Publications by authors named "M Heyns"

The purpose of this study is to gather the practices and perceptions among upper extremity surgeons regarding the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnostic and therapeutic intervention. A 36-question survey was developed from a literature review and author consensus. This survey was then piloted among a small group of hand surgeons prior to distribution.

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Increasing representation of people with disabilities in science and engineering will require systemic changes to the culture around support and accommodations. Equitable interview practices can help foster such changes. We, an interdisciplinary group of disabled and nondisabled early-career scientists who care deeply about making science more accessible to all, present a framework of suggestions based on Universal Design principles for improving the accessibility and equitability of interviews for people with disabilities and other underrepresented groups.

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Introduction: This study aimed to determine latent social wellbeing profiles and investigate differences between the profiles in terms of trust in managers and colleagues, job satisfaction, intention to leave, and demographic variables (age and service years).

Methods: Permanently employed individuals of a South African utility organization participated in the study ( = 403). The Social Well-being Scale, Workplace Trust Survey, Job Satisfaction Scale, and Turnover Intention Scale were administered.

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Implementing two-dimensional materials in field-effect transistors (FETs) offers the opportunity to continue the scaling trend in the complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology roadmap. Presently, the search for electrically active defects, in terms of both their density of energy states and their spatial distribution, has turned out to be of paramount importance in synthetic transition metal dichalcogenides layers, as they are suspected of severely inhibiting these devices from achieving their highest performance. Although advanced microscopy tools have allowed the direct detection of physical defects such as grain boundaries and point defects, their implementation at the device scale to assess the active defect distribution and their impact on field-induced channel charge modulation and current transport is strictly restrained.

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  • A study investigated the outcomes of women with early-stage cervical cancer who had robotic or vaginal radical trachelectomy at high-volume Canadian cancer centers.
  • The research included data from 197 patients between 2006 and 2019, showing a 97% recurrence-free survival rate for both surgical methods after a median follow-up of 57 months.
  • Results indicated no significant difference in progression-free survival between the two approaches, with tumor size over 2 cm being the only factor linked to recurrence risk.
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