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Drug Education In Victorian Schools (Devs): The Study Protocol For A Harm Reduction Focused School Drug Education Trial, Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Michelle Pose
Drug Education In Victorian Schools (Devs): The Study Protocol For A Harm Reduction Focused School Drug Education Trial, Richard Midford, Helen Cahill, David Foxcroft, Leanne Lester, Lynne Venning, Robyn Ramsden, Michelle Pose
Research outputs 2012
Background: This study seeks to extend earlier Australian school drug education research by developing and measuring the effectiveness of a comprehensive, evidence-based, harm reduction focused school drug education program for junior secondary students aged 13 to 15 years. The intervention draws on the recent literature as to the common elements in effective school curriculum. It seeks to incorporate the social influence of parents through home activities. It also emphasises the use of appropriate pedagogy in the delivery of classroom lessons. Methods/Design. A cluster randomised school drug education trial will be conducted with 1746 junior high school students in 21 Victorian …
Chronic Low Back Pain Is Associated With Reduced Vertebral Bone Mineral Measures In Community-Dwelling Adults, Andrew Briggs, Leon Straker, Angus Burnett, John Wark
Chronic Low Back Pain Is Associated With Reduced Vertebral Bone Mineral Measures In Community-Dwelling Adults, Andrew Briggs, Leon Straker, Angus Burnett, John Wark
Research outputs 2012
Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) experienced in middle-age may have important implications for vertebral bone health, although this issue has not been investigated as a primary aim previously. This study investigated the associations between CLBP and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived vertebral bone mineral measures acquired from postero-anterior and lateral-projections, among community-dwelling, middle-aged adults. Methods. Twenty-nine adults with CLBP (11 male, 18 female) and 42 adults with no history of LBP in the preceding year (17 male, 25 female) were evaluated. Self-reported demographic and clinical data were collected via questionnaires. Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) was measured in the …
Multiple Γ-Secretase Product Peptides Are Coordinately Increased In Concentration In The Cerebrospinal Fluid Of A Subpopulation Of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease Subjects, Saori Hata, Miyako Taniguchi, Yi Piao, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Anne Fagan, David Holtzman, Randall Bateman, Hamid Sohrabi, Ralph Martins, Sam Gandy, Katsuya Urakami, Toshiharu Suzuki
Multiple Γ-Secretase Product Peptides Are Coordinately Increased In Concentration In The Cerebrospinal Fluid Of A Subpopulation Of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease Subjects, Saori Hata, Miyako Taniguchi, Yi Piao, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Anne Fagan, David Holtzman, Randall Bateman, Hamid Sohrabi, Ralph Martins, Sam Gandy, Katsuya Urakami, Toshiharu Suzuki
Research outputs 2012
Background: Alcadeinα (Alcα) is a neuronal membrane protein that colocalizes with the Alzheimer's amyloid-β precursor protein (APP). Successive cleavage of APP by β- and γ-secretases generates the aggregatable amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), while cleavage of APP or Alcα by α- and γ-secretases generates non-aggregatable p3 or p3-Alcα peptides. Aβ and p3-Alcα can be recovered from human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We have previously reported alternative processing of APP and Alcα in the CSF of some patients with sporadic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD (SAD). Results: Using the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system that detects total p3-Alcα, we determined levels of …
Systematic Review Of Predictive Performance Of Injury Severity Scoring Tools, Hideo Tohira, Ian Jacobs, David Mountain, Nicholas Gibson, Allen Yeo
Systematic Review Of Predictive Performance Of Injury Severity Scoring Tools, Hideo Tohira, Ian Jacobs, David Mountain, Nicholas Gibson, Allen Yeo
Research outputs 2012
Many injury severity scoring tools have been developed over the past few decades. These tools include the Injury Severity Score (ISS), New ISS (NISS), Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-based Injury Severity Score (ICISS). Although many studies have endeavored to determine the ability of these tools to predict the mortality of injured patients, their results have been inconsistent. We conducted a systematic review to summarize the predictive performances of these tools and explore the heterogeneity among studies. We defined a relevant article as any research article that reported the area under the Receiver Operating …
Effects Of Lowering Body Temperature Via Hyperhydration, With And Without Glycerol Ingestion And Practical Precooling On Cycling Time Trial Performance In Hot And Humid Conditions, Megan Ross, Nikki Jeacocke, Paul Laursen, David Martin, Christopher Abbiss, Louise Burke
Effects Of Lowering Body Temperature Via Hyperhydration, With And Without Glycerol Ingestion And Practical Precooling On Cycling Time Trial Performance In Hot And Humid Conditions, Megan Ross, Nikki Jeacocke, Paul Laursen, David Martin, Christopher Abbiss, Louise Burke
Research outputs 2012
Background: Hypohydration and hyperthermia are factors that may contribute to fatigue and impairment of endurance performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of combining glycerol hyperhydration and an established precooling technique on cycling time trial performance in hot environmental conditions.Methods: Twelve well-trained male cyclists performed three 46.4-km laboratory-based cycling trials that included two climbs, under hot and humid environmental conditions (33.3 ± 1.1°C; 50 ± 6% r.h.). Subjects were required to hyperhydrate with 25 g.kg-1 body mass (BM) of a 4°C beverage containing 6% carbohydrate (CON) 2.5 h prior to the time trial. On two occasions, …
Evaluation Of A Multi-Marker Immunomagnetic Enrichment Assay For The Quantification Of Circulating Melanoma Cells, James Freeman, Elin Gray, Michael Milward, Robert Pearce, Melanie Ziman
Evaluation Of A Multi-Marker Immunomagnetic Enrichment Assay For The Quantification Of Circulating Melanoma Cells, James Freeman, Elin Gray, Michael Milward, Robert Pearce, Melanie Ziman
Research outputs 2012
Background: Circulating melanoma cells (CMCs) are thought to be valuable in improving measures of prognosis in melanoma patients and may be a useful marker of residual disease to identify non-metastatic patients requiring adjuvant therapy. We investigated whether immunomagnetic enrichment targeting multiple markers allows more efficient enrichment of CMCs from patient peripheral blood than targeting a single marker. Furthermore, we aimed to determine whether the number of CMCs in patient blood was associated with disease stage.Methods: We captured CMCs by targeting the melanoma associated markers MCSP and MCAM as well as the melanoma stem cell markers ABCB5 and CD271, both individually …
Can Exercise Ameliorate Treatment Toxicity During The Initial Phase Of Testosterone Deprivation In Prostate Cancer Patients? Is This More Effective Than Delayed Rehabilitation?, Robert Newton, Dennis Taaffe, Nigel Spry, Prue Cormie, Suzanne Chambers, Robert Gardiner, David Shum, David Joseph, Daniel Galvao
Can Exercise Ameliorate Treatment Toxicity During The Initial Phase Of Testosterone Deprivation In Prostate Cancer Patients? Is This More Effective Than Delayed Rehabilitation?, Robert Newton, Dennis Taaffe, Nigel Spry, Prue Cormie, Suzanne Chambers, Robert Gardiner, David Shum, David Joseph, Daniel Galvao
Research outputs 2012
Background: There has been substantial increase in use of androgen deprivation therapy as adjuvant management of prostate cancer. However, this leads to a range of musculoskeletal toxicities including reduced bone mass and increased skeletal fractures compounded with rapid metabolic alterations, including increased body fat, reduced lean mass, insulin resistance and negative lipoprotein profile, increased incidence of cardiovascular and metabolic morbidity, greater distress and reduced quality of life. Numerous research studies have demonstrated certain exercise prescriptions to be effective at preventing or even reversing these treatment toxicities. However, all interventions to date have been of rehabilitative intent being implemented after a …
Adjusting For Under-Identification Of Aboriginal And/Or Torres Strait Islander Births In Time Series Produced From Birth Records: Using Record Linkage Of Survey Data And Administrative Data Sources, D Lawrence, D Christensen, F Mitrou, Glenn Draper, G Davis, S Mckeown, Daniel Mcaullay, G Pearson, S R Zubrick
Adjusting For Under-Identification Of Aboriginal And/Or Torres Strait Islander Births In Time Series Produced From Birth Records: Using Record Linkage Of Survey Data And Administrative Data Sources, D Lawrence, D Christensen, F Mitrou, Glenn Draper, G Davis, S Mckeown, Daniel Mcaullay, G Pearson, S R Zubrick
Research outputs 2012
Background: Statistical time series derived from administrative data sets form key indicators in measuring progress in addressing disadvantage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia. However, inconsistencies in the reporting of Indigenous status can cause difficulties in producing reliable indicators. External data sources, such as survey data, provide a means of assessing the consistency of administrative data and may be used to adjust statistics based on administrative data sources. Methods. We used record linkage between a large-scale survey (the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey), and two administrative data sources (the Western Australia (WA) Register of Births and …
A Randomised Trial Of Robotic And Open Prostatectomy In Men With Localised Prostate Cancer, Robert Gardiner, J Yaxley, G Coughlin, N Dunglison, S Occhipinti, S Younie, R Carter, S Williams, R J Medcraft, Bennett Nigel, M F Lavin, Suzanne Chambers
A Randomised Trial Of Robotic And Open Prostatectomy In Men With Localised Prostate Cancer, Robert Gardiner, J Yaxley, G Coughlin, N Dunglison, S Occhipinti, S Younie, R Carter, S Williams, R J Medcraft, Bennett Nigel, M F Lavin, Suzanne Chambers
Research outputs 2012
Background: Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the Western world however there is ongoing debate about the optimal treatment strategy for localised disease. While surgery remains the most commonly received treatment for localised disease in Australia more recently a robotic approach has emerged as an alternative to open and laparoscopic surgery. However, high level data is not yet available to support this as a superior approach or to guide treatment decision making between the alternatives. This paper presents the design of a randomised trial of Robotic and Open Prostatectomy for men newly diagnosed with localised prostate cancer …
Prolonged Sedentary Time And Physical Activity In Workplace And Non-Work Contexts: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Office, Customer Service And Call Centre Employees, A A Thorp, G N Healy, E Winkler, B K Clark, P A Gardiner, N Owen, David Dunstan
Prolonged Sedentary Time And Physical Activity In Workplace And Non-Work Contexts: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Office, Customer Service And Call Centre Employees, A A Thorp, G N Healy, E Winkler, B K Clark, P A Gardiner, N Owen, David Dunstan
Research outputs 2012
Background: To examine sedentary time, prolonged sedentary bouts and physical activity in Australian employees from different workplace settings, within work and non-work contexts.Methods: A convenience sample of 193 employees working in offices (131), call centres (36) and customer service (26) was recruited. Actigraph GT1M accelerometers were used to derive percentages of time spent sedentary (<100 counts per>minute; cpm), in prolonged sedentary bouts (≥20 minutes or ≥30 minutes), light-intensity activity (100-1951 cpm) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA; ≥1952 cpm). Using mixed models adjusted for confounders, these were compared for: work days versus non-work days; work hours versus non-work hours (work days only); …
Multigene Interactions And The Prediction Of Depression In The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, N S Roetker, J A Yonker, C. Lee, V Chang, J J Basson, C L Roan, T S Hauser, R M Hauser, Craig Atwood
Multigene Interactions And The Prediction Of Depression In The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, N S Roetker, J A Yonker, C. Lee, V Chang, J J Basson, C L Roan, T S Hauser, R M Hauser, Craig Atwood
Research outputs 2012
Objectives: Single genetic loci offer little predictive power for the identification of depression. This study examined whether an analysis of gene-gene (G x G) interactions of 78 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes associated with depression and agerelated diseases would identify significant interactions with increased predictive power for depression. Design: A retrospective cohort study. Setting: A survey of participants in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. Participants: A total of 4811 persons (2464 women and 2347 men) who provided saliva for genotyping; the group comes from a randomly selected sample of Wisconsin high school graduates from the class of 1957 as well …
Cca3101/4101 Environmental Humanities: The History Of A Unit Through An Ecopedagogical Lens, John Ryan
Cca3101/4101 Environmental Humanities: The History Of A Unit Through An Ecopedagogical Lens, John Ryan
Research outputs 2012
In 2011 the author taught, for the first time, the well-established unit CCA3101/4101 Environmental Humanities in the School of Communications and Arts at ECU (Edith Cowan University) in Western Australia. The unit has a 20-year history through associate professor Rod Giblett and parallels the development of the environmental humanities as a field in Australia, advanced since the 1990s by environmental scholars Deborah Bird Rose, Val Plumwood, Libby Robin, and Rod Giblett. The interdisciplinary field represents growing scholarly interest in the ecological aspects of humanities disciplinesincluding literature, visual arts, theology, philosophy, and cultural studies—and the development of humanities-based approaches for addressing …
Evaluating The Psychometric Properties Of The Attitudes Towards Depression And Its Treatments Scale In An Australian Sample, Fadia Isaac, Kenneth Greenwood, Mirella Di Benedetto
Evaluating The Psychometric Properties Of The Attitudes Towards Depression And Its Treatments Scale In An Australian Sample, Fadia Isaac, Kenneth Greenwood, Mirella Di Benedetto
Research outputs 2012
Background: Individuals’ attitudes towards depression and its treatments may influence their likelihood of seeking professional help and adherence to treatment when depressed. Objective measures, such as the Attitudes Towards Depression and its Treatments scale (ATDT), have been developed to assess such attitudes. The aims of this research were to test the reliability and validity of ATDT on an Australian sample who were not depressed during the study or who had previously been depressed, to explore the attitudes of the Australian public towards depression, and to compare these attitudes to those of a Canadian sample of people with depression. Methods: A …
Stability Analysis Of An Autonomous Microgrid Operation Based On Particle Swarm Optimization, Waleed Al-Saedi, Stefan Lachowicz, Daryoush Habibi, Octavian Bass
Stability Analysis Of An Autonomous Microgrid Operation Based On Particle Swarm Optimization, Waleed Al-Saedi, Stefan Lachowicz, Daryoush Habibi, Octavian Bass
Research outputs 2012
This paper presents the stability analysis for an inverter based Distributed Generation (DG) unit in an autonomous microgrid operation. The small-signal model of the controlled Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) system is developed in order to investigate the dynamic stability for the given operating point and under the proposed power controller. This model includes all the details of the proposed controller, while no switching actions are considered. System oscillatory modes and the sensitivity to the control parameters are the main performance indices which are considered, particularly when the microgrid is islanded or under the load change condition. In this work, the …
Mimo Lyapunov Theory-Based Rbf Neural Classifier For Traffic Sign Recognition, King Hann Lim, Kha Phooi Seng, Li-Minn Ang
Mimo Lyapunov Theory-Based Rbf Neural Classifier For Traffic Sign Recognition, King Hann Lim, Kha Phooi Seng, Li-Minn Ang
Research outputs 2012
Lyapunov theory-based radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) is developed for traffic sign recognition in this paper to perform multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) classification. Multidimensional input is inserted into RBF nodes and these nodes are linked with multiple weights. An iterative weight adaptation scheme is hence designed with regards to the Lyapunov stability theory to obtain a set of optimum weights. In the design, the Lyapunov function has to be well selected to construct an energy space with a single global minimum. Weight gain is formed later to obey the Lyapunov stability theory. Detail analysis and discussion on the …
Assessing Sprint Paddle Ability In Competitive Surfers, Joseph Coyne, Jeremy Sheppard
Assessing Sprint Paddle Ability In Competitive Surfers, Joseph Coyne, Jeremy Sheppard
Research outputs 2012
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Strength A Strong Predictor Of Paddling Performance In Competitive Surfers, Jeremy Sheppard, Phil Mcnamara, Mark Osborne, Mark Andrews, Dale Chapman
Strength A Strong Predictor Of Paddling Performance In Competitive Surfers, Jeremy Sheppard, Phil Mcnamara, Mark Osborne, Mark Andrews, Dale Chapman
Research outputs 2012
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Comparison Of Running Times During Reactive Offensive And Defensive Agility Protocols, Tania Spiteri, Sophia Nimphius, Jodie Wilkie
Comparison Of Running Times During Reactive Offensive And Defensive Agility Protocols, Tania Spiteri, Sophia Nimphius, Jodie Wilkie
Research outputs 2012
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A Brief Examination Of Strength And Paddle-Conditioning Considerations For Competitive Surfers, Jeremy Sheppard, Phil Walshe, Joseph Coyne
A Brief Examination Of Strength And Paddle-Conditioning Considerations For Competitive Surfers, Jeremy Sheppard, Phil Walshe, Joseph Coyne
Research outputs 2012
No abstract provided.
An Adaptive Lossless Data Compression Scheme For Wireless Sensor Networks, Jonathan Gana Kolo, S. Andan Shanmugam, David Wee Gin Lim, Li-Minn Ang, Kah Phooi Seng
An Adaptive Lossless Data Compression Scheme For Wireless Sensor Networks, Jonathan Gana Kolo, S. Andan Shanmugam, David Wee Gin Lim, Li-Minn Ang, Kah Phooi Seng
Research outputs 2012
Energy is an important consideration in the design and deployment of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) since sensor nodes are typically powered by batteries with limited capacity. Since the communication unit on a wireless sensor node is the major power consumer, data compression is one of possible techniques that can help reduce the amount of data exchanged between wireless sensor nodes resulting in power saving. However, wireless sensor networks possess significant limitations in communication, processing, storage, bandwidth, and power. Thus, any data compression scheme proposed for WSNs must be lightweight. In this paper, we present an adaptive lossless data compression (ALDC) …
Reliability And Validity Of Unilateral And Bilateral Isometric Strength Measures Using A Customised, Portable Apparatus, Nicolas Hart, Sophia Nimphius, Jodie Wilkie, Robert Newton
Reliability And Validity Of Unilateral And Bilateral Isometric Strength Measures Using A Customised, Portable Apparatus, Nicolas Hart, Sophia Nimphius, Jodie Wilkie, Robert Newton
Research outputs 2012
No abstract provided.
Influence Of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genetic Polymorphisms On The Ages Of Onset For Heroin Dependence In A Chinese Population, Chao Meng, Jie Lan, Youxin Wang, Manshu Song, Xuan Gao, Longjin Ran, Moira Sim, Wei Wang
Influence Of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genetic Polymorphisms On The Ages Of Onset For Heroin Dependence In A Chinese Population, Chao Meng, Jie Lan, Youxin Wang, Manshu Song, Xuan Gao, Longjin Ran, Moira Sim, Wei Wang
Research outputs 2012
Aim: The study aims at evaluating the association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene polymorphisms and heroin-dependent patients in the Chinese population. Three polymorphisms of the BDNF-gene (rs10835210, rs16917234, and rs6265) in 486 heroin-dependent patients and in 226 healthy controls were genotyped for analyzing the association of these polymorphisms with age of onset of heroin dependence. We defined the healthy cases as “unknown phenotype” and used the endophenotype (behavior traits) to stratify the heroin dependents group on the basis of self-reporting traits for examining the association between BDNF polymorphisms (rs10835210, rs16917234, and rs6265) and heroin dependence. Results: Allelic distributions of …
River Flow Lane Detection And Kalman Filtering-Based B-Spline Lane Tracking, King Hann Lim, Kah Phooi Seng, Li-Minn Ang
River Flow Lane Detection And Kalman Filtering-Based B-Spline Lane Tracking, King Hann Lim, Kah Phooi Seng, Li-Minn Ang
Research outputs 2012
A novel lane detection technique using adaptive line segment and river flow method is proposed in this paper to estimate driving lane edges. A Kalman filtering-based B-spline tracking model is also presented to quickly predict lane boundaries in consecutive frames. Firstly, sky region and road shadows are removed by applying a regional dividing method and road region analysis, respectively. Next, the change of lane orientation is monitored in order to define an adaptive line segment separating the region into near and far fields. In the near field, a 1D Hough transform is used to approximate a pair of lane boundaries. …
The Genetic Associations And Epistatic Effects Of The Ccr5 Promoter And Ccr2-V64i Polymorphisms On Susceptibility To Hiv-1 Infection In A Northern Han Chinese Population, Jiapeng Lu, Aijuan Sheng, Youxin Wang, Ling Zhang, Jingjing Wu, Manchu Song, Yan He, Xinwei Yu, Feifei Zhao, Yezhou Liu, Shuang Shao, Jie Lan, Hao Wu, Wei Wang
The Genetic Associations And Epistatic Effects Of The Ccr5 Promoter And Ccr2-V64i Polymorphisms On Susceptibility To Hiv-1 Infection In A Northern Han Chinese Population, Jiapeng Lu, Aijuan Sheng, Youxin Wang, Ling Zhang, Jingjing Wu, Manchu Song, Yan He, Xinwei Yu, Feifei Zhao, Yezhou Liu, Shuang Shao, Jie Lan, Hao Wu, Wei Wang
Research outputs 2012
The outcome of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection and course to AIDS are variable among individuals. Both chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) and CCR2 gene polymorphisms play essential roles in the susceptibility of HIV-1 infection. To investigate the main and epistatic effects of the CCR5 promoter and CCR2-V64I polymorphisms on HIV-1 infection in the Northern Han Chinese, subjects of 91 HIV-1-infected patients and 91 health controls were recruited. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CCR5 promoter region and CCR2-V64I variants were genotyped. In the single-locus analysis, CCR5 58755-G and CCR5 59653-T alleles were significantly associated with HIV-1 infection (odds ratio [OR]=0.529, 95% …
Psycho-Educational Group Intervention For Family Caregivers Of Hospitalized Palliative Care Patients: Pilot Study, Peter Hudson, Elizabeth Lobb, Kristina Thomas, Rachel Zorden, Tom Trauer, Karen Quinn, Anne Williams, Michael Summers
Psycho-Educational Group Intervention For Family Caregivers Of Hospitalized Palliative Care Patients: Pilot Study, Peter Hudson, Elizabeth Lobb, Kristina Thomas, Rachel Zorden, Tom Trauer, Karen Quinn, Anne Williams, Michael Summers
Research outputs 2012
Background: Family caregivers of patients requiring palliative care commonly experience physical, social, and psychological burdens. Although family caregivers are acknowledged as valid service recipients of palliative care, many have unmet needs, and systematic reviews have shown there are limited evidence-based supportive interventions. Objectives: This study aimed to develop and pilot test a psycho-educational group education program delivered in the inpatient specialist palliative care setting and designed to prepare primary family caregivers for the role of supporting a relative receiving hospital-based palliative care. Methods: (1) Development of education session and delivery protocol by the research team and expert panel; (2) pilot …
Humanity's Bioregional Places: Linking Space, Aesthetics, And The Ethics Of Reinhabitation, John Ryan
Humanity's Bioregional Places: Linking Space, Aesthetics, And The Ethics Of Reinhabitation, John Ryan
Research outputs 2012
Originally theorized as a radical environmental movement, bioregionalism connects humanity to the specificities of a place. To establish greater cohesion between environments and cultures, bioregionalism endeavors to integrate societal activities and the nuances of natural spaces known as bioregions. The criticism of bioregionalism, however, pertains to the shortcomings of circumscribing culture within ecological boundaries. In light of its criticism, bioregionalism can strengthen its theoretical basis and its potential for cultural change by engaging critically with space, aesthetics, and ethics. This engagement first involves the recognition of bioregionalism as an ethical possibility based on the fundamental spatial unit of the watershed. …
Changes In Dairy Food And Nutrient Intakes In Australian Adolescents, Carole Parker, Wendy Vivian, Wendy H. Oddy, Lawrie J Beilin, Trevor A. Mori, Therese O'Sullivan
Changes In Dairy Food And Nutrient Intakes In Australian Adolescents, Carole Parker, Wendy Vivian, Wendy H. Oddy, Lawrie J Beilin, Trevor A. Mori, Therese O'Sullivan
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Dairy nutrients, such as calcium, are particularly important in adolescence, a critical time for growth and development. There are limited Australian data following individuals through adolescence, evaluating changes in dairy nutrient and dairy product consumption. We used a validated food frequency questionnaire to investigate consumption in adolescents participating in both the 14 and 17 year follow-ups of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study. Most adolescents did not reach age and gender specific recommended daily intakes for calcium or magnesium at 14 years, and this decreased as they aged to 17 years (from 33.0% to 29.2% meeting for calcium, P < 0.05, and from 33.6% to 20.5% meeting for magnesium, P < 0.01). Mean intakes of calcium, potassium, riboflavin and vitamin A also decreased with age (P < 0.01). Mean dairy intake decreased from 536 ± 343 g/day to 464 ± 339 g/day (P < 0.01), due mostly to a decrease in regular milk, although flavoured milk consumption increased in boys. Cheese and butter were the only products to show a significantly increased consumption over the period. Girls decreased from 2.2 to 1.9 serves/day of dairy, while boys remained relatively steady at 2.9 to 2.8 serves/day. Our findings suggest that dairy product consumption decreases over adolescence. This may have implications for bone mass, development and later health.
Passive Flora? Reconsidering Nature's Agency Through Human-Plant Studies (Hps), John Ryan
Passive Flora? Reconsidering Nature's Agency Through Human-Plant Studies (Hps), John Ryan
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Plants have been—and, for reasons of human sustenance and creative inspiration, will continue to be—centrally important to societies globally. Yet, plants—including herbs, shrubs, and trees—are commonly characterized in Western thought as passive, sessile, and silent automatons lacking a brain, as accessories or backdrops to human affairs. Paradoxically, the qualities considered absent in plants are those employed by biologists to argue for intelligence in animals. Yet an emerging body of research in the sciences and humanities challenges animal-centred biases in determining consciousness, intelligence, volition, and complex communication capacities amongst living beings. In light of recent theoretical developments in our understandings of …
Measurement And Simulation Of Dissolved Oxygen In Zayandehrood River, Ahmad Reza Rahsepar, Mehdi Khiadani, Mohammad Mehdi Amin
Measurement And Simulation Of Dissolved Oxygen In Zayandehrood River, Ahmad Reza Rahsepar, Mehdi Khiadani, Mohammad Mehdi Amin
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Aims: This study aims to simulate dissolved oxygen of Zayandehrood river from regulating dam to Polle-Kalleh bridge using MIKE11 software that is a hydrodynamics and water quality model. Materials and Methods: During 5 months the samples were taken from four hydrometric stations and water quality parameters such as dissolved oxygen, pH, BOD (1 day, 3 days, 5 days, and 7 days), NH 4 , NO 3 - phosphate (PO4 3- ), and temperature were measured. Morphological and hydrological data were provided and introduced into the model. The model was calibrated and its accuracy was investigated. Results: The results indicated that …
Compositional Variation In Sugars And Organic Acids At Different Maturity Stages In Selected Small Fruits From Pakistan, T Mahmood, F Anwar, M Abbas, Mary Boyce, N Saari
Compositional Variation In Sugars And Organic Acids At Different Maturity Stages In Selected Small Fruits From Pakistan, T Mahmood, F Anwar, M Abbas, Mary Boyce, N Saari
Research outputs 2012
Selected soluble sugars and organic acids were analyzed in strawberry, sweet cherry, and mulberry fruits at different ripening stages by HPLC. The amounts of fructose, glucose and sucrose were found to be: strawberry (1.79-2.86, 1.79-2.25 and 0.01-0.25 g/100 g FW), sweet cherry (0.76-2.35, 0.22-3.39 and 0.03-0.13 g/100 g) and mulberry (3.07-9.41, 1.53-4.95 and 0.01-0.25 g/100 g) at un-ripened to fully-ripened stages, respectively. The strawberry, sweet cherry and mulberry mainly contained tartaric, citric and ascorbic acids in the range of 16-55, 70-1934 and 11-132 mg/100 g; 2-8, 2-10 and 10-17 mg/100 g; 2-118, 139-987 and 2-305 mg/100 g at un-ripened to …