SAMStat is an efficient program to extract quality control metrics from fastq and SAM/BAM files. A distinguishing feature is that it displays sequence composition, base quality composition and mapping error profiles split by mapping quality. This allows users to rapidly identify reasons for poor mapping including the presence of untrimmed adapters or poor sequencing quality at individual read positions. ...

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• 2023
• January 2023

Locating fast-food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods they provide. Fast-food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Western Australia. This study aimed to quantify fast-food outlet availability near Perth schools and determine whether differences in area-level disadvantage and school type exist. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Socio-economic spatial patterning of fast-food outlets can result in disparities in the availability and access of food across geographic areas, contributing to health inequalities. This study investigated whether area-level socio-economic disparities exist in fast-food availability across the Perth metropolitan region of Western Australia. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Overall rates of preterm birth have remained fairly static over the last two decades, inequalities between Aboriginal & non-Aboriginal infants have increased ...

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• 2011
• January 2011

Using medical and other data from private citizens without obtaining the consent of those citizens has been a taboo of statisticians and of society ...

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• 2010
• May 2010

The Advisory Council on the Prevention of Deaths of Children and Young People today officially released this report. ...

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• 2006
• March 2006

Gina Trapp GT BHSc(Hons1A), RPHNutr, PhD ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research 0410 589 374 Gina.Trapp@telethonkids.org.au ARC DECRA Fellow & Head of Food and Nutrition Research Dr Gina Trapp is Head of Food and Nutrition Research ...

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The promoter landscape of several non-human model organisms is far from complete ...

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• 2017
• November 2017

Research has implicated that changes in Zn metabolism may be associated with the biological underpinnings of eating disorders, in particular anorexia nervosa. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

Our results suggest a complex but highly coordinated regulation of adipogenesis ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

Longitudinal analyses showed that for each increase in liquor stores over time, alcohol consumption increased ...

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• 2017
• February 2017

We are living in a time of unprecedented risk for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer... ...

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• 2015
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