Evaluation of Faecal Microbiota Following Probiotics in Infants of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Trial: Protocol for Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trial by Gayatri Athalye-Jape, Chandra Prakash Rath, Harshad Panchal, Archita Mishra, Dorothy Graham, Sanjay Patole

“…The secondary outcomes will include the quantification of faecal short-chain fatty acids at birth and at four months, as well as growth and developmental assessments at four, twelve, and twenty-four months. (3) Trial registration: This trial protocol is registered (ACTRN12624000930583p) in the Australian Clinical Trials registry (ANZCTR).…”
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In-betweeness: the (dis)connection between here and there. The case of Indian student-migrants in Australia by Michiel Baas

“…This phenomenal growth is, to a large extent, due to the fact that a majority of Indian student intends to apply for permanent residency after graduation for which the Australian state had designed clear pathways. As a result education and migration have become highly entangled in Australia. …”
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Dysglycaemia and Other Predictors for Progression or Regression from Impaired Fasting Glucose to Diabetes or Normoglycaemia by L. de Abreu, Kara L. Holloway, Mark A. Kotowicz, Julie A. Pasco

“…This study aimed to describe dysglycaemia and determine the impact of body composition and clinical and lifestyle factors on the risk of progression or regression from impaired fasting glucose (IFG) to diabetes or normoglycaemia in Australian women. Methods. This study included 1167 women, aged 20–94 years, enrolled in the Geelong Osteoporosis Study. …”
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Danger Is a Signal, Not a State: Bigaagarri—An Indigenous Protocol for Dancing Around Threats to Wellbeing by Phillip Orcher, Victoria J. Palmer, Tyson Yunkaporta

“…This paper describes the health and wellbeing applications of a protocol designed from a Gumbaynggirr Australian First People’s concept, Bigaagarri. The protocol reframes threats to health and wellbeing as part of a communicative system of environmental signals, rather than an individualised, behavioural fight–flight–fear response. …”
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The Heart of the Matter: Health Status of Aged Care Clients Receiving Home- and Community-Based Care by Deborah Yarmo-Roberts, Rosanne Laura Freak-Poli, Brad Cooper, Tim Noonan, Just Stolewinder, Christopher M. Reid

“…Physical functioning was low compared to the Australian population. Depression was highly prevalent with 15.9% severely depressed and 38.7% mildly depressed. 26% of clients screened positive for dementia. …”
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The problems of genetic support of dividing the black kite (Milvus migrans) into subspecies by N. G. Andreyenkova, I. J. Starikov, M. Wink, I. V. Karyakin, O. V. Andreyenkov, I. F. Zhimulev

“…Recent studies of some mitochondrial loci substantiate the recognition of at least the European (M. m. migrans), Asian (M. m. lineatus and M. m. govinda), African (M. m. aegyptius and M. m. parasitus), and Australian (M. m. affinis) black kite subspecies. Furthermore, the mitochondrial haplotype difference suggests that the African yellow-billed kite, including M. m. aegyptius and M. m. parasitus, should be a separate species as already proposed, or even two separate species.…”
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The Increasing Financial Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease in Australia by Patrick S. Tucker, Michael I. Kingsley, R. Hugh Morton, Aaron T. Scanlan, Vincent J. Dalbo

“…Data published by Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, and World Bank were used to compare CKD-, RRT-, and CVD-related expenditure and prevalence rates. …”
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Integrating Videoconferencing Therapist Guidance Into Stepped Care Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Noninferiority Randomized Contr... by Sonja March, Susan H Spence, Larry Myers, Martelle Ford, Genevieve Smith, Caroline L Donovan

“…MethodsParticipants included 137 Australian children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years (male: n=61, 44.5%) with a primary anxiety disorder who were recruited from participants presenting to the BRAVE Online website. …”
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Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…ObjectiveIn this study, we aimed to examine the perspectives of Australian users accessing DTC telemedicine services, including the reasons for use, perceived benefits, and concerns, in addition to their usage and interaction with traditional general practice services. …”
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Effectiveness of nurse-led volunteer support and technology-driven pain assessment in improving the outcomes of hospitalised older adults: protocol for a cluster randomised control... by Max K Bulsara, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Mustafa Atee, Caroline Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renee M Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O'Connell, Karla Seaman, Jeff Hughes, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Debra Scaini

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Improving the Determination of Supernova Cosmological Redshifts by Using Galaxy Groups by Erik R. Peterson, Bastien Carreres, Anthony Carr, Daniel Scolnic, Ava Bailey, Tamara M. Davis, Dillon Brout, Cullan Howlett, David O. Jones, Adam G. Riess, Khaled Said, Georgie Taylor

“…Furthermore, using spectroscopic data from the Anglo-Australian Telescope, we present results from the first pilot program to evaluate whether or not 23 previously unassociated SN Ia hosts belong in groups. …”
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Editorial: Clinical trial design and development in neonatal and perinatal medicine by Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif, Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif, Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif, Yogavijayan Kandasamy, Yogavijayan Kandasamy, Yogavijayan Kandasamy, Sabita Uthaya, Sabita Uthaya, Dirk Bassler, Dirk Bassler, Jonathan M. Davis, Jonathan M. Davis

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Interactions between Serum Adipokines and Osteocalcin in Older Patients with Hip Fracture by Alexander Fisher, Wichat Srikusalanukul, Michael Davis, Paul Smith

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Open-label use of Anakinra (Kineret) in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis by Craig Davis Scoville, John Partridge Dickson

“…Efficacy of response was determined if patients showed >30% improvement in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and/or Australian/Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand Index scoring with treatment. …”
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Government support for the agro-industrial complex: the experience of a programme-oriented approach in Australia by Yu. P. Maidanevych, N. S. Sergienko, Yu. V. Gnezdova

“…The article considers the features of the programme-target method in providing support to the agricultural production through the development of public policy measures. The Australian experience in implementing the Smart Farms programme is presented in the context of programme blocks with an analysis of the technologies used; key approaches in organising the selection of the programme participants and the risks of its realisation are highlighted. …”
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Considerations for establishment of a private virtual hospital identified using an implementation science approach by Olivia J. Fisher, Caroline Grogan, Andrew Barron, Shanthi Kanagarajah, Sue-Ellen Smith, Ian Smith, Kelly McGrath

“…We aimed to inform the design and implementation of a private Australian virtual hospital by identifying contextual barriers, enablers, and considerations. …”
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Daring to Be Different: The First-Person HIV-Positive Narrator in Two South African Novels by Lizzy Attree

“…Eben Venter’s Afrikaans novel Ek Stamel, Ek Sterwe (1996) which was translated into English by Luke Stubbs as My Beautiful Death (2004), and which has – significantly – received little critical review in English as an HIV narrative, tells the story of a white South African man, Konstant, in the Australian diaspora who eventually succumbs to AIDS. …”
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Promoting Physics Literacy through Enquiry-based Learning Online by Wan Ng, Elizabeth Angstmann

“…This research investigated a fully online, inquiry-based course design aimed at motivating students to learn Physics and its impact on students‘ learning experiences at an Australian university. The research compared the learning experiences of students whose career trajectories are science-related and those who are not in order to assess its effectiveness in promoting Physics literacy. …”
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Cognitive Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Blake J. Lawrence, Natalie Gasson, Andrew R. Johnson, Leon Booth, Andrea M. Loftus

“…The trial was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR: 12614001039673). …”
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Information use and secondary school students: a model for understanding plagiarism by Kirsty Williamson, Joy McGregor

“…The study was undertaken with Year 11 students in an Australian country high school. The data analysis from this study was influenced by constructivist grounded theory. …”
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