Reports and Findings
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Sustained participation in annual continuous quality improvement activities improves quality of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenTo determine whether participation in the CQI Audit and Best Practice for Chronic Disease programme improved care and outcomes for Indigenous children.
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School readiness of maltreated children: Associations of timing, type, and chronicity of maltreatmentIn this study, the Australian Early Development Census scores of 19,203 children were linked to information on child maltreatment allegations.
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Clinical significance of circulating microRNAs as markers in detecting and predicting congenital heart defects in childrenIn this study, we aimed to investigate the usefulness of miRNAs as biomarkers in diagnosing and predicting children with congenital heart defects (CHD), particularly in the context of multiple subtypes of CHD.
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Reduction in hypoglycemia with the predictive low-Glucose management system: A long-term randomized controlled trial in adolescents with type 1 diabetesShort-term studies with automated systems that suspend insulin when hypoglycemia is predicted have shown a reduction, but safety and efficacy aren't established
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Implications of asymptomatic carriers for infectious disease transmission and controlFor pathogens such as Staph. A and Streptococcus P., some hosts may carry the pathogen and transmit it to others, yet display no symptoms themselves.
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Associations between cardiovascular disease and its risk factors with hearing loss—A cross-sectional analysisWe investigate the relationship between hearing loss and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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What are the position and power of supermarkets in the Australian food system, and the implications for public health? A systematic scoping reviewThis review synthesized the literature that describes the position and power of supermarkets in the Australian system, and the implications for public health.
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Visualisation of Multiple Tight Junctional Complexes in Human Airway Epithelial CellsApically located tight junctions in airway epithelium perform a fundamental role in controlling macromolecule migration through paracellular spaces.
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Identification of generic and pathogen-specific cord blood monocyte transcriptomes reveals a largely conserved response in preterm and term newborn infantsThese data provide novel insights into the functionality of neonatal monocytes at birth
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Protocol for Pertussis Immunisation and Food Allergy (PIFA): a case-control study of the association between pertussis vaccination in infancyWe therefore speculate that removal of wP from the vaccine schedule contributed to the observed rise in IgE-mediated food allergy among Australian infants