Low & Anaplastic Grade Glioma Umbrella Study of MOlecular Guided TherapieS (LUMOS-2): study protocol for a phase 2, prospective, multicentre, open-label, multiarm, biomarker-direct... by Marshall Pitz, Eng-Siew Koh, Elizabeth H Barnes, Lucille Sebastian, Mandy L Ballinger, David M Thomas, Christopher O'Callaghan, John Simes, Hui K Gan, Sonia Yip, Hao-Wen Sim, Desma Spyridopoulos, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Cynthia Hawkins, Kristen McParland, Benjamin Kong, Subotheni Thavaneswaran, Patrick J Wheeler

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Orthodontists’ perception and attitude toward accelerated orthodontic treatments in Australia by Hatami Amir, Naoum Steven, Lee Richard J.H., Razza John M., Goonewardene Mithran S.

“…The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to survey the perception and attitude of Australian orthodontists toward accelerated orthodontic treatments.…”
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Gastrostomy uptake in motor neurone disease: a mixed-methods study of patients’ decision making by Natalie James, Emma Power, Anne Hogden, Julie Labra, Victoria M Flood

“…This study explored demographic and disease-related factors that may impact on gastrostomy uptake; and reasons why people with MND accepted or declined gastrostomy, with a focus on how perceptions of swallowing and nutrition may influence decision making.Design Prospective, cross sectional, mixed methods.Setting An Australian multidisciplinary, specialty MND Service.Participants 33 patients were recommended gastrostomy by the treating medical specialist. 16 of 33 were invited to participate in the prospective decision making study; of whom 10 provided informed consent.Primary and secondary outcome measures Demographic and disease-related factors contributing to uptake are described. …”
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Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project by Chris van Weel, Anne MacFarlane, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Tomas de Brún, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Mary O'Reilly-de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean Samuel Bonsenge Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi

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Sorghum surpasses wheat as a feed grain for broiler chickens following dietary crude protein reductions by Mengzhu Wang, Mehdi Toghyani, Shemil P. Macelline, Andreas Lemme, Andrew J. Holmes, Peter H. Selle, Sonia Y. Liu

“…Maize is rarely included in Australian broiler diets, but birds appear better able to accommodate dietary CP reductions with maize than with wheat-based diets. …”
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The Views of Turkish Immigrants on Multicultural Policies in Australia: The Impact of Migration Duration by Ayşe Mahinur Tezcan

“…Besides, the general view of our participants is that Australian people will never consider Turkish immigrants as real citizens. …”
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Nostra aetate – stages of creation, with a particular focus on paragraph no. 2… and the people involved in its development by John Dupuche

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ASKAP Observations of the Radio Shell in the Composite Supernova Remnant G310.6-1.6 by Wenhui Jing, Jennifer L. West, Xiaohui Sun, Wasim Raja, Xianghua Li, Lingxiao Dang, Ping Zhou, Miroslav D. Filipović, Andrew M. Hopkins, Roland Kothes, Sanja Lazarević, Denis Leahy, Emil Lenc, Yik Ki Ma, Cameron L. Van Eck

“…We report the observations of the radio shell of the supernova remnant (SNR) G310.6–1.6 at 943 MHz from the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) and the Polarization Sky Survey of the Universe’s Magnetism (POSSUM) surveys by using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). …”
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A Robot who could not dance: Generating performative presence among performer, text, and audience through exploring and performing stories by children by Linda Lorenza, Persephone Sextou

“… A cyclic performance project enabled Australian tertiary drama students and primary school students to connect through stories written by children in hospital in the UK. …”
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Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Bactrocera tryoni appears to be almost as destructive to fruit production in its Australian range as the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel, is in countries where it appears. …”
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Finger Lime: An Alternative Crop with Great Potential in South Florida by Aditya Singh, Edward A. Evans, Jeff Wasielewski, Manjul Dutt, Jude Grosser

“… Cylindrical Australian finger limes (Microcitrus australasica) taste like a combination of lemon, lime, and grapefruit, come in a rainbow of colors, and have a texture like caviar. …”
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Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…ObjectiveIn this study, we aimed to examine the perspectives of Australian users accessing DTC telemedicine services, including the reasons for use, perceived benefits, and concerns, in addition to their usage and interaction with traditional general practice services. …”
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Mental health in public safety personnel with workplace injuries requiring surgery: a longitudinal population-wide administrative data study in Manitoba, Canada by Tracie O Afifi, Jitender Sareen, Dan Chateau, Alyson Mahar, Jordan Nantais, James Bolton, Allen Kraut, Sarvesh Logsetty, Thomas Turgeon, Brenda Comaskey, Justin Gawaziuk, Rae Spiwak, Lauren Burton, Anthony Wightman, Jai Sareen, Natalie Mota

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Predict the Maximum Dry Density of Soil Based on Individual and Hybrid Methods of Machine Learning by Ghanshyam Tejani, Behnam Sadaghat, Sumit Kumar

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Linguistic-cultural validation of a French version of the oral health assessment tool by Rapp Lucie, Vergnes Jean-Noel, Monsarrat Paul, Kémoun Philippe, Balardy Laurent, Lacoste-Ferré Marie-Hélène

“…Abstract Objectives The aim of this study is to conduct a linguistic-cultural validation for the French context, of the original Australian version of the Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) scale. …”
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The art of being healthy: a qualitative study to develop a thematic framework for understanding the relationship between health and the arts by Matthew Knuiman, Peter Wright, Michael Rosenberg, Christina R Davies

“…Semistructured interviews were analysed thematically.Setting Western Australia.Participants 33 Western Australian adults (18+ years). Participants were randomly selected from a pool of general population nominees who engaged in the arts for enjoyment, entertainment or as a hobby (response rate=100%).Results A thematic analysis was conducted using QSR-NVivo10. …”
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PM2.5 in Sri Lanka: Trend Analysis, Low-cost Sensor Correlations and Spatial Distribution by Ranil Dhammapala, Ashani Basnayake, Sarath Premasiri, Lakmal Chathuranga, Karen Mera

“…We also compared our PA correction factor against user-selectable options on the PurpleAir.com website. The Australian “Woodsmoke” correction can be applied to quickly visualize a reasonably accurate estimate of PM2.5 concentrations. …”
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EEG-based multivariate and univariate analyses reveal the mechanisms underlying the recognition-based production effect: evidence from mixed-list design by Bohua Zhang, Bohua Zhang, Alhassan Abdullah, Minmin Yan, Yongqing Hou, Antao Chen, Helen McLaren

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Sleep duration in adolescence buffers the impact of childhood trauma on anxiety and depressive symptoms by Toni Coote, Emma Barrett, Lucinda Grummitt

“…Participants were students (Mage=13.8 years), attending independent schools in Australia and comprised of 37% girls and 60% boys. Australian sleep guidelines were used to dichotomise nightly sleep duration into whether adolescents met, or did not meet, the sleep guidelines for their age. …”
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