A community service doctor's experiences of mental healthcare provision in rural Eastern Cape.

Background: Literature shows that in South Africa there are insufficient resources to meet mental healthcare needs. At general or district hospital level, the non-specialist doctor is often responsible for the holistic assessment and management of mental health service users. Such situations inevitably increase doctors' care load as they are required to treat across disciplines.

To queue or not to queue: Facility managers and mental health care users' experiences of integrated health care in a rural South African district.

Background: A key feature of South Africa's state health care strategy since 1994 has been the development and expansion of services towards integrated health care at primary health care level. Within the new system, emphasis has been on the integration of patients with mental health care needs with other patients where multiple health conditions and needs would be addressed simultaneously. As part of a larger study into mental health care in a predominantly rural district, we investigated the experiences of facility managers and mental health service users in rural clinics within the system of care.

A Tubular Electrochemical Reactor for Slurry Electrodes.

The research on electrochemical reactors is mostly limited to planarly designed modules. In this study, we compare a tubular and a planar electrochemical reactor for the utilization of the slurry electrodes. Cylindrical formed geometries demonstrate a higher surface-to-volume ratio, which may be favorable in terms of current density and volumetric power density.

Rational Design of Ion Exchange Membrane Material Properties Limits the Crossover of CO Reduction Products in Artificial Photosynthesis Devices.

Efficient operation is crucial for the deployment of photoelectrochemical CO reduction devices for large-scale artificial photosynthesis. In these devices, undesired transport of CO reduction products from the reduction electrode to the oxidation electrode may occur through a liquid electrolyte and an ion exchange membrane, reducing device productivity and increasing the energy required for product purification. Our work investigated the CO reduction product crossover through ion exchange membranes separating the cathode and anode compartments in CO reduction cells.

Noninvasive Quantification of Cell Density in Three-Dimensional Gels by MRI.

Objective: For tissue engineering, there is a need for quantitative methods to map cell density inside three-dimensional (3-D) bioreactors to assess tissue growth over time. The current cell mapping methods in 2-D cultures are based on optical microscopy. However, optical methods fail in 3-D due to increased opacity of the tissue.