The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has appointed two vice presidents to advance its overall strategic vision and philanthropic mission As vice president of programs, Marisa Castuera Hayase will lead $150 million in annual grantmaking efforts that support nonprofits dedicated to fighting poverty and strengthening communities in the United States and Israel This work focuses on improving housing stability and the well-being of low-income older adults and networks that increased the well-being of communities As vice president of strategy and communications, Arin Gencer will help shape and execute Weinberg’s strategic vision in addition to leading cross-Foundation initiatives and special projects to foster collaboration and organizational effectiveness Gencer joined the Foundation in 2022 as senior director of communications bringing two decades of experience in strategic initiatives and operations as well as journalism and the development of research publications In leading the Foundation’s external and internal communications she has collaborated with teams across the organization to advance its mission She will continue to oversee the Foundation’s communications strategies “Marisa’s and Arin’s exceptional leadership and commitment have been instrumental in our work and their respective contributions in grantmaking and communications have helped strengthen and amplify our efforts in the communities we serve and beyond,” said Rachel Garbow Monroe president and CEO of the Weinberg Foundation “We are thrilled to announce their well-deserved promotions and look forward to their leadership in these new roles knowing the Foundation will continue to benefit from their expertise and experience.” Hayase was a public-sector consultant in Hawaiʻi for over a decade She also served as executive director of a nonprofit dedicated to asset building in low-income families and communities; as a foundation program officer focused on education and community development; and as leader of Spanish-language programs at a Los Angeles domestic violence agency Hayase has a bachelor’s from Williams College where she was a Ford-Mellon research fellow and a master’s in public policy from Harvard University Gencer led executive and internal communications at the Annie E where she also supported communication efforts for its economic opportunity and community change portfolios She previously worked as a writer and editor for the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs and as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism from Emory University as well as a master’s in journalism from Columbia University © Copyright 2012 - 2023 | citybiz | All Rights Reserved KIN by Bathsheba Doran | Photo: Yichen Zhou Bathsheba Doran’s haunting and deceptively complicated play “Kin,” which had its premiere at Playwrights Horizons in 2011 is a wise choice for a new theatre company’s inaugural production Directed with tender ingenuity by Spencer Whale (Lempicka this moving production reminds us that to know another person may be impossible “Kin” is a love story told unconventionally through a kaleidoscope of vignette-like scenes we learn about their relationship and personal histories from their community: their families even the ancillary characters they never meet provide insight into what it means to be two people searching for love and connection in the modern age While “Kin” takes place largely in the early 2000s foregrounds the difference between then and our present while still making clear that the anxieties and complexities of human relationships have gone unchanged When Anna (Sophia Castuera) tells her best friend Helena (Ellie M that she’s looking online for a new boyfriend Helena bemoans “the machine” that picks out our mates for us based on the criteria we input rather than leaving such a decision to chance or fate we can identify the present woes of our increasingly atomized and algorithmized lives it’s what brings Anna and Sean (Eli Mazursky) together and leads to their blossoming love This is not a love characterized by unrealistic tropes—blind devotion and unwavering faith both Anna and Sean are riddled with doubt about the viability of their relationship and their own commitment to it Sean was raised in Ireland by his mother Linda (Melissa Hurst) whose descent into agoraphobia after an assault drove Sean’s father away leaving her in the care of her military father Adam (Timothy Wagner) whose icy stoicism drives a wedge between himself and his daughter Our lovers’ models of romantic love are tainted by the trauma passed down through their broken families It’s a play dedicated to showing us that no one defining event makes us who we are When Sean visits his ex-girlfriend Rachel (Yuka Taga) whose brush with death due to their shared use of drugs and alcohol haunts him we gain insight into his ambivalence about Anna whose love doesn’t carry the same intensity for him He’s also able to let go of Rachel and that time in his life it takes those around us to show us what’s real There are at least four other characters in this play that I’ve yet to mention A lesser playwright wouldn’t be able to carry such weight but Doran has created a rich ensemble of multifaceted characters without overstuffing the narrative Because we learn most of what we know about Anna and Sean through the people that surround them they are the least articulated characters in the piece Castuera and Mazursky work beautifully to define the central pair of lovers as they are not as well-developed by Doran as the others Plourde is hilarious as the chatty and sometimes vapid best friend She continues to shine in some of the play’s most raw moments maintains all aspects of her character’s humanity never devolving into a caricature of mental illness Whale has given his actors the space to explore every aspect of their characters coupled with Yichen Zhou’s inventive lighting design which stretch from various places in the United States to Ireland is it a house still being built or one that has fallen into disrepair As these characters come together and fall apart “Kin” is a rare gem of a play and this production captures its virtuosity I’m excited to see what’s next for Making Our Space Theatre Co “Kin” runs through December 21st at The Chain Theatre Andrew Martini is a writer currently living in Brooklyn and interviews of theatre across the globe from Broadway to London and everywhere in between Your one-stop shop for the latest information in arts and culture by the next generation Since joining the Weinberg Foundation in 2019 Marisa Castuera Hayase has made a big impact on Hawai‘i’s philanthropic community Hayase oversees the foundation’s annual $12 million allocation to Hawai‘i as managing director of programs and communications She has shifted funding priorities to target rural initiatives often located on Neighbor Islands where poverty is more prevalent than on O‘ahu “Rural areas in Hawai‘i have been challenged by a chronic lack of investment from the public private and philanthropic sectors,” explains Hayase 80% of grants that she oversaw went to nonprofits working in rural food security “Marisa is a new breed of philanthropic leader … who brings a very smart and strategic lens to deploying resources,” says Keoni Lee which partners with the foundation to fund growers and food security groups Rather than giving away money to “feel good” or “look good,” Lee says Hayase focuses on how to create lasting change And she builds “real partnerships with community leaders and organizations that are doing the work,” he says Those partnerships help her rally other funders around grassroots initiatives resulting in added revenue beyond the direct grants and matching funds that the Weinberg Foundation awards she’s working with foundations on getting pre-development funds to nonprofit affordable housing developers she secured private matching funds required for U.S Department of Agriculture grants aimed at expanding local food systems – ultimately pulling in $2 million in federal money She developed it through 12 years as owner of Storyline Consulting where she worked on strategic plans — including focus groups and interviews – for the state Department of Education Hayase grew up in California and received a bachelor’s degree from Williams College and a master’s in public policy from Harvard While she only moved to Hawai‘i in 2005 for a position at the Harold K.L her roots here extend through generations: Her husband and two children were born here one of her grandparents was from Hawai‘i Island and her mother grew up in Waimānalo “It’s a wonderful Hawai‘i story that people from different backgrounds would come together here on O‘ahu,” says Hayase Recommended: Passing the Torch at the Weinberg Foundation 90 Companies and Nonprofits Where Employees Thrive you reduce the homeless population,” says HomeAid Hawai‘i’s executive director august at twenty-two is a film about the first year after college It is centered around a struggling actress named Cal As Cal tries to break into the acting world she also tries to reconnect with Jacob and becomes close with Emily as well this leads to Cal neglecting her best friend Cal faces situations that will likely look familiar to many recent graduates Sophia Castuera directed august at twenty-two, which was written and stars Ali Edwards The film has already won awards at the Bushwick Film Festival New Jersey Stage reached out to Sophia and Ali to learn more august at twenty-two is your feature film debut  Is this your first time going through the festival circuit as well It must be exciting getting some festival wins with your first feature Sophia - august at twenty-two is my first feature as a director It's actually the first feature for most of our team It's been such a wild process and I've learned so much from this film's journey I had a short that I made that screened at a festival in New York but this is the first time I'm experiencing the festival circuit We had a very busy fall and now things are ramping up again with spring and summer festivals My favorite part is connecting with all the other talented and interesting filmmakers It's definitely exciting for our film to be receiving wins and nominations I was just thrilled to have our film seen by people but having it get such a warm response has been so wonderful It makes me so proud of the work the whole team did I'm also so happy for Ali and the response her performance has received — she's just incredible and so special in this august is my first feature and the first feature for so much of our team It was an amazing experience to gather and work with so many incredible young filmmakers First time in the festival circuit as well - it's been amazing and such an honor to see our little film embraced by so many different festivals and communities Getting recognition for the film as a whole has been so incredible getting "best actress" awards and noms has been the cherry on top have you gone through the same audition struggles as Cal has I think about when I first moved to the city in 2018 and would wake up at 4 am to go downtown go back uptown to eat breakfast and get ready for the day and then sit in an audition holding room somewhere in midtown with the hopes that maybe I'd get seen or I'd have to rush off to babysit or work a shift at a cafe On the off-chance that I'd get into the room half of the time the people at the table would not even look up at me from their work (or their phones) It's a struggle that so many actors are familiar with this was a huge reason that I started writing and making my own work the stuff that I write or that my collaborators write is more interesting to me than half of what I see on casting calls I'm all about diving into projects that I'm passionate about so when I'm signing onto something that I wrote or Ali wrote I know I'm going to have the fire to continue the creative momentum and eventually create something great It's the main reason I decided to start producing my own work and take the creative process into my own hands there's a lot of relying on others to get a greenlight as a filmmaker I feel like I've given myself the freedom to just go What do you think is harder for Cal: not being successful or running into someone from college who is involved in a big workshop There's so much pressure to "succeed" when you're first starting out and knowing that the folks around you are thriving when you're floundering is hard - especially when you don't have the confidence yourself to remember that everyone has their own journey I think this film captures a difficult time for many people - the period after graduation when you’re struggling to find yourself reconnecting with old friends (especially old boyfriend / girlfriends) and struggling to maintain friendships that were never a struggle before What do you hope people take away from this film I remember people warning me about the post-grad blues but I truly had no idea until I was in the thick of it Ali's script resonated so much with me when I read it I feel that the film captures this time in a way that is both deeply serious and uncomfortably funny because that's exactly how it feels when you're out of the worst of it and you look back at those times I hope people watch this film and feel understood Sometimes we make mistakes or make "fools of ourselves," and in the end it's all about how you pick yourself back up after those times how you might have to take responsibility for the things you do and how you carry yourself through the rest of your life with the lessons you've learned I'm certainly still learning how to do this Ali - So many of the folks that have seen this film have come up to me after and been like twenty-two is the worst." I hope people take away that it's human to struggle and be messy I also think it's important to want to grow What was the biggest challenge for you in moving from a short film to a feature length film Being a director for a short is a lot of responsibility it's that tenfold — or at least that was my idea of it at the time My process was almost exactly the same as when I directed my short VOCE I storyboarded and discussed shots with my Director of Photography The closer we got to actual production though I felt the pressure of the scope of a feature film Imposter syndrome was rearing its ugly head I just had to throw caution to the wind and go for it Every director has to make their first feature I'm really proud of myself for having the confidence to pull this off and I really could not have had a better team and crew to support me and encourage me Did the two of you meet at Boston University Sophia - Ali and I were at BU at the same time I think in a lot of ways we were ships in the night at BU- passing through similar friend groups By all intents and purposes we should have met It feels almost like kismet that we got to connect after college after we had both grown into ourselves a little bit and come together over our love for writing I had a lot of growing to do during and after college It's been so great to have connected with Ali in New York and continue to grow as people and artists together It just felt very natural that we should work together Do you see this as a writing/directing partnership for the future We are both actors-writers-directors-producers (a lot of hyphenates What's really great about that is that we are constantly swapping roles Sophia can write something and bring it to me to act in or produce -- Sophia - Or Ali will write something and ask me to read for a role I know Ali is interested in getting into directing herself Ali - We consider ourselves "work wives" along with our producing partner Mary Elizabeth Monda What led you to go from California to Boston to study film & television I've always known that I wanted to live on the east coast I knew BU was a great school and I received a half-tuition scholarship from them so I decided to pursue my east coast dreams I hadn't realized my interest in filmmaking while applying for schools I actually was accepted to BU as an International Relations major I switched my major five times until I landed on Film & TV I even was in the music school for vocal performance I was particularly drawn to Film & TV after taking two summer courses in 2015 My screenwriting professor John Bernstein and my Production I professor Thorsten Trimpop were huge inspirations to me Professor Bernstein instilled a deep curiosity in storytelling and Professor Trimpop had such a fiery spirit about pursuing stories that matter to you Both of them encouraged me and believed in me and I am truly so grateful for them Professor Trimpop talked to me after class and gave me some technical feedback then very seriously urged me to reshoot the short and submit it to festivals because it was something special This then eventually developed into my first short I tried the LA route after graduating from BU and while I learned so much during my year there I knew I wanted to be in a place where there was more of an independent film community I also am still interested in acting and producing theatre work Do you see yourself as an actor who directs or a director who acts but I recently rediscovered my passion for acting after attending Terry Knickerbocker Studio and completing the Two-Year Professional Acting Program in 2021 I feel that my love for acting plays a huge strength as a director and I know how hard some of the process can be Professor Trimpop actually said that my work reminded him of a young John Cassavetes who is probably the most famous of the actor/director legends I do hope that my work always has that sensitivity towards actors and highlights the performances in the same way I am! I am collaborating again with Lady Parts Productions on a short that I am writing The short is called 'Good Choices,' and it's about a young low-income artist who blacks out at her friend's birthday party and has to spend a hungover afternoon finding her missing phone and wallet It's a very simple concept that speaks to complex themes about folks confronting their habits with money and friends and the struggles that occur in friendships with folks from different classes I also wrote a feature film that's currently in development We've applied to a few grants and fellowships with that project This story deals with my extreme fear of death Ali is currently producing a feature film shooting in Utah this summer EP’d by Aaron Paul and has written her next feature script The New Jersey International Film Festival runs across two weekends (June 2-11) with a combination of virtual screenings and in-person screenings in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Click here to purchase tickets for August at twenty-two and Stay Behind A story exploring our search for connection and love August at Twenty-Two unites the talents of three queer female storytellers in their early twenties– Ali Edwards Known for her role as Jenn Potts in the horror feature Alan at Night and as Margaret in the musical Voce Ali Edwards has been involved in the production of experimental films and a variety of web series including One Four All and Connecting a struggling actress trying to navigate relationships and a budding career Cal discovers that her childhood “soulmate,” Jacob Feeling unfulfilled by disappointing auditions and failed attempts to reconnect with Jacob As Cal gets swept up in her exciting new social life she begins neglecting her best friend Bobby who is becoming increasingly concerned about her rapidly changing focus As Bobby and Cal’s friendship disintegrates her relationship with Emily develops in unexpected and incendiary ways Latina director Sophia Castuera helmed August at Twenty-Two She has also worked with Sony Pictures Animation and served as executive producer of the award-nominated short film VOCE Mary Elizabeth Monda has worked on the horror/mystery The Killing Of A Sacred Deer and Mary are co-founders of Lady Parts Productions an all-female production company that prioritizes telling feminist narratives I wrote it loosely based on my misadventures of being a naive and optimistic early twenties-something It was inspired by my life when I was going through my community and my own August 2022 He’s the one person in Cal’s life who she feels truly comfortable with I think that relationship symbolizes purity and the importance of not disregarding that and not taking it for granted Sophia Castuera: I wanted the audience to feel as if they were right there in the action of these people’s lives Like you’re actually in the car seat witnessing this father-daughter conversation It’s kind of like the same vibe when you’re at your friend’s house the constant struggle with time and budgets Was it a battle or relatively smooth sailing Mary Elizabeth Monda: It’s always a battle I think the three of us have been so insistent on this film being made that there wasn’t really anything that could’ve stopped it we always want more time and more money for production specifically because we didn’t see any rush to get this out to the world We wanted to wait for people to go see movies and festivals again to want to see things that are based in reality at that time It was jarring during Covid to see people in masks And that ended up being a gift because we got so many incredible post crewmembers to help us out it was smooth sailing because we were also excited and anxious to get this out there and we didn’t have a hint of what was the come at that time which kind of shows in the way we optimistically made this with young people and a fully female crew  We were all in close quarters and cramped spaces and just running around New York City with the freedom that we had I’d like to say that we’re artists first and self-promoters like eighth We didn’t have the most planned-out festival strategy We applied to places where we would like to play And we wound up playing some absolutely amazing festivals We capped off our festival circuit at Provincetown which was more than we dreamed of when you’re making a film because it’s such an epic and prestigious festival not to mention ours was a very New York film so we also played some fantastic New York festivals where we were really at home and felt so loved and supported We’ve had some amazing feedback and Q&As Our audiences have been so enthusiastic about this film Can you go into your approach in terms of dialog Those were things I brought to mind while writing and during rehearsals We wanted our audience to feel like they just dropped on this moment and not a movie Like you’re living someone’s life right next to them Why did you decide to take the role of Cal Ali: So it was never really a decision for me I couldn’t imagine not playing her even though I knew that it would be scary because she’s so self-conscious and lives with so much anxiety and self-doubt So I knew that it would be an intense experience  I think that there’s a part of her in me I’d like to think that I am past being a Cal because she represents this nervous dark part of me that I hope to move forward from that’s a really good question; so my favorite scenes from an actor’s perspective are where Cal and Emily are sitting on a park bench and Emily reveals that she and Jacob are opening up about their relationship  But something tells me that this is important to me And the follow-up to that scene was this nine-minute-long single take at the end of the film where Cal and Jacob are forced to explore all of the unsaid things that was so exciting and kind of sexy in a way to get to explore; and heartbreaking because it doesn’t necessarily work out the way she thought she wanted Sophia: I think the whole sequence in the East Village with Emily and Cal was my favorite; also because it was the first thing we worked on We made it a concept as part of our funding process like taking pictures and having a blast and having that park bench conversation where Emily brings up that Jacob has considered an open relationship for them And that was like some of the first storyboarding I did It’s such a nice illustration of the chemistry that Emily and Cal have It was so much fun to shoot that in the streets of New York in a guerilla filmmaking style can you talk about Cal’s intimate final scene Ali: I wrote that scene as a metaphor for Cal learning to love herself She’s looking everywhere for love during the entire film it’s important for her how to come back to center so Lady Parts Productions is a company that Ali  We have a development slate that includes a feature from Ali and a short from Sophia We are just moving forward with female-focused stories with a female crew and create what we feel passionate about We’ve built a really exciting community in New York and we just love working with those people We’re currently in development with several projects Have you guys ever considered doing a sci-fi project like Cloverfield or something like it I think August at 22 is like this perfect time capsule that feels so young and fresh We were just so excited to make it that making it on any budget was a dream come true I wouldn’t change a thing or give up more resources or money I think it’s exactly how it should be We all come from this scrappy background and we’re always art focused I don’t think there’s a genre we’d shy away from It really comes down to the story and heart What have you learned about working in this business that really surprised you it comes down to what learned in the film festival circuit A lot of artists and filmmakers were somewhat shocked when they learned how scrappy our filmmaking process was; like how we lifted ourselves by our bootstraps without any external investors A lot of it was self-funded or crowdfunded One thing I walked away with was the importance of just going for it Gaining confidence and working around any roadblocks Sophia: I learned that your team or crew is truly everything I would be nothing without my assistant director And I think a lot of people don’t realize that I would be nowhere without this amazing crew of women Mary: I was surprised by the joy that a certain team can bring to a set I came from a production of very big TV shows in New York a lot of people in this industry get jaded and discouraged these are their jobs and not a lifelong commitment necessarily So I think it was really interesting to leave that world of big-budget and watch a group of young people and mostly young women love what they’re doing every day and not have a jaded bone in their body when they show up on set to make something together So that was really surprising to me that I could find that in a new community outside of the one I had left Mary: I had been voted most likely to take over the world and then I didn’t show up for the yearbook photo because I was too cool for it (laughs) Sophia: To think about my high school self is to cause me a lot of pain (laughs) I was a really big musical theater kid growing up I was probably the one most likely to be on the stage I’m not saying I still don’t want to do that but I’m really glad I went to film school because I discovered an entirely new side of myself Ali: The girl most likely to forge her own path and forgo all social norms Our website uses cookies to improve your experience August at twenty-two writer-star Ali Edwards based the queer coming-of-age story partly on her own diaries But the film also owes its existence in part to director Sophia Castuera keeping her ears open in coffee shops about a young woman (Edwards) who falls for her male best friend’s girlfriend (Lilli Kay) is meant to feel like a summer entry in the complicated life of a recent college graduate — something that its title implies but doesn’t explicitly spell out That’s in keeping with the nuance of the entire film affectionate look at a young woman fumbling through life and love with hope and vulnerability “The film is loosely based off of my own misadventures of being a very naive, dumb, optimistic twentysomething,” Edward told MovieMaker after its splashy debut at the Provincetown International Film Festival it started in my diary entries and my early art and my friendships And then I started kind of getting that all down on the page and working with Sophia and Mary Elizabeth to bring it alive in a in a real way.” Mary Elizabeth is acclaimed producer Mary Elizabeth Monda, whose credits include The Killing Of a Sacred Deer as well as Luke Cage and The Punisher on Netflix. Together, the three formed a new collective, Lady Parts Productions with the aim of advocating for positive social change through their work Castuera met Monda by overhearing her on a phone call at a coffee shop in Harlem close to where they both live “I heard her talking really loudly on the phone next to me ‘Who’s this annoying person?'” jokes Castuera “And then she was talking about Sundance and film festivals All three were in their early twenties and related to Edwards’ story they shot it on the streets of New York City before the Covid pandemic shut filming down for a while Also Read: Provincetown International Film Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary by Showing How to Do a Film Festival Right The setups were complicated by the very authentic New York City setting. Though they got permits when they needed them, there’s wasn’t much they could do about the passerby. Some of their real dialogue slipped into the background of street scenes. “There are constantly people — it’s New York,” says Castuera. “There are so many people on the street at all times. … You can’t put help but notice the people walking in the background and the things that they say.” The complete independence of the project has had at least one advantage they couldn’t have foreseen: Press coverage hasn’t been affected by the actor or writer strikes because no struck companies are involved. Edwards and Castuera met in college at Boston University — “we were in different a capella groups and different theater groups, this all sounds really kind of cheesy,” Edwards laughs — but they became collaborators when Castuera, who is also an actor, auditioned for a web series Edwards made. She quickly thought of Castuera when it was time to find a director for August at Twenty-Two. “At that point, I had only directed a short,” Castuera says. “When Ali asked, I kind of was like, “terrifying — but I’ll do it.” In the film, the characters’ leaps of faith can have embarrassing consequences. For the filmmakers, taking risks has paid off with a sensitive, standout debut, marked by a mood of wincing recognition and regret. But also the recognition that some mistakes need to be made. August at twenty-two is available today across all North American TVOD/Digital platforms through Gravitas Ventures. Main image: Ali Edwards and Lilli Kay in August at twenty-two. Volume 12 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1051482 Breast cancer is a pathology suffered by millions of women worldwide and social and work life of surviving patients breast cancer is associated with weight gain Physical exercise appears to be an effective non-pharmacological treatment to improve short-term self-esteem and psychological factors such as depression The practice of physical activity is also associated with a reduction in the side effects of treatment This bibliometric analysis analyzed the trend followed by publications on breast cancer and physical activity and bibliometric laws were applied to identify the most prolific authors Breast cancer and physical activity have an exponential trend in the number of publications with Psycho-Oncology being the journal with the highest number of publications On the other hand, once the disease is present, the main treatments for BC are systemic treatments (hormone therapy, chemotherapy, and biological agents) combined or not with local treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy (14) Phillips and McAuley (23) exhibited the importance of exercise on QoL, fatigue, and other psychosocial factors such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, happiness, and body image in women with BC (23). Consistent with this fact, there is significant evidence demonstrating an increased risk of anxiety, depression and suicide, and neurocognitive and sexual dysfunction in BC survivors compared to women without a previous cancer diagnosis (25) A bibliometric study aims to analyze the scientific interest and evolution of a given field of knowledge will be the first to address scientific papers published on the following topics: BC the temporal evolution of studies on BC in relation to PA and mental health presented by diagnosed patients and/or survivors makes it necessary to carry out a broad meta-analytical and current study This study will provide a panoramic view of the scientific and practical community feasible through a bibliometric approach that analyzes the data and metadata of specific preexisting articles on this topic the main aims are to analyze the trend of annual publications to identify the most prolific and cited journals and authors and to highlight the most used keywords and the most relevant articles This research followed the design of a descriptive bibliometric analysis to perform a scientific mapping of scientific publications on PA and BC similar to those used in other research (26–29) The Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection (WoCSS) database of Clarivate Analytics was used as a data source. This database is one of the most widely used by researchers to perform bibliometric analyses, given its wide catalog of prestigious indexed journals, its influence in the scientific field, and the complete information provided for this type of analysis (30, 31) Data were extracted from WoSCC on 27 June 2022 The search was restricted to the editions: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) limiting the search to articles and reviews the “ti” tag is used to search for articles that contain a given concept in the title while the “ts” tag is used to search for articles containing a given concept in the topic (title The dataset was downloaded in “Plain text file” format and then analyzed with Microsoft Excel (version 2206; Microsoft Corporation USA) and VOSviewer (Center for Science and Technology Studies A total of 506 documents were collected: 442 articles and 64 review articles published between 1991 and 2022. No continuity was found in the annual number of publications up to 2001, so it was decided to analyze the exponential growth of publications between 2001 and 2021 (Figure 1) Figure 1 Annual production of research on breast cancer and physical activity The size of the node corresponds to the number of documents per journal the size of the connections to the link strength and the color to the mean number of citations per article of each journal (Analysis: Fractionalization; Attraction: 10; Repulsion: 0) According to the number of citations, Bradford’s core for the journals was composed of four journals (Table S3), Psycho-Oncology (36 documents, 1,792 citations), Journal of Clinical Oncology (8 documents, 1,416 citations), Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (24 documents, 841 citations), and Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (1 document, 466 citations), accumulating 33.2% of the citations (Table 1) Table 1 Bradford core for journals on physical activity and breast cancer according to the number of citations of articles published in the journals The 506 papers were co-authored by researchers affiliated with institutions in 55 countries/regions (Table S4). The largest number of publications were co-authored in the United States (190 papers, 37.6%), Canada (55 publications, 10.9%), and China (41 papers, 8.1%). Figure 3 shows the density map of countries in co-authorship and circumference; the opacity of yellow is positively related to the number of documents Figure 3 Density map of countries in co-authorship The country with the most co-citations was also the United States (5,408 citations, 39.8%), followed by Canada (2,465 citations, 18.1%) and Germany (1,036 citations, 7.7%). Table S4 shows the co-authored countries ranked according to the number of papers published with co-authors from that country and the number of citations accumulated by these co-authors. Figure 4 shows the 55 countries/regions and their interrelationships Node size corresponded to the number of documents the clusters formed by the countries were represented by colors and the thickness of the lines represented the link strength (number of links) (Analysis: Associations strength; Attraction: 9; Repulsion: -1; Minimum cluster size: 3) The United States led the largest and most productive cluster (Cluster Red: 11 countries/regions) with another large and productive cluster led by Australia and United Arab Emirates (Cluster Green: seven countries/regions) The United States (23 unique collaborations) was the country with the highest number of collaborations with other countries/regions followed by Australia (11 unique collaborations) and England (11 unique collaborations) Figure 4 Countries in co-authorship and their interrelationships Different groups of collaboration between authors were found Figure 5 Graph with the most relevant co-authors We found 11,241 co-cited co-authors, authors who have been co-cited together in at least one publication. Following the number of most prolific co-authors, the 34 co-authors with the highest number of co-citations were highlighted; these authors were co-cited at least 41 times. Courneya was the co-author with the highest number of co-citations (280). Figure 6 shows the graph of co-citations Figure 6 Graph with the most co-citated co-authors Applying the h-index to the articles, a total of 60 articles with at least 60 citations were obtained (Annex 1). Table 2 shows the 10 articles with the highest number of citations being “Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: A multicenter randomized controlled trial,” by Couerneya By applying Zipf’s law to the author keywords, 27 terms were highlighted. Figure 7 shows the most used keywords by authors using a co-occurrence analysis with VOSviewer (Analysis: Association strength; Attraction: 2; Repulsion: 0; Minimum cluster size: 3; Node size as a function of the number of occurrences; Thickness of connections: Link strength; Color: Cluster formed) four clusters were found; the terms breast cancer (266 uses) and QoL (115 uses) were the most used keywords forming a cluster (blue) with other terms such as chemotherapy (22 uses) and cancer survivors (15 uses) Another cluster (red) was formed with terms such as physical activity (85 uses) and survivors (40 uses) together with others such as breast cancer survivors (26 uses) or obesity (15 uses) The term exercise (87 uses) formed a cluster with terms such as oncology (42 uses) a cluster was found formed by the terms fatigue (49 uses) Figure 7 Graph with the most used keywords by authors Figure 8 shows the graph with the keywords as a function of the average years of publications in which they appeared (Analysis: Association strength; Attraction: 2; Repulsion: 0; Node size as a function of the number of occurrences; Linkage thickness: Link strength; Color: mean year of publication) or self-reported fatigue were the terms with the most recent mean years of publication Figure 8 Graph with the most used author keywords: average publication years This bibliometry analyzed the properties of 506 documents 442 individual studies and 64 review articles on BC and PA published from 1991 to 2021 in WoSCC There have been 2,690 co-authors from 55 countries/regions who published on this topic the most prolific regions are the United States The first co-author to initiate research on this topic was Ellen Levine in 1991 an exponential growth in the number of publications was not observed until 2001 as no continuity was found in previous years the increasing pace of the number of publications slowed down finding the period of maximum peak and growth between 2018 and 2021 since the number of publications could be expected to decrease due to the coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic 55 countries/regions collaborated with others and at least eight significant clusters were formed The cluster led by the United States stands out among the rest; it has the biggest production numbers and size and authors from this country published with other institutions from 11 different countries/regions The cluster led by Australia is also noteworthy since it has publications with authors from seven different countries and also has great production numbers Australia and England share second place with 11 collaborations each the United States is the country leading in this category with more than double the collaborations than the regions in second place (23 total collaborations) In terms of the authorship of the documents in this topic 2,690 co-authors shared between 1 and 17 articles It is observed that there are few authors with several publications on this subject; of the 2,690 co-authors with between 1 and 17 co-publications 2,265 co-authors had published only one single paper on this subject at the time of analysis Various analyses were applied to identify the more prominent authors in this field of research 34 co-authors with five or more articles were identified as the more prolific authors 33 co-authors with at least 33 citations each were found as the more highlighted authors Several relevant groups of co-authors were identified in this topic; among them the most outstanding group of researchers was the one led by Courneya who has collaborations with nine other authors has the most co-citations among the 11,241 co-authors who have been co-cited together in at least one publication about the subject of PA and BC there are 34 noteworthy co-authors who have at least 41 co-citations Courneya is established as the most prominent author in PA and BC since he leads the categories of co-citations and number of collaborations with other authors he is a co-author of the most relevant article on the topic that was published in 2007 titled “Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: A multicenter randomized controlled trial” that has From the analysis of the most frequently used keywords used in the field of BC and PA research it can be affirmed that the analyzed body of research focuses on BC The term breast cancer was the most commonly used term with 266 uses Both terms formed a cluster with chemotherapy and cancer survivors; the period of time when these terms were used more was between the years 2015 and 2016 the terms physical activity and survivors formed another cluster with BC survivors and obesity; the higher usage of those terms occurred between 2016 and 2017 the term exercise formed a cluster of author’s keywords with oncology and breast neoplasia; the period when these terms were more actively used was between late 2016 and early 2017 An analysis of the institutions involved was not carried out with regard to the inclusion and exclusion criteria so it cannot be guaranteed that duplicate articles or those that did not meet the criteria were eliminated and should be taken into account in future bibliometric analysis studies This bibliometric analysis provides an overview of the results of BC and PA research worldwide There has been an exponential growth trend in research on BC and PA since 2001 to 2021 PA and BC are topics of increasing interest that can be expected to keep gaining momentum The United States is the country that produces more scientific knowledge on the topic addressed (37.6% of the publications) with the most relevant author being Kerry S Psycho-Oncology is the most attractive journal for BC and PA researchers D-ZA and J-CR designed and coordinated the study F-AS and P-CR participated in introduction D-ZA and J-CR participated in article revision All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version This study was conducted through the contribution of the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure of the Junta de Extremadura through the European Regional Development Fund This financial aid was received by Ruth Jiménez Castuera The author D-ZA (FPU20/04201) was supported by a Spanish Ministry of Education Grants FPU20/04201 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the “European Social Fund Investing in your future” or by the “European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR” The author F-GJ (FPU20/04143) was supported by a Spanish Ministry of Education 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 at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.1051482/full#supplementary-material Global cancer statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries CA: A Cancer J Clin (2021) 71(3):209–49 mortality and mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) are associated with human development 1990–2016: evidence from global burden of disease study 2016 3. 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Club and photorealistic backdrops populated by stylized Netflix dropped “City of Ghosts” in early March with both critics and viewers responding positively to the gentle and inclusive vision of Ito Her team included another Japanese American Ako Castuera (they met while working on “Adventure Time”) as well as other Asian American animation talent they aren’t the frightening types of ghosts but the type that want to teach and share their stories They sound like real kids and not trained actors because that’s what they were; that “I really wanted them to sound like real kids,” Ito said I kind of requested kids that were younger than normally people ask for since that meant someone would need to recite the lines and have the child actors repeat them a practice opposite her experiences on other shows dealing with trained actors who don’t like being told how to recite a line of dialogue Ito also said there was just a narrow window in which to record the kids while their voices had a particular quality that could change quickly came from the interviews that were conducted with people from the different communities “They were all hired because they were themselves,” Ito added “City of Ghosts” came about when Netflix became interested in a short Ito had made titled “Welcome to My Life” with Cartoon Network so when Netflix asked her whether she had any other ideas she drew inspiration from growing up in Los Angeles “I did sort of have this vague idea about doing a show about all the stuff in L.A like this random building where I would wonder ‘Why is this old building in this new development?’ or little homes that don’t look like the homes around it and how could we explore that,” Ito said Ito combined that with a memory from when she was 6 years old and saw a ghost and how that related to VR (virtual reality) whose mother is Japanese American from Hawaii and whose father is an immigrant from Mexico also grew up in Los Angeles County and could relate to Ito’s vision “I don’t have the generational roots that Elizabeth does but it put me in touch with different perspectives people who were immigrants themselves or have roots that go back thousands of generations,” Castuera said Those threads and sensibility came together for the show as evidenced by episode titles like “Koreatown,” “Venice” and “Leimert Park,” as well as neighborhoods like Boyle Heights and locations like the Bob Baker Marionette Theater all giveaways that “City of Ghosts” takes a different tack at depicting L.A In “City of Ghosts,” the City of Angels and its denizens are characters there might be no end to the stories that could be told “I’ve appreciated everybody’s reaction to the show,” Ito said “No matter whether there are more [episodes] or not I’m really proud of what me and the whole crew made so I’m really happy for everybody who worked on it how much people love hearing their voices and how excited it makes people I’m glad to have made something so meaningful for all of these communities that I’m now friends with.” Privacy Policy | About Our Ads With the theme “Building Solutions for Hawai‘i’s Housing Crisis,” Hawai‘i Community Lending held its annual meeting executives and business and community partners gathered on the lawn at The Bishop Museum for an evening of speeches All proceeds from the event—totaling more than $37,000—go to support housing for local and Hawaiian families HCL Board President Billy Pieper shared his vision for housing Hawaiian families using a football analogy to illustrate the importance of taking action “Nobody watches a football game to see the huddle; we watch because we want to see the plays,” Pieper said we’ve been huddling for a long time trying to come up with solutions to address our housing crisis According to Executive Director Jeff Gilbreath HCL’s accomplishments from the past year include making 394 grants and loans totaling $15.3 million buy and save homes from foreclosure in the last year,” Gilbreath said “These impacts have changed the trajectory of families’ lives changed the capacity of nonprofit developers to build affordable housing and changed the housing system to be more responsive to the needs of our local people.” HCL board members Kawena Beaupré and Jaclyn Kaina presented the 2024 Impact Investor of the Year Award to the Stupski Foundation citing “their commitment to the health and well-being of the communities through housing and for helping to inspire others to invest.” Stupski made two separate investments of $3 million and $2 million to support the launch of HCL’s Kapili Construction Loan Program which has now grown to $13 million with additional investments from Hawaiʻi Pacific Health American Savings Bank and Rural Community Assistance Corporation.  “Our Kapili Construction Loans are zero-down loans at 6% interest that HCL uses to fund native Hawaiians helping them build homes on Hawaiian Home Lands where construction financing is hard and can feel impossible to find,” Beaupré said “[These] loans meet families where they are at.” board director Marisa Castuera Hayase thanked the crowd for being “a reminder of how people can come together to live our values” and thanked HCL for “providing a place for us to come together to figure out how we can keep Hawai‘i “We know it takes many hands and many hearts and we know that no one can do it alone,” Hayase said “Now for all of us: how do we help sustain and strengthen community ownership and make those large investments necessary to do that in the face of all of these changes And how do we protect our renewable resources And create new innovative resources like the loan funds that HCL and the leadership that you provided have created So thank you for creating more new renewable resources for us to steward together Hayase pointed to Stupski board director Keoni Lee’s leadership as chair of the investment committee for his idea to experiment with program-related investments (PRIs) and do them in short-term “We have 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development financial institution (CDFI) has funded 4,485 local and native Hawaiian families to build distributing more than $160 million into our communities for affordable housing HCL gives a huge mahalo to Hui Waiwai event sponsors: American Savings Bank The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Honsador Lumber and Stupski Foundation for their generous support Space 1026 has a show entitled “New Work and Then Some” that spans the globe from Tokyo to Los Angeles to Philadelphia Rob Sato and Ryohei Tanaka – grace the walls of the gallery with a glut of work from ceramics to paintings Rob Sato Rob Sato hails from Los Angeles and paints surreal watercolor scenes that range from floating house-like forms and soldiers on horseback to planes and disassembled human bodies Many of these recognizable images are pieced together with flat blocks of color In the case of “Downstream Death Machines,” a propeller-fitted airplane is cobbled together with smaller planes and the objects are generally easy to identify the silhouette of a human body seems barely tangible The bits composing this figure are almost completely abstract blocks and bars some of them emerging from what appear to be drawers or wooden crates One of Ako Catsuera’s ceramic stegosauruses adorned with branches Castuera adds a three-dimensional component to the show with tiny ceramic creatures which are mostly decorative Many of her sculptures are based on animals A recurring visitor is the notoriously unintelligent dinosaur stegosaurus which makes an appearance in at least three pieces wall-hanging masks go together in a series of creatures both aquatic in “Oceanic Visitor,” and terrestrial in “Magic Ears,” “Yowl” and “Fire Flower Elk.” Some of Castuera’s vessels are non-representational and appear like they could pour liquids while others take on the shapes of humans and bristle with flowers making for vases with slightly humanist slants who came out to the opening all the way from his nativeTokyo Much of Tanaka’s work is done using a paper cutting technique which often leaves him with symmetrical mirror images Think of the snowflakes children cut in wintertime art classes but make them considerably more discerning and precise and in the shape of monsters or people Some of Tanaka’s work is more graffiti-based lending itself to grotesque and chaotic scenes like in “The Mental” or cuter more amusing content like the cartoony bowling ball and personified pins in “Bowling Pins.” All three artists bring a lot to the table for this show curated by former Space 1026 member Kris Chau They offer fresh work to a Philadelphia audience in a variety of mediums with a somewhat gritty this show is crowded with work and presents art for a wide range of tastes Space 1026 is located at 1026 Arch St. (second floor), Philadelphia; 215-574-7630 or [email protected]; space1026.com A struggling young actor is drawn towards her childhood soulmate’s girlfriend in a cliche-heavy story given a huge lift by a dynamic central performance Sophia Castuera’s feature-directing debut captures the directionlessness of post-grad life Cal (Ali Edwards) drifts between auditions and house parties until her path crosses with childhood soulmate Jacob (Clay Singer) Sparks predictably fly between the floundering performer and the long-haired musician – yet Cal unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Jacob’s photographer girlfriend Emily (Lilli Kay) With the unpredictability of desire and attraction Cal’s romantic conundrum is also imbued with chaos and restlessness the classic ingredients of the quintessential quarter-life crisis which imagines a similar menage a trois with much more flair the film is elevated by the spirited presence of Edwards she brilliantly articulates the open-hearted vulnerability of her flighty protagonist Oscillating between self-doubt and blind optimism Cal is never alienating in her misguided daydreams Edwards’ dynamic presence also lends a much-needed degree of authenticity to the film; other characters occasionally err on the side of tropey archetypes An abrupt ending doesn’t help either but August at Twenty-Two remains a commendable first outing for Castuera and Edwards August at Twenty-Two is released on 27 November on digital platforms as they go through Los Angeles solving various supernatural encounters they learn and teach us about the history associated with the physical and metaphysical elements of that place It’s undoubtedly an education on building a sense of community while respecting every culture that resides within a society that’s presented in a very edible format it’s one of the most soul-soothing shows in existence I cannot emphasise enough how much I needed City of Ghosts I was on this marathon of watching movies and TV shows over the weekend But then there was WandaVision which absolutely crumbled me from the inside and left me wanting for some hugs something that’s impossible now due to the damned pandemic I had this Netflix animated show on my watchlist and I was wondering if this is the right time to watch after going through weeks of emotional and physical trauma it was the most accurate thing that I needed and as the title of this review suggests I can end the review here and just tell you to go watch it but I am going to spend some time gushing over it City of Ghosts is created by Elizabeth Ito along with associate producer Katie le Dain music by Michael Andrews and Alex Thompson art direction and production services by Chromosphere and TeamTO It features the voices of August Nuñez as Zelda I think the term “meant for kids” has been misused to a great extent it means dumbing down things to such a level that there’s no connection between what’s happening on screen and what’s happening out there in the real world Because the adults decided at some point that in order to protect kids from the horrors of the world i.e And that’s so wrong because when all those “horrors of the world” hits you all at once it’s better to simplify the aforementioned topics and educate them for early age so that the urge to learn grows which is something that the writers of the City of Ghosts clearly understand They don’t beat around the bush and make it clear and in the show’s reality But their hauntings have so much more meaning than their peers in the genre one ghost is passionate about skating parks and some other ghost is afraid that a language is going to go extinct because of modernisation And the Ghost Club kind of creates this bridge between those who have passed away and those who inhabit their places and help them reach a middle ground where the history and the present can co-exist for the sake of a better and more inclusive future I know I’m making this sound very serious and profound you’ll feel that all of it is coming from a place of honesty I have not seen any behind-the-scenes footage of the show What I am going to say is pure speculation I think that the style that Ito and her team have chosen is an amalgamation of real-life footage and animated footage that has been hand-drawn on top of the real footage The rack of flip-flops in the episode titled Venice and the grass in the episode titled Tovaangar looked too real to be CGI and when the animation is added to it you can notice the difference and the collage-esque vibe It serves a narrative purpose as well because one of the main motives of the show is to not detach the viewer from reality too much the real elements preserve the essence of the places that viewers might have a connection with while also allowing them to enjoy the quirkiness of the animation The overall pacing of City of Ghosts is slow I don’t use this term a lot but I have to break it out for this one Every episode is 20 minutes long but you feel like you’ve been basking in its sunny glow for an eternity and you just don’t want it to be over everything adds to that feeling of serenity And I cannot thank the makers enough for choosing to take this route because my-oh-my did I need it and I think that the world needs it too We constantly keep talking about evolution and moving forward I am sure I won’t be the only one considering the move to strip things down and restart with the building blocks of our society If your heart doesn’t just melt at the sound of the voices of August Nuñez as Zelda I very much doubt that you even have a heart They sound so adorable that I was actually shedding tears for some reason And that was the case not because they were being so naturally cute but also because they were saying such educational stuff while being so cute when adults try to make kids talk about universal topics such as gentrification here it feels like what they’re saying is coming out organically There’s no doubt that a lot of that credit goes to the writers but the voice actors deserve a lot more attention for simply being so genuine Here are some of the other voice actors who are in City of Ghosts: Isa Fabro I still haven’t figured out how animators make it seem like they’ve added in the stuttering and stammering as the characters are thinking like the actors And that sense of spontaneity adds to the overall appeal of the show big props to the casting director for hiring the diverse cast to promote representation instead of opting for big names to boost the popularity of the show I think City of Ghosts is going to be my go-to IP whenever I am in need of a warm hug to my soul do yourselves a favour and watch City of Ghosts and give it and its cast and crew the love SEE ALSO: Pacific Rim: The Black Review - If You Loved Guillermo del Toro's Jaeger Vs Kaiju Epic, You'll Definitely Like This! Cover artwork by Bhavya Poonia/Mashable India The Stupski Foundation is providing $17.4 million in support of organizations working to ensure that students across Hawai‘i, particularly those on neighbor islands, have access to the same educational, leadership, and career-building experiences as their peers on O‘ahu, reinforcing the belief that geographic isolation should not determine a young person’s access to opportunity. This funding strengthens statewide initiatives that provide mentorship, career pathways, and hands-on learning as well as support for travel to key events and programs. By returning dollars and decision-making to local organizations that understand neighbor island communities’ unique challenges, these grants help bridge systemic and geographic gaps to build lasting connections among Hawai‘i’s youth. Investing in Statewide Access for All Students The following organizations are receiving support to expand access, enhance mentorship, and connect students across islands: Expanding Pathways, Strengthening Connections Beyond structured educational programs, grantee partners also enable students to travel to O‘ahu and beyond to participate in key events. These experiences allow students from diverse backgrounds to form lasting connections; learn from one another; and gain exposure to different cultures, communities, and career pathways. Building relationships with peers across islands cultivates a sense of kuleana (responsibility) to Hawai‘i as a whole, strengthening collaboration and leadership. “Thanks to this funding, we have been empowered to open doors to leadership development for students across all islands, fostering meaningful connections among young leaders statewide. This initiative not only strengthens the fabric of our communities but also brings invaluable opportunities to our neighbor islands, ensuring a more robust and dynamic workforce for Hawai‘i’s future,” shared April Nakamura, interim Executive Director from the Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders. Shifting Power to Support Maximum Flexibility The Stupski Foundation believes that the communities closest to the work are best positioned to determine how to use resources. Supporting organizations that are already leading the way without burdensome funding restrictions sustains critical programs and provides the flexibility needed to respond to evolving needs. “Being a statewide organization located outside of O‘ahu allows us to remain deeply connected to the unique challenges and opportunities across the islands,” said Leslie Wilkins, CEO of Maui Economic Development Board. “The general operations support we received gave us a lot of flexibility to adapt our programming, which allowed us to bring young people together for our STEMworks conference, where innovation and collaboration spark new ideas and lasting change,” said Wilkins. “This work is about making sure that students, no matter what island they live on, have access to the same enriching opportunities as their peers,” said Cheri Souza, Hawai‘i Postsecondary Success Program Officer at Stupski Foundation. “We are honored to partner with these organizations as they support Hawai‘i youth and strengthen the connections that have the potential to make our communities thrive.” Volume 9 - 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00288 Verticillium wilt and leaf mottle of sunflower caused by the fungus Verticillium dahliae (Vd) has become a major constraint to sunflower oil production in temperate European countries Information about Vd from sunflower is very scarce despite genetics molecular traits and pathogenic abilities of fungal strains affecting many other crops being widely known Understanding and characterizing the diversity of Vd populations in those countries where sunflowers are frequent and severely affected by the fungus are essential for efficient breeding for resistance molecular and pathogenic traits of Vd isolates affecting sunflower in European countries and Ukraine were assigned to vegetative compatibility group (VCG) 2B but some others could not be assigned to any VCG Genotyping markers used for Vd affecting crops other than sunflower showed that all the isolates were molecularly identified as race 2 and that markers of defoliating (D) and non-defoliating (ND) pathotypes distinguished two well-differentiated clusters one (E) grouping those isolates from Eastern Europe and the other (W) all those from the Western Europe and Argentina while the isolates in cluster E belonged to an unknown VCG or to VCG6 When the host range was investigated in the greenhouse the fungus was highly pathogenic to artichoke showing the importance of farming alternatives in the management of Verticillium attacks Sunflower genotypes were inoculated with a selection of isolates in two experiments one including the isolates from Western Europe and the other including isolates from Bulgaria Three pathogenic races were differentiated: V1 V2-EE (Eastern Europe) and V2-WE (Western Europe) three differentials are proposed for race identification: HA 458 (universal susceptible) susceptible to V2-WE) and INRA2603 (susceptible to V2-EE The diversity found in Vd affecting sunflower must be taken into account in the search for resistance to the pathogen for European environments of sunflower production In areas where sunflower is grown in alternation with other crop species determination of the host range specificity of Vd affecting sunflowers is important for the correct management of the whole cropping system genetic diversity of Vd isolates from sunflower could be intimately associated with disease occurrence and severity as a consequence of particular interactions Vd isolate – sunflower genotype No comparative studies of these proposed races of Vd affecting sunflower have so far been conducted and neither are any relationships with races 1 and 2 on tomato and lettuce known Frequent outbreaks of VWLM in sunflower-growing countries suggest that the resistance in commercial hybrids was overcome by the pathogen and this makes it urgent to identify plant material which could serve as a donor of resistance against the current races of the fungus worldwide This work was conceived from a holistic perspective since a bewildering amount of scientific information is available for Vd affecting many crops but Vd being pathogenic on sunflower is largely unknown Here we describe the population structure of the Vd affecting sunflowers in countries of Europe where VWLM recurrently threatens oil production: Bulgaria molecular and pathogenic traits of the fungal collection were studied and because of its epidemiological significance we also addressed to what extent Vd from sunflower can be pathogenic on other crops Cross sections of the stem base and petiole tissues of all the plants were analyzed Each section was divided into two–six pieces that were surface-disinfested for 3 min by immersion in 10% household bleach (40 g of active chlorine per liter) rinsed in deionized water for 3 min and air dried using a vertical laminar flow cabinet Segments 2 to 4 mm long of sunflower tissue were aseptically transferred to petri plates containing potato dextrose agar (PDA) Plates were incubated at 25°C for 72 h in darkness Colonies were morphologically confirmed by observation under the stereoscope Only one colony among all those recovered from the same field was selected for further studies and a minimum of two monoconidial cultures were obtained by the following procedure Each isolated colony was transferred to PDA and incubated in the laboratory at 25°C the plates were flooded with 5 ml of sterile deionized water each and swirled gently The conidial suspension was filtered through two layers of sterile gauze Five serial 1:10 dilutions were prepared from the initial suspension and a small volume was streaked onto Water Agar (WA) medium following a zigzag distribution Plates were incubated at 28°C for 24 h in darkness Germinating conidia were then identified under the stereoscope and individually transferred to PDA The final colonies were confirmed as being Vd based on morphological characters Monoconidial and original isolates were stored in PDA as part of the fungal collection of the Laboratory of Field Crop Diseases at the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Isolates of Verticillium dahliae used in this work and genetic characterization by means of assignment to Vegetative Compatibility Group (VCG) The test nit mutant was thus considered vegetatively compatible with the tester strain and was assigned to its VCG races of Vd from sunflower have been determined on the basis of the reaction of particular host genotypes (or differentials) carrying genes of resistance from different sources but racial characterization by means of molecular markers for race has not been addressed so far Total genomic DNA from each isolate was purified using the i-Genomic Plant DNA Extraction Minikit (Intron Biotechnology South Korea) according to the manufacturer’s instructions Quality and concentration of DNA samples were determined using a QubitTM 3.0 Fluorometer (InvitrogenTM DNA samples were adjusted to a final concentration of 10 ng/μL and stored at -20°C until required The primer pairs used for the diagnosis of D and ND pathotypes were: DB19/DB22 Optimized PCR assays were carried out in a final volume of 25 μL containing 0.4 μM each primer 2.5 μL 10x PCR buffer (800 mM tris–HCl 1.5 mM (DB19/DB22 primers) or 2 mM (rest of primers) MgCl2 Amplification conditions were as follows: 4 min denaturation at 94°C; followed by 35 cycles of 1 min denaturation at 94°C 1 min of annealing at 54°C (DB19/DB22) and 1 min of extension at 72°C; and a final extension step of 6 min at 72°C Determination of races 1 and/or 2 was conducted using diagnostic primer pairs Tr1/Tr2 Optimized PCR assays were carried out in a final volume of 25 μL containing 10 μM each primer The following profiles were set for amplifications: 2 min initial denaturation at 94°C; 35 cycles of 1 min denaturation at 94°C 1 min annealing at 64°C (Tr1/Tr2 and VdR2F/VdR2R) or 62°C (VdAve1F/VdAve1R) and 1 min of extension at 72°C; and a final extension step of 10 min at 72°C All reactions were done in a T1 Thermocycler (Whatman Biometra Amplification products were separated by horizontal electrophoresis in 1.5 or 2% agarose gels containing 0.05 μl/ml GoldView Nucleic Acid Stain (SBS Genetech China) and visualized over a UV light source A 100- to 2,000-bp or 100- to 1,000-bp ladder (Dominion MBL Spain) was included in the electrophoresis A binary matrix based on presence (1) or absence (0) of PCR product was generated. Cluster analysis using the unweighted paired group method with arithmetic averages (UPGMA) algorithm and Jaccard’s similarity coefficient (Jaccard, 1908) were used to classify the isolates and determine genetic similarities among them. Analyses were performed with InfoStat Software® v. 2010 (Di Rienzo et al., 2010) An experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions Six crop species were inoculated with three isolates of Vd from sunflower (VdS0112 and VdS0213) and two from olive tree (one from the D pathotype both of them belonging to the fungal collection of the Laboratory of Field Crop Diseases at the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture data were pooled and analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) Mean values of AUDPC were compared using Fisher’s protected least significant difference (LSD) tests (P = 0.05) Statistical analyses of data were performed using STATISTIX 10.0 software (Analytical Software data were pooled and VWLM assessed using ANOVA Hierarchical cluster analysis with UPGMA algorithm and Euclidean distance was made to classify the isolates into different pathotypes A principal component analysis (PCA) was also carried out to visualize the distribution of the variability found clustering and PCA analyses were performed with InfoStat Software® v The DI results were analyzed using ANOVA and Fisher’s protected LSD tests (P = 0.05) were used for comparisons of genotypes Statistical analyses of data were performed using InfoStat Software® v the 543- or 526-bp marker specific to Vd (DB19/DB22 primers) When amplified with race-specific primers, all 38 isolates yielded 256-bp amplicons with VdR2F/VdR2R and failed to amplify with Tr1/Tr2 and VdAve1F/VdAve1R (Supplementary Table S1) Since no polymorphisms were detected in our Vd isolates when using race-specific primers these data were omitted for the molecular analysis The dendrogram resulting from the UPGMA analysis of the molecular data set for pathogenic characterization distinguished three well-differentiated clusters among the 38 isolates of Vd (Figure 1) The first cluster (Cluster E) grouped the 16 isolates collected in countries from Eastern Europe as well as the isolate VdO0913 from olive tree collected in Spain all the isolates grouped in cluster E belonged to an unknown VCG or to VCG6 All isolates of Vd from sunflower of Argentina and Western Europe countries as well as one isolate from Ukraine and the isolate VdO0113 from olive tree of Spain shared a 21% similarity and were grouped in a second cluster (cluster W) irrespective of their country of origin all the isolates in cluster W were assigned to VCG2B two isolates from Turkey (VdS0614 and VdS0414) and one from Romania (VdS1114) were genetically very distant from the rest of the isolates UPGMA dendrogram based on molecular marker data for 38 Verticillium dahliae (Vd) isolates from sunflower and olive tree expressed as the area under the disease progress curve of six crop species upon inoculation with three isolates of Verticillium dahliae from sunflower (VdS0112 and VdS0213) and two from olive tree (VdO0913 and VdO1113) Bars with the same lower case letters are not significantly different according to the least significant difference test (P = 0.05 critical least significant difference value = 86.80) The most interesting reactions to Vd were those of cotton and sunflower Cotton was highly susceptible to the isolate VdO0913 (551 AUDPC) and was moderately susceptible to the rest of the isolates (average 159 AUDPC across them) Sunflower was highly susceptible to those isolates recovered from sunflower samples (450 AUDPC averaged across VdS0112 and VdS0213) but not to those from olive tree (140 AUDPC averaged across them) eggplant displayed moderate susceptibility to VdO1113 isolate (192 AUDPC in comparison to 129 AUDPC averaged across the remaining four isolates) UPGMA dendrogram based on Disease Index values for seven sunflower genotypes inoculated with 21 isolates of Verticillium dahliae from sunflower Blue and red colors are used to indicate Clusters W and E and Pioneer 1 inbred lines after inoculation with isolate VdS0316 which corresponds to the typical profile observed for Western Europe Vd isolates Verticillium wilt and leaf mottle in four sunflower genotypes caused by 12 Verticillium dahliae isolates from different geographical origins and expressed by a disease index calculated on the basis of the percent of affected nodes and the severity of symptoms in the plants (see section “Materials and Methods” for details) The last two groups of darker bars represent values averaged for isolates from the east (V2-EE) and the west (V2-WE) of Europe Bars with the same lower case letters are not significantly different according to the least significant difference test (P = 0.05) according to our results about the molecular and pathogenic diversity of Vd in Europe our conclusions on host range might not be applicable to all isolates of Vd in Europe Host range of Vd from sunflower would be better precised if isolates of the fungus from Eastern Europe and VCG different to VCG2B were considered root tissues and plant debris of any crop species infected by Vd strains from sunflower can serve as carriers and sources of inoculum Studies on cross pathogenicity in Vd belonging to VCG6 and infecting sunflower and pepper as well as that of Vd belonging to VCG2B and pathogenic to herbaceous hosts such as sunflower or eggplant are needed to better understand the concern that these crops as farming alternatives can raise for possible severe outbreaks or increased severities of Verticillium wilt The most useful differentials for race characterization of plant pathogens -including those of sunflower- are public inbred lines, since their genetic background is known and they can easily be exchanged between research groups (Molinero-Ruiz et al., 2015). The presence of four pathogenic races has recently been reported in Argentina (Clemente et al., 2017) on the basis of the use of a set of differentials that is not public Since INRA2603 and HA 89 are public lines and differentially resistant and/or susceptible to Vd in Europe we propose that they should be used as differentials for pathogenic races of Vd the set for identification of pathogenic races of Vd would be: HA 458 (universal susceptible) The current study constitutes the first research work focused on the characterization of Vd on sunflower in Europe. Its findings provide new insights into Vd populations affecting sunflower, a preliminary description of three genotypes to establish a universal set of race differentials like, for example, those in downy mildew – sunflower (Tourvieille de Labrouhe et al., 2000) and have fundamental implications for resistance breeding we found that the Vd isolates from sunflower lack the Ave1 gene and are molecularly distinguished into two different groups: Western Europe and Eastern Europe their differences being associated with ND and D pathotypes Even genetic differences were found between both groups VCG2B being described in Vd from the west of Europe and VCG6 being assigned only to isolates from the east of Europe With respect to pathogenic characterization of Vd from sunflower races V2-EE and V2-WE were determined according to the sources of resistance that they overcome (HA 89 and INRA2603 inbred lines) any search for resistance to Vd for European environments of sunflower production should take this diversity into account in order to find donors with a broad resistance that can be effective to both V2-EE and V2-WE races this pathogenic variability must be properly managed through the development of hybrids with resistance to specific geographical areas (Western and Eastern Europe) This research constitutes a milestone in analyzing the diversity of Vd in countries of Europe where sunflowers are grown Collaborations between public and private sectors similar to that of this work should be advisable in other areas where Verticillium poses a threat to this oil crop All authors reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version Financial support for this research was partially provided by the Spanish Ministry of Economy Industry and Competitiveness (AGL2010-17909 and AGL2016-80483-R grants) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Jiménez-Díaz (University of Córdoba VdO0913 and VdO1113 isolates of V.dahliae from olive tree were kindly provided by Ms Herrera (Laboratorio de Producción y Sanidad Vegetal de Jaén and tomato were provided by Semillas Fitó (Barcelona Martínez-Rosales (Dow Dupont) for his support in data analysis The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00288/full#supplementary-material FIGURE S1 | (A) Severe infection by Verticillium dahliae (Vd) in sunflower (B) Symptoms produced by Vd isolate VdS0316 in the four sunflower genotypes used for race characterization FIGURE S2 | Example of the formation of a prototrophic heterokaryon FIGURE S3 | Principal coordinates analysis of the seven sunflower genotypes used in the pathogenic characterization and the 21 Verticillium dahliae isolates used in this study TABLE S1 | Molecular characterization of isolates of Verticillium dahliae (Vd) from sunflower using markers diagnostic of defoliating (D) and not defoliating (ND) pathotypes and of races 1 and 2 of the fungal species TABLE S2 | Phenotypic data of 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Volume 11 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.622595 2020 caused changes in the population in relation to the habits of physical activity and sports practice This study analyzed what motivational variables predicted the self-efficacy and commitment to sports practice as well as the differences according to gender during lockdown and the progressive de-escalation caused by COVID-19 using the theory of self-determination as a theoretical framework The study sample was conformed of 179 subjects (90 men and 89 women) between 18 and 65 years of age (M = 28.64; SD = 10.28) The Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire (BRSQ) the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale (PNSE) and the Sport Commitment scale were applied The most relevant results have showed significant differences in favor of the male gender in terms of levels of controlled motivation and amotivation as well as higher levels of self-efficacy and basic psychological need of autonomy the regression analysis has revealed that self-efficacy and current commitment to sports practice were explained by a variance of 57 and 64% due to autonomous motivation and the basic psychological need of competence the basic psychological need of competence should be fostered in order to increase the levels of self-determined motivation and commitment to sports practice of the population Due to the global pandemic declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) caused by the Covid-19 virus many changes have taken place affecting work which meant a period of confinement at home In general terms (depending on the Autonomous Community) this confinement has lasted approximately 3 months which in most cases has shifted to teleworking influencing healthy lifestyles such as eating The more these BPNs are satisfied, the more self-determined the person will be toward physical activity (Hope et al., 2019). In addition, this self-determined motivation can also trigger other positive psychological aspects, such as higher levels of self-efficacy (Duchatelet and Donche, 2019) and increased commitment to sports practice (Murillo et al., 2018) A high perception of self-efficacy is important during situations of confinement and even currently, with progressive de-escalation, in relation to the continuity or not of sports practice, since, although several studies have demonstrated that the perception of self-efficacy is not a predictor of the practice of physical activity, it is an important factor (Alert et al., 2019; Tang et al., 2019) how can motivation be maintained during a situation of confinement it is necessary to understand how these psychological variables have been affected in people who practice physical activity during confinement caused by Covid-19 in order to be able to establish strategies aimed at continuity of practice the aims of this study were: (a) to determine the levels of motivation and commitment to sport of people practicing physical activity during confinement and progressive de-escalation; (b) to determine whether there were differences between men and women in relation to these variables to establish personalized strategies according to gender in case these were necessary; and (c) to determine which motivational variables (levels of self-determined motivation and BPN) predict the perception of self-efficacy and commitment toward sports practice in order to propose strategies to increase the levels of these variables and to extend the continuity of sports practice affected by the confinement The study received the approval of the Research Ethics Committee of the Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid Spain) following the guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration All participants were treated in agreement with the ethical guidelines of the American Psychological Association in relation to participant consent informed written consent was obtained from the participants and their parents/guardians An empirical, quantitative study was performed, using a descriptive population-based study based on surveys (Montero and León, 2007) the variables used in the study are listed Satisfaction of basic psychological needs: The Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale (PNSE) was used, by Wilson et al. (2006), and validated into Spanish by Moreno-Murcia et al. (2011) which are divided into three factors and introduced with the phrase “In my training….” These factors are autonomy “I think I can choose the exercises in which I participate”) “I feel capable of completing the most challenging exercises”) “I think I get along well with my partners when we do exercises together”) Self-efficacy: The Self-efficacy Scale of Bandura (2006) was used This scale consists of 18 items that correspond to a single factor “When I do not feel physically well while training”) The questionnaire begins with the phrase “I am able to regularly sustain the training routine….” Commitment to sports practice: The Sports Commitment Grade Scale of Orlick (2004) was used and validated into Spanish by Belando et al. (2012) which are divided into two factors with the opening phrase “In my trainings…”: current commitment “I have made the determination not to quit even if obstacles appear (defeats “I put 100% of my concentration and effort into the trainings answers were provided for all of the items based on a Likert Scale of 5 points To facilitate the reliability of the responses by the participants the response range of the Bandura Self-Efficacy Scale was adapted to the rest of the scales First of all, a document was created to link the four questionnaires. Following the study by Astorgano-Diez et al. (2017) so that the questionnaire could be accessed online The questionnaire was available on the online platform for 2 months (from May to June of 2020) The questionnaire was disseminated through different channels (WhatsApp The duration of the application of the questionnaire was approximately 15 min After performing the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality and variance homogeneity test by means of the Levene test it should be noted that the results obtained from both tests show a normal distribution of the data to consider an acceptable reliability value via the Omega Coefficient A gender-based ANOVA analysis was performed, and the effect size was calculated using the following formula: Cohen’s d = M1 − M2/SD, where SD = √[∑ (X − M2)/N], where X is the raw score, M is the mean, and N is the number of cases. Following Cohen’s (1988) considerations the effect size is considered small when the value is below 0.20 a stepwise regression analysis was performed the SPSS 23.0 statistical program was used The highest mean value was obtained for the variable autonomous motivation to practice physical activity whereas the lowest value was obtained for the variable amotivation to practice physical activity In order to predict the perception of self-efficacy and the current and future commitment to sport practice of the sample subjects these variables were considered as dependent variables in their respective analyses whereas the following were considered predictive or independent motivational variables of the tad: autonomous motivation Linear regression analysis (successive steps) revealed that self-efficacy and current commitment to sport practice were explained by a variance of 54 and 56% for autonomous motivation and 57 and 64% for the basic psychological need for competence, respectively (see Table 3) future commitment to sport was not explained by any variable The aims of this study were: (a) to determine the levels of motivation and commitment to sport practice of people who practice physical activity during confinement and progressive de-escalation; (b) to determine if there were differences between men and women in relation to these variables; and (c) to find which motivational variables predict the perception of self-efficacy and commitment to sport practice Given the importance of maintaining an active style during periods of confinement it is crucial to know some of the psychological variables that determine these processes in order to improve the quality of life of the subjects We will now discuss the data found according to the previously formulated objectives which suggests that those who practiced physical activity prior to confinement already showed high levels of autonomous motivation and current commitment to the practice of physical activity most continued practicing physical activity during the confinement period The positive consequences related to the satisfaction of the competence BPNs originates greater levels of self-determination and consequently adaptive patterns for the sports practice it is necessary for public organizations and agents dedicated to sports training to use strategies aimed at improving this future commitment to practice the strategies to be used should focus on the satisfaction of the BPNs with special attention to the competence BPN since the satisfaction of the latter will improve the most self-determined motivation the continuity and commitment to the practice These strategies should aim to offer different exercises with the same objective so that the person can choose the exercise according to their preference or level of difficulty set realistic and individualized activities and objectives so that the person feels capable of performing them and/or does not feel bored if they are too easy as well as encourage group activities and positive relatedness among participants Although the study presents interesting and useful results to understand how sport professionals should guide the practice of physical exercise it is necessary to carry out similar studies with larger samples which can draw more accurate and extrapolated conclusions It would also be interesting to replicate the study in different countries to determine differences between countries and to verify whether these psychological variables act in a similar way It would also be very interesting to carry out a pre‐ and post-confinement measurement to see if the results have changed according to the situation It would be necessary to propose physical activity programs that last over time paying special attention to the use of strategies aimed at improving the satisfaction of the competence BPN increasing the forms of more self-determined motivation toward sports practice to ensure that people increase their perception of self-efficacy dealing more effectively with situations of risk and uncertainty and to maintain and/or increase the commitment to sports practice the satisfaction of the BPN of competence and the autonomous motivation significantly predict the perception of self-efficacy and the current commitment to the practice of physical activity The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by Comité Ético de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid The patients/participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study ML-R: writing – original draft preparation RJ-C: supervision and project administration This study was carried out thanks to the contribution of the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure of the Council of Extremadura through the European Regional Development Fund: A way to make Europe (GR18129) We would like to specify that the financial assistance was only for RJ-C The authors declare that this research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest We wish to thank all the people for their selfless participation in the present study Are self-efficacy and weight perception associated with physical activity and sedentary behavior in Hispanic adolescents American College of Sports Medicine (2020). 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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) *Correspondence: Ruth Jiménez-Castuera, cnV0aGppQHVuZXguZXM= The promotion ceremony at Mossdale Elementary School consisted of several sessions on Tuesday morning About 113 eighth-grade students received their certificates that day with most moving on to nearby Lathrop High in the coming months Principal Susan Sanders and Vice Principal Jeremy Brooks kicked off the special event held in the multi-purpose building Vice Principal Kristina Brown provided the presentation of awards – Academic awards Manteca Unified School District’s Character Counts Members of the Mossdale Class of 2022 included: The leading authority for the Architecture & Design community Recharge in a Restored Spanish Farmhouse in Menorca Luis Pancorbo, courtesy of Pancorbo Arquitectos Firm : Pancorbo Arquitectos Honors : Distinción del Colegio Oficial Arquitectos de Madrid Bio : Luis Pancorbo is an associate professor of Architectural Design at the ETSAM-UPM and teaches at the ESNE—School of Design Innovation and Technology. Partners withI nés Martín Robles since 2005 their firm Pancorbo Arquitectos has won 17 awards including for the construction of the Hostel Castuera Tourism in 2010; the execution of the Exhibition and Congress “High Vegas” in Villanueva de la Serena 2009; the “do City” competition expansion of Aguas Vivas; running transient accommodation dotacionales plots in Parla and well as the VPP building the SLA in Vallecas He has published articles in books and journals presented papers and presentations at international congresses and organized and lectured at various schools of architecture and design Making Hay: Convention Center Showcases Growing Spanish Talents Bio : Inés Martín Robles is an architect at ETSAM UPM. Partners with Luis Pancorbo since 2005 her firm Pancorbo Arquitectos has won 17 awards She has published articles in books and journals Chad has unveiled its 25-man squad for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers with an overwhelming presence from local club AS PS which contributes 14 players to the national team Coach Tahir Zakaria Gardia has largely relied on domestic-based players with only two foreign-based players making the list currently bottom of Group I with zero points faces a tough challenge as they prepare to take on Ghana in Accra on March 21 followed by a match against Comoros in Morocco on March 26 The squad's heavy domestic composition highlights the coach’s commitment to developing homegrown talent despite the nation’s struggles on the international stage Unlike most African teams that lean on their European-based stars Chad’s squad is almost entirely composed of home-based players The only two players playing abroad are goalkeeper Mbaynaïssem Jourdain (CSK Dushanbe Tajikistan) and midfielder Mahamat Thiam Maintah (CO Castuera Their experience will be vital as the team looks to earn its first points in the qualifiers especially against a star-studded Ghanaian side playing at home in Accra The Comoros fixture in Morocco also presents a tough challenge given the island nation's recent rise in African football Coach Tahir Zakaria Gardia will hope that the chemistry among the many AS PS players in the squad can help Chad mount a competitive challenge the matches offer a crucial platform for Chad's local talents to gain international exposure This article was published more than 9 years ago The PMO is defending the prime minister's use of taxpayer dollars to pay two nannies who are helping to look after the family's three children.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Justin Trudeau's decision to add two nannies to the public payroll is shining a light on the staff who work behind the scenes to keep the Prime Minister's official residence running A review of government appointments since the early 1990s shows that the type of work household staff undertakes has fluctuated only slightly over the years There are generally six staff working at 24 Sussex: an executive chef a household manager and two household staff The Liberals are on the defensive over the decision to add two nannies into that mix Trudeau's spokesperson said this week that the two women can be added to the public payroll without increasing the overall number of staff and said they will perform other duties in addition to caring for Mr Keeping the total number of staff at that number could put the squeeze on some veterans of the official residence Two employees at the official residence who are listed as household staff – Lucja Grabowiec and Mirka Bell – have worked for PMs since 1994 and 1998 The Prime Minister's Office says decisions have not yet been made regarding the final staffing decisions meaning it is not clear if they will keep their jobs The appointments of Marian Puego and Marilou Trayvilla as special assistants mark the first time staff have held that title at the official residence Trayvilla will perform other duties in addition to helping to care for the children "The Prime Minister will not expand the household staff of the Prime Minister's residence He will be adapting the staff complement to suit his family's requirements given he is the proud father of three young children It is an ongoing process and will be finalized in the coming days," Ms The Trudeaus have already replaced executive chef Timothy Wasylko his parting words place the Trudeaus in a bind Wasylko told the Ottawa Sun that all staff except him were told they would keep their jobs It is hard to see how that could happen while maintaining the total number of staff at six A review of past appointments going back to 1992 shows there are normally about six staff employed at any given time at 24 Sussex Dr. though the numbers and precise positions have fluctuated While they await plans from the National Capital Commission regarding renovations to the official residence the family is living at Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall all positions were simply classified as household staff the employees working as chef and assistant chef were clearly identified at the time of their appointments Paul Martin had just five staff at 24 Sussex during his time as PM: a household manager the Martins' children were adults and did not live at the official residence Cabinet records show there was very little turnover of staff during Stephen Harper's nearly 10 years as prime minister who worked as executive chef to the Martins and also at the residences of the Official Opposition Leader and the British High Commissioner said the staffing needs can vary greatly based on the size of a prime minister's family and how much they intend to use the home who is now executive chef for the Farm Boy grocery store chain noted that during his time with the Martins it was determined that the assistant chef position wasn't required "I've known the chef in each one of those [recent] situations and it's always different It's based 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