While the consumption of plastic by marine wildlife is well-studied, it is less so for terrestrial species. Anthropogenic pollution is an ever-increasing threat to the natural environment, and this is also the case in South Africa. Creating awareness and management strategies to decline the availability …

Critical Thinking is a important indicator for achievement in education. It can benefit students to handle complex problems and to make better decisions. Adequate critical thinking skills help record and process information, making students more able to identify useful information and being less distracted …

CC BY 4.0 BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 21, 360 (2020) AbstractBackground: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the primary cause of disability worldwide and a major societalburden. Recent qualitative research found that although a patient’s work is considered important, physical therapists take work …

BACKGROUND: A limited number of patients return to sport (RTS) after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and patients who RTS have a relatively high risk for second ACL injury. The purpose of the current study was to compare the results of a test battery between patients who returned …

PURPOSE: It has been reported that there is no correlation between anterior tibia translation (ATT) in passive and dynamic situations. Passive ATT (ATTp) may be different to dynamic ATT (ATTd) due to muscle activation patterns. This study aimed to investigate whether muscle activation during jumping …

This article provides a study of precarisation through the lens of dress work: the mundane practice of dressing the body for work. Based on intimate in-depth wardrobe interviews and analyses of workers’ narratives about their dressing practices, we develop a perspective on what insecure work feels like …

In order to study education and development, researchers can choose among a plethora of methods. The Merriam-Webster dictionary tells us that “method” means: a procedure or process for attaining an object …such as …a systematic procedure, technique, or mode of inquiry employed by or proper to a particular …

The dynamic evolvement of the Information Technology world has a significant impact on other domains. All types of organizations have to keep pace with this since the customers have less and less patience and higher demands. Therefore, having hosting services to be improved qualitatively and automatized …

BACKGROUND: Social inequalities in bodyweight start early in life and track into adulthood. Dietary patterns are an important determinant of weight development in children, towards both overweight and underweight. Therefore, we aimed to examine weight development between age 5 and 10 years by ethnicity, …

In de huidige studie werden verschillen onderzocht tussen leerkrachten in het basisonderwijs die werden geclassificeerd als goed presterend in hun implementatie van coöperatief leren (CL) in hun klas en leerkrachten die minder succesvol waren in het implementeren van coöperatief leren. De niveaus van …