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The Marulu Strategy 2008–2012: overcoming Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in the Fitzroy Valley. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthThe aim of this study was to develop and implement a community-led, researcher-supported, FASD strategy.
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Tasmania’s child and family centres: a place-based early childhood services model for families and children from pregnancy to age fiveTasmania’s child and family centres users made more use of early childhood services than did non-users
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Parent-reported health-related quality of life of children with Down syndrome: A descriptive studyTo describe health-related quality of life of Australian children and adolescents with Down syndrome and compare it with norm-referenced data.
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CDKL5 variants: Improving our understanding of a rare neurologic disorderProviding new insights into the interpretation of genetic variants in a rare neurologi disorder, in the contexts of population sequencing data.
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Burkholderia pseudomallei evades Nramp1 (Slc11a1)- and NADPH oxidase-mediated killing in macrophages and exhibits Nramp1-dependent virulence gene expressionHere we show that transfected macrophages stably expressing wild-type Nramp1 (Nramp1+) control the net replication of B. thailandensis, but not B. pseudomallei.
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The global lung function initiative (GLI) network: Bringing the world’s respiratory reference values togetherThe Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) Network has become the largest resource for reference values for routine lung function testing ever assembled.
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High-dose intramuscular Vitamin D provides long-lasting moderate increases in serum 25-hydroxVitamin D levels and shorter-Term changes in plasma calciumIntramuscular injection of a large bolus of Vitamin D effectively increases serum 25-hydroxyVitamin D levels without evidence of metabolic abnormality.
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Epidemiology of seasonal influenza infection in pregnant women and its impact on birth outcomesResults from this linked population study suggests that there are differences in maternal infection by virus type and support the provision of seasonal vaccines
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UV Irradiation of Skin Enhances Glycolytic Flux and Reduces Migration Capabilities in Bone Marrow–Differentiated Dendritic CellsA systemic immunosuppression follows UV irradiation of the skin of humans and mice.
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Correlation of ultra-low dose chest CT findings with physiologic measures of asbestosisThis study aimed to determine the relationship between ULDCT-ILD and measures of pulmonary function in an asbestos-exposed population.