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VALUE ADDITION ON COTTON FABRIC USING PLASMA TREATEMENT AND PIGMENT PRINTING
Authors: Goyal Pratima , Phoniya Jyoti
Published: September 2023

Cotton is the king of textile industry. It is the most trendy, versatile, and eco- friendly fabric. This material is most desired fabric by the consumers. It has many good properties as it has good heat conductivity, absorption, strength, etc. it is used in vast gamut of products like apparel, home- furnishing, industries, medical, auto mobiles, etc. it can be blended with other natural as well as synthetic fibers like wool, silk, polyester, acrylic, nylon and many more. In today’s world there are various new technologies coming up every day, one of which is plasma technology which is slowly capturing the textile industries. Many researches are done and still continuing on plasma technology. In this study the researcher has tried to apply plasma treatment on to the cotton fabric to modify the surface property of the same. This di- electric plasma treatment was given on varying time period like 15min, 30min, 45min, 1hr, 1 1/2hr and 2hr. After plasma treatment the samples were undergone for pigment printing with water base and without water base printing paste. The same printing was also done on unmodified cotton sample to have a comparison between modified and unmodified samples. The results were compared on the basis of few tests like rub fastness (dry and wet), wash fastness and UV protection test. In this research it has been observed that plasma treated i.e., modified samples were having better fastness to dry and wet rub and wash fastness and UV protection of treated fabric after printing was increased. This study also shows that even 15min and 30min of treatment improves the fastness property of the cotton fabric so in concern of energy usage, treatment can be given for less time duration to have better quality products. UV protection of the fabric can be increased by printing with without water-based pigment printing with 1hr of plasma treatment which on the basis of the results said to be the optimum time of treatment.
Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre la atención en salud mental: una revisión sistemática
Authors: Cuenca Mayra , Sandoval Carrión Iván
Published: September 2023

Introducción: La enfermedad producida por el SARS-Cov-2, la COVID-19, tuvo un gran impacto a nivel mundial y los servicios de salud fueron los más afectados, entre estos los servicios que brindan atención en la salud mental.
Objetivo: Conocer el impacto de la pandemia por la enfermedad COVID-19 en la atención de la salud mental.
Metodología: Se realizó un análisis de la literatura existente de bases de datos de Scopus, Lilacs y Pubmed. Además, se incluyeron publicaciones científicas completas de revistas indexadas en español e inglés, con pacientes adultos (>17 años), y trabajos originales con diseño analítico, prospectivo, transversal, aleatorizado, metanálisis y de libre acceso.
Resultados: Se incluyeron 11 artículos, donde se describe una reducción en las consultas en emergencias, e incremento del consumo de sustancias o intentos de suicidio. Se implementaron estrategias como la tele-psiquiatría, educación a la población y las medidas de distanciamiento.
Conclusiones: Se concluyó que es posible brindar atención psiquiátrica en tiempos de pandemia, tomando cuenta varias medidas de prevención y reorganización de los servicios.
Infección por coronavirus (COVID-19) durante el embarazo y su manejo terapéutico. Una revisión bibliográfica
Authors: Cumbe-Martínez Cristina , Barrera-Vásquez Milton , López-Mayorga Alberto
Published: September 2023

Introducción: La COVID-19, produjo una emergencia sanitaria global. Además de los pocos conocimientos sobre el efecto de esta infección en la gestación, hay dudas sobre su impacto en el producto de la gestación. A pesar de que se sabe que las embarazadas son particularmente vulnerables, no se cuenta con un esquema de manejo particular para estas; aunque hay reportes del uso de varios fármacos, de forma similar al tratamiento en otros adultos sin gestación.  
Objetivo: Conocer sobre la infección por la COVID-19 en la gestación y su tratamiento.
Materiales y Métodos: se llevó a cabo una revisión teórica, como fuentes de información se tuvieron en cuenta las bibliotecas: MEDLlNE, EMBASE, PubMed y Cochrane. Se realizó una búsqueda basada en términos MeSH. Se incluyeron publicaciones sobre este tema, con diseño de revisión bibliográfica, observacional o analítico.
Resultados: Se encontraron 43 publicaciones, de las que se suprimieron diez y se incluyeron 33. Las acciones terapéuticas para el abordaje de la COVID-19 en la gestación abarca tres pilares: las acciones de prevención, el ingreso hospitalario y el manejo terapéutico individualizado.
Conclusión: En las embarazadas con la COVID-19, el manejo no es diferente del utilizado en el resto de los adultos; incluye cuidados individualizados, según el estado de la paciente, encaminados a garantizar la sobrevida del binomio madre – feto. Se necesita más estudios para argumentar de forma objetiva estos resultados a favor de los puntos críticos de discusión que están descritos en la presente revisión, ya que se trata de una enfermedad de aparición reciente.
En tiempos de pandemia: Problemas éticos en la práctica de enfermería
Authors: BONILLA MERIZALDE MARIANA JACQUELINE
Published: September 2023

La crisis sanitaria por la pandemia de la Covid-19 ha desencadenado muchos problemas éticos en la prestación de los cuidados de enfermería en los centros asistenciales, debido a la escasez de recursos y alto riesgo de contagio. Destacando el valor del autocuidado, la humanización del cuidado y por supuesto, la preservación de los derechos del paciente.
Síndrome de embolismo graso en fractura de huesos largos, reporte de caso
Authors: Martínez-Burbano Braulio , Caiza-Zambrano Francisco
Published: September 2023

Introducción: El síndrome de embolismo graso es una complicación severa, aunque poco frecuente de trauma grave. Es desencadenado por el paso de partículas de grasa hacia la microcirculación en varios órganos. La tríada característica: lesión pulmonar, hemorragia petequial y disfunción neurológica. Su prevalencia varía según los criterios diagnósticos y la causa desencadenante, dificultando su detección temprana.
Presentación del caso: Caso 1. Paciente 22 años, masculino, sufrió accidente automovilístico con fracturas abierta de fémur, tibia y peroné derechos, resueltas quirúrgicamente, a las 5 horas del evento sufre deterioro respiratorio, petequias conjuntivales, torácicas y en extremidades; posteriormente deterioro de conciencia, estatus epiléptico y síndrome de hiperactividad simpática paroxística. Caso 2. Paciente 29 años, masculino, sufrió volcamiento del vehículo en el que viajaba, sufriendo fracturas cerradas de tibia, peroné y fémur izquierdas, luego de la cirugía traumatológica sufrió deterioro del estado de conciencia, petequias conjuntivales e hipoxemia.
Diagnósticos e intervenciones: los dos pacientes fueron operados para resolución traumatológica dentro de las primeras 24 horas, luego del aparecimiento de síntomas neurológicos se sometieron a neuroimagen encontrándose el patrón de “campo de estrellas” y recibieron corticoides.
Resultados: Caso 1 el desenlace fue estado vegetativo, Caso 2 recuperación completa.
Conclusión: La detección es imprescindible para establecer el tratamiento temprano, planificar la cirugía traumatológica o diferirla y estimar el pronóstico según la evolución. El síndrome de embolia grasa cerebral es una causa rara del síndrome de hiperactividad simpática paroxística.
Evaluación de riesgos psicosociales y su influencia en el desarrollo de burnout en el personal de emergencias del Hospital General Docente Calderón
Authors: Proaño-López Andrea , Álvarez-Bayas Tania , Martínez-Jimbo Danilo , Flores-Almeida Danny , Landeta-Bejarano Luis
Published: September 2023

Introducción: Los riesgos psicosociales son factores que pueden afectar el bienestar psicológico y emocional de una persona en el entorno laboral, como el estrés laboral, la falta de apoyo social y la falta de autonomía en el trabajo. Estos riesgos pueden tener una gran influencia en el desarrollo del síndrome de burnout, una afección psicológica que se caracteriza por agotamiento emocional, despersonalización y disminución del rendimiento laboral.
Objetivo: Identificar los factores psicosociales de riesgo que puedan afectar de manera considerable al desarrollo del síndrome de burnout, planteando medidas preventivas que ayudaran a aplacar los riesgos evidenciados.
Método: Estudio descriptivo - transversal, con diseño no experimental, se utilizó 2 instrumentos: 1) Factores Psicosociales (FPSICO3.0), el cual está compuesto por 44 preguntas con su subdivisión de 89 sub preguntas, mide 9 factores de riesgo psicosocial (intra laborales); 2) Factores de riesgo Psicosociales (MBI-HSS) contiene 22 preguntas, mide 3 factores para burnout: baja realización personal del trabajo, agotamiento emocional y despersonalización.
Resultados: Según la correlación de Spearman (Rho) manejado con margen de error del 0.05, los factores de riesgo psicosocial (intra laborales) tiempo de trabajo, demanda psicológica, participación/supervisión; interés por el trabajador y compensación; son directamente proporcionales al nivel de burnout. Los resultados muestran que el 7% de personal presenta burnout y el 51% indicios del mismo, a mayor edad hay mayor prevalencia de burnout y el puesto de trabajo con mayor vulnerabilidad es el de médico general en funciones hospitalarias.
 Discusión: Los instrumentos (MBI-HSS y Fpsico 3.0) utilizados en la presenteb investigación, fueron desarrollados para la población hospitalaria dentro de condiciones laborales,  mismos que también han sido utilizados por varias investigaciones previas en el Ecuador y en diferentes países, por lo que el análisis de los estudios previos similares reflejan sobre los factores psicosociales que más inciden en el personal sanitario de las áreas de emergencias tanto ecuatorianas como extranjeras y son similares a los resultados del presente estudio, enfatizando además que el factor carga de trabajo en todas las investigación comparativas, a pesar de ser un factor de riesgo alto, no incide en la nuestra, al ser susceptible de buen manejo y adaptación ante la demanda de pacientes.
Salutogénesis y la COVID-19
Authors: Parra-Aguirre Martha  Aida
Published: September 2023

La pandemia de la COVID-19 evolucionó, desde una crisis aguda y repentina a un largo período de lucha contra el virus, este estrés permanente ha sido analizado ya desde la patogénesis en busca de factores de riesgo, daño potencial y consecuencias patológicas. El enfoque esbozado aquí, basado en salutogénesis, plantea la posibilidad de un análisis distinto desde el origen y los recursos para la salud, anima a comprender cómo las personas logran aumentar su sentido de coherencia y se mantienen saludables.
Rol actual de la histeroscopia en infertilidad
Authors: Guamán-Gualpa William , Arias-Bustamante José , Villacís-Vaca Diego , Vásquez-Maya Carlos , Suarez-Torres Siguilfredo
Published: September 2023

Desde la década de 1980 la histeroscopia ha sido utilizada para el estudio y el tratamiento de miomas, pólipos, tabiques, adherencias intrauterinas, sangrado uterino disfuncional y anormal y en la evaluación del endometrio previo a transferencia de embriones en tratamientos de Fertilización in Vitro (FIV).   El estudio exhaustivo de las pacientes, la experticia del ginecólogo, la precisa indicación del procedimiento, la correcta evaluación de las contraindicaciones, el uso de una adecuada y cuidadosa técnica exploratoria y quirúrgica, junto con el empleo correcto de la tecnología, harán de la histeroscopia un método confiable de baja morbilidad y nula mortalidad.
Síndrome de Burnout en estudiantes y profesionales de la Carrera de Terapia Ocupacional de la Universidad Central del Ecuador
Authors: Zanafria-Herrera Demetrio , Donoso-Garrido Juan , Manzano-Sánchez Wilson , Zurita-Santos Katia
Published: September 2023

Introducción: El síndrome de Burnout es un fenómeno muy común en los diferentes ambientes de trabajo, pero estudios de prevalencia en profesionales y estudiantes de terapia ocupacional son limitados.
Objetivo: Establecer la presencia de síndrome de Burnout en estudiantes y profesionales de los centros de práctica de la carrera de Terapia Ocupacional de la Universidad Central del Ecuador.
Material y métodos: Diseño de estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transversal, en 177 estudiantes de la carrera de Terapia Ocupacional y 35 profesionales en el área que laboran en los centros de práctica vinculados a la práctica preprofesional. En cada sujeto se determinó agotamiento emocional, despersonalización y falta de realización personal mediante la Escala Maslach Burnout Inventory; la presencia de nivel alto en las subescalas agotamiento emocional y despersonalización y nivel bajo en realización personal define síndrome de Burnout. Se calculó la prevalencia del síndrome en estudiantes y profesionales y la correlación con años de ejercicio laboral y sexo.
Resultados: El 2.9 % (1/35) de los profesionales y 4.5 % (8/177) de estudiantes presentaron síndrome Burnout, el que se relacionó con las variables ambientales personales incluidas en la escala de Maslach. Del 45.83% al 82.14 % de estudiantes presentaron niveles bajos de cansancio emocional y despersonalización, mientras que, del 37.14 % al 52.94 %, presentaron niveles medios de realización personal.
Conclusión: La prevalencia del síndrome de Burnout es baja en los profesionales y en los estudiantes de la carrera de Terapia Ocupacional que hacen prácticas preprofesionales en diferentes instituciones.
La trayectoria de quienes quedan. Narrativa y desaparición forzada en Colombia
Authors: Cataño Shirley , Jiménez Ortiz Eliana Andrea , López Orrego Mariana
Published: September 2023

Este texto surge de la narrativa de quien vive la desaparición forzada de un integrante de su familia en el Oriente Antioqueño, Colombia. Uno de los propósitos de la investigación fue describir el caso de la familia Quintero desde antes del hecho victimizante a la actualidad a través de la perspectiva compresivo-interpretativa mediante entrevistas a profundidad con la hermana de la víctima. Se logró construir una línea de tiempo que presenta dos capas: la primera, presenta hitos del conflicto armado en Granada, Colombia. La segunda, describe la ruta trazada en la búsqueda de quien fue arrebatado y la verdad sobre lo que le pasó.La trayectoria de los que quedan tiene que ver con los tiempos cronológicos y subjetivos en los que se ubica la afectación del hecho, acontecimiento que impacta en la trama vital de quién se dispone para narrarlo y establece una búsqueda permanente y sin tregua por quienes no están. Quienes quedan se mueven entre la incertidumbre, el temor, la impotencia, el dolor de no saber qué pasó y la geografía del territorio donde ocurrió la desaparición. La complejidad del daño llama a la reflexión sobre las medidas de reparación que se implementan. La ausencia de información sobre lo que pasó indica que la posición testimoniante es un lugar subjetivo, comunitario y político constituido como esa voz que recuerda, dignifica y reconoce a quienes no están en su acto de reclamar su vida, su cuerpo y la verdad.
Kadın Tüketicilerin Dijital Okuryazarlıklarının E-Satın Alma Niyeti Üzerine Etkisi / The Effect of Female Consumers' Digital Literacy on E-Purchasing Intention
Authors: ÖZDEMİR SÜZER Özlem , ALTIN Sena
Published: September 2023

Bu araştırmada kadın tüketicilerin dijital okuryazarlık durumlarının incelenmesi ve dijital okuryazarlığın e-satın alma niyeti üzerinde bir etki yaratıp yaratmadığını tespit etmek amaçlanmaktadır. Aynı zamanda kadın tüketicilerin yaşlarının ve eğitim durumlarının dijital okuryazarlık ve e-satın alma niyeti arasındaki ilişkide düzenleyici etkisinin olup olmadığının incelenmesi de bu araştırmada amaçlar arasındadır. Araştırmanın amacına uygunluğu açısından açıklayıcı araştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini en az bir kez çevrimiçi alışveriş yapmış kadın tüketiciler oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak çevrimiçi anket yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 25.0 paket programı ve Process Macro uygulaması kullanılarak basit doğrusal regresyon analizi ve düzenleyici etki analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda kadın tüketicilerin dijital okuryazarlık durumlarının iyi düzeyde olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca, dijital okuryazarlığın e-satın alma niyeti üzerinde pozitif yönde anlamlı bir etkiye sahip olduğu ancak kadın tüketicilerin yaş ve eğitim durumlarının dijital okuryazarlık ve e-satın alma niyeti arasındaki ilişkide düzenleyici etkisinin bulunmadığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
HEXAGON FRAUD IN FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT: PERUSAHAAN SEKTOR KEUANGAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI PERIODE 2018-2021
Authors: Muhthadin Mohammad Al , Amin Muhammad Nuryatno
Published: September 2023

The study aims to shed light on the role of hexagon fraud elements in presenting misleading financial data by companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) between 2018 and 2021. Purposive sampling was employed to compile information from 82 companies for this research. This study makes use of logistic regression analysis. Financial statement fraud was found to be influenced solely by arrogance as opposed to factors such as external pressure, director change, effective monitoring, rationalization, or conspiracy. Based on agency theory, it can explain how fraudulent financial statements occur so that companies and investors can be prevented later.
ESCOLA PÚBLICA E EDUCAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA: EXPERIÊNCIAS PROFISSIONAIS E PRÁTICAS DE PESQUISAS NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA
Authors: Ciríaco Klinger Teodoro , Silva Danielle Abreu , Santino Fernando Schlindwein
Published: September 2023

Recentemente, em nosso país, saímos de um período histórico, político e social em que assistimos,passivamente,o desmonte da educação e, consequentemente, a desvalorização da/oprofessora/professorda escola, especialmente das instituições públicas. Diante desse pavorosocenário, o qual esperamos ter ficado para trásna era bolsonarista (AGORA INELEGÍVEL!), que enxergou em quatro anos (2019-2022)na figura docente uma"inimiga", muitas pessoas foram influenciadasquase que exclusivamentepor fake news, vimos as/osprofissionais da educação perderem o seu prestígio, reconhecimento e o valor que têmperante uma sociedade que se intitula a do conhecimento (NORA; MINC, 1980). Neste contexto, o ensino de Matemática requer autonomia, criatividade e criticidade. AprenderEnsinar e EnsinarAprender Matemática na escola básica implica ter na Matemática um meio, um caminho para a Educação, por isso a defesa do termo Educação Matemática (FIORENTINI; LORENZATO, 2006). Educar pela Matemática não é enxergá-la comum fim em si mesma
Religion and Racial Holy Sites: A Totemic Interpretation of Confederate Material Culture in White Nationalist Thought / Religión Y Lugares Sagrados Raciales: Una Interpretación Totémica De La Cultura Material Confederada En El Pensamiento Nacionalista Blanco
Authors: Hills Darrius D.
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This essay considers the religious implications of White nationalist thinking on the preservation of Confederate material culture—its statues, monuments, and spaces. I argue that such Confederate material cultural artifacts represent racial holy sites around which American White nationalists collectively reassert and reclaim a distinctive identity, amplify a message of protectionist racial and cultural survival, and further distinguish themselves as a set-apart group. By examining Lost Cause ideology in tandem with Emile Durkheim's framing of totemic religiosity, White nationalist appropriation of Confederate sites therefore constitutes a ritual exercise promoting group solidarity and coherence. The implications of Whiteness's totemic properties matter both for understanding the experience of non-White bodies and for how these experiences contribute to the study of religion and race in America. Resumen: Este ensayo analiza las implicaciones religiosas del pensamiento nacionalista blanco en la conservación de la cultura material confederada: sus estatuas, monumentos y espacios. Sostengo que dichos artefactos representan lugares sagrados raciales en torno a los cuales los nacionalistas blancos estadounidenses reafirman y reclaman colectivamente una identidad distintiva, amplifican un mensaje de supervivencia racial y cultural proteccionista y se distinguen aún más como grupo aparte. Al examinar la ideología de la Causa Perdida junto con el concepto de religiosidad totémica de Emile Durkheim, la apropiación de los lugares confederados por parte de los nacionalistas blancos constituye un ejercicio ritual que promueve la solidaridad y la coherencia del grupo. Las implicaciones de las propiedades totémicas de la blancura son importantes tanto para la comprensión de la experiencia de los cuerpos no blancos como para el modo en que estas experiencias contribuyen al estudio de la religión y la raza en Estados Unidos.
Communism, Zionism, Arabism, and America: Meir Kahane on Soviet Jewry in a Global Countercultural Register / Comunismo, Sionismo, Arabismo Y América: Meir Kahane Sobre El Judaísmo Soviético En Un Registro Contracultural Global
Authors: Magid Shaul
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This essay engages the thought of US rabbi Meir Kahane (1932–1990), a provocative, militant, and, to many, demonized figure in postwar American Judaism. Among his other interventions in Jewish life in the 1960s and 1970s, Kahane played a major role in the movement for Soviet Jewry that occupied Jews from the early 1960s through the early 1980s when the USSR loosened its restrictions on Jewish emigration. I suggest that, for Kahane, the movement for Soviet Jewry was much more than protesting the unfair treatment of Jews in Soviet Russia. It was, for him, part of a global conflagration between democracy and communism that implicated Jews, Vietnam, Israel, and the Arab world, as well as the US, China, and Russia. Moreover, the US was a fundamental part of Kahane's views on Soviet Jewry; he saw it as the pivotal player in the war against communism, which for him also represented the battle against the erasure of religious freedom and proved crucial for the support of Israel against its Arab enemies. I begin by briefly introducing Kahane, his relationship to the US and religion, and then develop his complicated views on Soviet Jewry and the US's role in saving Jews in the Soviet Union. Resumen: Este ensayo aborda el pensamiento del rabino estadounidense Meir Kahane (1932–1990), una figura provocadora, militante y, para muchos, demonizada del judaísmo estadounidense de posguerra. Entre sus otras intervenciones en la vida judía de los años sesenta y setenta, Kahane desempeñó un papel importante en el movimiento a favor de los judíos soviéticos que ocupó a los judíos desde principios de los sesenta hasta principios de los ochenta, cuando la URSS suavizó sus restricciones a la emigración judía. Sugiero que, para Kahane, el movimiento a favor de los judíos soviéticos era mucho más que protestar por el trato injusto que recibían los judíos en la Rusia soviética. Para él, formaba parte de una conflagración global entre democracia y comunismo que implicaba a judíos, Vietnam, Israel y el mundo árabe, así como a Estados Unidos, China y Rusia. Además, EE. UU. era una parte fundamental de las opiniones de Kahane sobre el judaísmo soviético; lo veía como el actor central en la guerra contra el comunismo, que para él también representaba la batalla contra la supresión de la libertad religiosa y resultaba crucial para el apoyo a Israel contra sus enemigos árabes. Comienzo presentando brevemente a Kahane, su relación con Estados Unidos y la religión, y luego desarrollo sus complicadas opiniones sobre el judaísmo soviético y el papel de Estados Unidos en la salvación de los judíos de la Unión Soviética.
Antisemitism and Anti-(International) Capitalism in the Early Thought of Adolf Hitler, 1919–1924
Authors: Simms Brendan
Published: September 2023

Abstract: While the connection between Adolf Hitler’s antisemitism and his anti-capitalism is often noted en passant , and has been the subject of some individual studies, its centrality to his worldview has not been sufficiently understood. This article seeks to show that it was Hitler’s fear of international capitalism and “high finance,” and his anxiety about Anglo-American power, more than concerns related to socialism, communism, and the Russian Revolution that underlay his early preoccupation with “the Jews.” This is not to suggest that Hitler was a man of the Left or to mark today’s anti-capitalists with the charge of antisemitism. Rather, the purpose of this exercise is to illuminate the evolution of Hitler’s thinking prior to the programmatic statements made in Mein Kampf , and to establish how he came to understand the role played by what he called “world Jewry.” It was a view that he maintained throughout his career and one that was to have catastrophic consequences two decades later.
It's Only a Matter of Hope: Rethinking Migration Decision-Making in Contemporary Senegal; Among Lived Immobilities, Development Interventions, and Social Inequalities
Authors: Zingari Guido Nicolas , Riccio Bruno , Sakho Papa , Cissokho Dramane
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article stems from ethnographic research conducted in three Senegalese contexts: Louga, Diaobé, and the Saloum Islands. The underemployment of young people, deagrarianization, and other phenomena are intertwined with a growing criminalization of displacement and an irregularization of international migration. By debunking the idea that the processes of deciding to migrate are linear, we propose an alternative understanding of what choice means in the context of contemporary migration. We are not asserting that migrant agency is absent, but we argue that uncertainty is often the norm, rather than the exception, and that we need a more dynamic and sophisticated notion of choice as a lens for understanding why and how people migrate. The relationships among mobility-restriction regimes, development interventions, and the individualized way in which people represent their lived (im)mobilities affect migration choices in all three contexts. For those we encountered, it is the present that looks uncertain and the future that offers hope.
Factors Influencing the Adoption of Municipal Public-Private Partnerships in Water-Infrastructure Projects in South Africa
Authors: Mandiriza Thulani , Fourie David Johannes
Published: September 2023

Abstract: The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa considers access to water a basic right for all citizens, and it assigns the responsibility of water provision to municipalities. Nevertheless, water access is not yet available to all citizens, for several reasons. South Africa is the thirtieth-driest country worldwide and has severe water-infrastructure backlogs from insufficient funding and investment. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) may be utilized to bridge the funding gap; however, they are rarely used as a financing option, so this study assesses factors influencing their adoption for water-infrastructure projects. The findings show that a cumbersome regulatory environment, political influence, PPPs' complexity, and the lack of knowledge and skills influence adoption of them by municipalities.
Two Sides of the Coin: An Autoethnographic Analysis of a North-South Science Collaboration
Authors: Osuolale Olayinka , Fateye Babasola
Published: September 2023

Abstract: We reflect on our experience during a ten-week fellowship at a university in the Global South. Colleagues who participate in such collaborations need to be culturally competent and adopt culturally relevant pedagogical practices as they engage their host institutions. Those returning from the diaspora can experience culture shock in the culture in which they grew up after being away. Collaborations and relationships take commitment and time to build, and this should start early. Culturally informed notions of care are important for both partners. Being well emotionally, socially, and physically enables one to research and teach effectively, as environmental and social factors will arise that can affect one's mental state. Autoethnographic methodology is a valuable way to begin to hear the perceptions and experiences of partners in the Global South.
Précis of Reconstructing Pragmatism : Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists
Authors: Voparil Chris
Published: September 2023

Abstract: A summary of central points I made in my book Reconstructing Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022).
Towards a Conception of the Continuous Structure of Cognition. A Peircist Approach
Authors: Garzón-Rodríguez Carlos , Niño Douglas
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This paper presents a model of the continuous structure of Cognition based on several theses proposed by Charles S. Peirce in his youth and in his mature period. In this model, cognitions are discontinuous parts on a continuum and a cognitive process becomes “individually-synthetic,” as a hypostatic abstraction from discontinuous transformations of informational fluxes in the continuous course of experience. That is, they are salient regions or neighborhoods on a continuum rather than points, and the relations of succession and precession among them are inferential, fluid, time sensitive, and goal-directed. First, this paper will outline the theses found in the young Peirce’s work, which inspire a conception of continuous Cognition. Two questions will be raised regarding such a conception: (1) at what point does a particular act of cognition conclude? and (2) how should we characterize individual cognitions? To address these questions, the paper will later introduce the concept of continuity that Peirce developed in his mature years. The synthetic character of the continuum leads to the formulation of the concepts of neighborhood and synthetic individuality . These notions support the conception of a continuous model of Cognition in which the relations of succession and precession between individual finite cognitions are explained. The paper ends with a brief reflection regarding the possibility of developing this model of continuous Cognition as a theory of extended cognition.
E-Relationship Through a Value Lens—Implications for Organizational Capability
Authors: Saini Vipin , Tanniru Mohan , Liang Ting-Peng , Yoder Ernest , Yang Yu-Chen
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Firms that extend their e-commerce platforms into customer decision-making to build relationships need to understand the customer journey or build e-relationships through a lens that the customer uses to assess the value created and fulfilled. By contrasting the value cycles that customers and firms use, four different activities are identified for firms with shorter and longer value cycles. By enabling customers to support value creation, fulfilling the value created by enlisting partners and expanding services, and engaging the customers during value-in-use, three organizations discussed in the published literature appear to have developed e-relationship strategies to create and sustain value both before and during COVID-19. This analysis led us to develop three different insights: customer empowerment, collaborative competency, and intelligent digital platform for organizational capability. These insights were used to analyze two different organizations interviewed during the 2020 period, as they faced many COVID-19 challenges, and assess the generalizability of these capabilities. We provide three recommendations for IS leaders for building e-relationships through a customer lens, by drawing on five case studies of companies to remain agile.
Sergei Eisenstein's "The Form of the Script": A New Translation
Authors: Ksenofontova Alexandra
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes Sergei Eisenstein's essay "The Form of the Script" (1929), focusing particularly on its publication and translation history. It reconstructs the missing parts and the logic of the essay based on its original Russian print and an early German translation. In so doing, the paper clarifies Eisenstein's position in the debates surrounding the various forms and formats of screenwriting. It additionally draws attention to the role of rhythm in Eisenstein's screenwriting theory and in his essayistic writing. Finally, this article offers a new translation of "The Form of the Script," which brings the essay as close as possible to its original publication.
Government by Algorithms at the Light of Freedom of Information Regimes: A Case-by-Case Approach on ADM Systems within Public Education Sector
Authors: David María Estrella Gutiérrez
Published: September 2023

Abstract: What the Houston Court qualified as "mysterious 'black box' impervious to challenge" was in practice a sophisticated software of many layers of calculations, which rated teachers' effectiveness to make employment decisions. In the European Union, a system as such would fall under the Proposal for AI Regulation of 2021, which qualifies AI models in education and vocational training as "high-risk" systems. Automated decision-making systems (ADM systems), AI-driven or not, are being increasingly used by governments in public education for different purposes, such as handling applications for undergraduate admission or profiling students and teachers to assess their performance. Across cases and jurisdictions, there is growing evidence of how the use of ADM systems in the education sector is becoming quite problematic: arbitrary assignment of teaching posts in mobility procedures, undue barriers to access undergraduate studies, and frequent lack of transparency in their implementation and decisions. This Article discusses how Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regimes may contribute to rendering governments' ADM systems (AI-driven or not) accountable. The analysis of the FOIA cases (Parcoursoup saga in France, MIUR in Italy, and Ofqual in the United Kingdom) shows to what extent decisions granting access to the source code, functional and technical specifications, or third-party audits allow public scrutiny of ADM systems, detection of their pathologies, and better understanding of their adverse impacts on rights and freedoms, individual or collective. This Article also addresses the constitutional value of the right of access to public records (Parcoursup), and the importance of proactive and mandatory public dissemination to ensure traceability, transparency, and accountability of the ADM systems for FOIA purposes. In this sense, some legal initiatives across jurisdictions (Canada, France, Spain, United States, European Union) enhancing transparency and accountability of algorithmic systems will be examined.
Alfred Deller, the Purcell Revival, and the Politics of Falsetto
Authors: Rugger David G.
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Alfred Deller built his career performing the music of England's past, especially Purcell. To Purcell revivalists, Deller's voice seemed to solve a thorny issue of performance practice. It fit the composer's many prominent countertenor parts, which had proven a stumbling block for tenors and female contraltos alike. And so, by the ubiquity of his voice in concert, on record, and on the radio, Alfred Deller defined, in part, how the English past sounded. But alongside the claims of historical authenticity ran a persistent, if muted, narrative about the questionable masculinity of the countertenor voice. If the countertenor voice was "quintessentially English," and if Alfred Deller's falsetto-dominant way singing was historically authentic, then the countertenor's masculinity was important because it problematized the co-constitutive ideologies of gender and national identity. England's claim to musico-historical greatness, often cast in explicitly masculinist terms, was predicated on the sound of a deeply gender-troubled voice. Drawing on wide-ranging research on vocal physiology, Victorian Voice Culture, historical singing technique, and archival research conducted at the BBC, Morley College, and the Deller family archive, I explore the discursive friction between the constructs of masculinity and national identity in postwar England. The incongruity between Deller's voice and body was a sticking point in the normally smooth hermeneutic process of converting vocal sound into musical meaning. I trace the audile techniques that arose around Alfred Deller's voice, which offered the listener strategies for attending to the claimed historicity of the countertenor while quelling the queer potential of falsetto singing, thus maintaining the symbiotic relationship between "Englishness" and "Manliness."
The “Gigantic Swindle” of 1869–1872: Lessons Learned in Legislating the Draining of the Great Kankakee Marsh
Authors: Dobberstein Michael
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Between 1869 and 1923, the government of Indiana sponsored the draining of the Great Kankakee Marsh and the straightening of the Kankakee River in northern Indiana. Reclaiming the vast marsh posed significant problems and required special legislation. In 1869, the legislature granted sweeping powers to a private corporation to drain the marsh. The company formed under this law, and the law itself, encountered bitter opposition from landowners, and created a storm of protest in the press, which attacked the company as a “gigantic swindle.” Public protests and attacks in the press forced the company to dissolve, and the legislature repealed the law. This article explores the brief unhappy life of the Kankakee Valley Draining Company; the reasons for the uprising against it; and the ways in which the General Assembly devised new legislation, and a more inclusive consensus, which would allow it eventually to accomplish its goal of replacing the Great Marsh with new farmland.
Muslim Religious Identity Formation: Factors that Promote a Muslim Religious Identity among a Sample of Muslim College Students
Authors: Aziz Majdouline , Aziz Mazen
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Few studies within religious identity literature have focused on how religious identity is developed within the American Muslim population. Considering the growing number of Muslims in the United States and the need to expand our understanding of this population specifically, and of religious identity formation more generally, this study examined predictors of Muslim religious identity among a sample of self-identified Muslim students (N=194). Multivariate linear regression analysis examined the relationship between Muslim religious identity and self-identification, sense of belonging, affirmation, religious involvement in ritual practices, family characteristics, peer characteristics, structured organizational involvement, area of residence, college, and the experience of a crisis. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to assess whether the experience of a terror event explained a significant proportion of the variance in Muslim religious identity. The analyses yielded self-identification, sense of belonging, affirmation, suburban area of residence, and the experience of a crisis as significant predictors of Muslim religious identity. The study further revealed that although the experience of a crisis did explain a significant proportion of Muslim religious identity, self-identification, sense of belonging, and affirmation were stronger predictors. Implications of these findings are discussed.
The Authority of the Yishuv vis-à-vis the Challenge of the Gallows Myth, Palestine-Spring-Summer 1947
Authors: Goldstein Amir
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: A major controversy in the Land of Israel under the British Mandate for Palestine was whether or not the leadership of the Yishuv had the authority to subject the greatest possible number of Jewish sectors to its own policies without the jurisdiction of a sovereign government. The article focuses on the spring-summer of 1947, when the British executed Zionist underground members of Etzel and Lehi, and anti-British sentiment surged in the Yishuv, challenging the earlier consensus on authority. A national myth about the fortitude and sacrifice of the martyred men "hung on the gallows" was promulgated by the Etzel as the crowning expression of "Triumph of defeat" that would end British rule. The hope of the Etzel and the fear of the Yishuv leadership was that the gallows affair would shift various groups in the direction of the "dissenters from national authority." Trials, rescue efforts, mourning over the hanged martyrs and exposure to the Etzel (and Lehi) propaganda greatly increased support for the Irgun. The struggle with Mapai leadership would be tested vis-à-vis the impact of what it regarded as the "poisonous magic" of the gallows, as well as its endeavors to create a formula of evolutionary Zionism which would prove an antidote to the myth of the "gallows martyrs."
From Integration to Segregation—The Turnaround in Israel's Haredi Society in the Late 1970s
Authors: Keren-Kratz Menachem
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Until the late 1970s, Israeli Haredim were known for their strict observance of halakha, their deference to their rabbis, the strictly Orthodox education of their children, and their reliable vote for Haredi political parties. Apart from these mores, most Haredim were comfortable leading a normal Israeli life: dressing as they pleased; living wherever their social, cultural, and economic needs were met; choosing an occupation or place of work that suited their capabilities and professional experience; and taking pride in the state which had accepted them as equal citizens after the Holocaust, supported their particular religious needs, and enabled them to follow their Haredi lifestyle to the full. In the wake of a process which began in the mid-1950s and culminated in the late 1970s, Israel's Haredi society adopted a way of life and attitudes which were different from those they had previously followed. The transformation was driven by three main factors: a growing frustration and the realization that the society, public space, and governing bodies of the country were becoming increasingly secularized. A second factor was the rise to power of Rabbi Menachem Mann Shach who became Haredi society's foremost leader during these years. And the third was the 1977 political turnaround when for the first time, right wing parties established the government. This provided Rabbi Shach with the political opportunity to lead the Haredi sector away from its former lifestyle which sought to integrate into Israeli society, and towards a disdain for Israel, Zionist ideology, and non-Haredi society. Rabbi Shach achieved this by imposing strict and unprecedented religious and social norms, glorified as the return to a "golden age" that never really existed.
Poet of Zion: Constructing Rabbi Shalom Shabazi as a Forerunner to Zionism
Authors: Berman-Gladstone Benjamin
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: This article considers the place of Zionist tropes in the 17th century poems of Rabbi Shalom Shabazi in comparison with those found in medieval Sephardi poetry. Centuries after Shabazi's death, Yisrael Yeshayahu and several other Yemeni Zionists, located Shabazi's messianic poems in the literary and historical canon of Zionism. By correlating Shabazi with Yehudah Halevi and other Sephardi poets as heralds of Zionism before the establishment of the State of Israel, Yeshayahu and his fellow activists sought to determine a leading role for Yemeni Jews alongside what Sami Shalom Chetrit has called "Ashkenazi-Zionist 'history makers.'" In Shabazi, Yemeni Jewish leaders found an exemplar of time-honored Yemeni Judaism in a way that resonated with Zionist ideals. The article posits the existence of a continuum between Hayim Nahman Bialik's use of medieval Sephardi poetry and Yeshayahu's use of Shabazi's work; it explains why Yemeni Zionists chose Shabazi in particular as the linchpin of their argument for a proto-Zionist Yemeni cultural heritage; and also indicates the methods used by Yemeni Zionists, and Yeshayahu in particular, to successfully establish Shabazi as a forerunner to Zionism.
From Rule of Law to the Law of the Ruler: The Twofold Upheaval of the Israeli Right
Authors: Mark Maya
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: In January 2023, Israel's newly formed coalition under the leadership of the Likud party began to promote a reform that would alter the nature of the regime and undermine the democratic tenets of the separation of powers, judicial review, and the independence of the judicial branch. The article determines that the planned government overhaul diverges sharply from the historic path of "The Likud," and directly contradicts the worldview and policies held by the party's founding father and leader for over three decades, Menachem Begin. In this respect, what is referred to by the current government as a "judicial reform" is in fact a twofold project that aims to reform the regime as well as the foundational policies of law upheld by the ruling political party in Israel for the past four decades. The article sheds light on the substantive ideology attributed to the "right" and the "left" in Israel's political historiography and determines that the essential principles of the proposed reform are not intrinsic to right-wing ideology and should not be identified as such. The sharp departure revealed by the right-wing reform policy and its ideas on questions of democracy and governance at this watershed moment provide a theoretical-historical basis for the analysis of their motivations and processes.
Educational Integration of Refugee Children in Malaysia: A Scoping Review
Authors: Yunus Raudah M.
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Malaysia is among the biggest hosts of refugees and asylum seekers (RAS) in Southeast Asia, of whom the majority are Rohingya Muslims. In Malaysia, RAS children are not allowed to enroll in public schools and therefore rely on a non-formal parallel education system that comprises learning centers run by refugee communities, NGOs, and faith-based organizations. To date, little research is available on initiatives that attempt to integrate RAS children into Malaysian society through education. This study aims to gather evidence on the current situation of RAS children’s education in Malaysia and answer the following questions: (a) what is the current state of evidence? and (b) to what extent has existing research/evidence addressed the question of RAS children integration into the national education system? We conducted a scoping review that gathers and summarizes findings from existing studies using a specific strategy: selection of keywords and systematic search through online databases, followed by screening of papers based on predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Our findings showed that the overall body of evidence is small, with most studies describing the challenges and barriers faced by RAS children in accessing formal/non-formal and quality education. There was little focus and discussion on integrating RAS children into the national education system, which perhaps is due to the underlying assumption that Malaysia remains a transit country for RAS, and not a destination for permanent settlement.
Beyond The Boundary Of Home: Religion, Space, and Women in Hong Kong
Authors: Wong Wai Ching Angela
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This article focuses on women’s place/space in Hong Kong with both deliberate attention to women’s absence/presence in history and an aspiration to reinstall women’s contribution to the place it deserves. Inspired by Derrida’s dialectic between presence and absence, the author traces women’s “presence” through their deeds and voices from “behind” and “underneath” their historical “absence.” As explained by Turner’s liminality of religion as an “in-between” space, the woman subject stretches her spatial map beyond the boundary of “home.” Through their religious devotion, women cross from their “designated” domestic confinement to the social and the private spheres, to the public sphere. The author draws on four women’s cases, each from a religious tradition in Hong Kong—Christianity, Buddhism, Daoism, and Islam—to illustrate the various forms of negotiation they exercised in everyday life to find a subject in multiplicity. The gendered subject is never a monolithic essence but ever becoming.