CONTESTED AND NERVOUS SPACES: EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTHCARE PROVISION FOR INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE GAUTENG PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Contested and nervous spaces: exploring the environment of healthcare provision for international migrants in the Gauteng province of South Africa

Background Notwithstanding the global goal of inclusive universal health coverage, and the notion of migrant-sensitive health systems, limited healthcare access or the exclusion of migrants from national health systems persists.South Africa has a rights-based constitution, but there is an inability or a failure of the health system to recognise and

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Researching Design Policy Ecosystems in Europe

Design: is often a tacit component of policymaking, and so it is often difficult to pin down its role and contribution to innovation policy.As an area of policy and policy research, design suffers from misconceptions about what it is, and what it offers.We propose the Design Policy Ecosystem as an overarching model that works in two ways: it identi

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Peridynamic Analysis of Rail Squats

Rail surface defects are a serious concern for railway infrastructure managers all around the world.They lead to poor ride quality due to excess vibration and noise; in rare cases, they can result in a broken rail and a train derailment.Defects are typically classified as ‘rail studs’ when they initiate from the white etching layer, and

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