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Khan, Talha, Shaheer Ahmed, Syed Safdar Ali Rizvi, Sadique Ahmad, and Nitasha Khan. "Electromyography based Gesture Recognition: An Implementation of Hand Gesture Analysis Using Sensors." Sir Syed University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 70–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.33317/ssurj.424.

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Motion sign-based language has an important role in the mute community, that is for data transmission. Usually, silent and dumb people counter very difficult situations to convey information to normal people. This paper proposes research that can ease the life of the deaf community. The work presented in this paper is a communication bridge between normal-hearing persons and persons with less hearing ability or impaired persons. The proposed research ‘Gesture–Talk’ can be used as an interpreter between any normal person and deaf and mute persons. The Gesture–Talk is based on the language used in Pakistan which is Pakistan Sign Language (PSL), which is a standard language used by deaf persons in Pakistan. Using Gesture–Talk, PSL can be translated into voice. The idea is to develop a small portable application that can be used as a middle layer application between normal and deaf people. The authors have used an electrical sensor that will collect the data by detecting electrical pulses that will be sent to the microcomputer (raspberry pi 3) where the data will be processed and sent to the speaker from which voice will be generated. A cost-effective and novel approach has been proposed in this research paper compared to the other existing approaches. Moreover, Artificial Intelligence (AI) based predictive or classification algorithms may be applied for the best optimal results.
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Costa, Tadeu Lessa da, Denize Cristina de Oliveira, Gláucia Alexandre Formozo, and Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes. "Persons living with AIDS in nurses' social representations: analysis of central, contranormative and attitudinal elements." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 20, no. 6 (December 2012): 1091–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692012000600011.

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OBJECTIVES: to describe and analyze the centrality, the mute zone and the attitudes expressed in nurses' social representations of people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. METHOD: the subjects were 30 nurses from a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The data was collected using a Likert scale. RESULTS: the data pointed to a process of representational change regarding Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, with the assumption of a more positive attitude regarding living with this health issue. The hypothesis of the existence of a mute zone in the representation, comprising elements with a contranormative character, was strengthened. CONCLUSION: the influence of the dynamics of social normativity on how the social representations studied are expressed may contribute to a better understanding of its structuring process. It also helps in the analysis of possible gaps among the nurses' discourses and practices in relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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Maharani, Swasti, Yuni Nurhayati, Tri Anisya Putri, Verry Larofa Husada, Astri Damayanti, and Nur Fajri Irfan. "Pelatihan Bisol bagi Penyandang Tunarungu dan Tunawicara di SLB PSM Takeran sebagai Bekal Berwirausaha." Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (Indonesian Journal of Community Engagement) 3, no. 2 (June 5, 2018): 203–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jpkm.26207.

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Impairment is something that most people do not want. There is impairment due to congenital from birth and there is also impairment caused by accidents. For example is deaf and mute. People with hearing impairment have limited hearing, whereas mute sufferers have limitations in terms of oral /voice and many also experience less hearing. Deaf people and mute need skills to maintain their survival, in SLB PSM Takeran there are lessons that teach about skills, but the skills of students in SLB PSM Takeran not well distributed, the creative craft made by SLB students are still stored neatly in school. Therefore, need to given the training bisol (Bisnis Online) for the deaf and mute in SLB PSM Takeran. The training was followed by 12 deaf and mute students at SLB Takeran. The training was held for two days with demo material on how to create social media account starting from e-mail creation, facebook, twitter, instagram, bukalapak, blibli.com and so on, then how to upload photos of products to be marketed, how to send goods Through shipping services. The results of the training were analyzed by qualitative approach. The results of the qualitative analysis (based on observation and interview) show that all participants feel the new knowledge and skills, namely the skills of doing business online. In addition, it can provide entrepreneurial supplies for people with deaf and mute. The future plan after this training will be the establishment of a disability community in Kecamatan Takeran, where the community will develop their skills and be able to create jobs for people with disabilities. So as to create financial independence for persons with disabilities.
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Vartolomei, Aurel-Claudiu, Suciu Ilinca Elena, and Ursache Elena Mihaela. "Correlations Between Deaf-Muteness and Cephalometric Characteristics in Adults." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 13, no. 30 (October 31, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n30p1.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess any existing correlations between the phonatory function obviously affected in deaf-mute patients and dento-maxillary and/or facial anomalies. Material and Methods: The study comprised 55 deaf-mute patients (28 males and 27 females) aged between 23 and 76 from 2 cities of Romania, belonging to the Hearing Deficiency Persons’ Association. 13 were edentulous. Each patient was clinically and radiographically assessed. We applied computer assisted interpretetation of the profile teleradiographies using AudaxCeph and Scanora Lite 3.2.6 software for the following parameters: SNA, SNB, ANB, SN/ML, FH/ML, NL/ML, NL/+1 and ML/-1 angles, Ls-ELine, Li-ELine, UP and LP distances.The data was compared to normal values as referred to in the mentioned computer programs by using Student’s t-tests and the Bland Altman plot. Results: The following characteristics were identified as being statistically different from the normal values: SN/ML with a mean of -5,5°, FH/ML by 6,2°, NL/ML with -5,2°, Ls-ELine by -4,2 mm and Li-ELine with a mean of -3,7 mm. Conclusions: Deaf-mute patients tend to present hypodivergent vertical skeletal patterns, anterior mandibular growth/rotation and skeletal deep bite and also protruded lips, aspects which must be taken into consideration when commencing an orthodontic treatment.
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Alzboon, Laith, and Benedek Nagy. "A Comparison of Various Extensions of Strong Truthteller and Strong Liar Puzzles (Mutes and Crazies)." Axioms 11, no. 7 (July 1, 2022): 322. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/axioms11070322.

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Truthteller liar puzzles are popular in science and also in recreational mathematics. In this paper, we compare five different types of puzzles. In each of our puzzles, the persons of the puzzle may state some statements about their types. In strong truthteller–strong liar puzzles (SS puzzles), each statement of a truthteller must be true and each statement of a liar must be false, and there is no third type of person in these puzzles. It is known that there is no good SS puzzle, where a puzzle is good if it has exactly one solution. In fact, because of symmetry, by flipping the type of person in a solution, another (dual) solution is obtained. Therefore, to break this symmetry, there are various ways to introduce a third type of person, e.g., Mutes and crazies. In SSS puzzles, crazy people may appear, each of whom can tell only a self-contradicting statement. In SSW puzzles, a crazy person may say some additional statements apart from his or her self-contradicting statement. In SSM puzzles, that we investigate here, there can also be some Mute people (as the third type together with truthtellers and liars). We differentiate two types of SSM puzzles. In SSMW puzzles a mute person may be a Mute (type), but he or she could also be either a truthteller or a liar (type). In SSMS puzzles, each person who did not say any statement must be a Mute in the solution. Various examples are presented and it is also highlighted how a puzzle changes from unsolvable to solvable or to a good puzzle when the interpretation, the type of the puzzle changes, i.e., shifted from one to other, and symmetry breaks. Among other data, the number of solvable and good puzzles are counted and compared for the five types when few people appear.
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Michalik, Mirosław. "Linguistics of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Process of Diagnosis of Speech Inability and Speech Non-Occurrence." Logopaedica Lodziensia, no. 4 (November 26, 2020): 131–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2544-7238.04.09.

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The paper identifies and defines augmentative and alternative communication, a new sub-discipline in applied linguistics whose primary parametre is linguistic competence whereas the secondary parameter is the phenomenon of speech inability and speech non-occurrence. At the same time it has been proven that linguistics of augmentative and alternative communication conducts primary, applied and implementation research having a hierarchical layout of scientific aims. It also enables to conduct a logopaedic analysis of mute and non-speaking persons. The postulates that govern it are presented in the last part of the text.
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Majid Baba, Samiya, and Indu Bala. "Smart Communication Interpreter for Mute and Deaf People." Asian Journal of Electrical Sciences 11, no. 2 (November 12, 2022): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajes-2022.11.2.3361.

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As a consequence of birth anomalies and accidents, the number of hearing impaired and speech challenged sufferers has increased dramatically in recent years. When a deaf-dumb person speaks to a normal person, the normal person struggles to understand and demands that the deaf-dumb person display gestures to meet his or her needs. Dumb individuals speak to us in their own language. The only need is that we need to understand their language. Sign language is a communication capacity used by deaf and dumb people that uses hand signs, orientations, and movement of the hands, arms, or body, as well as facial expressions, to transmit the thoughts of a speaker fluently. However, most people struggle to understand this sign language. People who are unable to speak or have lost their ability to speak as a result of an injury find it difficult to transmit their message in society. We created an electronic speaking glove for this project. Dumb individuals may easily converse with normal people by merely wearing the glove. The system’s circuitry translates some activities, such as receiving a speech for each chosen button, making it easier for deaf/dumb people to converse with normal people. In this system, an LCD display is also employed; normal people’s voice is detected word by word and shown as text on the LCD display, making it easier for normal people to converse with deaf/mute people. As a result, this initiative will assist to bridge the communication gap between mute, deaf, and hearing persons.
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Sahana, Taniya, Soumi Paul, Subhadip Basu, and Ayatullah Faruk Mollah. "Hand sign recognition from depth images with multi-scale density features for deaf mute persons." Procedia Computer Science 167 (2020): 2043–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.03.243.

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Fathy, H., S. El Mongy, N. I. Baker, Z. Abdel Azim, and A. El Gilany. "Prevalence of skin diseases among students with disabilities in Mansoura, Egypt." Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 10, no. 3 (May 13, 2004): 416–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2004.10.3.416.

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Children with disabilities may be particularly susceptible to skin disorders, therefore the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of skin disease among such children in Mansoura, Egypt. A total of 636 students with disabilities [76 blind, 446 deaf-mute and 114 mentally retarded] and 720 sex and age matched students [control] who did not have these disabilities were given a thorough dermatological examination. We found 89.5% of blind students, 99.3% of deaf students and 100% of mentally retarded students had 1 or more skin diseases [both infectious and non-infectious] in comparison to 24.2% of the control group. Strict hygienic measures, periodic skin examination and health education of persons caring for students with disabilities are recommended
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Voss, Ursula, Inka Tuin, Karin Schermelleh-Engel, and Allan Hobson. "Waking and dreaming: Related but structurally independent. Dream reports of congenitally paraplegic and deaf-mute persons." Consciousness and Cognition 20, no. 3 (September 2011): 673–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.020.

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Cohan, Sharon Liza. "Developing a subtyping system for selective mutism /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2007. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3286235.

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Berman, Mona. "Elie Wiesel's fictional universe : the paradox of the mute narrator." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001829.

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The approach I have chosen for my study is to analyse the narrative techniques in Wiesel's fiction, with particular emphasis on the role of the narrator and listener in the narratives. This will not only highlight aspects of his authorial strategy involving the reader's response to various dimensions of the Holocaust, but will allow an appraisal of the literary merit of Wiesel's novels. The hushed reverence that tends to accompany allusions to Auschwitz and its literature has impeded certain theoretical investigations, with the result that most critical studies undertaken on Wiesel's works have dealt predominantly with themes and content rather than with form. A narrative approach, however, while it accounts for themes, does so within the narrative process of the work. Form and content are examined as interwoven entities in the particular context of an individual work. My decision to adopt this pursuit is based on the conviction that Wiesel's fiction is a significant contribution to the literature of testimony, not only because of its subject matter, but also because of the way in which his narrators unfold their stories with words suspended by silence in the text. The paradox of the mute narrator, the title of my study, is intended to convey the paradoxical quality of Wiesel's fiction and to show how silence, which is manifested in the themes of his work, is concretized by his strategy of entrusting the transmission of the tale to narrators, who, for various reasons have been silenced. A mute by definition cannot emit an articulate sound. A narrator, on the other hand, is a storyteller who is reliant on verbal articulation for communication. This contradiction in terms is dramatized in the novels and is symptomatic of the dilemma of Wiesel's narrators who are compelled to bear testimony through their silence. In my study of Wiesel's fiction, I will follow the chronological sequence in which the novels were written, although I will not be using a developmental approach, except to point out that the trilogy which marks the beginning of his exploration into narrative strategies, and The Testament, the last book I will be dealing with, are a culmination of his previous fictional techniques. While a developmental analysis of his fiction, particularly from a thematic point of view, enables the reader to gain insight into his background, which is important in a comprehensive study of his works, I feel that this avenue of investigation has been competently dealt with by other critics. Ellen Fine's Legacy of Night, one of the first book-length studies of Wiesel, puts forward a convincing argument for examining his fiction in chronological sequence as a kind of serialized journey from being a witness in l'univers concentrationnaire to bearing - witness in a post-Holocaust world. Furthermore, it is possible to trace the direction Wiesel's fiction follows, as in each book the seeds are sown for new ideas which are expanded upon in subsequent books. My discussion, however, will deal with the narrative process of each novel as an individual work in its own particular context. Apart from the trilogy which is examined in one chapter, and The Testament which serves as a conclusion to the study, I have not used cross references to Wiesel's other fiction when analysing specific books. Moreover, I have deliberately avoided including Wiesel's comments on his works and references to them in his essays, interviews and non-fiction writing. The reason for this approach is that I consider each novel to be a separate narrative work which merits an interpretative response that is independent of the comparative criteria that has up to now influenced the assessment of his fiction. (Introduction, p. 12-14)
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Smith, Nicole R. "Wangechi Mutu: Feminist Collage and the Cyborg." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/51.

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Wangechi Mutu is an internationally recognized Kenyan-born artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. She creates collaged female figures composed of human, animal, object, and machine parts. Mutu’s constructions of the female body provide a transcultural critique on the female persona in Western culture. This paper contextualizes Mutu’s work and artistic strategies within feminist, postmodern, and postcolonial narratives on collage, while exploring whether collage strategies are particularly useful for feminist artists. In their fusion of machine and organism, Mutu’s characters are visual metaphors for feminist cyborgs, particularly those outlined by Donna Haraway. In this paper, I examine parallels between collage as an aesthetic strategy and the figure of the cyborg to suggest meaningful ways of approaching differences between women and how they experience life in contemporary Western culture.
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Forshaw, Clifford A. "The chameleon muse : satirical personae in the formal verse satires of Marston, Guilpin and others." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310510.

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Palleis, Henri [Verfasser], and Heinrich [Akademischer Betreuer] Hußmann. "The tool space : designing indirect touch input techniques for personal muti-surface computing devices / Henri Palleis ; Betreuer: Heinrich Hußmann." München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1137466723/34.

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Gómez, Rubio Constanza Alejandra. "Vejez y cuidados, eso que les pasa a otros(as). Discursos y experiencias comunitarias autogestionadas en personas mayores de Santiago de Chile." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667224.

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La presente tesis se interroga por la vejez pobre y sus cuidados en Santiago de Chile. Particularmente, busca conocer y comprender la vejez y sus cuidados que construyen mujeres y hombres que participan en organizaciones comunitarias autogestionadas de adultos(as) mayores pobres, en la ciudad capital del país. Me aproximo desde la gerontología feminista, el poscolonialismo y elementos del anarquismo de Piotr Kropotkin, siempre considerando las interseccionalidades de género, clase y edad de manera crítica, mediante la visibilización de diferentes discursos e ideologías de la base. El escrito es un recorrido que comenzó con la pregunta ¿Cómo se construyen la vejez y los cuidados mutuos en dos organizaciones comunitarias autogestionadas de adultos(as) mayores pobres, insertas en un contexto neoliberal?, Sin embargo, en el transcurso de la investigación fueron surgiendo otras interrogantes que abrieron la tesis a temas de gran importancia para responder a la primera: ¿cómo han podido las personas mayores subsistir en condiciones sociales no hegemónicas?, ¿qué papel juega el apoyo mutuo en las estrategias de subsistencia de las personas mayores en comunidades pobres?, ¿cómo se construyen las formas de politicidad en la vejez a partir de los cuidados mutuos y de la autogestión? Para responder a estas y otras interrogantes inicialmente comencé por describir el contexto neoliberal chileno, para ubicar al/la lector(a) en el marco general de la investigación. Luego doy cuenta de mi posicionamiento como autora, tanto personal como profesionalmente, lo que me lleva a tomar una serie de decisiones ético-teórico-políticas en relación con el estudio. Dichas decisiones se comienzan a vislumbrar en la literatura seleccionada y presentada desde una perspectiva crítica. Concordante con lo anterior, teórica y metodológicamente utilicé Análisis Crítico del Discurso, con especial énfasis en una perspectiva feminista, que complementé con notas de campo del trabajo en terreno que realicé en dos fases. En la primera, trabajé con una organización autogestionada de corte más cristiano, mientras en la segunda lo hice con otra organización autogestionada de carácter más laico, pero no por eso sus participantes menos creyentes. Desarrollé entrevistas cualitativas abiertas semidirectivas a un total de 22 personas mayores, cinco hombres y 17 mujeres, que además compartían la historia de la constitución del barrio desde más de 50 años. A partir del Análisis Crítico del Discurso y de las notas de campo, se produjeron tres dimensiones argumentativas: 1. Construcciones discursivas sobre la vejez: “Son los más indefensos, con los niños también”; 2. Cuidados: Del sacrificio y el colonialismo a la ayuda mutua; 3. La autogestión en las organizaciones comunitarias y la relación con las redes de cuidado en la vejez: “...ellos iban a manejar nuestra plata, entonces nosotros dijimos que no”. Estas dimensiones permitieron jerarquizar los discursos y visibilizar las ideologías operantes, como la heteropatriarcal, a la vez que posibilitaron destacar la importancia política de las mujeres mayores en sus cuidados mediante la ayuda mutua, la solidaridad y la reciprocidad que han construido entre ellas, mostrando que los cuidados comunitarios son una potente alternativa ante el Estado, el mercado y la familia.
This thesis is questioned by poor old age and his care in Santiago de Chile. In particular, it seeks to know and understand old age and its care that builds women and men who participate in self-managed community organizations of poor older adults in the capital city of the country. I approach from feminist gerontology, postcolonialism and elements of anarchism by Piotr Kropotkin, always considering the intersections of gender, class and age critically, through the visibility of different speeches and ideologies of the base. The writing is a journey that began with the question how do you build old age and mutual care in two self-managed community organizations of poor older adults, inserted in a neoliberal context?, however, in the course of the Research were emerging other questions that opened the thesis to issues of great importance to respond to the first: How have older people survive in non-hegemonic social conditions?; What role does mutual support play in the strategies the livelihood of older people in poor communities; How are the forms of politicity in old age built from mutual care and community self-management? To answer these and other questions initially I began by describing the chilean neoliberal context, to locate the reader in the general framework of the research. Then I realize my position as author, both personally and professionally, which leads me to take a series of ethical-theoretical-political decisions regarding the study. These decisions begin to be glimpsed in the literature selected and presented from a critical perspective. Concordant with the foregoing, theoretically and methodologically, I used critical discourse analysis, with special emphasis on a feminist perspective, which I complemented with field notes from ground work I did in two phases. In the first one, I worked with a more Christian self-managed cutting organization, while in the second I did it with another self-managed organization of a more secular character, but that is not why its less-believing participants. I developed qualitative interviews open semidirective to a total of 22 elderly people, five men and 17 women, who also shared the history of the Constitution of the neighborhood for more than 50 years. From the critical analysis of the discourse and the field notes, three argumentative dimensions were produced: 1. Discursive constructions on old age: "They are the most helpless, with children too"; 2. Care: From sacrifice and colonialism to mutual help; 3. Self-management in community organizations and the relationship with care networks in old age: "... they were going to handle our money, so we said no." These dimensions allowed the hierarchical discourse and visualize of the operating ideologies, such as the heteropatriarcal, while making it possible to highlight the political importance of older women in their care through mutual aid, solidarity and Reciprocity that they have built among them, showing that community care is a potent alternative to the state, the market and the family.
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Matthee, Jacques Louis. "One person's culture is another person's crime : a cultural defence in South African law? / Jacques Louis Matthee." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/13362.

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The South African legal system is dualistic in nature with the one part consisting of the Western common law and the other consisting of African customary law. Although these two legal systems enjoy equal recognition, they regularly come into conflict with each other due to their divergent value systems. It is especially within the context of the South African criminal law that this conflict becomes apparent, because an accused's conduct can be viewed as lawful in terms of African customary law, but unlawful in terms of the South African common law. In such cases the accused may attempt to raise a cultural defence by putting forth evidence of his cultural background or values to convince the court that his prima facie unlawful conduct is actually lawful and that he should escape criminal liability. Alternatively, an accused may put forth evidence of his cultural background or values in an attempt to receive a lighter sentence. The question which therefore arises is whether a so-called "cultural defence" exists in the South African criminal law, and if so, what the influence of such a defence on the South African criminal law is. The conflict between African Customary law and the South African common law in the context of the criminal law arises due to the fact that the indigenous belief in witchcraft, (including witch-killings), the indigenous belief in the tokoloshe and the use of muti-medicine (including muti-murders), as well as the phenomenon of "necklacing" and the custom of ukuthwala can result in the commission of various common law crimes. In the case of witch-killings, the perpetrators can be charged with the common law crimes of murder or, if the victim survives, attempted murder, common assault or assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Similarly, necklacing, as a method used for killing witches, can also result in the commission of these common law crimes. What is more, the perpetrators of witch-killings can also be charged with the statutory crimes of accusing someone of witchcraft, pointing the victim out as being a witch or wizard or injuring a person based on information received from a traditional healer, or similar person. The indigenous belief in the tokoloshe can lead to the commission of the common law crimes of murder or, if the victim survives, common assault or assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The perpetrators of mutimurders can also face charges of murder or attempted murder, if the victim survives. The indigenous custom of ukuthwala can result in the commission of common law crimes such as abduction, kidnapping and common assault, as well as the statutory crime of rape. A perusal of South African case law dealing with the indigenous beliefs and customs above reveals that the accused in such cases have indeed attempted to put forth evidence of their indigenous beliefs or customs to persuade the criminal courts that they should escape criminal liability for a particular crime. In fact, these arguments were raised within the context of the existing common law defences such as private defence, necessity, involuntary conduct and a lack of criminal capacity. However, the South African criminal courts have up till now in general been unwilling to accept arguments of indigenous beliefs and customs to serve as a defence, either alone or within the context of the existing defences above, for the commission of a common law or statutory crime. They have, however, been more willing to accept evidence of an accused's indigenous belief or custom to serve as a mitigating factor during sentencing. The extent to which an accused's cultural background will serve as a mitigating factor will, of course, depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. As a result an accused who is charged with the commission of a culturally motivated crime has no guarantee that his cultural background and values will in fact be considered as a mitigating factor during his criminal trial. It is thus ultimately concluded that a so-called "cultural defence" does not exist in the South African Criminal law. The indigenous beliefs and customs above not only result in the commission of common law or statutory crimes, but also in the infringement of various fundamental human rights in the Constitution. Witch-killings result in the infringement of the constitutional right to life and the right to freedom and security of the person. However, witches and wizards who are persecuted for practising witchcraft are also denied their right to a fair trial entrenched in the Constitution. Similarly, muti-murders and necklacing also result in the infringement of the right to life and the right to freedom and security of the person entrenched in the Constitution. The custom of ukuthwala results in the infringement of the right to equality, the right to freedom and security of the person, the right to live in an environment that is not harmful to health or well-being, the right not to be subjected to slavery, servitude or forced labour, the right to basic education and other constitutional safeguards aimed at protecting children. In light of the constitutional right to freedom of culture and the right to freely participate in a cultural life of one's choosing the question can be asked whether the time has come to formally recognise a cultural defence in the South African criminal law. In this study it is argued that these constitutional rights do not warrant the formal recognition of a cultural defence. Instead, it is recommended that the conflict between African customary law and the South African common law can be resolved by bringing indigenous beliefs and customs in line with the values that underpin the Constitution as the supreme law of South Africa. Of course, this does not mean that the courts should ignore cultural considerations during a criminal trial if and when they arise. In fact, as pointed out in this study, the courts have a constitutional duty to apply African customary law when that law is applicable. It goes without saying that, when an accused attempts to escape criminal liability for his unlawful conduct by raising arguments of his cultural background, African customary law will be applicable and must be considered by the court. This in turn raises the question as to how the criminal courts can ensure that they give enough consideration to the possibility that an accused's criminal conduct was culturally motivated so as to comply with their constitutional mandate referred to above. Although it would be nearly impossible to formulate a perfect or flawless approach according to which a judicial officer can adjudicate criminal matters involving culturally motivated crimes, the author suggests the following practical approach which may provide some guidance to judicial officers in dealing with cases involving culturally motivated crimes: • Step 1: Consider whether the commission of the crime was culturally motivated or not. If it seems as though the accused did not commit a culturally motivated crime, the trial can continue on that basis. If, however, it is evident that the accused indeed committed a culturally motivated crime, step 2 follows. • Step 2: Once it has been determined that the commission of the crime was culturally motivated, the next step is to determine which indigenous belief or custom led to the commission of the crime. Once the relevant indigenous belief or custom has been identified, step 3 follows. • Step 3: When it is clear which indigenous belief or custom led to the accused's commission of the crime, the next step is to determine whether arguments pertaining to that particular indigenous belief or custom may be raised within the context of the existing defences in the South African Criminal law in order to exclude the accused's criminal liability. If an accused relies on one of the existing defences in the South African criminal law, he will have to lay a proper evidential foundation for his defence before the court. In assessing the evidence put forth by the accused, the judicial officer must consider the judgment and reasoning in previous cases dealing with the particular indigenous belief or custom. A judicial officer must also consider the values underpinning the Constitution when conducting such an assessment. If a judicial officer upholds an accused's defence, the accused is acquitted. However, if the judicial officer rejects an accused's defence, the accused must be convicted and step 4 follows. • Step 4: Once an accused has been convicted, a court should consider whether arguments of his cultural background can serve as an extenuating circumstance, mitigating the punishment to be imposed on him. However, the practical approach above merely serves as a suggestion to judicial officers in dealing with culturally motivated crimes and ultimately it will be up to the judiciary to develop both the Western common law and African customary law to resolve the criminal law conflicts between these two legal systems. The research for this study was concluded in November 2013.
LLD, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Mswela, Mphoeng Maureen. "A selection of legal issues relating to persons living with albinism." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21640.

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Despite the fact that albinism affects several South Africans, it is a condition that remains deeply misunderstood. Albinism is steeped in myth and false notions, and is perceived by many as a curse and contamination. For years, persons living with albinism have been treated with doubt and suspicion. Also in schools and in the wider community, children with albinism are subjected to violence and ridicule. In certain areas on the African continent, including Southern Africa, persons living with albinism are killed for the trade in body parts for use as sacramental medicines, or sexually assaulted as a result of the belief that raping them may offer a cure for HIV/AIDS. All of this highlights the extreme vulnerability of persons living with albinism, not to mention the many violations of their fundamental rights that follow from the manner in which they are treated. Within the social context that frames the experience of persons living with albinism, the primary purpose of this study is to highlight some of the pertinent challenges faced by persons living with albinism in South Africa which compromise the full enjoyment of their fundamental rights as enshrined in the South African Constitution. The thesis makes a number of practical recommendations that will assist in promoting the legal position of this vulnerable group, while also contributing to a better understanding of albinism in general which will ultimately change negative perceptions and debunk the myths surrounding the condition.
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Cooper, Lucille. "Is there a woman in the text? : a feminist exploration of Katherine Mansfield's search for authentic selves in a selection of short stories." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2410.

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Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), British Modernist writer whose search for authentic selves in the lives of the characters in her short stories, is reflected in her innovative style of writing in which she examines the interior consciousness of their minds. Mansfield questions the inauthentic lives of the characters, revealing that the roles they play are socially imposed forcing them to hide their true selves behind masks. The stories which have been chosen for this study focus on women characters (and men also) who grapple with societal prescriptions for accepted actions, and are rendered mute as a result. The women characters include all age groups and social classes. Some are young and impressionable (The Tiredness of Rosabel, The Little Governess and The Garden Party), others are married and older (Bliss, Prelude and Frau Brechenmacher attends a wedding ), while there are also middle-aged women in Miss Brill and The Life of Ma Parker.
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Wall, Carolyn D. Playing with matches. London: Quercus, 2014.

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Maclean, Charles. Molchanie. Sankt-Peterburg: Azbuka-klassika, 2007.

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Chenjerai, Hove. Ancestors. Harare, Zimbabwe: College Press, 1996.

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Sankaran, Vanitha. Watermark. New York: Avon, 2010.

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Chenjerai, Hove. Ancestors. London: Picador, 1996.

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Coulter, Catherine. The target. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.

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Southwick, Teresa. At the millionaire's request. New York: Silhouette, 2006.

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George, MacDonald. The poet and the pauper. Minneapolis, Minn: Bethany House, 2002.

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Jarratt, Laura. Louder than words. London: Electric Monkey, 2014.

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Campion, Jane, and Jan Chapman. The piano. United States]: Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2012.

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Hadley, Norman H. "Follow-Up of Electively Mute Persons." In Neuropsychology and Cognition, 159–68. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8283-4_16.

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Hadley, Norman H. "Earliest Communication During Treatment of Electively Mute Persons." In Neuropsychology and Cognition, 149–58. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8283-4_15.

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Hadley, Norman H. "Psychosocial Characteristics of Electively Mute Persons Part 1." In Neuropsychology and Cognition, 30–35. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8283-4_4.

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Hadley, Norman H. "Psychosocial Characteristics of Electively Mute Persons Part 2." In Neuropsychology and Cognition, 36–41. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8283-4_5.

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Hadley, Norman H. "Psychosocial Characteristics of Electively Mute Persons Part 3." In Neuropsychology and Cognition, 42–51. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8283-4_6.

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Masum, Asif Irfanullah, and Ayatullah Faruk Mollah. "Hand Signs Recognition from Cellphone Camera Captured Images for Deaf-Mute Persons." In Artificial Intelligence and Technologies, 45–52. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6448-9_5.

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Nautiyal, Neha, Saloni Malik, Sandhya Avasthi, and Ekansh Tyagi. "A Dynamic Gesture Recognition System for Mute Person." In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 33–39. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9689-6_4.

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Hassan, Fahad M., Caroline Gatrell, and Carolyn Downs. "Muted Masculinities – Ethical and Personal Challenges for Male Qualitative Researchers Interviewing Women." In The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research Methods: History and Traditions, 400–414. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526430212.n24.

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Widerquist, Karl. "Forty Acres and a Mule? Implications of the Duty to Respect Personal Independence." In Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income, 51–71. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137313096_4.

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Shinkar, Rajeshri. "Application of Machine Learning for Disabled Persons." In Advanced Interdisciplinary Applications of Machine Learning Python Libraries for Data Science, 78–88. IGI Global, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8696-2.ch003.

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Communication with the disabled person who is deaf-mute person is very difficult. Even though sign language is crucial for deaf-mute persons to communicate with other people and with themselves, regular people still pay it little attention. Normal people often overlook the value of sign language unless they have family members who are deaf-mute. Using sign language interpreters is one way to communicate with those who are deaf-mute. However, hiring sign language interpreters can be expensive. A model that can automatically convert their motions into words can be used as a low-cost replacement for the interpreters. This chapter gives the description about the development of a model which helps automatic detection of actions with real time using the Mediapipe model and then with the help of sign language conversion model it translates into the textual format.
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Javed, Muhammad Yaqoob, Muhammad Majid Gulzar, Syed Tahir Hussain Rizvi, M. Junaid Asif, and Zaineb Iqbal. "Implementation of image processing based Digital Dactylology Converser for deaf-mute persons." In 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Engineering (ICISE). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/intelse.2016.7475155.

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Krishna M, Aiswarya, S. Anugraha, M. Fahad, and R. Anjali. "Face Recognition and Obstacle Distance Measuring System for Visually Impaired." In 2nd International Conference on Modern Trends in Engineering Technology and Management. AIJR Publisher, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.160.21.

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People who are visually impaired deal with numerous difficulties every day. They always require assistance. Independence from carers is increased through mobility. For persons who are blind or visually challenged, face recognition technology built into smart glasses may be a useful tool for recognizing people they contact with. Identification might be difficult when family members are mute. Blind persons can recognize their own family members rapidly, thanks to facial recognition technology. Using this method, the blind guy can hear the names of his neighbours and family members. With the use of worn eyeglasses fitted with an ultrasonic sensor, the blind can safely travel around various sites on their own, avoiding any potential risks they could run into, both fixed and mobile, and preventing any potential accidents. This system has an ultrasonic sensor that calculates the separation between two objects. The distance between the sensor and the item is determined by keeping track of how long it takes for the sound wave to produce and return after striking the impediment. The suggested smart glass solution is practical, light, very affordable, and very effective.
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Kuroki, Kengo, Yiming Zhou, Zixue Cheng, Zixian Lu, Yinghui Zhou, and Lei Jing. "A remote conversation support system for deaf-mute persons based on bimanual gestures recognition using finger-worn devices." In 2015 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication Workshops (PerCom Workshops). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/percomw.2015.7134101.

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Rao, Garimella Mohan, B. Aseesh Reddy, and Akaash Jayashankar. "Sign Language Detection Application Using CNN." In International Research Conference on IOT, Cloud and Data Science. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/p-332sp4.

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Deaf or mute persons frequently use sign language to communicate, but it takes a lot of practice to learn. Principal mode of communication of the Hard-of-Hearing and Deaf community is sign language. Autism, Apraxia of speech, Cerebral Palsy, and Down syndrome are just a few of the disorders that may benefit from sign language. We're utilizing ASL (American Sign Language) for this project. Although ASL uses the same alphabet as English, it is not a dialect of English. American Sign Language is a separate language with its own linguistic framework. Signs are not expressed in the same order as words are in English. This is due to sign language's distinct grammar and visual aspect. In the United States, around half a million people use ASL. We will develop and implement a mobile application that will serve as a translation system to enable people communicate more efficiently using signs in this project. We will demonstrate a real-time sign language recognition system that uses existing datasets to transform a video of a user's signs into text.
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Cabigting, Rain Kristine B., Carl James U. Grantoza, Leonardo D. Valiente, and Ericson D. Dimaunahan. "Jetson Nano-Based Two-Way Communication System with Filipino Sign Language Recognition Using LSTM Deep Learning Model for Able and Deaf-Mute Persons." In 2022 2nd International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence (RAAI). IEEE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/raai56146.2022.10092971.

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Kumar, S. Sampath, Kumar V. Ajay, Nataraj S. Arun, B. Devasarathy, and B. Hariharan. "SIGN BOT Extending an Ability to Communicate by Creating an Indian Sign Language." In International Research Conference on IOT, Cloud and Data Science. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/p-i494gi.

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There is a communication lag between deaf-mutes and normal people. To overcomethat, we are providing information access and services to deaf-mute people in Indian Sign Language (ISL) and developing a flexible project that can be enlarged to capture the entire lexicon of Indian Sign Language via physical gestures like hand expressions and non-manual signs like facial expressions by developing and building a training model using machine learning algorithms. Sign language recognition uses image-based manual and non-manual gestures. Here we used figure recognition to identify manual and non-manual gestures. Finding expression gestures and analyzing finger movements to determine what the deaf-dumb individual is saying. In Python, the MediaPipe recognizes the hand signs and facial gestures of a person. These modules were developed to assist people with non-identical motions. This paper presents figure identification of Indian Sign Language via hand and facial gestures, as well asits integration with a chatbot as transcript output.
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Hu, Jingzhi, Tianyue Zheng, Zhe Chen, Hongbo Wang, and Jun Luo. "MUSE-Fi: Contactless MUti-person SEnsing Exploiting Near-field Wi-Fi Channel Variation." In ACM MobiCom '23: 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3570361.3613290.

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Gunaratne, K. M. S. T., V. P. Senanayaka, E. I. Walakuluarachchi, and Lakmini Malasinghe. "A Multifunctional Communication System for Differently Abled People." In SLIIT 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Technology. SLIIT, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54389/rauo7575.

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A person should be able to connect with other people to have a fulfilling life. Having challenges such as being blind, deaf, or mute is a significant concern in this matter. According to world statistics and research, it has shown that 0.2% of the world’s population lives with severe deaf blindness. This project aims to design and develop a communication system to improve interactions between a person without any disability and a deaf-blind person or between two deaf-blind people. Each may communicate differently, so this system will have a textual display for those who can see, a speech output for those who can hear, and a tactile braille display for those who cannot see or hear. This system can benefit educational institutes and care homes facilitating people with the above disabilities. The primary purpose of this system is to make the differently abled people feel independent and confident by seeing, hearing, and talking to each other without facing the barriers in the translation. KEYWORDS: Visually Impaired, Deaf and Mute, Voice to Text, American Sign Language, Braille Keyboard, Hand Gestures, Convolution Neutral Networks.
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Amarasekara, M. S., K. M. N. S. Bandara, B. V. A. I. Vithana, D. H. De Silva, and A. Jayakody. "Real-time interactive voice communication - For a mute person in Sinhala (RTIVC)." In 2013 8th International Conference on Computer Science & Education (ICCSE). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iccse.2013.6553993.

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Hu, Xiao, Zhuqing Jiang, Xiaoqiang Guo, and Yun Zhou. "Person Re-Identification by Deep Learning Muti-Part Information Complementary." In 2018 25th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icip.2018.8451645.

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Frisancho, Verónica. Spillover Effects of Financial Education: The Impact of School-Based Programs on Parents. Inter-American Development Bank, February 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004736.

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This paper studies whether school-based financial education has spillover effects from children to parents. Leveraging data from a large-scale experiment with public high schools in Peru and credit bureau records on the parents of the youth targeted, this study measures the impact of providing personal finance lessons during secondary school on parental financial behavior. Financial education lessons in the school yield limited average spillover effects, but lead to sizable effects on parental financial behavior within disadvantaged households. Among parents from poorer households, the treatment reduces default probability by 26%, increases credit scores by 5%, and increases current debt levels by 40%. The treatment has stronger effects among the parents of daughters, who experience a significant 6.7% increase in their credit score and a 28% reduction in their loan portfolio in arrears. Among the parents of boys, most of the spillover effects are muted.
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Hrynick, Tabitha, Godefroid Muzalia, and Myfanwy James. Considérations clés : Communication des risques et engagement communautaire pour la vaccination contre la mpox dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo. Institute of Development Studies, July 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2024.032.

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Cette note stratégique présente des considérations sociales et politiques pour la conception et la mise en œuvre de stratégies de communication des risques et d’engagement communautaire (CREC) liées à la vaccination contre la mpox en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Une flambée épidémique de mpox (clade I) à l’échelle nationale a été déclarée fin 2022 et touche désormais 23 de ses 26 provinces. En particulier, la flambée épidémique est caractérisée par une transmission interhumaine généralisée, contrairement aux précédentes, qui impliquaient principalement un contact animal-humain. Tandis que des foyers de mpox émergent dans tout le pays, cette note stratégique se concentre sur l’est de la RDC. Cette région est caractérisée par des défis importants, tels que des antécédents politiques complexes et un conflit armé en cours, – ainsi que par un manque d’infrastructures et par l’isolement rural de nombreuses communautés. Ces défis exigent des stratégies conçues et adaptées avec précaution. En outre, une souche du virus de la mpox mutée et plus virulente est également apparue dans la province orientale du Sud-Kivu. Bien que de manière générale, il reste peu de choses à savoir sur la dynamique de transmission de l’épidémie, la transmission par voie sexuelle de la nouvelle souche est préoccupante, et fait courir un risque aux populations stigmatisées telles que les travailleurs du sexe, ainsi qu’à d’autres groupes. Toutefois, dans l’ensemble, les enfants sont la population la plus touchée, la transmission étant associée à un contact physique étroit. Au même titre que les femmes enceintes et les personnes immunodéprimées (p. ex., les personnes atteintes du VIH/SIDA), les enfants sont également exposés à un risque accru de complications et de décès. L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) recommande des approches de vaccination ciblées dans le contexte des flambées épidémiques de mpox, y compris en tant que prophylaxie post-exposition pour ces populations. Le ministère de la Santé publique de la RDC a annoncé son intention de vacciner les enfants et les adultes avec les vaccins contre la mpox LC16 et MVA-BN, respectivement, par le biais d’une autorisation d’utilisation d’urgence temporaire, étant donné que ces vaccins ne sont pas encore approuvés dans le pays. Actuellement, les efforts se mobilisent pour concevoir des vaccins et des interventions de CREC connexes. Cette note stratégique s’appuie sur une Table ronde de la SSHAP sur la mpox en RDC (mai 2024), une consultation avec des spécialistes des sciences sociales, des professionnels de la santé et des intervenants de l’aide humanitaire actifs au sein de la région, ou bien informés sur la région et la flambée épidémique, ainsi que sur des publications universitaires et la littérature grise.
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