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Top 10 Tips for kids nutrition and physical activityThe Kids Research Institute Australia dietitian and nutritionist Dr Roslyn Giglia shares her top 10 tips for kids nutrition and physical activity.
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Research performance evaluation: The experience of an independent medical research instituteEvaluation of the social and economic outcomes of health research funding is an area of intense interest and debate...
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Young adults with intellectual disability transitioning from school to post-school: A literature review framed within the ICFThe purpose of this review was to describe literature relating to transition for young people with an intellectual disability and identify knowledge base gaps.
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Guidelines for pregnancy: What's an acceptable risk, and how is the evidence (finally) shaping up?This paper reviews the evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses examining the risk from low and moderate levels of prenatal alcohol exposure.
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Polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and blood pressure in adolescentsThis study examined cross-sectional associations between BP and dietary intake of PUFAs in 814 adolescents from the RAINE cohort study.
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Interactions between acute lymphoblastic leukemia and bone marrow stromal cells influence response to therapyTo identify links between drug resistance and gene deregulation we used oligonucleotide microarray technology.
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The Dyslexia Candidate Locus on 2p12 Is Associated with General Cognitive Ability and White Matter StructureTo further explore the effect of disorder-associated genes on cognitive functions, we investigated whether they play a role in broader cognitive traits.
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The association between playgroup participation, learning competence and social-emotional wellbeing for children aged four-five years in AustraliaThis study provides evidence that continued participation in playgroups is associated with better outcomes for children from disadvantaged families.
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Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify the Genetic Determinants of Otitis Media Susceptibility in ChildhoodWe identified several novel candidate genes which warrant further analysis in cohorts matched more precisely for clinical phenotypes.
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Sensitizing and Th2 Adjuvant Activity of Cysteine Protease AllergensHere, we report on a model that does not use Th2-skewing adjuvants and yet achieves sensitization solely via the nasal mucosa.