The Role of Local and Upstream Colonisation in Determining Stream Periphyton Metacommunity Assemblages by Daniel Zamorano, Travis Ingram, Christoph D. Matthaei

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The Relationship Between Culture and the Modifiable Risk Factors of Dementia Among Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the USA, Australia, and New Zealand: A Scoping Review Protocol by Brittany Skov, Angela M. Ashley, Ishaq Malik, Hannah Storrs, Elaine Toombs, Christopher J. Mushquash

“…Background: Compared to non-Indigenous peoples, the prevalence of dementia is higher among Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, and poses significant challenges to individual, family, and community health and well-being. …”
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Hidden costs of providing care: a pilot study of Japanese migrant care workers’ experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic by Shinya Uekusa

“…Recognising the increasingly vital yet precarious role that Asian migrant care workers (MCWs) play within Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa) health system, this paper delves into the qualitative exploration of the experiences encountered by Japanese MCWs amidst everyday challenges and injustices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 1B Haplotypes Increase or Decrease the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in a New Zealand Caucasian Population by Lynnette R. Ferguson, Dug Yeo Han, Claudia Huebner, Ivonne Petermann, Murray L. Barclay, Richard B. Gearry, Alan McCulloch, Pieter S. Demmers

“…This study investigates the role that selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes in the TNF-alpha receptor (TNSFRSF1B) gene play in the risk of IBD in a New Zealand Caucasian population. DNA samples from 388 CD, 405 UC, 27 indeterminate colitis patients, and 293 randomly selected controls, from Canterbury, New Zealand were screened for 3 common SNPs in TNSFRSF1B: rs1061622 (c.676T>C), rs1061624 (c.∗1663A>G), and rs3397 (c.∗1690T>C), using TaqMan technologies. …”
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Extender Supplementation with Glutathione (GSH) and Taurine Improves In Vitro Sperm Quality and Antioxidant Status of New Zealand Rabbits during Chilled Storage for up to 72 hours by Mohamed F. F. Bayomy, Sobhy E. Hassab El-Nabi, Tahany A. El Kassas, Zeinab I. Attia, Ayman M. Saeed, Heba S. A. Taha, Mahmoud Alagawany, Livio Galosi, Lucia Biagini, Seham El-Kassas

“…Semen samples were collected from 20 New Zealand bucks, and ejaculates with standard color, motility (>85%), about 0.5 mL volume, and ∼400 × 106/mL concentration were used and diluted with extenders supplemented with 0.5, 1, and 2 mM of GSH and 1, 5, and 10 mM of taurine and chilled at 5°C. …”
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Increased Frequency of Pre–Pro B Cells in the Bone Marrow of New Zealand Black (NZB) Mice: Implications for aDevelopmental Block in B Cell Differentiation by Zhe-Xiong Lian, Hiroto Kita, Tomoyuki Okada, Tom Hsu, Leonard D. Shultz, Kenneth Dorshkind, Aftab A. Ansari, Susumu Ikehara, Mitsuru Naiki, M. Eric Gershwin

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Examining reliability of WHOBARS: a tool to measure the quality of administration of WHO surgical safety checklist using generalisability theory with surgical teams from three New Zealand hospitals by Jennifer M Weller, Carmen Skilton, Derryn A Gargiulo, Oleg N Medvedev, Simon J Mitchell, Alan F Merry

“…In this context, extending reliability refers to establishing generalisability of the tool scores across populations of teams and raters by accounting for the relevant sources of measurement errors.Design Cross-sectional random effect measurement design assessing surgical teams by the five items on the three Checklist phases, and at three sites by two trained raters simultaneously.Setting The data were collected in three tertiary hospitals in Auckland, New Zealand in 2016 and included 60 teams observed in 60 different cases with an equal number of teams (n=20) per site. …”
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Effectiveness of nicotine salt vapes, cytisine, and a combination of these products, for smoking cessation in New Zealand: protocol for a three-arm, pragmatic, community-based randomised controlled trial by Natalie Walker, Amanda Calder, Joanne Barnes, George Laking, Varsha Parag, Chris Bullen

“…Eligible participants will be people who smoke daily (N = 800, 90% power) from throughout New Zealand, who are: aged ≥ 18 years, motivated to quit in the next two weeks, able to provide online consent, willing to use e-cigarettes and/or cytisine, and have daily access to a mobile phone. …”
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The Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry Quality of Life Study: Protocol for a population-based assessment of quality of life among people with a Fontan circulation, their parents, and siblings by Daniel S J Costa, Kim Dalziel, Yves d’Udekem, David S Winlaw, David S Celermajer, Nadine A Kasparian, Diana Zannino, Rachel Bishop, Kate H Marshall, Susan R Woolfenden, Gary F Sholler

“…The objective of this study is to describe and develop a deeper understanding of the factors that contribute to quality of life (QOL) among children, adolescents and adults living with a Fontan circulation across Australia and New Zealand, their parents and siblings.Methods and Analysis This article presents the protocol for the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry (ANZFR) QOL Study, a cross-sectional, population-based study designed to examine QOL among people of all ages with a Fontan circulation, their parents and siblings. …”
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Correction: Effectiveness of nicotine salt vapes, cytisine, and a combination of these products, for smoking cessation in New Zealand: protocol for a three-arm, pragmatic, community-based randomised controlled trial by Natalie Walker, Amanda Calder, Joanne Barnes, George Laking, Varsha Parag, Chris Bullen

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Associations between specific and cumulative adverse childhood experiences, childhood obesity, and obesogenic behaviours by Ladan Hashemi, Maryam Ghasemi, Brooklyn Mellar, Pauline Gulliver, Barry Milne, Fiona Langridge, Tracey McIntosh, Christa Fouche, Boyd Swinburn

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Azithromycin to prevent acute lower respiratory infections among Australian and New Zealand First Nations and Timorese children (PETAL trial): study protocol for a multicentre, international, double-blind, randomised controlled trial by Anne B Chang, Keith Grimwood, Yuejen Zhao, Gabrielle B McCallum, Catherine A Byrnes, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, Peter S Morris, Christine Connors, Adrian Trenholme, Shirley Lawrence, Joshua Francis, Kobi L Schutz, Mark D Chatfield, Nevio Sarmento, Robyn L. Marsh, Emily R Bowden, Nicholas Fancourt, Adriano Vieira, Kim M Hare, Dennis Bonney, Felicity Marwick, Bronwyn Karvonen, Carolyn Maclennan, Milena Santos Lay, Endang Soares da Silva

“…Long-term azithromycin was chosen as it reduces ALRI rates by 50% in Australian and New Zealand First Nations children with chronic suppurative lung disease or bronchiectasis. …”
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Using Days Alive and Out of Hospital to measure inequities and explore pathways through which inequities emerge after coronary artery bypass grafting in Aotearoa New Zealand: a secondary data analysis using a retrospective cohort by Sarah-Jane Paine, Luke Boyle, Alan Forbes Merry, Elana Curtis, Thomas Lumley, Jade Tamatea

“…Objectives To describe the use of days alive and out of hospital (DAOH) as a sensitive measure of equity of outcomes after surgery by comparing outcomes after a coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) operation between Māori and non-Māori patients in Aotearoa New Zealand.Primary and secondary outcome measures We calculated unadjusted and risk-adjusted DAOH scores at three time points (30, 90 and 365 days) and compare values between Māori and non-Māori using data from the New Zealand Ministry of Health (MoH) over a 9 year period. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Bone Grafting Using Xenograft Freeze-Dried Cortical Bovine, Allograft Freeze-Dried Cortical New Zealand White Rabbit, Xenograft Hydroxyapatite Bovine, and Xenograft Demineralized Bone Matrix Bovine in Bone Defect of Femoral Diaphysis of White Rabbit: Experimental Study In Vivo by Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Heri Suroto, Tri Wahyu Martanto, Mouli Edward, Imelda Lumban Gaol

“…Bone defect was filled correspondingly with xenograft freeze-dried cortical bovine, allograft freeze-dried cortical New Zealand white rabbit, xenograft hydroxyapatite bovine, and xenograft demineralized bone matrix bovine. …”
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The Taking Charge After Stroke (TaCAS) study protocol: a multicentre, investigator-blinded, randomised controlled trial comparing the effect of a single Take Charge session, two Take Charge sessions and control intervention on health-related quality of life 12 months after stroke for non-Māori, non-Pacific adult New Zealanders discharged to community living by Mark Weatherall, Harry McNaughton, Vivian Wai Yin Fu

“…Medical Research Institute of New Zealand Registry TCS01. Universal trial number U1111-1171-4127.…”
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TARGET Protein: the effect of augmented administration of enteral protein to critically ill adults on clinical outcomes—statistical analysis plan for a cluster randomized, cross-se... by Sophie Zaloumis, Matthew J. Summers, Jeffrey J. Presneill, Rinaldo Bellomo, Lee-anne S. Chapple, Marianne J. Chapman, Adam M. Deane, Suzie Ferrie, Craig French, Sally Hurford, Nima Kakho, Matthew J. Maiden, Stephanie N. O’Connor, Sandra L. Peake, Emma J. Ridley, An Tran-Duy, Patricia J. Williams, Paul J. Young, Amalia Karahalios, on behalf of the TARGET Protein Investigators, the Australian, New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group

“…Trial registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12621001484831). …”
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Editor’s Welcome by Lorna Pairman, Angad S Chauhan

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Twenty-year review of author characteristics and academic articles published in a medical student journal by Lorna Pairman, Angad S Chauhan

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Hear me out: an audit of paediatric ventilation tube surgery wait times in patients with recurrent acute otitis media and/or otitis media with effusion at Christchurch Hospital by Analise Yunzhen Wang

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Stucco keratosis: a common yet poorly understood phenomenon by Neakiry Kivi, Louise Reiche

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