Joelie Mandzufas JM BCom BHSc GCHELT Project Coordinator Joelie.mandzufas@telethonkids.org.au PhD Student Joelie Mandzufas is a PhD student with the University of Western Australia, co-located with the Food and Nutrition Research team at Telethon ...

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The status and associated factors of the health-related quality of life of non-small-cell lung cancer patients under targeted anti-cancer therapy have not been investigated. Self-management and coping style have been proven to be closely related to patients’ health-related quality of life. ...

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Microbial biodiversity includes biotic and abiotic components that support all life forms by adapting to environmental conditions. Climate change, pollution, human activity, and natural calamities affect microbial biodiversity. ...

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To evaluate whether probiotic supplementation attenuates gut-dysbiosis in neonates with congenital gastrointestinal surgical conditions. ...

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Perinatal emotional well-being is more than the presence or absence of depressive and anxiety disorders; it encompasses a wide range of factors that contribute to emotional well-being. ...

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Children with cochlear implants are at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, with national and international guidelines recommending additional pneumococcal vaccines for these children. This study aimed to examine the pneumococcal immunization status and rate of invasive pneumococcal disease in children with cochlear implants at a tertiary paediatric hospital over a 12-year period. ...

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This systematic review aimed to identify the most important social, environmental, biological, and/or genetic risk factors for intellectual disability. ...

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Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) is responsible for a significant global health and economic burden. The recent prioritization of Strep A vaccine development by the World Health Organization has prompted global research activities and collaborations. To progress this prioritization, establishment of robust surveillance for Strep A to generate updated regional disease burden estimates and to establish platforms for future impact evaluation is essential. ...

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Yasmin Tess Ellen Alanna Neida Trudy Harman-Smith Gregory Harvey Sincovich Sechague Monroy Crickmar YHS TG EH AS NSM TC BA, BHlthSc(Hons), PhD BSc (Hons), PhD (Psychology) BSocWk(Hons) BPsych(Hons), PhD BDS, MPH BECE Head, Early Years Systems ...

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Susan Pat Deborah Prescott Holt Strickland SL PG DH MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP PhD, DSc, FRCPath, FRCPI, FAA PhD Honorary Research Fellow Emeritus Honorary Researcher Program Head, Immunobiology and Immunotherapeutic Program susan.prescott@ ...

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Liz Tim Carol Davis Jones Bower EA TW C MBBS FRACP PhD MBBS DCH FRACP MD MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Head, Chronic & Severe Diseases Research Focus Area; Clinical Lead, Diabetes and Obesity Research Co-head, Diabetes and Obesity Research Senior ...

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This study is looking for the causes of type 1 diabetes, so that we can find ways to prevent it. Type 1 diabetes in children is twice as common as it was 20 years ago. This is because of the environment that we live in has changed and this has made ...

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