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View article: Balancing restrictions and access to maternity care for women and birthing partners during the COVID‐19 pandemic: the psychosocial impact of suboptimal care
Balancing restrictions and access to maternity care for women and birthing partners during the COVID‐19 pandemic: the psychosocial impact of suboptimal care Open
1 Maternity services across Europe during the pandemic has undergone changes to limit virus transmission; however, many changes are not evidence-based.\n2 Although these changes were introduced to keep women, babies and healthcare staff sa…
View article: Humour Processing. The Factors that Play a Role in Understanding Humour
Humour Processing. The Factors that Play a Role in Understanding Humour Open
This article addresses the skills involved in processing humour. Both adults and children enjoy puns, jokes, and riddles and employ humour in interaction with friends. Factors that contribute to understanding humour involve cognition, the …
View article: Humour and autism spectrum disorders
Humour and autism spectrum disorders Open
Humour is universal and one of the most important topics in the study of communication. Humour is also a crucial and essential component in many different contexts of everyday life. One population that encounters difficulties with humour i…
View article: Solar cooling at the oenology and viticulture research centre, Buskett, Rabat
Solar cooling at the oenology and viticulture research centre, Buskett, Rabat Open
This paper describes the design, installation and testing of two solar cooling systems at the Oenology and Viticulture Research Centre, Buskett, Rabat, Malta. One system consisted of a bank of photovoltaic panels converting solar energy in…
View article: Fluency SIS: Smart Intervention Strategy
Fluency SIS: Smart Intervention Strategy Open
The Fluency: Smart Intervention Strategy is an application for speech language pathologists and students to use with school age children who stutter. The strategy provides a framework for a program which encourages creativity and humour du…
View article: The use of joint attention in the naturalistic setting in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The use of joint attention in the naturalistic setting in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Open
This study investigates the deficits in the quantity and quality of joint attention in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To obtain a holistic measure of joint attention, the following four aspects were considered: a) the quanti…