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Study Of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Polymorphism Within An Australian Multiple Sclerosis Population, Jason Mackenzie, Lotti Tajouri, Attila Szvetko, Verena Weth, Julie Moreau, Judith Greer, Peter Csurhes, Michael Pender, Lyn Griffiths
Study Of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Polymorphism Within An Australian Multiple Sclerosis Population, Jason Mackenzie, Lotti Tajouri, Attila Szvetko, Verena Weth, Julie Moreau, Judith Greer, Peter Csurhes, Michael Pender, Lyn Griffiths
Lotti Tajouri
Objective: To examine a polymorphism within the 3′ untranslated region of the leukemia inhibitory factor gene for an association with multiple sclerosis within an Australian case-control population.
Methods: A test group of 121 unrelated multiple sclerosis patients, of Caucasian origin, and 121 controls, matched for ethnicity, sex and age (+/- 5 years) were included in the study. The LIF 3′ UTR StuI polymorphism was genotyped by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Statistical analysis of genotype and allele frequencies included Hardy-Weinberg law and conventional contingency table analysis incorporating the standard chi-squared test for independence.
Results: Allelic and genotype frequencies did not …
General Practice Research, Deborah Askew, Chris Del Mar, Brian R. Mcavoy, David Lyle
General Practice Research, Deborah Askew, Chris Del Mar, Brian R. Mcavoy, David Lyle
Christopher Del Mar
This chapter sketches the current status of general practice research in Australia and includes suggestions for enhancing it.
Sharing Quality Resources For Teaching And Learning: A Peer Review Model For The Altc Exchange In Australia, Geraldine Lefoe, Robyn Philip, Meg O'Reilly, Dominique Parrish
Sharing Quality Resources For Teaching And Learning: A Peer Review Model For The Altc Exchange In Australia, Geraldine Lefoe, Robyn Philip, Meg O'Reilly, Dominique Parrish
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
The ALTC Exchange (formerly the Carrick Exchange), is a national repository and networking service for Australian higher education. The Exchange was designed to provide access to a repository of shared learning and teaching resources, work spaces for team members engaged in collaborative projects, and communication and networking services. The Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) established the Exchange for those who teach, manage and lead learning and teaching in higher education. As part of the research conducted to inform the development of the Exchange, models for peer review of educational resources were evaluated. For this, a design based research approach …
Large-Scale Training In The Essentials Of Dementia Care In Australia: Dementia Care Skills For Aged Care Workers Project, Richard Fleming, Diana Fitzgerald
Large-Scale Training In The Essentials Of Dementia Care In Australia: Dementia Care Skills For Aged Care Workers Project, Richard Fleming, Diana Fitzgerald
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Dementia has been identified as a national health priority in Australia. National programs in the areas of research, education and training have been established. The Dementia Care Skills for Aged Care Workers program is a three-year project that commenced in 2006. It has the goal of providing training in the essentials of dementia care to 17,000 staff of aged care services across Australia. Successful completion of the training results in the award of a nationally recognized qualification. Although the delivery of the training has been difficult in some areas – because of the long distances to be covered by trainers …
Are Patients Willing Participants In The New Wave Of Community-Based Medical Education In Regional And Rural Australia?, Judith N. Hudson, Kathryn M. Weston, Russell W. Pearson, Rowena G. Ivers, Elizabeth Farmer
Are Patients Willing Participants In The New Wave Of Community-Based Medical Education In Regional And Rural Australia?, Judith N. Hudson, Kathryn M. Weston, Russell W. Pearson, Rowena G. Ivers, Elizabeth Farmer
Graduate School of Medicine - Papers (Archive)
Community-based medical education is escalating to meet the increased demand for quality clinical education in expanded settings and patient participation is vital to the sustainability of this endeavour. This study aimed to investigate patients’ views on being used as an educational resource in medical student teaching, and whether they are being under- or over-used.
A Tale Of Two Towns: Observations On Risk Perception Of Environmental Lead Exposure In Port Pirie And Esperance, Australia, Jane S. Heyworth, Chris Reynolds, Alison L. Jones
A Tale Of Two Towns: Observations On Risk Perception Of Environmental Lead Exposure In Port Pirie And Esperance, Australia, Jane S. Heyworth, Chris Reynolds, Alison L. Jones
Graduate School of Medicine - Papers (Archive)
Environmental lead exposure in Port Pire, South Australia and Esperance, Western Australia led to differing perceptions of risk among these communities. This paper describes our observations of the social and economic context of these cases of environmental lead exposure and how this influenced responses among the community. Lead had been transported out of the Esperance Port since 2005. However, much of the community was unaware of this until it became public as part of the investigation into bird deaths in the local environment. Esperance saw itself as an idyllic rural community, with a sound economic basis, but removed from the …
Predicting The Response Of Coastal Wetlands Of Southeastern Australia To Sea-Level Rise, Kerrylee Rogers, Neil Saintilan
Predicting The Response Of Coastal Wetlands Of Southeastern Australia To Sea-Level Rise, Kerrylee Rogers, Neil Saintilan
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Coastal saltmarsh is an endangered ecological community in New South Wales and sea-level rise has been listed as a key threatening process. Over the previous five decades moderate rates of sea-level rise have coincided with the invasion of saltmarsh by mangrove. Surface elevation tables (SETs) were installed in 12 coastal wetlands in Southeastern Australia to establish elevation and accretion trajectories for comparisons with mangrove encroachment of saltmarsh and sea-level rise. SETs confirmed that the elevational response of wetlands is more complex than accretion alone and elevation changes may also be attributed to below-ground processes that alter the soil volume such …
Coastal Saltmarsh Vulnerability To Climate Change In Se Australia, Neil Saintilan, Kerrylee Rogers
Coastal Saltmarsh Vulnerability To Climate Change In Se Australia, Neil Saintilan, Kerrylee Rogers
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Coastal saltmarsh has been listed as an Endangered Ecological Community in New South Wales. Recent research has highlighted the importance of coastal saltmarsh as a source of nutrition for fish, a nocturnal feeding habitat for microbats, and a roosting habitat for several species of migratory shorebirds. Since European colonisation, coastal saltmarsh has been reclaimed for agricultural, residential and industrial use, and the past five decades has seen a consistent replacement of saltmarsh by mangrove throughout SE Australia. Analysis of data from the network of Surface Elevation Tables in NSW and Victoria has demonstrated a link between the replacement of saltmarsh …