Global Surgery - A review of the paediatric surgical workforce in South Africa by Dell, Angela June

“…Addressing the maldistribution of paediatric surgical workforce requires concerted efforts to expand existing training posts as well as equipping the remainder of level three hospitals to provide paediatric surgical training.…”
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Global surgery - socioeconomic and geographic maldistribution of surgical resources by Dell, Angela June

“…This national audit has provided much needed data on the some of the available surgical resources may influence critical decision-making about funding distribution, resource and training post allocations, as well as address inequalities in service delivery.…”
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Post-exercise ketosis in non-diabetic subjects by Koeslag, Johan Hermanus

“…Free fatty acid, glucose, growth hormone and insulin concentrations in the serum followed patterns different from the ketone body levels during, and for 7 ½ hours after exercise, but were also affected more by diet than by training. Post-exercise ketosis, previously ascribed to a lack of athletic training, could equally well be ascribed to the lower carbohydrate intake of sedentary subjects compared with athletes: the two marathon runners were estimated to eat about twice as much carbohydrate in their regular diet than the sedentary subject who had developed post-exercise ketonaemia without carbohydrate restriction. …”
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Female general surgeons: current status, perceptions and challenges in South Africa. A pilot study at a single academic complex by Roodt, Liana

“…Perceptions: A statistically significant proportion of registrars (p = 0.03; six [35%] female and 16 [40%] male) felt that women had an advantage when applying for a surgical training post. A total of 19 (33%) felt that there are too many female surgical registrars; only two (3.5%) felt there are too few. …”
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The effect of high intensity interval training on the post-exercise hypotensive response in overweight/obese young women by Bonsu , Biggie

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