Moving Beyond the Frame: Flows and Relations in Hybrid Body–Screen Lifeworlds

This article employs both a written text and an artistic video encounter with the reader, to articulate human lived experience as a spatial and temporal semioscape of relations that flow across and between the inner-outer lifeworlds or Umwelten for individuals. Further, it asserts that such lifeworlds are experienced in continual and dynamic relation with nonhumans and non-life (human-devised technologies, circulations, and substances as well as planetary circulations and substances such as rock, sky, air, and so on)—an entangled and mobile situation that humans can notice and derive meaning from. Taking as its starting point a video performance-paper, Still/We noticed smallest things, created by the author, and originally presented to participants of Unruly Landscapes Colloquium in June 2020, the article will assert that immersion in a simultaneously embodied and screen-world semioscape that includes urbanwild entanglements demonstrates the human biophilic ability to attune to complex relations in hybrid bio/techno situations.

Research on the Design of Virtual Reality Online Education Information Presentation Based on Multi-Sensory Cognition

The popularity of the online teaching model increased during the COVID-19, and virtual reality online education is now firmly established as a future trend in educational growth. Human–computer interaction and collaboration between virtual models and physical entities, as well as virtual multi-sensory cognition, have become the focus of research in the field of online education. In this paper, we analyze the mapping form of teaching information and cue information on users' cognition through an experimental system and investigate the effects of the presentation form of online virtual teaching information, the length of the material, users' memory of the information, and the presentation form of information cues on users' cognitive performance. The experimental results show that different instructional information and cue presentation designs have significant effects on users' learning performance, with relatively longer instructional content being more effective and users being more likely to mechanically remember the learning materials. By studying the impact of multi-sensory information presentation on users' cognition, the output design of instructional information can be optimized, cognitive resources can be reasonably allocated, and learning effectiveness can be ensured, which is of great significance for virtual education research in digital twins.

Sprinkle lunacy over legs: A review of WoW workshop writing exercises

In the summer of 2021 I organized and facilitated a short series of three online workshops to launch the Ways of Writing in Art and Design Research Network (WoW). This article reviews the collaborative writing exercises I devised for the workshops, designed to explore potential approaches to writing in/on/about/beside/with art and design beyond the conventional academic essay and in relation to the condition and experience of living and working through the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. The article adheres to academic convention in its presentation and format, while gently pushing against academic orthodoxies in its playful execution, as the text is interwoven with anecdotal asides, subjectivity, description and metaphor. Alongside familiar staples of academic art writing, such as Barthes and Csikszentmihalyi, I draw on a broader range of resources that include poetry and song lyrics. Rather than set out to efficiently argue or prove a point or position, the writing takes a more meandering path (it is littered with the academically maligned word 'perhaps') that resembles the 'carrier bag' approach of the gatherer, rather than the target driven spear trajectory of the hunter. © 2022 Intellect Ltd Article. English language.

Recovery rates and parosmia in olfactory loss during the COVID-19 era

INTRODUCTION. Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is a common symptom of COVID-19. In some patients, OD persists for many months, fluctuates during recovery or parosmia may occur. Knowledge about the prognosis of these patients is insufficient. METHODS. Data on chemosensory function and possible prognostic factors were collected through a baseline questionnaire and six follow-up questionnaires answered at 2-3-month intervals. RESULTS. One year after onset of OD, 42.0% of the respondents reported sustained complete recovery, 41.7% reported partial recovery and 2.4% reported no improvement of olfaction. Follow-up was unavailable for 13.9%. Parosmia, high severity of OD and female sex were associated with lower rates of recovery. Subjects who reported that OD had a high impact on their quality of life were less likely to recover within one month. Smoking, alcohol habits, BMI and physical activity were not associated with persistence of OD. CONCLUSIONS. High recovery rates were reported within the first months. Recovery of sensory function after more than six months with no prior improvement was reported. After one year, 97.1% of participants with at least one year of follow-up had reported at least some recovery. Recurring OD after initial complete recovery was reported by 24.5% of participants. Parosmia and severity of OD were associated with prolonged recovery rates. FUNDING. AF received research funding from Velux Fonden. The sponsors had no say nor any responsibilities in relation to the study.

Memorable dining experiences amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the effects of memorable dining experiences (MDEs) in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachA total of 530 valid survey responses were collected in the USA. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS–SEM) was used to estimate inner and outer models. A two-stage approach was applied to test the moderating effects of restaurant safety measures. Additional analyses were conducted to compare electronic word of mouth (eWOM) intention and actual eWOM behavior.FindingsAll five dimensions contributed to the overall memorability of a dining experience, with affect being the primary factor. Overall memorability was positively related to subjective well-being and actual eWOM behavior. Restaurant safety measures were positively related to the overall experience but did not moderate the relationship between any dimension and overall memorability.Research limitations/implicationsFindings provide empirical support for the conceptualization of MDEs during a pandemic and underscore the importance of actual eWOM behavior in restaurant research.Practical implicationsResults offer guidance for restaurant managers in designing MDEs.Originality/valueThe restaurant industry is evolving from simply providing products and services to creating experiences. Yet the impacts of crafting MDEs are not well understood, especially during a pandemic. This study filled this gap by investigating MDEs and their effects on subjective well-being and eWOM behavior.

Architecture for autism: A reflection of the design of learning environments

Architecture, as a discipline, is responsible for designing environments that facilitate the needs of its users. However, these needs are not fully covered in an inclusive way by people with special requirements. In Mexico, according to the National Polytechnic Institute (2019), one out of every 115 children is born with autism, affecting their personal development and learning through their environment. The theory of Sensory Integration (SI) mentions that the functioning of the senses is elementary for a person to understand their environment (Ayres, 1998). The correct or incorrect functioning of the SI can cause variations in the interpretation of the environment, that is, a different perception (Holahan, 2012). This article discusses the importance of the effect that the environment can have in promoting learning in children with autism. Posing the questions: what dimension or level of depth are the spaces designed by the architect? And what are the concepts that can intervene to generate better learning environments in children with autism? The concepts "space”, "architect's intentions”, "experience”, "perception” and "sensorial integration” were analyzed. In addition, we sought to contextualize the research by surveying parents of children with autism. It should be noted that this research was carried out in 2021 in Mexico, in a context in which education had been taught from home for a year due to the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread internationally and that affected the selected population of the poll. © Legado de Arquitectura y Diseno 2022.

How Do Nature-Based Activities Benefit Essential Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Mediating Effect of Nature Connectedness.

Although many studies have suggested that nature-based activities have a healing effect on human beings, there is little research on the underlying mechanism. This study investigated the role of nature connectedness in the relationship between the perception of nature and individuals' physical and psychological health. We recruited essential workers who participated in disease prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic and their family members as the subjects for this study. The stress levels experienced by this group made them an ideal sample. The results of a survey-based study showed that nature-based activities had a positive effect on alleviating state anxiety levels. The results also showed that nature-based activities affected perceived restoration via the feeling of nature connectedness. This study examined the healing effect of nature-based activities that stimulate the five senses and nature connectedness and explored the potential of nature-based treatments for people experiencing high levels of stress.

Feeling in Covid time

In this work, a Service-Learning project that consists of working on somatosensory and special senses stimulation in people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, is shown. This experience has been made through small and simple exercises, games or activities that allow these people to experience new sensations. The participants of this activity were students of one hand, Pharmacy and Education degrees working together and on the other hand, children of a special education school. The main aim is to develop the sensory and physical faculties and promote the functionality of the children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The role of University students was to encourage the special school students to use their senses, applying the learnings of several subjects and collaborating with students from different degrees: Pharmacy and Education. Pharmacy students provided physiology concepts while Education students gave assistance and pieces of advice to Pharmacy students for carrying out the activities with the special school students. The sanitary situation obligates to develop this activity through video call. For both groups of students (university and school), this experience has been a different approach of learning and practicing using a new way of communication. All Pharmacy degree students thought that this experience has been good for their future professional activity. The teachers from the special education school indicated that these initiatives are very important for their collective.

The Prevalence and Pathophysiology of Chemical Sense Disorder Caused by the Novel Coronavirus.

Emerging viral infections are a ceaseless challenge and remain a global public health concern. The world has not yet come back to normal from the devastating effects of the highly contagious and pathogenic novel coronavirus, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Olfactory and taste dysfunction is common in patients infected by the novel coronavirus. In light of the emergence of different coronavirus variants, it is important to update the prevalence and pathophysiology of these side effects. In this review, articles published on the prevalence of olfactory and taste dysfunction from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and their possible pathophysiologic mechanisms have been reviewed and reported. The modulatory role of different SARS-CoV-2 variants on the chemical senses is then described. The clinical relevance of chemical sense disorder and its long-term morbidity and management is also discussed.

Atypical change of smell sense in a COVID-19 patient: a case report

The frequency of sudden loss of smell is quite high among the COVID-19 symptoms described. On the other hand, striking modifications can result due to viral infection in terms of neuronal renewal and function. Viral infections promote an increase in the turnover of the epithelium cells. A 55-year-old male patient who suffered from anosmia after a nasal trauma he received while doing kung-fu 34 years ago and whose sense of smell changed during COVID-19 is presented.

Feasibility Study of Portable Simulated Pet ‘KEDAMA’ for Relieving Depression

The sudden arrival of COVID-19 has brought a lot of inconvenience to people’s lives. It also has an adverse impact on people’s mental health. Because COVID-19 can spread directly, aerosol and contact, this uncontrollable and rapid mode of communication restricts people’s going out, and all the original party and entertainment activities are restricted, which for today’s young people, is tantamount to reducing the way to vent stress, but also brings a sense of loneliness. Young people have become the biggest victims of COVID-19’s restricted activities, and more and more young people suffer from mental health diseases. Keeping pets is used to improve mental health disorders, and more and more people are starting to keep pets, but on the other hand, the number of people who abandon their pets is also on the rise, and a large number of them are forced to separate from their pets for external reasons. To get rid of this situation, more and more people use virtual pets to replace real pets, but the current virtual pets are also in a state of saturation and there are many problems. Therefore, we have developed a portable simulated pet ‘KEDAMA’, which can be customized according to the user’s personal preferences, based on the five senses, and the price is very cheap and easy to order. Not only to replace pets, but also hope that KEDAMA can improve people’s mental health and prevent more young people from depression. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Sensing the pandemic: revealing and re-ordering the senses

This article reviews an assembled archive of the literature published to date on the sensory dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just as sensory scholars have often highlighted periods of sensory revolution, we find that the recent pandemic has augured some notable shifts, albeit often on the more micro and domestic scale. We present a five-sense sensorium that offers an overview of how the senses have been engaged with by scholars during the pandemic, and what the major issues and themes have been. Drawing on the literature, we suggest that there have been shifts in our sensate experiences and an increased awareness of the sensory dimensions of daily life that may usually go unnoticed. However, we also note the many sensory-related inequalities have been revealed over this period, which continue to unfold unevenly as the pandemic continues. We argue that going forward sensory scholars ought to attend to these questions of inequality, as well as tracking the possible undoing of some of the sensory revolutions that may have taken place so far. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Senses & Society is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Behind screens-An end to dreaming? How the switch to video consulting in the wake of COVID-19 contributed to a patient's breakdown

In Germany in March 2020, a sudden change from the classical analytical setting to a video setting (for only four sessions) in response to the threat of the Covid-19 virus led to a breakdown of the patient. Based on her dream after the first video encounter, ensuing associations, the dreamlike elements in the reverie that accompanied the narration of the dream, and the countertransference of the analyst, an attempt is made to work out in what way the conditions of the video setting contributed to the breakdown. Both clinically and based on the model of the alpha-function, the author shows deficiencies of somatic countertransference and unconscious rapport in the virtual setting. Since the video encounter allows only a restricted qualification of beta-elements via the alpha-function, pre-conceptions remain insufficiently articulated and therefore cannot be intuited and realised by the analyst, which means that their psychic transformation fails. For the patient, who was very dependent on being held and contained by the analyst especially in terms of the transformation of proto-emotional states into psychic experience, the analyst's inability to work in this setting like before felt like a rupture, like being dropped<<. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (German) Ein im Marz 2020 wegen der Infektionsgefahr durch das Covid-19-Virus abrupt erfolgter zwischenzeitlicher Wechsel vom klassisch-analytischen Setting in insgesamt vier Stunden einer Videosprechstunde fuhrte zu einem psychischen Absturz der Patientin. Anhand ihres Nachttraums nach der ersten Videobegegnung, den Assoziationen dazu, der die Traumerzahlung begleitenden traumerischen Elemente in der Reverie und der Gegenubertragung der Analytikerin wird der Versuch unternommen, herauszuarbeiten, in welchem Zusammenhang die Umstande des Videosettings mit dem Absturz der Patientin stehen. Klinisch und am Modell der Alpha-Funktion stellt die Autorin Einschrankungen der korperlichen Gegenubertragung und der Kommunikation von Unbewusst zu Unbewusst in dem virtuellen Setting dar. Die in der Videobegegnung nur eingeschrankte Qualifizierung von beta-Elementen durch die Alpha-Funktion geht mit einer ungenugenden Ausbildung von Pra-Konzeptionen einher, die dadurch von der Analytikerin nicht intuierbar sind und keine Realisierung erfahren, sodass ihre psychische Transformation ausbleibt. Die Patientin, die sehr darauf angewiesen war, dass die Analytikerin sie hielt, insbesondere indem sie die protoemotionalen Verfassungen der Patientin in sich aufnahm und darum bemuht war, sie in psychisches Erleben zu ubersetzen, erlebte die Unfahigkeit der Analytikerin, in diesem Setting wie zuvor zu arbeiten, als ein Fallen-gelassen-Werden. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Religion and the COVID-19 pandemic: mediating presence and distance

This introduction opens a collection of seven articles which investigate how religious communities negotiate demands for physical distance induced by governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in accord with their religious and spiritual aspirations to establish presence and togetherness. Grounded in ethnography and media analysis, our contributors offer studies on Pentecostal healing, Mormon eschatology, Hindu diasporic rituals, Chinese spirit mediums, the virtual Burning Man festival, Sufi sonic meditations, and televised Shia Muslim mourning. These studies collectively demonstrate that in pandemic rituals (1) Media are reflexive and enchanted;(2) The religious sensorium is sticky and lingers in embodied and mnemonic ways even under new circumstances of mediation;(3) Space and time emerge as modular, transposable, condensed, yet expanding. Ritual innovations can provoke new kinds of mediations, sensory engagements, and temporal-spatial arrangements, while revealing continuities with pre-pandemic cosmologies, theologies, liturgies, and social hierarchies, and relying on memories of previous ritual sensory experiences.

Social determinants of mental well-being: senses of powerlessness and empowerment among Romani in Ukraine

Purpose>The purpose of this paper is to explore senses of powerlessness and empowerment among Romani in Ukraine in relation to such social circles as the extended family, the Romani local community and the whole Ukrainian society. The main research interest is focused on situations and factors that make people feel powerless or empowered.Design/methodology/approach>The study was conducted using a semi-structured interview method via telephone. Romani NGO experts approved the interview content. Trained Roma-facilitators were interviewers. Every interview was transcribed for further thematic analysis.Findings>The most prominent empowerment factors for Romani people are located within their families and local communities, while the bigger society (Ukrainians themselves and Ukrainian public institutions) is a main source of powerlessness. At the same time, the rigid role of family and community expectations is seen as detrimental for both males and females.Originality/value>The paper is original in terms of its topic (senses of powerlessness and empowerment among Romani in Ukraine as social determinants of mental well-being) and research strategy (engagement of Roma-facilitators as interviewers).

Rethinking creative research methods in response to COVID-19: Creating a remote research kit

The ‘Sensing Spaces of Healthcare: Rethinking the NHS Hospital’ project involves working with National Health Service (NHS) staff, patients and visi-tors to explore their experiences of hospital environments. Over the course of the project, creative approaches centred on art-based and design-led practices are employed to research people’s experiences. Such approaches often involve working closely with participants during sessions. As COVID-19 infection control meas-ures have affected in-person research, it has been necessary to develop and adopt alternative low-contact approaches. This article presents the development of a remote creative research kit designed to be used without a researcher/practitioner present. The kit has been developed through work with creative practitioners, hospital arts organizations, patient and public contributors and learning from public engagement events. The remote creative research kit has led to rethinking and reimagining the ways in which such approaches may be of benefit more broadly in healthcare settings. © 2021 The Author. Published by Intellect Limited. Article. English language.

Awareness about the effects and types of dietary modification in COVID 19 among dental students - a questionnaire based study

Background : The virus SARS COV-2 caused coronavirus disease (covid-19) across the world. So we have some other nutritional therapy. It can prevent and treat Covid 19. This deteriorated nutritional status seems to be involved within the virulence of the virus, and doubtless within the clinical outcome. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the awareness about diet modification in COVID19 among dental students.

Therapeutic plant landscape design of urban forest parks based on the five senses theory: A case study of Stanley Park in Canada

As an important part of urban development, urban forest parks (UFPs) are critical community resources for supporting physical activity of people of all ages, and are also crucial for connecting people to nature, specifically for mental health benefits. During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban parks have experienced exponential increases in the volume of users as people have sought ways to enjoy green spaces and their benefits safely. As the park environment provides a pleasant, healthy and comfortable atmosphere for people of all ages, UFPs have a vital impact on human health, which has been recognized and recognized by more and more people all over the world.. The five senses, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting, are the most direct ways that humans perceive external information and assess experiences. Notably, Canada has a strong presence in and a long history of designing and conserving UFPs. Therefore, we used Stanley Park in Canada as a case study to analyze the therapeutic functions of and design methods for plant landscape in UFPs. We conducted an on-site survey of tourists to investigate their perception, level of satisfaction, possible inadequacies, and suggestions regarding potential therapeutic plants in Stanley Park. The results show that the high plant diversity in the park has created a functional therapeutic landscape that can be perceived by the five senses. The overall satisfaction level of visitors and their dependency on these therapeutic landscape components are high. The inadequacies are relatively simple vegetation structure and lack of wetland plants. The plant species in Stanley Park were categorized according to their sensory influences. Based on the survey results and the literature, we have provided feasible recommendations for the design and management of therapeutic landscapes in UFPs.

The Salon and the Senses in the Long Eighteenth Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Rutgers University, 4–5 March 2021

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference was postponed until March 2021, with the intention of holding it in person at that time. [...]Marjanne Elaine Goozé (University of Georgia) addressed the nefarious uses of humour in late eighteenth-century Berlin salons. Ultimately, although the pandemic limited attempts to recreate the experience and the ambience of the eighteenth-century salon, the papers presented offered up a number of new avenues for exploring the manifold sensory worlds of Enlightenment sociability. [...]the interdisciplinary bent of the conference hinted at ways in which musicology, as a discipline, might fruitfully draw from other branches of the humanities in our approach to these worlds.

COVID-19 diagnoses: a source of immanent value and novelty. (Special Issue: Medical testing, diagnosis and value.)

Although the body is fundamental to observation and feeling, its experience of infection is regarded by the biomedical sciences and, for the most part, the social sciences as relatively obtuse. The body is situated as a mere object of inquiry, as if its intricate and highly complex dynamics indicate that it is no more than an imperfect animated machine and, concomitantly, infection simply a change to its normative mechanisms. In this Position Piece, I ask: what might be afforded to the problematic diagnosis of communicable infection and to global health strategies of containment if the body were appreciated as an active participant in diagnoses? To do so, I take up the 'pluralist panpsychist' proposition that bodies think. Counter to the view that thinking is the preserve of the human mind and that value is an 'after' ascribed to a given fact or situation, I experiment with the idea that the body's sensory awareness can be thought as a creative source of immanent values. Drawing on a series of empirical examples primarily focused on the perceived novelty of COVID-19, I offer a preliminary sketch of how revaluing the body as involved in decision-making and novelty might enrich the scope of biomedical and social diagnoses.