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Dynamic binding of driven interfaces in coupled ultrathin ferromagnetic layersP J Metaxas
School of Physics, M013, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Phys Rev Lett 104:237206. 2010..Several features of the bound states are reproduced using a one-dimensional model, illustrating their general nature...- Prior infection with murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) limits the immunocontraceptive effects of an MCMV vector expressing the mouse zona-pellucida-3 proteinShelley Gorman
Discipline of Microbiology and Immunology, M502, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
Vaccine 26:3860-9. 2008..Given that mixed infection of mice with MCMV is common, it is possible that prior immunity acquired by natural mucosal infection may have less a less inhibitory effect on the immunocontraceptive outcome... - Impact of new biomarkers of myocardial damage on trends in myocardial infarction hospital admission rates from population-based administrative dataF M Sanfilippo
School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 168:225-33. 2008..Similarly constructed logistic regression trend models found no significant effect of troponin testing on trends in 28-day case-fatality... - Prevention of allergic respiratory disease in infants: current aspects and future perspectivesPatrick G Holt
Division of Cell Biology, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 7:547-55. 2007..We review below the rationale for this approach and recent progress in development and testing of a range of potential preventive strategies... - Growth and bone mineral accretion during puberty in Chinese girls: a five-year longitudinal studyKun Zhu
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J Bone Miner Res 23:167-72. 2008..9%, PHV occurred at 3-0 yr before menarche, and peak bone mineral accretion occurred 1 yr later than PHV. Chinese girls have high calcium retention efficiency during puberty... - Does self-monitoring of blood glucose improve outcome in type 2 diabetes? The Fremantle Diabetes StudyW A Davis
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, P O Box 480, Fremantle, WA, 6959, Australia
Diabetologia 50:510-5. 2007..To assess whether self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is an independent predictor of improved outcome in a community-based cohort of type 2 diabetic patients... - When supercolonies collide: territorial aggression in an invasive and unicolonial social insectMelissa L Thomas
Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0346, USA
Mol Ecol 15:4303-15. 2006.... - beta2-Agonists at the Olympic GamesKenneth D Fitch
School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands WA, Australia
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 31:259-68. 2006..This article provides justification that athletes should provide evidence of asthma or EIA before being permitted to use inhaled beta2-agonists... - Is self-monitoring of blood glucose appropriate for all type 2 diabetic patients? The Fremantle Diabetes StudyWendy A Davis
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital
Diabetes Care 29:1764-70. 2006..We sought to determine whether self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is associated with better glycemic control in type 2 diabetes... - AluyMICB dimorphism within the class I region of the major histocompatibility complex is associated with asthma and airflow obstruction in the Busselton populationJ Hui
UWA Centre for Medical Research, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, and Western Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia
Clin Exp Allergy 36:728-34. 2006..Background The highly polymorphic non-classical MHC class I polypeptide-related (MIC) genes, MICA and MICB, encode stress inducible glycoproteins, which are expressed on a variety of epithelial cells, including those of the lungs... - Effects of calcium supplementation on clinical fracture and bone structure: results of a 5-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in elderly womenRichard L Prince
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Australia
Arch Intern Med 166:869-75. 2006..We have examined whether calcium supplementation decreases clinical fracture risk in elderly women and its mechanism of action... - "Clean, green and ethical" animal production. Case study: reproductive efficiency in small ruminantsGraeme B Martin
School of Animal Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
J Reprod Dev 52:145-52. 2006..Ultimately, these "clean, green and ethical" tools can be cost-effective, increase productivity and, at the same time, greatly improve the image of meat and milk industries in society and the marketplace... - Enhanced pathogenicity of Leptosphaeria maculans Pycnidiospores from paired co-inoculation of Brassica napus cotyledons with ascosporesHua Li
School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Ann Bot 97:1151-6. 2006..The aim of the work reported was to determine if the pathogenicity of pycnidiospores is enhanced by paired co-inoculation of B. napus cotyledons with ascospores... - Towards better understanding and management of somatoform disordersAleksandar Janca
School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth WA 6000, Australia
Int Rev Psychiatry 18:5-12. 2006..The following paper represents a review of recently published literature on frequency, characteristics, conceptualization, impact and management of somatoform disorders... - Overconcern with weight and shape is not the same as body dissatisfaction: evidence from a prospective study of pre-adolescent boys and girlsKarina L Allen
School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
Body Image 5:261-70. 2008..Findings provide support for the theoretical differences between body dissatisfaction and overconcern with weight and shape, and highlight the importance of focusing on specific body image variables... - Wearing swimming goggles can elevate intraocular pressureW H Morgan
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia
Br J Ophthalmol 92:1218-21. 2008..To examine the acute effects of wearing swimming goggles upon intraocular pressure (IOP)... - Optical design of the proposed Australian International Gravitational ObservatoryPablo Barriga
School of Physics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009
Opt Express 17:2149-65. 2009..The length of various optical cavities that form the interferometer and the modulation frequencies that generate the control sidebands are also selected... - Is small beautiful? Student performance and perceptions of their experience at larger and smaller sites in rural and remote longitudinal integrated clerkships in the Rural Clinical School of Western AustraliaHarriet Denz-Penhey
The Rural School of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Rural Remote Health 10:1470. 2010.... - How safe is GP obstetrics? An assessment of antenatal risk factors and perinatal outcomes in one rural practiceAndrew B Kirke
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Rural Remote Health 10:1545. 2010..It reviews one rural obstetric practice in detail. In particular it asks these questions: What are the antenatal risk factors? What are the obstetric outcomes for the mother? What are the obstetric outcomes for the baby?.. - Error propagation in normalization of stable isotope data: a Monte Carlo analysisGrzegorz Skrzypek
West Australian Biogeochemistry Centre, John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway MO90, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 24:2697-705. 2010..Hence, the same set of standards should always be used for a particular element and a particular stable isotope analytical technique... - Quantification of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in human and cat optic nerve: implications for endogenous repair in multiple sclerosisAlison Jennings
School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Glia 58:1425-36. 2010..The finding that NG2cells are not abundant, particularly relative to oligodendrocytes, may have implications for efforts to enhance endogenous repair in MS... - Management of cholesterol to reduce the burden of stroke in Asia: consensus statementGraeme J Hankey
Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
Int J Stroke 5:209-16. 2010..Further trials of statins in Asian patients are also needed, particularly in those with intracranial stenosis... - Brief report: a preliminary study of fetal head circumference growth in autism spectrum disorderAndrew J O Whitehouse
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, Perth, WA, 6008, Australia
J Autism Dev Disord 41:122-9. 2011..These preliminary findings suggest that further investigation of fetal growth in ASD is warranted... - Anaesthesia non-technical skills: Can anaesthetists be trained to reliably use this behavioural marker system in 1 day?J Graham
Department of Anaesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
Br J Anaesth 104:440-5. 2010..Anaesthesia Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) is a behavioural marker system that can be used to assess non-technical skills in the workplace... - Processes contributing to forward and backward span: an ERP investigationClaire E Nulsen
School of Psychology, Mailbag M304, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Neuroreport 21:298-302. 2010.... - Simultaneous pasteurization and homogenization of human milk by combining heat and ultrasound: effect on milk qualityCharles Czank
Discipline of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
J Dairy Res 77:183-9. 2010..However, further studies are required to assess the practicality of applying this technique routinely to donor human milk... - Inhibition of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid synthesis using specific plant lignans: in vitro and human studiesJason H Y Wu
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Hypertension 54:1151-8. 2009..These results suggest that sesame lignans could be used for the investigation of potential roles of 20-HETE in humans... - Induction of labour in nulliparous women with an unfavourable cervix: a randomised controlled trial comparing double and single balloon catheters and PGE2 gelC E Pennell
School of Women s and Infants Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
BJOG 116:1443-52. 2009..To compare the efficacy and patient satisfaction of three methods of labour induction (double balloon catheters, single balloon catheters and prostaglandin gel) in term nulliparous women with unfavourable cervices... - Architectural plasticity in young Eucalyptus marginata on restored bauxite mines and adjacent natural forest in south-western AustraliaTimothy M Bleby
School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Tree Physiol 29:1033-45. 2009..It further suggests that the architecture of young trees on restored sites may need to change again if they are to survive likely longer-term changes in resource availability... - Unexplained fetal death: are women with a history of fetal loss at higher risk?Mary Anne Measey
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 49:151-7. 2009.... - Utilization of fresh human tympanic membranes for structural analysis and cytokeratin immunocytochemistry implementing resin techniquesK S Anandacoomaraswamy
School of Surgery and Pathology, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Acta Otolaryngol 126:149-53. 2006..Of particular note, cytokeratin (CK) immunocytochemistry was successfully performed on resin sections, which has not been previously reported. This may have potential applications for future work involving tissues that express CKs... - The Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey: findings to date on adolescentsEve M Blair
Division of Population Sciences, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, PO Box 855, West Perth, WA 6872
Med J Aust 183:433-5. 2005..A coordinated approach will be required to break this cycle, in which appropriately and sympathetically provided medical attention is necessary but not sufficient... - Tele-otology: planning, design, development and implementationRobert H Eikelboom
Lions Ear and Hearing Institute, and Otolaryngology Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
J Telemed Telecare 8:S3:14-7. 2002..Video sequences could be compressed to a ratio of 1:300. Furthermore, a software package has been developed, and we are developing a training course for health-care workers in remote areas... - Effects of Bafilomycin A1: an inhibitor of vacuolar H (+)-ATPases on endocytosis and apoptosis in RAW cells and RAW cell-derived osteoclastsJiake Xu
Department of Surgery Orthopaedics, University of Western Australia, QEII Medical Center, Nedlands WA
J Cell Biochem 88:1256-64. 2003.... - The effect of alcohol intake on insulin sensitivity in men: a randomized controlled trialRenate R Zilkens
University of Western Australia, Department of Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Diabetes Care 26:608-12. 2003..The object of this study was to determine whether reducing alcohol intake in moderate-to-heavy drinkers (40-110 g/day) results in improvement in insulin sensitivity... - Development of interleukin-12-producing capacity throughout childhoodJohn W Upham
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Centre for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia
Infect Immun 70:6583-8. 2002.... - Sex hormone suppression by intrathecal opioids: a prospective studyLindy J Roberts
Western Australian Pain Management Centre, Department of Anesthesia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Western Australia, Australia
Clin J Pain 18:144-8. 2002..To investigate the hypothesis that intrathecal opioids suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, a prospective nonrandomized investigation of the function of this axis was undertaken... - Role of automated measurements in understanding lifestyle effects on blood pressureLawrence J Beilin
Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, West Australian Institute for Medical Research and HeartSearch, Perth, Australia
Blood Press Monit 7:45-50. 2002..The information obtained is proving helpful in evaluating actions and interactions of smoking, alcohol, physical activity, caffeine consumption, various types of psychological stress, obesity, and dietary habits... - Stimulation of mesothelial cell proliferation by exudate macrophages enhances serosal wound healing in a murine modelSteven E Mutsaers
Department of Pathology, University of Western Australia, Level 2 Medical Research Foundation Building, Rear 50 Murray St, Perth, 6000, Western Australia
Am J Pathol 160:681-92. 2002..These data support the hypothesis that macrophages play an important role in serosal healing by stimulating mesothelial cell proliferation... - Factor V(LEIDEN) and cardiopulmonary bypass: investigation of haemostatic parameters and the effect of aprotinin using an ex vivo modelM D Linden
Department of Pathology, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Perfusion 16:476-84. 2001..This model may be exploited for other applications such as the investigation of novel or emerging haemostatic agents prior to clinical trial... - Targets of glucocorticoid action on TNF-alpha release by macrophagesD A Joyce
Department of Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
Inflamm Res 50:337-40. 2001..Research is now directed at characterising targets and regulating them without systemic activation of the glucocorticoid receptor... - Evolution and inequalityJ S Chisholm
Department of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia
Int J Epidemiol 30:206-11. 2001.... - Phase congruency: a low-level image invariantP Kovesi
Department of Computer Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W A 6907
Psychol Res 64:136-48. 2000..With this approach, the choice of scale only affects the relative significance of features without degrading their localization... - Distribution of genome shared identical by descent by two individuals in grandparent-type relationshipV T Stefanov
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6907, Western Australia, Australia
Genetics 156:1403-10. 2000..Our methodology is based on viewing the model as a special exponential family and elaborating on recent research results for such families... - Large multicentre hypertension trialsI B Puddey
Department of Medicine and Western Australian Heart Research Institute, University of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 9:285-92. 2000..Similar efficacy for cardiovascular outcomes appears to be emerging for each of the major classes of drugs with the degree of blood pressure lowering of prime importance in cardiovascular disease prevention... - Impact of the analysis of a bone density reference range on determination of the T-scoreRoger I Price
Department of Medical Technology and Physics, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
J Clin Densitom 6:51-62. 2003..The hip BMDs of this study were greater than those of NHANES III in the third, seventh and eighth decades by as much as 0.6 SD. This produced a difference of 0.049-0.077 g/cm(2) for T(YN) = -2.5 between the two reference ranges... - Collection of wind-borne haematophagous insects in the Torres Strait, AustraliaC A Johansen
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Med Vet Entomol 17:102-9. 2003..However, results suggest that Culicoides were more likely than mosquitoes to reach high altitude and travel long distances during the light N winds experienced during the study... - Estimation of excess risk of readmission to hospital after an index inpatient separationKate J Brameld
Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Med Care 41:693-7. 2003..To develop methods to measure excess risk of readmission following an index admission using linked administrative health data... - Inhibitors of prostaglandin transport and metabolism augment protease-activated receptor-2-mediated increases in prostaglandin E2 levels and smooth muscle relaxation in mouse isolated tracheaPeter J Henry
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands
J Pharmacol Exp Ther 314:995-1001. 2005..In summary, inhibitors of PGE(2) reuptake and metabolism significantly potentiate PAR(2)-mediated increases in PGE(2) levels and smooth muscle relaxation in murine-isolated airways... - Gene expression levels assessed by oligonucleotide microarray analysis and quantitative real-time RT-PCR -- how well do they correlate?Peter B Dallas
Division of Children s Leukaemia and Cancer Research, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
BMC Genomics 6:59. 2005..We have assessed the correlation between expression scores obtained for 48 human genes using oligonucleotide microarrays and the expression levels for the same genes measured by quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR)... - The impact of respiratory syncytial virus infection on endothelin receptor function and release in sheep bronchial explantsLynette B Fernandes
Pharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia and Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 44:S202-6. 2004..Furthermore, activation of airway PAR-2 may be protective in asthma where endothelin levels are elevated in part via endothelin release suppression... - Environment and development of atopyJohn W Upham
Division of Cell Biology, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 5:167-72. 2005..However, the marked increase in asthma prevalence over recent decades is unlikely to be due to genetic changes, highlighting the contribution of environmental factors to the process of allergic sensitization... - Spouse selection and environmental effects on spouse correlation in lung function measuresMatthew W Knuiman
School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Ann Epidemiol 15:39-43. 2005..The aim of this study was to examine the magnitude of spouse correlation in lung function measures and its relationship to duration of marriage... - A baseline study of the demographics of the oral health workforce in rural and remote Western AustraliaE Kruger
Centre for Rural and Remote Oral Health, The University of Western Australia
Aust Dent J 49:136-40. 2004..Strategies are needed to increase the recruitment and retention of dental practitioners in these areas. Part of this process is to assess the demographics of the oral health workforce... - Early immunological influencesPatrick Holt
Division of Cell Biology, TVW Telethon Institute for Child Research, Subiaco, Australia
Chem Immunol Allergy 84:102-27. 2004 - Counting on mitogen-activated protein kinases--ERKs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8Marie A Bogoyevitch
Cell Signalling Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Cell Signal 16:1345-54. 2004..It is clear from these studies that these additional ERKs show similarities to ERK1 and ERK2, but with some interesting differences that challenge the paradigm of the archetypical ERK1/2 MAPK pathway... - Assessment of rAAV-mediated gene therapy in the Rpe65-/- mouseP Elizabeth Rakoczy
Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Adv Exp Med Biol 533:431-8. 2003 - Screening for hemochromatosis: patients with liver disease, families, and populationsSumedha P Galhenage
School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital Campus, PO Box 480, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 6:44-51. 2004..Opportunistic screening during routine health assessments may also be recommended. However, large-scale screening of the average-risk population is not recommended on the basis of current evidence... - Cardiac arrest resuscitation policies and practices: a survey of Australian hospitalsJudith C Finn
The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Med J Aust 179:470-4. 2003..To describe the policy and practice relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation in cardiac arrest in Australian hospitals... - Role of specific amino acids in nutritional supportJane Coster
Department of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
ANZ J Surg 73:846-9. 2003.... - Antiplatelet drugsGraeme J Hankey
Royal Perth Hospital, 197 Wellington Street, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
Med J Aust 178:568-74. 2003.... - Are smoke-free policies implemented and adhered to at sporting venues?T Pikora
Department of Public Health, University of Western Australia
Aust N Z J Public Health 23:407-9. 1999..This study investigated the level of implementation of and adherence to smoke-free policies in two major sporting venues in Perth...
Research Grants
- Rett syndrome: determinants of outcome and burdenHelen Leonard; Fiscal Year: 2007..Feedback to families on study progress will be given through the study Web site. ..
- Prognosis in childhood ALLURSULA KEES; Fiscal Year: 2006....