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The area catchment of Abiergué, located in the urban perimeter of Yaounde between 11°05' and 11°25' East longitude and between 3°51' and 3°54' North latitude experiencing an important truck-farming activity in its bottoms funds from Nkolbikok to Nkolbisson. A study started in 2005 in this area, has for main objective to contribute to the enhancement of this activity while working to reduce the involved risks (health and environmental). Many activities have been developed using a transdisciplinary approach. The socio-economic conditions of the actors implied in this die have been described. The constraints and the assets related to the development of the urban truck farming were raised. The wastewater comes from various origins (households, market, health centres,…) and have significant levels of BOD5 (10 to 360 mg O2 /l), COD (15 to 601 mg O2 /l), Fecal Coliform (5025 UFC/100ml to 3 x 106 UFC/100ml), Fecal Streptococci (1960 UFC/100ml to 138 000 UFC/100ml). Variable rates of cysts of protozoa (Entamoeba hystolotica and Giardia sp) and eggs of helminths were detected in this water. The reuse of wastewater has for corollary the emergence of waterborne diseases such as intestinal amebiasis which as well assigns the actors engaged in this die as the population in general independently of sex, age or social status. Many practices and many risk behaviors contribute to the spread of waterborne diseases.Despite the risk of waterborne diseases, this activity contributes significantly to food security, strengthening the economic potential, development of urban space in short to improve conditions and the framework of life of the categories of actors involved in this activity in particular and population in general. Actions economically viable, socially acceptable and ecologically sustainable are to be implemented by State or NGO in order to reduce the negative aspects and strengthen the positive aspects of this multipurpose activity.
Keywords: maraîchage urbain, eaux usées, gestion intégrée des ressources en eau, écosystème, santé humaine, écosanté, Abiergué, Cameroun, urban truck farming, wastewater, integrated water resources management, ecosystem, human health, ecohealth, Abiergué, Cameroun
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In the Quebec university context, the diversification of the student population raises several challenges. In their current organization, services only respond to the needs of students with a diagnosis through theimplementation of individualized interventions. The implementation of the principles of Universal Design for Learning appears to be an advantageous solution since the principles can take into account this diversity other than through a diagnosis. This case study conducted with professors and lecturers in the Quebec university context aims to better understand the process of appropriating the Universal Design for Learning principles. The results describe the appropriation process and what participants understand about Universal Design for Learning.
Keywords: Situation de handicap, Perspective sociale du handicap, Inclusion scolaire, Pédagogie universelle, Étude de cas
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In this article, we analyse the teachers' agency after participation in an international training master’s in educational research. Sixteen teachers, from various African countries, accept to participate in a semi-structured interview at the end of an international master. The data collected was analysed qualitatively through thematic dimensions. The interviews highlighted how the teachers expressed their agency in consequence of their participation in the international master. At the end of the master, the emerged dimensions of teachers’ agency are related to the professional choices, the scholastic local community, the professional practices acquired during the master as well as the transformation of their personal and collective professional practices.
Keywords: Agentivité, Enseignant, Compétences de recherche, Développement professionnel., agency, teacher, research skills, professional development
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A first level of governance is accountability and transparency. The delivery of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) information is a key mechanism to gauge the impact of the firm’s decisions in these dimensions. However, the disclosure of ESG information may be opportunistic or biased. This is why a further step is to implement mechanisms of responsibility when the firm causes ESG damages. The legal definition of ESG responsibility is very complex and uneasy to define. A parallel way to implement third parties interest in the firm’s decisions are internal governance mechanisms. We show it by analyzing the creditors’ behavior. The agency relationship with creditors may be balanced with transfer of value to and from the controlling shareholders. At the end we recall the disciplinary role of debt is heavily conditioned by the macroeconomic and tax contexts.
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This article presents and discusses some factors facilitating social participation in a small rural community for people volunteering their time. This involvement is particularly important for communities located in a socially and economically devitalized region. The qualitative results present the thematic analysis of 12 interviews conducted in a rural community located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. The analysis identified six contextual elements facilitating participation: 1) the need to revitalize the community, 2) the presence of municipal support, 3) the dynamism related to the presence of newcomers, 4) a climate of trust, reciprocity and mutual support, 5) the use of social networks, and 6) a desire for collective autonomy. Based on these results, we discuss the importance of supporting social participation for the socio-economic development of rural communities and the reduction of social inequalities.
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Responding to a controversy in the literature about the digital skill of digital natives, this exploratory qualitative study examines the beliefs of future high school teachers regarding students' digital skill. Interviews were conducted with 36 participants from three Quebec universities and subjected to thematic analysis. The results uncover that these future teachers consider digital skill to be generally poorly developed in secondary students, in its threefold technological, cognitive and ethical dimension. Building on other empirical research, the study contributes to nuancing the “discourse of the obvious” on students' digital skill and to enriching the structuring of a sociocritical approach to digital technologies in education.
Keywords: natifs du numérique, compétence numérique, croyances, futurs enseignants, digital natives, digital skill, beliefs, future teachers, nativo digital, competencia numérica, creencias, futuros maestros
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Imbrication of school and domestic times lived by young mothers back to school in the program Ma place au soleil is crossed by many literacy practices. Imbrication of planned events within the present moment of the program to which these young women participate let them do and plan their school tasks as well as domestic tasks. This imbrication of times offers a comprehensive view of how these woman balance school and household work.
Keywords: temps, pratiques de l'écrit, jeunes mères, insertion sociale et professionnelle, conciliation travail-famille
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The Relationship Scale Questionnaire (RSQ) developed by Griffin and Bartholomew (1994) is a 30-item self-questionnaire that categorizes participants into four categories of attachment (secure or autonomous, avoiding or detached, preoccupied or ambivalent, fearful or disorganized). Its use in a cultural context without having previously validated it in a rigorous way make it difficult to measure and the expression of the attachment. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine the transcultural validation of the French version of the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) in Togolese context. This study aims to examinate the cross-cultural validation of the French version of the Relationship Scales Questionnaire (RSQ) developed by Griffin and Bartholomew (1994). It focussed of 130 participants from 18 to 65, including 30 subjects addicted to drugs, 30 asymptomatic brothers and/or sisters and 70 students. Based on the factor analysis and the study of homogeneity, the results confirm excellent psychometric characteristics of the RSQ and validate its use in the Togolese context. It shows a capital interest for the determination of attachment in Togo and would require thorough and more exhaustive studies of validation.
Keywords: validation transculturelle, relationship scales Questionnaire, attachement, Togo, cross-cultural validation, relationship scales Questionnaire, attachment, Togo
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This work aims at the determination of favourable areas for the recharge of the Bonoua aquifer, using a cartographic approach and a Geographic Information System (GIS). The determination of these potential recharge areas of the aquifer required the integration of spatial information related to different parameters regulating the recharge, which are represented by thematic maps. A new classification has been done with a weighting of these parameters according to their degree of involvement in the recharge process, using a multicriterion analysis such as the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) of Saaty. In order to establish the map of potential recharge areas for the Bonoua aquifer, the weighting parameters were incorporated in the GIS. Analysis of the resulting map revealed five classes, included one class of better recharge covering 66% of the studied area. This dominant class is located at the central part of the aquifer, especially in the Terminal Continental, which is largely composed of coarse sands with relatively shallow slopes, where the land is used by industrial cultures. The areas of low recharge (34% of the studied area) are located at the western and eastern borders of the studied area on hydromorphic soils. This map showing the spatial distribution of the recharge areas could be considered as a decision-making tool, especially for management of the water resource and analysis of groundwater vulnerability. The preferential recharge areas need particular attention from authorities in order to ensure protection of the aquifer.
Keywords: recharge, eau souterraine, analyse multicritère, Bonoua, Côte d'Ivoire, recharge, groundwater, multicriteria analysis, Bonoua, Côte d'Ivoire