bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
La valeur des émotions dans la mystique classique
Authors: Simonetta Laetitia
Published: April 2022

Prenant acte de la disqualification du sentiment religieux à la fin du xvii e  siècle, sous l’impulsion à la fois, de la querelle du pur amour et de la critique philosophique des sentiments, cet article remonte en deçà de cette époque pour examiner le corpus de la littérature spirituelle du xvi e  siècle et du début du xvii e  siècle. Cette littérature mystique interroge le rôle et la valeur des affects au sein d’un itinéraire spirituel et permet de réévaluer la question d’une spécificité des émotions religieuses par rapport aux émotions naturelles. Nous montrerons que l’affectivité religieuse n’est pas tant caractérisée par un apport de sentiments nouveaux que par une conversion de valeur des sentiments naturellement éprouvés.
Le co-vide et l’institution dans le traumatisme en partage
Authors: Melato Christine
Published: April 2022

Les années 2020 et 2021 ont sollicité fortement les patients et équipes institutionnelles dans leurs fondements et identités psychiques. L’expérience d’un hôpital de jour en construction vient mettre en lumière ce que la crise sanitaire a mis au travail psychique du traumatisme et du deuil (co-vide). Cette réflexion inédite amène à repérer les défenses et les effets psychiques sur l’appareillage institutionnel, mais aussi, lorsqu’ils sont analysés, à remobiliser les liens intersubjectifs et organisateurs psychiques inconscients au travers, de la mise en place de moments institutionnels formels et informels élaborateurs. L’institution reste alors dans une vie psychique dynamique.
La « Supervisio » d’équipe a-t-elle un avenir ? La dimension manquante
Authors: Wilhelm Agnès
Published: April 2022

Les méthodes virtuelles permettent la poursuite des supervisions d’équipe lorsque la situation sanitaire interdit la co-présence physique. Cependant l’absence des corps a des effets sur les relations, sur la dynamique de groupe et sur le lien transférentiel. Cet empêchement nous amène à repenser la nature de la présence, et à affirmer l’importance des corps dans le processus analytique, dans la cure comme dans les groupes. Ce processus n’est pas que verbal, il est aussi pulsionnel, et se déploie dans les trois registres de l’Imaginaire, du Symbolique et du Réel.
Métapsychologie clinique de l’évènement. De l’épidémie de suicides des Amérindiens wayana à la pandémie Covid-19
Authors: Benghozi Pierre
Published: April 2022

Une métapsychologie clinique de la notion d’évènement est envisagée à propos de la pandémie de la Covid-19. Après avoir défini l’évènement comme ce qui fait bifurcation, l’évènement généalogique dans le cycle de vie est distingué de l’évènement accident. L’exemple clinique de l’adolescence fait évènement généalogique à la fois au niveau individuel de l’adolescent et au niveau groupal du maillage contenant familial. Il y a un étayage réciproque entre les contenants psychiques individuels et les contenants groupaux familiaux et sociaux. La clinique de l’évènement n’est pas un simple fait-information déclenchant, l’évènement est l’expression d’un processus, l’évènementiel, engageant une approche transcontenante singulière et groupale. C’est dans cette perspective psychanalytique des liens que sont interrogées les notions de « crise », d’« en-crise » et de « catastrophe ». À partir de l’expérience partagée de l’arrivée de l’énergie électrique solaire dans la cosmogonie d’une communauté amérindienne d’Amazonie, l’auteur interroge ce qui fait évènementiel et se manifeste par une épidémie de suicides. Il reprend l’hypothèse d’ Émile Durkheim sur le défaut de régulation dans une société en « déséquilibre maladif ». Il rapproche la notion d’organisateur psychique groupal de la contenance et de l’Idéal du Moi groupal. La clinique de l’évènement Covid-19 met à l’épreuve la fonction métagarante de protection d’une contenance suffisamment sécure.
Du traumatisme partagé au traumatisme en partage
Authors: Abdel Bar Sabatier Somaya , Sagot Catherine
Published: April 2022

Le suivi d’une famille souffrant de nombreux traumatismes nous amène à interroger les modalités de partage de l’impensable en thérapie familiale lorsqu’elle est ponctuée d’effractions du réel des thérapeutes et de l’actualité. Partager exige d’abord un cadre sécurisant pour accueillir les traces brutes du traumatisme avec ses effets désorganisateurs empêchant la famille de vivre ensemble et de se séparer. Puis le partage de représentations favorise l’accès à une histoire commune intelligible. Enfin, face au risque d’intrusion et de collusion du privé des thérapeutes et de l’actualité, penser les modalités de partage entre thérapeutes et patients s’impose. Il s’agit de maintenir une continuité du cadre, de contenir l’intime et d’élaborer les mouvements transféro/contre-transférentiels et intertransférentiels. Ainsi, le traitement du traumatisme par le partage dans le néo-groupe permet l’appropriation dans le registre symbolique d’une histoire dont chacun peut devenir l’héritier actif.
L’épistémologie convergente d’Enrique Pichon-Rivière dans les pratiques groupales contemporaines : expérience d’un travail groupal transdisciplinaire à l’hôpital en médecine gériatrique
Authors: Perrot Catherine , Jaïtin Rosa
Published: April 2022

Le texte présenté ici relate l’expérience clinique d’un dispositif groupal mis en place depuis 2018 à l’hôpital, au sein d’un service de médecine gériatrique (Service de gérontologie clinique, chu de Saint-Étienne). Il s’agit d’un atelier d’expression médiatisé (Photolangage©) dédié aux internes en médecine pour les soutenir dans les accompagnements de fin de vie des sujets âgés et contribuant ainsi à leur formation. La clinique complexe de la fin de vie et la confrontation à la mort convoquent chez les jeunes médecins en cours de formation, une angoisse majeure qui produit des effets de déliaison, de clivage, et des contradictions ou dilemmes internes provoquant une stagnation pour le médecin dans son apprentissage, et entravant le lien au sujet mourant et à sa famille. La psychologue en charge de ces ateliers, formée au travail analytique de groupe, s’inspire ici des travaux d’Enrique Pichon-Riviere et de son approche en termes d’épistémologie convergente, en s’appuyant sur le concept de Schéma conceptuel référentiel opératoire ( scro ) pour en décrire le processus d’apprentissage et donc de création adaptative qui s’y développe.
Impasses numériques
Authors: Mooney Pat , Al-Zemmouri Naïm
Published: April 2022

Dans un monde inégalitaire, les plateformes de Big Data creusent les écarts. L’innovation technologique, confisquée par de méga-entreprises en quête de profit, échappe au contrôle des groupes sociaux et des États. Monde paysan et souveraineté alimentaire sont durement affectés. Seule une régulation intergouvernementale forte des « mégadonnées » et des processus de production pourrait renverser la tendance.
Reconstruction of singular and degenerate inclusions in Calderón's problem
Authors: Garde Henrik , Hyvönen Nuutti
Published: April 2022

We consider the reconstruction of the support of an unknown perturbation to a known conductivity coefficient in Calderón's problem. In a previous result by the authors on monotonicity-based reconstruction, the perturbed coefficient is allowed to simultaneously take the values \begin{document}$ 0 $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \infty $\end{document} in some parts of the domain and values bounded away from \begin{document}$ 0 $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \infty $\end{document} elsewhere. We generalise this result by allowing the unknown coefficient to be the restriction of an \begin{document}$ A_2 $\end{document}-Muckenhoupt weight in parts of the domain, thereby including singular and degenerate behaviour in the governing equation. In particular, the coefficient may tend to \begin{document}$ 0 $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ \infty $\end{document} in a controlled manner, which goes beyond the standard setting of Calderón's problem. Our main result constructively characterises the outer shape of the support of such a general perturbation, based on a local Neumann-to-Dirichlet map defined on an open subset of the domain boundary.
Bifurcation analysis and chaos control of a discrete-time prey-predator model with fear factor
Authors: Lei Ceyu , Han Xiaoling , Wang Weiming
Published: April 2022

In this paper, we investigate the complex dynamics of a classical discrete-time prey-predator system with the cost of anti-predator behaviors. We first give the existence and stability of fixed points of this system. And by using the central manifold theorem and bifurcation theory, we prove that the system will experience flip bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation at the equilibrium points. Furthermore, we illustrate the bifurcation phenomenon and chaos characteristics via numerical simulations. The results may enrich the dynamics of the prey-predator systems.
International Consortium for Social Development: Members’ Views and Future Directions
Authors: Pawar Manohar , Androff David
Published: April 2022

This article aims to discuss members’ views about the past and current engagements and activities of the International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD), and the future directions and strategies. A survey method was employed to collect data from the ICSD members by using the SurveyMonkey software. Quantitative data analysis was limited to frequency distributions, and responses to open-ended questions were analyzed by using the qualitative content analysis method. Further, these results were presented in a workshop to generate ideas for the future directions and strategies. Overall, the analysis showed that the members had positive perceptions of the ICSD in terms of meeting their expectations and conduct of activities according to its mission. Some of the critical issues and the future directions for the ICSD included relooking at the leadership, finance, membership, social development vision, and knowledge-building by research and scholarly activities and networking, education/curriculum programs, conferences and practice projects, and activism and increasing visibility. The article argues that addressing these and similar issues are critical in maintaining and sustaining consortiums/professional bodies such as the ICSD. The findings and analysis have implications for improving and strengthening the ICSD and similar professional bodies.
Statement of Ethics for the International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD)
Authors: Pawar Manohar
Published: April 2022

Background: In June 2019, Professor Manohar Pawar, President of the ICSD, constituted a committee, comprising Prof. Richard Hugman, University of New South Wales, Prof. Manohar Pawar, Charles Sturt University, and Prof. Vijayan K. Pillai, University of Texas at Arlington, to develop a draft statement of ethics for the ICSD. The statement was circulated for ICSD members’ feedback. The feedback received from members, including, Drs. Michael A. Dover, Gokul Mandayam, and Francis Okello, was used to revise the statement. The following statement of ethics for the ICSD is an evolving document for the benefit of development practitioners and it is hoped that ICSD members would further refine and strengthen it periodically.
Reframing Social Policy for Welfare and Equal Opportunities in a Digital Culture
Authors: Bäckman Guy
Published: April 2022

A primary and crucial goal of social policy is to ensure, within prevailing economic frames, equality and social justice in the pursuit of sustainable development. An integrated pattern of beliefs, values, customs, and goals in its wider meaning constitutes culture as a whole perspective in human life. In the globalizing world, cultural diversity exists that complicates the achievement of consensus in decision-making. However, a welfare culture is evolving based on new values and perspectives of the society. A digital culture is also strongly asserting itself, allowing new application methods such as quantum computing in problem-solving. Within the expanding horizons of social policy, many calculations and forecasts have made it possible to reduce poverty rates. However, poverty as a great divide still plagues the world.Child poverty is a huge global as well as national problem. Lack of opportunities for education and employment is dividing our societies. Children and young people who are growing up in poverty, or at risk of poverty, also have inadequate nutrition, insufficient access to health services, and are thus not well equipped for employment on reaching working and productive age. Participation in early childhood care and education is nowadays given high priority in political agendas simultaneously with the effective organization of health care and social eldercare of the aging population. The economic recovery, getting started again in 2021 after strong efforts to curb the corona virus disease (COVID-19), together with good governance, guides transformative social policy. Risks and tensions have been shown to cause deviant and disruptive trends that require risk management actions to avoid, for example, cybercrime. Human-ethical principles become crucial supportive means to control and evaluate the effects of a rapidly increasing technological capacity.The purpose of this article is to awaken awareness of global inequality with focus on poverty causing social disadvantage. Responsible governance based on humane ethical values, new thinking together with acceptable risk management, could lead to a social policy aiming for social justice, solidarity, and equal values. Advanced technology could be efficiently used to assess these values in society, although concerns remain about the negative appearance of dark sides.
Subsistence Life and Aging Agony: A Case of Cultural Affluence in Hong Kong
Authors: W.L. Wong William
Published: April 2022

This article aims to review the development of aging policy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China by analyzing cases of 50 older people collected randomly from newspapers from 1997–2017. Under the law, Hong Kong is required to have a balanced fiscal budget. Restrictions on social welfare spending result in making provisions basic and minimal. The severe shortfall of formal welfare provision has left the family to take care of their own older and vulnerable members, akin of an informal security welfare regime of the global south. The cumulative effect of the lack of provision, poor policy performance, and the increasing age and frailty of older caregiver undermines the sustainability of informal security welfare regime. The Hong Kong experience is especially relevant in the understanding of fiscal austerity governance in both global north and south.
Roger Nols : un bourgmestre (in)déboulonnable ?
Authors: Jaumain Serge , Vaesen Joost
Published: April 2022

Faut-il déboulonner le buste de Roger Nols ? La question fait aujourd’hui débat. Interrogeant les raisons pour lesquelles la représentation et le souvenir de l’ancien bourgmestre de Schaerbeek paraissent si encombrants dans l’espace public, cet article souligne la nécessité́ de replacer les évènements contestés dans un contexte historique plus large. Il met en garde contre une critique centrée sur la seule personne de Roger Nols qui pourrait exonérer à bon compte celles et ceux qui ont soutenu ouvertement ou dans le secret des urnes, des discours et politiques racistes et xénophobes, tant à Schaerbeek que dans d’autres communes de la capitale. Cette réflexion permet de discuter les risques du « présentisme », c’est-à-dire l’utilisation du passé en fonction d’objectifs politiques actuels sans tenir compte de la réalité́ historique. Elle montre qu’il ne revient pas aux historiens de prendre une décision sur l’avenir d’un tel buste mais qu’ils ont par contre un rôle essentiel à jouer pour documenter le contexte dans lequel l’action de la personne contestée s’est inscrite.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Default Risk Mitigation: The Moderating Role of the Legal Context
Authors: Shahrour Mohamad Hassan , Girerd-Potin Isabelle , Taramasco Ollivier
Published: April 2022

This paper explores the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on default risk in various institutional contexts. Using CSR scores and credit ratings for 1,153 firms from 45 countries, we find that CSR reduces the firm default risk level and that the effect is stronger in civil law countries, particularly German and Scandinavian law countries, than in common law countries. The environment component of CSR appears to have the highest impact on default risk. The results, which may prove useful to firms in their fight for survival, are robust using various measures and classifications.
Responsabilité sociale des entreprises et réduction du risque de défaillance : l’effet modérateur du système juridique
Authors: Shahrour Mohamad Hassan , Girerd-Potin Isabelle , Taramasco Ollivier
Published: April 2022

Cet article explore dans différents contextes institutionnels l’impact de la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises (RSE) sur le risque de défaillance. En utilisant les notations de RSE et de crédit de 1153 entreprises dans 45 pays, nous constatons que la RSE réduit le risque de défaillance et que l’effet est plus fort dans les pays de civil law, en particulier de droit allemand et scandinave, que dans les pays de common law. La composante environnementale est celle qui a l’impact le plus fort. Les résultats, utiles aux entreprises pour leur survie, sont robustes à l’usage de différentes mesures et classifications.
Educating Global Citizenship to Prevent Youth Violence
Authors: Pikkert Dana
Published: April 2022

This chapter reviews youth violence as a significant public issue leading to impaired cognitive and academic performance. It introduces global citizenship education as an effective and cost-efficient whole school approach to stop youth violence from occurring in the first place. This chapter introduces school-based strategies to develop youth's cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral competencies in tackling the risk factors associated with youth violence. Critical considerations to avoid the pitfalls of developing youth's global competency are discussed.
Wetland and Biodiversity Hotspot Conservation
Authors: Berde Vikrant Balkrishna , Chari P. Veera Bramha , Berde Chanda Vikrant
Published: April 2022

Wetland conservation is aimed at protecting and preserving areas where water exists (e.g., swamps, marshes, blogs, etc.). These wetlands make up 6% of the Earth's surface. Freshwater wetlands are utilised for cultivation of paddy, for basic water needs, for fishing, as a source of food by habitat loss, one main reason being anthropogenic activities. Wetland ecosystems are a home to birds and aquatic fauna. They are the breeding and nursing grounds for these species. They are the most productive ecosystem on Earth. Apart from this, wetlands are important as they reduce the impact of floods, control pollution, and also regulate climate. On our planet, there are regions that have large number of endemic species. Most of these are heavily threatened biodiversity hotspots. Thirty-five such regions have been identified in the world. Conservation strategies need to be framed and implemented in a very effective way and with no further wastage of time before the wetlands and hotspots disappear completely.
Estimating Visitors' Willingness to Pay for Lake Conservation
Authors: Bake Harsha , Sharma Ravi
Published: April 2022

The ecosystem benefits associated with the lakes in an urban area may degrade because of recreational and other anthropogenic activities. Pashan Lake has been a victim of many human development and recreation activities presented in this study and therefore calls for serious restoration and its conservation and recommendations for urban local bodies. The ill-effects of poor management of the lake and health of lake were deliberated through the visitors' survey. The objective of the study is to determine the willingness of people to pay towards conservation of Pashan Lake and estimating visitors' WTP for the entrance fee to the lake using the contingent valuation method. The decision to introduce entry fees can be a measure to safeguard the Pashan Lake conservation and part of the management decisions. Proper management of the lake must be ensured to remove all the threats to the natural biodiversity of the lake and its ecosystem.
Trends in Management of Tropical Forests
Authors: Ezenwenyi Jacinta U. , Chukwu Onyekachi
Published: April 2022

Forests are important plant communities that consist of trees and other woody vegetation that performs life-supporting functions on Earth. This chapter presents the application concepts necessary to link remote sensing data and geographic information system to conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of tropical forests. Despite the rising global concern, there is still continuous destruction of tropical forests at an alarming rate. This chapter assessed various approaches for conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of tropical forests using remote sensed data and geographic information system. This involves their applications to biodiversity conservation, forest ecophysiology, forest trees' disease and insect interactions, forest mensuration, forest resources monitoring and evaluation, forest fires, land use and land cover dynamics, and vegetation cover.
The Rules of Phonology
Authors: Li Charles X.
Published: April 2022

This chapter focuses on formulating North American English (NAE) phonological rules and discussing their pedagogical implications. It begins with a brief account of NAE phonology as a rule-governed system and then outlines feature-based phonology as a theoretical framework in which phonological rules operate. The chapter further defines an inventory of distinctive features for characterizing the NAE phonological system. After discussing rule components and matrix underspecification, the chapter presents phonological rules subsumed under seven categories: deletion, epenthesis, metathesis, reduction, assimilation, dissimilation, and morphophonology. Most rules are couched in three expressions—prose, semi-formal, formal—to meet different needs of readers. Pedagogical implications of phonological rules, discussed in the last section, are explicated in the framework of language transfer and universal grammar. The same section also emphasizes the importance of balancing linguistic analysis and classroom practice.
Breaking Language and Cultural Barriers
Authors: Clavijo-Olmos Sandra Bibiana
Published: April 2022

This chapter describes how since successful communication with stakeholders is a vital process for every company, it is necessary to consider language and cultural barriers as external factors to internationalize SMEs, that company owners must consider carefully. The language industry is constantly growing and getting stronger to supply business needs and to support SMEs in their internationalization processes. A survey was applied to a sample of Translation Service Providers in order to analyze the physical, digital and human resources they use in their translation processes. It found that they use different state of the art digital resources, they do not really use physical resources frequently (different from dictionaries) and they include proofreaders and experts in different areas as human resources, in addition to specialized translators, in their processes. As a conclusion, Translation Service Providers are getting prepared to support companies and especially to promote the internationalization of SMEs, by helping them break language and cultural barriers.
Neurodevelopmental Disorders From a Clinical Linguistics Perspective
Authors: Priyadarshi Brajesh , Mahesh B. V. M.
Published: April 2022

The chapter attempts at bringing out an overview of linguistic-based deficits in neurodevelopmental disordered (NDD) population. Clinical linguistics as a discipline has provided a different dimension to view each patient as a distinctive case and has brought out the utilization of comprehensive depiction of individual skill patterns and deficits. As the NDDs are heterogeneous in nature, understanding their language deficits using achievement tests might not provide a clear description of these disorders. Hence, controlled experimental investigations using varied methodological designs could help in tapping their common linguistic variations which may augment key professionals to better identify, assess, and rehabilitate these individuals. While appreciating all these factors, the chapter provides first-hand information on some of the neuro-developmental disorders and also the language-based diagnostic markers to identify them.
Influence of Multimedia and Cognitive Strategies in Deep and Surface Verbal Processing
Authors: Zheng Robert Z.
Published: April 2022

The traditional view of linguistic-verbal intelligences focuses on individual linguistic abilities at the levels of phonology, syntax, and semantics. This chapter discusses the individual linguistic abilities from a text-comprehension perspective. The chapter examines the roles of multimedia and cognitive prompts in deep and surface verbal processing. Drawn from research in working memory, multimedia learning, and deep processing, a theoretical framework is proposed to promote learners' deep and surface learning in reading. Evidence from empirical studies are reviewed to support the underlying theoretical assumptions of the framework. The theoretical and practical significance of the theoretical framework is discussed with suggestions for future research.
Transdisciplinary Approach to Linguistic Diversity
Authors: Rahal Aicha
Published: April 2022

In this chapter, the author shows the reality of English. Some light is shed on the features of today's English. Then, the debate between monolithic standard and pluralist perspective is presented. The linguistic diversity of English is introduced. Based on this diversity, the aim of the study is to summarize the major studies about pedagogy for English as an international language (EIL). In concluding, the transdisciplinary approach is defined, and some ideas are given about how to implement this approach to unify the linguistic diversity of English.
A Study on the Application of Technology for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis in Language Research
Authors: Shiny K. G.  , Karthikeyan J.  , Barman Binoy
Published: April 2022

A number of statistical packages were developed by software developers and companies to assist English language teaching (ELT) researchers. This chapter focuses on the role of technology in assisting ELT researchers in the form of online survey tools and data analysis software packages, and it provides an introduction to the application of widely used software packages. Analysis of the research over the past five years, and the role of technology to frame its findings, shows the vital and unavoidable significance of technology for the promotion of English language teaching research. The present analysis revealed the significant role of SPSS software for enhancing the quality of ELT research in a scientific manner. The study analyses various statistical techniques used and the various software that offers these techniques according to need. It also suggests the best software for ELT research and explains the features of these software packages.
Discursive-Linguistic Devices and Strategies in Spam E-Mail Narratives
Authors: Belli Simone , Bernal Miriam Jiménez
Published: April 2022

In this article, we aim at relating emotions and gender stereotypes through the analysis of the narratives contained in spam e-mails. We will present four different types of spam e-mails from a corpus consisting of 450 emails, their length being between four and fifty-two lines of extension. They were received between late 2009 and mid-2013, and written in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Our analysis will be carried out in two steps. In the first step, the discursive-linguistic strategies will be described. In the second step, the linguistic expression of emotions will be addressed. We will rely on the Positioning Theory of Rom Harré to identify where authors and readers are positioned in the narratives.
Morpho-Syntactic Marking of Inflectional Categories in English
Authors: Aygen Gulsat
Published: April 2022

The goal of this chapter is to introduce the connection between morphology and syntax, using inflectional morphemes and functional words that mark specific inflectional categories on the verb. The chapter identifies and discusses four major inflectional categories marked on the verbs, namely, tense, aspect, mood, and voice from a descriptive linguistics approach. This approach provides a much more systematic and simple presentation of how English marks these less-commonly understood and potentially confusing concepts. The chapter first reviews the basic terminology and concepts relevant to the topic and presents a concise survey of both the traditional and the more recent theoretical analyses of English tense, aspect, mood, and voice. Further, it explains and exemplifies the recent analysis of tense, aspect, mood, and voice markers as a demonstration of how they can be taught accurately and in a pedagogically simpler way.
Humanizing and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy
Authors: Magill Kevin Russel
Published: April 2022

This chapter examines the work of successful, self-identifying critical social studies teachers who demonstrated (or a desire to adopt) a humanizing pedagogy and linguistically responsive practice in support of their mainstream English language learning (ELL) students. The author proceeds by outlining some of the challenges ELLs face, some of the linguistic theories in their support, and how social studies disciplinary skills (inquiry and dialogue) can exist as a part of linguistically supportive social studies pedagogy. The teachers in this critical case study successfully incorporated supportive disciplinary, linguistically, and culturally responsive pedagogical approaches to social studies teaching. However, because the teachers had little linguistic training, the author argues they could have benefited from formally incorporating supportive language practices in their everyday pedagogies.
‘To Know Is to Love?'
Authors: Walker Chloe
Published: April 2022

This chapter explores the relationship(s) between language awareness and language attitudes among second year students at High School X, a prestigious secondary school in Barbados. The analysis of data from a mixed-methods case study reveals findings which suggest that students exhibit moderate levels of language awareness, low levels of ‘active' language awareness, and high levels of ‘passive' language awareness. Further, the students hold ambivalent feelings toward Bajan dialect, positive feelings toward Standard English unanimously, and view Standard English as superior to Bajan. Based on these findings, the chapter considers the most effective place(s) for use of non-standard varieties in Barbadian classrooms, particularly stressing their potential to improve students' language awareness in the social and power domains. The chapter also supports an integrative approach to the teaching of Standard English based on the socio-linguistic complexities of the Barbadian context.
The Transborderization of Neoliberalism
Authors: Rossatto César A. , Soria Beatriz García , Aguirre Jesús
Published: April 2022

On the U.S.-Mexican border, neoliberalism and globalization enables corporations to discriminate against people of color and border crossers in general. However, the struggle for social equity continues to gain strength within spaces of resistance among marginalized and immigrant groups. This chapter presents experiences and narratives of three educators in the pursuit for social justice for Latin@s who live in the borderland region of El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juarez, Mexico. This chapter reflects theoretical structures that support critical analysis of pertinent data established by schooling policies, which maintain white privilege in detriment of people of color. Under a sociocultural and critical pedagogical praxis, new educational trends such as translanguaging, hybridity, and third space are exposed as ways to resist inequalities in the daily life of Latin@s. The analysis of these sociolinguistic tendencies provides opportunities for pedagogical affirmation of cultural identity, self-determination, and the development of the consciousness of racial politics.
Creative Discourse as a Means of Exploring and Developing Human Creativity
Authors: Michailidis Tasos , Paschalidou Gina
Published: April 2022

The chapter explores and elucidates the ways in which the cultivation of creative discourse is associated with the formation of the necessary conditions that promote human creativity. The study focuses on revealing the mechanisms behind their attempts of personal expression which incite a multifaceted processing of reality and a redefinition of the relationship between pre-existing and newly acquired knowledge. These mechanisms are studied in order to identify the ways in which creative discourse, under specific conditions, can transform from an innate human capacity into a creative ability.
Preserving the Mother Tongue of English Language Learners
Authors: Acosta Jatnna
Published: April 2022

The growing presence of English language learners (ELLs) in classrooms throughout the country highlights the need for effective strategies in the process of language acquisition. Through the language acquisition process students are able to progress towards becoming fluent in the English language and ultimately perform on the same academic level as their English-speaking peers. The issue arises when ELLs enter the classroom with a language or word gap that places them at an academic disadvantage. Bilingual education is an option that is offered to students seeking to enhance their native language abilities as they acquire the English language. However, bilingual education is limited to the presence of a specific language community and an effective language teacher. This chapter presents the benefits of preserving the mother tongue among ELLs and the strategies necessary to replicate mother tongue preservation with language learners in non-bilingual classrooms.
A Linguistic and Literary Analyses of Selected Cartoons on the Novel COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria
Authors: Tunde Asiru Hameed , Bello Shamsuddeen
Published: April 2022

The world is currently facing a global pandemic, named COVID-19, which is seriously wreaking a devastating blow on the world healthcare system. Since the first index case was reported in Lagos, Nigeria, in February, the federal and state governments have put measures in place to curtail the spread of the virus in the country. Some of the measures include the constitution of the presidential task force (PTF), provision of isolation and treatment centres for confirmed cases, and pronouncement of lockdown order by the president and some state governors. Amidst these measures, cartoonists (artists, or authors in literary context) have taken to the media to creatively present humorous and satirical depictions of the pandemic and social realities in the fight against it. This study thus analyses the humorous and satirical depiction of the pandemic in the Nigerian context using selected cartoons. These cartoons can be classified as graphic literary texts that can be subjected to different interpretations. The cartoons/texts are selected from the Facebook pages of popular Nigerian cartoonists/authors. A total of 10 cartoons/texts were randomly selected between March and April 2020. The study adopts two models/theories in interpreting the cartoons: Suls's incongruity resolution (IR) model operationalizes linguistic tool of lexicalization, re-lexicalisation, and shared sociocultural knowledge to explicate humour and satire in the cartoons, and Structuralism, which requires human behaviour (as represented in texts or cartoons) to be understood in the context of a broad social system (otherwise called structures) in which they exist. The study observed that the cartoons are not just independent texts or images but that they are products of the Nigerian social condition. It equally revealed that the cartoonists have deployed verbal and non-verbal incongruity to present comical images that show beliefs of Nigerians about the pandemic and the level of the country's preparedness in flattening the curve of the contraction of the virus.
Estimating Urban Tree Metrics Using Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning
Authors: Jones Tyler , Marzen Luke , Chappelka Art
Published: April 2022

Trees grown in an urban environment are typically from a selected list of suitable species due to their appearance and other factors. A popular oak species in recent decades has been the Nuttall oak (Quercus texana). A total of seven Nuttall oaks were scanned using a terrestrial LiDAR scanner and modeled for comparison to manual measurements. These trees were then destructively sampled in place to measure their above-ground biomass. The biomass data were compiled and statistically compared against digital models of each tree that were created from the LiDAR scans. This resulted in a Pearson coefficient of .977 and linear regression R2 value of .99 for the LiDAR derived measurements predictive ability in comparison to the manually derived measurements. This indicates an ability of this ground based LiDAR model to predict both the linear dimensions and volumetrics of the standing specimens without the need for such labor intensive and expensive sampling given the sensitivity and value of urban forests.
Evaluating Factors for Successful Technological Implementation in the Indian Banking Industry Using DEMATEL
Authors: Singhal Aditi , Dube Praveen , Jain Vijay Kumar
Published: April 2022

The banking system is a crucial constituent of the financial ecosystem. Over the last two decades, there is a continuous movement in the banking industry from physical banking towards digital banking. The banks have started recognising that adopting new technologies is essential to remain competitive. Yet, the process of digital transformation is slow. The paper aims to identify and analyse the factors for successful technological implementation in the Indian Banking Industry. Further, this research seeks to establish a cause-effect relationship among them using the DEMATEL approach. For the purpose of the study, twelve factors were identified that are contributing towards successful implementation of technology using literature reviews and opinion of an expert. The study highlighted the crucial component for the successful technological implementation in the Indian Banking Sector are: regulations, government support, bank size, top management support.
Electrochemical Hydrogenation Properties of New YNi3 and YNi4 Based Alloys
Authors: Verbovytskyy Yuriy , Oprysk Volodymyr , Lyutyy Pavlo , Zavaliy Ihor
Published: April 2022

Seven multiphase YNi3 and YN4 based alloys have been prepared by arc-melting. Based on X-ray phase and structural analysis synthesized alloys depending on its composition contain intermetallics with PuNi3, Gd2Co7 and CaCu5 structure types. The influence of Y/La and Ni/Co/Mn/Al substitution on the discharge characteristics of the AB3 and AB4 electrodes was studied. Substitution Y by La and further Ni by Mn and Al lead to increasing discharge capacity from 40 to 341 mAh/g. Positive effect of Ni/Co/Al or Ni/Mn/Al substitution was also observed for the AB3 electrodes. The high discharge capacities of 318 mAh/g and 340 mAh/g were seen for the YNi2.65Co0.2Al0.15 and YNi2.65Mn0.2Al0.15 electrodes.
Preparation of Film-Forming Amine Emulsion as Boiler Water Treatment Agent
Authors: Zhao Zhi Juan , Dai Qiang , Feng Shi Chun , Jin Dong
Published: April 2022

In this study, the preparation method of the film-forming amine emulsion is explored by changing the sequence of different reagents, OLDA concentration, experimental temperature and OLDA/cyclohexylamine ratio. The stability of the film-forming amine emulsions prepared under different conditions is studied by observing if the emulsion delamination occurred after standing for several days. Results indicate that the sequence of different reagents, OLDA concentration, experimental temperature and OLDA/cyclohexylamine ratio affect the formation and stability of the film-forming amine emulsion obviously. The maximum content of OLDA in the film-forming amine emulsion could reach to 1.5 wt%, OLDA/cyclohexylamine ratio could be changed from 1:1 to 1:2.5, and room temperature could be as the experimental temperature. The stable film-forming amine emulsion could be prepared under the optimal conditions.
Dynamic Behavior Analysis of an Engineering Ship With Mooring Line Failure
Authors: Wu Haitao , Zhang Zhiyang , Liu Weixing
Published: April 2022

Abstract In the present study, a series of numerical simulations were conducted to analyze the dynamic behavior of an engineering ship with mooring line failure. For this purpose, a fully coupled dynamic analysis program was used to develop a nonlinear numerical model of
the hull-mooring system. One of the four mooring lines was intentionally disconnected at a certain time. Under the environmental condition, the ship motions and mooring line tension were discussed in detail. It turned out that mooring line failure would have a significant influence on the
performance of the ship, which may threaten the safety of the floating system. In addition, the transient effects of mooring line failure caused the transient overshoots of the ship motion and mooring line tension. Therefore, it is necessary to study the effects of mooring line failure on
the floating system in advance.
Caldarinus gwarrie, a new genus and species of edaphic weevil from South Africa with notes on some genera of Oosomini
Authors: Meregalli Massimo , Borovec Roman
Published: April 2022

The new genus and species of edaphic Entiminae Caldarinus gwarrie gen. n., sp. n., is described from South Africa: Western Cape province. Its tribal placement in the subfamily is discussed and the most important taxonomic characters are illustrated. The genus Rhysoderes Marshall, 1955 (Entiminae: oosomini) is proposed as a new junior synonym of Cladeyterus Schoenherr, 1842 and Rhysoderes atrobruneus Marshall, 1958 is proposed as a new junior synonym of Cladeyterus lepidopterus Boheman, 1842. The remaining nine Rhysoderes species are transferred to the genus Cladeyterus.
The Efficacy of Treatment Intensification by Quadruple Oral Therapy Compared to GLP-1RA Therapy in Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Real-world Data Study
Authors: Kim Minyoung , Kim Hosu , Kim Kyong Young , Kim Soo Kyoung , Jung Junghwa , Hahm Jong Ryeal , Jung Jaehoon , Baek Jong Ha
Published: April 2022

We compared the glycemic efficacy of treatment intensification between quadruple oral antidiabetic drug therapy and once-weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA)-based triple therapy in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus refractory to triple oral therapy. For 24 weeks, changes in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) from baseline were compared between the two treatment groups. Of all 96 patients, 50 patients were treated with quadruple therapy, and 46 were treated with GLP-1RA therapy. Reductions in HbA1c for 24 weeks were comparable (in both, 1.1% reduction from baseline; P=0.59). Meanwhile, lower C-peptide level was associated with a lower glucose-lowering response of GLP-1RA therapy (R=0.3, P=0.04) but not with quadruple therapy (R=–0.13, P=0.40). HbA1c reduction by GLP-1RA therapy was inferior to that by quadruple therapy in the low C-peptide subgroup (mean, –0.1% vs. –1.3%; P=0.04). Treatment intensification by switching to quadruple oral therapy showed similar glucose-lowering efficacy to weekly GLP-1RA-based triple therapy. Meanwhile, the therapeutic response was affected by C-peptide levels in the GLP-1RA therapy group but not in the quadruple therapy group.
Fixed-Bearing Posterior-Stabilized Implant versus Constrained Condylar Knee in One-Stage Bilateral Primary Arthroplasty of the Varus Knee
Authors: Sarzaeem Mohammad Mahdi , Sayyadi Shahram , Pourmojarab Ali , Omidian Mohammad Mahdi , Bagherian Lemraski Mohammad Mahdi , Baroutkoub Mojtaba , Salimi Sohrab , Rasi Alireza Manafi
Published: April 2022

Background:

Severe varus deformity of the knee poses a technical challenge in balancing the flexion–extension gaps. The use of a varus–valgus constrained prosthesis is a solution to achieve coronal plane stability. The results of constrained condylar knee (CCK) implants in primary total knee arthroplasty are not well known. This study aims to compare the functional outcomes of posterior-stabilized (PS) and CCK implants for primary arthroplasty of the varus knee.

Materials and Methods:

Twenty patients with bilateral severe osteoarthritis and genu varum of more than 10° were enrolled in this study. One knee was randomly implanted with a fixed-bearing PS implant, whereas the other was implanted with a CCK prosthesis. Pre- and postoperative Knee Society Score (KSS) and Oxford Knee Score (OKS) questionnaires were completed, and knee flexion was measured and compared.

Results:

The patients were followed for 32 months on average (24–36 months). On the KSS and OKS, both the groups improved significantly, but the difference between them was not statistically significant. Postoperative knee flexion was also not different between the two groups. Furthermore, 18 patients could not distinguish the difference between the two prostheses, whereas two patients preferred the PS one.

Conclusion:

We demonstrated that a PS prosthesis can achieve comparable functional results to the CCK one in the short term.
Spontaneous Regression of Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Ataxia–Telangiectasia
Authors: Sherkat Roya , Afshar Moghaddam Noushin , Reisi Nahid , Rezaei Marzieh
Published: April 2022

Ataxia–telangiectasia (AT) is a type of primary immunodeficiency characterized by an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and usually presents with progressive cerebellar ataxia in early life. This complex disease is associated with humoral and cellular immune dysfunction and other features including characteristic oculocutaneous telangiectasia and increased predisposition to cancers, particularly lymphoma and leukemia. An 11-year-old Iranian girl presented with primary immunodeficiency and was diagnosed as having AT according to her clinical manifestations and molecular findings. She had a history of two types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and showed spontaneous regression of her diffuse large B-cell lymphoma without any specific treatment. Gene mutations and dysfunction in patients with AT result in different manifestations including abnormal development of the thymus, immunodeficiency, increased susceptibility to malignancies, and increased radiosensitivity. No standard treatment is available for these patients. The use of immunotherapeutic strategies in patients with primary immune deficiency disease-associated tumors is potentially important.