bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Decision models enhancing environmental flow sustainability: A strategic approach to water resource management
Authors: Haghgoo Seiran , Amanollahi Jamil , Kamangar Barzan Bahrami , Sorooshian Shahryar
Published: October 2024

Proper water resource management is essential for maintaining a sustainable supply chain and meeting water demand. The urgent need to preserve river ecosystems by sustaining environmental flow (EF) in the realm of environmental management has been highlighted by the drastic changes to river ecosystems and upstream flow dynamics brought about by careless river exploitation in the last few decades. To optimize EF in river basin management, we present an integrated modeling approach. We focused on the Pir Khezran River basin. Our objective was to estimate EF and generalize the findings to adjacent rivers using modeling techniques, thus providing valuable insights for environmental management applications. The assessment and optimization of EF under uncertain conditions was achieved by combining physical habitat simulation (PHABSIM) modeling with advanced techniques like Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) neural networks. This integrated modeling approach contributes to sustainable solutions for river basin management and environmental conservation by effectively optimizing EF, as demonstrated by the results. This research, therefore, makes valuable contributions to environmental management in various areas such as ecological preservation, modeling and optimizing environmental systems, and policy considerations.
Bariazioen ikerketan haztamuka: Casenaveren Itsu-mandoka aztergai
Authors: Ayerbe Sudupe Mikel
Published: October 2024

Jon Casenaveren ibilbide akademiko irmo, oparo eta esanguratsua omentzea helburu duen lan honetan, bere ibilbide literarioari erreparatu nahi diogu ondorengo lerroetan; eta, zehazki, Itsu-mandoka (Ustela, 1981) ipuin laburren liburuari. Izan ere, Casenavek aurrez aldizkarietan argitara emandako hainbat kontakizunen berridazketak eskaintzen ditu Itsumandokan eta bariazio horien azterketa konparatua egingo da jarraian, bariazioek aurkezten dituzten eraldaketa zehatzak ikertu eta aldaketen zioa argitzen saiatzearekin batera. Argitara emandako ezein testutan aurre-testuek sekulako garrantzia izaten baitute; eta zer esanik ez, aurre-testu horiek ere aurrez argitaratuta badaude eta, gainera, euren artean bariazio esanguratsuak aurkezten badituzte.
Guide de survie des langues minorisées à l’heure de l’intelligence artificielle : Appel aux communautés parlantes
Authors: Jouitteau Mélanie
Published: October 2024

Cet article s’adresse à la fois aux chercheurs en sciences humaines et aux structures de politique linguistique des langues minorisées. Il comprend un résumé compréhensible de la chaîne de développement du numérique pour le Traitement Automatique des Langues (TAL), avec une attention particulière pour ces langues qui n’ont pas des corpus aussi vastes que le français ou l’anglais. Dans le contexte de la révolution de l’Intelligence Artificielle (IA), dont j’explique les enjeux pour ces les langues à corpus restreint, je liste les recommandations indispensables au développement de ressources pérennes à même d’assurer un développement durable, avec une liste des pièges et mécompréhensions les plus courantes. L’article prend le breton comme exemple illustratif d’une langue à corpus restreint démontrant des ressources et applications numériques émergentes. Ses conclusions s’appliquent largement à toutes les langues à corpus restreint dont le développement numérique est amorcé, mais encore insuffisant pour profiter directement des applications d’IA développées actuellement pour les langues à corpus massif.
Chantal Akerman / Babette Mangolte : éclairer les films d’une cinéaste naissante – la possibilité d’une œuvre
Authors: Lamoine Émilie
Published: October 2024

La photographe, opératrice et réalisatrice expérimentale franco-américaine Babette Mangolte (1941-) a éclairé ou fut cheffe opératrice de six films de la cinéaste belge Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) à ses débuts : La chambre (1972), Hotel Monterey (1972), Hanging out Yonkers (1973, inachevé), Jeanne Dielman. 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), News from Home (1976) et Un jour, Pina a demandé… (1983). Se rencontrant à New York en 1971, elles élaborent ensemble un mode de fabrication, technique et esthétique, qui permet à la cinéaste émergente d’exprimer un rapport au temps et à l’espace que le corps habite. Leur collaboration, née de leur amitié sororale, a donné à son œuvre la possibilité d’avoir lieu, en trouvant la façon qui lui est propre de se faire. Nous en traçons le récit, focalisé sur la période 1972-1976, en nous appuyant sur leurs paroles et écrits, et en interrogeant la façon dont celui-ci a été constitué par celles qui ont partagé cette histoire.
Villes maghrébines, villes émiraties. Le caractère équivoque de la sortie féminine
Authors: Guezzen Azizi Nassera
Published: October 2024

Cet article analyse comment les femmes marocaines et algériennes ayant migré seules, se positionnent, aussi bien dans l’espace public urbain de leurs pays d’origine que dans celui d’arrivée. Une attention particulière est portée au soupçon qui marque ces femmes d’abord en Algérie et au Maroc, puis au sein de l’espace migratoire, tout en considérant leurs stratégies de négociations et de compromis pour se mouvoir dans un espace public, certes mixte, mais encore marqué par la prédominance masculine. L’enquête ethnographique multi-située, réalisée entre 2013 et 2017, a permis de recueillir les histoires de vie de femmes en situation pré et post migratoire sur trois terrains différents (Algérie, Maroc et Émirats Arabes Unis). Elle montre qu’en entamant une carrière migratoire, ces femmes débutent également un parcours de subjectivation et tentent d’acquérir un nouveau statut de femme autonome qui s’assume physiquement et financièrement au sein de territoires urbains parfois hostiles.
Paint Composition and Delamination Concerns in Ole Schwalbe’s Portrait of a Painting III, 1962
Authors: Decq Louise , Saverwyns Steven , Kuvvetli Filiz , Baadsgaard Elizabeth
Published: October 2024

This study investigates the preservation challenges associated with Ole Schwalbe's Portrait of a Painting III (1962). The painting, an example of minimalist abstract constructivism, suffers from severe paint delamination. Analytical techniques such as SEM-EDX, THM-GC/MS, micro-Raman spectroscopy and FTIR have been used to examine the paint composition and identify the causes of instability. The results suggest that incomplete curing processes and oxidative degradation in the thickly applied black paint has caused zinc soap accumulation in the underlying zinc white preparation layer. The volume reduction of the upper layers, combined with a swelling of the lower, has contributed to the degradation observed. This research provides insights into the conservation of post-war abstract artworks.
Lexicalization, polysemy and loanwords in anger: A comparison with non-affective domains in Middle English
Authors: Sylvester Louise , Tiddeman Megan
Published: October 2024

This paper compares the Middle English lexis of anger with that of nine non-affective domains. We first investigate lexicalization, polysemy, replacement and retention, and then focus on semantic overlap between French / Latin loanwords in Middle English and their etyma. Results show that anger is more heavily lexicalized than other domains and individual lexemes within it are more polysemous. Turnover of vocabulary appears to be higher, but it was not the case that incoming loanwords caused existing native terms to shift or fall from use in large numbers. anger has similar proportions of loanword senses innovated in Middle English and they are much more likely to be figurative.
Multilingual glossing and translanguaging in John of Garland’s Dictionarius: The case of Bruges, Public Library, MS 536
Authors: Wallis Christine , Seiler Annina , Pagan Heather
Published: October 2024

Based on an edition of the multilingual glosses, this paper investigates a copy of John of Garland’s Dictionarius extant in Bruges, Public Library, MS 536. This copy, written around AD 1300, perhaps in the vicinity of Bruges, includes some 800 interlinear glosses in Latin, Middle French and Middle English. The glosses target the lexicon and also basic Latin grammar. The linguistic characteristics of the glosses indicate that at least some of the glossators were competent in French as well as in English. Many of the lexemes of the French glosses are attested as loanwords in early Middle English; moreover, there are at least 30 instances of double glosses with French and English. As such, we argue that the glossators used “translanguaging” as a didactic strategy, and that the manuscript may have been created, for instance, for English students planning to study in Paris.
Striving to live well with chronic neuropathic pain managed by a neuromodulation technology
Authors: Dalibert Lucie
Published: October 2024

Living with chronic neuropathic pain as it is managed by spinal cord stimulation (SCS), which is a type of neuromodulation technology, is an intricate and entangled matter. Relying upon ethnographical fieldwork conducted in a Dutch regional hospital in 2012, I mobilise a phenomenological framework to attend to three intertwined dimensions that constitute such an experience. An account of what it means to be living with SCS cannot dispense with previous experiences of chronic neuropathic pain and chronic neuropathic pain managed with analgesic medication. Although seemingly in the past, they actually inform one’s present and future considerations and fears. While living with chronic neuropathic pain and chronic neuropathic pain managed by medicine are characterised by disrupted bodily intentionality (“I cannot”), SCS is experienced as a “reworlding” marked by “I can.” Such achievement is however neither straightforward nor absolute. Rather, not only does it require continuous attentiveness to one’s body and bodily feel, but living well with chronic neuropathic pain managed with SCS also requires a “disentanglement work” (Oudshoorn, 2020) from potentially harmful devices and people’s gaze. “I can / I cannot” does not solely reside with one’s painful body but is also the result of disabling sociomaterial encounters entailing misfits (Garland-Thomson, 2011).
Apprentissage et appropriation de la prothèse de membre
Authors: Gourinat Valentine
Published: October 2024

La condition d’amputé est une condition chronique. L’amputation d’un membre (bras ou jambe) bouleverse en profondeur le fil biographique de la personne qui traverse cette épreuve, et conditionne l’organisation tout entière de sa vie sur le long terme. Elle entraine un lourd processus d’apprentissage, d’appropriation, et de développement de connaissances et de compétences. Alors que ce processus se construit de façon brutale et profonde dans les premiers temps qui suivent l’amputation, il se poursuit également, en raison de sa dimension chronique, tout au long de la vie de la personne amputée. L’objectif de cet article est de mettre en lumière les différentes étapes de ce processus complexe, ainsi que leurs enjeux respectifs: du modelage du corps pendant et après l’opération chirurgicale, aux apprentissages adaptatifs des situations quotidiennes, en passant par l’apprivoisement des postures corporelles et de la prothèse. Nous soulignons également la mesure dans laquelle des dispositifs tels que l’interdisciplinarité soignante, l’éducation thérapeutique du patient ou encore le soutien entre pairs peuvent être décisifs quant aux conditions et possibilités de réadaptation des patients amputés appareillés.
L’émergence des concepts de “capacitisme” et de “validisme” dans l’espace francophone
Authors: Primerano Adrien
Published: October 2024

Le capacitisme et le validisme sont deux propositions de traduction, dans l’espace francophone, du concept d’ableism. Celui-ci est apparu dans les années 1970-1980 aux États-Unis, dans le sillage des disability studies et des mouvements féministes, afin de désigner une dichotomie hiérarchisée entre abled et disabled people et un système oppressif. L’article propose de suivre les développements théoriques et les mobilisations militantes autour des notions de capacitisme et de validisme, apparues toutes les deux au début des années 2000. Le capacitisme s’inscrit en premier lieu dans le contexte canadien, et dans celui des mouvements handi-féministes. L’analogie au genre et la perspective intersectionnelle apparaissent structurantes pour ce terme. Discret dans l’espace militant, celui-ci fait figure de concept opératoire dans quelques travaux empiriques. Le validisme en revanche naît, se développe et prend de l’importance dans l’espace militant français. Il fait écho à des travaux antérieurs qui analysent le rapport entre le handicap et le travail/la productivité. Il émerge de manière récente dans le débat public, apparaît dans les médias et les dictionnaires, mais fait l’objet de faibles mobilisations et théorisations dans les travaux universitaires, en particulier dans les études empiriques.
Crise sanitaire et confinement
Authors: Hontebeyrie Juliette
Published: October 2024

En France, les établissements et services d’aide par le travail (ESAT) sont des établissements médico-sociaux dans lesquels des travailleurs handicapés, encadrés par des salariés et accompagnés par le biais d’un soutien médico-social et éducatif, exercent des activités à caractère professionnel à visée de production économique. En écho à leur fonctionnement en temps normal, les options choisies dans les ESAT en réponse au bouleversement provoqué par la crise sanitaire de mars 2020 et le confinement généralisé qui en a découlé ont montré des réalités contrastées. Interprétant différemment ce que recouvre la notion de handicap, les arguments développés par les encadrants des ESAT les ont conduits à des solutions opposées: fermeture totale, fonctionnement avec les seuls salariés ou avec la contribution des travailleurs handicapés, dont le handicap constitue soit une contre-indication stricte au travail, soit un argument pour la continuité ou la reprise de leurs activités. Par ailleurs, la nouvelle organisation des ateliers, sous contraintes sanitaires, a été l’occasion de se pencher sur certaines conditions de travail. Le regard porté sur les compétences des travailleurs handicapés dans ce contexte et la valorisation de leurs activités via l’attribution d’une prime ont montré que certains ESAT ont reconsidéré l’importance de leur contribution à la production réalisée.
Coping strategies of disabled people facing barriers to their participation in education, vocational training and employment
Authors: Trezzini Bruno , Schüpbach Sabrina , Schuller Victoria , Bickenbach Jerome
Published: October 2024

In 2014, Switzerland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which establishes as one of its guiding principles the full and effective participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. The present study examines the lived experience and agency of disabled people living in Switzerland with regard to the coping strategies they resorted to in response to barriers to their participation in life domains such as education, vocational training and employment. Twenty-six people representing four impairment groups (mobility, visual, psychosocial, intellectual and developmental difficulties) and three age cohorts (born around 1950, 1970 or 1990) participated in semi-structured life course interviews. The narratives show how people have dealt with the structural constraints on their participation in different ways and according to their individual circumstances. However, the coping strategies identified can broadly be assigned to three general types (adapting, avoiding, and confronting), which represent different forms of agency with varying prospects for dismantling structural constraints. The paper discusses theoretical and practical implications with regard to overcoming structural constraints and improving the agency and freedom of choice of people with disabilities.
Training to improve quality of life, activity and participation in children with intense and complex support needs. Experiences of a European in-service training project “Enablin+”
Authors: Lebeer Jo , Nijland Mia , Batiz Enikő , Orban Reka , Schraepen Beno , Roidi Marina Luisa Rodocanachi , Neerinckx Heleen , Plivard Christine , Atanasova Zvezdelina , Candeias Adelinda
Published: October 2024

Children with multiple and severe disabilities have intense and complex support needs. They are often in special institutions with hardly any education, leading a passive and secluded life. To improve their quality of life, activities and inclusion, particularly inclusive education, we developed and experimented, within the framework of a European project “Enablin+,” an interprofessional in-service training. During 2015-17, we organized 64 pilot courses and training workshops on 41 topics in eight European countries, followed by a train-the-trainers course. Based on a qualitative evaluation of the participants, we can recommend: next to training profession-specific skills, an in-service training should aim at raising awareness that inclusion is feasible and necessary, also for children who are totally dependent. All hierarchical staff levels, from managers to daily caregivers should be involved. While rooted in modern conceptual frameworks of disability (inclusion, quality of life, rights, capabilities), such training should offer true interprofessional, case-based learning, person- & family centred “case management,” reflective learning about belief systems and practices regarding inclusive activities and participation. Course formats need to be adapted to local circumstances in order to lower the threshold to permit all staff members to participate.
Labour market integration of disability insurance benefit applicants in Switzerland
Authors: Altwicker-Hámori Szilvia
Published: October 2024

The increased labour market participation of individuals with disabilities remains a key policy priority for European governments. This study therefore aimed to examine factors promoting the labour market integration of disability insurance benefit (DB) applicants and those entitled to integration and occupational measures in Switzerland. A novel dataset was created via linking the 2018 Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS) to administrative register data (2000-2017). Multiple logistic regression was used to analyse the associations between demographic, socioeconomic, health, and regional characteristics and economic activity in working-age DB applicants (N=9,309) and those entitled to integration and occupational measures (N=5,753). Being male, living with an employed partner, having upper secondary or tertiary education, and being able to participate in the SLFS in the language of the language region of residence were associated with higher odds of economic activity. Higher odds of economic activity were also found for those not reporting long-term health-related activity limitations or chronic morbidity and for younger age groups. Individuals residing in the Lake Geneva Region and Ticino were less likely to be economically active relative to their counterparts living in Espace Mittelland. Most importantly, the results imply that education beyond the lower secondary level as well as language proficiency are essential for the economic activity of DB applicants and those entitled to integration and occupational measures.
Expérience biographique du handicap et participation électorale
Authors: Baudot Pierre-Yves , Bouquet Marie-Victoire
Published: October 2024

Quel est l’effet de l’âge sur la participation politique des personnes handicapées? Les différentes analyses statistiques (analyse des correspondances multiples et régressions) donnent des résultats a priori contradictoires. Pour comprendre l’effet de l’âge et du handicap sur le vote, il est nécessaire de décomposer ces deux dimensions pour identifier trois types de population: celles des personnes âgées devenues handicapées, celle des personnes handicapées vieillissantes et celles des personnes ayant vécu longtemps avec un handicap. Le comportement électoral est utile pour préciser les contours de ces populations. Ceci permet d’affirmer que les personnes âgées handicapées se comportent électoralement comme elles ont été socialisées à le faire. Cette analyse permet aussi de montrer comment le problème du vieillissement n’est pas lié uniquement à l’âge biologique. Elle permet enfin de montrer que la population des personnes considérées administrativement comme handicapées regroupe des catégories de populations très hétérogènes, dont les destins sont clairement différenciés.
Évaluer les obstacles et les facilitateurs à la participation sociale en contextes scolaires et professionnels de jeunes atteints de mucoviscidose
Authors: Ferez Sylvain , Silvestri Laura , Issanchou Damien , Boucher Normand , Fougeyrollas Patrick
Published: October 2024

Cet article s’intéresse aux enjeux méthodologiques de l’articulation de données recueillies par questionnaire et par entretien pour étudier les obstacles à la participation sociale en contextes scolaires et professionnels de jeunes (15-26 ans) vivant avec la mucoviscidose. En plus d’une enquête exploratoire auprès de treize professionnels, il s’appuie sur le croisement de données produites à partir d’une version courte et adaptée de la Mesure de la qualité de l’environnement-MQE (n=100) et d’entretiens de type “récit de vie et de pratiques” auprès de lycéens, d’étudiants, de jeunes en recherche d’emploi ou en emploi (n=29). Les résultats montrent l’écart entre les réponses à la MQE et les récits produits en entretiens. D’un côté, les réponses à la MQE éclairent l’impact des environnements physiques et de l’organisation spatiale et temporelle des milieux scolaires et professionnels sur l’expérience du handicap. De l’autre, elles semblent sous-estimer le poids des environnements humains dans la production ou la réduction des obstacles à la participation. Les témoignages recueillis en entretiens permettent de réévaluer l’importance de ces environnements. Le recours aux méthodes mixtes de recherche apparaît donc essentiel pour saisir le rôle respectif des composantes matérielles et humaines des environnements dans la production du handicap en contextes scolaires et professionnels.
Rethinking the inclusive shift in public management
Authors: Nathalie Dubost
Published: October 2024

The aim of this article is to put into perspective the transformation of medico-social provision that has been underway in France since 2017, using work in public management. We start from the proposition that this inclusive shift presupposes a new form of production of public action where users co-construct public value (Osborne et al., 2022). This conceptualisation of public action raises many questions, among which is how actors will manage conflicts, i.e. share their representations to co-create value. To illustrate our point, we present the first results of a field study in which we observed and interviewed five members of the board of a French association offering inclusive housing. The conflicts that were uncovered allow us to reveal that the transformation of the offer, beyond the objects that were created, raises issues around the sources of power and their evolution during the co-production process, for which we call for better description in public management research.
Energy management
Authors: Rosqvist Hanna Bertilsdotter , Hultman Lill , Hallqvist Johan
Published: October 2024

This paper explores young autistic adults’ energy management in relation to work, leisure activities and social relationships. Energy management strategies serve as different ways for the young autistic adults to sustain their energy balance by trying to understand what increases or reduces their energy levels. In this way, energy can be understood as modes of autistic functionality where the informants’ individual energy levels, the contexts in which they find themselves and the strategies they use to influence and form central parts of their everyday lives.
Choice is not an option
Authors: Pritchard Erin
Published: October 2024

In the UK, for several decades disabled people have advocated for equal access to public spaces, evident in the work of the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation. However, whilst spaces continuously change, including the provision of more self-service technology it is important to investigate the impact this has on disabled people. Oliver (1990) contends new technologies should be used to liberate disabled people as opposed to further disabling them. However, new technology can further disable people with impairments (Ergard & Hansson, 2021; Jokisuu et al., 2016; Sheldon, 2003). Whilst existing research shows that self-service technologies are disabling for a range of consumers, this paper seeks to understand the particular experiences of people with dwarfism and how they interact with them due to a mismatch in height. Drawing on interviews with people with dwarfism, living in the UK, this paper engages with Mick and Fournier’s (1998) paradoxes of technological products conceptual framework to explore their consumer experiences, including the resultant emotional impact when using self-service technology. The results show that people with dwarfism engage in numerous coping strategies to deal with them, including dependency, interacting with the facility differently and avoidance.
Innover avec et pour les personnes en situation de handicap
Authors: Nanchen Benjamin , Rullac Stéphane , Fragnière Emmanuel , Sandoz Sarah , Weissbrodt Rafael
Published: October 2024

L’exclusion des personnes en situation de handicap (PSH) est en partie due aux barrières socialement construites. Malgré les différentes dispositions légales, plusieurs barrières subsistent et les développements technologiques ainsi que la numérisation peuvent en amener de nouvelles. Afin d’éviter cela, une approche renouvelée de co-innovation avec et pour les PSH nous semble nécessaire. En effet, bien que certaines disciplines et méthodes de conception mettent en place un processus, individuellement aucune ne permet, à notre avis, d’apporter des solutions satisfaisantes. Aussi, nous proposons une approche transdisciplinaire de co-innovation basée sur les principes de la recherche-action collaborative ainsi qu’un dispositif de gestion favorisant la participation des PSH. Cette approche transdisciplinaire permet la prise en compte des savoirs non scientifiques, notamment ceux des PSH. Dans cette note de recherche, nous discutons 1) comment l’approche transdisciplinaire proposée permet de dépasser les limites des discipline et méthode de conception, 2) notre compréhension renouvelée de la participation, notamment sur la notion du pouvoir et 3) la reconnaissance des savoirs d’usage des PSH ou pairjectifs.
Les freins de l’innovation inclusive
Authors: Peyrard Estelle
Published: October 2024

Le handicap découle de l’interaction entre des caractéristiques individuelles et des caractéristiques environnementales (Fougeyrollas et al., 1998). Les produits et services proposées au consommateur en situation de handicap font partie de ces caractéristiques environnementales et jouent un rôle dans le processus de production du handicap. Pour que ces produits et services répondent mieux aux besoins et dans une logique d’empowerment, les consommateurs en situation de handicap peuvent participer à la conception de produits innovants. On parle de co-conception. Cette participation se heurte à un certain nombre de freins pratiques (Allen, McGrenere & Purves, 2007; Brulé, Bailly & Gentes, 2015; Magnier et al., 2012) et méthodologiques (Hendriks, Slegers & Duysburgh, 2015; Plos, 2011). Ces freins ont été étudiés essentiellement par handicap, fournissant des préconisations managériales censées être valables quel que soit le produit. Or l’observation de 38 cas de co-conception au TechLab d’APF France handicap montre qu’il n’en est rien: des produits différents apportent des défis différents en matière de co-conception et beaucoup ont peu à voir avec le handicap des personnes. Trois types de freins à la co-conception sont identifiés pour les phases de test des produits: des freins liés à l’installation du produit innovant, des freins organisationnels et des freins liés à l’impact des produits sur la vie des personnes. L’article propose des réponses pour contourner ces freins et maximiser la participation des CSH aux démarches d’innovation produit.
Collaborative Mosaics
Authors: de Oliveira Jayme Bruno , Sanford Kathy
Published: October 2024

This chapter explores the transformative potential of collaborative mosaics in education through a rhizomatic lens, blending arts-based multiple literacies and critical pedagogy. Through a case study from Brazil, the chapter demonstrates how participants engage in collaborative mosaic workshops to explore their identities, and how the production of visual thought enables community engagement. By intertwining personal narratives, the mosaics challenge conventional literacy norms and support knowledge democracy. The chapter also offers practical steps for facilitating collaborative mosaics, emphasizing their educational significance in fostering critical thinking, creativity, and social justice, grounded in Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy framework.
Storying Across Classrooms
Authors: Beyak Timothy S. , Burton Lisa M. , Peters Beryl
Published: October 2024

The authors of this chapter explore the implementation and impact of arts-based multiliteracies (Peters & Mongeon-Ferré, 2023), multiliteracies (Cope & Kalantzis, 2024a; Kalantzis & Cope, 2023; New London Group, 1996) multimodality (Kress, 2009), and arts literacy (National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, 2014) in secondary school classrooms through critical participatory action research. Central to the work shared in this chapter is a storying (Gwenneth Phillips & Bunda, 2018) of two secondary school teachers' experiences grounded in arts-rich, multimodal learning environments that enhance student engagement and learning about critical social and human rights issues. The authors reveal how arts-based multiliteracies significantly motivate and engage learners in critical thinking, and support diverse forms and functions of meaning-making. The chapter concludes with the authors addressing the impact on students' learning, challenges, potential strategies, and the conditions and questions for reflection about the implementation of arts-based multiliteracies in educational contexts.
Teaching and Learning About Space
Authors: Lucas-Palacios Laura , Gómez-Trigueros Isabel
Published: October 2024

This chapter addresses spatial competence and its development in the initial training of Early Childhood and Primary Education teachers in the area of Social Sciences. To this end, two teaching proposals are presented whose common thread is guided itineraries or routes mediated by technologies, as well as the use of video-documentaries and Instagram. The interventions aim to understand spatial concepts, the holistic interrelation between geographic space and heritage, and the work of spatial competence showing its importance for citizenship. The results confirm significant learning in the understanding of geographic space, the importance of geolocation and the orientation of cultural and heritage nodes and the connection of the territory with its inhabitants; with a participatory, active and holistic approach to the closest environment, which motivates teachers in training to a greater connection between space and the human being.
Promoting Trust and Psychological Safety in Team Environments
Authors: Deredzai Memory , Goronga Pedzisai
Published: October 2024

This chapter examined the importance of trust and psychological safety in university team environments. Trust and psychological safety influence the overall success of educational institutions. A comprehensive overview of trust and psychological safety is provided, highlighting their significance in team dynamics and their impact on individual and collective performance since teamwork is at the core of academic excellence. Evidence-based strategies to promote trust and psychological safety in team environments such as open communication, inclusive governance and decision-making processes, supportive and nurturing culture, clear goals and clear expectations among others are discussed. threats to trust and psychological safety within team environments are discussed. In essence, the chapter provides valuable insights for educators, administrators, policymakers and institutional leaders seeking to create inclusive and effective team environments that foster trust and psychological safety, ultimately enhancing and shaping the overall educational experience for both staff and students.
Steering the Ship
Authors: Knight Tara M.
Published: October 2024

Purpose: This research explores the importance of leadership style on team performance and development. This research will answer the question: How do different leadership styles impact the development and performance of a team? Design/Methodology Approach: qualitative systemic literature review. Findings: There is not one leadership style that is perfection. Therefore, a hybrid of leadership styles is needed to develop employees and improve performance effectively. The most successful leaders will be the ones who are most flexible and can wear many hats. Theory: Contingency Theory of Leadership Keywords: leadership, employee performance, leadership style, employee development, work environment, Authoritarian Leadership, Autocratic Leadership, Directive Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Servant Leadership, Paternalistic Leadership
Interrogating the Third Space in Collaborative Research
Authors: Mayne Hope , Barrett Shermaine , Hibbert Dwaine
Published: October 2024

In this research project, three researchers from three different research backgrounds and academic disciplines drew on Bhabha's third space theory to reflect on their experience conducting collaborative research. The collaborative research process created a third space where the researchers were able to share their perspectives and challenge ideas to achieve consensus. Utilising a critical narrative inquiry approach, the researchers shared their experiences of working with each other in a collaborative research project. They sought to explore: 1) How do three different perspectives of research contribute to the research process? 2) What does the collaborative research practice look like? 3) How can this process contribute to new positions in qualitative research? Narratives were analysed using a cross-case thematic analysis. The findings revealed that the research process was not linear and prescriptive but more so a descriptive process, which created a space for new understandings about collaborative research to emerge.
Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion for Enhanced Team Outcomes in Higher Education
Authors: Tariq Muhammad Usman
Published: October 2024

This chapter examines the central role of diversity and inclusion in improving team outcomes in higher education. By leveraging the diverse perspectives, experiences, and talents of team members, colleges can foster innovation, promote collaboration, and promote academic excellence. The discussion will address key principles, strategies and practices for realizing the potential of diverse and inclusive teams, including communication, diverse leadership, intercultural competence and equity-focused initiatives. Through an analysis of case studies, best practices, and future trends, the chapter highlights the transformative impact of diverse and inclusive teams on research, teaching, and institutional culture. In addition, it explores the challenges and opportunities associated with building and maintaining diverse teams and the continued importance of diversity and inclusion as drivers of academic excellence in a rapidly changing global environment.
Cutting Edges in Human Germline Editing Reconciling Scientific Progress With Rogues and Legal Framework
Authors: Singh Bhupinder
Published: October 2024

Human germline editing refers to the process of making changes to the genetic material of human embryos, eggs, or sperm cells, which can then be passed on to future generations. It is a highly controversial and ethically complex field of research. The ability to precisely and easily alter the DNA sequences of living things has been made possible by new biochemical techniques. The potential of these new tools to deepen our understanding of biology, change the genomes of microorganisms, plants, and animals, and treat human diseases has caused enormous enthusiasm in the scientific and medical communities. They have also sparked important discussions about how people might decide to change future generations' genomes as well as their own. This chapter focus on the human germline editing with reconciling scientific progress with rogues and legal framework global observatory and its inherent conundrums.
The Ethical Dimensions of AI Development in the Future of Higher Education
Authors: Ojha Megha , Mishra Amar kumar , Kandpal Vinay , Singh Archana
Published: October 2024

This review systematically examines the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education (HE) from 2007 to 2023, providing novel insights and up-to-date information. By analyzing 102 articles retrieved from Scopus, the data were extracted, analyzed, and coded using R Studio. The results reveal a significant increase in publications in 2021 and 2022, compared to previous years, indicating emerging trends in HE. The study also shows that research on AI in HE has been conducted on six of the seven continents, with China surpassing the US as the leading country in the number of publications. Additionally, there is a shift in the researcher affiliation, with the education department now being the most dominant, compared to previous studies that showed a lack of researchers from this field.
AI in Small Businesses
Authors: Anwar Misita , Korthaus Axel , Bingley Scott , Burgess Stephen
Published: October 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a new area in digital technologies and is already changing the operations of businesses. Small businesses generally make up 99% of businesses and employ around half of the workforce in western countries, so it is important to examine the impact of AI on them. Despite this, AI adoption in small businesses remains under-researched. This chapter provides a high-level exploration of the adoption, and challenges associated with the use of AI by small businesses through a scoping review of the literature across relevant social sectors. The chapter highlights the effect of the COVID pandemic and considers whether this will lead to broader AI adoption. Barriers such as resource limitations, cybersecurity, and knowledge gaps are discussed. The chapter concludes with strategies to support AI adoption, emphasizing tailored tools and improved training to overcome these barriers, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and innovation in small businesses.
Digitalization of Human Resources Management
Authors: Güler Mehmet , Koç Ömer , Güler Mustafa
Published: October 2024

As technology advances, concepts like information technologies, internet, digitalization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly impact all aspects of life, including the workplace. This influence extends to human resources management, where digitalization has gained importance. Digital technologies such as AI, chatbots, and online platforms for various HR functions are now commonplace. In the competitive landscape of recruitment, AI is playing a growing role, with businesses leveraging AI applications to streamline candidate selection processes. This integration of AI with recruitment activities reflects the broader trend of digital transformation in HR management
Women and witchcraft practices in South Africa: An intersectional analysis of selected isiZulu fiction
Authors: Ndebele Siphiwe , Busane Mthobisi , Nare Motsusi
Published: October 2024

Drawing on Kimberlé Crenshaw’s theory of intersectionality, the article closely reads the interplay of race, gender and class in shaping female identities and experiences with witchcraft in selected isiZulu creative literature. We use a qualitative research approach in conjunction with thematic analysis as a data collection tool to extract recurring themes from the chosen novels. The study identifies overlapping themes regarding the representation of black South African women and witchcraft practices as depicted in the novels under examination. These themes illuminate the intersection of race, gender and class in constructing black female identities within cultural discourses.Contribution: This study contributes to scholarship on the literary works of B.J. Dube, Mandla Nxumalo, Christian Msimang, Langalibalele Mathenjwa, E.D.M. Sibiya, M.J. Mngadi and Mjajisi Wanda. It further adds to post-structural feminism in the field of African literature studies by analysing how race, gender and class converge in shaping the lived experiences of South African black women accused of witchcraft in isiZulu novels. By examining these themes, the study highlights how social power structures influence the construction of black female identities within South African cultural landscapes.
Physical Inactivity and its Sociodemographic Determinants among Adults: A Community-Based Study
Authors: Jalaluddin  , Nawab Tabassum , Khalique Najam , Ahmad Anees
Published: October 2024

Introduction:

Physical inactivity (PI) is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality and is potentially modifiable. Understanding its sociodemographic correlates can contribute in planning preventive measures to reduce the same.

Aims and Objectives:

1) To estimate the prevalence of PI among adults aged 20–60 years and 2) to identify the sociodemographic determinants of PI among adults.

Material and Methods:

A community-based cross-sectional study was done in district Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. 304 adults aged 20–60 years, giving informed consent were selected by simple random sampling. Pregnant women and those with febrile disease and physical defect were excluded. Predesigned structured proforma and Global Physical Activity Questionnaire were used. Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were applied using IBM SPSS 23.0.

Results:

Prevalence of PI was 47.7% (95% CI: 42.0–52.6). It was significantly higher in urban (55.3% vs 41.1%) than in rural area and among females than in males (68.7% vs 34.9%). PI during work was 74.3%, during travel 78.9%, and during recreation 88.5%. Being female increased odds of PI by almost ten times (adjusted odds atio (AOR) =9.7, 95% CI: 1.6–58.5). Unskilled workers/laborers and farmers (those involved in active occupational work) were found to have lesser odds of PI (AOR = 0.2, 95% CI: 0.1–0.5 and AOR = 0.2, 95% CI: 0.01–0.6, respectively).

Conclusion:

PI is highly prevalent among adults. Targeted interventions to increase physical activity in recreational domain are recommended, specially in urban areas and among women. Further studies to explore barriers to physical activity are needed to address this problem.
Prevalence and Predictors of Depression Among Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis Patients – A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Sharma Deepak , Goel Naveen K. , Sidana Ajeet , Sandha Kawaljeet S. , Bishnoi Mamta
Published: October 2024

Background:

According to World Health Organization, India is a high tuberculosis (TB) and depression burden state. The risk of depression is higher among TB patients. Therefore, it is vital to focus on the mental well-being of TB patients.

Objective:

The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and predictors of depression among drug-sensitive TB patients in Chandigarh city.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 305 TB patients. Trained investigators administered Patient Health Questionnaire 9 to screen for depression. Data analysis was done using Epi info software for windows.

Results:

The prevalence rate of depression among drug-sensitive TB patients was 7.2%. Current nonworking individuals were more likely to be depressed than their counterparts (OR = 3.7 (1.2–10.9)).

Conclusion:

Around one-tenth of the TB patients were suffering from depression. This necessitates physicians to regularly screen TB patients for depression and manage accordingly, which will help improve treatment adherence and outcome.
Verification of Sub-national Claim for ‘TB-free’ Status of Rajsamand District, Rajasthan, India-2020
Authors: Gupta Kalika , Parmar Mitin , Davda Kush , Davda Shivangi , Soni Pooja , Bhardwaj Ashok K. , Modi Bhavesh , Awate Rajendra
Published: October 2024

Background:

Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an opportunistic infection that affects the lungs in humans. Caseload of TB has been deemed it endemic in various regions of the world and India is on top of that list. The Government of India has set out a goal to eliminate tuberculosis in India by the year 2025 with the help of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) 2017–25. The objective of the index study was to verify the claim of Rajsamand district in Rajasthan, that it witnessed a >20% reduction in TB incidence between 2015 and 2020.

Methodology:

This was a mixed-methods study. Quantitative component (cross-sectional study): Secondary data review (review of records from Nikshay notification systems and National tuberculosis elimination program (NTEP) reports, utilization of drugs in the public sector, and drug sales in the private sector). Primary data collection through survey. Qualitative component: nominal group technique and key informant interviews.

Result:

Percentage decline of a ≥ 20% incidence in 2020 compared to baseline 2015 was not seen. The number needed to test (increased by 18.26% in 2020 as compared to the baseline of 2015. TB Score of Rajsamand district for the year 2020 was 68.34 out of 100.

Conclusion:

Rajsamand district’s claim of ≥20% reduction in TB incidence in the year 2020, was rejected.
Effectiveness of Osteoarthritis Management Program (OAMP) on the Level of Knowledge and Practice Regarding Self-Management Among Elderly with Osteoarthritis
Authors: Sapkota Pratima , Balu Venkatesan , Kamei Sonia , Devi Yumnam Sushma
Published: October 2024

Objectives:

To assess the effectiveness of osteoarthritis management program (OAMP) on the level of knowledge and practice regarding self-management among elderly with OA.

Materials and Methods:

A quasi-experimental study was conducted among 60 elderly with osteoarthritis (OA) from March 1, 2021, to March 29, 2021. A community-based survey was conducted to identify the elderly with OA, and 60 persons were selected by using simple random technique. Knowledge was assessed through structured questionnaire, and non-observational checklist was used for Practice. OAMP was conducted to impart knowledge and practice skills.

Results:

The study findings showed that the majority of the participants had inadequate knowledge and poor practice before the intervention, whereas, after the implementation of OAMP, the maximum number of participants had adequate knowledge and good practices. The knowledge mean score increased from 52% to 86.7% and practices from 43.8% to 88.5%. There was a significant hike in the difference between the mean pre-test and post-test scores at P < 0.001 level.

Conclusion:

The present study proves that the use of OAMP is effective in increasing the level of knowledge and also in improving the practices among participants which help in self-management of OA and result in improvement in the level of physical function.