Non-contact tracking of shoulder bones using ultrasound and stereophotogrammetry by Ahmed Sewify, Ahmed Sewify, Maxence Lavaill, Maxence Lavaill, Dermot O’Rourke, Dermot O’Rourke, Maria Antico, Maria Antico, Peter Pivonka, Peter Pivonka, Davide Fontanarosa, Davide Fontanarosa, Saulo Martelli, Saulo Martelli

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Serial systemic immune inflammation indices: markers of acute migraine events or indicators of persistent inflammatory status? by Tissa Wijeratne, Melanie J. Murphy, Chanith Wijeratne, Paolo Martelletti, Leila Karimi, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Carmela Sales, Nina Riddell, Sheila G. Crewther

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The Rapid Formation of the Metal-poor Milky Way by Turner Woody, Charlie Conroy, Phillip Cargile, Ana Bonaca, Vedant Chandra, Jiwon Jesse Han, Benjamin D. Johnson, Rohan P. Naidu, Yuan-Sen Ting

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Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and subarachnoid space occlusion following traumatic spinal cord injury in the pig: an investigation using magnetic resonance imaging by Madeleine Amy Bessen, Christine Diana Gayen, Ryan L. O’Hare Doig, Ryan Michael Dorrian, Ryan David Quarrington, Adnan Mulaibrahimovic, Vartan Kurtcuoglu, Angela Catherine Walls, Anna Victoria Leonard, Claire Frances Jones

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Dietary intakes, food behaviours, and health indicators among Métis youth in Manitoba, Canada by Chantal Perchotte, Olena Kloss, Joyce Slater, Alan Katz, Bhanu Pilli, Aynslie Hinds, Marcelo L Urquia, Julianne Sanguins, Chris Green, Jaime Cidro, Dan Chateau, Nathan Nickel, Thomas Falkenberg

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Insights from a codesigned dynamic modelling study of child and adolescent obesity in Australia by Alison Hayes, Rebecca Wyse, Anna Lene Seidler, Kylie E Hunter, Rebecca K Golley, Louise A Baur, Anthony D Okely, Kenny Lawson, Jo-An Occhipinti, Louise Freebairn, Simon Keith Chiu, Joseph Carrello, L Kurt Kreuger

“…Implementing initiatives with broad reach that support healthy choices may reduce obesity, resulting in a healthier Australian population.…”
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Effectiveness and Side Effect Incidence in a Real-World Digital Weight-Loss Service Using Compounded Semaglutide: A Retrospective Comparative Study by Louis Talay, Matt Vickers

“…This study retrospectively compared the weight and side effect outcomes of patients from a large Australian DWLS whose lifestyle coaching was supplemented with either compounded or pure Semaglutide (both groups following the same titration schedule). …”
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Effects of a multicomponent resistance-based exercise program with protein, vitamin D and calcium supplementation on cognition in men with prostate cancer treated with ADT: seconda... by Helen Macpherson, Robin M Daly, Patricia M Livingston, Declan G Murphy, Patrick J Owen, Timo Rantalainen, Niamh L Mundell, Jeremy L Millar, Steve F Fraser, Jack Dalla Via, Stephen J Foulkes

“…Exercise training adherence below recommended guidelines does not support cognitive health in men treated with ADT for prostate cancer.Trial registration number Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRN12614000317695, registered 25/03/2014) and acknowledged under the Therapeutic Goods Administration Clinical Trial Notification Scheme (CT-2015-CTN-03372-1 v1).…”
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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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Cost efficiency of inpatient rehabilitation following acquired brain injury: the first international adaptation of the UK approach by Ian D Cameron, Julie Ratcliffe, Ian Cameron, Belinda Gabbe, Rachel Milte, Ciara Ryan, Karen Roberts, Zhibin Chen, Russell Gruen, Laura Jolliffe, Natasha A Lannin, Peter Hunter, Maria Crotty, Lynne Turner-Stokes, Lisa Cameron, David Attwood, Anne Holland, Jacqui Morarty, Lynne Turner Stokes, Christine Latimer, Dina Watterson, John Rabling, Melanie Reed, Mithu Palit, Troy Huggins, Verna Smith, Elizabeth O’Shannessy, Rebecca Nicks, Alison Gehrig, Katelyn Moloney, Sophie O’Keefe, Megan Coulter, Margaret Inches, Erin Gee, Sue McLellan

“…Objectives To adapt and apply a model for evaluating the functional benefits and cost efficiency of specialist inpatient rehabilitation to the Australian context, comparing functional outcomes and savings in the cost of ongoing care after acquired brain injury.Design An observational cohort analysis of prospectively collected clinical data from admission to discharge, with follow-up to 3 years.Setting A newly established state-wide inpatient postacute rehabilitation unit in Victoria, Australia for patients with moderate to severe acquired brain injury.Participants This study included consecutive patients admitted to the programme during its first 2 years’ operation (January 2016 to December 2017). …”
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Evaluation of the recombinant protein Sh-TSP-2 for the serological diagnosis of imported urogenital schistosomiasis and comparison with commercially available tests by María Pilar Luzón-García, Laura Navarro, Esther Rodríguez, Manuel Jesús Soriano-Pérez, José Vázquez-Villegas, María Isabel Cabeza-Barrera, Alex Loukas, Nerea Castillo-Fernández, María Jesús Perteguer, Javier Sotillo, Joaquín Salas-Coronas

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Mosquito populations originating from nonendemic areas have the potential to transmit recently emerging Japanese encephalitis virus genotype IV by Astri Nur Faizah, Daisuke Kobayashi, Faustus Akankperiwen Azerigyik, Ryo Matsumura, Izumi Kai, Yoshihide Maekawa, Yukiko Higa, Kentaro Itokawa, Toshinori Sasaki, Kris Cahyo Mulyatno, Sri Subekti, Maria Inge Lusida, Etik Ainun Rohmah, Yasuko Mori, Yusuf Ozbel, Chizu Sanjoba, Tran Vu Phong, Tran Cong Tu, Shinji Kasai, Kyoko Sawabe, Haruhiko Isawa

“…Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) genotype IV (GIV) is one of the least common and most neglected genotypes worldwide, having been identified only on a few Indonesian islands until it was recently found to be the cause of outbreaks that occurred in several Australian states in early 2022. Given the limited availability of information, the vector range for JEV GIV remains unknown; thus, understanding this range could prove invaluable for future prevention efforts in new areas. …”
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A Study of Real-time Detection Methods for Solar Radio Burst Identification by YongLin Yu, ChengLong Qiao, Shuo Xu, QinZheng Li, YanRui Su, HongQiang Song, FaBao Yan

“…Five solar radio burst detection methods—Continuous-3 σ , Sum Flux-3 σ , Continuous Slope, Sum Flux Slope, and Sum Flux Continuous-3 σ —are developed and validated using data from the Japanese NoRP and the Australian Learmonth Solar Radio Observatory. The results show that all five methods can detect solar radio bursts to some degree. …”
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Generation and propagation of high fecundity gene edited fine wool sheep by CRISPR/Cas9 by Xuemei Zhang, Meiyu Qiu, Bing Han, Li Liao, Xinrong Peng, Jiapeng Lin, Ning Zhang, Lati Hai, Long Liang, Yila Ma, Wenrong Li, Mingjun Liu

“…The average litter size of F1 ewes carrying the B + allele reached 170%, comparable to that of heterozygous native Australian Booroola sheep. Gene-edited ewes with B + and BB genotype produced 0.62 and 0.42 more lambs, respectively, compared to wide-type ewes (p < 0.01). …”
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Weight Loss Patterns and Outcomes Over 12 Months on a Commercial Weight Management Program (CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Online): Large-Community Cohort Evaluation Study by Gilly A Hendrie, Danielle L Baird, Genevieve James-Martin, Emily Brindal, Paige G Brooker

“…MethodsParticipants were Australian adults who joined the program between October 2014 and June 2022 and were classified as longer-term members, meaning they completed at least 12 weeks of the program, had baseline and 12-week weight data, and had a paid membership of ≥1 year (N=24,035). …”
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Ligand-tuning copper in coordination polymers for efficient electrochemical C–C coupling by Yu Yang, Cheng Zhang, Chengyi Zhang, Yaohui Shi, Jun Li, Bernt Johannessen, Yongxiang Liang, Shuzhen Zhang, Qiang Song, Haowei Zhang, Jialei Huang, Jingwen Ke, Lei Zhang, Qingqing Song, Jianrong Zeng, Ying Zhang, Zhigang Geng, Pu-Sheng Wang, Ziyun Wang, Jie Zeng, Fengwang Li

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High Detection Rates for Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–avid Prostate Cancer Recurrence at Low Prostate-specific Antigen levels on Extended Axial Field-of-view Positron Emissio... by Sarah Thomas, Jason Callahan, Paul Conway, Daniel Moon, Hugh Morgan, Johanna Ingbritsen, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Phil Dundee, Rodney J. Hicks

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Long-term Radio Monitoring of the Fast X-Ray Transient EP 240315a: Evidence for a Relativistic Jet by Roberto Ricci, Eleonora Troja, Yu-Han Yang, Muskan Yadav, Yuan Liu, Hui Sun, Xuefeng Wu, He Gao, Bing Zhang, Weimin Yuan

“…Our campaign, carried out with the Australian Telescope Compact Array, followed the transient’s evolution at two different frequencies (5.5 and 9 GHz) for 3 months. …”
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Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial by Wei Lu, David Silvera-Tawil, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Liesel Higgins, Qing Zhang, Mohanraj Karunanithi, Julia Bomke, Joshua Byrnes, Jennifer Hewitt, Vanessa Smallbon, Jill Freyne, Deepa Prabhu, Marlien Varnfield

“…Further research with a larger sample size is needed to evaluate the effect of smart home monitoring on broader quality-of-life measures. Trial RegistrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12618000829213; https://tinyurl.com/2n6a75em International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR2-10.2196/31970…”
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Enhancing diagnostic outcomes in kidney genetic disorders: the KidGen national kidney genomics study protocol by Amali Mallawaarachchi, Hugh McCarthy, Thomas A. Forbes, Kushani Jayasinghe, Chirag Patel, Stephen I. Alexander, Tiffany Boughtwood, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Aron Chakera, Sam Crafter, Ira W. Deveson, Randall Faull, Trudie Harris, Lilian Johnstone, Matthew Jose, Anna Leaver, Melissa H. Little, Daniel MacArthur, Tessa Mattiske, Christine Mincham, Kathy Nicholls, Catherine Quinlan, Michael C. J. Quinn, Gopala Rangan, Jessica Ryan, Cas Simons, Ian Smyth, Madhivanan Sundaram, Peter Trnka, Laura Wedd, Erik Biros, Zornitza Stark, Andrew Mallett

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