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Expanding Awareness Of Docosahexaenoic Acid During Pregnancy, Rebecca Emmett, Shann Akkersdyk, Heather Yeatman, Barbara J. Meyer
Expanding Awareness Of Docosahexaenoic Acid During Pregnancy, Rebecca Emmett, Shann Akkersdyk, Heather Yeatman, Barbara J. Meyer
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Pregnant women do not currently meet the consensus recommendation for docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (≥200 mg/day). Pregnant women in Australia are not receiving information on the importance of DHA during pregnancy. DHA pregnancy education materials were developed using current scientific literature, and tested for readability and design aesthetics. The study aimed to evaluate their usefulness, the desire for pregnant women to receive these materials and whether a larger separate study (using a control group) is warranted to evaluate the influence the materials may have on increasing DHA consumption in pregnant women in Australia. Pregnant women (N = 118) were recruited at …
A Physiological Evaluation Of Shelters That Might Sustain Life During An Australian Bushfire, Benjamin J. Haberley, David J. R Hoyle, Nigel A.S Taylor
A Physiological Evaluation Of Shelters That Might Sustain Life During An Australian Bushfire, Benjamin J. Haberley, David J. R Hoyle, Nigel A.S Taylor
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
South-Eastern Australia experiences the most frequent and severe bushfires in the world. In 2009, bushfires in Victoria claimed 173 lives and cost more than $4 billion in structural damage. As a consequence, the establishment of building standards that might govern the construction of bushfire shelters was recommended. Since no relevant standards existed, it was suggested that if these shelters could keep the internal conditions to a maximal mean Modified Discomfort Index (MDI) of 39o for 60 min, then they could restrain the rise in core temperature to no more than 2oC. The current investigators were invited to test this hypothesis …
When To, And When Not To Drink During Exercise In The Heat, Nigel A.S. Taylor
When To, And When Not To Drink During Exercise In The Heat, Nigel A.S. Taylor
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
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Sedimentation, Elevation And Marsh Evolution In A Southeastern Australian Estuary During Changing Climatic Conditions, Kerrylee Rogers, Neil Saintilan, Alice J. Howe, José F. Rodríguez
Sedimentation, Elevation And Marsh Evolution In A Southeastern Australian Estuary During Changing Climatic Conditions, Kerrylee Rogers, Neil Saintilan, Alice J. Howe, José F. Rodríguez
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Mangrove and salt marsh vertical accretion and surface elevation change was measured at Kooragang Island within the Ramsar-listed Lower Hunter estuarine wetlands in New South Wales, Australia, using surface elevation tables and marker horizons over a ten-year period. We surveyed mangrove, salt marsh and a zone of mangrove encroachment into salt marsh. The period of analysis was dominated by El Niño (drought) climatic conditions, though included a series of east coast low pressure systems and associated storms over the central coast of NSW in June 2007. The storms may have initially caused scouring of sediments in the mangrove zone, followed …