Faculty of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Regulation of long-term care for older persons: a scoping review of empirical research
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Objective: Not only care professionals are responsible for the quality of care but other stakeholders including regulators also play a role. Over the last decades, countries have increasingly invested in regulation of ... -
Facilitators and barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in public South African hospitals
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Objective: The South African National Department of Health released guidelines and recommendations for antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs to be established in public healthcare facilities. Their implementation remains ... -
Effect of inverse Compton cooling on relativistic particles accelerated at shear boundary layers in relativistic jets
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Abstract. Recent theoretical considerations and observational evidence evince the spine-sheath morphology of relativistic jets emitted from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) or gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The resulting shear ... -
Genetically predisposed and resilient animal models of depression reveal divergent responses to early-life adversity
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-07)Objective: Early-life adversity (ELA) is one of the strongest predictors of childhood depression that may be exacerbated by a genetic predisposition to develop depression. We therefore investigated the bio-behavioural ... -
Effects of egg as an early complementary food on growth of 6- to 9-month-old infants: a randomised controlled trial
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Objective: To assess the effect of daily egg consumption for six months on linear growth (primary outcome), weight-for-age, weight-for-length, mid-upper arm circumference-for-age, head circumference-for-age Z-scores, ... -
Anthropometric nutritional status of children (0–18 years) in South Africa 1997–2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-10)Objective: To conduct a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature on the anthropometric nutritional status of South African infants and children, 0–18 years old and to report on trends ... -
Running from depression: the antidepressant-like potential of prenatal and pre-pubertal exercise in adolescent FSL rats exposed to an early-life stressor
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Objective: We aimed to answer the questions of whether early-life (perinatal and/or juvenile) exercise can induce antidepressant-like effects in a validated rodent model of depression, and whether such early-life ... -
Comparison of test performance of two commonly used multiplex assays to measure micronutrient and inflammatory markers in serum: results from a survey among pregnant women in South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2024)The combined sandwich-ELISA (s-ELISA; VitMin Lab, Germany) and the Quansys Q-Plex™ Human Micronutrient Array (7-Plex) are multiplex serum assays that are used to assess population micronutrient status in low-income ... -
Urinary peptidomics and pulse wave velocity: The African-predict study
(ACS Publications, 2023-09-09)Increased arterial stiffness is related to early vascular aging and is an independent predictor for cardio vascular disease and mortality. Molecular mechanisms underlying increased arterial stiffness are largely unexplored, ... -
Kinderkinetics motor intervention framework for children with developmental coordination disorder: an e-delphi perspective
(South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 2023)Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a motor coordination disorder that persists if intervention is not provided. Local guidelines are unavailable for intervention in children with probable DCD (p-DCD), and the ... -
The performance of wearable sensors in the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection : a systematic review
(Elsevier, 2022)Containing the COVID-19 pandemic requires rapidly identifying infected individuals. Subtle changes in physiological parameters (such as heart rate, respiratory rate, and skin temperature), discernible by wearable devices, ... -
Variations in risks from smoking between high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of data from 179 000 participants from 63 countries
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Background Separate studies suggest that the risks from smoking might vary between high-income (HICs), middle- income (MICs), and low-income (LICs) countries, but this has not yet been systematically examined within a ... -
Lifestyle influences changes in fibrin clot properties over a 10-year period on a population level
(Georg Thieme Verlag, 2022)Case–control and observational studies have provided a plausible mechanistic link between clot structure and thrombosis. We aimed to identify lifestyle, demographic, biochemical, and genetic factors that influence changes ... -
Meaning making mechanisms in women survivors of childhood sexual abuse : a scoping review
(SAGE Publications, 2022)Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a complex and prevalent problem with devastating long-term consequences for survivors. Despite these consequences, some survivors seem to find a source of meaning and fulfillment throughout ... -
Protective immunity of plant-produced African horse sickness virus serotype 5 chimaeric virus-like particles (VLPs) and viral protein 2 (VP2) vaccines in IFNAR -/- mice
(Elsevier, 2022)Next generation vaccines have the capability to contribute to and revolutionise the veterinary vaccine industry. African horse sickness (AHS) is caused by an arbovirus infection and is characterised by respiratory distress ... -
Interpretive description of recreational therapy within thecurricula of selected healthcare professions in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022)In South Africa (SA), recreational therapy (RT)/therapeutic recreation(TR) as profession ended in June 1978 and currently remain sun recognized as a profession. Some of the existing health professions in SA may provide ... -
Leisure education and recreation participation : a niche for recreational therapy in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2022)The practice of Recreational Therapy/Therapeutic recreation (RT/TR) in South Africa (SA) is currently unrecognized, and whether some of the existing health professions in SA are providing services like those of RT/TR, as ... -
Factors inhibiting implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) in primary health care (PHC) facilities in Mafikeng subdistrict.
(Elsevier, 2019)Background: The main objective of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) strategy was to reduce child mortality and morbidity, which are associated with major childhood illnesses. IMCI offers a comprehensive ... -
Comparison of body mass index and fat percentage criteria classification of 7-13 year-old rural boys in South Africa
(BMC, 2020)Abstract Background: The aim of this paper was to investigate whether BMI and fat percentage classification criteria, would classify a sample of 7–13 year old boys from a rural background in similar nutritional ... -
Methylene blue analogues: in vitro antimicrobial minimum inhibitory concentrations and in silico pharmacophore modelling
(Elsevier, 2020)It has been shown that methylene blue has antimicrobial properties although few studies have determined its minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), which is the gold standard used to measure antimicrobial activity. The ...