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Incivilités numériques
Authors: Dupré Delphine
Published: September 2022

Ce chapitre vise à établir une revue des travaux scientifiques francophones et anglophones sur les incivilités numériques en contexte de travail. Nous commençons par proposer une définition de ce concept. L’incivilité numérique désigne, dans la littérature, des actes peu graves médiatisés par les technologies de communication. Si les incivilités transgressent les codes de courtoisie en vigueur au travail, elles peuvent également devenir, par des mécanismes de « spirale » et de banalisation, une norme d’interaction tolérée. Nous effectuons par la suite un tour d’horizon des travaux qui ont documenté les effets délétères des incivilités, tant au niveau de la santé mentale et physiologique des salariés, que du fonctionnement des organisations. Nous concluons en démontrant que loin de se limiter à des questions de mœurs, les incivilités numériques sont ancrées dans les mutations à l’œuvre dans les organisations contemporaines.
Incivilités numériques
Authors: Laborde Aurélie , Carayol Valérie
Published: September 2022

Dans ce chapitre, les auteures s’appuient sur le courant anglo-saxon des Organizational dark side studies pour revisiter les résultats de plusieurs recherches menées sur une période de trois ans dans le cadre d’un programme de recherche sur les incivilités numérique intitulé CIVILINUM 1 . Cette perspective théorique amène à concevoir les incivilités numériques comme des phénomènes organisationnels « obscurs », dans le sens où ils peuvent être perçus comme négatifs et non éthiques, mais également et surtout dans la mesure où ils sont cachés, masqués, rendus invisibles, consciemment ou non, dans les organisations. Les analyses font également apparaître les incivilités numériques comme des révélateurs, les prolongements ou les traces de difficultés relationnelles et de conflits sous-jacents à la vie organisationnelle.
Incivilités numériques
Authors: Foli Olivia
Published: September 2022

En entreprise, les comportements incivils sont favorisés par l’intensification du travail. Les attitudes discourtoises surviennent d’autant plus dans les situations de travail sollicitantes et fortement équipées en dispositifs numériques. L’enquête sur la multi-activité des communicants internes montre les stratégies développées pour faire face à la sur-sollicitation. À partir des échanges par courriels sont analysées les habiletés individuellement et collectivement développées. Les comportements incivils peuvent être prévenus ou contournés. Dans les catégorisations des professionnels, le sentiment d’incivilité est en outre relatif, émergeant avec le déni de reconnaissance d’une professionnalité.
On the Asymptotics of Some Strongly Damped Beam Equations with Structural Damping
Authors: Barrera Joseph
Published: September 2022

The Fourier transform, \begin{document}$ \mathcal{F} $\end{document}, on \begin{document}$ \mathbb{R}^N $\end{document} \begin{document}$ (N \geq 1) $\end{document} transforms the Cauchy problem for a strongly damped beam equation with structural damping \begin{document}$ u_{tt} - \Delta u_t + \alpha (\Delta^2)u - \Delta u = 0, \ \alpha \geq 0 $\end{document}, to an ordinary differential equation in time. With \begin{document}$ u(t, x) $\end{document} being the weak solution of the problem given by the Fourier transform, the goal of the paper is to determine the asymptotic expansion of the squared \begin{document}$ L^2 $\end{document}-norm of \begin{document}$ u(t, x) $\end{document} as \begin{document}$ t \to \infty $\end{document}. With suitable, additional assumptions on the initial data \begin{document}$ u(0, x) $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ u_t(0, x) $\end{document}, we establish the behavior of the squared \begin{document}$ L^2 $\end{document}-norm of \begin{document}$ u(t, x) $\end{document} as \begin{document}$ t \to \infty $\end{document}.
Analysis of a free boundary problem for vascularized tumor growth with a time delay in the process of tumor regulating apoptosis
Authors: Ye Zijing , Xu Shihe , Wei Xuemei
Published: September 2022

In this paper, we study a free boundary problem for vascularized tumor growth with a time delay in the process of tumor regulating apoptosis. The characteristic of this model is that both vascularization and apoptosis regulation is considered. In mathematical form, this model is expressed as a free boundary problem with Robin boundary. We prove the existence and uniqueness of the global solution and their asymptotic behavior. The effects of vascularization parameters and apoptosis regulation parameters on tumor are discussed. Depending on the importance of regulating the apoptosis rate, the tumor will tend to the unique steady state or eventually disappear. For some parameter values, the final results show that the dynamic behavior of the solutions of our model is analogous to the quasi-stationary solutions. Our results are also verified by numerical simulation.
Pour une approche intersectionnelle en sociologie des arts et de la culture
Authors: Delaporte Chloé , Flores Espínola Artemisa , Guittet Emmanuelle , Harchi Kaoutar , Sonnette-Manouguian Marie , Talbot Cécile
Published: September 2022

Comment s’articulent et se croisent les différents rapports de domination qui traversent le monde social – qu’ils soient de classe, de sexe, de race, etc. – et, surtout, comment cette imbrication est-elle susceptible de produire des configurations spécifiques ? C’est toute l’ambition des approches intersectionnelles que d’analyser, notamment du point de vue des expériences situées, la manière dont les effets croisés des appartenances et assignations de classe, de sexe, de race, etc., produisent des situations sociales particulières, qui ne procèdent pas que de l’addition des inégalités. Ce dossier thématique argumente en faveur d’une approche intersectionnelle en sociologie des arts et de la culture. L’introduction offre un retour sur les contextes d’émergence et de diffusion du concept d’intersectionnalité, en particulier aux États-Unis et en France, permet d’en souligner les enjeux programmatiques et les défis méthodologiques. Le dossier, composé de trois articles, d’une note de lecture et d’un entretien, offre une illustration possible de l’usage de ces approches dans l’étude des mondes de la culture.
Representing “Diversity”: The Social and Professional Conditions for Accessing Public Funding in the French Audiovisual Sector
Authors: Mayenga Evélia
Published: September 2022

In France, public funding occupies a specific place in the production and consecration cycles of film and television. Offering both financial resources and legitimacy to works determined to be of “quality,” this funding constitutes an ideal empirical platform to identify the interconnected social relations of gender, race, and class which shape access to French audiovisual production. Taking as its subject the Images de la diversité commission, a unique public funding scheme aimed at combating discrimination in the audiovisual sector, this article seeks to analyze the modalities of this state-funded support to a cultural industry. Established in 2007 to support works that “represent diversity” in film and television, this commission has institutionalized award criteria that fall between art and politics, and at the intersection of race, class, age, and migration status. By analyzing quantitatively a body of 1,318 works, stories, and production companies funded by the commission, this article aims to identify the social and professional conditions of this support for “diversity” and of access to production and legitimacy in the French audiovisual sector.
La controverse Seguin - Navier Á propos de l’introduction des ponts suspendus en France (1821-1826)
Authors: Cotte Michel
Published: September 2022

Au début des années 1820, le pont suspendu par chaînes de fer forgé qui s’était développé dans l’Est des États-Unis puis en Grande-Bretagne commence à être connu en France, via quelques articles de revues et récits de voyage. Il devient bientôt une idée à la mode, dans les salons parisiens comme dans les antichambres du pouvoir politique et administratif. Aussi dissemblables que possible sur le plan scientifique et social, deux « champions » hexagonaux s’affrontent. Le parisien est un brillant professeur de l’École des Ponts et chaussées, le provincial un drapier ardéchois à la science en grande partie autodidacte… Ils défendent des idées techniques antagonistes et ils promeuvent des projets inévitablement concurrents. Au-delà du récit balzacien de leur controverse technoscientifique, il s’agit d’une très belle confrontation, pour l’essentiel méconnue, qui hissa les compétences françaises de l’époque au sommet d’une technologie qui était née ailleurs.
De l’autre côté du miroir : le changement de cap d’un jeune homme ambitieux
Authors: Cotonnec Annaïg
Published: September 2022

Après ses études de médecine à Montpellier, le jeune Louis Figuier ambitionne une carrière scientifique à Paris. Mais il se jette à corps perdu dans une controverse avec Claude Bernard, prestigieux académicien des sciences. La communauté prend le parti du savant institutionnel et Louis Figuier renonce alors à son projet initial pour s’investir dans la vulgarisation scientifique dont il deviendra l’un des acteurs phares. Sa revue L’année scientifique et industrielle fidélise un vaste lectorat animé, comme lui, par la foi dans le progrès par la science. Figuier y compose des portraits de savants solitaires, animés par la quête de la vérité, soucieux de la transmission aux disciples. Tout l’opposé du « mandarin » Claude Bernard qu’il poursuit de son ressentiment jusqu’à sa notice nécrologique.
Mars contre Neptune : l’astronomie entre rêve et calcul
Authors: Le Lay Colette
Published: September 2022

L’autodidacte Camille Flammarion, passionné dès l’enfance par la contemplation du ciel étoilé, fait son entrée en astronomie par la petite porte du bureau des calculs de l’Observatoire de Paris alors dirigé par l’autoritaire Urbain Le Verrier, découvreur de Neptune. Mais les mathématiques sont reines dans la science des astres pratiquée dans le Saint des saints et le jeune homme rêve de remettre en valeur l’astronomie d’observation. Ses talents d’écrivain, le réseau qu’il construit dans le monde de la vulgarisation triomphante, lui permettent de bâtir une astronomie d’amateur dont il devient le pape, en opposition avec le titulaire de l’Observatoire.
Perspectives écologiques sur les langues minoritaires
Authors: Gadelii Karl Erland
Published: September 2022

Cet article analyse les langues minoritaires, en particulier le same en Suède, dans l’optique de « l’écologie des langues ». Nous partons de l’hypothèse que la discipline de la linguistique a longtemps été caractérisée par l’eurocentrisme, où les langues non indo-européennes ont été perçues comme « exotiques », provoquant à la fois mépris et fascination. En principe, la même attitude s’est fait sentir parmi les locuteurs des langues majoritaires en Scandinavie vis-à-vis des langues minoritaires « exotiques » comme le same ou le finnois. Heureusement, avec la « virée scientifique » de la linguistique, les langues dites « exotiques » sont devenues des objets d’étude au pair des langues indo-européennes. En politique linguistique de l’Europe, nous observons également une évolution positive, où la reconnaissance officielle des langues minoritaires contribue à revitaliser les petites langues et ainsi instaurer un peu d’équilibre dans l’écologie des langues.
In an Age of Violence, Minorities, and Their Empowerment
Authors: Dar Mohammad Amin , Aziz Shaheena , Mir Mohammad Ishfaq
Published: September 2022

Violence pervades the lives of people throughout the globe, and it affects us all in some manner. The fear of violence lurks behind closed doors, yet it is a global issue. Minorities are common targets for persecution and discrimination due to their distinct features. As a result of attacks on minority communities around the world, violence is on the rise. Minorities are frequently subjected to violence as a result of daily discrimination. In order to provide a safe haven for minorities where they can maintain their distinct identities while contributing to national development and progress, it begins with a discussion of the growing conceptual consensus around minority empowerment. This chapter establishes a theoretical framework for a comprehensive explanation of systemic human rights violations against minorities around the world, with a particular focus on violence against minorities in India. The goal is also to provide a picture of constitutional provisions and government policies aimed at minorities' social, economic, and educational upliftment.
Mind the Violent Afrophobic Language Gap and Its Impact on Anti-Immigration in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Authors: Tshishonga Ndwakhulu Stephen
Published: September 2022

This chapter explores xenophobic or Afrophobic language and its effects in perpetuating violence, hatred, and fear on non-South Africans. For decades, South Africa was subjected to colonial and apartheid regimes underpinned by governance ethos based on divisive policies that discriminate people based on race, gender, ethnicity, and place of origin. It argues that the derogatory language/vocabulary such as ‘amakwerekwere' migrants, ‘amagrigamba', ‘abelokufika', and aliens is used to describe and perpetuate xenophobia-Afrophobia. The author concludes that the daily articulation of derogatory labels does not only perpetuate xenophobic hatred and violence against fellow Africans (Afrophobia), but it also becomes the basis for the re-enforcement of oppressive, discriminatory, and violent tendencies of the past.
Discrimination of HIV-Positive Persons When Establishing an Employment Relationship
Authors: Antonović Ratomir D.
Published: September 2022

The right to work is one of the basic human rights guaranteed in most modern states by the constitution as the highest legal act. Every person who is legally capable has the right to work and that right cannot be denied. However, in practice this is not the case. There are particularly endangered categories of the population who, despite constitutional and legal guarantees, cannot exercise their right to work due to various personal characteristics and traits. The basis for discrimination can be gender, age, religion, and nationality, as well as a certain disease that does not make a person incapable of work. The paper will pay special attention to people who are positive for HIV, and who suffer from a special type of social discrimination, degradation, and disrespect for their basic human rights due to this specific disease.
Use of Game-Based Teaching and Learning to Foster Intercultural Communication in English Language Education
Authors: Köroğlu Zeynep Çetin , Kimsesiz Fatma
Published: September 2022

Games and mobile applications have become an important part of our lives. Games and mobile applications are very useful tools for both students and teachers in learning and teaching cultural values and intercultural communication. Well-designed games and applications can provide different perspectives, develop understanding and empathy of language learners towards differences, provide important contributions to learners in ensuring social justice. This chapter aims to evaluate two different digital games in terms of content, measurement, learning, and teaching. It also offers suggestions on how the analysed games can improve social justice, intercultural communication, and multilingual communication. The usability and effectiveness of the selected games are discussed over the existing literature. In addition, the chapter deals with the role and contributions of game-based applications in the development of intercultural communication.
Critical Intercultural Pedagogy for Intercultural Communication in the English Language Classroom
Authors: Dix Beatriz Peña
Published: September 2022

The proposed empirically-based chapter investigates how the teaching of English as a foreign language can advance towards intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and reflective intercultural communication through the lens of critical intercultural pedagogy (CIP). Intercultural perspectives in education advocate for approaches that celebrate diversity, social justice, human rights, and peace education (De Leo, 2010). The chapter examines a case study where 20 pre-service English language teachers (PELTs) who are low-income students of a scholarship programme at a private university in Colombia employ CIP as a mechanism to seek intercultural communication in the English language classroom. Intercultural English language teaching (IELT), inspired by Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed (TdO), helps create oral dynamics that go beyond the mere teaching of the linguistic-communicative dimensions of the language and create a critical reflective classroom ecology. The author concludes that, supported by the aesthetic dimension of TdO, PELTs understand and approach CIP as a positive way to develop ICC and aim for socially and politically engaged intercultural communication leading to dialogue and mediation for more harmonious societies.
What Do Secondary Students Know About Video Games?
Authors: Jiménez-Palacios Rocío , Cuenca-López José María , López-Cruz Inmaculada
Published: September 2022

This chapter presents the results of a questionnaire given to secondary school students (12-13 years) about the use of video games for the teaching and learning of Social Sciences, and more specifically for History, as well as their opinions on the introduction of this resource in the classroom. This highlights the possibility of including new methods and methodological approaches in the formal context, taking into account the curriculum of the subject of Social Sciences in secondary education. The outcomes endorse the role of emotions and motivation through gamification in teaching and learning processes.
A Three-Phase Artificial Orcas Algorithm for Continuous and Discrete Problems
Authors: Drias Habiba , Bendimerad Lydia Sonia , Drias Yassine
Published: September 2022

In this paper, a new swarm intelligence algorithm based on orca behaviors is proposed for problem solving. The algorithm called artificial orca algorithm (AOA) consists of simulating the orca lifestyle and in particular the social organization, the echolocation mechanism, and some hunting techniques. The originality of the proposal is that for the first time a meta-heuristic simulates simultaneously several behaviors of just one animal species. AOA was adapted to discrete problems and applied on the maze game with four level of complexity. A bunch of substantial experiments were undertaken to set the algorithm parameters for this issue. The algorithm performance was assessed by considering the success rate, the run time, and the solution path size. Finally, for comparison purposes, the authors conducted a set of experiments on state-of-the-art evolutionary algorithms, namely ACO, BA, BSO, EHO, PSO, and WOA. The overall obtained results clearly show the superiority of AOA over the other tested algorithms.
In memoriam of Prof. GianCarlo Panzica
Authors: In Chief Editor
Published: September 2022

In memoriam of Prof. GianCarlo Panzica
Reshaping how we think about evaluation: A made in Africa evaluation perspective
Authors: Masvaure Steven , Motlanthe Sonny M.
Published: September 2022

Background: The African development space is dominated by the Western hegemony that shapes the structural funding model, knowledge transfer and aid. Western hegemony defines the Western countries or development funders as superior to the aid receivers, without necessarily acknowledging the role of colonial history and racism that defined and influenced the underdevelopment of African countries. In the African context, the Global North uses liberalism as a tool to maintain hegemony; hence, there is no need to use colonial coercion as liberalism is self-reinforcing, self-legitimising and self-perpetuating. It absorbs counter-hegemony via its international institutions, economic interdependence and democracy.Objectives: This article examines how evaluation as a tool has perpetuated Western hegemony on the epistemological, axiological and ontological understanding of development in sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: The approach adopted in this article involved a traditional review of literature, analysis of tacit knowledge and personal experiences on evaluation practice in Africa.Results: Firstly, the article demonstrates that the theories and practice behind international development are based on colonial thinking and subjugation that permeate themselves throughout the conceptualisation, design and implementation and how results of development interventions are evaluated and viewed. Secondly, the article provides practical steps on how to decolonise international development and evaluations in Africa. The findings also show that evaluations should not be treated separately from the dominant forces that define international development. The evaluation field is a microcosm and an appendage of Western hegemonic influence on international development.Conclusion: The article concludes by advocating for the need to change the approach to international development and evaluation practice and emphasising the centrality of the worldviews and values of targeted populations by development interventions.
Approaches to embedding indigenous knowledge systems in Made in Africa Evaluations
Authors: Pophiwa Nedson , Saidi Umali
Published: September 2022

Background: In this article, the authors make a case for weaving indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) with monitoring and evaluation of interventions targeted at communities on the African continent. Current efforts do not make explicit reference to indigenous knowledge in Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE). Indigenous knowledge systems are implied as the defining aspect of MAE, being called upon to be fused with existing evaluation systems and practices in order to enhance evaluation in African communities.Objective: To call for enrichment of the MAE in setting the agenda and bring agency to evaluation practices in Africa against centuries of unsustainable developmental practices that continue to underdevelop the continent.Method: This article explores aspects of IKS which challenge Western hegemonic epistemologies in evaluation approaches and practices in Africa.Results: It is argued that associations such as African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) should strive to become knowledge hubs which pursue the mission to re-project and reposition Africa within the existing continuum of global knowledge.Conclusion: The article makes several recommendations for fusing IKS with MAE in a bid to bring the African voice to the fore in evaluations.
An injured and sick body – Perspectives on the theology of Psalm 38
Authors: Human Dirk J.
Published: September 2022

Descriptions of body imagery and body parts are evident in expressions of Old Testament texts. Although there is no single term for ‘body’ in the Hebrew mind, the concept of ‘body’ functions in its different parts. As part of anthropomorphic descriptions of God and expressions attached to humankind, body parts have special significance, contributing to the theological dimension of texts. The poems in the Psalter are no exception. Several body parts are mentioned in Psalm 38, an individual lament song. In addition to God’s hand (v. 3) and an allusion to his voice (v. 16), several body parts describe the psalmist’s condition. These include ‘flesh’ (bāšār, 3, 8), bones (‘ætsæm, 3), head (rôsh, 5), loins (kæsæl, 8), heart (lēb, 9, 11), eyes (‘yn, 11), mouth (pæh, 14, 15), and feet (rægæl, 17). In addition, allusions to the ear (14, 15) and injured body (wounds, 6) form part of the psalmist’s lamenting experience.Contribution: This presentation touches on the general meaning of these body imagery in the Old Testament and their specific function and meaning in the text of Psalm 38. A textual analysis will portray their theological significance.
Elderly women and COVID-19 vaccination in the indigenous religio-culture of the Ndau of south-eastern Zimbabwe
Authors: Sipeyiye Macloud
Published: September 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is steadily becoming a tameable, mild communicable disease globally. In the Western countries and some countries in Asia, such as China, for example, this milestone is owed to a high response to vaccination programmes. The same cannot be said of Africa, where the uptake of vaccines has not been encouraging. In Zimbabwe, for example, the government had intended to vaccinate at least 10 million of its estimated 16 million population in order to reach herd immunity. The figures are still very small, indicating vaccine hesitancy. In this article, it is contended that vaccination campaigns must be adapted to local religious culture and engage critically with the elderly women in particular. Indigenous religio-cultural beliefs and practices can either mobilise or immobilise individuals and communities in implementing the COVID-19 containment measures, depending on how they are approached. To this end, any response to the pandemic should never be exclusively unidirectional. This article employs cultural hermeneutics as its lens of analysis. It does not only seek to promote life-giving values associated with elderly women in African religio-cultures but also to interrogate negative practices driven by religio-culture that put their lives at risk in the era of COVID-19. Elderly women are at worst vulnerable to the disease, and at best they are the hub of communities’ health services. Packaging the vaccination campaigns in the religio-cultural and spiritual consciousness of a people has a potential to increase vaccine uptake in line with the spirit of Goal 3 of the United Nations Agenda 2030. This article is both theoretical and empirical. It uses the Ndau of south-eastern Zimbabwe to ascertain the meaning that they create about the elderly women’s interaction with the public health call for vaccination in the context of their religio-culture. The term ‘religio-culture’ has been used because throughout Africa, religion and culture are inseparably tied together. Data are generated through interviews with key informants.Contributions: Elderly women are vulnerable to COVID-19. Despite their vulnerability, Ndau elderly women find themselves compelled by their religio-culture to respond to the crisis in their communities. There is no literature that addresses the paradox and its attendant opportunities and challenges that characterise the circumstances of elderly women in the context of COVID-19 in the efforts to motivate vaccine uptake. The article shows that indigenous religio-cultural beliefs and practices can either mobilise or immobilise individuals and communities in taking the COVID-19 vaccines, depending on how they are approached.
Πάτερ ἡμῶν (Our Father) in Matthew 6:9: Reconstructing and negotiating a Christian identity in the 1st century CE
Authors: M’bwangi Fednand M.
Published: September 2022

To the question of why Matthew includes the phrase Πάτερ ἡμῶν (Our Father) in his version of the Lord’s Prayer, scholars guided by different theories answer this question differently. Employing literary criticism ranging from form, source and tradition history to reader–audience response and socio-rhetorical interpretation, scholars contend that Matthew composed the concept Πάτερ ἡμῶν (Our Father) as a crucial segment of his version of the Lord’s Prayer, either to present an opposition between Father who dwells in heaven and the Earth, which is humanity’s dwelling place, or to evoke a community relationship to God in the context of welcoming God’s rule, or to present the Lord’s Prayer as God’s gift for creating order, community and transformation in society. In view of this inconsistent conception of the function of Matthew’s concept ‘Our Father’, the goal of this study is to employ semantic analysis and social identity theory (SIT) to analyse Matthew 6:9 to defend the argument that Matthew employed the concept Πάτερ ἡμῶν in the 1st century CE firstly to reconstruct the Christian identity of his community by identifying with the early Christian community and accommodating Jewish traditions and then to negotiate it by contesting the Roman Empire.Contribution: The interdisciplinary contribution of the study in tandem with the expectations of HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies has been attained through the application of a collective SIT prism of identification, accommodation and contestation to read the social function of Matthew’s concept Πάτερ ἡμῶν in reconstructing and negotiating the identity of his community in 1st century Roman society.
Reconsidering the place of Christ in Trinitarian mission in the African Divine Church of Kenya
Authors: Ingaboh Titus M. , Seed Caroline G. , Du Plooy Andries le R. , Du Plessis Amanda
Published: September 2022

African Divine Church (ADC) is an African Instituted Church affiliated to the Organisation of the African Instituted Churches, which shapes African Instituted Churches’ (AICs’) theology through theological education. ADC has both lived, and sung-narrated theology and it originated from the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, hence Pentecostal with experiential undertones. Selected leaders of ADC in Vihiga County contributed to the study. The de-emphasised place of Christ was investigated to establish his place in ADC’s Trinitarian and missional Theology. The study articulated theological principles regarding Trinitarian ecclesiology, to assist the ADC in reworking its Christology. The historical approach of the early church, medieval, reformation, and modern periods regarding the place of Christ as the second person of the Triune God were investigated, to formulate guidelines for a paradigm shift in understanding the place of Christ in Trinitarian ecclesiology and the missional community that ADC may use in reworking its Trinitarian Mission. The study employed a mixed-method that followed three steps, namely interviews, questionnaires and observation. The study population was determined through purposive sampling. A coding method safeguarded the identity and confidentiality of participants. The results were classified as historical, practical and theological. ADC derived its name from John 15:1–17 through meditation, vision and revelation. The colours red, white and green symbolise its mission and growth, while its experiential and charismatic liturgy was derived from 1 Samuel 6:1–4, with evidence of hermeneutical deficiency. Theological findings included the undeveloped relationship between God and ecclesial mission, emphasis on the Holy Spirit, healing, and prophecy with a lessened place of Christ in the Trinitarian mission, as well as the blend of ancestorology with Christology that threatens the hypostatic Christology and Trinitarian economy. The study implied a call for reworking hermeneutics, Trinitarian theology, and reconstructing the relationship between God’s mission and that of the Church and a reworked Christology, distinctive from ancestorology.Contribution: African Divine Church’s narrative theology is exposed especially the Trinitarian mission to a constructive critique and further study. It has advanced mixed-method in progressing narrative inquiry as an alternative methodology.
Grade 10 teachers’ example selection, sequencing and variation during functions lessons
Authors: Mbhiza Hlamulo W.
Published: September 2022

Examples that teachers choose and use are fundamental to what mathematics is taught and learned, and what opportunities for learning are created in mathematics classrooms. This qualitative multiple case study, using Sfard’s commognitive theory, draws attention to mathematics teachers’ classroom practices during functions lessons which is unexamined in the South African context. In this article, data sets include unstructured non-participant classroom observations on functions, which were videorecorded. Sfard’s commognitive theory served as an appropriate lens in interpreting and analysing teachers’ discourses and giving meaning to teachers’ classroom practices during functions lessons. The findings demonstrate that the example selection and sequences teachers used during functions lessons either constrained or enabled the development of endorsed narratives about the effect of parameters on the different families of functions.
Smoking cessation among people with mental illness: A South African perspective
Authors: Morar Tejil , Robertson Lesley
Published: September 2022

Tobacco use is recognised as a serious, worldwide public health concern. Smoking cessation is of great interest across a wide range of medical specialities, including family medicine. However, smoking cessation among people with mental illness (PWMI) has attracted scant attention in South African literature. This is despite PWMI suffering disproportionately from the damages of tobacco. The harms of smoking are not limited to physical health but extend to mental health. This article discusses the need for multifaceted smoking cessation treatments for PWMI in the public health sector, taking into consideration the prevalence and unique drivers of smoking in this population. A brief overview of patterns of tobacco use, associated harms and smoking cessation interventions in South Africa is given; all within the context of mental illness.
Entrepreneurial intention of matric commerce students: An empirical study
Authors: Phetha Mondli H. , Amoo Akinlawon , Adam Jamila K.
Published: September 2022

Background: In the first quarter of 2021, the official unemployment rate in South Africa was 32.6%. Among young persons between the ages of 15 and 34, the figure was 46.3%. One in two young people in the labour market are unemployed, Entrepreneurship is widely recognised as an effective mechanism to address the tripartite challenges of unemployment, inequality, and poverty.Aim: The study’s aim was to look into the factors that influence matric commerce students’ entrepreneurial intentions in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Setting: A survey was conducted among commerce students in 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal.Methods: The study was based on a sample of 433 commerce students from the matric commerce students, South Africa. Data were gathered through a self-administered questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were performed on the data.Results: The results of the study show that attitude towards entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial education are key drivers of entrepreneurial intention. The study found no evidence of innovativeness as a driver of entrepreneurial intention.Conclusion: The study recommends that the department of basic education should develop strategies that will help innovative and creative students to embrace entrepreneurship. This is because entrepreneurs typically operate in perfect market conditions, with homogeneous products and freedom of entry and exit, so innovativeness is critical.
Employment equity and employee morale at a selected public service organisation in Cape Town, South Africa
Authors: Omar Faraaz , Kiley Jerome D.
Published: September 2022

Orientation: Employment equity measures have been blamed for creating tensions in the workplace, impacting employee morale.Research purpose: This study investigated the relationship between perceptions of employment equity and employee morale and whether these differed based on self-identified race and gender.Motivation for the study: Given the negative impact of employment equity initiatives on employee morale, it was necessary to investigate the correlation between these variables.Research approach/design and method: A quantitative research design was applied using self-administered questionnaires administered to 200 employees of a public service organisation. All questionnaires were returned; however, only 167 were usable.Main findings: Significant correlations were observed between dimensions measuring employment equity and those measuring employee morale. Women held positive perceptions regarding the morale dimensions of management commitment and workload. White respondents viewed management commitment, professional development opportunities, respect for cultural practices and managers possessing the skills to manage a diverse workforce positively than non-whites.Practical/managerial implications: The findings indicate employment equity initiatives correlate with employee morale. Human resource management within organisations should manage the process through which employment equity initiatives are implemented, taking cognisance of the impact on employee morale.Contribution/value-add: This study contributes academically and practically. Academically, this study adds to the existing literature within the field of human resource management. There is a plethora of literature on employment equity; however, this study focuses on the impact it has on employee morale specifically for the public service organisation. This study thus fills the gap in literature about employment equity and employee morale.
Temporal trends in ultrasound utilisation in the radiology department of a tertiary hospital
Authors: Siyeka Nwabisa , Da Silva Michelle , Pitcher Richard D.
Published: September 2022

Background: Little is known about the combined impact of increasing ultrasound usage by clinical disciplines outside radiology and technical advances in other specialised radiological modalities on the role of ultrasound in tertiary-level radiology departments.Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate temporal trends in ultrasound utilisation in a tertiary-level radiology department.Method: An institutional review board-approved retrospective descriptive study in the radiology department of Tygerberg Hospital (TBH). The nature and number of ultrasound performed in 2013 and 2019 were retrieved from the TBH radiology information system (RIS). These were compared, expressed as a proportion of the overall annual radiology workload and stratified by location (ultrasound suite, interventional suite, mammography suite). Ultrasound suite examinations were analysed by body part and age (0–13 years; 13 years) and interventional suite workload by procedure.Results: The overall radiology workload decreased by 8%, reflecting the interplay between decreased plain radiography (–19%) and general fluoroscopy (–0.3%) and increased computed tomography (27%), magnetic resonance (23%) and fluoroscopically guided procedures (22%).There was a 12% increase in ultrasound utilisation. Ultrasound remained the second most common specialised imaging investigation throughout, after computed tomography. Ultrasound suite services were stable (–1%) representing a balance between decreased abdominal (–22%) and arterial (–16%) scans, and increased musculoskeletal (67%), small part (65%) and neonatal brain scans (41%). There were substantial increases in interventional (90%) and mammography suite (199%) services.Conclusion: Ultrasound remains a key modality in the tertiary-level radiology department, with an evolving pattern of clinical applications.
Comparison of the Efficacy of Intraperitoneal Instillation of Butorphanol Versus Nalbuphine as Adjuvants to Ropivacaine for Postoperative Pain Relief in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Under General Anesthesia
Authors: Mahajan Lakshmi , Singh Arvinder Pal , Kaur Suzen Sumeet , Kumari Anita
Published: September 2022

Background and Aims:

Postoperative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy is very common complication hindering the early return of routine activity. Since agonist opioids are not easily available, the most common drug used for intraoperative analgesia is intravenous butorphanol in our institute. The purpose of our study is to compare the analgesic effect of intraperitoneal butorphanol and nalbuphine as additives with ropivacaine in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for postoperative pain.

Setting and Design:

Randomized, double-blind prospective study undertaken after approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee.

Materials and Methods:

In this study, 90 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were randomly divided into three groups: group A received intraperitoneal ropivacaine 0.2% of 20 mL with butorphanol 2 mg; Group B received intraperitoneal ropivacaine 0.2% 20 mL with nalbuphine 10 mg; and Group C received intraperitoneal ropivacaine 0.2% 20 mL with 0.9% normal saline. The primary outcome was to compare the analgesic efficacy of butorphanol with nalbuphine and the duration of postoperative pain relief. The secondary outcomes included the comparison of hemodynamic parameters, frequency of rescue analgesia, and complications among the three groups.

Statistical Analysis:

The data analysis was carried out with ANOVA and Chi-square test using the SPSS software version 26.0.

Results:

The mean of the Numeric Rating Scale pain score was insignificant in Group A versus B at all-time intervals indicating similar efficacy of butorphanol and nalbuphine in terms of pain relief postoperatively. However, the time to first rescue analgesia was significantly higher in Group A (5.70 ± 3.57 h), followed by Group B (3.95 ± 2.06 h) and Group C (2.50 ± 1.24 h).

Conclusion:

Butorphanol is better analgesic than nalbuphine as postoperative pain-free period was relatively more with lesser complications.
Rotational Thromboelastometry Reference Range during Pregnancy, Labor and Postpartum Period
Authors: Ronenson Alexander M. , Shifman Efim M. , Kulikov Aleksandr V. , Raspopin Yu S. , Görlinger Klaus , Ioscovich Alexander M. , Tikhova Galina P.
Published: September 2022

Thromboelastography (TEG) and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) have become increasingly popular for urgent assessment of the hemostasis system. Accordingly, TEG and ROTEM algorithms and their corresponding cut-off values are not interchangeable. ROTEM provides fast results (including validated early clot firmness parameters [A5 and A10]), that are easy to use, and the graphical display of the results is easy to interpret. ROTEM manufacturer, Tem Innovations GmbH (Munich, Germany), mentions in the user manual that the manufacturer has not set any strict reference values for INTEM, EXTEM, FIBTEM, APTEM, and NATEM in any patient population (including pregnant women) and that these values are highly variable in healthy subjects. To date, no systematic review assessing ROTEM parameters in pregnant, parturient, and postpartum women is available. With the increasing usage of ROTEM, we conducted this systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the reference values of ROTEM parameters in pregnant, parturient, and postpartum women compared with non-pregnant population.
Comparison of Phenylephrine and Norepinephrine for Prevention of Hypotension in Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia – A Randomized Prospective Study
Authors: Renu Wakhloo , Heena Bhagat , Megha Gandotra , Era Suri
Published: September 2022

Background:

Hypotension is a common side effect of spinal anesthesia for cesarean section with incidence of upto 71%. Various vasopressors are available for counteracting spinal hypotension each with different pharmacological profile. Norepinephrine is currently one of the feasible options for prophylaxis of spinal induced hypotension in patients undergoing cesarean section.

Aims:

To compare efficacy of phenylephrine and norepinephrine for reducing incidence of hypotension in patients undergoing cesarean section under spinal anesthesia and their effect on neonatal outcome. The primary outcome compared was incidence of hypotension (defined as fall in systolic blood pressure of >20% from the baseline value or a value <90 mmHg). The secondary outcomes noted were incidence of bradycardia, nausea, vomiting in the mother, and neonatal outcome.

Methodology:

A total of 80 singleton full term pregnant patients of American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) grade II scheduled for elective cesarean section were randomly assigned to 2 groups of 40 patients each. Group P received phenylephrine 50 mcg and Group N received norepinephrine 10 mcg as intravenous bolus over 1 min immediately after the patient had been made supine after giving spinal anesthesia. The vital parameters, adverse effects, and neonatal outcome were assessed and analyzed statistically.

Results:

Intraoperatively, norepinephrine group had a significantly higher mean heart rate than phenylephrine group. Neonatal outcome was similar in both the groups with respect to appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration (Apgar) scores and umbilical arterial pH.

Conclusions:

In cesarean section under spinal anesthesia, norepinephrine efficacy in rescuing maternal hypotension is similar to that of phenylephrine without obvious maternal or neonatal adverse outcomes and with a lower incidence of bradycardia.
Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures
Authors: Dammalapati Pavan Kumar
Published: September 2022

A 19-year-old primigravida underwent caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia. She presented with seizures on 7th post-operative day. All the common etiological factors for seizures were ruled out. We found out that the seizures were due to a psychiatric condition called 'psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES)'. There were previous case reports of PNES that were documented on known patients of seizures, followed by general anaesthesia. Here is a case of PNES without any previous history of functional or organic seizures followed by spinal anaesthesia.
Inadvertent Intravenous Injection of Carboprost in a COVID-19-Positive Patient
Authors: Nazir Nazia , Chopra Deepti
Published: September 2022

We present a case report of an inadvertent administration of intravenous carboprost in a COVID-19-positive parturient who was taken up for an emergency caesarean section for meconi um-stained liquor. Unintentionally, the patient was administered intravenous carboprost instead of ondansetron. The patient developed breathlessness, uneasiness and hypertension. Despite the mishap, the patient fully recovered and was discharged after 15 days. Although the medical error in the present case was non-harmful, the treating doctor discussed the case with the patient.

Conclusion:

A case with inadvertent intravenous administration of carboprost in a COVID-19-positive parturient is reported with a good outcome.
A Holistic Account of Adequacy Conditions for How to Look at Contraries
Authors: Mou Bo
Published: September 2022

The aim of this essay is to give a meta-philosophical and meta-methodological characterization of some central characteristic features comparative philosophy as a general way of doing philosophy through cross-tradition engagement toward world philosophy. This is elucidated by presenting a holistic account of the conditions for maintaining adequate methodological guiding principles for appropriately and effectively considering different approaches to philosophy. This essay is meta-methodological in character: given that comparative philosophy sets out to explore how to adequately look at contraries (especially those from different philosophical traditions, but not limited to them, methodologically speaking), and given the self-reflective philosophical nature of comparative philosophy, exploring adequacy conditions for how to look at contraries is meta-methodological in character but also a significant part of comparative philosophy per se. This meta-methodological exploration in comparative philosophy is neither exhaustive nor exclusive: it is not exhaustive because comparative philosophy as a whole has other substantial contents; it is not exclusive because this suggested account itself is open-ended and can include further adequate conditions that would be complementary to the current set from the holistic vantage point, which is exactly one ending point of this essay.