Personalized adaptive learning in higher education: A scoping review of key characteristics and impact on academic performance and engagement.

Introduction: Higher education institutions face persistent challenges of student retention and academic progress. Personalized adaptive learning has the potential to address these issues as it leverages educational technology to tailor learning pathways according to individual student needs.

Objective: To elucidate the key characteristics of personalized adaptive learning in higher education and its impact on academic performance and engagement.

Relationship between demographic characteristics and return-to-work for loss of income claimants at the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, Botswana.

Background: The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund Botswana compensates claimants who lose their incomes due to road traffic accidents. In Botswana, road traffic accidents are becoming more frequent, and the MVA Fund is experiencing escalating claims. We describe the demographic characteristics of loss of income (LOI) claimants of the MVA Fund Botswana.

Functional outcomes after flexor tendon repair of the hand.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the hand function after flexor tendon repair (FTR) and to investigate factors associated with functional outcomes.

Patients And Methods: Between January 2013 and September 2015, a total of 126 patients (84 males, 42 females; mean age 31 years; range, 15 to 62 years) who underwent FTR due to flexor tendon injuries (FTIs) were included. The hand function was assessed using the Jebsen Hand Function Test (JHFT) and Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (Quick DASH) at three and six months following FTR.