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A exposição Machine Art determina o momento em que a máquina e artefatos de uso diário tomam lugar num museu de arte. Embora a exposição Machine Art represente a visão do diretor fundador do MoMA, Alfred H. Barr, expandindo o escopo do museu para além da pintura e escultura, foi também um momento de crença otimista na máquina. Influenciada pelo Futurismo, foi uma época de entusiasmo febril alimentado pela propaganda que possibilitarià o consumismo. É também o momento em que curadores sob o ideal da modernidade iniciam a tarefa de estabelecer critérios para uma museologia de artefatos de design. Com este artigo pretendemos interpretar o significado desta exposição como um contributo crítico para a museologia do design na sua relação com a sociedade; por outras palavras, avaliar o papel do museu como um laboratório para moldar comportamentos e mentalidades. Isto assume ainda mais importância dado que este artigo faz parte de uma investigação de doutoramento do primeiro autor deste estudo, que se dedicou a definir princípios de validação que possam contribuir para o tratamento museológico e a criação de um sistema de seleção de artefactos para o Museu do Design Português. published

Fruto de un trabajo conjunto, Eduardo Kingman Garcés y Blanca Muratorio exploran a lo largo de los diferentes textos que comprenden este libro el significado cultural de los trajines callejeros y otras formas de entender y estudiar las culturas urbanas. El relato, la imagen visual y el objeto se presentan como sus recursos centrales para un análisis compartido entre la historia y la antropología. Quito en su primera modernidad, entre los siglos XIX y XX, es el objeto de gran parte de sus análisis aquí expuestos. As result of their joint work, Eduardo Kingman Garcés and Blanca Muratorio, throughout the different texts of this book, are exploring the cultural meanings of the streets bustles and other forms to understand and study urban cultures. Narration, visual image and objects are the main resources for a joint analysis among of history and antthropology. Quito in its first modernity, between the 19th and 20th century, is the subject of an important part of their studies.

Background The impact of slight-to-moderate levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) on the level of participation in active life in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) has never been objectively determined. Methods Levels of LID, tremor and bradykinesia were measured during best-ON state in 121 patients diagnosed with PD and having peak-dose LID using inertial sensors positioned on each body limb. Rigidity and postural instability were assessed using clinical evaluations. Cognition and depression were assessed using the MMSE and the GDS-15. Participation in active life was assessed in patients and in 69 healthy controls using the Activity Card Sort (ACS), which measures levels of activity engagement and activities affected by the symptomatology. Outcome measures were compared between patients and controls using ANCOVA, controlling for age or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests. Spearman correlations and multivariate analyses were then performed between symptomatology and ACS scores. Results Patients had significantly lower activity engagement than controls and had significantly affected activities. LID was neither associated with activity engagement nor affected activities. Higher levels of tremor, postural instability, cognitive decline and depression were associated with lower activity engagement and higher affected activities. Multivariate analyses revealed that only tremor, postural instability and depression accounted significantly in the variances of these variables. Discussion Slight-to-moderate LID had little impact compared to other symptoms on the level of participation in active life, suggesting that other symptoms should remain the treatment priority to maintain the level of participation of patients in an active lifestyle.

In this context ��the time of Barthes�� is the 18th century, it is the time of Rococo and Marquis de Sade. In his book Sade, Fourier, Loyola, Barthes calls Sade a logothet, a founder of language. He describes a system and defines principles of Sade���s writing. One of the themes, namely a ��sensual pleasure of classification��, specifies a relation of Marquis de Sade���s writing to the Rocail. In this article I will address two questions: Does the text of Marquis de Sade maintain the Rocail spirit? and, Whether Rococo could be seen and perceived through the lens of the Sadian text?