Submissions from 2008
The anatomy of the safe and social suburb: An exploratory study of the built environment, social capital and residents’ perceptions of safety, Lisa Wood, Tya Shannon, Max K. Bulsara, Terri Pikora, Gavin McCormack, and Billie Giles-Corti
Time for guidelines in diagnostic imaging?, A Yesuratnam, R Mendelson, and Phillip J. Bairstow
Cultural and language differences in voice quality perception: A preliminary investigation using synthesized signals, Edwin M L Yiu, Bruce Murdoch, Kathryn Hird, Polly Lau, and Elaine Mandy Ho
Practice nurses and research: The Fremantle Primary Prevention Study, Julie Young, Wendy Manea-Walley, Noelene Mora, Diane Arnold-Reed, and Tom Brett
Submissions from 2007
Mentoring young researchers: Can the Donald J Cohen Fellowships model be applicable and useful to Australasian psychiatry?, Robert Adler, Andres Martin, Chohye Park, Joseph Rey, and Susan Tan
Idiopathic postpneumonectomy pulmonary edema: Hyperinflation of the remaining lung is a potential etiologic factor, but the condition can be averted by balanced pleural drainage, John M. Alvarez, Jeremy Tan, Nand Kejriwal, Karim Ghanim, Mark A J Newman, Amanda Segal, Greg Sterret, and Max K. Bulsara
A comparison of mental health hospital admissions in a cohort of heroin users prior to and after rapid opiate detoxification and oral naltrexone maintenance, Diane Arnold-Reed, P O'Neil, C D J Holman, Max K. Bulsara, C Rodiguez, G Gawthorne, Robert J. Tait, and Gary K. Hulse
Associations between ambient PM2.5 concentrations and respiratory symptoms in Melbourne, 1998-2005, Charmian M. Bennett, Pamela Simpson, Joan Raven, Billy Skoric, Jennifer Powell, Rory Wolfe, E Haydn Walters, and Michael J. Abramson
Childhood adiposity predicts adult-onset current asthma in females: A 25-yr prospective study, J A. Burgess, E H. Walters, G B. Byrnes, G G. Giles, M A. Jenkins, M J. Abramson, J L. Hopper, and S C. Dharmage
Childhood allergic rhinitis predicts asthma incidence and persistence to middle age: A longitudinal study, John A. Burgess, E Haydn Walters, Graham B. Byrnes, Melanie C. Matheson, Mark A. Jenkins, Cathryn L. Wharton, David P. Johns, Michael J. Abramson, John L. Hopper, and Shyamali C. Dharmage
The relationship between right hemisphere damage and gesture in spontaneous discourse, Naomi Cocks, Kathryn Hird, and Kim Kirsner
Self-management education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Tanja Effing, Evelyn E M Monninkhof, Paul P. D. L. P. M. van der valk, Gerhard G A Zielhuis, E Haydn Walters, Job J. van der Palen, and Marlies Zwerink
Effects of inhaled fluticasone on angiogenesis and vascular endothelial growth factor in asthma, B N. Feltis, D Wignarajah, D W. Reid, R Harding, and E H. Walters
Phenylphosphonate transport by Helicobacter pylori, Justin L. Ford, Paul A. Gugger, S Bruce Wild, and George L. Mendz
Enhanced surveillance of hepatitis B infection in inner-western Sydney, Bradley Forssman and Leena Gupta
Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor cluster in Sydney linked to imported whitebait, Bradley Forssman, Trish Mannes, Jennie Musto, Thomas Gottlieb, Graham Robertson, Jonathon D. Natoli, Craig Shadbolt, Brian Biffin, and Leena Gupta
Facilitating use of speech recognition software for people with disabilities: A comparison of three treatments, Kathryn Hird and Neville W. Hennessey
Genetic microheterogeneity and phenotypic variation of Helicobacter pylori arginase in clinical isolates, Justin G. Hovey, Emily L. Watson, Melanie L. Langford, Ellen Hildebrandt, Sangeetha Bathala, Jeffrey R. Bolland, Domenico Spadafora, George L. Mendz, and David J. McGee
Strong genetic control of emergence of human primary incisors, Toby E. Hughes, Michelle R. Bockmann, Kim Seow, Theo Gotjamanos, Neville Gully, Lindsay C. Richards, and Grant C. Townsend
The importance of transgene and cell type on the regeneration of adult retinal ganglion cell axons within reconstituted bridging grafts, Ying Hu, Ajanthy Arulpragasam, Giles W. Plant, William T J Hendriks, Qi Cui, and Alan R. Harvey
In Vitro evaluation of leukemia inhibitory factor receptor antagonists as candidate therapeutics for inflammatory arthritis, Jalal A. Jazayeri, Nicole De Weerd, Warren Raye, Satu Kivivuori, Ebrahim Zabihi, and Graeme J. Carroll
Generation of mutant leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF)–IgG heavy chain fusion proteins as bivalent antagonists of LIF, Jalal A. Jazayeri, Nicole De Weerd, Warren Raye, Tony Velkov, Lanie Santos, David Taylor, and Graeme J. Carroll
The effects of difficulty and gain versus loss on vocal physiology and acoustics, Tom Johnstone, Carien M. Van Reekum, Tanja Bänziger, Kathryn Hird, Kim Kirsner, and Klaus R. Scherer
Domiciliary oxygen therapy services in Tasmania: Prescription, usage and impact of a specialist clinic, Andrew Jones, Richard Wood-Baker, and E Haydn Walters
Potential role of thiol: Disulfide oxidoreductases in the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori, Nadeem O. Kaakoush, Zsuzsanna Kovach, and George L. Mendz
Oxygen requirement and tolerance of Campylobacter jejuni, Nadeem O. Kaakoush, William G. Miller, Hilde De Reuse, and George L. Mendz
Identification of disulfide reductases in campylobacterales: A bioinformatics investigation, Nadeem O. Kaakoush, Torsten Sterzenbach, William G. Miller, Sebastian Suerbaum, and George L. Mendz
Airway cell and cytokine changes in early asthma deterioration after inhaled corticosteroid reduction, Y H. Khor, B N. Feltis, D W. Reid, C Ward, D P. Johns, R Wood-Baker, and E H. Walters
A systematic review of upper extremity casting for children and adults with central nervous system motor disorders, N A. Lannin, I Novak, and A Cusick
Short-course total lymphoid irradiation for refractory cardiac transplantation rejection, Tee Sin Lim, Gerry O'Driscoll, Jerry Freund, Vicki Peterson, Helen Hayes, and Jonelle Heywood
Repeat injection of botulinum toxin A is safe and effective for upper limb movement and function in children with cerebral palsy, Kevin Lowe, Iona Novak, and Anne Cusick
Breast-feeding and atopic disease: A cohort study from childhood to middle age, Melanie C. Matheson, Bircan Erbas, Aindralal Balasuriya, Mark A. Jenkins, Cathryn L. Wharton, Mimi L-K Tang, Michael J. Abramson, E Haydn Walters, John L. Hopper, and Shyamali C. Dharmage
Associations between reduced diffusing capacity and airflow obstruction in community-based subjects, Melanie C. Matheson, Joan Raven, David P. Johns, Michael J. Abramson, and E Haydn Walters
The complete genome sequence and analysis of the Epsilonproteobacterium Arcobacter butzleri, William G. Miller, Craig T. Parker, Mark Rubenfield, George L. Mendz, Marc MSM Wo, David W. Ussery, John F. Stolz, Tim T. Binneweis, Peter F. Hallin, Guilin Wang, Joel A. Malek, Andrea Rogosin, Larry H. Stanker, and Robert E. Mandrell
How Western Australian registrars choose training practices, Robert Moorhead
Is childhood immunisation associated with atopic disease from age 7 to 32 years?, Kazunori Nakajima, Shyamali C. Dharmage, John B. Carlin, Cathryn L. Wharton, Mark A. Jenkins, Graham G. Giles, Michael J. Abramson, E Haydn Walters, and John L. Hopper
Mental health outcomes following naltrexone implant treatment for heroin-dependence, Hanh T T Ngo, Robert J. Tait, Diane Arnold-Reed, and Gary K. Hulse
A pilot study on the impact of occupational therapy home programming for young children with cerebral palsy, Iona Novak, Anne Cusick, and Kevin Lowe
Mini review: Bioinformatic study of bile responses in Campylobacterales, Arinze S. Okoli, Torkel Wadstrom, and George L. Mendz
Impact of Trendelenburg positioning on functional residual capacity and ventilation homogeneity in anaesthetised children, A Regli, W Habre, S Saudan, C Mamie, T O. Erb, and B S. von Ungern-Sternberg
Oxidative stress and lipid-derived inflammatory mediators during acute exacerbations of cystic fibrosis, David W. Reid, Neil Misso, Shashi Aggarwal, Philip J. Thompson, and E Haydn Walters
The effect of season on cytokine expression in multiple sclerosis and healthy subjects, Niall Stewart, Bruce Taylor, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Fotini Pittas, Ingrid van der Mei, Greg Woods, and E Haydn Walters
Education links between the Australian rural and tertiary emergency departments: Videoconference can support a virtual learning community, Gregory Sweetman and Victoria Brazil
Femoroacetabular impingement: Radiographic diagnosis—What the radiologist should know, Moritz Tannast, Klaus A. Siebenrock, and Suzanne E. Anderson
Role of alcohol metabolism in chronic pancreatitis, Alain Vonlaufen, Jeremy S. Wilson, Ron Pirola, and Minoti V. Apte
A deeper level of ketamine anesthesia does not affect functional residual capacity and ventilation distribution in healthy preschool children, Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg, Adrian Regli, Franz J. Frei, Eva-Maria Jordi Ritz, Jurg Hammer, Andreas Schibler, and Thomas O. Erb
Should the use of modified Jackson Rees T-piece breathing system be abandoned in preschool children?, Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg, Sonja Saudan, Adrian Regli, Emmanuel Schaub, Thomas O. Erb, and Walid Habre
Long-acting beta2-agonists for chronic asthma in adults and children where background therapy contains varied or no inhaled corticosteroid, E Haydn Walters, Peter G. Gibson, Toby J. Lasserson, and Julia AE Walters
Anti-IgE and chemotherapy: A critical appraisal of treatment options for severe asthma, E Haydn Walters, Julia AE Walters, and Richard Wood-Baker
Nonpharmacological and pharmacological interventions to prevent or reduce airway remodelling, E H. Walters, D W. Reid, D P. Johns, and C Ward
The recruitment and retention of speech and language therapists: What do university students find important?, Andrew J O Whitehouse, Kathryn Hird, and Naomi Cocks
Systemic corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews, Richard Wood-Baker, Julia Walters, and E Haydn Walters
The use of a non-cultured autologous cell suspension and Integra® dermal regeneration template to repair full-thickness skin wounds in a porcine model: A one-step process, Fiona M. Wood, Marie L. Stoner, Bess V. Fowler, and Mark W. Fear
Strategy of aggressive steroid weaning and routine alendronate therapy to reduce bone loss after cardiac transplantation, G Yong, Helen Hayes, and Gerry O'Driscoll
Submissions from 2006
Severe cardiac insufficiency as a result of complicated myocardial infarction - Choice of therapy, Agata Bielecka, Magdalena Wierzbicka, Gerry O'Driscoll, and Jan Henryk Goch
Anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha therapy over conventional therapy improves endothelial function in adults with rheumatoid arthritis, William Bilsborough, Helen Keen, Andrew Taylor, Gerry O'Driscoll, Leonard Arnolda, and Daniel J. Green
Breastfeeding by Aboriginal mothers in Perth, Colin W. Binns, Dawn Gilchrist, Beth Woods, Michael Gracey, Jane Scott, Hannah Smith, Min Zhang, and Brian Roberman
Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: A possible model for Australian general practice, Tom Brett, Sean McGuire, Brian Meade, and John Leahy
Research capacity building in general practice: A new opportunity in Fremantle, WA, Tom Brett, Rachel Sherrard, and Adrian Bower
Who remembers whether they had asthma as children?, John A. Burgess, E Haydn Walters, Graham B. Byrnes, Cathryn Wharton, Mark A. Jenkins, Michael J. Abramson, John L. Hopper, and Shyamali C. Dharmage
Is Helicobacter pylori a true microaerophile?, Stephanie Bury-Moné, Nadeem O. Kaakoush, Corinne Asencio, Francis Mégraud, Marie Thibonnier, Hilde De reuse, and George L. Mendz
HFE gene mutations are associated with osteoarthritis in the index or middle finger metacarpophalangeal joints, Graeme J. Carroll
Polyarticular osteoarthritis – Two major phenotypes hypothesized, Graeme J. Carroll
Reading the signs: Impact of signed versus written questionnaires on the prevalence of psychopathology among deaf adolescents, Andy Cornes, Meg J. Rohan, Jemima Napier, and Joseph M. Rey
A comparison of goal attainment scaling and the Canadian occupational performance measure for paediatric rehabilitation research, A Cusick, S McIntyre, I Novak, N Lannin, and K Lowe
Encasement of bedding does not improve asthma in atopic adult asthmatics, S Dharmage, E H. Walters, F Thien, M Bailey, J Raven, C Wharton, J Rolland, L Light, N Freezer, and M Abramson
Bioinformatic analysis of Helicobacter pylori XGPRTase: A potential therapeutic target, Megan Duckworth, Armelle Ménard, Francis Megraud, and George L. Mendz
Isolated left atrial amyloidosis: Acute premitral stenosis secondary to spontaneous intramural left atrial hemorrhagic dissection, Cyrus Edibam, David Playford, Michael Texler, and Mark Edwards
Policy challenges from the "White" Senate inquiry into workplace-related health impacts of toxic dusts and nanoparticles, Thomas A. Faunce, Haydn Walters, Trevor Williams, David Bryant, Martin Jennings, and Bill Musk
Increased vascular endothelial growth factor and receptors: Relationship to angiogenesis in asthma, Bryce N. Feltis, Dharshini Wignarajah, Ling Zheng, Chris Ward, David Reid, Richard Harding, and E Haydn Walters
A tuberculosis contact investigation involving two private nursing homes in inner western Sydney in 2004, Bradley Forssman, Leena Gupta, and Kay Mills
Impaired skin blood flow response to environmental heating in chronic heart failure, Daniel J. Green, Andrew J. Maiorana, Jeffrey H J Siong, Valerie Burke, Matthew Erickson, Christopher T. Minson, William Bilsborough, and Gerry O'Driscoll
Relationship between changes in brachial artery flow-mediated dilation and basal release of nitric oxide in subjects with Type 2 diabetes, Daniel J. Green, Andrew J. Maiorana, Michael E. Tschakovsky, Kyra E. Pyke, Cara J. Weisbrod, and Gerry O'Driscoll
Cementing pathways home: Enhancing quality of life for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, M Jessup, H Courtney-Pratt, A Robinson, H Cameron-Tucker, E H. Walters, R Wood-Baker, D Reid, P Turner, E Lea, and E Cummings
Airway distensibility in normal and asthmatic subjects and partitioning of the Fowler dead space, David P. Johns, Graham Burns, David W. Reid, Justin Walls, Michael Maskrey, and E Haydn Walters
Late humoral rejection in a cardiac transplant recipient treated with the anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Rituximab, A Keren, Helen M. Hayes, and Gerry O'Driscoll
Telemedicine-friendly, portable tonometers: An evaluation for intraocular pressure screening, Sajeesh Kumar, Catherine Middlemiss, Max K. Bulsara, Antonio Guibilato, William Morgan, Mei-Ling Tay-Kearney, Ian J. Constable, and Kanagasingam Yogesan
AAV-mediated expression of CNTF promotes long-term survival and regeneration of adult rat retinal ganglion cells, Sarah G. Leaver, Q Cui, Gary W. Plant, Ajanthy Arulpragasam, S Hisheh, J Verhaagen, and A R. Harvey
Low-dose/high-concentration localized botulinum toxin A improves upper limb movement and function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, Kevin Lowe, Iona Novak, and Anne Cusick
Prevalence and control of trachoma in Australia, 1997–2004, Donna B. Mak, Louise M. O'Neill, Ana Herceg, and Helen McFarlane
How have we been managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australia?, M C. Matheson, C Abeysena, J M. Raven, B Skoric, D P. Johns, M J. Abramson, and E H. Walters
β2-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms are associated with asthma and COPD in adults, Melanie C. Matheson, Justine A. Ellis, Joan Raven, David P. Johns, E Haydn Walters, and Michael J. Abramson
Association of IL8, CXCR2 and TNF-α polymorphisms and airway disease, Melanie C. Matheson, Justine A. Ellis, Joan Raven, E Haydn Walters, and Michael J. Abramson
Microsomal epoxide hydrolase is not associated with COPD in a community-based sample, Melanie C. Matheson, Joan Raven, E Haydn Walters, Michael J. Abramson, and Justine A. Ellis
Vitamin A inhibits pancreatic stellate cell activation: Implications for treatment of pancreatic fibrosis, J A. McCarroll, P A. Phillips, N Santucci, Ron Pirola, J S. Wilson, and M V. Apte
Correlates of distances traveled to use recreational facilities for physical activity behaviors, Gavin R. McCormack, Billie Giles-Corti, Max K. Bulsara, and Terri J. Pikora
Constructing indices representing supportiveness of the physical environment for walking using the Rasch measurement model, Gavin R. McCormack, Louise C. Mâsse, Max K. Bulsara, Terri J. Pikora, and Billie Giles-Corti
Physical activity, spirometry and quality-of-life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Shauna McGlone, Alison Venn, E Haydn Walters, and Richard Wood-Baker
Outcome of patients with unipolar, bipolar and psychotic disorders admitted to a specialist child and adolescent mental health service, Gerard McShane, Mario Mihalich, Garry Walter, and Joseph Rey
Concentration-dependent effects of N1, N11-diethylnorspermine on melanoma cell proliferation, Rodney F. Minchin, Samuel Knight, Ajanthy Arulpragasam, and Mirjana Fogel-Petrovic
Qualities of a good training practice - Perceptions of advanced general practice registrars, Robert Moorhead
Effects of training resumption on conduit arterial diameter in elite rowers, Louise H. Naylor, Gerry O'Driscoll, Martin Fitzsimons, Leonard F. Arnolda, and Daniel J. Green
Home programmes in paediatric occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy: Where to start?, Iona Novak and Anne Cusick
A study of potential interactive genetic factors in Huntington’s Disease, Peter K. Panegyres, John Beilby, Max K. Bulsara, Katina Toufexis, and Cathy Wong
Immunosuppressive and cytotoxic therapy for pulmonary sarcoidosis, N Shanthi Paramothayan, Toby J. Lasserson, and E Haydn Walters
Capturing postoperative pain responses in critically ill infants aged 0 to 9 months, Anne-Sylvie Ramelet, Huda Huijer Abu-Saad, Max K. Bulsara, Nancy Rees, and Susan McDonald
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and suicidality in juveniles: Review of the evidence and implications for clinical practice, Joseph M. Rey and Andrés Martin
Impact of obesity on diastolic function in subjects ≤16 years of age, Joan Andree Sharpe, Louise Haleh Naylor, Timothy William Jones, Elizabeth Ann Davis, Gerry O'Driscoll, James Michael Ramsay, and Daniel John Green
Impact of obesity on diastolic function in subjects ≤16 Years of Age, Joan Andree Sharpe, Louise Haleh Naylor, Timothy William Jones, Elizabeth Ann Davis, Gerry O'Driscoll, James Michael Ramsay, and Daniel John Green