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Translocations restore a population of a threatened rock-wallaby and bolster its genetic diversity

Black-flanked rock-wallabies (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) exist in small and isolated populations across Western Australia, making them highly susceptible to loss of genetic diversity and increased extinction ...

Kristen Nilsson, David Pearson, Mike Paxman, Anthony Desmond… in Conservation Genetics (2023)

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Multidisciplinary perceptions on robotic surgical training: the robot is a stimulus for surgical education change

It is unclear how to best establish successful robotic training programs or if subspecialty robotic program principles can be adapted for general surgery practice. The objective of this study is to understand ...

Kristen M. Jogerst, Taylor M. Coe, Emil Petrusa, Jordan Neil… in Surgical Endoscopy (2023)

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Threats to Australia’s rock-wallabies (Petrogale spp.) with key directions for effective monitoring

Rock-wallabies (Petrogale spp.) are one of Australia’s most speciose genera of mammals, irregularly distributed across much of the continent and its offshore islands. The 25 taxa in the genus Petrogale  (17 speci...

Tyrone H. Lavery, Mark Eldridge, Sarah Legge… in Biodiversity and Conservation (2021)

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Robot-assisted repair of ureterosciatic hernia with mesh

Ureterosciatic hernias (USH) are rare conditions, reported in less than 100 patients worldwide. Robot-assisted surgical management has been reported only twice in the available literature. We present the first...

Kyle M. Rose, Kharissa Carras, Karan Arora, David Pearson… in Journal of Robotic Surgery (2020)

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Working Memory

David Pearson in Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine (2020)

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Inter-sectoral action to support healthy and environmentally sustainable food behaviours: a study of sectoral knowledge, governance and implementation opportunities

There is increasing attention to the importance of healthy and environmentally sustainable food supply and demand but little empirical research exists on how this might be achieved. This study examines the pot...

Sarah W. James, Sharon Friel, Mark A. Lawrence, Annet C. Hoek… in Sustainability Science (2018)

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Teaching Biochemistry and Genetics to Students of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry

Eric C. Niederhoffer, Susan D. Cline, Neil Osheroff… in Medical Science Educator (2017)

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Teaching Biochemistry to Students of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry

Neil Osheroff, Eric C. Niederhoffer, Richard L. Sabina… in Medical Science Educator (2015)

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Portomesenteric venous thrombosis following major colon and rectal surgery: incidence and risk factors

Portomesenteric venous thrombosis (PMVT) is an uncommon complication of abdominal surgery. The objective of this study was to assess PMVT risk factor profiles and patient outcomes after colorectal surgery.

Kristin A. Robinson, Mark E. O’Donnell, David Pearson… in Surgical Endoscopy (2015)

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Population turnover, habitat use and microclimate at the contracting range margin of a butterfly

Climate change is expected to drive patterns of extinction and colonisation that are correlated with geographic gradients in the climate, such as latitude and elevation. However, local population dynamics also...

Robert J. Wilson, Jonathan Bennie, Callum R. Lawson… in Journal of Insect Conservation (2015)

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Predation on invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) by native Australian rodents

The success of an invasive species can be reduced by biotic resistance from the native fauna. For example, an invader that is eaten by native predators is less likely to thrive than one that is invulnerable. T...

Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán, Michael R. Crossland, David Pearson… in Journal of Pest Science (2015)

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Concepts and Philosophy Underpinning Organic Horticulture

Many argue that food products from certified organic production systems are a vital component of meeting global food security challenges into the middle of the twenty-first Century. Whilst the concept of organ...

David Pearson, Pia Rowe in Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 2 (2014)

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Drought Influences the Accuracy of Simulated Ecosystem Fluxes: A Model-Data Meta-analysis for Mediterranean Oak Woodlands

Water availability is the dominant control of global terrestrial primary productivity with concurrent effects on evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration, especially in water-limited ecosystems. Process-or...

Rodrigo Vargas, Oliver Sonnentag, Gab Abramowitz, Arnaud Carrara… in Ecosystems (2013)

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Sensitivity of tropical carbon to climate change constrained by carbon dioxide variability

A linear relationship between the sensitivity of tropical land carbon storage to warming and the sensitivity of the annual growth rate of atmospheric CO₂ to tropical temperature anomalies provides a tight constra...

Peter M. Cox, David Pearson, Ben B. Booth, Pierre Friedlingstein… in Nature (2013)

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Summary of: Predicting the choice of anaesthesia for third molar surgery – guideline or the easy-line?