People are exposed to and influenced by persuasive tactics on a daily basis. Greater knowledge on the processes of persuasion would allow for the development of mechanisms that can assist in building people’s resistance ...

Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) are a heterogeneous group who have a marked impairment in the performance of functional motor skills. DCD affects 5-8 % of children in the mainstream educational ...

Customer lifetime value (CLV) is important for all businesses. Increased customer lifetime value means increased profit, so it is in a company’s interest to increase customer lifetime value as much as possible through any ...

Advanced technology and an increasing awareness of ethical-legal responsibility and accountability in terms of patients' rights, are among the main reasons for a more discriminate use of the patient care setting for teaching ...

Background: Children have historically been fasted for prolonged periods preoperatively to reduce the volume and acidity of their gastric contents and thus the risk of regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration. Evidence ...

The Fe-Al alloys have been viewed as attractive for applications in the energy sector, for example boilers and pipes in power plants. As such, improvement of the properties of an Fe-40 at.% Al alloy were attempted by adding ...

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a multifactorial, complex phenomenon that has been widely studied. Little work has been done in assessing the risk of PONV in South African population groups. The aim of the study ...

Erosion-corrosion on ash lock internal surfaces means that these equipment are continuously refurbished through weld build-up, followed by post weld heat treatment (PWHT). The deterioration of mechanical properties of ...