Application of Minimally Invasive Oral Swab Samples for qPCR-Based Sexing in Neognathae Birds by Maria-Carmen Turcu, Anamaria Ioana Paștiu, Lucia-Victoria Bel, Anca-Alexandra Doboși, Dana Liana Pusta

“…A total of 34 samples were included in this study from the following 17 bird species: domestic pigeon (<i>Columba livia domestica</i>), domestic chicken (<i>Gallus gallus domesticus</i>), domestic goose (<i>Anser anser f domesticus</i>), domestic duck (<i>Anas platyrhynchos domesticus</i>), Mute swan (<i>Cygnus olor</i>), Budgerigar (<i>Melopsittacus undulatus</i>), Lovebird (<i>Agapornis roseicollis</i>), Cockatiel (<i>Nymphicus hollandicus</i>), Red-rumped parrot (<i>Psephotus haematonotus</i>), Rose-ringed parakeet (<i>Psittacula krameri</i>), African grey parrot (<i>Psittacus erithacus</i>), domestic Canary (<i>Serinus canaria forma domestica</i>), Goldfinch (<i>Carduelis carduelis major</i>), Gouldian Finch (<i>Chloebia gouldiae</i>), Red Siskin (<i>Carduelis cucullata</i>), Australian Zebra Finch (<i>Taeniopygia castanotis</i>), and Common buzzard (<i>Buteo buteo</i>). …”
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Determining timeframes to death for imminently dying patients: a retrospective cohort study by Tricia O’Connor, Wai-Man Liu, Juliane Samara, Joanne Lewis, Karen Strickland, Catherine Paterson

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Analysis And Evaluation of Currently Used Standards/Norms/Guidelines for the Design and Installation of Emergency Lighting by Marcin Ochenkowski, Tomasz Popielarczyk

“…The requirements that appear in Australian and NFPA standards look slightly different, which were also an inspiration for the standards of the United Arab Emirates, which we can consider the best described and most rigorous. …”
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Long-Term Homogeneity and Trends of Hydroclimatic Variables in Upper Awash River Basin, Ethiopia by Mekonnen H. Daba, Gebiaw T. Ayele, Songcai You

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Geospatial mapping of drug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence in Africa at national and sub-national levels by Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Archie C.A. Clements, Fasil Wagnew, Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene

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Enhancing Tropical Cyclone Risk Assessments: A Multi-Hazard Approach for Queensland, Australia and Viti Levu, Fiji by Jane Nguyen, Michael Kaspi, Kade Berman, Cameron Do, Andrew B. Watkins, Yuriy Kuleshov

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Neuropsychological morbidity in the First Seizure Clinic: Prominent mood symptoms and memory issues in epilepsy by Remy Pugh, David N. Vaughan, Graeme D. Jackson, Jennie Ponsford, Chris Tailby

“…Plain Language Summary This study explored cognitive and psychological differences between various patient groups attending an Australian First Seizure Clinic. We found that learning and memory abilities were poorer in people with epilepsy than other patient groups including those with non‐epileptic seizures, and seizure‐mimics (fainting episodes). …”
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A highly active, low-cost CoZn ferrite electrocatalyst in oxygen reduction reactions by Qurat-Ul-Ain, Fawad Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Imran Khan, Komal Ali Rao, Naseem Akhter, Abdallah Shanableh, Muhammad Babar Taj, Leonid G. Voskressensky, Rafael Luque

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The CuePed Trial: How Does Environmental Complexity Impact Cue Effectiveness? A Comparison of Tonic and Phasic Visual Cueing in Simple and Complex Environments in a Parkinson’s Dis... by Rodney Marsh, Michael H. Cole, Nadeeka N. W. Dissanayaka, Tiffany R. Au, Sandra Clewett, John D. O’Sullivan, Peter A. Silburn

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Increasing atmospheric evaporative demand across the Tibetan plateau and implications for surface water resources by Shiqin Xu, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Tim R. McVicar, Pierre Gentine, Hylke E. Beck, Joshua B. Fisher, Zhongbo Yu, Ningpeng Dong, Akash Koppa, Matthew F. McCabe

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Predicting Low-Risk Prostate Cancer from Transperineal Saturation Biopsies by Pim J. van Leeuwen, Amila Siriwardana, Monique Roobol, Francis Ting, Daan Nieboer, James Thompson, Warick Delprado, Anne-Marie Haynes, Phillip Brenner, Phillip Stricker

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The LIFTMOR-M (Lifting Intervention For Training Muscle and Osteoporosis Rehabilitation for Men) trial: protocol for a semirandomised controlled trial of supervised targeted exerci... by Benjamin K Weeks, Belinda R Beck, Amy T Harding, Steven L Watson

“…The study has been granted ethical approval from the Griffith University Human Research Ethics Committee (Protocol number AHS/07/14/HREC).Trial registration number Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (www.anzctr.org.au)ANZCTR12616000344493; Pre-results.…”
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Real-world, feasibility study to investigate the use of a multidisciplinary app (Pulsara) to improve prehospital communication and timelines for acute stroke/STEMI care by Joosup Kim, Dominique A Cadilhac, Karen Smith, Ramesh Sahathevan, Stephen Bernard, Dion Stub, Voltaire Nadurata, Ernesto Oqueli, Thomas Kraemer, Chris F Bladin, Kathleen L Bagot, Michelle Vu, Grant Hocking, Tessa Coupland, Debra Pearce, Diane Badcock, Marc Budge, Wayne Pearce, Howard Hall, Ben Kelly, Angie Spencer, Pauline Chapman, Casey Hair

“…There were improvements in the proportions of patients treated within 60 min for stroke (12%–26%, p=0.15) and 90 min for STEMI (50%–78%, p=0.20).Conclusions In this Australian-first study, uptake of the digital communication app was strong, patient-centred care timelines improved, although door-to-treatment times remained similar.…”
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Avoiding ‘second victims’ in healthcare: what support do staff want for coping with patient safety incidents, what do they get and is it effective? A systematic review by Reema Harrison, Rebecca Lawton, Ruth Simms-Ellis, Raabia Sattar, Elizabeth Sweeting, Hannah Hartley, Matthew Morys-Edge

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Exoplanet Occurrence Rate with Age for FGK Stars in Kepler by Maryum Sayeed, Ruth Angus, Travis A. Berger, Yuxi(Lucy) Lu, Jessie L. Christiansen, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, Melissa K. Ness

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Spatiotemporal variations of water levels and river-lake interaction in the Poyang Lake basin under the extreme drought by Hexiang Chen, Guangqiu Jin, Hongwu Tang, Jinran Wu, You-Gan Wang, Zhongtian Zhang, Yanqing Deng, Siyi Zhang

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Lost microbes of COVID-19: Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium depletion and decreased microbiome diversity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection severity by Eamonn MM Quigley, Thomas J Borody, Sabine Hazan, Neil Stollman, Huseyin S Bozkurt, Sonya Dave, Andreas J Papoutsis, Jordan Daniels, Brad D Barrows

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The Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with the Presence of Antibiotic Residues in Milk from Peri-Urban Dairy Cattle Farms in Kathmandu, Nepal by Erda E. Rame Hau, Minu Sharma, Bal K. Sharma Khanal, Peter D. Sly, Deirdre Mikkelsen, Nicholas Clark, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães

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Accounting for differences between crops and regions reduces estimates of nitrate leaching from nitrogen-fertilized soils by Yan Wang, Yihong Liu, Longlong Xia, Hiroko Akiyama, Xinli Chen, Ji Chen, Yunying Fang, Tony Vancov, Yongfu Li, YuanZhi Yao, Dianming Wu, Bing Yu, Scott X. Chang, Yanjiang Cai

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Effects of photobiomodulation combined with rehabilitation exercise on pain, physical function, and radiographic changes in mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis: A randomized contr... by Yan Ling Tay, Mohd Azzuan Ahmad, Nor Hamdan Mohamad Yahaya, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh

“…<h4>Trial registration</h4>Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12624000699561p).…”
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