Reports and Findings
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It takes a village to raise a child: The influence and impact of playgroups across AustraliaComprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation of Community Playgroups across Australia
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25-hydroxyvitamin D status of pregnant women is associated with the use of antenatal vitamin supplements and ambient ultraviolet radiationVitamin D deficiency in a predominantly white Caucasian cohort of pregnant women is less prevalent than has been reported in other studies
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Exploring change in the Australian version of the Early Development InstrumentCalculating a critical difference for the percentage of children who are “at risk” and “on track” in addition to the children who are developmentally “vulnerable”
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Optimization is required when using linked hospital and laboratory data to investigate respiratory infectionsChart review to validate linked microbiological data
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A systematic approach to multiple breath nitrogen washout test qualityThe application of the systematic review improved inter-observer agreement but did not affect reported multiple breath washout outcomes
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Distinguishing benign from pathologic TH2 immunity in atopic childrenIn addition to its role in blocking TH2 effector activation in the late-phase allergic response, IL-10 is a known IgG1 switch factor
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Functional annotation of the vlinc class of non-coding RNAs using systems biology approachWe show that vlincRNAs genes likely function in cis to activate nearby genes
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Evolutionary genomics of epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinentOur results reveal the complexity of Leishmania donovani evolution in the Indian subcontinent in response to drug treatment
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Prevention of Allergy/Asthma - New StrategiesThis review focuses on the scientific rationale for early intervention aimed at asthma prophylaxis and discusses therapeutic approaches
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Translating aboriginal genomics — four letters closing the gapEstablishing a genomic reference for Australian Aboriginal populations