The hypothesis that language plays a role in theory-of-mind (ToM) development is supported by a number of lines of evidence. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• December 2011

Mandates provide a relatively cost-effective strategy to increase vaccinate rates. Since 2014, five Australian states have implemented No Jab No Play (NJPlay) policies that require children to be fully immunised to attend early childhood education and childcare services. In Western Australia, where this study was conducted, NJNPlay legislation was enacted in 2019.  ...

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• 2024
• June 2024

Recent advances in paleogenomics have opened up new prospects for the study of ancient burial customs and social structures. In this note, we report on the first results of a program now under way in a small residential compound in Naachtun, Guatemala. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• May 2024

Mental illness is a public health challenge disproportionately affecting rural Australians. GPs provide most of the mental health care, and they report increasing levels of burnout and unsustainable workload in the context of increased patient complexity. This may be more salient in rural settings characterised by resource constraints. In this paper, we use evaluation data from a GP psychiatry phone line established in Western Australia's Great Southern region in 2021 to describe GPs' perspectives on the service and reflect on how it may help alleviate rural GP workload.  ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

High protein high fat meals are considered “difficult” foods because they can cause prolonged hyperglycemia after ingestion. The potential of hybrid closed loop therapy in managing postprandial glucose excursions with these difficult foods remains unknown. This pilot study aimed to explore the impact of manual mode in standard insulin pump therapy and auto mode with hybrid closed loop pump therapy in managing glucose excursions caused by HPHF foods and to obtain feedback from families about each mode. ...

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• 2023
• November 2023

There is no validated evidence base on predictive ability and absolute risk of preterm birth by gestational age of the previous pregnancy. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of mothers who gave birth to their first two children in New South Wales, 1994-2016. For each week of final gestational age of the first birth, we calculated relative and absolute risks of subsequent preterm birth. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

Asymptomatic or subclinical SARS-CoV-2 infections are often unreported, which means that confirmed case counts may not accurately reflect underlying epidemic dynamics. Understanding the level of ascertainment (the ratio of confirmed symptomatic cases to the true number of symptomatic individuals) and undetected epidemic progression is crucial to informing COVID-19 response planning, including the introduction and relaxation of control measures. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

In this concept paper, we discuss multiomic approaches to studying immune dysregulation and highlight some of the challenges and opportunities ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• March 2019

The incidence of intussusception pre-rotavirus vaccine in Fiji is low ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

The poor hit rates associated with conventional random peptide libraries present formidable challenges in genetic screening formats with limited throughput. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• August 2017