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Student support service excellence evaluation: Balancing the Iron Triangle of accessibility, cost-effectiveness and quality?

Open Praxis, 2021
Recently, the University of South Africa widened access to academic facilities and services at one of its study centres. Although this is laudable and demonstrates a commitment by the university towards its students, it raises these three concerns (1 ...
Asteria Nsamba, Angie Bopape, Bongi Lebeloane, Laetitia Lekay   +3 more
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Embracing complexity in sepsis

Critical Care, 2023
Sepsis involves the dynamic interplay between a pathogen, the host response, the failure of organ systems, medical interventions and a myriad of other factors.
Alex R. Schuurman, Peter M. A. Sloot, W. Joost Wiersinga, Tom van der Poll   +3 more
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Exploring the facet of elderly care centre in multiethnic Malaysia [PDF]

PSU Research Review, 2022
Purpose – Malaysia is considered to be a relatively young country as compared to other older countries such as Japan, China and Australia in terms of the ageing population. However, until 2035, Malaysia will be in the ageing group countries as 15% of the
Filzah Md Isa, Shaista Noor, Goh Wei Wei, Sharifah Diyana Binti Syed Hussain, Hairunnisa Mohamad Ibrahim, Muhd Afiq Syazwan Ahmdon   +5 more
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Mothers' hygiene experiences in confinement centres: A cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2022
IntroductionEthnic Malaysian Chinese used to observe the 1-month postpartum confinement period at home and many families would engage a traditional postpartum carer to help care for the mother and newborn.
Siew Cheng Foong, Wai Cheng Foong, May Loong Tan, Jacqueline Judith Ho   +3 more
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Exploring convolutional neural networks and spatial video for on-the-ground mapping in informal settlements

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2021
Background The health burden in developing world informal settlements often coincides with a lack of spatial data that could be used to guide intervention strategies.
Jayakrishnan Ajayakumar, Andrew J. Curtis, Vanessa Rouzier, Jean William Pape, Sandra Bempah, Meer Taifur Alam, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Mohammed H. Rashid, Afsar Ali, John Glenn Morris   +9 more
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COVID-19 and distribution centres operations: The impacts and countermeasures

Heliyon, 2023
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on supply chains. This is particularly true for distribution centres as they struggle to bounce back amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Atif Saleem Butt, Mohammad Alghababsheh
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The effect of movement representation techniques on ankle function and performance in persons with or without a lateral ankle sprain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Background Lateral ankle sprains are highly prevalent and result in tissue damage, impairments of muscle strength, instability, and muscle activation. Up to 74% will experience ongoing symptoms after a lateral ankle sprain.
Luuk J.F. Siemes, Maarten P. van der Worp, P. Henk J.A. Nieuwenhuijzen, Niki M. Stolwijk, Thomas Pelgrim, J. Bart Staal   +5 more
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Tapering Antidepressants While Receiving Digital Preventive Cognitive Therapy During Pregnancy: An Experience Sampling Methodology Trial

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Previous studies indicated that affect fluctuations, the use of antidepressant medication (ADM), as well as depression during pregnancy might have adverse effects on offspring outcomes.
Marlies E. Brouwer, Marlies E. Brouwer, Nina M. Molenaar, Nina M. Molenaar, Huibert Burger, Huibert Burger, Alishia D. Williams, Casper J. Albers, Mijke P. Lambregtse-van den Berg, Claudi L. H. Bockting, Claudi L. H. Bockting, Claudi L. H. Bockting   +11 more
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Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care [PDF]

, 2017
Background Health care‐associated infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Hand hygiene is regarded as an effective preventive measure. This is an update of a previously published review.
Chudleigh, J. H., Drey, N., Gould, D. J., Moralejo, D., Taljaard, M.   +4 more
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Multidisciplinary integrated parent and child centres in Amsterdam: a qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: In several countries centres for the integrated delivery of services to the parent and child have been established. In the Netherlands family health care service centres, called Parent and Child Centres (PCCs) involve multidisciplinary teams.
Busch, V., de Leeuw, J.R.J., Melhuish, Edward C., Schrijvers, A.J.P., Van Stel, H.F.   +4 more
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