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The relationship between client dissatisfaction and contraceptive discontinuation among urban family planning clients in three sub-Saharan African countries
(Public Library of Science, 2022)
Although researchers and practitioners have suggested that the quality of family planning
services impacts contraceptive discontinuation, establishing a causal relationship has been
challenging, primarily due to data ...
A quantification mechanism for assessing adherence to information security governance guidelines
(Emerald, 2022)
Boards of Directors and other organisational leaders make decisions about the information
security governance systems to implement in their companies. The increasing number of cyber-breaches
targeting businesses makes ...
‘Lockdown’: Digital and emergency elearning technologies—A student perspective
(MDPI, 2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent emergency measures had a fundamental
and disruptive impact on societies and, in particular, on the educational sector. The transition of the
modality of educational delivery from ...
Predictors of multiple injuries in individual distance runners: A retrospective study of 75,401 entrants in 4 annual races- safer xxx
(Elsevier, 2022)
There are limited data on factors that predict an increased risk of multiple injuries among distance runners. The objective of this study was to determine risk factors that are predictive of individual runners with a high ...
Multifilter time-series observations of three short period ATLAS variable stars
(Oxford University Press, 2019-09)
The ‘Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System’ discovered hundreds of thousands of new
candidate variable stars. Follow-up observations of three of these are reported in this paper.
The targets were selected on the ...
Factors associated with mothers’ health care‑seeking behaviours for childhood fever in Burkina Faso: Findings from repeated cross‑sectional household surveys
(BMC, 2022)
Fever is one of the most frequent reasons for paediatric consultations in Burkina Faso, but health careseeking
behaviours and the factors associated with health care-seeking in the event of childhood fever are poorly
documented. ...
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low-income South African cohort
(Infant Mental Health Journal, 2022)
Maternal mental health disorders and the adverse consequences for infant neurodevelopment have received substantial research attention in high-income countries over the past five decades. In Africa, where relatively little ...
High Concussion Rate in Student Community Rugby Union Players During the 2018 Season: Implications for Future Research Directions
(UWC, 2019)
Collision sports, such as Rugby Union (“Rugby”) have a particularly high risk of injury. Of all injuries common to collision sports, concussions have received the most attention due to the potentially negative cognitive ...
Tackling sport-related concussion: Effectiveness of lowering the maximum legal height of the tackle in amateur male rugby - A cross-sectional analytical study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)
Objective Rugby union ( € rugby') is popular globally, with most of its participants being amateur. Concern regarding sport-related concussion (SRC) sustained during rugby is increasing. SRC occurs most frequently in the ...
Control of airborne microbes in a poultry setting using Dioxy MP 14
(FACTA-FUNDACIO ARNCO CIENCIA TECNOLOGIA AVICOLAS, 2015)
In this study, Dioxy MP 14, a locally developed form of chlorine dioxide,
was tested in a commercial chicken pen to determine its effectiveness as
an airborne environmental sanitizing agent. The biocide was introduced
via ...