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Clinatea Project: Kampanye Virtual dan Aksi Pembagian Olahan Bunga Telang di Masa Pandemi
Authors: Widyasanti Asri , Thahira Aliya Zahra , Kaaffah Hafshah Shihah , Fikriansyah Irgi , Aulia Shofia Az Zahra
Published: May 2023

Clinatea project is part of Padjadjaran University Olah Kreativitas dan Kewirausahaan course entitle "Education and Creation of Processed Butterfly Pea Flower as Immunomodulators during the COVID-19 Pandemic". Clinatea has two main agendas, the first agenda is online social campaigns by uploading educational content about the benefits and contents of the butterfly pea flower, how to process it, and various creations of the butterfly pea flower through Instagram media. Then the second agenda is social action which is carried out sporadically by four people at various points. This social action was carried out by distributing the processed product of butterfly pea flower, namely butterfly pea boba tea, to all groups of people, especially students and people around them. The purpose of this activity is to increase public awareness about the benefits of butterfly pea flower to increase body immunity during a pandemic. The benefit of this activity is educating and making people aware of the importance of maintaining, or even increasing body immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic, by processing the butterfly pea flower which is socialized on Instagram media. The achievements obtained from the social campaign are a total of 125 followers, a total of 233 likes, and reels content with more than 8,046 views within three months of the upload of the first content.. The social action was succeed with 40 packages of Clinatea butterfly pea boba tea provided. Proyek Clinatea merupakan bagian dari proyek mata kuliah Olah Kreativitas dan Kewirausahaan Universitas Padjadjaran yang bertemakan “Edukasi dan Kreasi Olahan Bunga Telang sebagai Imunomodulator di masa Pandemi COVID-19”. Clinatea memiliki dua agenda utama, yaitu kampanye sosial dalam jaringan dengan cara mengunggah konten edukasi perihal manfaat dan kandungan bunga telang, cara mengolah, dan ragam kreasi bunga telang melalui media instagram. Lalu agenda kedua yaitu aksi sosial yang dilaksanakan secara sporadis oleh empat orang di berbagai titik. Aksi sosial ini dilakukan dengan pembagian produk olahan bunga telang, yaitu teh boba bunga telang, pada seluruh golongan masyarakat, khususnya pelajar dan orang-orang sekitar. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah meningkatkan wawasan masyarakat mengenai manfaat bunga telang untuk meningkatkan imunitas tubuh di masa pandemi. Manfaat dari kegiatan ini yaitu mengedukasi dan menyadarkan masyarakat tentang pentingnya menjaga, atau bahkan meningkatkan imunitas tubuh selama pandemi COVID-19 dengan cara pengolahan bunga telang yang disosialisasikan di media instagram. Capaian yang diperoleh dari kampanye sosial yaitu total pengikut 125, total likes 233, serta konten reels dengan 8.046 lebih penayangan dalam kurun waktu tiga bulan sejak diunggahnya konten pertama. Capaian aksi sosial ini berhasil membagikan 40 kemasan teh boba telang Clinatea.
Workshop Manajemen Sekolah Berbasis Akreditasi Berdasarkan Instrumen Akreditasi Satuan Pendidikan 2020 di SMK Katolik Kefamenanu
Authors: Nalenan Joni Soleman , Seran Yanuarius
Published: May 2023

Since 2019, BAN S/M has been applying Instrumen Akreditasi Satuan Pendidikan 2020 (IASP 2020) that has more complex assessing system than the previous accreditation guideline. The implementation of IASP 2020 will impact on SMK Katolik Kefamananu accreditation result. School management of SMK Katolik based on IASP 2020 was not maximal. This community service was conducted to provide an optimal understanding and assistance related to IASP 2020. The method applied in this community service, namely preparation, action, and evaluation. The result showed that there were some items have been conducted in real action, however not documented effectively. Those items were item 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16, 20, 21, and 23. Sejak tahun 2019, BAN S/M telah menerapkan IASP 2020 yang sistem penilaiannya lebih kompleks dari pedoman akreditasi sebelumnya. Penerapan IASP 2020 akan berdampak pada nilai akreditasi SMK Katolik Kefamenanu. Manajemen sekolah pada SMK Katolik berbasis IASP 2020 belum maksimal. Pengabdian ini dilakukan untuk memberikan pemahaman dan pendampingan yang optimal terkait instrument penilaian IASP 2020. Tahapan metode yang diterapkan dalam pengabdian ini, yakni tahap persiapan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi. Hasil pengabdian menujukkan bahwa terdapat beberapa butir yang secara konkret sudah dilakasanakan kegiatannya namun tidak terdokumentasikan secara baik. Butir-butir yang dimaksud adalah butir 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 16, 20, 21, dan 23.
Pelatihan Pembukuan Sederhana, Pengelolaan Keuangan dan Kewirausahaan pada Anggota Koperasi Simpan Pinjam (KSP) Husnul Khotimah Bandung
Authors: Fadhilah Hana
Published: May 2023

Kondisi ekonomi global termasuk perekonomian Indonesia telah mengalami kontraksi akibat pandemi Covid-19. Berdasarkan hasil survei KemenKopUKM pada Juli 2020, turbulensi ekonomi tersebut juga memberikan dampak bagi koperasi. Kelompok usaha koperasi yang paling terkena dampak pandemi adalah Koperasi Simpan Pinjam, yaitu salah satunya adalah KSP Husnul Khotimah Bandung. Selama tahun 2021, kinerja keuangan KSP Husnul Khotimah mengalami penurunan. Hal ini disebabkan karena beberapa anggota koperasi telah di PHK (Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja) dan diberhentikan sementara kegiatan usahanya. Akibatnya, penghasilan anggota koperasi menjadi menurun sehingga berdampak pada keterlambatan pembayaran cicilan, bahkan hingga terjadi kredit macet. Solusi yang akan pengabdi berikan atas permasalahan tersebut, yaitu pengabdi akan memberikan pelatihan pembukuan sederhana dan pengelolaan keuangan dengan berbasis teknologi informasi, seperti menggunakan aplikasi Money Lover dan Keuangan Keluargaku. Selanjutnya, pengabdi juga akan memberikan pengarahan bagaimana cara membangun usaha mikro baru serta strategi apa saja yang harus diterapkan agar usaha tersebut dapat berjalan dengan lancar.
Pelatihan Pengajaran Bahasa Inggris untuk Guru SMP Gugus Kadugede di SMPN 2 Subang dengan Pendekatan English as Medium of Interaction (EMI)
Authors: Solihat Dadang , Fadhly Fahrus Zaman , Lismaya Lilis
Published: May 2023

The ability of teaching English among English teachers still needs to be improved. The atmosphere of  English class will feel maximal when the teacher as a key factor plays its function and ability as an attractive, energetic, creative teacher and always uses English as a medium of communication in teaching. English as Medium of Interaction (EMI) is an approach in training to improve teacher skills in teaching English to junior high school teachers in the Kadugede Group. Instructor provides training with full of English so that the trainees are moved to respond in English as well. The use of English in the classroom with a percentage of only 60%: 40% will certainly have a significant positive impact in the learning process. Motivating teachers by providing concrete examples that communicating optimally in English classes must continue to be done to get effective and efficient learning outcomes. After completion of teacher training – teachers feel motivated to teach in the classroom using EMI. They felt that during the training, they had received full training in English, so they realized that in English, students were accustomed to listening and were moved and forced to speak English because learning the language was just the matter of habit.
Pengenalan dan Pendampingan Media Pembelajaran Digital untuk Anak PAUD Hidayatul Ikhwan
Authors: Nurhayati Yati , Gentur Priguna Suwarto  , Rachmat Ismaya
Published: May 2023

Sebagai salah satu perwujudan Undang-Undang 1945 pasal 28b ayat 2, maka anak berhak mendapatkan Pendidikan sejak usia dini melalui Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini (PAUD). Salah satu PAUD yang terdapat di desa ciputat kec. Ciawigebang Kab. Kuningan adalah PAUD Hidayatul Ikhwan. Permasalahan pada PAUD Hidayatul Ikhwan adalah siswa masih mengalami kesulitan dalam belajar mengenal huruf serta membaca dikarenakan jumlah guru pengajar yang terbatas sehingga membutuhkan waktu pembelajaran yang lama untuk mengajari per siswa. Karena itu dibutuhkan sebuah pelatihan dan pendampingan bagi siswa, orang tua dan guru mengenai pemanfaatan teknologi sebagai salah satu media alternatif pembelajaran yang dapat digunakan dimana saja dan kapan saja. Serta pendampingan penggunaan media pembelajaran digital salah satunya dalam bentuk game edukasi agar siswa PAUD lebih mudah dalam belajar mengenal dan membaca huruf karena didukung oleh audio serta tampilan visual yang menarik sehingga siswa tidak merasa jenuh dalam belajar dengan didampingi oleh orang tua di rumah serta guru di sekolah
Eksistensi "Greeting" dalam berbicara Bahasa Inggris bagi Remaja Mesjid di Desa Kedungarum
Authors: Nani Ronsani Thamrin  , Erlan Darmawan  , Mia Maulianingsih  , Alfiani Azzahra
Published: May 2023

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk membahas tentang Esensi Salam dalam Berbicara bagi Pemuda Masjid di Desa Kedungarum Kabupaten Kuningan Jawa Barat. Bahasa Inggris adalah bahasa universal sehingga semua orang penting untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara mereka yang juga untuk generasi muda di desa Kedungarum pesertanya adalah 10 orang dan kursus seminggu sekali selama sebulan di setiap hari Senin. Mereka begitu antusias mengikuti kursus ini. Pada dasarnya para trainer menantang keras untuk melatih mereka namun setiap pertemuan mereka menunjukkan perkembangan untuk meningkatkan Speaking mereka karena Permasalahan yang dihadapi antara lain adalah tidak adanya minat pemuda masjid Desa Kedungarum dalam Berbicara Bahasa Inggris. Tidak ada proses belajar mengajar Berbicara Bahasa Inggris bagi pemuda masjid Desa Kedungarum. Pembelajaran Berbicara Bahasa Inggris kurang efektif tidak adanya modul sebagai media komunikasi mereka, rendahnya minat pemuda masjid dalam Berbicara Bahasa Inggris karena kurangnya komunikasi dua arah dalam sapaan mereka, Keterbatasan media dan fasilitas belajar, mahalnya biaya kursus Bahasa Inggris di luar kursus. Penggunaan modul sangat membantu dalam proses pembelajaran Berbicara karena membantu mereka untuk meningkatkan kemampuan Berbicara khususnya dalam salam. Mulai dari sapaan, jenis sapaan dan tanggapannya. Kegiatan belajar mengajar Berbicara yang dilakukan tentang salam membuat para remaja tidak terbebani dengan materi yang diajarkan, bahkan motivasi para remaja – meningkat karena kegiatan ini.
Marine Plastic Pollution Handling Based on International and Indonesian Law to Support Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Yuliantiningsih Aryuni , Suherman Ade Maman , Jati Baginda Khalid Hidayat
Published: May 2023

Due to the increasing level of marine plastic pollution, the handling to preserve and protect the sea is urgently needed. Accordingly, this study discusses about the handling of marine plastic pollution based on international and Indonesian law. The normative juridical research method with a statute and analytical approach was used to analyze the secondary data descriptively. Based on the analysis, it was known that the prevention and handling of marine plastic pollution have not been specifically regulated in international law, both in hard law and soft law. Yet, there was a UNEA Resolution 4/15 of 2022 promoting the formation of international agreements to handle plastic pollution. Meanwhile, in Indonesian law, the handling of marine plastic pollution is generally regulated in the Law of the Sea. Specifically, it was regulated in Presidential Regulation No. 2018 on Marine Debris Management which is complemented by a National Plan of Action from 2018-2025 to reduce up to 70% of plastic debris in the sea. Efforts to prevent and handle marine plastic pollution at international and national levels are in line with the 14th SDGs target to protect the sea from pollution.
Judges’ Considerations in Deciding Mangrove Timber Smuggling Cases
Authors: Ramadhani Deaf Wahyuni
Published: May 2023

Mangrove forests in Indonesia constitute 23% of the world’s mangrove ecosystem. This has an impact on the high rate of mangrove production in Indonesia which triggers export smuggling. In fact, the prohibition on export smuggling has been regulated in Article 102A letter e of the Customs Law. Accordingly, this study aims to analyze the judges’ considerations in deciding mangrove export smuggling cases. This doctrinal legal research applied a case approach and used secondary data obtained from library materials through literature study. The collected data were then analyzed deductively. Analysis of the verdict on mangrove export smuggling cases found that the judges’ considerations had paid attention to the preservation of natural resources, but were not yet oriented towards the preservation of mangrove ecosystem, and the penalties applied were still minimum.
Finding Johannesburg’s gay Leathermen 1983–2006
Authors: McCormick Tracey L
Published: May 2023

Leathermen communities have been documented in the Global North since the 1970s. In this article, I introduce, for the first time, the gay leathermen of Johannesburg to scholars of alternative sexualities. I argue that the leathermen subculture was brought ashore by global flows of culture in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as by international travellers in the 1970s, but is hidden in furtive gay and lesbian communities. A definable local subculture emerged between 1983 and 2000, and in 2001 leathermen coalesced around Metropolis, a bar in downtown Johannesburg. Drawing data from Exit, South Africa’s longest running gay newspaper, as well as the owners of Metropolis, I map the development of the leathermen subculture between 1983–2006. I argue that their BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism) ethos and their public sex in leather bars are met by resistance and harassment from conservative elements in the gay and lesbian community, as well as police and public health officials.
Embodying Burundi after War: Roland Rugero’s Baho!
Authors: Mikalachki Jodi
Published: May 2023

Roland Rugero’s 2012 novel, Baho!, introduces its mute protagonist from the perspective of a one-eyed old woman, raising questions of embodied trauma in relation to narrative issues of voice and point of view. Critical discussion of Baho! has focused on its mute protagonist, exploring issues of voicelessness, post-colonial subalternity and scapegoating in relation to political violence, an emphasis that tends to reduce Rugero’s complex novel to a victim narrative. This article examines how Rugero embodies trauma in his narrative, both to acknowledge a wounded and wounding body politic and to explore literary strategies for imagining a future beyond the impasse of recurrent national violence. Drawing on Burundian humanism, which understands humanity as both weak and strong, arousing simultaneous and inseparable responses of pity and admiration, it discusses how the embodied trauma of Baho!’s point-of-view characters informs perspective and shapes its narrative. It also considers how these characters represent national spaces and stories as they redirect a post-conflict narrative of violence toward a vision of life that integrates trauma without being disabled by it. This vision represents a political choice to reject a victim identity, affirming instead survival and resilience, as in the lines Rugero quotes from the Burundian anthem as his epigraph, which boasts that the nation, however crushed by histories of violence, yet survives. Ending with a generative femininity that transfigures the abjectly feminised setting of the novel’s opening, Baho! embraces life, arousing compassionate admiration for Burundi and Burundians as they journey beyond war.
Dependency, Paternalism and Financial Control of Women on South African Wine Farms
Authors: Bell Joshua , Matthews Sally
Published: May 2023

This study examined the experiences of women farmworkers on South African wine farms, which have a troubling history of paternalism and dependency. This article discusses the enactment of patriarchal norms on South African wine farms today, especially concerning women of colour. Our qualitative study draws on the experiences of 30 farmworkers on five wine farms in the Western Cape. We argue that the women on these farms are reduced to the most exploited participants in the production network and that their exploitation and dependency subsidise the functioning of farm production networks. Our study finds that farms are able to secure the reproductive and casual labour of women through their dependency on men as their partners and farmers, with their partners sometimes acting as informal labour brokers. Increased labour casualisation on wine farms places women at risk, exposing them to the danger of financial control and abuse. We conclude that current norms and practices on South African wine farms rely on the continued oppression of women farmworkers.
Centring a Black Narrative: The Role of a Higher Education Institution in Facilitating a Transforming Habitus
Authors: Mapukata Nontsikelelo O.
Published: May 2023

Centring a Black narrative in post-apartheid South Africa, in this paper I pursue epistemic knowledge that is grounded on reflexivity, relationism and research, as described by Pierre Bourdieu. Navigating through a transforming habitus, I employ a narrative approach to reflect on lived experiences as I explore intuition development in facilitating a shift from situated habituated practice to a more conscientised evaluation of the self in relation to context. Secondly, I consider the role of intersecting identities in creating opportunities and spaces for the voices of marginalised students of rural origin to be heard. Having disrupted my own habitus in pursuit of scientific capital, I examine the role of a higher education institution for its propensity to be a field of struggle and a field of liberation.
Queertopia’s New World Order: Simon Nkoli’s Legacy in Queer Black Nightlife Spaces in Johannesburg
Authors: Bhardwaj Maya
Published: May 2023

This article explores the concept of queer utopia, drawing from Muñoz’s writings on queer futurity, from Simon Nkoli’s embodiment of the struggle for queer utopia through organising with GLOW and in spaces of militant joy like Pride marches, and from modern queer Black feminist interpretations of nightlife spaces in Johannesburg. Through a close reading of a queer Black nightlife event in 2021 called Queertopia, this article argues that queer Black feminists are embodying queer utopia through nightlife, even in the midst of the manifold crises of COVID-19 and late-stage racial capitalism and cisheterophobia. By linking practices of healing and nightlife in these events to resistance to racial capitalism and cisheterophobia, and particularly lifting up queer Black people involved in activism and social movement and cultural organising work, these parties continue the lineage of Simon Nkoli’s work towards dignity and joy. They exist as experiments in queer Black feminist practice, particularly through growing bonds and emphasising relationality between organisers and attendees of these parties, and focusing on healing, dancing, and dreaming in collective space. This article ultimately argues that these nightlife spaces are practices, in the legacy of Nkoli’s activism and analysis, of embodying resistance and queer Black visibility, and ultimately of imagining utopias where queer Black people can fully thrive.
Intersectional Masculinities in Heteronormative Spaces: Exploring Power and Privilege amongst Gay Men in South Africa
Authors: Maake Tshepo
Published: May 2023

This paper discusses the power differentials between various gay men that shape the construction of multiple unequal gay masculinities in South Africa. I argue that there is no single homogenous gay masculinity but multiple gay masculinities informed by various intersections that privilege some gay men while disadvantaging others. Considering the historical and continuing unequal racial divisions, class differences, power differentials, and gender normativity, this paper presents an intersectional analysis of three gay masculinities: White gay masculinity, Black middle-class gay masculinity, and Black working-class township gay masculinities. Intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, and space shape power differentials amongst gay men in the same manner as heterosexual men, and through a review of literature, the paper demonstrates how intersectionality can help develop nuanced understandings of gay masculinities in South Africa. The paper highlights the need to interrogate the multifaceted nature of South African gay masculinities through an intersectional lens.
“Kumele bazi ukuthi nathi singa Bantu”: Queer African Youth Speaking Back to Harmful Practices in Township Contexts
Authors: Mkhzie Nkonzo , Moletsane Relebohile
Published: May 2023

Despite the growing research investigating queer youth experiences, little is known about how adults respond to and support those in township contexts as significant others in their lives. Drawing on Simon Nkoli’s writing on what it means to “come out” to parents as gay, this article examines the experiences of queer African youth of how adults in their lives (including teachers, parents/guardians) responded to their queerness and how these responses enhanced or inhibited their well-being. Our analysis draws on data from a study that used participatory visual methods (PVM) with 10 queer African youth to investigate how they experience, respond to, and resist queerphobic violence in and around township schools. We used two visual methods to generate data: drawings and cellphilm making. In this article, using textual and thematic analysis, we analyse data from the cellphilms produced by the 10 participants. The findings suggest that norms and values related to religion and culture (unequal gender norms and values) intersect with societal inequality and endemic violence, particularly in township contexts, to impact negatively and dehumanise queer youth. This results in a lack of support from adult caregivers (teachers and parents/guardians) and queerphobic violence in many spaces, including schools and communities. This has implications for contextually bound interventions that target parents/guardians, teachers, and community members in developing and implementing strategies for nurturing the well-being of queer African youth.
Clashing Goals of SAICA and South African Universities: A Need for Reflection and Realignment
Authors: Tewari Devi Datt
Published: May 2023

This article recognises the conflicting goals of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the faculties of commerce in South African universities. To achieve the central aim of the study, a qualitative approach based on a literature review was applied. The study argues that the excessive focus of SAICA on the chartered accountancy route prevents accounting research in the country and is thus in conflict with the research objectives of faculties of commerce in South African universities. Based on this argument, the study suggests a realignment of objectives. Conflict resolution demands that the teaching and research route in the accounting mentorship programme be promoted and incentivised by creating funds to augment the salaries of lecturers in the SAICA-accredited accounting departments in the country. This realignment will further strengthen the resolve of both SAICA and faculties of commerce in universities to produce world-class higher education and chartered accountants.
Demystifying Contemporary Customary Land Tenure in Legally Plural Southern Africa
Authors: Murata Chenai , Ndlovu Lonias , Ganyani Lloyd , Odume Oghenekaro Nelson
Published: May 2023

In this article, we seek to redebate the question: what actually do we mean when we talk of customary land tenure system in the post-independence southern African region? We frame the debate within the concept of legal pluralism and apply a critical hermeneutic approach to analyse terms and vocabulary that are often used to construct the meaning and discourse of customary tenure in Africa. Hermeneutics emphasises the role of meaning in enabling us to gain knowledge or constrain us from gaining knowledge of phenomena, objects and concepts. We ask very serious, but sometimes unconventional, questions about the way the concept of customary tenure gets to be framed in contemporary writings. The questions include whether terms such as “right”, “property”, “communal” and “traditional” are appropriate descriptors to use in the domain of customary land tenure. Yet a more controversial, albeit very important, question we raise is whether customary land tenure system is, a priori, discriminatory to women. In the article, we make two major conclusions: first, contemporary customary tenure is a fundamentally bastardised version resulting from several initiatives of state intervention, and second, uncritical deployment of foreign concepts by researchers has significantly constrained our opportunities to understand what customary tenure is. In the light of this, we recommend that future research critically scrutinise the meaning of terms and the impact of state policies on customary tenure.
Jonah—A Quest to Identify its Genre
Authors: Potgieter Henk
Published: May 2023

Considering the brevity of Jonah, or perhaps because of it, it is remarkable that the literary genre of the book remains an enigma. This is not the result of a lack of attempts to classify it. Most scholars agree that Jonah is a narrative, but what type of narrative? This article proposes that Jonah is a narrative about a specific episode in a prophet’s life, namely his flight from an assignment. To verify the possibility of such a literary category, one must find similar incidents in other known prophets’ lives and compare Jonah with those episodes. Consequently, a comparison is made with the story of Moses in Exodus and Elijah in 1 Kings 19.
The Debate on the Sectarian Movement in the Dead Sea Scrolls Continues
Authors: Geyser-Fouché Ananda B
Published: May 2023

This article reviews the debate concerning the sectarian movement in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The consensus that the movement described in the Damascus Document and Community Rule originated in a dispute over the high priesthood in the mid-second century BCE has broken down in the last two decades since the unveiling of more texts, especially those from Cave 4. The scope of this debate and the ensuing developments are vast; therefore, the article only briefly discusses the main arguments and the more contemporary discourses, focusing on the five main aspects with their associated topics. These aspects are the Righteous Teacher, the Wicked Priest, the possible schism, the socio-historical context, and the sectarian movement.
Bridging Knowledge Gaps through Embedded Librarianship Practices in Nigerian Universities
Authors: Abbas Kabiru Dahiru , Mutula Stephen
Published: May 2023

This study investigates the role of embedded librarianship in the production and diffusion of knowledge in Nigerian universities. A quantitative approach was adopted using a cross-sectional survey design with a sample of 187 library staff drawn from a population of 370 library staff from three university libraries. The findings reveal that the types of embedded librarianship practices adopted in the universities include faculty embedded librarianship, research and bibliographic services embedded librarianship, and information literacy embedded librarianship. Knowledge production and dissemination were enhanced by the practice of embedded librarianship through fostering collaboration between embedded faculties and the library, improving students’ research and information searching skills, and participating in teaching information literacy skills. The findings also revealed that phones, emails, web forums/blogs/wikis, instant messaging services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), social networking sites and face-to-face discussions were the means of communication and interaction between the embedded librarians and their clients in the three universities. The implications of this study will serve as a springboard for adopting and strengthening the practice of embedded librarianship among Nigerian academic libraries since the concept is new and emerging globally, thereby bridging the knowledge gaps that exist between the haves and have nots in terms of knowledge in the Nigerian higher education sub-sector.
O. R. Tambo in the Period of the ANC’s Illegality
Authors: Mangashe Patrick Shylock
Published: May 2023

Oliver Reginald Tambo’s life is best known by his association with the African National Congress (ANC) and the struggle for liberation, and as having been the foremost leader of the ANC for most of the period of its illegality. Most accounts, however, do not mention O. R. Tambo’s religious beliefs, and in this they pass off an opportunity to highlight what could have been the source of his individual strength, his spirituality. It is this spirituality that this article seeks to highlight and whose depth it seeks to explore. It aims to show that Tambo’s personal religious beliefs were infused with his political outlook and concludes that this composite belief system provided the strength he exuded throughout his service to the struggle for liberation in South Africa. The article looks at how he related to and influenced those he came into contact with, both inside his organisation, the ANC, its military wing Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK), the broader alliance, and those who were outside his close political realm. It looks at how he exercised his leadership qualities, born of his beliefs, under the pressures thrown up by the struggle, and finally how he grasped the moment at the point of the conclusion of that phase of the struggle. This article is informed by a number of sources, including books written on the subject by scholars, those who shared space with O. R. Tambo, some of his speeches, interviews, and occasionally the author’s own experience as part of the MK contingent from the late 1970s.
Reimagining Folklorisation in the Covid-19 Context: A Case of Endangered Tshivenḓa Traditional Dances
Authors: Ratau Nelson , Sebola Moffat
Published: May 2023

Among the Vhavenḓa people of South Africa, dance does not serve entertainment purposes only, but also functions as a carrier of their philosophy. This is evinced by a representative sample of Tshivenḓa poetry produced by the Vhavenḓa poets Ramudzuli Ralson Matshili and Daniel Malivhadza Ngwana. This article analyses three poems which thematise three Tshivenḓa traditional dances, namely, Malende, Tshikona and Malombo. These three dances are viewed in this article as being under the threat of extinction, particularly due to the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic. This paper, therefore, is a clarion call to Vhavenḓa cultural experts in particular and the Vhavenḓa people in general to salvage these embalmers of culture and tradition. The article adopts a qualitative approach to analyse the three purposively selected poems based on a set of themes, namely, dance as an index into the Vhavenḓa’s cosmology, dance as a pedagogical and an epistemological tool, and dance as an expression of selfhood and culture. This article relied on the Philosophical Aesthetic Theory and Sociological Aesthetic Theory to analyse the selected poems on Tshivenḓa dance. It was noted that Malende largely facilitates courtship and marriage in Venḓa; Tshikona accompanies all events of national importance in Venḓa whereas Malombo aids communion with the ancestors among Vhavenḓa. The paper recommends that Tshivenḓa traditional dances feature in the development of curricula on African indigenous knowledge systems that should be offered at basic and tertiary institutions of education in South Africa.
African Oral Literature as Sociopolitical Commentary: A Comparative IsiXhosa-Afrikaans Approach
Authors: Kaschula Russel , Mokapela Sebolelo , Mletshe Loyiso , Jama Zukile , Ntwana Thenjiswa , Mlonyeni Somi , Dhlamini Mbali Sunrise
Published: May 2023

The history, identities, languages and cultures of amaXhosa, Khoikhoi and San communities are intimately connected and hybrid. This is carefully documented by Jeff Peires in his seminal work on the history of amaXhosa, The House of Phalo. Many of the descendants of these communities also contributed to the development of the Afrikaans language. The post-1980 consensus within Afrikaans historical linguistics is that the language developed as a result of intercultural contact—what is known as the interlanguage theory—according to which Afrikaans developed as a result of different peoples from different languages speaking a form of Dutch, and the linguistic stabilisation that ensued from the linguistic contact. This intercultural contact is noted by Hein Willemse. It therefore stands to reason that some of the oral literary genres told through isiXhosa and Afrikaans (and prior to that Khoikhoi and San languages and dialects) would have linkages and shared techniques. This article compares genres such as Afrikaans folktales and storytelling from the Northern Cape and Namibia with those of amaXhosa from the Eastern Cape region and elsewhere in relation to points of similarity, thematic commonalities and techniques. This debate will also be broadened to other genres such as comparative oral poetry. The analysis is supported theoretically by taking into account historical factors and multiculturalism, which contribute to the complex sociopolitical factors that influence southern African society. Commonalities regarding the evolution of the isiXhosa and Afrikaans languages and the relationship between these languages is explored, for example the use of borrowings from Afrikaans into isiXhosa and also borrowings from Khoikhoi into isiXhosa. The borrowings show how these languages (and cultures) are intimately connected and that there is also constantly language shift, even today. To date, there has been little or no research that traces the linguistic relationship in relation not only to the evolution of isiXhosa and Afrikaans languages, but also the oral literary genres that are underpinned by these languages. This is done against a sociopolitical and historical theoretical paradigm.
DEPENDENCE OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ORGANOLEPTIC ASSESSMENT OF SMOKE ON THE DESIGN SMOKING TOBACCO PRODUCTS TYPE OF ROLL-YOUR-OWN AND MAKE-YOUR-OWN
Authors: СМИРНОВА Е.Ю. , ГНУЧИХ Е.В.
Published: May 2023

Самокрутки – изделия из табака курительного тонкорезаного – набирают популярность среди потребите- лей табачной продукции, поскольку изменения в конструкции изделия, в подборе материалов и сырья для него дают возможность получить продукт со сниженной токсической нагрузкой и заданными потребительскими свойствами. Требования к химическому составу дыма (содержанию никотина, смолы, монооксида углерода) этих изделий в отличие от сигарет отсутствуют, что усложняет разработку данного вида продукта. Цель настоящего исследования – сравнить химические составы дыма как конечного продукта самокруток RYO из бумаги для самокруток разной воздухопрони- цаемости, массы и разного диаметра и набитых готовых гильз MYO с фильтром. Объектом исследования был состав дыма изделий типа RYO массой (400 ± 10) мг и диаметром (5,2 ± 0,1) мм и массой (750 ± 10) мг диаметром (7,2 ± 0,1) мм и изделия MYO массой (1000 ± 10) мг диаметром (8,2 ± 0,1) мм с фильтром из разного табачного сырья. Установ- лено, что в конструкции типа RYO содержание никотина, смолы и монооксида углерода в дыме изделия зависит от ди- аметра изделия; а наличие фильтра в нем обусловливает снижение в дыме содержания никотина до 30,85%, смолы до 48,15%, монооксида углерода до 38,44% и обеспечивает отсутствие дефектов вкуса – горечи, жжения и раздражения.

Self – rolled cigarettes – thin-cut tobacco products - are gaining popularity among consumers of tobacco products, since changes in the design of the product, in the selection of materials and raw materials for it low possible to obtain a product with a reduced toxic load and specified consumer properties. Unlike cigarettes, there are no requirements for the chemical composition of smoke (nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide content) of these products, which complicates the development of this type of product. The purpose of this study is to compare the chemical composition of smoke as the final product of RYO roll-up rolls made of roll-up paper of different breathability, weight and different diameters and stuffed finished MYO sleeves with a filter. The object of the study was the composition of the smoke of RYO type products weighing (400 ± 10) mg and diameter (5,2 ± 0,1) mm and weight (750 ± 10) mg with diameter (7,2 ± 0,1) mm and MYO products weighing (1000 ± 10) mg with diameter (8,2 ± 0,1) mm with a filter made of various tobacco raw materials. It was found that in the RYO type design, the content of nicotine, resin and carbon monoxide in the smoke of the product depends on the diameter of the product; and the presence of a filter in it causes a decrease in the nicotine content in the smoke to 30,85%, resin to 48,15%, carbon monoxide to 38,44% and ensures the absence of taste defects – bitterness, burning and irritation.
DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE PROCESS OF PRESERVING ORGANIC PREPARATIONS AT A MEAT PROCESSING ENTERPRISE
Authors: РАЗУМОВСКАЯ Е.С.
Published: May 2023

Анализ рынка мясоперерабатывающей промышленности свидетельствует о том, что использование по- бочных продуктов убоя актуально. Специальное сырье нашло широкое применение не только в фармацевтике, но и в биотехнологии. Качество биологического сырья напрямую зависит от контроля технологического процесса. При- меняемые способы консервирования позволят сохранить биологические свойства органопрепаратов. На примере производства по заготовлению тимуса и головного мозга КРС была оценена организация процесса контроля и описа- ны органолептические и качественные характеристики продукции на соответствие критериям нормативных докумен- тов. Дана оценка эффективности внедрения системы НАССР.

An analysis of the meat processing industry market indicates that the use of slaughter by-products is relevant today. Special raw materials have found wide application not only in pharmaceuticals, but also for the needs of biotechnology. The quality of biological raw materials directly depends on the control of the technological process. The applied preservation methods will allow preserving the biological properties of organ preparations. On the example of production for the preparation of thymus and the brain of cattle, the organization of the control process was evaluated and the organoleptic and quality characteristics of the products were described for compliance with the criteria of regulatory documents. An assessment of the effectiveness of the implementation of the HACCP system is given.
STUDY OF THE EFFICIENCY OF EXTRACTION OF PECTIN FROM PRESSED BEET PULP WITH CELLULASE AND XYLANASE
Authors: СЕМЕНИХИН С.О. , ФАБРИЦКАЯ А.А. , ГОРОДЕЦКИЙ В.О. , КОТЛЯРЕВСКАЯ Н.И.
Published: May 2023

Обоснована перспективность применения биотехнологического метода управляемой трансформа- ции прессованного свекловичного жома для извлечения пектина из него. На основании анализа структуры кле- точной стенки сахарной свеклы показана целесообразность применения целлюлазы и ксиланазы для экстракции пектина из прессованного свекловичного жома. Исследовано влияние дозировки целлюлазы и ксиланазы в диапа- зоне от 100 до 300 ед. активности/г с. в. прессованного свекловичного жома на эффективность извлечения пектина. Установлено, что рационально вносить как целлюлазу, так и ксиланазу в дозировке 200 ед. активности/г с. в. све- кловичного прессованного жома, поскольку повышение их дозировки не обеспечивает пропорционального по- вышения эффективности извлечения пектина, при этом эффективность извлечения пектина составляет соответ- ственно 28,28 и 16,49% к исходному содержанию в прессованном жоме. Применение композиции ферментов, состоящей из целлюлазы и ксиланазы при дозировке каждого фермента 200 ед. активности/г с. в. свекловичного прессованного жома, позволяет повысить эффективность извлечения пектина до 37,76% по отношению к исход- ному содержанию в прессованном жоме, что на 24,98% выше по сравнению с аналогичным показателем образца прессованного свекловичного жома, экстракцию которого осуществляли без внесения композиции ферментов.

The prospects of using a biotechnological method of controlled transformation of pressed beet pulp to extract pectin from it are substantiated. Based on the analysis of the structure of the sugar beet cell wall, the expediency of using cellulase and xylanase for the extraction of pectin from pressed beet pulp is shown. The effect of cellulase and xylanase dosages in the range from 100 to 300 units of activity/g of dry matter of pressed beet pulp on the efficiency of pectin extraction was investigated. It was found that it is rational to introduce both cellulase and xylanase at a dosage of 200 units of activity/g of dry matter of beet pulp, since increasing their dosage does not provide a proportional increase in the efficiency of pectin extraction, while the efficiency of pectin extraction is 28,28 and 16,49% respectively to the initial content in the pressed pulp. The use of an enzyme composition consisting of cellulase and xylanase at a dosage of 200 units for each enzyme activity/g of dry matter of beet pulp, allows to increase the efficiency of pectin extraction up to 37,76% relative to the initial content in the pressed pulp, which is 24,98% higher compared to the same indicator of a sample of pressed beet pulp, the extraction of which was carried out without the addition of an enzyme composition.
CONFECTIONERY GELS AS A FOOD MATRIX FOR CREATING FINISHING SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS AND STRUCTURED DESSERTS
Authors: НЕПОВИННЫХ Н.В. , ПЕТРОВА О.Н. , КУПРИК Н.М.
Published: May 2023

Избыточное потребление сахара приводит к проблемам со здоровьем, в связи с чем производители про- дуктов питания используют способы снижения его содержания, которые сохранят аналогичные функциональные и сенсорные свойства готовой продукции. Для этого требуются альтернативные подсластители – объемные с низкой калорийностью или интенсивные без калорий. Поскольку альтернативные подсластители отличаются по интенсив- ности сладости, их количество не может оставаться постоянным, что негативно сказывается на текстурных и ор- ганолептических свойствах. Цель работы – исследование и разработка кондитерских гелей на основе природных камедей и сахарозаменителей как пищевой матрицы для создания структурированных продуктов питания. Показано, что исключение сахара из рецептуры геля и замена его на натуральные сахарозаменители оказывает существенное влияние на текстурные свойства. Изучены потребительские характеристики разработанных отделочных полуфабри- катов и структурированных десертов на основе гелей. Установлено, что для улучшения текстурных свойств и пи- тательной ценности разработанных изделий с использованием сахарозаменителей целесообразно дополнительное включение изолята сывороточного белка или амарантовой муки в качестве растительного композита в матрицу геля.

Excessive consumption of sugar leads to health problems, and therefore food manufacturers are looking for ways to reduce its content, which will retain similar functional and sensory properties of the finished product. This requires alternative sweeteners – bulky, low-calorie, or intense, no-calorie sweeteners. Since alternative sweeteners vary in sweetness intensity, their amount cannot be kept constant, which affects the loss of textural and organoleptic properties. The purpose of the work is the research and development of confectionery gels based on natural gums and sweeteners as a food matrix for creating structured food products. It is shown that the exclusion of sugar from the gel formulation and its replacement with natural sweeteners has a significant effect on the change in textural properties. The consumer characteristics of the developed finishing semi-finished products and structured desserts based on gels have been studied. It has been established that for the formation of the textural properties of gel products using sweeteners, it is advisable to additionally include whey protein isolate or amaranth flour as a vegetable composite in the gel matrix, which led to an improvement in the textural properties and nutritional value of the developed products.
The variation of surface propensity of halides with droplet size and temperature
Authors: Kwan Victor , Malek Shahrazad , Consta Styliani
Published: May 2023

Relative to a planar interface, nanodroplets are characterized by substantial mass density gradients between the interior and the surface regions and different forces when a sole ion is embedded within them. The radial number density of halide and alkali ions in aqueous clusters with equimolar radius up to approximately 1.4 nm, that corresponds to approximately 250 water molecules, has been extensively studied. However, the abundance of Cl-, Br- and I- on the surface relative to the bulk interior in these smaller clusters may not be representative of the larger systems. Indeed, here we show that the small droplet sizes with equimolar radius up to approximately 1.4 nm are significantly different in their structure and mass density and thus, in the relative surface abundance of halides from their larger counterparts composed of > 800 water molecules (equimolar radius > 1.75 nm). Starting from equimolar radius approximately 1.75 nm converging values in the ion location are observed. The chloride number density profile is the most sensitive to the droplet size and temperature and of the iodide least. The observed trend is that the larger the droplet is, the lower the relative surface abundance of chaotropic halides is. At elevated temperatures Cl- loses gradually its surface propensity, while I- still preserves it. The relative interfacial free energy of solvation of the ions is in the range of a few kJ/mol.
Flavonoids as dual-target inhibitors against α-glucosidase and α-amylase: a systematic review of in vitro studies
Authors: Lam Thua-Phong , Tran Ngoc-Vi Nguyen , Pham Long-Hung Dinh , Lai Nghia Vo-Trong , Dang Bao-Tran Ngoc , Truong Ngoc-Lam Nguyen , Nguyen-Vo Song-Ky , Mai Tan Thanh , Tran Thanh-Dao
Published: May 2023

Diabetes mellitus remains a major global health burden and great attention is directed at natural therapeutics. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the potential of flavonoids as antidiabetic agents through their ability to inhibit α-amylase and α-glucosidase, two key starch digestive enzymes. Six scientific databases were queried up until August 21, 2022, for in vitro studies reporting the IC50 results of purified flavonoids on α-amylase or α-glucosidase, along with the respective data of acarbose control. A total of 339 articles were assessed as eligible and subjected to the data extraction process, resulting in 1643 retrieved flavonoid structures. Chemical structures were then rigorously standardized and curated to 974 unique compounds, in which 177 flavonoids showed both inhibitions against α-amylase and α-glucosidase. Quality assessment was conducted following a modified CONSORT checklist. The structure-activity relationships revealed that a double bond C2=C3 and a keto group C4=O is essential for simultaneous inhibition. The hydroxyl group at C3 is favourable for α-glucosidase inhibition but detrimental to the effect against α-amylase. Further notable features which affect α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibition were also discussed. Several limitations were considered, including the inconsistency among included studies, language restriction, and the contemporaneity of the review. In conclusion, the systematic review has summarized some crucial findings in the investigation of flavonoids as dual-target inhibitors against α-glucosidase and α-amylase and proposed several orientations for future research.