bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Swedish Christian Schools as a Case Study of How New Practices Relate to Theological Issues
Authors: Wenell Fredrik , Andersson Greger
Published: December 2022

Swedish Pentecostal and neo-Pentecostal churches have, since the 1990s, started elementary schools. In this study, we examine theological issues that this new ‘practice’ brings about or makes visible. We have performed semi-structured interviews with church and school leaders, as well as focus group interviews with staff at three schools. In our analysis, we note that the aim of the schools is not to convert pupils but to create a certain culture and thereby to develop good people. These schools do not have other core values or different aims than public schools but describe these values and aims as Christian. However, the informants believe that they have better tools with which to accomplish these values and aims. We suggest that the informants assume an ethics that focus on values such as individual freedom, tolerance, and love, that conversion is not regarded as a requisite to a good life, and that explicit religious activities are placed in the private sector. These assumptions are not, we argue, seen as new, or caused by the engagement in elementary schools; rather they are regarded as ongoing ‘changes’ in the churches under consideration here that become visible in this praxis.
People Living with Dementia Celebrating Christian Worship: Agency and Vulnerability in Ethnographical Research
Authors: Krause Katharina
Published: December 2022

Based on ethnographic research on worship with people living with dementia, this contribution raises the issue of agency in pastoral practice as well as in its empirical investigation. Both empirical research and professional literature on worship tend to position people living with dementia as vulnerable, frail and in need of protection and care, thereby fostering an image of passive fragility. Research experience however tells a different story. People take an active part in what is going on, sometimes even claiming liturgical leadership. The paper discusses how such discrepancies could be reflected in actual research. With its focus on methodology, it makes a case for a deeper understanding of agency both in contexts of liturgical studies and pastoral care.
Using an Ecological Approach to Explore Teacher Agency during the Implementation of a Citizen Science Education Program Using Arduino
Authors: Na Seo-Ha , Kim Jong-Uk , Ga Seok-Hyun , Park Changmi , Kim Chan-Jong
Published: December 2022

Citizen science education is a new approach in science education for promoting scientific inquiry related to localized problems and for engaging in social action based on inquiry results. Using agency as a lens for understanding teachers’ practices when using this approach is important. In this ethnographic case study, a teacher implementing a citizen science education program using Arduino was investigated from an ecological approach using temporal and relational dimensions of agency. In the iterational dimension, the teacher’s own experiences and traits from life and professional histories were identified. His identity as a teacher and his religious values formed the projective dimension. Encouraging administrators, the financial difficulties of the school, and the COVID-19 pandemic were major elements of the practical-evaluative dimension. Findings reveal the complex array of the teacher’s agency in the context of implementing citizen science education with Arduino with students, which contributes new understandings about science teacher agency.
Random Forest Analysis of Factors Predicting Science Achievement Groups: Focusing on Science Activities and Learning in School
Authors: Hong Jeehye , Kim Hyunjung , Hong Hun-Gi
Published: December 2022

This study explored science-related variables that have an impact on the prediction of science achievement groups by applying the educational data mining (EDM) method of the random forest analysis to extract factors associated with students categorized in three different achievement groups (high, moderate, and low) in the Korean data from the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). The 57 variables of science activities and learning in school collected from PISA questionnaires for students and parents were analyzed. Variables related to students’ past science activities, science teaching and learning methods, and environmental awareness were found to played important roles in predicting science achievement. When checking partial dependence plots for major variables, science activities and instructional strategies had a high probability of changing the prediction of an achievement group. This study focused on science-related contextual variables that can be improved through government policies and science teachers’ efforts in the classroom.
The Uncertain Status of the Korea-Japan Joint Development Agreement of the Continental Shelf and Its Prospects
Authors: Kim Suk Kyoon
Published: December 2022

As the expiration date of the Japan-Korea joint development of the continental shelf in the East China Sea comes closer, the joint development agreement is becoming a hot issue between Korea and Japan. The Joint Development Zone (jdz), established under the joint development agreement, is set to expire in 2028 unless the two countries agree otherwise. Despite not having any commercially significant discovery of oil and gas in the jdz, it has served as a provisional arrangement to manage peacefully the disputed continental shelf in the tri-junction where China also claims jurisdiction. Given its significant role in the peaceful management of overlapping marine resources and jurisdiction claims over decades, the two countries need to engage in negotiations to come up with a solution to the pending issues concerning the development of the jdz. The jdz area has the potential to become a flashpoint of conflicts in the strained relations between the two countries, if the agreement expires without any provisional or permanent arrangements.
The Effect of the Judicial Decision of unclos Tribunals on the clcs Procedure: The Case of the South China Sea Dispute
Authors: Seta Makoto
Published: December 2022

Asia-Pacific States have recourse to the dispute settlement system provided in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (unclos) and rely on the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (clcs) to delineate the extended continental shelf. unclos tribunals are responsible for delimitating maritime zones, and the clcs for delineating the outer limits of the continental shelf. However, the work of the clcs has been suspended at times, owing to other States’ objections. This article investigates the 2019 Malaysian submission to the clcs by reviewing the precedents and existing literature. This submission has become a contentious issue, because of diplomatic note verbales submitted by, among others, China. This article argues that the clcs should handle the Malaysian submission on the premise that the Malaysia–China dispute over the so-called “nine-dash line” can be regarded as resolved, based on a 2016 Arbitral Tribunal decision under Annex vii.
Article 51 of unclos at 40: Military Training as Other Legitimate Activities?
Authors: Honniball Arron N. , Darmawan Aristyo R.
Published: December 2022

Article 51 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (unclos) governs the legitimate activities of an immediately adjacent neighbouring state within certain areas of an archipelagic state’s archipelagic waters, utilising open-textured terms and subsequent bilateral agreements to balance states’ interests. In the context of both the signing of the 2022 Expanded Framework Agreements between Indonesia and Singapore and the 40-year anniversary of the adoption of unclos, this article examines the interpretation and application of Article 51 in respect of military training activities. This analysis demonstrates that the purposively ambiguous wording of the exceptional ‘Singapore Clause’ is best understood in the light of Singaporean and Indonesian negotiation crafting, as well as their subsequent implementation efforts (1995–2022). On military training activities, the states have consistently sought to conclude bilateral arrangements which align with the object and purposes of an Article 51 bilateral agreement in all but name.
Balancing Navigational Rights of Ships and Maritime Security of Coastal States: The Case of Designating Archipelagic Sea Lanes of Indonesia and the Philippines
Authors: Trang Pham Ngoc Minh
Published: December 2022

40 years after the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (unclos), the regime related to the navigation of ships in archipelagic waters has remained underdeveloped. It is due to the paucity of practices of archipelagic states establishing archipelagic sea lanes (asl s) as well as adopting national laws and regulations concerning such passage.

In the Southeast Asian region, Indonesia and the Philippines are the two archipelagic states, and they actively contributed in the development of the archipelagic regime during the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Nonetheless, they have not fully designated a system of asl s. This situation led to several contentious incidents at sea, particularly related to the passage of warships in archipelagic waters, between the two countries and other user states.

This article will analyse the practices of Indonesia and the Philippines in establishing asl s and their concomitant consequences. Particularly, it focuses on the attempt to harmonize the domestic legal systems of these two countries with international rules and regulations prescribed in unclos, and their subsequent practices at the International Maritime Organization (imo). This article is a reflection of the archipelagic states regime of unclos after 40 years of adoption.
Removing Carbon Dioxide through Offshore ccs and Seaweed Cultivation in China: A Legal Perspective
Authors: Zou Keyuan , Zhang Lei
Published: December 2022

China has pledged to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. To achieve these goals, a significant reduction in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions is required and thus ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (cdr) technologies are needed. This article explores the legal issues of two ocean cdr approaches, i.e. offshore carbon dioxide storage (ccs) and seaweed cultivation under the legal regimes for both climate change and oceans. Although there are no specific Chinese laws and regulations governing the offshore ccs or seaweed cultivation for carbon removal in place, some relevant existing environmental and other laws and regulations are applicable to such activities.
Feels Like Our Language: Vernacular Poetics in Premodern Kerala
Authors: Goren-Arzony Sivan
Published: December 2022

This paper deals with the Līlātilakam, a premodern work from Kerala that analyzes the grammar and poetics of “Rubies and Coral” (Maṇipravāḷam), Kerala’s main premodern literary form, which combines Sanskrit and the local language. By examining the poetic sections of the Līlātilakam, I show some of the ways in which they are used to demonstrate that Rubies and Coral is not only a fitting tool for writing poetry in the Sanskrit style but also an autonomous literature with an internal structure of its own. In my analysis I illustrate this through the use of three case studies focusing on syntax, bi-textuality, and poetic convention.
Eunuchs in the Sunnī Legal Discourse: Reflections on the Gender of Castrated Men
Authors: Tolino Serena
Published: December 2022

In this paper I focus on how Muslim jurists gendered and discussed castrated men – eunuchs. Eunuchs were a common characteristic of many pre-modern societies, well beyond Islamic contexts. Far from being only “harem guardians”, they had a very important role in court politics and in dynastical decisions but also in the military and the administrative sphere. Numerous sources confirm that their presence in several Islamic courts must have been impressive. This seems in contrast to the fact that castration is seen as strongly prohibited in Islamic law. The fact that eunuchs were usually enslaved and then castrated outside the Islamic world, where Islamic law did not apply, or on its borders, where the caliphal control was less strong, contributes to explaining this apparent contradiction. Given their presence in the dār al-Islām, Muslim jurists took them for granted and, even though not so extensively as in the case of the ḫunṯā, or intersex person, they also were confronted with the issue of their gender. In this article I focus on the question of how Muslim jurists gendered them. In the first part of the article I will focus on how castration was practiced, as this allows us to see how the surgery had an impact on the body of the eunuchs, but also how the different forms of castration had an impact on how castrated men were categorized by Muslim jurists. In the second part of the article I investigate how Sunnī Muslim jurists gendered eunuchs, focusing in particular on scholars from the 9th to the 14th century.
Framing the “Human Commodity”: Descriptions of Enslaved Bodies in Purchase Deeds from the 3rd/9th to the Early 10th/Late 15th Century
Authors: Emunds Laura
Published: December 2022

This article looks at the way the bodies of slaves are described in 27 purchase deeds dating back to the time between the 3rd/9th and the early 10th/late 15th century and originating mostly from Egypt and Jerusalem. Examining this kind of documentary evidence not only allows a glimpse in the physical appearance of people otherwise mostly marginalised in the sources; furthermore, it enriches our understanding of how the bodies of enslaved persons were legally framed in order to define them as a “human commodity” in valid sales.

Since Muslim jurists categorised slaves as regularly tradable, this article presents in a first step the main features of Islamic sales law regarding the stipulations concerning the definition of a commodity. In this first part, I focus on the opinions of the Ḥanafī and Šāfiʿī schools of law that are considered majoritarian because of their prevalence in the regions the evidence originates from. Secondly, I investigate how these regulations were incorporated into the purchase deeds of slave sales. In other words, how and in which categories were the bodies of slaves described? What kind of bodily features were considered as flaws noteworthy of being recorded by the scribes in purchase deeds either as being existent or in the form of a seller’s warranty against them? In short, what kind of description was applied to frame a human body as merchandise? And finally, did these descriptions evolve and change over time and if yes, how?
Is Maternity Determined by Pregnancy and Delivery? Five Andalusī Interpretations of Qurʾān LVIII,2
Authors: Serrano Ruano Delfina
Published: December 2022

This article focuses on the use of Qurʾān LVIII,2 by contemporary Muslim jurists in debates about surrogacy arrangements. As argued by Ayman Shabana in a rich article published in 2015, the majority of those jurists claim that Qurʾān LVIII,2 provides an unequivocal legal definition of maternity and establishes that pregnancy and delivery provide the decisive criteria to determine whether a woman is the mother of a child instead of her contribution to that child’s genetic constitution. Since I am not convinced that the verse in question says exactly that, I have turned to authoritative interpretations of Qurʾān LVIII,2. Being a scholar of Islamic law familiar with legal sources from the pre-modern Islamic West, I have selected the well-known Qurʾān commentaries by Ibn Barraǧān, Ibn ʿAṭiyya, Abū Bakr Ibn al-ʿArabī, Ibn al-Faras al-Andalusī, and al-Qurṭubī. My intention is not to advocate for or against surrogate maternity but to delve into Andalusī Qurʾānic exegesis and show its interest to explore issues such as the legal definition of maternity that have acquired greater relevance in the wake of modern medical technologies.

After expanding the context of the examined exegetical works towards Arabic lexicography and pre-modern Islamic medical views on procreation and embryology, I show that Andalusī exegetes were aware of debates about women’s contribution to procreation, took a position in those debates and deemed the issue worthy of inclusion in their tafsīrs. Eventually I argue that none of the examined tafsīrs can be cited in support of the idea that Qurʾān LVIII,2 provides the textual basis of the Islamic legal definition of maternity let alone that legal maternity is determined by pregnancy and delivery to the exclusion of conception.
12 September 4 am: Mapping Turkey’s 1980 Military Coup
Authors: Marcella Valentina
Published: December 2022

The military rule that was inaugurated by the coup d’état of 12 September 1980 plays a key role in the history of modern Turkey. With this seizure of power, the third since the foundation of the republic, the military promoted a set of reforms that radically reshaped the political system, the institutions, and society. Even though elections were held three years later, the regime left an enduring legacy that remains hard to come to terms with. At the same time, studies on the military era have started to flourish almost simultaneously and the regime never ceased to be a prominent research object. This article maps the historiography on the 1980 era by discussing a selection of publications that in the past forty years opened the debate or led it in new directions. The article engages with the work of scholars from various disciplines and academic traditions, without neglecting publications by journalists and other authors. Even from this mapping, that includes a small and not exhaustive sample of studies, the 1980 era emerges as an undoubtedly complex period, whose understanding can count, however, on a set of landmark publications.
The (In)evitability of Precedent
Authors: Pin Andrea
Published: December 2022

Drawing mainly from the common law tradition, the article identifies the notion and the normative value of precedent, summarizes its historical development, and distinguishes between its application in the fields of case law, constitutional law, and statutory legislation. It then ponders the pros and cons of precedent-based adjudication and the institutional and ethical requisites for its application. It finally considers the recent phenomena of arbitration courts and para-judicial institutions that patrol the web, which seem to resist the logic and ramifications of precedent-bound adjudication.
The Use of Judicial Precedent as a Form of Activism by the Court of Justice: Strengthening the Union’s Powers to Protect the Rule of Law
Authors: Di Gaetano Martina
Published: December 2022

The article analyses the strategic use of the reference to its caselaw by the Court of Justice as a tool to innovate EU law. It compares such use in two areas of EU law, both recently at the heart of a number of important cases: on the one hand, the European Arrest Warrant (eaw), particularly the balance between national judges’ powers to refuse the execution of the eaw and the principle of mutual trust; on the other, the recent developments in the caselaw concerning judicial independence in the context of the worsening rule of law backsliding in Poland. It shows that, while in both cases the Court makes consistently relies upon its ‘settled caselaw’, it does so in different ways. Specifically, in the case of judicial independence, the Court refers to its previous caselaw to expand and consolidate the power of EU institutions vis-à-vis Member States’ national autonomy.
The Armed Attack Against Ukraine and the Italian Reaction From a Ius ad Bellum Perspective
Authors: Spagnolo Andrea
Published: December 2022

The Russian aggression against Ukraine provoked an unprecedented response from “Western” States, which promptly and increasingly transferred weapons to the latter State. The present article, looking in particular at the Italian domestic practice, argues that supplying weapons to Ukraine is legitimate under ius ad bellum, since Ukraine is lawfully exercising its right to self-defence. This conclusion will be reached through an analysis of the arguments advanced by Russia to justify the “special military operation” launched on the 24 February 2022.
Religious Appropriation of the Slave Trade
Authors: Lamak Kefas
Published: December 2022

In an attempt to better understand the trans-Atlantic and sub-Saharan slave trade, religion’s use of conversion by Christians and Muslims alike, has instituted and justified slavery. In this article, I explore different religious (Conjuration, Islam, and Christianity) practices by the enslaved African people when they were forcibly displaced and resettled to the New World. I also examine how the enslaved African people reused religion to fight for their freedom.
Black Natural Law and Black Bioethics, Measured by References to Anna Julia Cooper and Womanist Wordings
Authors: Walker Theodore
Published: December 2022

Here is a critical appreciation of Black Natural Law (2016) by Vincent Lloyd and “black bioethics” (2020) by Keisha Ray and others. Both are measured by references to A Voice from the South (1892) by Anna Julia Cooper, A Singing Something: Womanist Reflections on Anna Julia Cooper (1994) and Sisters of Dust, Sisters of Spirit: Womanist Wordings on God and Creations (1998) by Karen Baker-Fletcher. These “womanist wordings” suggest “black natural law” and “black bioethics” should be supplemented by art, and by recourse to nature (all of nature) and environmental bioethics, including struggles for environmental justice and earth healing.
The Greek Fragments of the Apophthegmata Patrum in Vat. iber. 4
Authors: Németh András
Published: December 2022

This contribution presents and analyses a new discovery of three passages from the Greek Apophthegmata Patrum (Pambo 7–8, Sisoes 14) as the middle layer of a double palimpsest (Vat. iber. 4). These passages seem to have been brought together for this manuscript (ff. 1 + 5, middle layer) in either Palestine or Egypt in a multilingual environment between the sixth and eighth centuries. The variant readings demonstrate a close affinity with the old Greek alphabetical collection. At the same time, the association of Pambo 8 and Sisoes 14 shows an attempt to group the apophthegms thematically. The script evinces some peculiar palaeographic features worthy of attention.
The Seventh Sense
Authors: Nisbet John , Shucksmith Janet
Published: December 2022

This paper was given by John Nisbet at the 1984 annual conference of the Scottish Educational Research Association. It was delivered both as a response to the award of the Fellowship of the Scottish Council for Research in Education presented to him on that occasion, and also as the Annual SERA Lecture.
A Trauma Center-Based Study for Victims of Domestic Violence: Protecting Women of Richmond and Surrounding Counties
Authors: Smith Hallie T. , Svendsen Sydney V. , Fields Brittany C. , Patterson Alexandra-Ellise D. , Tetzlaff-Bemiller Melissa J. , Fox Elizabeth D. , Lawson Andrew
Published: December 2022

Introduction

Domestic violence (DV) is a major health issue on both a national and global scale. In Richmond County, Georgia, there are 18.1 calls per 1000 women for DV, exceeding the national average of 5.9 and Georgia average of 15.3 calls per 1000 women. The goal of the study is to map epidemiologic and spatial trends in communities of DV survivors thereby assessing the feasibility of a prospective intervention initiative for high-risk areas.

Methods

In partnership with “SafeHomes”, a local women’s shelter, a retrospective review of physical addresses was compiled from first-time residential clients 18 and older from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Hot zones were overlaid with Census tracts to assess sociodemographic correlates including race, ethnicity, age, poverty, education, and employment status.

Results

From all records (n = 85), 5 hot zones were identified. Analysis of census tract data revealed minority predominance in all hot zones, in addition to an unemployment rate above the state average (23%, 12%, 8%, 5%, and 19%, respectively, vs 3.4%).

Conclusion

DV affects both the inner city and suburban areas of Richmond County. Hot zone frequency was disproportionately increased in the urban center where community demographics showed minority predominance, especially of African-Americans. These hot zones also have more individuals living below the federal poverty line and experience unemployment rates greater than the state and national average of 3.4 and 3.5, respectively. This study demonstrated that mapping domestic violence epidemiologic and spatial trends is possible, allowing for targeted support and intervention to reduce the rate of domestic violence.
Leaking Umbilical Hernias in Cirrhotic Patients, Repair or Observe?
Authors: Torabi Julia , Florman Sander , Divino Celia
Published: December 2022

Background

Umbilical hernias (UHs) in cirrhotic patients are common, can be quite complicated and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Leakage of ascites is a challenging entity and poses significant risks.

Methods

This is a retrospective study of patients with cirrhosis and UHs with ascitic leakage. Patients were divided into two groups: patients managed operatively during index admission (Group 1) and those managed non-surgically during index admission (Group 2). Group 2 was further divided into those that subsequently underwent repair of UH and those managed medically.

Results

Of 47 cirrhotic patients with leaking UHs, 19 patients were managed surgically during index admission (Group 1). In Group 2, 15 patients were managed non-surgically and 13 subsequently underwent surgery. The groups had comparable demographics, MELD-Na and Child-Pugh class. Group 2 had a higher rate of emergency surgery (92% vs 58%, P = .04) and higher rate of recurrence (31 vs. 0%, P = .02). The non-surgical patients in Group 2 had higher 1-year mortality (67%) compared to Group 1 (21%) and surgical patients in Group 2 (31%, P = .007). Multi-variable logistic regression for 1-year mortality demonstrated MELD-Na as the most significant risk factor (OR = 1.2, P = .05) and undergoing UH repair as the most significant protective factor (OR = .16, P = .02).

Conclusions

Cirrhotic patients with leaking UHs should undergo urgent repair. Non-operative management confers high risk of continued or increased ascitic leakage necessitating more emergent surgery. Despite high rate of post-operative complications related to cirrhosis, there is a clear mortality benefit to the repair of leaking UHs in cirrhotic patients.
The First Immigrants: The Migratory Roots of Biblical Identity
Authors: Hiebert Theodore
Published: December 2022

In order to engage more faithfully with the reality of migration in the modern world and the challenges of immigration in the United States today, we take a closer look at perspectives on immigration in Scripture. In the stories of their ancestors, the authors of Genesis describe their own origins as migratory, thereby claiming for themselves and their people an immigrant identity. To understand these migration narratives clearly, we construct a new set of lenses that view Israel’s ancestors as sedentary residents of Canaan—not nomads—who cross administrative borders and encounter different cultures, who are named immigrants ( gērîm)—not sojourners, foreigners, or aliens—by the authors in Genesis, and who experience the same kinds of crises—especially climate change—as modern immigrants who are forced to leave their countries of origin and relocate in destination countries.
Abraham and the Multiverse
Authors: Fentress-Williams Judy
Published: December 2022

This article uses a dialogic approach to examine the character of Abraham in Genesis 18 in light of his multiple roles in the story and through the lens of internal family systems theory. The study of the varied characters of Abraham contributes to our understanding of God and the nature of God’s call on Abraham and by extension, our lives.
Development and application of nonwovens based on palm fiber as reinforcements of unsaturated polyester
Authors: Azmami Oussama , Sajid Laila , Majid Sanaa , Ahmadi Zakia El , Benayada Abbès , Gmouh Said
Published: December 2022

This work aims to investigate the potential of nonwovens made from untreated (U) and alkaline/bleaching treated (T) palm, wool, and polyester fibers as reinforcing materials in polyester matrix for automotive interior applications. Four needle-punched nonwovens were developed and used with and without chloropropyltriethoxysilane (CPTS) treatment as polyester matrix fillers. Eight composite panels were made using the resin transfer molding machine process and compared to the matrix panel in terms of physical, mechanical, thermal, and climate resistance. The produced composite materials have smooth surfaces and provide consumers with four different aesthetically pleasing finishes. The physical results reveal that the UPalm/Wool and UPalm/Polyester nonwovens lower matrix density from 1223.3 Kg/m3 to 1022.3 and 1040.7 Kg/m3, respectively. The SEM images show that palm fibers are more adherent to the matrix after being treated with an alkaline/bleaching solution. This adhesion is also improved after nonwovens are treated with the CPTS precursor. The composite reinforced with CPTS-treated TPalm/Polyester nonwoven has the highest tensile strength and modulus (72.1 MPa and 3.76 GPa), which are 127% and 36% greater than those of the polyester matrix, respectively. The matrix’s flexural strength and modulus are also enhanced by 148% and 59%, respectively, after reinforcing with CPTS-treated TPalm/Polyester nonwoven. The use of TPalm/Wool and TPalm/Polyester nonwovens as polyester matrix fillers reduces their thermal conductivity from 0.125 W/(m.K) to 0.081 and 0.095 W/(m.K), respectively. Moreover, the climate aging results indicate that composites reinforced with CPTS-treated nonwovens are more stable to climate, implying their applicability and durability in automotive interior applications.
English-as-a-Foreign-Language Teachers’ Beliefs and Coursebook Adaptation Practices: A Latent Profile Analysis
Authors: Zhang Hong , Liu Wei , Li Huiqin
Published: December 2022

This study reports on English-as-a-foreign-language teachers’ beliefs about coursebooks and their adaptation profiles; it also unveils the demographic characteristics that differentiate the profiles. Responses from 3654 Chinese English-as-a-foreign-language teachers were analyzed using Latent Profile Analysis, descriptive statistics and Scheffé's method. Results indicate four distinct coursebook adaptation profiles: Highly Active, Moderately Active, Lowly Active and Adding-Deleting-Oriented. The four profiles differed significantly in the distribution of teachers by professional titles, administrative posts, types of students they teach, and participation in coursebook writing and coursebook use training. The teachers tended to regard coursebooks as resources rather than scripts.
Urban Rebels? A Gendered Approach to Domicile and Protest Participation in Nine European Countries
Authors: Lavizzari Anna , Portos Martín
Published: December 2022

Engaging with research on protest participation and gender inequalities, we examine how gender dynamics play a crucial role in shaping patterns of protest participation across the rural/urban divide. We argue that moving from a rural toward an urban setting leads to an increase in protest participation for women, but not for men. Using an original two-wave panel survey dataset collected for the same individuals between 2018 and 2019 and covering nine European countries, we are able to go beyond traditional correlation analyses and measure our key variables over time, thus developing a dynamic approach that links differences in gender, socio-geographical positioning and protest participation. Our findings demonstrate that the rural/urban divide as a driver of protest participation affects women and men differently, because it might be shaped by different experiences of political socialization, socio-economic status and structures of domination and discrimination, leading to different opportunities and incentives for mobilization.
Hunger Bonds: Boundaries and Bridges in the Charitable Food Provision Field
Authors: Oncini Filippo
Published: December 2022

Building on a field perspective, this article adopts a relational approach that lets us make sense of food charities’ interconnections, relationships and social positioning. I analyse how food charities working with different models of provision do boundary work and resolve the cognitive dissonance arising from simultaneously competing and collaborating. Making use of several semi-structured interviews, I illustrate how Trussell Trust food banks, independent food banks and pantries’ directors mark symbolic boundaries when illustrating their models of provision vis-a-vis other models (e.g. pantries vs food banks) but build symbolic bridges when discussing the ultimate ends of charitable food provision. This strategy lets them resolve the tension arising from two contradictory stances and is representative of what I call ‘hunger bonds’: relationships of cooperation and mutual help that also permit positional returns to be obtained and strategically advance a specific vision of the field order.
Living in the Promised Land: The Impact of the Black Lives Matter Movement on Indian American Christians Living in the NYC Metropolitan Areas
Authors: George Geomon
Published: December 2022

Often called a “model community,” Indian Americans have taken root in American society. Indian American Christians have seen the United States of America as their “promised land.” However, living in this promise land, Indian American Christians had to overcome challenges of racism, hate crimes, and different forms of discrimination. Through case studies, interviews, and participatory observations, this article will examine the impact of the Black Lives Matter Movement among Indian Christians living in the New York City Metro area. In doing so, this article seeks to identify reasons for the perceived silence among Indian American Christians and the work that is being done in everyday life for the healing of a nation.
Roots and routes in neighbourhoods. Length of residence, belonging and public familiarity in Berlin, Germany
Authors: Blokland Talja , Vief Robert , Krüger Daniela , Schultze Henrik
Published: December 2022

Urban scholars commonly expect that residents show more neighbourhood belonging, the longer they live in an area. An imagery of fixed settlements thus remains dominant in a rapidly changing world. Recent research challenged classic assumptions but the alternative of elective belonging hardly differentiated between symbolic and practical neighbourhood use. As belonging is performatively maintained, this differentiation may be needed. What defines residents’ belonging in a neighbourhood in digital mobile times? Does length of residence alone result in place-based practices, familiarity with other people and ultimately in more belonging? Our analyses of survey-data from four Berlin neighbourhoods show that length of residence correlates with belonging, but not in a simple linear way. The use of infrastructure and especially public familiarity, which depends on the settlement as specific historical configuration, affect this relationship.
Treatment of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula by General Practitioners trained in Fistula Repair owing to a lack of surgeons in rural areas in Burundi
Authors: Niragira Juste , Wang Tong Xie
Published: December 2022

Our objective was to assess the contribution of general practitioners trained in fistula repair in Burundi. We conducted a retrospective, descriptive study, collecting 70 cases from June 2020 to May 2021 at Gitega Regional Hospital, 47.1% being under 30 years old, 77.1% of whose fistulae were successfully repaired with lasting continence regained within six months. This demonstrates that training of general practitioners in vesico-vaginal fistula repair has filled a gap resulting from the lack of surgeons in Burundi.
A Survey of Orientation and Mobility Specialist’s Use of Telepractice During COVID-19
Authors: McCarthy Tessa , Griffin-Shirley Nora , Siffermann Eileen
Published: December 2022

Introduction: This survey sought to establish a baseline for the remote delivery of services (telepractice) by orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists nationwide, which became pervasive in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: An online survey was distributed using professional email lists and then used snowball sampling to obtain a convenience sample. The survey was completed by 66 O&M specialists using telepractice at the time of the survey, the primary criterion for inclusion. Results: Engaging in telepractice was a direct result of the pandemic for 90.77% of the participants. Most professionals’ caseloads remained relatively similar to the size they were prior to the pandemic (69.70%), and instruction used a one-on-one model (90.77%). For the most part, professionals were teaching conceptual knowledge rather than actual travel skills using video conferencing software. Most participants indicated they had not received training in telepractice (81.25%). Only 20.00% of participants found telepractice for O&M satisfactory, but 26.16% of participants indicated they would probably continue using telepractice after the pandemic. Most participants (72.13%) were unsure if they were covered by professional liability insurance. Discussion: Most participants were thrust into telepractice and very few received training in telepractice. It is likely that the tools used were tools of convenience. Despite a lack of preparation and lukewarm satisfaction levels, a noteworthy percentage of respondents intend to continue to use telepractice after the end of the pandemic. The liability risks associated with this new model have not been widely assessed. Implications for Practitioners: The most effective tools for O&M telepractice have not yet been identified. Practitioners and researchers can work together to develop and promote promising practices and tools for O&M telepractice. Professional liability should always be investigated before providing services. A tool for professionals to assess risk should be developed.
TikTok and its mediatic split: the promotion of ecumenical user-generated content alongside Sinocentric media globalization
Authors: Wagner Keith B
Published: December 2022

TikTok has ousted Google as the world’s favorite online destination in 2021. As China’s first emergent social media app making its mark across the Global North and South, it has prompted a shift in our global mediascape. Following in the footsteps of YouTube and Instagram after it, TikTok is facilitating new identities through User-Generated Content (UGC) while challenging the hegemony of American-led platform culture. UGC analyzed in this article views it unabashedly as a youthful narcissism through which a form of self-reinvention online is created. This is culturally surmised as an intriguing new form of global creativity that I label ecumenical UGC. Yet, scholarship has largely examined TikTok through empirical and content analysis frameworks only, negating the compelling cultural studies issues evinced in this trendy media. In conjunction with discussions of TikTok’s meteoric rise, this article also probes how the Chinese company that owns this app bends several UNESCO media principles, creating its mediatic split with its twin, Douyin operating only in the PRC. By laying out this other path, one detects a shrinkage of cultural globalization in the pandemic era as TikTok becomes a carrier of ‘underglobalization’ flows, a disrupter and provider of algorithmic content, all going under not against older notions of global culture.
The Digital Chameleon: Factors Affecting Perceptions of Convergence in Computer-Mediated Communication
Authors: Nixon Brooke , Guajardo Nicole R.
Published: December 2022

Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) is a framework used to analyze and predict linguistic and behavioral adjustments within interpersonal communication. As computer-mediated communication (CMC) becomes more prevalent, applying this framework provides insight into interpersonal communication via a screen. Two studies explored CAT applied to CMC with participants observing linguistic adjustments in text-message screenshots. Results indicated that likability, empathy, gender, and textisms each play a role in how we perceive and interact with others during digital communications. Implications are discussed.
Effects of therapeutic interventions on pain due to plantar fasciitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Guimarães Janice de S. , Arcanjo Fabio L. , Leporace Gustavo , Metsavaht Leonardo F. , Conceição Cristiano Sena , Moreno Marcus V. M. G. , Vieira Tulio E. Marçal , Moraes Carolina Cunha , Gomes Neto Mansueto
Published: December 2022

Objective

To determine the effects of different therapeutic interventions that have ever been evaluated in randomized controlled trials on pain due to plantar fasciitis.

Methods

We searched different electronic databases until September 2022. Mean differences (MDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation was used to evaluate the overall certainty evidence.

Results

A total of 236 studies met the study criteria, including 15,401 patients. Botulinum toxin MD −2.14 (CI: −4.15, −0.14), micronized dehydrated human amnion/chorion membrane injection MD −3.31 (CI: −5.54, −1.08), dry needling MD −2.34 (CI: −4.64, −0.04), low-dye taping MD −3.60 (CI: −4.16, −3.03), low-level laser therapy MD −2.09 (CI: −2.28, −1.90), myofascial releases MD −1.79 (CI: −2.63, −0.94), platelet-rich plasma MD −2.40 (CI: −4.16, −0.63), radiofrequency MD −2.47 (CI: −4.65, −0.29), and stretching MD −1.14 (CI: −2.02, −0.26) resulted in being effective treatments for pain when compared to the control in the short term. In the medium and long term, only extracorporeal shock wave therapy MD −0.97 (CI: −1.13, −0.81)/MD −2.49 (CI: −3.17, −1.82) was effective for improving pain when compared to the control.

Conclusions

Considering the available studies, this systematic review and meta-analysis showed that different therapeutic interventions seem to be useful strategies for improving pain in patients with plantar fasciitis. In the medium and long term, only extracorporeal shock wave therapy was effective in improving pain when compared to the control.
Book review: Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya, ‘Paper Lioness’: Margaret Noble
Authors: Sarkar Smritikumar
Published: December 2022

Rajagopal Chattopadhyaya, ‘Paper Lioness’: Margaret Noble. Kolkata: Jayasree Press, 2018, x+248 pp., ₹700, ISBN: 9789384108168.
Book review: S. K. Chahal, Hindu Social Reform: The Framework of Jotirao Phule
Authors: Pandey Renu
Published: December 2022

S. K. Chahal, Hindu Social Reform: The Framework of Jotirao Phule. Shimla: IIAS, 2022, x + 475 pp., ₹1,155, ISBN: 9789382396789 (Hardback).
Granted Utility, a Proposal for the Rhetoric of Nonprofit Wrongdoing
Authors: Jones-Bodie Ashley
Published: December 2022

This article explores the discourse of nonprofit wrongdoing through a thematic analysis of over 450 texts, including media coverage and organizational responses, surrounding four cases of nonprofit wrongdoing. These cases include theft, mismanagement of funds, lying about 9/11, and administering unintentional yet lethal doses of medication. The findings extend prior work on organizational rhetoric and propose the notion of granted utility – an assumed foundational view of the usefulness and underlying benefit of nonprofit organizations – as key for understanding nonprofit rhetoric. The findings suggest that recognizing granted utility allows organizations to focus on answering responsibility-focused questions of organizational legitimacy while maintaining utility-focused messages that reinforce granted utility when wrongdoing occurs.
Loving Words: A Nurse Theorist and Editor’s Story of Precision and Clarity
Authors: Morrow Mary R. , Parse Rosemarie Rizzo
Published: December 2022

The words used in dialogue, published work, and even nursing theory reflect and cocreate meaning. In this column, nurse theorist, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and editor Dr. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse reflects on her love of words and writing and how that influenced her work and penchant for precision and clarity. She shares how the meaning of words changed in her humanbecoming worldview and her thoughts on societies’ current use of some words and their methods of dialoguing.
Nurse Faculty: Moving Away from the Script
Authors: Hamilton Teresa
Published: December 2022

In this column, the author shares insights on honoring the wisdom of diverse perspectives by cocreating a teaching-learning journey from a humanbecoming perspective. The author urges nurse educators to move away from the use of scripts in having routine and difficult conversations in nurse education. The film The Sound of Music, a favorite of the author, is used to describe honoring wisdom in diverse perspectives by using dialogue in the art of being with. In this way, nurse educators may cocreate a teaching-learning journey that honors humanuniverse dignity.
Health and Nursing Policies: Word Choice and Crafting Policies With Unique Nursing Knowledge
Authors: Ortiz Mario R.
Published: December 2022

Discipline specific policies that utilize nursing’s unique knowledge base provide nurses with ways of seeing and comprehending policies in light of nursing theoretical concepts. Humanbecoming has been used to guide the development of health policies in a variety of settings. In this paper, the author explores the importance of words in crafting health and nursing policies grounded in discipline-specific knowledge, such as the humanbecoming paradigm.
Language That Respects Dignity in Nursing Practice
Authors: Carroll Karen
Published: December 2022

Language provides an opportunity to understand, to bring meaning, and to disregard. Increased reports of incivility disrespect the basic dignity of persons whether these actions and language occur in or outside the workplace. The author of this article reviews the defining elements of civility and incivility and proposes a theoretically based humanbecoming approach.
Nursing Cultural Competence in Israel: Does Practice Make It Better?
Authors: Mula Tomar , Azuri Pazit , Baumann Steven L.
Published: December 2022

Because of globalization, immigration, and mass exodus from countries due to political conflicts, there is an ever-changing mix of people with diverse cultural backgrounds who require institutions to provide continuing education to ensure that effective services are provided to everyone. Part of the transcultural challenges involves religion, socioeconomic differences and languages, and ethnic backgrounds that differ. The objective of this study was to examine whether a transcultural training program for undergraduate nursing students in Israel could enhance students’ cultural competence. In this study, 319 senior undergraduate nursing students were asked to complete the Transcultural Health Care Screening Questionnaire as a measure of their cultural competence. The students’ cultural competence was satisfactory but less than it had been in previous years. The authors suggest that cultural competence needs to be considered as a contextual, developmental, and experiential process that requires ongoing attention and curricular revisions.