The University of Wollongong Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health was formed in 2013 following an organisational restructure. It comprised an amalgamation of the former Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences.This series is followed by SMAH Papers: Part B. Related series: Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive); Graduate School of Medicine - Papers (Archive); Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sicences - Papers (Archive).

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Papers from 2016

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Large-scale, dynamic transformations in fuel moisture drive wildfire activity across southeastern Australia, Rachael H. Nolan, Mathias M. Boer, Victor Resco de Dios, Gabriele Caccamo, and Ross A. Bradstock

Predicting dead fine fuel moisture at regional scales using vapour pressure deficit from MODIS and gridded weather data, Rachael H. Nolan, Víctor Resco de Dios, Mathias M. Boer, Gabriele Caccamo, Michael L. Goulden, and Ross A. Bradstock

Morphological dependency of cutaneous blood flow and sweating during compensable heat stress when heat-loss requirements are matched across participants, Sean Notley, Joonhee Park, Kyoko Tagami, Norikazu Ohnishi, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

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Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures, Allen Phillip Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Clark R. L Friend, Martin J. Van Kranendonk, and Allan Chivas

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Dynamics of open DNA sliding clamps, Aaron J. Oakley

Unexpected convergent evolution of nasal domes between Pleistocene bovids and cretaceous hadrosaur dinosaurs, Haley D. O'Brien, J Tyler Faith, Kirsten E. Jenkins, Daniel J. Peppe, Thomas W. Plummer, Zenobia Jacobs, Bo Li, Renaud C. Joannes-Boyau, Gilbert J. Price, Yue-xing Feng, and Christian A. Tryon

Amphibian abundance and detection trends during a large flood in a semi-arid floodplain wetland, Joanne F. Ocock, Richard T. Kingsford, Trent D. Penman, and Jodi J. L Rowley

Clinicians in 25 countries prefer to use lower levels of oxygen to resuscitate preterm infants at birth, Ju Lee Oei, Alpana Ghadge, Elisabeth Coates, Ian M. R Wright, Ola Saugstad, Maximo Vento, Giuseppe Buonocore, Tatsuo Nagashima, Keiji Suzuki, Shiguhero Hosono, Peter Davis, Paul Graven, Lisa Askie, Jennifer Dawson, Shalabh Garg, Anthony Keech, Yacov Rabi, John Smyth, Sunil Sinha, Ben Stenson, Kei Liu, Carol Lu Hunter, and William O. Tarnow-Mordi

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Proto-Pacific-margin source for the Ordovician turbidite submarine fan, Lachlan Orogen, southeast Australia: geochemical constraints, R Offler and Chris L. Fergusson

Formation of beach-ridge plains: an appreciation of the contribution by Jack L. Davies, Thomas S. Oliver, Bruce G. Thom, and Colin D. Woodroffe

Chronology, morphology and GPR-imaged internal structure of the Callala Beach prograded barrier in southeastern Australia, Thomas S. Oliver and Colin D. Woodroffe

The validity of visual acuity assessment using mobile technology devices in the primary care setting, Samuel O'Neill and Darryl J. McAndrew

The effects of school-based lifestyle interventions on body mass index and blood pressure: a multivariate multilevel meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, M Oosterhoff, M Joore, and Isabel Ferreira

Screening for atrial fibrillation during influenza vaccinations by primary care nurses using a smartphone electrocardiograph (iECG): A feasibility study, Jessica Orchard, Nicole Lowres, Saul Freedman, Laila Ladak, William Lee, Nicholas Arnold Zwar, David Peiris, Yasith Kamaladasa, Jialin Li, and Lis Neubeck

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Effect of cannabidiol on cognition in a maternal immune activation (poly IC) model of schizophrenia, Ashleigh L. Osborne, Nadia Solowij, Ilijana Babic, Xu-Feng Huang, and Katrina Weston-Green

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Climatic controls on the global distribution, abundance, and species richness of mangrove forests, Michael Osland, Laura Feher, Kereen Griffith, Kyle Cavanaugh, Nicholas Enwright, Richard Day, Camille Stagg, Ken W. Krauss, Rebecca Howard, James Grace, and Kerrylee Rogers

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Evaluation of column-averaged methane in models and TCCON with a focus on the stratosphere, Andreas Ostler, Ralf Sussmann, Prabir K. Patra, Sander Houweling, Marko De Bruine, Gabriele P. Stiller, Florian Haenel, Johannes Plieninger, Philippe J. Bousquet, Yi Yin, Marielle Saunois, K Walker, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David W. T Griffith, Thomas Blumenstock, Frank Hase, Thorsten Warneke, Zhiting Wang, Rigel Kivi, and John Robinson

Affad 23: settlement structures and palaeoenvironments in the Terminal Pleistocene of the Middle Nile Valley, Sudan, Piotr Osypinski, Mike W. Morley, Marta Osypinska, and Anna M. Kotarba-Morley

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Compositional data analysis as a robust tool to delineate hydrochemical facies within and between gas-bearing aquifers, D D.R Owen, V Pawlowsky-Glahn, J J. Egozcue, A Buccianti, and John M. Bradd

Spatial variation in carbon storage: a case study for currambene creek, NSW, Australia, Christopher Owers, Kerrylee Rogers, Debashish Mazumder, and Colin D. Woodroffe

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Identifying spatial variability and complexity in wetland vegetation using an object-based approach, Christopher Owers, Kerrylee Rogers, and Colin D. Woodroffe

Paradox of lithium: as evidence is increasing, use of lithium is decreasing?, Nagesh B. Pai

Management guidelines for food addiction, Nagesh B. Pai, Ivana Goluza, and Shae-Leigh C. Vella

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Who eats more cake? A comparison of food addiction prevalence in the general population and a population with severe mental illness, Nagesh B. Pai, Ivana Goluza, Shae-Leigh C. Vella, and Beatrice C. Dowsett

Are community treatment orders counterproductive?, Nagesh B. Pai and Shae-Leigh C. Vella

Evaluation of hindered amine light stabilisers and their N-chlorinated derivatives as antibacterial and antifungal additives for thermoset surface coatings, Martin Paine, Nicole Pianegonda, Tran T. Huynh, Michael J. Manefield, Shane A. MacLaughlin, Scott A. Rice, Philip J. Barker, and Stephen J. Blanksby

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Barricades and brickwalls - a qualitative study exploring perceptions of medication use and deprescribing in long-term care, Anna Palagyi, Lisa Keay, Jessica Harper, Jan M. Potter, and Richard I. Lindley

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Effects of chitosan and salicylic acid on Stemona alkaloid production in hydroponic culture of Stemona curtisii Hook. f., Jiraporn Palee, Srisulak Dheeranupattana, Sunanta Wangkarn, Stephen G. Pyne, and Alison T. Ung

Are dietetics educators' attitudes to assessment a barrier to expanding placement opportunities? Results of a Delphi study, Claire Palermo, Sandra Capra, Eleanor Beck, Susan Ash, Brian Jolly, and Helen Truby

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Methodology for developing competency standards for dietitians in Australia, Claire Palermo, Jane Conway, Eleanor Beck, Janeane Dart, Sandra Capra, and Susan Ash

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Chronic administration of aripiprazole activates GSK3β-dependent signalling pathways, and up-regulates GABAA receptor expression and CREB1 activity in rats, Bo Pan, Xu-Feng Huang, and Chao Deng

Primordialism and the ‘Pleistocene San’ of southern Africa, Justin Pargeter, Alex Mackay, Peter Mitchell, John Shea, and Brian A. Stewart

‘Primordialism and the ‘Pleistocene San’ of southern Africa’: final reply, Justin Pargeter, Alex Mackay, Peter Mitchell, John Shea, and Brian A. Stewart

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Acute rotator cuff tendinopathy: does ice, low load isometric exercise, or a combination of the two produce an analgaesic effect?, Phillip Parle, Diane L. Riddiford-Harland, Chris Howitt, and Jeremy S. Lewis

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Why Australian dietary recommendations on fat need to change, Natalie Parletta, Barbara J. Meyer, Catherine Itsiopoulos, and Karen Murphy

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People with schizophrenia and depression have a low omega-3 index, Natalie Parletta, Dorota M. Zarnowiecki, Jihyun Cho, Amy Wilson, Nicholas Procter, Andrea Gordon, Svetlana Bogomolova, Kerin O'Dea, John Strachan, Matt Ballestrin, Andrew Champion, and Barbara J. Meyer

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Diabetes and mental health: a holistic approach is needed, Christopher F. Patterson and Lorna Moxham

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Nursing students' reflections on the learning experience of a unique mental health clinical placement, Christopher F. Patterson, Lorna Moxham, Renee M. Brighton, Ellie K. Taylor, Susan Liersch, Dana J. Perlman, Tim Heffernan, and Louise Hadfield

Perceived control among people with severe mental illness: a comparative study, Christopher F. Patterson, Lorna Moxham, Ellie K. Taylor, Susan Liersch, Dana J. Perlman, Renee M. Brighton, Tim Heffernan, and Emily Keough

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Situation awareness: when nurses decide to admit or not admit a person with mental illness as an involuntary patient, Christopher F. Patterson, Nicholas Procter, and Luisa Toffoli

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On the intrinsic accuracy and precision of the standardised growth curve (SGC) and global-SGC (gSGC) methods for equivalent dose determination: A simulation study, Jun Peng, Vasilis Pagonis, and Bo Li

How much does it cost residents to prepare their property for wildfire?, Trent D. Penman, Christine Eriksen, Bronwyn L. Horsey, and Ross A. Bradstock

The effects of thoracic load carriage on maximal ambulatory work tolerance and acceptable work durations, Gregory E. Peoples, Daniel Steven Lee, Sean Notley, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

Fish oil for physical performance in athletes, Gregory E. Peoples and Peter L. McLennan

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Towards best practice in physical and physiological employment standards, Stewart R. Petersen, Gregory S. Anderson, Michael J. Tipton, David Docherty, Terry E. Graham, Brian J. Sharkey, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

Confidentiality in participatory research: challenges from one study, Elmira Petrova, Jan Dewing, and Michelle Camilleri

Methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions from pigs housed on litter and from stockpiling of spent litter, Frances A. Phillips, Stephen Wiedemann, Travis A. Naylor, Eugene McGahan, B R. Warren, C M. Murphy, Stephen D. Parkes, and Joel Wilson

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Applying knowledge translation concepts and strategies in dementia care education for health professionals: recommendations from a narrative literature review, Lyn Phillipson, Belinda J. Goodenough, Samantha L. Reis, and Richard Fleming

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Therapeutic recreation for people with a mental illness is beneficial, Caroline Picton, Lorna Moxham, and Christopher F. Patterson

Using therapeutic recreation as a means of increasing physical activity and reducing social isolation, Caroline Picton, Lorna Moxham, Christopher F. Patterson, Dana J. Perlman, Ellie K. Taylor, Tim Heffernan, Susan Sumskis, and Renee M. Brighton

Beneficence as a principle in human research, Ian J. Pieper and Colin J. H Thomson

The NCP Excavations in Lobang Hangus, Lobang Tulang, Gan Kira, and Kain Hitam, Philip Piper, Helen Lewis, Tim Reynolds, Sue J. McLaren, Ryan J. Rabett, Franca Cole, Katherine A. Szabo, Lucy Farr, and Graeme Barker

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Preparation of an ion with the highest calculated proton affinity: ortho-diethynylbenzene dianion, Berwyck L. J Poad, Nicholas D. Reed, Christopher Hansen, Adam J. Trevitt, Stephen J. Blanksby, Emily G. Mackay, Michael S. Sherburn, Bun Chan, and Leo Radom

Factors associated with medication adherence in patients living with cirrhosis, Suzanne J. Polis, Ling Zang, Bhawana Mainali, Rachel Pons, Gokulan Pavendranathan, Amany Zekry, and Ritin S. Fernandez

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HCOOH distributions from IASI for 2008-2014: comparison with ground-based FTIR measurements and a global chemistry-transport model, Matthieu Pommier, Cathy Clerbaux, P F. Coheur, Emmanuel Mahieu, Jean François Muller, Clare Paton-Walsh, Trissevgeni Stavrakou, and C Vigouroux

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Formation and stability of gas-phase o-benzoquinone from oxidation of ortho-hydroxyphenyl: a combined neutral and distonic radical study, Matthew Prendergast, Benjamin B. Kirk, John D. Savee, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes, Kye Simeon Masters, Stephen J. Blanksby, Gabriel da Silva, and Adam J. Trevitt

The potential for LiDAR technology to map fire fuel hazard over large areas of Australian forest, Owen F. Price and Christopher Gordon

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Local and regional smoke impacts from prescribed fires, Owen F. Price, Bronwyn L. Horsey, and Ningbo Jiang

The drivers of wildfire enlargement do not exhibit scale thresholds in southeastern Australian forests, Owen F. Price, Trent D. Penman, Ross A. Bradstock, and Rittick Borah

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The evolution of food composition databases in Australia: applying data from 1944 to 2007 to current day dietary records, Yasmine Probst and Cendrine Mamet

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First-Stage Development and Validation of a Web-Based Automated Dietary Modeling Tool: Using Constraint Optimization Techniques to Streamline Food Group and Macronutrient Focused Dietary Prescriptions for Clinical Trials, Yasmine Probst, Evan Morrison, Emma Sullivan, and Hoa K. Dam

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Predictors for reporting of dietary assessment methods in food-based randomized controlled trials over a ten-year period, Yasmine Probst and Gail Zammit

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Antimalarial oxoprotoberberine alkaloids from the leaves of Miliusa cuneata, Thanika Promchai, Atchara Jaidee, Sarot Cheenpracha, Kongkiat Trisuwan, Roonglawan Rattanajak, Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Surat Laphookhieo, Stephen G. Pyne, and Thunwadee Ritthiwigrom

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Disinhibition-like behavior in a P301S mutant tau transgenic mouse model of frontotemporal dementia, Magdalena Przybyla, Claire H. Stevens, Julia van der Hoven, Anne Harasta, Mian Bi, Arne Ittner, Annika van Hummel, John R. Hodges, Olivier Piguet, Tim Karl, Michael Kassiou, Gary D. Housley, Yazi D. Ke, Lars M. Ittner, and Janet van Eersel

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How to tackle the rising tide of poaching in Australia's tropical seas, Steven W. Purcell and Hampus B. Eriksson

Effect of acute and chronic glucocorticoid therapy on insulin sensitivity and postprandial vascular function, Anjana Radhakutty, Brenda L. Mangelsdorf, Sophie M. Drake, Dorit Samocha-Bonet, Arthur Jenkins, Leonie K. Heilbronn, Malcolm D. Smith, Campbell H. Thompson, and Morton G. Burt

Seed tolerance to heating is better predicted by seed dormancy than by habitat type in Neotropical savanna grasses, Desirée Ramos, Ana Liaffa, Pedro Diniz, Cassia Munhoz, Mark K. J Ooi, Fabian Borghetti, and Jose Valls

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Impact of the New South Wales fires during October 2013 on regional air quality in eastern Australia, Geraldine Rea, Clare Paton-Walsh, Solene Turquety, Martin Cope, and David W. T Griffith

A ca. 2.60 Ga tectono-thermal event in Western Shandong Province, North China Craton from zircon U-Pb-O isotopic evidence: plume or convergent plate boundary process, Peng Ren, Hangqiang Xie, Shijin Wang, Allen Phillip Nutman, Chunyan Dong, Shoujie Liu, Shiwen Xie, Xiaochao Che, Zhiyong Song, Mingzhu Ma, Dunyi Liu, and Yusheng Wan

The role of controlled experiments in understanding variation in flake production, Zeljko Rezek, Sam C. Lin, and Harold L. Dibble

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Longitudinal analysis of estimated glomerular filtration rate in a cohort of health service users, Chelsea D. Ricketts, Andrew D. Bonney, and Darren J. Mayne

Does participation in a physical activity program impact upon the feet of overweight and obese children?, Diane L. Riddiford-Harland, Julie R. Steele, Dylan P. Cliff, Anthony D. Okely, Philip J. Morgan, and Louise A. Baur

Characterising pigments on 30000-year-old portable art from Apollo 11 Cave, Karas Region, southern Namibia, Riaan F. Rifkin, Linda C. Prinsloo, Laure Dayet, Magnus M. Haaland, Christopher S. Henshilwood, Enrique L. Diz, Stanley Moyo, Ralf Vogelsang, and Fousy Kambombo

Evaluation of an electronic tool to assess food label literacy in adult Australians: a pilot study, Emma M. Ringland, Janelle A. Gifford, Gareth S. Denyer, Danny Thai, Janet L. Franklin, Marie M. Stevenson, Tania Prvan, and Helen T. O'Connor

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Carbon stable isotope composition of charophyte organic matter in a small and shallow Spanish water body as a baseline for future trophic studies, Maria A. Rodrigo, Adriana García, and Allan Chivas

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A comprehensive database of quality-rated fossil ages for Sahul's Quaternary vertebrates, Marta Rodríguez-Reya, Salvador Herrando-Péreza, Barry W. Brook, Frédérik Saltréa, John Alroy, Nicholas Beeton, Michael I. Bird, Alan Cooper, Richard Gillespie, Zenobia Jacobs, Chris N. Johnson, Gifford H. Miller, Gavin J. Prideaux, Richard G. Roberts, Christian Turney, and Corey J. A Bradshaw

The state of legislation and policy protecting Australia's mangrove and salt marsh and their ecosystem services, Kerrylee Rogers, Paul I. Boon, Simon Branigan, Norman C. Duke, Colin D. Field, James A. Fitzsimons, Hugh Kirkman, Jock R. Mackenzie, and Neil Saintilan

Quantifying changes to historic fish habitat extent on north coast NSW floodplains, Australia, Kerrylee Rogers, Evan J. Knoll, Craig Copeland, and Simon Walsh

Geomorphology as an indicator of the biophysical vulnerability of estuaries to coastal and flood hazards in a changing climate, Kerrylee Rogers and Colin D. Woodroffe

Demographic history and asynchronous spawning shape genetic differentiation among populations of the hard coral Acropora tenuis in Western Australia, Natalie Rosser

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Into the past: A step towards a robust Kimberley Rock art chronology, June Ross, Kira E. Westaway, Meg Travers, Michael J. Morwood, and John Hayward

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Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests, Veerle Rots, Elspeth H. Hayes, Dries Cnuts, Christian Lepers, and Richard Fullagar

A prolonged motor imagery session alter imagined and actual movement durations: potential implications for neurorehabilitation, Vianney Rozand, Florent Lebon, Paul J. Stapley, Charalambos Papaxanthis, and Romuald Lepers

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Seasonal variability of stratospheric methane: implications for constraining tropospheric methane budgets using total column observations, K M. Saad, Debra Wunch, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David W. T Griffith, Frank Hase, Martine de Maziere, Justus Notholt, David F. Pollard, Coleen M. Roehl, Matthias Schneider, Ralf Sussmann, Thorsten Warneke, and Paul O. Wennberg

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Pollen-based paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change at Lake Ohrid (south-eastern Europe) during the past 500 ka, Laura Sadori, Andreas Koutsodendris, Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos, Alessia Masi, Adele Bertini, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Alexander Francke, Katerina Kouli, Sébastien Joannin, and Anna M. Mercuri

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A concise synthesis of furo[3,2-c]coumarins catalyzed by nanocrystalline ZnZr4(PO4)6 ceramics under microwave irradiation, Javad Safaei-Ghomi, Pouria Babaei, Hossein Shahbazi-Alavi, Stephen G. Pyne, and Anthony C. Willis

Synthesis of furo[3,2-c]coumarins under microwave irradiation using nano-CoFe2O4@SiO2-PrNH2 as an efficient and magnetically reusable catalyst, Javad Safaei-Ghomi, Hossein Shahbazi-Alavi, Pouria Babaei, Hadi Basharnavaz, Stephen G. Pyne, and Anthony C. Willis

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Identification of eight different isoforms of the glucocorticoid receptor in Guinea pig placenta: Relationship to preterm delivery, sex and betamethasone exposure, Zarqa Saif, Rebecca M. Dyson, Hannah K. Palliser, Ian M. R Wright, Nick Lu, and Vicki L. Clifton

Intermittent estuaries: linking hydro-geomorphic context to climate change resilience, Neil Saintilan, Kerrylee Rogers, Christina Toms, Eric D. Stein, and David Jacobs

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Climate change not to blame for late Quaternary megafauna extinctions in Australia, Frédérik Saltréa, Marta Rodríguez-Reya, Barry W. Brook, Chris N. Johnson, Christian Turney, John Alroy, Alan Cooper, Nicholas Beeton, Michael I. Bird, Damien A. Fordham, Richard Gillespie, Salvador Herrando-Péreza, Zenobia Jacobs, Gifford H. Miller, David Nogués-Bravo, Gavin J. Prideaux, Richard G. Roberts, and Corey J. A Bradshaw

Is repetition failure critical for the development of muscle hypertrophy and strength?, John Andrew Sampson and Herbert Groeller

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Determination of antioxidant and anticancer activities together with total phenol and flavonoid contents of Cleidion javanicum Bl. And Bridelia retusa (L.) A. Juss, Duangsuree Sanseera, Boonsom Liawruangrath, Stephen G. Pyne, and Saisunee Liawruangrath

Tectonic subsidence provides insight into possible coral reef futures under rapid sea-level rise, Megan L. Saunders, Simon Albert, Chris M. Roelfsema, Javier X. Leon, Colin D. Woodroffe, Stuart R. Phinn, and Peter J. Mumby

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Why was silcrete heat-treated in the Middle Stone Age? An early transformative technology in the context of raw material use at Mertenhof rock shelter, South Africa, Patrick Schmidt and Alex Mackay

Musculoskeletal screening as a predictor of seasonal injury in elite Olympic class sailors, Adrian B. Schultz, Dennis R. Taaffe, Michael Blackburn, Peter Logan, Donna White, Michael Drew, and Robert G. Lockie

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Improving the uptake of pre-travel health advice amongst migrant Australians: exploring the attitudes of primary care providers and migrant community groups, Holly Seale, Rajneesh Kaur, Abela Mahimbo, C Raina Macintyre, Nicholas Arnold Zwar, Mitchell Smith, Heather Worth, and Anita Heywood

Kangaroo harvesters and the euthanasia of orphaned young-at-foot: applying the theory of planned behaviour to an animal welfare issue, Trudy Sharp and S McLeod

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Incorporating benthic community changes into hydrochemical-based projections of coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification, Emily C. Shaw, Sarah Hamylton, and Stuart R. Phinn

Long-term effects of preterm birth on behavior and neurosteroid sensitivity in the guinea pig, Julia C. Shaw, Hannah K. Palliser, Rebecca M. Dyson, Jonathan J. Hirst, and Mary J. Berry

Dietary carotenoid supplementation improves the escape performance of the southern corroboree frog, Aimee J. Silla, Emma McInerney, and Phillip G. Byrne