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IntroductionThis study evaluated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on temporal trends in mental health and addiction–related inpatient hospitalization rates among youth (aged 10–17 years) in Canadian provinces and territories (excluding Quebec) from 1 April 2018 to 5 March 2022. MethodsWe conducted an interrupted time series analysis across three periods: T0 (pre-pandemic: 1 April 2018 to 15 March 2020); T1 (early pandemic: 15 March 2020 to 5 July 2020); and T2 (later pandemic: 6 July 2020 to 5 March 2022). ResultsPre-pandemic mental health and addiction–related hospitalization rates had significant regional variability, with weekly rates from 6.27 to 85.59 events per 100 000 persons in Manitoba and the territories combined, respectively. During T1, the national (excluding Quebec) weekly hospitalization rate decreased from a pre-pandemic level of 12.82 (95% CI: 12.14 to 13.50) to 5.11 (95% CI: 3.80 to 6.41) events per 100 000 persons. There was no statistically significant change in the mental health and addiction– related hospitalization rate across provinces and territories in T2 compared to T0. However, there was a significant increase in the rate of self-harm–related hospitalizations among females Canada-wide and in most provinces during this period. ConclusionAlthough several Canadian studies have reported increases in mental health and addiction–related outpatient and emergency department visits among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, this did not correspond to an increase in the inpatient hospital burden, with the notable exception of self-harm among young females.

IntroductionCette étude a évalué l’effet de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur l’évolution des taux d’hospitalisation pour des raisons de santé mentale ou de dépendance chez les jeunes (de 10 à 17 ans) dans les provinces et territoires du Canada (à l’exception du Québec) entre le 1er avril 2018 et le 5 mars 2022. MéthodologieNous avons effectué une analyse de séries chronologiques interrompues sur trois périodes : T0 (avant la pandémie : du 1er avril 2018 au 15 mars 2020), T1 (début de la pandémie : du 15 mars 2020 au 5 juillet 2020) et T2 (fin de la pandémie : du 6 juillet 2020 au 5 mars 2022). RésultatsAvant la pandémie, les taux d’hospitalisation pour des raisons de santé mentale ou de dépendance étaient très variables d’une région à l’autre, avec des taux hebdomadaires allant de 6,27 événements pour 100 000 personnes (Manitoba) à 85,59 événements pour 100 000 personnes (trois territoires). Au cours de la période T1, le taux d’hospitalisation hebdomadaire à l’échelle nationale (à l’exception du Québec) est passé de 12,82 événements pour 100 000 personnes avant la pandémie (IC à 95 % : 12,14 à 13,50) à 5,11 événements pour 100 000 personnes (IC à 95 % : 3,80 à 6,41). Il n’y a pas eu de changement statistiquement significatif du taux d’hospitalisation pour des raisons de santé mentale ou de dépendance dans les provinces et les territoires pour la période T2 par rapport à la période T0. Cependant, le taux d’hospitalisation pour automutilation a augmenté de façon considérable chez les filles dans l’ensemble du Canada et dans la plupart des provinces au cours de cette période. ConclusionBien que plusieurs études canadiennes aient fait état d’une augmentation du nombre de consultations externes et de consultations aux urgences pour des raisons de santé mentale ou de dépendance chez les jeunes pendant la pandémie de COVID-19, cette hausse ne s’est pas traduite par une augmentation du nombre de patients hospitalisés, à l’exception notable des cas d’automutilation chez les filles.

IntroductionFirst responders and other public safety personnel (PSP; e.g. correctional workers, firefighters, paramedics, police, public safety communicators) are often exposed to events that have the potential to be psychologically traumatizing. Such exposures may contribute to poor mental health outcomes and a greater need to seek mental health care. However, a theoretically driven, structured qualitative study of barriers and facilitators of help-seeking behaviours has not yet been undertaken in this population. This study used the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to identify and better understand critical barriers and facilitators of help-seeking and accessing mental health care for a planned First Responder Operational Stress Injury (OSI) clinic. MethodsWe conducted face-to-face, one-on-one semistructured interviews with 24 first responders (11 firefighters, five paramedics, and eight police officers), recruited using purposive and snowball sampling. Interviews were analyzed using deductive content analysis. The TDF guided study design, interview content, data collection, and analysis. ResultsThe most reported barriers included concerns regarding confidentiality, lack of trust, cultural competency of clinicians, lack of clarity about the availability and accessibility of services, and stigma within first responder organizations. Key themes influencing help-seeking were classified into six of the TDF’s 14 theoretical domains: environmental context and resources; knowledge; social influences; social/professional role and identity; emotion; and beliefs about consequences. ConclusionThe results identified key actions that can be utilized to tailor interventions to encourage attendance at a First Responder OSI Clinic. Such approaches include providing transparency around confidentiality, policies to ensure greater cultural competency in all clinic staff, and clear descriptions of how to access care; routinely involving families; and addressing stigma.

IntroductionLes premiers répondants comme les autres membres du personnel de sécurité publique (travailleurs correctionnels, pompiers, ambulanciers paramédicaux, policiers, agents des communications en sécurité publique, etc.) sont souvent exposés à des événements potentiellement traumatisants sur le plan psychologique. Ces expositions sont susceptibles de contribuer à des problèmes de santé mentale et à un besoin accru en soins de santé mentale. Pourtant, aucune étude qualitative structurée et fondée théoriquement sur les obstacles aux comportements de recherche d’aide et sur les facteurs facilitant ces comportements n’a encore été entreprise auprès de cette population. Cette étude repose sur le cadre Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) pour cerner et mieux comprendre les principaux obstacles et facteurs facilitants relatifs à la recherche d’aide et à l’accès aux soins de santé mentale dans le cadre d’une clinique de traitement des blessures de stress opérationnel pour premiers répondants. MéthodologieNous avons mené des entretiens semi-structurés en personne avec 24 premiers répondants (11 pompiers, 5 ambulanciers paramédicaux et 8 policiers), recrutés à l’aide d’un échantillonnage raisonné et par boule de neige. Les entretiens ont été analysés à l’aide d’une analyse de contenu déductive. Le cadre TDF a guidé la conception de l’étude, le contenu des entretiens, la collecte et l’analyse des données. RésultatsLes obstacles les plus signalés ont été des préoccupations concernant la confidentialité, le manque de confiance, le manque de connaissances des cliniciens sur la culture professionnelle, le manque de transparence quant à l’accès aux services et la stigmatisation au sein des organismes de premiers répondants. Les principaux thèmes influençant la recherche d’aide ont pu être classés au sein de 6 des 14 domaines du cadre TDF : le contexte environnemental et les ressources; les connaissances; les influences sociales; le rôle social/professionnel et l’identité; les émotions et enfin les croyances à l’égard des conséquences. ConclusionNous avons pu cerner les principales mesures utilisables pour adapter les interventions afin d’encourager la participation à une clinique de traitement des blessures de stress opérationnel pour les premiers répondants : la transparence en matière de confidentialité, la présence de politiques visant à accroître les connaissances sur la culture professionnelle par l’ensemble du personnel de la clinique, des descriptions claires des modalités d’accès aux soins, la participation systématique des familles et la lutte contre la stigmatisation.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many in-person classes shifted to emergency remote learning, with Zoom being the adopted software choice of communication for many schools. Despite its accessibility, students have expressed fatigue and challenges with conversations using Zoom. Additionally, emergency remote learning has led to decreased interpersonal interactions. Thus, we wondered whether Gather.town, a teleconferencing software with proximity-chat features, might lead to a more positive learning environment than Zoom. We utilized both software in an inquiry and problem-based course, Science of Fictional Characters, at McMaster University during the Fall 2021 semester. We surveyed students’ preference between Gather.town and Zoom across five different domains: engagement, enjoyment, social connectedness, ease of use, and willingness to communicate using each software. Twelve out of 30 enrolled students responded to the survey. Participants reported more engagement (58%), higher enjoyment (58%), and greater social connectedness (92%) to their peers using Gather.town compared to Zoom, despite participants also reporting Zoom being easier to use (92%). The results further revealed no preference towards either software in terms of willingness to communicate. Although our sample size is small, our results nonetheless suggest a software with proximity chat features such as Gather.town could be a potential alternative to Zoom for fostering positive learning environments.

Quantum feminicity is a term that refers to the intersection of quantum theory, a technological branch of physics, with feminist theory, a social and political movement. Engaging the modal logics of this intersection, the article explores this intersection through one aspect of quantum literacy; that of the quantum splitting of the concept of the temporal narrative. The article examines what are the interdisciplinary convergences of feminist and physics’s respective philosophies. Focussing on the quantum modalities that are being practiced in relation to the situated nature of technological platforms engaged, the article proposes that modelling a quantum feminicity can assist in disengaging modes of sexual difference that are used to gender all kinds of bodies through a countermanding the temporal. Experiences of bodies are considered as experimental modes that provide quantum vectors for feminist actions.

This article addresses identities, hierarchies of knowledge and power relations in academia in postcolonial settings, in the context of development studies in Tanzania. Based on literatures on organizational identity and postcolonial hybridity, it establishes a conceptual lens of hybrid identity, scrutinizing how the identity of the discipline of development studies is constructed. Based on analysis of interviews with staff in development studies, we identify four relationships where differences and asymmetries were articulated: with other disciplines, with past development studies, with global theorizing on development, and with partners in the global North. We conclude in discussing how acknowledging multiple relationships and ambivalent knowledge hierarchies can make room for hybrid identities that can produce new ways of producing knowledge in development studies.

Objetivou-se analisar as publicações sobre esporte e lazer no contexto da assistência estudantil nas bases de referências e averiguar a aderência do esporte e lazer como uma ação da política de assistência estudantil nas instituições federais de ensino superior. Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura estruturada em 8 passos: definição dos tópicos da pesquisa; escolha das bases; escolha das palavras-chave; pesquisa e armazenamento dos resultados encontrados; seleção dos materiais por resumo, considerando os critérios de inclusão/exclusão; extração de dados dos trabalhos selecionados; avaliação do material encontrado; e síntese e interpretação dos dados. O estudo é original por ser pioneiro em investigar, de maneira sistemática, a discussão do esporte e lazer no contexto da assistência estudantil. Ao agrupar as publicações e estruturar agenda de pesquisa, a partir do PNAES, garante ao estudo a originalidade e a relevância ao campo. Os principais resultados demonstram que a maioria dos estudos focam na verificação das ações prioritárias do PNAES desenvolvidas pelas IFES, seguida da avaliação da implementação do PNAES e o debate sobre o papel das IFES na formulação de políticas de esporte e lazer. O estudo amplia a discussão teórica do esporte como ação integrante no rol da assistência estudantil para além da figura de subsidiária das outras ações, além de estruturar indicações e sugestões de pesquisas futuras.

In this paper we propose a computer vision system to classify permeable and impermeable areas of a bounded area for study including the Micro-basin of Segredo and adjacent micro-basins, located in the municipality of Campo Grande/MS, Brazil, in order to evaluate the increase in urban density between the years 2008 and 2016. The proposed system is based on the image segmentation method Simple Linear Iterative Clustering (SLIC) to partition an image into multiple segments and generate superpixels that differentiate the permeable and impermeable areas; and attribute extraction algorithms to describe the visual features such as color, gradient, texture, and shape. The performance of five supervised learning methods was evaluated for the task of permeable and impermeable areas recognition. The proposed approach achieved an accuracy of 94.6% using the Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm. In addition, the results showed an increase of 7.2% in the urban occupation rate of the study area between the analyzed years. The results indicate that the proposed approach can support specialists and managers in the monitoring of urban density and its environmental impact.

O presente artigo discute os desafios enfrentados pelas comunidades kaiowá e guarani em relação à garantia de seus territórios de ocupação tradicional e o esforço por elas realizado para assegurar suas formas de sustentabilidade. A vulnerabilidade dessas comunidades aprofundou-se com a política implementada pelo governo brasileiro, com o confinamento compulsivo de dezenas de comunidades em minúsculas reservas, onde foram submetidas a políticas assimilacionistas ao longo do século XX. Vivendo atualmente em pequenas áreas superpovoadas e com recursos escassos, a população enfrenta o desafio cotidiano de prover suas necessidades básicas e de seguir reproduzindo suas formas de expressão cultural – ava reko. A abordagem transita entre os enfoques geográfico, histórico e o antropológico, para realizar uma crítica das políticas públicas implementadas junto às comunidades, o que resulta na persistência de impasses territoriais e ambientais. Procuramos também identificar algumas estratégias de luta desenvolvidas pelas comunidades como forma de buscar o cumprimento de direitos assegurados em lei e a continuidade das práticas sociais associadas ao bom viver – teko katu.

Busca-se identificar subpolos econômicos de Mato Grosso, que possam reduzir o desequilíbrio econômico territorial. O Modelo de Gravitação Potencial (MGP) foi utilizado para estimar os campos de força que surgem da interação entre as massas econômicas do sistema selecionado. Os resultados indicam um processo de desenvolvimento desequilibrado, onde 10% das economias locais possuem mais de 94% dos scores potenciais de polarização nos anos avaliados, com apenas dois polos se destacando: Cuiabá e Rondonópolis. Contudo, há um processo de desconcentração que revela a emergência de 17 subpolos que expandem seus scores potenciais, com redução da importância de Cuiabá e Rondonópolis. O desenvolvimento territorial equilibrado depende da consolidação dos subpolos emergentes, permitindo a elevação da dinâmica econômica em regiões alhures aos polos econômicos

An obituary for chief art museum curator Albert Lemeunier is presented.

An obituary is presented for Richard Forgeur, a Belgian historian, an honorary archivist of the State of Belgium, an honorary curator for the Bibliothèque générale de l'Université de Liège (CICB) in Liège, Belgium, and a knight of the Ordre de Léopold.