Balance and Challenges to Inclusion in the Light of Pandemic: Cues and Pillars for High Quality Alliances Building by Sara Baruzzo, Oscar Tiozzo Brasiola

“…Every day teachers face balance challenges and tightrope walkings like acrobats, like craftsmen who, absorbed in the dynamics of «risk-society» (Beck, Giddens, 1980), tries to create practical models of inclusion. …”
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Beyond just “flattening the curve”: Optimal control of epidemics with purely non-pharmaceutical interventions by Markus Kantner, Thomas Koprucki

“…Careful analysis of the computed control strategy reveals, however, that the obtained solution is in fact a tightrope walk close to the stability boundary of the system, where socio-economic costs and the risk of a new outbreak must be constantly balanced against one another. …”
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Evaluation and physiotherapeutic intervention in older with deficit balance through the Scale of Berg and Wii Balance Board platform by Juliana Secchi Batista, Lia Mara Wibelinger, Ana Carolina Bertoletti De Marchi, Adriano Pasqualotti

“…Results In the present study, we observed a statistically significant improvement in the balance of elderly compared before and after intervention, moreover, the six games played also showed statistical significance when comparing the first and twentieth session, highlighting the games Tightrope Walk Table Tilt, Deep Breathing and Soccer Heading. …”
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The Essence of Systems Chemistry by Peter Strazewski

“…This puts systems chemists on a tightrope walk of science communication, between the complex reality and an imaginative model world. …”
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Dimensions of posttraumatic growth in a German-speaking sample using mixed methods by Silvia Exenberger, Martin Kumnig, Barbara Juen, Gerhard Rumpold, Heidi Siller

“…Additionally, qualitative data analysis revealed the elaboration of two PTGI dimensions, and the emergence of two new domains: (1) ‘lessons learned’, which involves newfound knowledge about oneself and one’s life, and (2) ‘processing of adversity with potential growth experiences’, which illustrates the tightrope walk of growth. Conclusions: The results support Tedeschi and Calhoun’s model of the process and outcomes of PTG. …”
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The Use of Exergames in the Neurorehabilitation of People with Parkinson Disease: The Impact on Daily Life by Bianca Simone Zeigelboim, Maria Renata José, Maria Izabel Rodrigues Severiano, Geslaine Janaína Bueno dos Santos, Helio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Paulo Breno Noronha Liberalesso, Jair Mendes Marques, Michéli Rodrigues da Rosa, Rosane Sampaio Santos, Jéssica Spricigo Malisky

“…Results a) The instrumental subscale of the questionnaire showed statistically significant result (p = 0.022; 95% CI 1.21; 2.21) between the first and second assessments; b) The correlation between the questionnaires showed statistically significant result in the ambulation subscale (p = 0.011; 95% CI −0.85; −0.17) first and (p = 0.002, 95% CI −0.88; −0.31) second assessments, and the functional subscale was only verified in the second assessment (p = 0.011, 95% CI −0.85; −0.17); and c) The patients presented clinical improvement in the final assessment after rehabilitation with significant result for the tightrope walk (p = 0.034, 95% CI −12.5; −0.3) and ski slalom games (p = 0.005, 95% CI −34.8; −6.6). …”
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