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1. Dóra Maurer: PROPORTIONS & TIMING: Paper and Textile as Tools for Re-Measuring the Female Body.

Author

Gabrí, Carla

Subjects
*PAPER arts, *ATOMIC clocks, *TEXTILES, *FEMALES, *FILM studies, *MOTION capture (Human mechanics)
Abstract

This paper aims at re-evaluating two of Hungarian artist Dóra Mauer's films, the video work PROPORTIONS (1979) and the 16mm film TIMING (1973/80). Both films follow a rigid structure. In PROPORTIONS, Maurer uses a paper roll to compare her own body measures repeatedly; in TIMING, she repeatedly folds a white linen to compare the rhythm of her arm movements. Through her use of paper and the gesture of folding, the two films can be read as references to the very origin of the term format , as coined in early letterpress printing. When the notion of format is understood as a determination of a ratio and, as such, as an indexical reference to given social relationships (Summers, 2003), these films unfold sociocultural and political meanings. The present paper traces this spectrum of meaning through the pointed inclusion of historical discourses surrounding early motion studies, the art scene in socialist Hungary in the 1970s, and early time experiments before the advent of precision clocks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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2. Prevalence of palmaris longus absence – a study in the Yoruba population

Author

Mbaka, Godwin O and Ejiwunmi, Adedayo B

Subjects
Paper, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Males, Agenesis, Abnormal origin, Statistics as Topic, Palmaris longus, Nigeria, Middle Aged, Wrist, Tendons, Young Adult, Yoruba tribe, Females, Risk Factors, Ethnicity, Prevalence, Humans, Female, Child, Muscle, Skeletal
Abstract

Background Palmaris longus (PL) has received a growing interest for its role in constructive surgery. Since the agenesis of PL shows a strong racial variation, it is conceivable that its prevalence on the Yoruba ethnic population in Nigeria will further confirm this phenomenon. Methods A total of 600 subjects comprising 335 males and 265 females aged 8-60years were used to assess the prevalence of agenesis of the PL in Yoruba tribe. Results The overall prevalence of absence both unilaterally and bilaterally in the two sexes was 6.7%. In males, unilateral absence was 5.4%. The distribution on the right and left were 2.4% and 3.0% respectively. The bilateral absence was 1.5%. In females, unilateral absence was 6.0%. The distribution on the right and left were 2.6% and 3.4% respectively. Bilaterally, it was 0.4%. In one subject unilaterally, PL was observed to have differentiated from flexor carpi radialis. Conclusion Results of this finding suggested that the prevalence of PL agenesis as reported in standard anatomy texts is significantly different from our observation in this Yoruba population. The differentiation of PL tendon from flexor carpi radialis is indicative that both muscles may develop from the same muscle group as previously suggested.

Published
2009