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Motivational Proposal for the Sales Force in the Post-Pandemic Scenario
Authors: Figueiredo Jorge , Cardoso António , Oliveira Isabel , Oliveira Elizabeth
Published: August 2022

For the present work, the authors intend to demonstrate how the dramatic expression activity, based on modern theatre, may work as a lever in the commercial technician's relationship with their customers. This work uses the case study to understand the phenomenon of motivation in commercial technicians working in the automotive sector. From the behavioral analysis, a proximity relationship is observed between dramatic expression and direct sales marketing. A strengthening of co-presence is observed, where there is evidence of greater emotional interaction and motivation in the negotiation process. These modalities of communion show a greater motivation which provides a relationship experienced and shared by the members, an openness to improvisation, in an atmosphere of trust and with recourse to experiences. This new sales concept aims to free the sales technician from monotony and lack of confidence and direct him towards direct and experiential contact with the customer, providing memorable experiences.
Can Value-Based Selling Lead to Higher Enterprise Adoption of Cloud?
Authors: Mukhopadhyay Sandip
Published: August 2022

Cloud computing offers a paradigm shift in the development and usage of computing resources. While cloud computing has become the default mode of IT service delivery in internet companies, established companies face multiple challenges and uncertainties in adopting a cloud-based IT delivery model. Multiple studies have explored the above problem from the users' point of view. This research tries to address the same problem from cloud service providers' point of view. The qualitative study uses the theoretical framework of value-based selling and involves semi-structured in-depth interviews with eight senior managers with varying experience with cloud service providers, supported by secondary research such as scholarly publications and media reports. The study identified multiple strategies for acquiring more enterprise customers and ensuring higher cloud consumption by large enterprise customers. The research enhances the understanding of the adoption of cloud and other disruptive services and integrates the perspectives of buyers and sellers.
Determinants of Women's Online Buying Behavior
Authors: Chaturvedi Shakti , Prasad R. Vara , Kumar Madhan
Published: August 2022

Online retailing has been continuously increasing in India, and easy access to the internet has completely overhauled the status of online shopping in the country. Based on the technology acceptance model, this chapter attempts to outline the factors influencing the buying decisions of women consumers in the Tirupathi district in Andhra Pradesh. The study throws light on various factors, namely technology, security, social media, convenience, buying intentions, which influence women purchasing decisions. The chapter uses convenience sampling to select 390 sample units and uses Karl Pearson correlation, linear regression, multiple regression, and SEM for the analysis. The results showed that technological factors, convenience, and security significantly affected buying intentions of online women consumers. In turn, buying choices significantly positively impacted buying decisions. However, social media has a poor effect on their buying intentions. The study has several theoretical and practical implications for future marketing researchers.
Teaching EAP and ESP to Undergraduates During COVID-19 in Hong Kong
Authors: Ting Adrian
Published: August 2022

This chapter reports on how two university courses (EAP and ESP) adapted to online and hybrid learning through a combination of technology-mediated and blended learning strategies. This is followed by an examination on issues associated with online instruction from data collected through focus group interviews (N=14) involving teachers and students and a discussion on how students and faculty members feel about the prolonged use of technology in EAP and ESP courses. It is hoped that this chapter will enrich our understanding of delivering EAP and ESP courses in EMI contexts during these challenging times and learn about the struggles students and teachers went through.
Responding to the Challenges of Moving an On-Campus Pre-Sessional Course Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Northern Andrew , Hartill Julie
Published: August 2022

This chapter reports on how the challenge of transforming an on-campus pre-sessional into a fully online assessed format during the COVID-19 pandemic was addressed in the context of a leading UK university (Imperial College London). The chapter explains the core principles behind the transformational approach that was adopted and provides examples of practices that had unexpected affordances for teachers and learners. It is hoped these principles and practices can inform others considering a similar transition.
Transitioning to the New Normal
Authors: Morris Gareth Richard , Xu Jiaxin , Li Li
Published: August 2022

This chapter considers EAP language teachers' perceptions of the working reality English educators are faced with during the 2021-2022 academic year. It draws on experiences at a specific case study institution, namely a Sino-British one based in China. Adopting a qualitative study design and interviewing eight practitioners, the results from semi-structured interviews suggest that for EAP teachers in a time of technology-enhanced learning that a transition has occurred from pre-pandemic to today, a time in which the challenges of the pre-COVID-19 era now reside alongside the difficulties that the pandemic has presented. Some of these are global issues, such as how to integrate technology best and deal with new teaching norms and disruptions, while others may be more localised on a national and institutional level and include working around growing student numbers and expatriate departures which taken together can stretch resources. That said, technology, increased autonomy, and enhanced staff motivation (in some cases) are also positives that have been derived in some instances.
Why Professional Development Is the Key to High Quality Provision in EMI Higher Education EAP in the Age of COVID-19
Authors: Morris Gareth Richard , Zhang Ji , Dai Xitong
Published: August 2022

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce readers to some of the ideas behind why professional development is essential for best quality provision in EMI higher education EAP courses. The chapter begins by discussing higher education, EAP, and professional development before focusing on the role professional development plays in ensuring EAP courses are as well designed and delivered as possible. It also goes on to consider some of the challenges education providers face in ensuring that high quality PD is available to EAP teachers before considering ways in which it can be provided even when circumstances are taxing.
Mediatization of Musical and Theatrical Practice on the Moodle Platform
Authors: Agrati Laura Sara , Karkina Svetlana V.
Published: August 2022

Degree courses, specifically aimed at the training of professional profiles, have experimented with new e-learning design solutions to make students exercise in experiential practices (internships, practical exercises, laboratories) during the pandemic period. The contribution presents two ad hoc solutions for university professional practice in an e-learning environment (virtual internship at the Giustino Fortunato Telematic University within the Educational Sciences course; online music performance lessons at the Kazan Federal within the Teacher Education course) and the related comparative investigation. Which Moodle resources are the most effective in training performance skills? A cross analysis is done between the averages of students' access to Moodle resource and the grade obtained at the final project works. Results allow the authors to assume video lessons as more effective than webinars, beyond geographical context and specific competence profiles.
The Role of Museums in the Development of Sustainable Tourism in Calabria Between Infrastructural Deficiencies and New Communication Technologies
Authors: Leandri Eleonora
Published: August 2022

The spread of the internet has had important consequences in all economic sectors, including tourism. The chapter analyzes the role of the museum in the recovery, management, and enhancement of the local cultural heritage as a tool capable of promoting the development of sustainable tourism in a region with evident infrastructural problems located in the south of Italy. In particular, the following work focuses on the management dynamics of two museums—the Amarelli Company Museum and the MUSABA Museum Park—and their relationship with new technologies. The aim is to demonstrate how an adequate museum management activity through an innovative and integrated organization of tangible and intangible resources, an efficient use of resources and effective communication, can significantly contribute to its growth by attracting the attention of sustainable tourism.
Scaling of Streaming Data Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Authors: Aykurt Önder , Orman Zeynep
Published: August 2022

Today, data is generated continuously by millions of data sources, which send in the records simultaneously, in small to large sizes. The rapid growth of data in velocity, volume, value, variety, and veracity has presented big challenges for businesses of all types. This type of data is called streaming data. Streaming data includes a variety of data such as mobile application notifications, e-commerce purchases, sensors in transportation vehicles, information from social applications, IoT sensors. This data is required to be processed sequentially and incrementally on record by record and used for a wide variety of analytics including correlations, filtering, and sampling. Information derived from such analysis gives visibility into many aspects such as customer activity, website clicks, geo-location of devices. There has been a great interest in developing systems for processing continuous data streams. This chapter aims to design a scalable system that can instantly analyze the data using machine learning algorithms.
Digital Resources for the Preparation of a Thesis in Roman Law Studies
Authors: Guasco Alessio
Published: August 2022

Because of the recent pandemic, most of the students discovered several difficulties in traditional research concerning sources connected to literature for the elaboration of a thesis in Roman law studies. It should be necessary to help a young student to develop and to complete his work through the use of digital resources. Therefore, this contribution would represent a short digital guide that the young graduating may use in order to consult digital resources, especially online, which spread over the last 20 years. The purpose of the investigation is to highlight the impact of technology on scientific research in particular for what concerns Roman studies, which are settled between tradition and innovation.
SCA and SCD
Authors: A. Reyana.
Published: August 2022

The majority of heart disease-related deaths are caused by sudden cardiac death. It is most common in adults between the ages of 35 and 45. Every day, one thousand people are estimated to be involved in emergencies. The number of ongoing challenges and causes of death in the United States remains unchanged. As a result, improved preventive strategies for sudden cardiac arrest and death are required. The majority of deaths occur in emergency rooms or outside of hospitals. The causes are typically unexpected, and mortalities in just 60 minutes of the appearance of illness. This chapter goes into detail about the symptoms, causes, and risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest. Raising public awareness about the importance of prevention strategies is an hourly need.
The Online Education and Virtual Collaboration Model
Authors: Idemudia Efosa Carroll
Published: August 2022

Worldwide, tech spending was approximately $4 trillion in 2019. In 2020, all successful global universities are using a wide variety of information systems platforms to adapt to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Universities are using the rapid constant changes in information technology to alleviate the COVID-19 crisis. During the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all universities in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand conducted classes through online and virtual instruction. Unfortunately, most universities in Nigeria/Africa are not able to adapt to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and universities in Nigeria in 2020 were completely closed for classes. To help address this issue, the authors conducted their research. In addition, using the stakeholder theory, they developed the online education and virtual collaboration model. The model provides insights and understanding on how to develop online courses and classes effectively and efficiently in Nigeria/Africa. The study has significant research and practical implications.
Increasing Nurses’ Knowledge of and Self-confidence With Family Presence During Pediatric Resuscitation
Authors: Bush Renee N. , Woodley Lisa
Published: August 2022

Background

Family presence during resuscitation is becoming more common, and pediatric critical care nurses regularly facilitate this process. However, most hospitals lack policies and education to support nurses in this practice.

Objective

To increase pediatric intensive care unit nurses’ knowledge and self-confidence with family presence during resuscitation through an educational intervention.

Methods

The project used a pre-post intervention study design with anonymous online cross-sectional surveying. Participant demographic data were collected along with participants’ responses to 2 instruments measuring perceived risks and benefits of family presence during resuscitation and participant self-confidence with the process. The educational session consisted of a 2-hour structured session incorporating content presentation, discussion, simulation videos, and parental testimony.

Results

Thirty-six nurses participated in this project. Overall mean scores of both tools and scores of almost every item within each tool significantly increased after the intervention.

Conclusion

Formalized and structured education on family presence during resuscitation appears to promote pediatric intensive care unit nurses’ knowledge, increase their perception of benefits outweighing risks, and enhance their self-confidence in supporting family members. Providing information about family presence during resuscitation and how best to facilitate this practice should be a priority and included as part of standard educational support for pediatric intensive care unit nurses.
Comparative patterns of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) diversity in native fescue grassland and wooded habitats in the Cypress Hills, Alberta, Canada
Authors: Bezanson G.A. , Goater C. , Floate K.D.
Published: August 2022

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae (Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae) and some Geotrupidae) provide important ecosystem services on pastures by disrupting and burying deposits of cattle dung. The extent of these services is influenced by the number of individuals and species present, which may differ with habitat type. In the present study, we compared dung beetle assemblages in a mosaic of open grassland and wooded habitats on native fescue pastures in the Cypress Hills of southern Alberta, Canada. Using pitfall traps baited with cattle dung and operated from spring through autumn for two years at each of the two sites, we collected 4944 individuals representing 14 dung beetle species. More individuals and species were recovered in grassland habitat, which was dominated by nonnative species associated with cattle dung. Wooded habitat was dominated by a native species associated with deer dung. Dwellers (species that develop within the dung deposit) comprised 93% of the beetles recovered during the study. Significant variation in annual beetle counts in the two habitats highlights the value of studies conducted over multiple years. These results emphasise the importance of habitat diversity and interspecific habitat preference in structuring dung beetle assemblages on fescue grasslands, which are among the most threatened ecosystems in Canada.
The potential effect of leukocyte filtration methods on erythrocyte-derived microvesicles: One step forward
Authors: Roshanzamir Fateme , Amini-Kafiabad Sedigheh , Zarif Mahin Nikougoftar , Arabkhazaeli Ali , Mohammadipour Mahshid
Published: August 2022

By harmonizing the pre-preparation conditions and also removing some donors’ variations, the current study took one step forward to investigate whether different leukocyte filtration sets influence the quality of RBCs throughout the storage time. Twelve whole blood units were collected, and each unit was split into three equal parts. Thirty-six divided bags were filtered using three different leukocyte-filtration sets including Red Cell and Whole Blood Filters (12 units per filter). The prepared RBCs were refrigerated for up to 42 days and assessed for microvesicle count and size, clotting- and prothrombin time, hemolysis index, and biochemical parameters. A significant increment in erythrocytes microvesicle count (EMVs/μL) was observed during the time in the three filtration sets. The number of EMVs in WBF-RBCs was higher (~1.6 fold) than in F-RCF on day 42 (p=0.035). Interestingly the median fluorescence intensity of EMVs decreased during the storage. The size of MVs rose during the time without any significant differences among the filters. Coagulation time decreased in RBCs over the storage, with no significant differences among the filters. Hemolysis index and lactate concentration increased while glucose level decreased significantly throughout the time. The changes in WBF-RBCs were more drastic rather than RCF-RBCs. The only significant difference in the count of EMVs was between WBF and F-RCF components on day 42. Though the changes in WBF products were more drastic, all the values fell within the standard limits. Accordingly, all three filtration sets can be considered.
New taxa for the Italian Lepidoptera Tortricidae fauna
Authors: Trematerra P.
Published: August 2022

The paper reports 19 species to be added to the list of Lepidoptera Tortricidae of the Italian fauna. The new data come from entomologists living in Central and Eastern Europe and from the webpage of “https://lepiforum.org”.
Child disability and family-centred care in East Africa: Perspectives from a workshop with stakeholders and health practitioners
Authors: Samia Pauline , Wamithi Susan , Kassam Amina , Tirkha Melissa , Kija Edward , Moges Ayalew , Seal Arnab , Rosenbaum Peter , Armstrong Robert
Published: August 2022

Background: Our understanding of child disability has undergone major changes over the last three decades transforming our approach to assessment and management. Globally there are significant gaps in the application of these 21st century models of care. There is recognition that economic, cultural, and social factors influence transitions in care and there is need to consider contextual factors.Objectives: A two-day workshop brought together key stakeholders to discuss current models of care and their application in the East African context. This article summarises workshop proceedings and identifies a broadly supported set of recommendations that serve to set a direction for health professionals, families, family-based disability organisations, communities and government.Method: Presentations followed by facilitated round-table sessions explored specific themes with participants reporting their responses communally. Future actions were agreed upon by relevant stakeholders.Results: Many barriers exist to care for children with disabilities in East Africa, including stigma and a lack of human and infrastructural resources. In addition, significant disparities exist with regard to access to medication and specialist care. The International Classification of Functioning framework needs to be translated to clinical practice within East Africa, with due recognition of the importance of family-centred care and emphasis on the life course theory for disability care. Family-centred care, educational initiatives, advocacy on the part of stakeholders and involvement of government policymakers are important avenues to improve outcomes.Conclusion: Further education and data are needed to inform family-centred care and multidisciplinary team implementation across East African care contexts for children with disabilities.
Interreligious dialogue as a myth
Authors: Akah Josephine N. , Ajah Anthony C.
Published: August 2022

The authors aim in this article to show why it is extremely difficult to expect representatives of missionary religions to engage in productive interreligious dialogue. The article demonstrates how the imperative to convert, which is rooted in a sense of epistemic authority that one holds the best version of truth, precludes interreligious dialogue among religionists. The authors note, on the one hand, that the primary condition for any dialogue is that each of those involved come to the dialogue intellectually humble. On the other hand, the authors note that for missionary religionists to embrace intellectual humility requires a fundamental rethink of their claims of epistemological certainty and final epistemic authority. This implies abandoning the missionary mandate and witnessing built on a sense of intellectual certainty and pride. The authors therefore argue that intellectual humility is a necessary condition for productive interreligious dialogue. Because representatives of missionary religions claim certainty about the knowledge they espouse, what is paraded as interreligious dialogue is largely a myth. It will remain a mere concept that yields little to no tangible result unless these representatives embrace intellectual humility, which is more achievable within a secularist framework.Contribution: This research contributes to the seemingly easy but difficult discourse and practice about interreligious dialogue. It brings to the limelight a more appropriate conception of dialogue in the context of interreligious dialogue, and explains how side-lining that conception empties the predominant practice of interreligous dialogue. This contribution is useful to HTS, which focuses on theological and religious studies, as well as critical study of religions.
Transforming rituals: Creating cultural harmony among the Dou Mbawa of eastern Indonesia
Authors: Wahid Abdul
Published: August 2022

This study revolves around the configurations of Dou Mbawa [People of Mbawa] in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, eastern Indonesia, mapped onto the three main sociocultural-religious groups of Muslims, Christians and Parafu [followers of local beliefs]. It focuses on the Raju ritual as a ‘text’, representing social structures and dynamics of religious tension among the Dou Mbawa, which has been understudied in the existing works of literature. The central position of the Raju ritual is highlighted, as it is born from the cosmological worldview and simultaneously practised by all three religious groups annually. Such interwoven ambiguities occurred in the life of the Dou Mbawa, involving ideology, authority and agents or actors (religious elites), generating tension and confrontation that have led to Raju’s transformation from religious expression to cultural adaptation. Using ethnographic data generated from 2019 to 2020, this study argues that a Raju ritual is a political act that merely reflects the ideology of its supporters and shapes their capital bases and communicative actions to respond to social segregations.Contribution: This article shows how the Raju ritual promotes cohesiveness and harmony for a religiously diverse community by creating a shared ethnic identity and exercising it as a cultural adaptation.
Can we locate our origin in the future? Archonic versus epigenetic creation accounts
Authors: Peters Ted
Published: August 2022

Myths of origin in archaic culture – including the Hebrew Scriptures – locate reality at the point of origin. The Greek term, αρχη, means both origin and governance. How something originates governs its definition; it was assumed by our ancestors. Hence the term archonic. Until we get to Christian eschatology and the promise of the new creation. In the New Testament, we find that God’s eschatological consummation will retroactively define what has always been. God’s redemption will epigenetically redefine what occurred at our genesis. Who you and I really are as creatures will be determined by our completion in the Kingdom of God. The new creation, Omega, determines what was true at the point of origin, that is, at Alpha.Contribution: This article develops a theology of nature that incorporates natural science and augments the journal series in this subject area. Furthermore, this article develops a retroactive ontology based on the New Testament promise of an eschatological new creation.
Who visits cathedrals? The science of cathedral studies and psychographic segmentation
Authors: Francis Leslie J. , Mansfield Simon
Published: August 2022

This study applied psychographic segmentation theory to explore the psychological type profile of 1082 visitors to four cathedrals (three in England and one in Wales) and to set this profile alongside the published national normative data. Data provided by the Francis Psychological Type Scales demonstrated that among cathedral visitors there were more introverts (60%), sensing types (72%) and judging types (80%), with a balance between thinking types (49%) and feeling types (51%). Comparisons with the population norms demonstrated that extraverts and perceiving types were significantly underrepresented among visitors to these four cathedrals. The implications of these findings are discussed for enhancing the visitor experience of those currently visiting and for attracting those psychological types currently less likely to visit.Contribution: Situated within the science of cathedral studies, this article demonstrates (by means of applying psychographic segmentation theory and gathering data from four cathedrals) that extraverts and perceiving types were significantly under-represented among cathedral visitors. These data are important for understanding limitations on the reach of cathedrals within the wider community.
The spiritual experience of Chinese Muslim minorities post-1998 reformation: A study of Chinese Muslims becoming Indonesians
Authors: Aripudin Acep , Rahman Mohammad T. , Burhanudin Dede , Anwar Sumarsih , Salman Ibnu , Pinem Masmedia
Published: August 2022

This article describes a new method of viewing a historical phenomenon based on its social significance. This method enabled the classification and analysis of a group in a context simultaneously and chronologically. Using historical phenomenology, the authors found a polarisation of Chinese Muslims’ thoughts and practices in the Indonesian context. As an example, the technique of classification of Islamic thoughts is illustrated to discover Chinese Muslim figures’ religious activities. This method allows an improved social investigation to probe deeply into Chinese Muslims’ formal religious life. The evaluation of the effectiveness of the new method is confirmed by the calculation of the polarisation of Chinese Muslim religiousness, leading to the fragmentation and diversification of Indonesian Chinese Muslims in the realms of politics, economic practices or Islamic rituals. New research results improve the understanding of how a social history of an ethnicity could grow and assimilate in a context. The assimilation could contribute to religious harmony in such a pluralistic country such as Indonesia and can be used for making better social decisions, especially related to the lives of minorities, who urgently need policymakers and stakeholders to accommodate the rights of those who are still in the process of gaining fairer recognition.Contribution: Using historical phenomenology, this article tries to classify and study a group in a setting concurrently and chronologically. An in-depth social inquiry into the formal religious life of Chinese Muslims discovered a calculation of religious Chinese Muslims’ polarisation, which led to the dispersion and diversification of Indonesian Chinese Muslims’ politics, economic practices and Islamic rituals. New policy proposals can be made by evaluating religious polarisation.
Semantic waves and their affordances for teaching scaffolding to pre-service teachers
Authors: Jina Asvat Zaheera
Published: August 2022

Background: Research argues that parents/teachers and learners work collaboratively and this active participation in scaffolded activities builds knowledge and extends understandings. However, researchers who have explored scaffolding as a pedagogic tool do not demonstrate how this tool looks in practice.Objectives: As a teacher educator, I introduce concepts like scaffolding as part of pre-service teachers’ theory of learning. The purpose of this article is to explore how the Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) concepts of semantic gravity and semantic waves, show modelling interactions that reveal the learning pathways leading to independent mastery of the task.Method: The study was conducted in 2020, which presented a unique opportunity to watch one teacher teach three Grade 3 learners online on a one-to-one basis, providing for comparisons between them. This qualitative study represented a case-study research design and employed data analysis using a semantic gravity translation device. Convenience sampling was used when selecting the participants. A story, ‘A visit to the dentist’, was used to identify the metaphors in the text.Results: Using semantic waves, I show how the teacher works with concepts, criteria, text resources and learner understanding. The analysis exposed pathways that could now be purposefully designed.Conclusion: Further research is necessary to investigate the value of semantic waves as a means of enabling teachers to track these kinds of interaction.Contribution: The findings provide the means to demonstrating how semantic waves may assist teachers to design and operationalise learning pathways in ways that scaffolding cannot.
Implementing active surveillance for tuberculosis: The experiences of healthcare workers at four sites in two provinces in South Africa
Authors: Ajudua Febisola I. , Mash Robert J.
Published: August 2022

Background: The high burden of tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa (SA) is associated with uncontrolled transmission in communities and delayed diagnosis of active cases. Active surveillance for TB is provided by community-based services (CBS). Research is required to understand key factors influencing TB screening services in the CBS. This study explored the implementation of active surveillance for TB where community-oriented primary care (COPC) had been successfully implemented to identify these factors.Methods: This was a qualitative study of four established COPC sites across two provinces in SA where active surveillance for TB is implemented. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposively selected healthcare workers in the CBS and citizens in these communities. The recorded interviews were transcribed for data analysis using ATLAS.ti software.Results: The factors influencing active surveillance for TB were directly related to the major players in the delivery of CBS. These factors interacted in a complex network influencing implementation of active surveillance for TB. Building effective relationships across stakeholder platforms by community health workers (CHWs) was directly influenced by the training, capacity building afforded these CHWs by the district health services; and acceptability of CBS. Each factor interplayed with others to influence active surveillance for TB.Conclusion: Community health workers were central to the success of active surveillance for TB. The complex interactions of the social determinants of health and TB transmission in communities required CHWs to develop trusting relationships that responded to these issues that have impact on TB disease and linked clients to healthcare.
Adverse reactions to food: Navigating the maze in primary health care
Authors: Staats Jurgens , Van Zyl Idonette
Published: August 2022

Primary health care providers are often confronted with patients describing adverse reactions to food. With a multiplex of differential diagnoses, it is essential to have a structured approach to these complaints. Just as allergies can have a negative impact on quality of life, inappropriate food allergy labelling can cause unnecessary distress and hardship for patients. Understanding the diagnostic approaches to adverse food reactions, alongside an appreciation of multidisciplinary collaboration, can assist the clinician in making appropriate decisions in the management of these patients.
Health sciences students’ perception of the communicative impacts of face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic at a South African University
Authors: Khan Nasim B. , Mthembu Nolwazi , Narothan Aishwarya , Sibisi Zamahlase , Vilane Qiniso
Published: August 2022

Background: The use of face masks and/or shields can pose a challenge during communication. They block facial expressions thus removing visual cues and affect sound transmission making it difficult to hear speech clearly. Given the widespread use of face coverings, it seems reasonable to clarify if communication in typical speakers and listeners has significantly differed. Health science students as future practitioners need to understand challenges that arise from using face coverings.Objective: This study aimed to determine health sciences students’ perception of the communicative impacts of face coverings.Method: The study employed a descriptive, self-administered online survey, obtaining information from 96 health science undergraduate students.Results: All participants changed their manner of speaking in that they spoke louder when wearing masks and focused more on eye contact when someone was wearing masks. These were statistically significant (p = 0.450 and p = 0.035 respectively). Fifty-three percent reported using more listening effort and feeling anxious when communicating. Approximately 33% indicated that it was challenging to read emotions, such as sad or unhappy, when someone wore a mask. Most, 61%, were positive or very positive about wearing masks. The level of difficulty differed depending on the listening environment. It was harder to understand the doctor, nurse, or other healthcare workers when they wore face coverings than when listening to their friends and family, which had little effect, this being statistically significant (p = 0.025).Conclusion: Challenges envisaged in practice included frequent communication breakdowns, inability to connect and build trust between patient and practitioner, and communicating in noisy environments. Coping strategies, future clinical and research implications were proposed, and limitations acknowledged.
Erratum: The moderating role of career adaptability on the relationship between workplace spirituality and employee mental and physical health
Authors: Shava Herring , Chinyamurindi Willie T.
Published: August 2022

No abstract available.
Hepatitis B vaccination coverage amongst healthcare workers in a tertiary academic hospital in Gauteng province, South Africa
Authors: Razwiedani Lufuno L. , Mogale Ntlogeleng M. , Mawela Muthuhadini P.B.
Published: August 2022

Background: Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major public health concern in South Africa. Hepatitis B virus is a highly infectious blood-borne virus causing liver disease. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of occupational exposure.Objectives: This study aimed to investigate HBV vaccination amongst HCWs at a tertiary academic hospital in Gauteng province, South Africa.Method: Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 500 consecutively sampled HCWs. Data were analysed using Stata version 12.Results: A total of 460 HCWs participated in the study. Most were women (68.7%), 40 years of age (66.9%) and worked for 10 years (66.0%). Almost 50.0% were either doctors or medical students and 40.3% were nurses or student nurses. Most HCWs in the age group of 30 years (79.4%) had received at least 1 dose of HB vaccine. Prevaccination immunity screening was conducted on 17.5% of the HCWs, and only 11.0% reported to be protected against HBV. About 49.0% of HCWs were fully vaccinated. Post-vaccination immunity testing was conducted on 15.1%, and 24.0% of HCWs paid for vaccinations. Nursing staff and those with 10 years of work experience were 2.5 and 2.6 times more likely to be vaccinated, respectively. Cleaning staff were less likely to be vaccinated.Conclusion: Although not all HCWs were fully vaccinated, our study found a higher proportion of fully vaccinated HCWs than previously reported in Gauteng Province. It is recommended that HB vaccination be promoted and a local vaccination policy, aligned with the national policy, be developed and implemented for all HCWs at the tertiary academic hospital.
Knowledge management as a change enabler in academic libraries in the digital age
Authors: Mabunda Tiyani T. , Du Plessis Tanya
Published: August 2022

Background: South African academic libraries are facing radical changes due to a paradigm shift in their parent universities associated with the digital age linked to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The rationale for this study was to enable library management, employees and change leaders of libraries to understand that knowledge management (KM) is a potential solution for managing change in academic libraries in this digital age.Objectives: The central argument of this research is that KM as a management discipline is a solution to manage change in the academic libraries in the digital age. The present research gap is the role of KM as a change enabler in academic libraries. The purpose of this study was to explore the potential of KM as a change enabler in the academic libraries in the digital age.Method: This study applied the exploratory method to gather more empirical evidence on KM as a potential solution in managing change in the library. Interview and questionnaire were used as data collection methods after purposively selecting the respondents from the population in a non-probability sampling technique. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested that showed a high Cronbach’s alpha score.Results: Amongst other results, the empirical evidence shows that employees resist change when their comfort zone is threatened; what they know is becoming threatened because the new initiative or change tends not to be aligned with their current knowledge and skills. Lack of knowing what is going to happen after change may lead to resistance; then it proves and validates that KM could be a potential solution.Conclusion: This study has identified a positive relationship between KM and management of change in the academic libraries. The libraries should ensure that their knowledge gets managed so that it can be easily and timely shared and disseminated to the decision makers during change.
Peripapillary choroidal neovascularization associated with optic nerve sheath meningioma
Authors: Liao Wen-Pen , Cheng Cheng-Kuo , Peng Pai-Huei
Published: August 2022

Peripapillary choroidal neovascularization (PPCNV), a rare presentation of optic nerve sheath meningioma (ONSM), is associated with various ocular pathologies. Herein, we report a case with characteristics of age-related macular degeneration, PPCNV, optic disc edema, and a retinal–choroidal venous collateral. In addition to the recognition of an orbital base ONSM, magnetic resonance imaging revealed a distended perioptic subarachnoid space with the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid anterior to the tumor. On the basis of these clinical findings, we postulated the pathogenesis of PPCNV-associated ONSMs.
A review of the management of central retinal artery occlusion
Authors: Madike Reema , Cugati Sudha , Chen Celia
Published: August 2022

Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), the ocular analog of a cerebral stroke, is an ophthalmic emergency. The visual prognosis for overall spontaneous visual recovery in CRAO is low. Furthermore, the risk of future ischemic heart disease and cerebral stroke is increased due to the underlying atherosclerotic risk factors. There is currently no guideline-endorsed treatment for CRAO. This review will describe the anatomy, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical features of CRAO, and investigate the current and future management strategies.
Ocular inflammatory manifestations following COVID-19 vaccinations in Taiwan
Authors: Wang Ling-Uei , Chen Fang-Ting , Wang Jia-Kang , Huang Tzu-Lun , Chang Pei-Yao , Chen Yun-Ju , Hsu Yung-Ray
Published: August 2022

As a continuing demand for booster shots against SARS-CoV-2, ocular adverse events following the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccines can cause significant visual impairment, and they warrant a high awareness and detailed documentation of possible ocular inflammatory manifestations. We present a case series of 11 patients presenting with ocular manifestations relevant to vaccine-associated autoimmune response within 6 weeks after the vaccination of the Oxford–AstraZeneca, the Moderna, and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines at the main tertiary referral center in the most populated and most vaccinated city in Taiwan. Their diagnosis included five acute anterior uveitis, two multiple evanescent white dot syndrome, one probable Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease, one anterior scleritis, one relapsed idiopathic panuveitis, and one autoantibody-related central retinal artery occlusion. This report presented a broad spectrum of the ocular inflammatory events following the vaccination of COVID-19. Early recognition of the clinical manifestations mentioned herein with prompt management is crucial in recovering the patients' vision.
α-Pinene Influence on Pulpal Pain-Induced Learning and Memory Impairment in Rats Via Modulation of the GABAA Receptor
Authors: Rafie Forouzan , Kooshki Razieh , Abbasnejad Mehdi , Rahbar Iran , Raoof Maryam , Nekouei Amir Hossein
Published: August 2022

Background:

This study investigated the effect of central administration of α-pinene and the interaction of α-pinene with GABAA receptor on pulpal nociception-induced changes in learning and memory performances in rats.

Materials and Methods:

Sixty-six adult male Wistar rats were used. Pulpal nociception was induced by intradental application of capsaicin (100 μg/rat). α-pinene (0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 μg/rat) was injected centrally 10 min before the administration of capsaicin. In addition, α-pinene (0.4 μg/rat) was co-injected with bicuculline (0.5 μg/rat). Spatial and passive avoidance learning and memory were assessed using Morris water maze (MWM) and shuttle box tasks, respectively.

Results:

Experimental results of the MWM test showed that capsaicin increases escape latency and distance traveled to the hidden platform (P < 0.01). The effect was prohibited by α-pinene at the dose of 0.4 μg/rat. Moreover, capsaicin-treated animals spent less time in the target zone than capsaicin + α-pinene (0.4 μg/rat)-treated rats (P < 0.05). In the shuttle box test, α-pinene (0.2 μg and 0.4 μg) prevented an increased number of acquisition trials and time spent in the dark chamber induced by capsaicin, whereas it increased step-through latency (P < 0.01). However, the effects of α-pinene (0.4 μg/rat) in both tests were prohibited by bicuculline (0.5 μg/rat).

Conclusion:

The data showed that central administration of α-pinene might reduce pulpalgia-induced learning and memory impairment, at least partially, via modulation of GABAA receptors.
Evaluation of Diagnostic Accuracy of Alpha-Fodrin Antibody in Iranian Patients with Sjogren's Disease
Authors: Rostamian Alireza , Baradaran Azar , Mottaghi Peyman , Salesi Mansour , Karimifar Mansour , Mansouri Vahid
Published: August 2022

Background:

Sjogren's syndrome, as a chronic autoimmune disease, involves in lymphocytic infiltration in the exocrine glands. As the result of exocrine glands disruption, the clinical hallmark of this disease including dryness of mouth and eyes along with fatigue and joint pain occur. However, heterogeneity of clinical presentations among newly diagnosed adult patients with Sjogren's syndrome leads to difficulty in its diagnosis. One of the diagnostic criteria for Sjogren's syndrome is the presence of autoantibodies in patient serum. One of the novel biomarkers suggested for diagnosis of Sjogren is alpha-fodrin antibody. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic power of anti-α-fodrin antibody among the Iranian population for the first time.

Materials and Methods:

We recruited 82 individuals in this study. Alpha-fodrin were measured in case and control with Elisa kit as 16.71 (9.84) and 18.44 (11.54).

Results:

There was no any significant difference between two groups regarding alpha-fodrin level (P = 0.35). Then we applied the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis to determine the predictive value of alpha-fodrin for diagnosing Sjogren's disease. The area under curve of the ROC curve was calculated as 0.5453. Also, there were significant association between age and alpha-fodrin antibody.

Conclusions:

Alpha-fodrin test did not have acceptable predictive power for predicting Sjogren's disease; however, it could be associated with disease progression.
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis-associated hemorrhage in vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia
Authors: Lam Chee-Tat , Lin Kuan-Yu , Kao Ming-Chien , Tsai Ming-Cheng
Published: August 2022

The authors reported the clinical course of a 58-year-old female suffering from cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with hemorrhage after the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccination. Emergent decompressive craniectomy was performed, and aggressive blood transfusion was given. Nevertheless, progressive intracerebral hemorrhage and thrombocytopenia developed. A delayed diagnosis was made on a rare complication of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) with a positive result of anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies (PF4 Ab). The patient died 4 days postoperative due to brainstem failure.