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Open AccessThe effectiveness of an Australian community suicide prevention networks program in preventing suicide: a controlled longitudinal study
Suicide is a major issue affecting communities around the world. Community-based suicide prevention approaches can tailor activities at a local level and are recognised as a key component of national suicide p...
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Open Access“Sometimes I feel like a pharmacist”: identity and medication use among adolescents with juvenile arthritis
Taking medicines as intended is difficult for everybody, but young people going through adolescence have greater problems than adults and younger children. One of the most important things that happen during t...
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Sha** plasticity: Alterations in glutamate transporter localization as a pathophysiological mechanism in severe mental illness
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Cell-specific abnormalities of glutamate transporters in schizophrenia: sick astrocytes and compensating relay neurons?
Excitatory amino-acid transporters (EAATs) bind and transport glutamate, limiting spillover from synapses due to their dense perisynaptic expression primarily on astroglia. Converging evidence suggests that ab...
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Kinematic and Workspace-Based Synthesis of a 2-DOF Mechanism for Haptic Applications
This paper presents the development of a mechanism aimed to haptic applications. The basic design proposed in this work is intended to interact with a finger without the use of a fixture attached to the body. ...
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Molecular epidemiology and characterisation of MRSA isolates from Trinidad and Tobago
Eighty methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from three hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago were collected and genotyped using microarray hybridisation. They were found to belong to three disti...
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Open AccessP02.52. Clinical trial of integrative medicine treatment approaches for migraine and headache disorders - a subgroup analysis of SIMTAP
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Open AccessP04.68. Costs associated with integrative medicine interventions on chronic pain
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Open AccessP02.188. Integrative health care services as a function of body mass index
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Which neurological diseases are most likely to be associated with “symptoms unexplained by organic disease”
Many patients with a diagnosis of neurological disease, such as multiple sclerosis, have symptoms or disability that is considered to be in excess of what would be expected from that disease. We aimed to descr...
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The Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP) Trial: Preliminary Outcomes at 5 Years
Background: The CAP trial enrolled 2006 infants with birth weights 500-1250 g who were randomly assigned to caffeine therapy or placebo for apnea of prematurity (N Engl J Med 2006; 354: 2112 and 2007; 357:1893).
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1249 Non-Uniform Definitions of Necrotising Enterocolitis as a Clinical Trial Outcome
Background: Outcomes in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) must be clearly defined so readers understand what has been measured, and meaningful synthesis of results can be conducted.
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The longitudinal influence of home and neighbourhood environments on children's body mass index and physical activity over 5 years: the CLAN study
To determine the independent contributions of family and neighbourhood environments to changes in youth physical activity and body mass index (BMI) z-score over 5 years.
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Does the DASH diet lower blood pressure by altering peripheral vascular function?
We tested whether lowering of blood pressure (BP) on the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet was associated with changes in peripheral vascular function: endothelial function, assessed by flow-...
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Poster presentations
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Markers of de novo lipogenesis in adipose tissue: associations with small adipocytes and insulin sensitivity in humans
Previous studies have shown relationships between fatty acid ratios in adipose tissue triacylglycerol (TG), adipocyte size and measures of insulin sensitivity. We hypothesised that variations in adipose tissue...
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Adipose tissue fatty acid metabolism in insulin-resistant men
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Adipose tissue fatty acid metabolism in insulin-resistant men
Increased NEFA production and concentrations may underlie insulin resistance. We examined systemic and adipose tissue NEFA metabolism in insulin-resistant overweight men (BMI 25–35 kg/m2).
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Application of the Spatially Smoothed Seismicity and Monte Carlo Methods to Estimate the Seismic Hazard of Eritrea and the Surrounding Region
The region of interest is characterized by incomplete data sets and little information about the tectonic features. Therefore, two methodologies for estimating seismic hazard were used in order to elucidate th...
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Sequence variation, linkage disequilibrium and association with Crohn's disease on chromosome 5q31
Chromosome 5q31 contains a cluster of genes involved in immune response, including a 250 kb risk haplotype associated with Crohn's disease (CD) susceptibility. Recently, two functional variants in SLC22A4 and SLC...
