Volume 19 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1481760 This article is part of the Research TopicCurrent Research and Future Development of NeuropsychologyView all 10 articles Chronic occupational stress is associated with a pronounced decline in emotional and cognitive functioning Studies on neural mechanisms indicate significant changes in brain activity and changed patterns of event-related potentials in burnout subjects This study presents an analysis of brain functional connectivity in a resting state thus providing a deeper understanding of the mechanisms accompanying burnout syndrome The sample consists of 49 burnout employees and 49 controls gender and occupation (Mage = 36.15 Continuous dense-array EEG data were collected from a 256-channel EEG system The difference in functional connectivity between burnout and control subjects was tested in the eyes-closed (EC) and eyes-open (EO) conditions using the resting-state paradigm The results indicate significant differences in brain activity between the burnout and the control groups The resting-state network of the burnout group is characterized by decreased functional connectivity in frontal and midline areas in the alpha3 sub-band (11–13 Hz) in an eyes-open condition The most significant effect of decreased connectivity was observed in the right frontal brain area these analyses point to distinctive aspects of functional connectivity within the alpha3 sub-band in burnout syndrome These findings provide insights into the neurobiological underpinnings of burnout syndrome and its associations with changed resting-state networks The data on neural characteristics in burnout subjects may help to understand the mechanisms of decline in cognitive function and emotion regulation and to search for adequate methods of treatment it is particularly important to understand the nature of this syndrome and conduct research on the underlying brain mechanisms Burnout has been studied as a separate syndrome for more than half a century, but the diagnosis is still not clear. In some studies, overlapping effects with depression and anxiety disorders are emphasized (e.g., Golonka et al., 2019b; Luijtelaar et al., 2010). According to Heinemann and Heinemann (2017) the reason for this ambiguity is the inconsistency and insufficient number of studies attempting to detect biomarkers of burnout as objective criteria Establishing burnout-specific changes and possible abnormalities in brain activity is necessary to understand the phenomenon of burnout and may further enable it to be distinguished from other stress disorders Using neuroimaging methodology and new approaches in data analysis it is possible to extend the current knowledge of the mechanisms that underlie or are correlated with burnout syndrome thus leading to a better understanding of this phenomenon and validation of the studied concept which the authors associated with dysfunction of the frontal regulatory systems Although many studies have investigated localized changes in brain structures or activity patterns associated with burnout, increasing attention is being paid to how different cortical networks interact in real time (Friston, 2011) This shift toward a network-based perspective is particularly relevant for a multifaceted syndrome like burnout and motivational alterations that may not be fully captured by traditional Analyzing functional connectivity in resting-state data provides a powerful vantage point for identifying disruptions in baseline neural communication Unlike task-based paradigms that can introduce confounds related to performance or motivation resting-state EEG captures spontaneous activity allowing for the examination of intrinsic network dynamics that may be uniquely compromised in burnout burnout syndrome is associated with increased characteristic path length and decreased global efficiency which suggests disrupted global integration of the functional network in burnout patients not many EEG studies have explored brain connectivity in burnout syndrome tested students only in an eyes-closed condition this study will focus on a group of adult employees exhibiting burnout (as defined in ICD-11) characterized by three key symptoms: emotional exhaustion Employing EEG to investigate functional connectivity holds considerable potential as a meaningful step toward overcoming diagnostic obstacles we are facing in distinguishing burnout from other conditions enable researchers to capture rapid fluctuations in brain activity that may reflect disruptions in neural functioning associated with burnout syndrome functional connectivity measures can explain how burnout-related alterations influence communication among neural networks potentially revealing early markers before they become clinically pronounced and suitable for repeated assessments—important advantages for research aimed at detecting subclinical or progressive alterations in neural dynamics The study was conducted on a sample of 100 participants The inclusion criteria for the study were employee status (currently employed at least 1.5 years of work experience active dayshift workers with higher education) and a history of neurological or psychiatric diseases Participants were recruited from an initial group of 272 volunteers who responded to an invitation to take part in a scientific project Its purpose and description were presented via email to organizations and invitations were posted on university and business social networks Participants were informed about the financial compensation for the time they dedicated to this EEG study (about 45 EUR) Volunteers were screened using an online study to check if they met the inclusion and exclusion criteria Selection of participants for the experimental group was based on high burnout symptoms The controls with low burnout symptoms were matched with an experimental group taking into account the latter’s demographic characteristics (i.e. The initial group of 100 participants was selected based on the results of the Maslach Burnout Inventory—General Survey (MBI-GS; Maslach et al., 1996) The MBI-GS measures three dimensions of burnout: exhaustion (5 items) It consists of 16 items rated on a 7-point scale ranging from 0 “never” to 6 “every day.” Cronbach’s α coefficients based on the sample were αexhaustion = 0.92 indicating excellent psychometric characteristics Participants who scored >3 in exhaustion and cynicism and < 3 in professional efficacy were identified as a burnout subject Control group consisted of participants who scored <3 in exhaustion and cynicism and > 3 in professional efficacy Cronbach’s α for the BDI in this sample was 0.90 The protocol of the study was approved by the Bioethics Commission at Jagiellonian University and was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the APA Ethics Code Each participant gave written informed consent and was paid for their participation The first stage of the study was based on questionnaire survey that included: MBI-GS and BDI Resting-state EEG was recorded under two conditions: “eyes-open” (EO) and “eyes-closed” (EC) Subjects were instructed to remain as still as possible during the recording period and to react to prerecorded audio commands participants were asked to focus on the fixation point positioned in the center of the screen participants were instructed to close their eyes and relax until the next audio command The instructions to “open eyes” and “close eyes” alternated every minute comprising 3 min of the EO condition and 3 min of the EC condition further analysis was performed on 224 channels Data were digitally filtered to remove frequencies below 0.5 Hz and above 35 Hz Bad channels were automatically removed based on kurtosis measures using a threshold of 5 standard deviations and the data was re-referenced to the average signal continuous data underwent visual inspection to manually identify and remove channels or time epochs containing high-amplitude Independent component analysis (ICA) was employed to eliminate artifacts from the data EEG data decomposition using the Infomax algorithm was preceded by Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Fifty independent components were extracted and visually inspected for each subject Components exhibiting spatiotemporal patterns indicative of blinks For each subject, the magnitude squared coherence was calculated for each pair of channels using Welch’s method (Welch, 1967): The significance of differences in coherence values between burnout and control groups was assessed for each pair of channels within each frequency band separately for the eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions Statistical comparisons were performed with the Mann–Whitney U test; these were subsequently corrected for multiple comparisons using the Benjamini-Hochberg false discovery rate (FDR) method The study sample consisted of 98 participants, selected from the initial group on the basis of the quality of the EEG recordings. The non-clinical burnout group (n = 49; 30 women) had high scores on the exhaustion and cynicism subscales, and low scores on the self-efficacy subscale (see Table 1) the control group (n = 49; 29 women) had lower scores on the exhaustion and cynicism subscales and higher scores on the self-efficacy subscale The depression symptoms were significantly higher in the burnout group but were identified as mild; in the control group The results of the coherence analysis revealed significant differences between the burnout and control groups only in the alpha3 sub-band (11–13 Hz) in the eyes-open condition (Figure 1) No significant differences were observed for the other frequencies Coherence analysis for the alpha3 band in the control (left) and burnout (middle) groups for the eyes-open (top) and eyes-closed (bottom) conditions Channels are connected by a black line if the median coherence is above the 0.5 (A) or the 0.7 (B) threshold Difference (Diff) between groups (right) is marked by a blue line if median coherence in the burnout group is weaker than in the control group No differences between groups were observed in alpha3 sub-bands in the eyes-closed condition the analysis revealed no differences in the delta or beta sub-bands between the burnout group and the control group The presented research is the first study to analyse resting-state brain functional connectivity based on EEG coherence in occupational burnout in a sample of working adults analyzing both eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions The analysis revealed prominent differences between burnout and controls in the alpha3 sub-band thus indicating a significant decrease in brain activity in the burnout group in frontal and midline areas It is worth emphasizing that decreased connectivity in burnout was observed only in the eyes-open condition and was strongest in the right frontal areas These findings shed light on the dynamic functional connectivity changes associated with burnout syndrome and provide insights into the neurobiological underpinnings of this phenomenon the eyes-closed condition is associated with intrinsic activity and self-related mental processes while the eyes-open condition is associated with externally oriented attention it may be assumed that externally oriented attention may be impaired in burnout subjects analysis based on dense-array EEG may particularly contribute to research on functional connectivity in burnout syndrome which suggests that these indexes describe different brain mechanisms observations regarding lower frontal alpha connectivity in burnout subjects versus controls may be particularly promising and indicate important directions for further neurophysiological research on burnout syndrome personality functioning and identity integration these findings represent a completely new perspective for burnout syndrome and should be treated with caution Further EEG research using the resting-state paradigm is needed to verify our findings and to define some psychological variables that could direct the interpretation of achieved outcomes the fact that our study revealed the same reduced connectivity in midline brain areas as was observed in studies on rumination and cognitive impairments indicates that an interesting direction for further EEG studies would be to focus on cognitive functions regarding the decreased connectivity in the high alpha band in the frontal and midline areas in the eyes-open condition that was observed in our study no similarities between EEG functional connectivity in burnout and depression may be confirmed Programs that promote stress reduction and enhance mental wellbeing could potentially reverse or mitigate the connectivity changes observed in burnout Identifying specific patterns of functional connectivity in burnout syndrome provides a potential direction for developing targeted interventions or preventive strategies repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation which can be directed to specific brain areas that show connectivity dysfunctions this research may have implications for the development of personalized approaches to alleviate and prevent burnout syndrome thereby enhancing employees’ mental health and their efficacy in various professional settings In this study, the burnout group was non-clinical due to the inclusion criteria and was characterized by mild depression symptoms. As many findings suggest, burnout is associated with higher levels of depression (e.g., Schonfeld et al., 2019; Van Dam, 2016) therefore the overlapping effect with depression symptoms should be taken into account it may be valuable to compare two groups of burnout employees with mild versus moderate/severe depression symptoms Incorporating comprehensive clinical evaluations encompassing assessments for anxiety and other psychiatric conditions can facilitate the delineation of burnout-specific neural markers from those attributed to comorbid mental health disorders Future studies could more thoroughly explore the differences and similarities in functional connectivity between burnout and other stress-related syndromes in order to better discriminate these conditions based on neural biomarkers It is also important to recognize the limitations of study protocol and coherence analysis The protocol of three 1-min recordings for eyes-open and eyes-closed conditions might interfere with the resting-state condition and limit the stability of brain activity measurements While this approach encourages participants to actively engage with the transition between eyes-open and eyes-closed states future studies should consider longer recording times to ensure stable brain activity Although coherence provides valuable insights into functional connectivity it measures linear synchronization between two signals and may not fully capture the complex non-linear interactions between brain regions Complementary methods and simultaneous tests using dEEG and fMRI could provide a more comprehensive understanding of neural interactions Future research endeavors could also adopt a longitudinal study design to elucidate whether the observed changes in functional connectivity are reversible through interventions or changes in the occupational environment Given that differences were detected only in the eyes-open condition it is recommended to include the eyes-open condition in subsequent analyses of functional connectivity in the resting state in burnout analysis of functional connectivity may be a particularly promising direction for future studies on burnout syndrome This study provides a comprehensive examination of resting-state functional brain connectivity in individuals experiencing occupational burnout compared with controls The patterns observed in the eyes-open resting-state condition suggest a potential neurobiological basis for burnout syndrome that is characterized by decreased functional connectivity in the alpha3 sub-band (11–13 Hz) in the frontal and midline brain areas with the strongest effect in the right frontal area The results indicate that the eyes-open condition is recommended in further resting-state protocols on burnout syndrome The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors The studies involving humans were approved by the Bioethics Commission at Jagiellonian University The studies were conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements The participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research The study was funded by the National Science Centre (Research project no 2013/10/E/HS6/00163) and Open access: Faculty of Management and Social Communication as part of the Strategic Program Initiative for Excellence at Jagiellonian University The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher The Supplementary material for this article can be found online 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The journal retracted the paper last month noting the ethics approval the authors received “did not include newborn snakes or the use of the ‘soft stepping’ method.”  Lead author João Miguel Alves-Nunes blamed the retraction on a “communication error” by the ethics committee The researchers believed they had approval both to step on snakes and to include newborn snakes a former researcher at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo said in an email to Retraction Watch.  Two methods were initially approved by the ethics committee One “involved touching and pressing the snake’s body against the ground using a metal herpetological hook.” The second consisted of researchers approaching the snakes with a booted foot.  The researchers “noticed that the metal hook could injure the snakes’ mouths,” so rather than using the hook to press down on the snake they lightly stepped on the animals instead The boot had a foam reinforcement to protect the snakes Alves-Nunes said the researchers “did not even consider that this modification required an additional approval request as this method was essentially a combination of the two already approved methods.”  As reported in a Q&A with Alves-Nunes in Science That’s when he learned he is allergic to snake venom and antivenom the researchers began questioning how hatchlings would react to this method They submitted a second request to the ethics committee asking permission to include these newborn snakes in the study.  The committee first rejected this proposal because of Alves-Nunes’ allergy to the snake venom caused by “a history of ophidic accidents,” or snake bites, according to the authors’ rebuttal of the retraction Once researchers replaced Alves-Nunes with coauthor Adriano Fellone as the “executor” of the experiment the “Ethics Committee of the Butantan Institute responded with a single word: ‘APPROVED,’” Alves-Nunes said.  the researchers realized the approval response applied only to Alves-Nunes’ removal from the study The Butantan Institute told us the animal ethics committee was unavailable for comment because of a national holiday.  Readers raised ethical concerns about the study shortly after its publication according to Clarivate’s Web of Science.  Alves-Nunes called the decision to retract “disproportionate signed by senior author Otavio Marques of the Ecology and Evolution Laboratory at the Butantan Institute noted the researchers “emphasize that ethical conduct regarding live animal experimentation—avoiding excessive suffering and minimizing discomfort and the number of specimens used—was upheld.” we heard from the communications office at the Butantan Institute The Institute does not believe that the violation of the methods approved by CEUAIB [the Butantan Institute Animal Use Ethics Committee] was intentional and clarifies that there is no ongoing institutional process aimed at penalizing those involved to include a statement from the Butantan Institute I suspect that ‘stepping on newborns’ should be enough to get to ‘unethical’ pretty quickly What’s unethical about stepping on snakes You seem to lack an understanding of how IRB approval works with vertebrate test subjects or else why it is necessary for researchers to tell the truth to the IRB Ethics approval is neither silly nor immature It is silly that softly stepping on a snake without injuring it is even an ethical concern in the first place I wish they were as stern when it comes to medical experiments on mammals that lead to their deaths If you read the article you’ll see that the problem was not the technique but the fact that they did not get prior approval for the technique I am not sure how the number 40,480 was reached as 30 trials each to 116 animals gives 3,480 trials This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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The police officers attempted to arrest Mendes, who then tried to attack them with a knife. Cops then opened fire on the woman. Authorities searched the home and also found their pet cat in pain in one of the two bedrooms.  They also recovered multiple videos that contained satanic decapitation rituals. Investigators have yet to say what drove Mendes to murder her son in the apartment. Neighbors told police that Mendes and Alves had moved into the home in August, but not much was known about her. Mendes was facing cruelty, homicide and attempted homicide charges.  Paraiba Civil Police chief Luísa Correia told Brazilian news outlet G1 that case was archived, and declined to comment further. Major terror attack 'was just HOURS away' before it was foiled by the special forces and police:... Victim of acid attack 'plotted by his ex-partner who teamed up with a gang' dies in hospital six... We are trapped in unsellable newbuild homes after a £52m dual carriageway was built on our... 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No one seems to have shared their thoughts on this topic yetLeave a comment so your voice will be heard first. {{message}} a Brazilian biologist stepped on venomous snakes 40,000 times to understand what triggers them to bite João Miguel Alves-Nunes from Butantan Institute in São Paulo welcomed a den of jararacas a pit viper species rife in south-eastern Brazil into his laboratory to analyse their innate defence mechanism The risky and unconventional study helped gain insights into snake behaviour — the size and the sex of the snake the type of human stimulus and the time of the day impacted bite probability the jararacas in the coastal areas of Sao Paulo were more eager to use their fangs compared to those found in the highlands “I didn’t put my whole weight on my foot I tested 116 animals and stepped 30 times on every animal totalling 40,480 steps,” Alves-Nunes said in an interview with the peer-reviewed journal Science will likely empower local governments with the tools they require to predict where snakebites are more likely to occur enabling the optimisation of antivenom distribution The Brazilian biologist was troubled by the scarcity of research examining ecological factors that led snakes to brandish their fangs In the first-of-its-kind study, he and his team sought to pinpoint “the intrinsic and environmental factors that influence defensive behaviour and its relationship to snakebite epidemiology” Through their unconventional methodological approach the researchers found that smaller female vipers are more prone to bite in response to non-physical stimulation in the mornings had a higher probability of biting in the morning when touched The researchers also noticed that the tendency of female vipers to bite increased the warmer they were the tendency to bite at night was inversely proportional to their body temperature The developmental stage that the viper had reached also affected its tendency to bite Newborn jararacas were 2.17 times more likely to bite than adults Newborn females are the most prone to turn to the defence mechanism jararacas tend to become more aggressive in hotter temperatures and the probability of its defensive bite is much higher when the snake’s head is the target from epidemiological data collected in Sao Paulo uplands the researchers found that while female vipers were responsible for 64% of snakebites in the morning with males responsible for 57% of envenomations contributing to 58,000 fatalities in India Also read: Use of horses became widespread only around 2200 BCE, finds Nature study challenging timeline When he conceived of this radical method to study snake behaviour Alves-Nunes seems to have defied an innate fear of snakes that most humans have Sporting protective leather boots covered in a foam layer and extending 3 centimetres above the knee he would step into a room where a pit viper or Bothrops jararaca was held captive He would gently place his foot on the snake’s head and tail to determine the conditions under which the creature would likely bite in defence when asked whether he felt safe sharing a room with venomous snakes “They were leather boots covered in foam that went 3 centimetres above my knees and the jararaca bites never punctured them.” when I was doing simulations with a rattlesnake he got bitten at the laboratory of an institute specialising in antivenom development Alves-Nunes learned that he was allergic to antivenom and had to leave future experimenting to his lab technicians focusing instead on data analysis and experiment design the scientist is busy “comparing the bite strength of rattlesnakes and jararacas and how resistant different materials and shoes are to them” Granville Austin is an intern with ThePrint Also read: Life-sustaining freshwater first appeared on Earth 4 billion years ago, finds Nature study Subscribe to our channels on YouTube, Telegram & WhatsApp columnists and editors – is doing just that Sustaining this needs support from 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your comments or opinion on this article Reaching over 400,000 people a week with news about Portugal “I mean, it’s really quite beautiful…” Orlando Weeks smiles. “I was going to sugarcoat it a little bit, but no, it’s gorgeous.” The softly-spoken singer is describing his adopted hometown of Lisbon, a place that seems almost like a character on new record ‘LOJA’ The album takes its name from the Portuguese word for ‘store’ – inspired by an art studio he set up in a shopfront there – and you can practically hear the city in its eleven songs with their echoes of soaring towers and coastal breezes primary colour world of ‘80s-inflected art-pop but a visual artist too; he studied illustration at art college and makes all of the accompanying graphics for each of his records It’s a practice that has come to define the way he lives “We don’t have a big apartment,” Weeks explains So we found this – it was being advertised as a shop – and I just went and had a look and I could make all my prints and paintings and drawings It’s the first time I’ve ever had a studio It’s totally invigorated my desire to make visual work that needn’t be anything to do with a record rather than tailor-making stuff specifically to an album.” smiling at his own fortune to be somewhere so in tune with his creative output in all sorts of ways – and I have my partner to thank for that “There’s a song on the record called ‘You & The Packhorse Blues’ that’s about how I am comfortable admitting that I am essentially a packhorse I’m good at carrying stuff and I can be motivational but I am a poor organiser and quite easily get stuck in my ways it’s going to happen’ and kicking me into gear then I don’t think it would’ve happened every day I find a reason to count my blessings.” has been giving him an unsurprisingly new way of looking at the world and his surroundings but I’m also seeing it through his eyes “We live really close to the Gulbenkian museum I would find them a very nice place to spend time But the way that he approaches them is that they have magic and I’m pulling that rareness of feeling into the way I write the songs It’s all just part of the fervour of all this newness I found this when my son was born actually the energy that you get from new love is extraordinary I felt the same thing about this new place “The energy that you get from new love is extraordinary.” It would be another new environment that would then go on to shape ‘LOJA’’s final form Having originally conducted sessions with previous collaborator Nathan Jenkins (otherwise known as the producer Bullion) Orlando then headed to the Isle of Wight’s residential Chale Abbey Studios with producer Sergio Maschetko – who recorded ‘Ants From Up There’ by Black Country New Road there – and a handpicked live band of musicians The album certainly has the feel of being the work of many hands – far more so than Weeks’ unmistakably solitary previous albums “The goal that I set myself originally was for it to feel a lot more like a band in a room,” he explains “But to make a great record as a band playing in a room There are lots of voices alongside Orlando’s on ‘LOJA’ – here’s a guide to who’s who: Rhian Teasdale Rhian from Wet Leg is the foil to Weeks’ pleading protagonist on thumping lead single ‘Dig’ – Orlando says the track is about an “under your breath half-argument” Her day job with one of the biggest indie acts around needs no introduction but neatly she hails from the Isle of Wight where the bulk of ‘LOJA’ was recorded.Tony NjokuTony’s appearance on ‘LOJA’ follows his EP ‘Last Bloom’ earlier this year and his guest turns on albums from the likes of Metronomy and PVA The British-Nigerian songwriter was raised between London and Lagos and delightfully enough he blended a tie-in Last Bloom perfume to celebrate his EP’s release.Katy J PearsonKaty is one of the leading lights of the folk revival in the UK at the moment and has just announced a new album herself but most recently follows her re-scoring of The Wicker Man alongside acts like Drug Store Romeos Orlando had assembled a collection of brilliant musicians but “I think we just bit off more than we could chew and so that meant the manifesto for the record changed,” he continues “It wasn’t gonna work as a band in a room in a space and a time; it needed to be a bit more produced I’d come back to Lisbon by that point and I was living with the recordings and feeling like it wasn’t holding together as a record Then hearing Ben Howard’s [Bullion-produced] record come out I just thought ‘Why am I not re-approaching Nathan to help me finish the record?’” The move back towards something resembling a band dynamic feels like a big shift in his solo material it seemed as though he was trying to distance himself from that way of writing whereas now there’s a feeling that he might have made peace with returning to musical collaboration “A responsibility I felt out the back of it was if I’m not gonna be part of a band then I have to make things that are so specifically ‘me’ that there could be no grey area and feel less like I need to make music that is specifically not anything of the same world Orlando was asked if he’d ever consider playing his old band’s songs live again – and How does he feel about returning to that material “I would only ever do it if I felt like it would be a good idea and I’d asked the other boys if they minded and then I’ll think about whether I want to do it two nights on the bounce It’s nice not to feel like something is closed off ‘LOJA’ has moments of grit among the refined tasteful songwriting that has come to embody Orlando’s solo career – not least in highlight and recent single ‘Dig’ it’s quite hard to turn it down!” he laughs “I think I still want to try and make a record that sounds like is of a man at peace with his surroundings He jokes that he’s “gonna get some points on the tourist licence” but he’s at pains to point out his sincerity when talking about the city he now calls home but it isn’t a place that feels stuffy to me,” he says “So you have this quite vibrant human experience next to really insane It has amazing Metro art in all the stations People get quite snooty about that kind of thing Maybe if I’m here long enough I’ll get to do some tiles in one of the stations £26.99 £27.99 £12.99 On sale now He’s hinted that he’ll be playing tracks ​“from all sorts of long-ago and not so long-ago chapters”… Feature We’re (somehow) halfway through the year — these are the tracks we haven’t been able to get out of our heads Album Review Having his time in the sun in more ways than one Listen now He’ll be in London next week for a limited run of album performance/​art exhibition dates Get the best of DIY to your inbox each week Latest Issue April 2025 Advertise with DIY ↑ Back to the top The page you are looking for cannot be found You may have followed a broken or outdated link A toddler who suffered from a neuromuscular disorder died last week in Brazil after his father allegedly stole the cash raised for his treatment and spent it on wild parties Two-year-old João Miguel Alves passed away October 17 following a lengthy battle with Spinal Muscular Atrophy [AME] a week after his wife reported him to the police He was found at a luxury hotel where he had been staying at for almost two months having spent $150,000 on designer clothes Doctors diagnosed João Miguel with AME as a seven-month-old baby took to social media in 2018 to raise money for their sick son's treatment Each dose of the drug Spinraza cost $90,500 and works to prevent the disease from advancing It took the family almost a year to raise $248,00 some of which was gathered thanks to a marathon held in Conselheiro Lafaiete the family's hometown in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais By May, Mateus already was planning on how ditch his wife of 13 years, his ill toddler and the couple's 10-year-old son, according to Brazilian outlet Pleno. He told his Rodrigues that he was leaving for Belo Horizante to undergo training for a security guard job and only returned twice to visit. The money the family raised was deposited into four accounts, two of which were managed by Rodrigues and two under Mateus' name. Rodrigues became suspicious after she noticed numerous large withdrawals and bank transfers. The concerned mother went to the police July 8 to file a report before Mateus was apprehended at a beachfront hotel in the northeastern city of Salvador. At the time of his arrest, Mateus told the police that he was the victim of an extortion scheme. It took João Miguel until August to receive the first dose of Spinraza after the government agreed to cover the cost of the child's first three treatments. João Miguel unexpectedly died at his home last week. with genetic disorder dies after his dad stole medicine moneyCommenting on this article has endedNewest{{#isModerationStatus}}{{moderationStatus}} Considered to be one of the seven natural wonders of Portugal Sete Cidades Lake is one of the main touristic attractions on the island of São Miguel A masterplan was drafted in 2005 with the objective of balancing the exploitation of the lake’s resources and its environmental impact The plan included the construction of a series of recreational facilities by the lake’s shore the project reduces its presence with a framework of metallic profiles where the different elements of the program are inserted This grid skeleton is conceived as a lightweight structure that rises lightly over the terrain so as not to alter the natural topography the stainless steel profiles stretch beyond the constructed volumes in spite of following a strictly rational pattern the project manages to meld into its context without needing to mimic it and auxiliary services – are totally enclosed with aluminum foam panels as it is a lightweight material that can be prefabricated The remaining buildings – yacht club and cafeteria – open up to the views of the lake thanks to a glass envelope built with metallic profiles and sandwich panels are topped with a four-centimeter-thick layer of turf that blends the complex with the landscape The metallic stretchers located between the open frames let climbing plants grow casting shade and blurring the boundary between nature and construction The floor plan of the different buildings is arranged around square modules of 6 x 6 meters which are combined with others of 6 x 5 meters on the longitudinal fronts The building entrances are on the sides via wooden walkways the facilities include an inner courtyard alongside a technical zone where the ventilation and heat control equipment is installed a wooden footbridge built from floating modular structures extends over the lake for a choice of watersports and recreational activities Obra WorkPlano de Ordenamento da Bacia Hidrográfica da Lagoa das Sete Cidades Cliente ClientAZORINA Sociedade Gestão Ambiental e Conservação Natureza SA - Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar Arquitectos ArchitectsEduardo Souto de Moura Consultores ConsultantsArqt.of (paisajismo landscaping); Afa Consult (estructuras Superficie construida Built-up area1.207,90 m² there arent any match using your search terms A therapist’s life unravels after she learns that her husband might be responsible for a widespread disaster this show is not airing on television in the next two weeks Sign Up One resident tells inquiry he passed firefighters as he fled down tower stairwell and was told to go back up Two residents of Grenfell Tower who managed to escape the inferno that consumed the building ignored advice to stay put in their flats who lived on the 13th floor of the highrise in North Kensington told his children to leave the building and banged on neighbours doors to tell them to escape after seeing smoke as he returned to his flat He said he thought there would have been enough time for firefighters to clear the highrise before the fire spread also ignored advice to return to his flat - despite it coming directly from firefighters Ahmed decided to leave after his kitchen window exploded Both men’s accounts came on the second day of evidence from local residents to the Grenfell inquiry Alves said he was aware of a safety advice plaque that recommended that residents stay indoors if there was a fire “Because if [there was] fire on the fourth floor [and] I’m on the 13th floor it’s like a trap “Why should I be in the trap when I have the opportunity to come out This was something that was straight in my mind.” Alves, who also submitted a written statement in addition to his oral evidence, said he and his family watched as flames spread to the top of the tower within 15 minutes. Burning cladding dripped “like plastic rain”, he said. He continued in the statement: “Looking at the fire on Grenfell Tower, it seemed clear that the fire brigade should have gone to the top of the tower, knocked on all the doors and got people out. “There was still enough time to evacuate the building and it was clear the fire could not be stopped and that this was the only choice. “It was out of control within minutes and I could see the fire hoses could not reach high enough and could not stop it.” Ahmed, the founder and chair of Grenfell Tower Leaseholders Association (GTLA), who had previously raised concerns about the building’s safety, told the inquiry he passed firefighters as he fled down the single stairwell. “I remember saying to one of them: ‘There’s a fire upstairs,’ and they told me to go back up,” he said in a written statement. “They had masks on. I couldn’t see their faces. Ahmed told the inquiry that he had initially dialled 999 after hearing fire alarms and seeing a fireball “the colour of a burning sunset” climbing the building. But before speaking to an operator, decided to end the call and escape. He said he was glad he did not get to speak to an operator, as he “might have been told to stay put” in his flat as other residents who reached emergency services were advised. The fire, which spread through the 24-storey Grenfell Tower on 14 June last year, claimed 72 lives, with the devastation widely blamed on flammable cladding put up around the building as part of a refurbishment. The inquiry at Holborn Bars in central London is hearing from survivors, relatives and friends of those who died, and nearby residents. mother Fatima and younger sister Ines escaped from their home on the 13th floor in the early stages of the deadly blaze on June 14 Mr Alves woke his sleeping children and alerted other residents on their floor to get out of the building that would eventually become engulfed in the smoke and flames that claimed 72 lives Mr and Mrs Alves and their son said their main focus is to ensure nobody else loses their lives or experiences the pain the Grenfell community went through They expressed their concern the Government is yet to implement key recommendations from the public inquiry such as placing a legal obligation on building owners to outline Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) for residents who cannot self-evacuate the Government said it planned to keep the controversial “stay put” policy meaning residents of most buildings should wait for rescue services rather than leaving in the event of a fire it said it believed the cost of adopting PEEPs would not be “proportionate” and it would not be “practical” or “safe” to implement said: “A lot of the people who managed to survive were people who managed to get out early because they ignored ‘stay put’ advice “And so… I’m gobsmacked at the fact that we’re still having this conversation five years on.” added: “They won’t learn from their mistakes Tiago Alves continued: “Why do we have to fight so hard for this We’re not experts – we’re bereaved and survivors “We experienced what we experienced that night Our trauma and our experience should be useful for something for Government to actually implement changes that need to be made I’m worried if Grenfell will become the precursor to something bigger.” Six people died and 20 were injured in the Lakanal House fire The first report from the Grenfell Inquiry found lessons from the Lakanal fire had not been learned by the time of the Grenfell disaster eight years later Tiago Alves said he was previously someone who trusted in authority but now it “almost feels like that trust is completely broken” The family said they would like to ask Communities Secretary Michael Gove whether he would stay put if a fire broke out in a block of flats where he was living said he believes “nobody will stay put because they are afraid” On Tuesday – the fifth anniversary of the fire – the family will join other survivors and bereaved at the base of the tower for a multi-faith service and wreath laying Tiago Alves said he will spend the day remembering those who died as well as in gratitude for everyone who has been “by our side supporting us” and who “gave us the ability to speak out to make sure something like this can never happen again” I try and do it to make those who aren’t able to be with us proud “That’s one of the things that keeps me wanting to continue the campaign “So the only way that we can do them justice is to continue our fight and continue being the best possible versions of ourselves so that change can be enacted – whether that be through criminal justice whether that be through legislative change.” His father added: “We can save lives for the future I think that is the most important thing for me.” A Government spokeswoman said: “Our fire reforms will go further than ever before to protect vulnerable people as we are determined to improve the safety of residents whose ability to self-evacuate may be compromised “That is why we have launched a new public consultation seeking views on an alternative package of initiatives building on the information garnered from the Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans consultation that enhance the safety of those residents.” Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories Listen to our latest podcasts to find out.. Miguel Alves, 50, and his wife, Fatima, were returning from a night out and were about to take the lift to their home on the 13th floor when they came across the well-known local man, who was typically worse for wear. The man got in just before the doors closed and pressed the button for the fourth floor. When the lift stopped Mr Alves noticed smoke on the ceiling of the lower floor and immediately climbed nine flights of stairs to the 13th floor to wake his two teenage children. He then spent five minutes banging Registered in England No. 894646. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Copyright - newindianexpress.com 2024. All rights reserved. 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