[Dancing manias. Between culture and medicine].

State of Water in Perfluorosulfonic Ionomer (Nafion 117) Proton Exchange Membranes

State of Water in Perfluorosulfonic Ionomer (Nafion 117) Proton Exchange Membranes Zijie Lu,* Georgios Polizos, Digby D. Macdonald,** and E. Manias Polymer Nanostructures Laboratory, Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems, and Center for Electrochemical Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802,...

Polyethylene nanocomposite dielectrics: Implications of nanofiller orientation on high field properties and energy storage

orientation on high field properties and energy storage V. Tomer, G. Polizos, C. A. Randall, and E. Manias Center of Dielectric Studies (CDS), Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, 260 MRL–University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA Polymer Nanostructrures Lab–Center for the Study of Polymeric Systems (CSPS), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylv...

The Last Dance

In this article I analyze one area that has for a long time interested anthropologists: the way in which dancing and dancing rituals—part of traditional life-ways—change and eventually disappear. I utilize here the terms “dance” and “dancing” principally to mean not only biologically or psychologically (emotionally?) motivated and combined corporeality and events in society but, together with F...

Dancing wheelchairs: an innovative way to teach medical students about disability.

Dancer perceptions of the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical benefits of modern styles of partnered dancing.

OBJECTIVE To study dancers' perceptions of the physical, cognitive, affective, and social benefits of partnered dancing. METHOD 225 dancers (71% female) were recruited through a community ballroom dance center and completed an online survey designed to measure their perceptions of the physical, cognitive, affective, and social benefits of modern, partnered dance styles (swing, Lindy Hop, and ...