South African healthcare reforms towards universal healthcare – where to next? by G Solanki, T Wilkinson, N G Myburgh, J E Cornell, V Brijlal

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Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Itumeleng Ntatamala, Saajida Khan, Zenzo Chakara

“…Setting: The study was conducted at the University of Cape Town, Health Sciences Faculty. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 113 voluntary undergraduate participants was conducted. …”
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The development of a nurse-led preoperative anaesthesia screening tool by Delphi consensus by M B Nejthardt, P Alexandris, S Bechan, M F A Bijli, S Chetty, J M Dippenaar, M Gibbs, M Johnson, H Kluyts, R Llewellyn, M Motiang, P Mogane, P Motshabi, B Mrara, F Roodt, U Singh, S Spijkerman, E Turton, J van der Westhuizen, B Biccard

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Unilateral baseball pitching: morphological and functional adaptations in the neck muscles by Leila Rahnama, Ceren Acik, Christine Dy, Stefan Keslacy

“…Bilateral dorsal neck muscle thickness, stiffness, neck range of motion (ROM), neck repositioning error, and extensor strength were measured, and the asymmetry between the two groups was compared. …”
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A non-electrical pneumatic hybrid oscillator for high-frequency multimodal robotic locomotion by Genliang Chen, Yongzhou Long, Siyue Yao, Shujie Tang, Junjie Luo, Hao Wang, Zhuang Zhang, Hanqing Jiang

“…Leveraging the characteristic capabilities of the oscillator, three distinct robots are developed, including a bionic jumping robot with high motion speed, a crawling robot with a pre-programmed logic gait, and a swimming robot with adjustable motion patterns. …”
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ANALISIS DESKRIPTIF BERBASIS MODEL MENTAL FISIKA TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN KOGNITIF MAHASISWA PADA KONSEP KINEMATIKA PARTIKEL DAN GERAK PARABOLA by Nyoman Rohadi, Iwan Setiawan

“…Keywords: mental model, kognitif competency, arithmatics particle, and parabolics motion. …”
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‘Gender affirming healthcare’ is not what the family physician needs to know by Janet Giddy, Allan Donkin, Reitze Rodseth

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Are the Menstrual Characteristics Similar in Adolescent and Adult Women with Cerebral Palsy? by Hanife Dogan, Duygu Turker, Ozge Coban, Merve Basol Goksuluk, Nuriye Ozengin, Necmiye Un Yildirim

“…Among 74 women with cerebral palsy, women between the ages of 10-18 formed the adolescent cerebral palsy group (n= 36), and women between the ages of 19-30 formed the adult cerebral palsy group (n=38). Gross motor function levels of women with cerebral palsy were determined by gross motor function classification system expanded and revised. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Pineapple Juice Extraction Machine. by Kyazze, Sulaiman

“…One is to transmit torque from the motor to the shaft and the second one is to reduce speed. …”
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Phytochemical and pharmacological review of Erica Genus (L.) Ericaceae plants by Francis Adu-Amankwaah, Hleziphi V. Mpundu, Kudakwashe Nyambo, Paula Strauss, Kudzanai Ian Tapfuma, Ndivhuwo Tshililo, Motunrayo Victoria Badejo, Lawrence Mabasa, Vuyo Mavumengwana, Lucinda Baatjies

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Career Development Programs and Employee Performance in Kanungu District, South Western Uganda by Ainebyona, Alex, Moses, Agaba

“…Despite the training support advanced to employees in town councils, they have persistently registered poor performance. …”
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An analysis of referral patterns of traumatic brain injury at Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre by N Parker, T Navsaria, M Lopez, L Marineau, R Maine, K Chu, T Govender, D McPherson, P Navsaria

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Early mobilisation in Windhoek intensive care units: Practices, attitudes and barriers by Ilse du Plessis, Savarna Francis, Brenda Morrow

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Parliamentary Procedure: Lay on the Table by James E. Dyer

“…The motion to Lay on the Table is used to temporarily delay action on a pending question while something else of immediate urgency needs consideration, or when another item of business needs to be addressed before consideration of the pending question. …”
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Acetylcholine in irritable bowel syndrome pathogenesis and the role of cholineblockers by Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…Acetylcholine represents the major mediator regulating motor and secretory function of intestine. Change of acetylcholine metabolism of has immediate value in pathogenesis of IBS. …”
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Dissociable genetic influences on eye movements during abstract versus naturalistic social scene viewing in infancy by Ana Maria Portugal, Mark J. Taylor, Kristiina Tammimies, Angelica Ronald, Terje Falck-Ytter

“…We analysed the duration of fixations, and the allocation of fixations to face and motion, from 536 dizygotic and monozygotic 5-month-old twins in: naturalistic scenes including low- and high-level social features, and abstract scenes only having low-level features. …”
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Estimating the Pile Settlement Using a Machine Learning Technique Optimized by Henry's Gas Solubility Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization by Saravana Kumar, Savarimuthu Robinson

“…Several items for estimating pile motion can help understand the project's perspective during the loading phase. …”
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Seismic performance of bridge pier integrated by multiple steel pipes with directly-connected piles using soil-water coupled three-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element analysi... by Muhammad Mahmood Ul Hassan, Koichi Isobe, Yasumasa Soga, Yasuo Sawamura, Hiroki Sugiyama, Masatsugu Shinohara

“…The analysis will employ a different seismic motion input from that used in the above tests. Through this analytical approach, the paper will elucidate the characteristics related to employing a bridge pier comprised of multiple steel pipes with directly-connected piles.…”
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Favourable outcome of Fusarium prosthetic valve endocarditis in a patient with an Ebstein anomaly by Scott G. Lee-Jones, Stefan Van der Westhuizen, Johannes Taljaard, Nelesh P. Govender, Rubina Razack

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