Fidgety movements occur in infants between the age of 9 to 20 weeks post-term, and their absence are a strong indicator that an infant has cerebral palsy. Prechtl's General Movement Assessment method evaluates whether an infant has fidgety movements, but requires a trained expert to conduct it. Timely evaluation facilitates early interventions, and thus computer-based methods have been developed to aid domain experts.  ...

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Common mental disorders: missed opportunity for smoking prevention and cessation ...

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Parent non-supply of alcohol and disapproval of use were most important in terms of associations with ever drinking ...

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The current effectiveness trial evaluated the combination of a whole-school program designed to prevent bullying perpetration and victimization ...

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To compare the developmental and behavioral outcomes of children experiencing an initial vaccine-proximate (VP) febrile seizure (FS) to those having a non-VP-FS (NVP-FS) and controls who have not had a seizure. ...

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Untreated hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can result in cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer. Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies are highly effective and have few side effects compared to older interferon-based therapy. Despite the Australian government providing subsidised and unrestricted access to DAA therapy for chronic HCV infection, uptake has not been sufficient to meet the global target of eliminating HCV as a public health threat by 2030.  ...

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Guideline to provide evidence-based recommendations on diagnostic testing for primary ciliary dyskinesia ...

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Existing evidence supporting the safety of vaccination during pregnancy should be used to reassure pregnant women and improve vaccine uptake in pregnancy ...

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Alanna Sincovich AS BPsych(Hons), PhD Senior Research Officer 08 6375 6108 Alanna.sincovich@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Officer @AlannaSincovich Alanna is a Senior Research Officer at the Telethon Kids Institute. Her research takes a ...

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Initial findings suggest the potential of the instrument in helping identifying positive veteran teachers within systems, as well as the voracity of the research approach ...

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Cyber Friendly Schools program was associated with significantly greater declines in the odds of involvement in cyber-victimization and perpetration ...

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Self-reported experiences of adolescents in population-based samples when completing health-related surveys on topics with varying potential for evoking distres ...

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