Australian general practice registrars’ experiences of training, well-being and support during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study by Lucie Walters, Jill Benson, Isabella White, Taryn Elliott

“…This study aims to explore the experiences of Australian GP registrars with learning, well-being and support from their training organisation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to guide training organisation efforts to support registrars through future disasters.Setting Interviews were conducted via Zoom.Participants Fifteen GP registrars from South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales who had experienced community-based GP training in both 2019 (prepandemic) and 2020 (early pandemic).Outcome measures Training, well-being and support experiences were explored. …”
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“How difficult can it be?” A non-Indigenous ‘Asian’ Australian high school teacher’s AsianCrit autoethnographic account of dealing with racial injustice by Aaron Teo

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Seasonal to Decadal Western Boundary Current Variability From Sustained Ocean Observations by M. Chandler, N. V. Zilberman, J. Sprintall

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Religious Freedom, the Sex Discrimination Act, and Section 109: A Surrejoinder to Butler by Neil Foster

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Feedback of aggregate patient-reported outcomes (PROs) data to clinicians and hospital end users: findings from an Australian codesign workshop process by Monique F Kilkenny, Dominique A Cadilhac, Shaun L Hancock, Violet Marion, Paulette Kelly, Sibilah Breen, Benjamin Clissold, Lauren Sanders, Olivia Francis Ryan, Penina Gunzburg, Shae Cooke, Lauren Guy

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Retrospective cross-sectional study on bronchiectasis in adult Aboriginal Australians: disease characteristics and comparison with ethnically diverse global bronchiectasis registry cohorts by Timothy Howarth, Subash Heraganahally, Claire Gibbs, Lata Jayaram, Asanga Abeyaratne, Shiidheshwar J Ravichandran, Davaadorj Erdenebayar, Winnie Chen, Hubertus Jersmann

“…Background Globally, adult Indigenous people, including Aboriginal Australians, have a high burden of chronic respiratory disorders, and bronchiectasis is no exception. …”
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Australian water quality trends over two decades show deterioration in the Great Barrier Reef region and recovery in the Murray-Darling Basin by Danlu Guo, Qian Zhang, Camille Minaudo, Rémi Dupas, Clément Duvert, Shuci Liu, Kefeng Zhang, Ulrike Bende-Michl, Anna Lintern

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Characterization of a novel covS SNP identified in Australian group A Streptococcus isolates derived from the M1UK lineage by Johanna Richter, Amanda J. Cork, Yvette Ong, Nadia Keller, Andrew J. Hayes, Mark A. Schembri, Amy V. Jennison, Mark R. Davies, Kate Schroder, Mark J. Walker, Stephan Brouwer

“…This study identified a novel covS mutation in invasive Australian M1UK isolates that resulted in a more nuanced virulence gene regulation compared to previously characterized covS mutations. …”
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The Association between HbA1c and Cardiovascular Disease Markers in a Remote Indigenous Australian Community with and without Diagnosed Diabetes by Luke W. Arnold, Wendy E. Hoy, Suresh K. Sharma, Zhiqiang Wang

“…This study investigates the burden of cardiovascular risk markers in people with and without diabetes in a remote Indigenous Australian community, based on their HbA1c concentration. …”
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Australian children’s foot, ankle and leg problems in primary care: a secondary analysis of the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) data by Hylton B Menz, Christopher Harrison, Peter A Lazzarini, Cylie M Williams, Julie Gordon

“…Objectives To explore children’s foot, ankle and leg consultation patterns and management practices in Australian primary care.Design Cross-sectional, retrospective study.Setting Australia Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health program dataset.Participants Data were extracted for general practitioners (GPs) and patients <18 years from April 2000 to March 2016 inclusive.Main outcome measures Demographic characteristics: sex, GP age groups (ie, <45, 45–54, 55+ years), GP country of training, patient age grouping (0–4, 5–9, 10–14, 15–18 years), postcode, concession card status, indigenous status, up to three patient encounter reasons, up to four encounter problems/diagnoses and the clinical management actioned by the GP.Results Children’s foot, ankle or leg problems were managed at a rate of 2.05 (95% CI 1.99 to 2.11) per 100 encounters during 229 137 GP encounters with children. …”
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Production of green steel from low-grade ores: An end-to-end techno-economic assessment by Alireza Rahbari, M. Shahabuddin, Shabnam Sabah, Geoffrey Brooks, John Pye

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Diabetic retinopathy further increases risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in a high-risk cohort by Richard Kha, Yasemin Kapucu, Mayuri Indrakumar, George Burlutsky, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Pramesh Kovoor, Paul Mitchell, Gerald Liew

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Real-World Persistence and Effectiveness of Upadacitinib versus Other Janus Kinase Inhibitors and Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Australian Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Peter Youssef, Sabina Ciciriello, Talib Tahir, Joanna Leadbetter, Belinda Butcher, Miriam Calao, Nicole Walsh, Catherine O’Sullivan, Tegan Smith, Geoffrey Littlejohn

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Determination of Ca, P, K, Na, and Mg in Australian Retail Pasteurised Milk Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP OES) by Duc Doan Nguyen, Vicky Solah, Suzanne Daubney, Saijel Jani

“…A rapid and simple inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP OES) method was developed and validated for the determination of macroelements including calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sodium (Na), and magnesium (Mg) in Australian retail pasteurised milk. The milk samples were digested using the mixture of 70% HNO3 and 30% H2O2 (2 : 1, v/v) in an open-tube digester block at 120°C for 4 h. …”
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Impact of multimorbidity and complex multimorbidity on mortality among older Australians aged 45 years and over: a large population-based record linkage study by Alamgir Kabir, An Tran, Sameera Ansari, Damian P Conway, Margo Barr

“…The relative impact of MM and CMM on mortality decreased as age increased.Conclusion MM and CMM were common in older Australian adults; and MM was a better predictor of all-cause mortality risk than CMM. …”
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Investigating service delivery and perinatal outcomes during the low prevalence first year of COVID-19 in a multiethnic Australian population: a cohort study by Vincent W Lee, N Wah Cheung, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Sarah J Melov, James Elhindi, Therese M McGee, Seng Chai Chua, Justin McNab, Thushari I Alahakoon

“…Objective Investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal outcomes in an Australian high migrant and low COVID-19 prevalent population to identify if COVID-19 driven health service changes and societal influences impact obstetric and perinatal outcomes.Design Retrospective cohort study with pre COVID-19 period 1 January 2018–31 January 2020, and first year of global COVID-19 period 1 February 2020–31 January 2021. …”
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Three new species of Australian miracine parasitoid wasps collected by regional schools as part of the Insect Investigators citizen science project (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) by Mollie-Rosae Slater-Baker, Michelle Guzik, Juanita Rodriguez, Andy Howe, Alice Woodward, Nathan Ducker, Erinn Fagan-Jeffries

“…A key to described Australian Miracinae is provided.…”
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‘I can’t understand why others don’t screen more’: a qualitative study exploring why Australian general practitioners screen for primary aldosteronism by Sanne Peters, Jun Yang, Grant Russell, Abhir Krishan Nainani

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Increasing the uptake of long-acting reversible contraception in general practice: the Australian Contraceptive ChOice pRoject (ACCORd) cluster randomised controlled trial protocol by Danielle Mazza, Angela Taft, Kevin McGeechan, Kirsten Black, Heather McKay, Marion Haas, Jayne Lucke, Jeffery F Peipert

“…This protocol paper describes the Australian Contraceptive ChOice pRojet (ACCORd), a cluster randomised control trial that aims to test whether an educational intervention targeting general practitioners (GPs) and establishing a rapid referral service are a cost-effective means of increasing LARC uptake.Methods and analysis The ACCORd intervention is adapted from the successful US Contraceptive CHOICE study and involves training GPs to provide ‘LARC First’ structured contraceptive counselling to women seeking contraception, and implementing rapid referral pathways for LARC insertion. …”
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Early Results From the ‘Diggers to Veterans’ Longitudinal Study of Australian Men who Served in the First World War. Short- and Long-Term Mortality of Early Enlisters by Janet McCalman, Rebecca Kippen, Joan McMeeken, John Hopper, Michael Reade

“…In civilian life, mortality followed closely the pattern for Australian men, and was again highly correlated with individual characteristics and social class.…”
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