approach to thematic analysis, and four themes were constructed from the data relating to feelings of belonging, connection and solidarity between workers and their industry; how specific context and roles impacted identity while existing within an overall sense of identity and solidarity; how industry mateship supported engagement in suicide prevention; and how the role of lived experience, mateship and responsibility provided hope for change. Providing intervention skills to workers, particularly workers with a lived experience of mental ill-health, empowered them to believe that they could make a difference by acting collectively. The MATES engagement model described in this study may have applications for other health promotion prevention programmes targeting male cultures.
Neutralizing Antibody Responses to Chlamydia trachomatis in Women and Associations With Chlamydia Outcomes
Authors: Yu Hong , Geisler William M , Dai Chuanbin , Gupta Kanupriya , Cutter Gary , Brunham Robert C 
Published: October 2024

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We assessed neutralizing antibody responses in a well-characterized cohort of 60 women with different Chlamydia trachomatis infection outcomes noted at a treatment visit and 3-month follow-up. We found varying rates of neutralization (inhibition of C trachomatis) in sera at different dilution levels and varying neutralizing antibody titers across outcomes. Median neutralization rates were significantly higher in sera at high dilutions (1:320–1:1280) from women with spontaneous resolution vs persisting infection before treatment (all P &lt; .05). These findings suggest that neutralizing antibody responses may contribute to protective immunity against chlamydia.
Witness Preparation at the International Criminal Court
Authors: Pulvirenti Rossella 
Published: October 2024

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The case law on witness preparation at the International Criminal Court (ICC) does not provide a coherent answer to whether it is admissible. Similarly, scholars have examined this practice from different perspectives, but they have not come to a consensus, and no academic study focuses on the link between witness preparation and witnesses’ well-being. This article analyses ICC case law on this issue and identifies three different approaches to witness preparation. It suggests that witness preparation corresponds to a legal obligation under Article 68 of the Rome Statute to protect witnesses’ well-being. Additionally, Article 68 imposes an obligation to ensure witnesses are adequately prepared upon the entire ICC and not only its judges. This article recommends that the ICC should hold a broad consultation on witness preparation with different actors. Finally, given that the practice has the potential to be abused, this article provides some suggestions on how to balance witness preparation with the right to a fair trial and witnesses’ rights.