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Independent Candidacy and Electoral Reform: New Nation Movement NPC v President of the Republic of South Africa
Authors: Pretorius Loot
Published: October 2022

In the New Nation case, the Constitutional Court declared the provisions of the Electoral Act that prevent independent candidates from competing in provincial and national elections unconstitutional. It ruled that the impugned provisions violated independent candidates' constitutional rights to stand for public office, to freedom of association and to dignity. In a minority judgment, Froneman J disagreed and held that the Constitution contemplates a right to contest elections as a party-nominee only. The differences between the majority and minority judgments are largely the result of distinct interpretive approaches. The majority conducted an analysis of the right to stand for public office within a restricted textual framework that has the potential to disturb the harmonious inter-relationship between the right and the electoral and parliamentary framework for its realisation. This result flows from the fact that the Constitution still reflects the exclusively party-based electoral and parliamentary systems of its predecessor in several important respects. At best, this situation may result in independents being largely at the mercy of political parties for meaningful execution of their legislative and oversight obligations. At worst, they may be excluded from exercising core parliamentary functions altogether. Therefore, to avoid disturbing the normative coherence between the right to stand for public office, the foundational democratic values, and the electoral and parliamentary arrangements, constitutional amendments appear to be necessary for the implementation of the court's order. In any event, expectations about the contribution to electoral reform of allowing independents to contest elections must be tempered by the low political impact of independent representatives on governance, as well as the ambivalence surrounding the democratic functionality of independent candidacy, when measured against the values of transparency and accountability.
Towards a more uniform approach to parenting coordination in South Africa
Authors: De Jong Madelene
Published: October 2022

Because of the need to mitigate the damage done to children by chronic conflict between co-parents after divorce or family breakdown, the process of parenting coordination has been embraced by South African courts. In terms of the process, a parenting coordinator will first attempt to facilitate resolution of the parenting disputes by agreement of the parties, but if this attempt fails, the parenting coordinator has the power to make directives regarding the disputes which are binding on the parties until a competent court directs otherwise or the parties jointly agree otherwise. Although parenting coordination has flourished over the past decade, there still seems to be uncertainty and a lack of uniformity about various aspects regarding the process and the role and functions of a parenting coordinator. First of all, we have the Guidelines on the Practice of Parenting Coordination in South Africa (SA Guidelines), drafted by a task team of the National Accreditation Board for Family Mediators (NABFAM) to provide guidance for parenting coordinators concerning minimum qualifications, ethical obligations and conduct, practice and procedure, and children’s participation in the process. In addition, the South African Law Reform Commission published the draft Family Dispute Resolution Bill, 2020, which deals with the process of parenting coordination in Chapter 7. Very importantly, we also have various court decisions dealing with parenting coordination in South Africa, which provide some guidance. However, the SA Guidelines, the provisions of Chapter 7 of the Bill and our court decisions are not always aligned and provide different answers to important underlying theoretical questions about various issues, such as the circumstances under which a parenting coordinator should be appointed; the issues that could be dealt with by a parenting coordinator; whom to appoint as a parenting coordinator; the approach to be followed in the parenting coordination process; the inclusion of children in the parenting coordination process; the nature of the parenting coordination process; confidentiality in the process; and a parenting coordinator’s relationship with the court and the parties’ legal representatives. A lack of consensus regarding these issues has given rise to diverse practices among professionals and confusion for all involved in the parenting coordination process. This article therefore endeavours to provide more clarity and certainty on these issues, taking international best practice into account.
Bullying in the Workplace: The Plight of South African Employees
Authors: Calitz Karin
Published: October 2022

This article discusses the prevalence of bullying in South African workplaces as well as the causes and symptoms thereof and the shortcomings in the current protection available to victims. Jurisprudence indicates that in the past victims typically had to rely on the prohibition against harassment in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (EEA). However, they were often unsuccessful as they could not prove that the bullying took place on a prohibited ground. An analysis of the common law and various other statutes confirms that South African law provides inadequate protection to victims of bullying. A brief overview of measures against bullying in some foreign jurisdictions indicates that bullying is mostly seen as a health and safety concern and that victims do not have to prove that bullying took place on a prohibited ground.
This article also discusses the newly adopted Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace (2022 Code) which endeavours to give effect to the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Violence and Harassment Convention No 190. The discussion aims to establish whether the 2022 Code will resolve the lacuna in the protection against workplace bullying. The article concludes that this is not the case and recommends that the EEA be amended to define harassment sufficiently wide to include bullying; that the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 be amended to provide that an omission by an employer to address harassment (including bullying) could constitute an unfair labour practice; that a national code issued in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 be adopted to address bullying; and that health and safety legislation be amended to explicitly address bullying in the workplace and provide remedies to victims.
Integration of the Bride and the Courts: Is Integration as Living Customary Law Requirement Still Required?
Authors: Bakker Pieter
Published: October 2022

After 15 November 2000, a customary marriage must satisfy the provisions of section 3(1) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998. Section 3(1)(b) incorporates the living customary law requirements into the Act. The publication explores whether handing over of the bride to the bridegroom's family is still required, based on two recent judgements from the South African Supreme Court of Appeal in two judgements: Mbungela v Mkabi 2019 ZASCA 134 and Tsambo v Sengadi In re: Tsambo 2020 ZASCA 46. The author argues that a clear distinction must be made between rituals and requirements when determining whether a customary marriage is valid under the living customary law. The author argues that Mbungela v Makabi is wrong in law and therefore not authority that "handing over in the wide sense" (or integration) is not required for the conclusion of a valid customary marriage. Tsambo v Sengadi In re: Tsambo is correct. Concluding that although the rituals of handing over (handing over in the narrow sense) can be amended, abbreviated, or waived the parties still have to comply with integration of the bride into the bridegroom's family for a valid customary marriage to take place. The author supports the revival of the presumption of a valid customary marriage if the couple cohabited after the lobolo negotiations are completed and the woman's family has not objected.
A Legal Perspective on Sustainable Development and Urban Poverty in South Africa
Authors: Knox-Mosdell Susan Carolyn
Published: October 2022

The doctrine of sustainable development has its origins in the realm of international environmental law. This article considers its potential usefulness for the purposes of alleviating urban poverty in South Africa. Urban poverty is an endemic and persistent phenomenon in South African cities, which lack economic and social integration. In the realm of international sustainable development discourse, it has come to be acknowledged in more recent years that sustainable development is intertwined with issues of poverty. South African legislation and case law acknowledge sustainable development but do not consider its possible usefulness as an underpinning doctrine for urban poverty alleviation. The potential of the doctrine for this purpose has been justifiably questioned on several grounds. However, it is possible to conceptualise ways in which it can be deployed as a theoretical basis for initiatives towards such alleviation. It is argued in this article that all three branches of government in South Africa should play a role in achieving this.
Management of African Wages at the Mines: Law and Policy Before 1948
Authors: Maqutu Lindiwe
Published: October 2022

The re-enactment of the context and the purposes of past laws obviates the resort to “principled forgetfulness”, since South African law is recalled in manner that is connected to its morality. The discussion of officially recorded policy vis-à-vis Africans at the mines and other relevant spaces reveals that from its formation the Chamber of Mines had a strict policy of keeping African wages particularly low. Sanctioned policy and practices facilitated this outlook in the implementation of labour law. Additionally, unsatisfactory employment conditions routinely short-changed workers of the amounts due. This evaluation demonstrates how the prohibiting of Africans from reaping monetary advancement, from the profits of mining, was the cornerstone of economic development and attainment of prosperity by white society in South Africa.

The Industrial Conciliation Act is notable for banishing Africans from recognition as employees who could engage in collective bargaining, and served to further impair the already precarious position of African workers. Ironically, though Africans could not bargain, the determinations of industrial councils were permitted to change their employment conditions, in order to maintain the priviledge of white workers. Under this regime African wages remained extremely low, in line with supposed tribal needs, while the “civilised” community reaped far greater benefits. The effects of this were evident in the heightened economic pressure experienced by African workers and their dependants. By 1944 there had been hardly any increase in the wages of African mineworkers, but the working conditions had become more onerous. Invariably the rationale was that an improvement in the wages of African workers would have the effect of dislocating established economy processes, thereby impeding the welfare of the colony. This was the rationale despite evidence clearly showing that the wages of Africans were so inadequate that they resulted in the widespread hardship and worsening impoverishment of African communities.

This retelling of the historical law coupled with prevailing attitudes, that presented African workers as peripheral in the larger tale of productivity, has the objective and effect of rearranging the narrative somewhat. Undoubtedly the story of Africans is still being told through the colonial blueprint of labour and its management, but by reading the law focusing on Africans, rather than the community it was intended to serve, the noticeable spillage of vexed African presence disturbs the integrity of the law. A shift in consciousness is likely to occur as the counter-narrative, hidden within the hegemony, animates.
An Analysis of South Africa's Provision of Emergency Water Supply During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Accountability and Expiration
Authors: Chamberlain Lisa , Potter Alana
Published: October 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated the widespread lack of access to adequate water and sanitation in South African informal settlements and rural areas. While the full complexities of the relationship between inequality, COVID-19 and water in South Africa are still unfolding, the importance of access to water emerged early on in the pandemic, and catalysed an emergency response from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). This article analyses the impact of the DWS' COVID-19 response in three ways. Firstly, the available data on the provision of tanks and tankers is examined to highlight the importance of a reliable monitoring system. Secondly, the dangers of prioritising short-term action at the expense of long-term sustainability are discussed with reference to the twin challenges of further reduced municipal revenue and redirected funds. Thirdly, the implications of a future cessation of emergency water supply is considered. This analysis provides evidence and perspectives to guide the post-COVID-19 transition from emergency to routine water services provision, and distils lessons which might be applied to the approaching challenge of water services provision in the context of climate change.
Striking a balance between usability and quality control in electronic health records
Authors: Kruse C , Bekker W , Bruce J , Clarke D
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: This project is the first formal usability review of the hybrid electronic medical registry (HEMR) since its implementation in 2012 METHODS: A synchronous usability evaluation by novice operators was followed by a survey of veteran users. The usability evaluation was done by moderated think-aloud interview while completing tasks for a mock patient. The veteran survey was paper-based and focused on satisfaction of the system RESULTS: A total of 141 comments on system errors were identified by the novice doctors. These consisted of 123 unique problems, of which three were hardware faults and were thus excluded. The identified issues were categorised into errors of control (27%), minimalist (21%), error (17%), match (13%), flexibility, visibility and consistency (9% each), and history (4%). Every unique usability violation was evaluated by the three experts who agreed that 82 of the 141 errors (58%) were valid and applicable. The other 59 items were rejected, not only because of the inability to reproduce some errors or programme shortcomings, but also because a series of "hurdles" were purposely included in the software to decrease cognitive dissonance and reduce error by the users. The survey of veteran users showed high levels of contentment with the system with regards to efficiency, satisfaction and preference CONCLUSION: Despite many usability complaints by novices, almost half of them were rejected. Although usability in electronic health systems is important, it can often be sacrificed for more imperative aims such as safety, error filtering and clinical decision support
Bizarre foreign body of the breast secondary to gender-based violence
Authors: GTshimbidi G
Published: October 2022

Foreign bodies (FBs) are routinely introduced into the breast for surgical intervention. A bizarre FB of the breast may result from physical trauma secondary to abuse. We report on a 34-year-old female who presented with a metal FB in the right breast and a suspicious history, which raised concern for gender-based violence (GBV). Traumatic breast injuries are relatively rare. A high index of suspicion is important when dealing with unusual breast injuries in order to investigate these appropriately and rule out abuse.
Halo-external fixator frame-assisted correction to treat severe kyphotic deformity in children younger than 4 years old
Authors: Cetinkaya M , Gezengana V , Mann T , du Toit J , Davis J
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: Severe kyphotic deformity in young children may have devastating outcomes when neglected. Halo-pelvic traction has been shown to be very effective as part of the treatment for severe kyphosis, but little is known about application of this technique in very young individuals. The aim of this case series was to provide novel insights into the surgical technique associated with halo-external fixator frame (HEFF) treatment for severe spinal deformity in patients younger than 4 years old, along with the associated radiologic outcomes and complications METHODS: Clinical and demographic characteristics including the duration in the HEFF, HEFF-associated change in kyphosis angle (KA) and final KA following definitive surgery were extracted from medical records RESULTS: Five female patients with a mean age of 36 months (range 30-44) were included. Three patients had thoracic spinal tuberculosis (mean KA 82°), one had lumbar spinal tuberculosis (KA 42°) and one had iatrogenic post-laminectomy cervical kyphosis (type 1 neurofibromatosis)(KA 112°). The HEFF was applied for a mean of six weeks and resulted in a mean thoracic deformity correction of 29° (38%), a lumbar correction of 23° (55%) and cervical correction of 47° (42%). Definitive surgery resulted in a further mean overall deformity correction of 28, and patients had a satisfactory KA angle (23° lordosis to 31° kyphosis) at the last follow-up. HEFF-associated complications included pin-site infection, pneumonia and frame dislodgement CONCLUSION: HEFF appears to be an effective method for correcting severe kyphotic spinal deformity in very young patients where other options are limited. It allows for independent mobilisation and can provide for spinal stabilisation while awaiting bony healing after definitive surgery. However, healthcare providers should be aware of the potential dangers of HEFF hardware, such as difficulty in establishing an airway due to the fixed position of the neck Level of evidence: Level 4
Wide awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet: a review of current concepts
Authors: Rocher A , O'Connor M , Koch O
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND: Wide awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) is a local anaesthetic technique that employs lignocaine combined with adrenaline to maintain a pain-free and bloodless field during surgery on an awake patient, without the use of a tourniquet METHODS: This article is a narrative review of the literature on the use of this mode of anaesthesia in orthopaedic and hand surgery RESULTS: The review summarises the existing research pertaining to WALANT. It discusses the anaesthetic solution constituents, administration technique and applications of WALANT, highlighting the safety profile and benefits to patients and healthcare systems alike CONCLUSION: The WALANT technique is safe, economical, and acceptable to patients. It should form part of the orthopaedic surgeon's armamentarium. Future research should investigate the benefits of intraoperative functional assessment of the awake patient Level of evidence: Level 5
Desgranando la integración educativa: experiencias de políticas de atención al alumnado migrante en España
Authors: Olmos Alcaraz Antonia , Lastres Aguilar Nazaret
Published: October 2022

La atención educativa al alumnado procedente de las migraciones en España se viene realizando desde los años ‘90 en términos de “integración”. Sin embargo esta es entendida de forma asimilacionista/compensadora. Ello limita propiciar el inicio de procesos de integración intercultural donde los resultados puedan ser estructurales, y crear una realidad nueva. El artículo analiza el surgimiento, desarrollo y situación actual de algunas de las políticas educativas más representativas en el país en la materia. Para ello se presenta la evolución de las cifras de la realidad migratoria en los espacios educativos formales; se analizan varias experiencias de actuaciones de atención educativa a dicho alumnado en tanto que paradigmas de “buenas” y “malas prácticas”; y se realiza una aproximación crítica a los instrumentos de evaluación existentes para conocer el estado de salud de las políticas educativas de integración de la población migrante en el país, en concreto MIPEX. Finalizamos con unas notas conclusivas sobre las implicaciones que los enfoques de gestión de la diversidad analizados han tenido –y están teniendo– en términos de integración.
Project-Based Digital Photovoice: Teaching Local History through the Visual Method
Authors: Jamiludin Jamiludin , Darnawati Darnawati
Published: October 2022

This project-based research falls within ​​visual sociology in history education, which focuses on integrating local cultural heritage through digital photovoice (DP). It aims to build the students’ historical and cultural identity to preserve Indonesian cultural heritage. However, research on DP in history education is still scarce and understudied. Grounded in the Project-Based Learning (PBL) theory, this study explored how DP facilitated the students’ history learning of the local heritage. Forty-one history education students from an Indonesian public university agreed and consented to participate in the study. Data were analyzed from the PBL portfolio, student-created DP, and focus group interviews (FGI) with the students. As a result, the study highlights three key findings that PBL-DP integrated strategy: 1) facilitated and increased the students’ learning engagement, participation, autonomy, collaboration, and activeness in learning activities, 2) encouraged the production of student-created digital photovoice, and 3) promoted their historical and cultural identity. The implication of this study suggests integrating DP into history pedagogy and history teachers’ professional development.
Re‐Imagining Inclusion Through the Lens of Disabled Childhoods
Authors: Balter Alice-Simone , Feltham Laura E. , Parekh Gillian , Douglas Patty , Underwood Kathryn , Van Rhijn Tricia
Published: October 2022

The purpose of this article is to contribute new insights to critical disability and disabled children’s childhood studies that center on the valuing of disabled children’s lives—a guiding purpose in the disability justice movement. We use published findings from the Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project, a longitudinal, institutional ethnography of the ways that families and children are organized around categories of disability, which show social inclusions and exclusions before and during the pandemic. These findings illuminate: (a) institutional flexibility for the purpose of social inclusion and isolation during the pandemic as a result of institutional organization; (b) the impact of institutional decisions around closures, remote programs, and support on families’ choices and self‐determination; and (3) the ways safety is differently applied and rationalized for disabled children allowing institutions to exclude disabled children and families. We use critical disability studies and disabled children’s childhood studies to interpret these findings and position the valuing of disabled children’s lives with a call for disability justice actions.
Cognitive Based Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Detection with Ability Assessment Using Auto Encoder Based Hidden Markov Model
Authors: R Mahesh T , Goswami Tanmay , Sriramulu Srinivasan , Sharma Neeraj , Kumari Alka , Khekare Ganesh
Published: October 2022

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a frequent Neuro-generative mental disorder. It can persist in adulthood and be expressed as a cognitive complaint. Behavioural analysis of ADHD consumes more time. This is a multi-informant complex procedure due to the overlaps in symptomatology which is the cause for delay in diagnosis and treatment. Dur to these behavioural consequences and various causes, no single test is utilized till now for diagnosing this disorder. Hence, a diagnosing model of ADHD based on Continuous Ability Assessment Test (CAAT) can enhance and balance behavioural assessment. The objective behind this study is to use a deep learning based model with CAAT for predicting ADHD. The proposed Auto Encoder Based Hidden Markov Model (AE-HMM) produces low-dimensional features of brain structures, and a novel Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PCC) is employed for normalizing these features in order to minimize batch effects over populations and datasets. This goal is consistently achieved and thus the proposed model outperforms few standard approaches which are considered like CogniLearn and 3-D Convolutional Neural Networks (3DCNN). It is found that the proposed AE-HMM method achieves 93.68% of accuracy, 90.66% of sensitivity, 87.72% of specificity, 87.78% of F1-score and 74.22% of kappa score.
İkinci Klasiklerden Bir Hadis Kaynağı: el-Ehâdîsü’l-muhtâra
Authors: MALKOÇ Abdulkerim
Published: October 2022

Hadis tarihinin ikinci klasik/ler döneminde yer alan VII/XIII. asır, rivayet dönemi eserlerine dayanan birçok yeni eserin telif edildiği bir zaman dilimidir. Bu yeni eserler, ilmî otoritesini kazanmış ve karizmasını elde etmiş olan Kütüb-i Tis‘a ve benzeri kitaplar üzerine kaleme alınmıştır. Bu eserlerden biri de Ziyâüddîn el-Makdisî’nin (öl. 643/1245) en meşhur ve hacimli çalışması olan el-Ehâdîsü’l-muhtâra’dır. Müellifinin vefatı sebebiyle tamamlanamayan el-Muhtâra; telif gayesi, tertibi, metodu ve literatüre katkısıyla hadis tarihinde iz bırakmış, gerek müellifinin hayatında gerekse sonraki devirlerde büyük rağbet görmüştür. Bu rağbette, eserin VII/XIII. asır gibi -geç sayılabilecek- bir zamanda, önceki âlimlerin izinin ve usûlünün takip edilerek meydana getirilmiş olmasının payı büyüktür. Zira artık isnâdın asıl önemini yitirdiği bir zamanda, meşhur veya meşhur olmayan yüzlerce hadis kitabına ve cüzüne varan isnadlarıyla yeni ve farklı bir eser meydana getirilmiştir. Ancak bu ve daha başka hususiyetlerine rağmen eser üzerine kaleme alınmış çalışmalar sınırlı sayıda olup yetersiz kalmıştır. Bu makale, nevi şahsına münhasır bir eser olan el-Muhtâra’yı tanıtmayı ve eserin literatürdeki yerini tespit etmeyi hedeflemektedir. Bunu yaparken eserin isminden yöntemine, tertibinden kaynaklarına, hadis edebiyatına katkılarından tenkidine dair birçok meseleyi ayrıntılı olarak incelemektedir.
Editors’ Introduction
Authors: Donnermeyer Joseph F. , Harkness Alistair
Published: October 2022

No abstract available.
Numerical investigation of 3D unsteady flow around a rotor of vertical axis wind turbine darrieus type H
Authors: BERKACHE Amar , BOUMEHANI Abdellah , NOURA Belkhir , KERFAH Rabah
Published: October 2022

This article presents an analysis of the complex and unsteady flow a ssociated with the functioning of the rotor of a vertical axis wind turbine Darrieus - H. In this study, the influence of different numerical aspects on the accuracy of the simulation of the flow around a rotor of three straight blades in rotation is performed, which are the effect of the turbulence modeling, and the effects of the mesh and the time step. The Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (DDES) approach is used. The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the unsteady flow in 3D predicted numerically considering the effects of arms like blade-arms interference, blade-wake interactions around the Darrieus rotor and the effect of tip vortices. Two-dimensional simulations are used in a preliminary numerical configuration. Then, three-dimensional simulations a re performed t o p recisely determine the characteristics of the complex aerodynamic flow associated with the operation of the wind turbine rotor. The flow field around the rotor is studied for several values of the tip speed ratio, dynamic quantities, such as the torque and the power of the rotor that are presented and analyzed. From the results obtained, it is clear that the approach of the Detached Eddy Simulation with the SST K-ω model can be considered as a reliable prediction. A comparison of the performance of the results showed that the predicted coefficients of performance are very close to the experimental data from the bibliography.
Casta e Identidad: El ‘afroindolatinoamericano’ a través del cuadro ‘Los Mulatos de Esmeraldas’ de Andrés Sánchez Gallque
Authors: SILVA-RAMOS MARIUXI
Published: October 2022

Este trabajo demuestra que la identidad en el arte es construida, especialmente si se clasifica en estratificación social o casta. La identidad depende de un orden social. Actualmente la cultura negra busca su propia identidad, sin embargo, después de siglos de mezclas raciales, la identidad negra y latinoamericana no se puede clasificar, y más bien se lo resumiría como ‘afroindolatinoamericanos’, debido a que no se puede dar marcha atrás en los procesos del mestizaje, que se han ido complejizando con el paso del tiempo.

Palabras clave: Mestizaje, casta, identidad, latino americano, pintura, afrodescendiente.
Towards data-informed teaching practice:
Authors: Saar Merike , Rodríguez-Triana María Jesús , Prieto Santos Luis Pablo
Published: October 2022

Data-informed decision making in teachers’ practice, now recommended by different teacher inquiry models and policy documents, implies deep practice change for many teachers. However, not much is known how teachers perceive the different steps that analytics-informed teacher inquiry into their own practice entails. This paper presents the results of a study into developing an Analytics Model for Teacher Inquiry (AMTI), which was then used to understand how teachers (N=10) construe the steps in the model and to explore the possible constraints as well as incentives for Teaching and Learning Analytics (TLA)-informed teacher practices. In the final iteration experts (N=7) and teacher-researchers (N=2) tested and evaluated the developed model. Their feedback was used to improve the model and provide example cases with insights into possible scenarios for TLA-informed analyses of teaching.
Indigenous Storytelling, Cherokee Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Place-Based Education
Authors: Kinch Rosemary A. , Bobilya Andrew J. , Daniel Brad , Duncan Sara
Published: October 2022

Indigenous storytelling is a transaction between narrators and audiences that can be expressed through Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). TEK narratives, such as those of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), can demonstrate ecological literacy by empowering audiences to co-create their engagement with the local environment of that Indigenous society and its TEK. Place-based education integrates such experiential relationships with ecological systems into progressive learning and holistic well-being. TEK stories can describe how those interactions promote inclusive sustainability with local places prioritized by place-based education. To date, no known research has investigated the integration of Cherokee TEK narratives with place-based curricula for middle school students. This study explored middle school student’s interpretations of a collaborative experience that integrated place-based education, EBCI TEK narratives, and the local environment. As participants reflected on their experience, three major themes emerged through narrative inquiry analysis: cultural literacy, well-being, and respecting nature.
Nonsurgical Treatment of Male Infertility: Specific Therapy
Authors: ALTAY Mehmet Sefa , ÖZBEY İsa
Published: October 2022

Approximately 15% of married couples undergo a fertility examination. Approximately half of the infertility cases have a male factor. Numerous advances have been made in reproductive medicine in the last few years. Infertile couples who previously were considered untreatable now have a chance at genetic paternity. Although it is possible to solve the problem with assisted reproductive techniques in cases with severe male factor, applying these treatment methods to all infertile partners is extra treatment, the cost increases, and rare but serious risks such as ovarian hyperstimulation may occur in the female partner. Prior to any andrological treatment, a serious diagnostic work-up should be performed and treatment should be individualized, providing adequate treatment options in selected cases. Primarily, specific therapeutic therapy directed against the etiological cause of infertility should be attempted. Specific medical treatment of infertility is based on identifying the causes of reversible infertility and treating it with appropriate drugs. Infertility causes such as hormonal disorders, i.e. congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, hyperprolactinemia, genital tract infections, and sexual dysfunctions can be easily diagnosed and successfully treated with medical methods that do not require surgery. In this review, reversible causes of male infertility and nonsurgical specific medical treatment methods are discussed in the light of the current literature.
A Student’s Guide to Practical Work in Soil Science
Authors: Muršec Mateja
Published: October 2022

The student's guide is intended for foreign students choosing Soil science subject at UM. It contains the basics of the geological composition of the lithosphere, classification, mineral composition, and recognition of various rocks. Students are guided through the use of proper equipment and methods of sampling, transportation, preservation, and sample preparation prior to further analysis. Field work and laboratory procedures for determining various physical (soil structure, texture, bulk density, porosity, soil moisture, soil colour) and chemical (soil reaction, organic matter content, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium content) characteristics of soil quality are described. Finally, it helps students to describe the soil profile with an accurate description of the general soil horizons and the determination of the soil type.
Jakie są kulturowe uwarunkowania postaw proekologicznych?
Authors: Matusiak Małgorzata
Published: October 2022

Rozdział dotyczy kulturowych uwarunkowań postaw proekologicznych. Zwraca uwagę na ogólną prawidłowość, że dbałość o szeroko pojęte środowisko naturalne jest raczej domeną kultur kolektywistycznych, propartnerskich, reaktywnych, o orientacji długoterminowej, niż kultur indywidualistycznych, protransakcyjnych, czy linear-active, nastawionych przede wszystkim na realizację celów jednostki, rywalizację i maksymalizację indywidualnego poczucia szczęścia.
Jak zmierzyć ślad węglowy?
Authors: Boratyński Jakub , Świeczewska Iwona D.
Published: October 2022

Rozdział dotyczy liczenia śladu węglowego. Część metodyczna poświęcona jest prezentacji  wykorzystania tablic przepływów międzygałęziowych pochodzących z bazy WIOD (World Input-Output Database) oraz danych o emisjach gazów cieplarnianych opracowanych przez JRC (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission). Część praktyczna dotyczy łącznej emisji CO2 w łańcuchu produkcji finalnej aut w Niemczech.
Jakie działania powinna podjąć korporacja, by „troska o środowisko naturalne” nie stała się tylko deklaracją?
Authors: Matuszewska-Pierzynka Agnieszka
Published: October 2022

Zasadniczym celem rozdziału jest udzielenie odpowiedzi na pytanie badawcze o działania, jakie korporacja powinna podjąć by „troska o środowisko naturalne” nie stała się tylko deklaracją. Poszukując odpowiedzi na sformułowane pytanie przeprowadzono analizę strategii środowiskowej firmy Apple Inc., która jest najbardziej podziwianą korporacją na świecie, odnosząc się przy tym do oceny wymiaru środowiskowego firmy i jej największych amerykańskich konkurentów z branży komputerowej – Dell Technologies Inc. i HP Inc. – w latach 2017–2020.
The level of occupational stress among physical education teachers in Jordan
Authors: AL-Momani Mohammad Omar
Published: October 2022

Workers in the educational field in Jordan, especially physical education teachers, face many problems and they are exposed to increased pressures that may be reflected in their professional performance. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the level of professional pressure that physical education teachers are exposed to in Jordan and its relationship to the gender variable. To achieve this, the descriptive approach was used in addition to the use of the questionnaire, which was developed by researchers and was applied to a sample of 250 male and female teachers in the second semester of the academic year 2021–2022. Based on the results, it is seen that there is a high number of physical education teachers in Jordan, and the level of pressure that physical education teachers are exposed to is higher than the level of pressure that physical education teachers are exposed to.
Keywords: Occupational stress, physical education, profession, sports, teachers
İşe Dayalı Dil Öğretiminde Biçime Odaklanma: Türkçe Örneği
Authors: ÇETİN Betül
Published: October 2022

This study aims to reveal how task-based and form-focused language teaching materials affect success in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. The study was performed on the assumption that form-focused and task-based language teaching materials, particularly for teaching agglutinative languages, can be designed and can increase student’s success; it investigated to what extent form-focused and task-based materials contribute to the improvement of the use of the target structure. Accordingly, a pretest–posttest design experiment was performed with 54 participants whose mother tongues are different, 27 of whom were placed in the experimental group and 27 in the control group. The material on teaching the (-(y)An) subject relative clause, developed in line with expert opinions encompassing form-focused input enrichment and consciousness-raising tasks, was used with the experimental group, and its contribution to learner success was measured statistically. In the control group, explication regarding the form was done in the form of presentations and no consciousness-raising activities were carried out; the group adhered to the activities in the coursebook. The pretest and posttest results of the participants in the experimental and control groups were evaluated using the SPSS 24 independent samples t-test. It was observed that after the posttest, the experimental group was more successful than the control group was. The findings show that form-focused and task-based practices are more effective in teaching Turkish, an agglutinative language.
O kierunkach rozwoju prawa karnego na ziemiach polskich w dobie średniowiecza wobec tradycji i tendencji europejskich
Authors: Wiązek Paweł
Published: October 2022

The publication is an attempt to look at the history of law in Poland from the perspective of the development of European legal culture. The choice of the subject matter to be explored determined the author’s methodological instruments, ultimately prompting him to consider comparative legal studies as the basis for his research. At the outset, emphasizing the topicality of the problem in the context of the progress of European integration, the author strove to present the history of criminal law in medieval Poland, highlighting both the original developmental features and the way in which they fit into universal tendencies, represented in the legal systems of other contemporary countries of the Old Continent. In his final conclusions, he drew attention to the tendencies that emerged at the end of the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the modern era, pointing to the growing discrepancies in the directions of further development of law in Polish lands against the tendencies that began to dominate more and more clearly in the laws of most European countries at that time. The author’s intention was not to discover America a few hundred years after Columbus, but to synthesize a multifaceted problem that could serve historical-legal reflection.
Ficha Técnica AMP32(4) - Abril 2019
Authors: Editorial2 Departamento
Published: October 2022

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Ficha Técnica AMP32(9) - Setembro 2019
Authors: De Sousa Carla
Published: October 2022

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Ficha Técnica AMP33(2) - Fevereiro 2020
Authors: Editorial2 Departamento
Published: October 2022

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Addictive Potential of Social Media: A Cross Sectional Study in Portugal
Authors: Côrte-Real Beatriz , Cordeiro Catarina , Câmara Pestana Pedro , Duarte e Silva Inês , Novais Filipa
Published: October 2022

Introduction: The use of social media is an extremely popular activity, with an average time spent of two and a half hours daily. The number of users continues to rise, with 4.65 billion around the world in 2022, approximately 58.7% of the world population. A rising number of studies show that a minority of these persons will develop a behavioral addiction on social media. The aim of this study was to understand if the use of a specific social media platform predicts increased addictive potential.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional sample of 300 persons (aged 18 years-old or older, 60.33% female), completed an online survey including sociodemographic questions, data regarding the use of social media and the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS). Linear and logistic regression models were performed to determine the risk for each media platform.Results: Instagram® use was a significant predictor of higher scores on the BSMAS (B 2.51; p < 0.0001; CI 1.33 - 3.69). The use of other platforms including Facebook® (B -0.31), Twitter® (B 1.38) and Pinterest® (B -0.15) was not found to predict a higher risk of social media addiction.Conclusion: Instagram® scored a higher grade in BSMAS scale, with statistical significance, which could suggest a higher addictive potential. More research is needed to establish the direction of this relationship, since the cross-sectional study design does not allow inferences about directionality.
Burnout Syndrome in Psychiatrists in Slovakia: A National Survey
Authors: Morovicsová Eva , Valuš Lenka
Published: October 2022

No study that would deal with the prevalence of burnout syndrome in psychiatrists has been carried out in Slovakia to date, even though it is a high-risk profession. We have therefore investigated the symptoms of burnout in physicians within all Slovak psychiatric workplaces, in relation to individual differences. The participants filled in the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Questionnaire for Identification of Stress Level and Burnout Syndrome. We aimed to detect their levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment as well as physical, psychological, emotional, and social symptoms of work-related stress and burnout. The remaining items of our interest concerned the participants’ age, length of practice, gender, provision of the institutional emergency care, and type of workplace. Over one third of Slovak psychiatrists expressed a low degree of personal accomplishment, one quarter reported a high level of depersonalization and nearly one half suffered a high level of emotional exhaustion. Not only the levels of emotional and physical symptoms, but also the overall level of burnout, were significantly higher in female psychiatrists. More experienced psychiatrists as well as those who do not provide the institutional emergency care expressed higher levels of personal accomplishment. To address the issues revealed both in our study and the previous research we recommend implementation of measures focused on the support of mental health of healthcare workers across the whole society. In addition, more attention is needed to the active use of preventive measures at all psychiatric workplaces by both the employers and the psychiatrists themselves.
The Relationship of Trauma History, Substance Misuse, and Religious Coping to Trauma Symptoms among Homeless Men in Residential Treatment: A Preliminary Study
Authors: Mansour Moriarty Therese , Lane Mitchell Cary
Published: October 2022

Homelessness is a global health and well-being crisis that impacts millions of people annually. Individuals without housing experience higher rates of alcohol and drug use problems than the general community. They also report more trauma exposure and are at increased risk for trauma-related symptoms. Faith-based organizations are among the institutions that provide treatment and recovery programs for homeless persons with substance use problems. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of trauma history, substance use problems, and religious coping methods to trauma symptoms in a sample of homeless men in a faith-based residential treatment program. An ethnically diverse sample of 98 men participated; their mean age was 42.5 years. Measures included a brief trauma history screener, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-20), the Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE), and the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI). As predicted, trauma history, AUDIT scores, DAST-20 scores, and negative religious coping were positively associated with trauma symptoms. Racial identity also accounted for significant variance in TSI scores, especially regarding trauma-related anxious and depressive symptoms. Positive religious coping appeared essentially unrelated to trauma symptoms. These findings support the utility of the instruments used for assessment with homeless persons in residential treatment programs for substance abuse.
Daridorexant
Authors: Peitl Vjekoslav , Vlahović Darko
Published: October 2022

Daridorexant belongs to a class of drugs known as dual orexin receptor (OX1R and OX2R) antagonists. It achieves its function by blocking the binding of wake-promoting neuropeptides orexins. This novel mechanism is believed to turn down overactive wakefulness and as we know so far, most other treatments for insomnia can be sedating.
Psikoedukasi Sebagai Prevensi Perilaku Seksual Pranikah Remaja Putra Yang Tinggal Di Panti Asuhan
Authors: Susanti Yuliana , Asyanti Setia
Published: October 2022

Teenagers living in orphanages have limited parental assistance during their sexual development, putting them at risk of premarital sexual behavior. Psychoeducation, which involves providing information and training skills, has been widely known as a psychological intervention but has not been widely used to address sexual behavioural problems in adolescents. The purpose of this study is to find out if interventions in the form of psychoeducation can reduce premarital sexual behavior in young men living in orphanages. The research method uses quasi-experimentation with one group pretest-posttes design. Research subjects numbered 6 people selected using purposive sampling with the criteria of adolescents aged 15-19 years, living in the orphanage X Boyolali, conducting premarital sexual behavior. The research instruments used a scale of sexual behavior with data analysis using the Wilcoxon test. The results of this study showed that psychoeducation is effective for lowering premarital sexual behavior in adolescents