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 follows SMAH Papers: Part A. 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 2017

Effect of educational and support interventions on long-term breastfeeding rates in primiparous women: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Shahla Meedya, Ritin S. Fernandez, and Kathleen Fahy

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The effects of d-aspartic acid supplementation in resistance-trained men over a three month training period: A randomised controlled trial, Geoffrey W. Melville, Jason Siegler, and Paul W. Marshall

The identification of combat survivability tasks associated with naval vessel damage in maritime environments, Kane J. Middleton and Amelia J. Carr

The cold climate geomorphology of the Eastern Cape Drakensberg: A reevaluation of past climatic conditions during the last glacial cycle in Southern Africa, Stephanie C. Mills, Timothy T. Barrows, Matt W. Telfer, and Keith Fifield

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The effect of nut consumption on markers of inflammation and endothelial function: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, Elizabeth Neale, Linda C. Tapsell, Vivienne Guan, and Marijka Batterham

Last Glacial pollen-climate reconstructions from Northland, New Zealand, Rewi M. Newnham, Brent V. Alloway, K A. Holt, K Butler, Andrew Rees, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Gavin B. Dunbar, and I Hajdas

Microencapsulated krill and tuna oil blend raises plasma long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid levels compared to tuna oil with similar increases in ileal contractility in rats, Glen S. Patten, Luz Sanguansri, Mary Ann Augustin, Mahinda Y. Abeywardena, Anthony R. Bird, Craig S. Patch, and Damien Belobrajdic

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Ecosystem service delivery in Karst landscapes: anthropogenic perturbation and recovery, Timothy Quine, Dali Guo, Sophie Green, Chenglong Tu, Iain Hartley, Xinyu Zhang, Jennifer Dungait, Xuefa Wen, Zhaoliang Song, Hongyan Liu, Heather L. Buss, Timothy T. Barrows, Richard Evershed, Penny Johnes, and Jeroen Meersmans

Differences between clinician- and self-administered shoulder sustained mobilization on scapular and shoulder muscle activity during shoulder abduction: A repeated-measures study on asymptomatic individuals, Daniel Cury Ribeiro, Gisela Sole, Ramu Venkat, and Jonathan Shemmell

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Optical dating of rock art, Richard G. Roberts

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Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter snakes, Nicky Rollings, Emily Uhrig, Randolph Krohmer, Heather Waye, Robert Mason, Mats M. Olsson, Camilla M. Whittington, and Christopher R. Friesen

Stratigraphy, age and correlation of two widespread Late Holocene tephras preserved within Lake Kutubu, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, Larissa Schneider, Brent V. Alloway, Russell J. Blong, Geoffrey Hope, Stewart Fallon, Colin Pain, William A. Maher, and Simon G. Haberle

Association between age at menarche and gestational diabetes mellitus: the Australian longitudinal study on women's health, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker and Gita D. Mishra

Factors across the life course predict women's change in smoking behaviour during pregnancy and in midlife: Results from the National Child Development Study, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, George Ploubidis, Alissa Goodman, and Gita D. Mishra

Food insecurity partially mediates associations between social disadvantage and body composition among older adults in india: Results from the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), Joshua Schrock, Heather McClure, J Snodgrass, Melissa Liebert, Karen E. Charlton, Perianayagam Arokiasamy, Nirmala Naidoo, and Paul Kowal

Using 36Cl exposure dating to date mass movement and assess land stability on the Nicholas Range, Tasmania, A J. Slee, P D. McIntosh, and Timothy T. Barrows

Cosmogenic exposure dating constraints for coastal landslide evolution on the Island of Malta (Mediterranean Sea), Mauro Soldati, Timothy T. Barrows, Mariacristina Prampolini, and Keith Fifield

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Ertapenem in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy for complicated urinary tract infections, Mohamad-Ali Trad, Lihua H. Zhong, Ryan M. Llorin, Shire Y. Tan, Monica Chan, Sophia Archuleta, Zuraidah Sulaiman, Vincent H. Tam, David C. Lye, and D A. Fisher

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A pro-inflammatory diet is associated with increased risk of developing hypertension among middle-aged women, Linda E.T Vissers, Michael A. Waller, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, James R. Hebert, Nitin Shivappa, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, and Gita D. Mishra

Some anemonefish lack personality: a comparative assessment of behavioral variation and repeatability in relation to environmental and social factors, Marian Y. L Wong, Amanda L. Beasley, Tasman Douglass, Steve Whalan, and Anna Scott

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Radiofrequency ablation of the lateral palatal space for snoring, B T. Woodson, Kent S. Tadokoro, and Stuart MacKay

Hydrological changes in Shuangchi Lake, Hainan Island, tropical China, during the Little Ice Age, Wenchao Zhang, Hong Yan, Chengcheng Liu, Peng Cheng, Jianyong Li, Fengyan Lu, Xiaolin Ma, John R. Dodson, Henk Heijnis, Weijian Zhou, and Zhisheng An

Papers from 2016

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Integrative Review of the Supportive Care Needs of Arab People Affected by Cancer, Ibrahim M. Alananzeh, Janelle V. Levesque, Cannas Kwok, and Bronwyn Everett

Association of diet and lifestyle with glycated haemoglobin in type 1 diabetes participants in the EURODIAB prospective complications study, S Balk, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Gita D. Mishra, M Toeller, Nish Chaturvedi, John H. Fuller, and Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu

Multifactorial Sex Determination in Chameleons, Cissy Ballen, Richard Shine, Robin Andrews, and Mats M. Olsson

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Investigating GP experiences: Barriers and facilitators to the management and referral of acne patients in a primary care setting, Andrew D. Bonney, Judy Mullan, Jo-Ann See, Jenna E. Rayner, and Athena Hammond

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Application of satellite navigation system for emergency warning and alerting, Suelynn Choy, John Handmer, Joshua Whittaker, Yuki Shinohara, and Tomohiro Hatori

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Resistance-based interval exercise acutely improves endothelial function in type 2 diabetes, Monique E. Francois, Cody Durrer, Kevin Pistawka, Frank Halperin, and Jonathan P. Little

Taking the heat out of exercise to improve vascular health, Monique E. Francois and Kate Thomas

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Low-volume intense exercise elicits post-exercise hypotension and subsequent hypervolemia, irrespective of which limbs are exercised, Matthew Graham, Samuel Lucas, Monique E. Francois, Stasinos Stavrianeas, Evelyn Parr, Kate Thomas, and Jim D. Cotter

Depressive symptoms across the menopause transition: Findings from a large population-based cohort study, Martha Hickey, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Hadine Joffe, and Gita D. Mishra

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Generation Y occupational therapy students' views and preferences about the provision of feedback during clinical practice education, Caroline Hills, Tracy Levett-Jones, Helen Warren-Forward, and Samuel Lapkin

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Teaching and learning preferences of 'Generation Y' occupational therapy students in practice education, Caroline Hills, Tracy Levett-Jones, Helen Warren-Forward, and Samuel Lapkin

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A late Quaternary vertebrate deposit in Kudjal Yolgah Cave, south-western Australia: refining regional late Pleistocene extinctions, Nathan Jankowski, Grant A. Gully, Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts, and Gavin J. Prideaux

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Selection and constraints on offspring size-number trade-offs in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis), G Ljungström, M Stjernstedt, Erik Wapstra, and Mats M. Olsson

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Understanding the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on neuronal circuits, Natalie A. Matheson, Jonathan Shemmell, Dirk De Ridder, and John N. J Reynolds

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 as a Point of Convergence for Models of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder, Natalie Matosin and Steven J. Siegel

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Centralised coordination of spontaneous emergency volunteers: the EV CREW model, Blythe McLennan, Julie Molloy, Joshua Whittaker, and John Handmer

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The changing landscape of disaster volunteering: opportunities, responses and gaps in Australia, Blythe McLennan, Joshua Whittaker, and John Handmer

The isua supracrustal belt of the North Atlantic Craton (Greenland): Spotlight on sedimentary systems with the oldest preserved sedimentary structures (~3.7, ~3.75, and ~3.8 Ga), Allen Phillip Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Clark R. L Friend, and Allan Chivas

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Principles and a Model for Advancing Future-oriented and Student-focused Teaching and Learning, Dominique R. Parrish

Shoulder muscle activity during the modified dynamic relocation test and side-lying shoulder external rotation: a cross-sectional study on asymptomatic individuals, Daniel Cury Ribeiro, Jonathan Shemmell, Carrie Falling, and Gisela Sole

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How health care professionals use social media to create virtual communities: An integrative review, Kaye D. Rolls, Margaret Hansen, Debra Jackson, and Doug Elliott

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Why We Belong - Exploring Membership of Healthcare Professionals in an Intensive Care Virtual Community Via Online Focus Groups: Rationale and Protocol, Kaye D. Rolls, Margaret Hansen, Debra Jackson, and Doug Elliott

The Role of Energy, Nutrients, Foods, and Dietary Patterns in the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Gita D. Mishra, Leonie Callaway, and Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu

Quantifying the mediating effect of body mass index on the relation between a Mediterranean diet and development of maternal pregnancy complications: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu, and Gita D. Mishra

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Association between inflammatory potential of diet and risk of depression in middle-aged women: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, Nitin Shivappa, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, James R. Hebert, and Gita D. Mishra

'They aren't really black fellas but they are easy to talk to': Factors which influence Australian Aboriginal women's decision to disclose intimate partner violence during pregnancy, Jo Spangaro, Sigrid Herring, Jane Koziol-Mclain, Alison Rutherford, Mary-Anne Frail, and Anthony Zwi

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Optical dating of sediments from the West Mouth, Mark Stephens, Richard G. Roberts, and Olav B. Lian

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Differences in Motor Evoked Potentials Induced in Rats by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation under Two Separate Anesthetics: Implications for Plasticity Studies, Matthew Sykes, Natalie A. Matheson, Philip W. Brownjohn, Alexander D. Tang, Jennifer Rodger, Jonathan Shemmell, and John N. J Reynolds

Downregulating Aberrant Motor Evoked Potential Synergies of the Lower Extremity Post Stroke during TMS of the Contralesional Hemisphere, Andrew Q. Tan, Jonathan Shemmell, and Yasin Y. Dhaher

Retinoschisin at 4 Å Resolution from cryo-EM: A Junctional Model of Back-to-Back Octamers for Adhesion in the Retina, Gökhan Tolun, Camasamudram Vijayasarathy, Rick Huang, Yong Zeng, Yan Li, Paul Sieving, J. Bernard Heymann, and Alasdair Steven

Paired octamer rings of retinoschisin suggest a junctional model for cell-cell adhesion in the retina, Gökhan Tolun, Camasamudram Vijayasarathy, Rick Huang, Yong Zeng, Yan Li, Alasdair Steven, Paul Sieving, and J. Bernard Heymann

The relationship between the dietary inflammatory index and risk of total cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease: Findings from an Australian population-based prospective cohort study of women, Linda E.T Vissers, Michael A. Waller, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, James R. Hebert, Nitin Shivappa, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, and Gita D. Mishra

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Health Literacy: Does health literacy affect the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) in Australian general practice settings?, Dora M. von Conrady, Andrew D. Bonney, and Judy Mullan

Calcium dependent plasticity applied to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation with a neural field model, Marcus T. Wilson, Park K. Fung, Peter Robinson, Jonathan Shemmell, and John N. J Reynolds

Papers from 2015

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Evaluating the guideline enhancement tool (GET): An innovative clinical training tool to enhance the use of hypertension guidelines in general practice, Chinthaka Balasooriya, Joel Rhee, Boaz Shulruf, Rosa Canalese, and Nicholas Zwar

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Developmental plasticity in an unusual animal: The effects of incubation temperature on behavior in chameleons, Cissy Ballen, Richard Shine, and Mats M. Olsson

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Re: Inquiry into Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Primary Health Care, Andrew D. Bonney

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The effect of targeted social information resources on older patient attitudes towards GP registrars, Andrew D. Bonney, Sandra C. Jones, Lyn Phillipson, Julie Hall, and Elizabeth A. Smyth

Making the case for a more accurate cardiovascular disease risk assessment tool for Indigenous Australians, Alex Chan

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Organisational interventions for promoting person‐centred care for people with dementia, Lynn Chenoweth, Jane Stein-Parbury, Samuel Lapkin, and Yueping Wang

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Incidence of ventilator-Associated pneumonia in Australasian intensive care units: Use of a consensus-developed clinical surveillance checklist in a multisite prospective audit, Doug Elliott, Rosalind Elliott, Anthony Burrell, Peter Harrigan, Margherita Murgo, Kaye D. Rolls, and David Sibbritt

Effectiveness and safety of high-intensity interval training in patients with type 2 diabetes, Monique E. Francois and Jonathan P. Little

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Association between HOMA-IR and cancer, Ezinne Oyidia Igwe, Ahmad Azman, Abdul Nordin, and Norhafizah Mohtarrudin

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Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming world, Gabriella Ljungstrom, Erik Wapstra, and Mats M. Olsson

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Weighing in General Practice: Does it have an impact on weight management? Results of an innovative research study, Duncan MacKinnon, Andrew D. Bonney, Darren J. Mayne, Stephen Barnett, and Bridget R. Dijkmans-Hadley

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No interstitial telomeres on autosomes but remarkable amplification of telomeric repeats on the W sex chromosome in the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), Kazumi Matsubara, Yoshinobu Uno, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Yoichi Matsuda, Emily Miller, and Mats M. Olsson

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Three and six grams supplementation of d-aspartic acid in resistance trained men, Geoffrey W. Melville, Jason Siegler, and Paul W. Marshall

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How do women's diets compare with the new Australian dietary guidelines?, Gita D. Mishra, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Seema Mihrshahi, and Annette Dobson

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A stone age "Rosetta stone", Richard G. Roberts, Richard Fullagar, and Linda C. Prinsloo

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Luminescence dating, single-grain dose distribution, Richard G. Roberts and Zenobia Jacobs

Prepregnancy dietary patterns and risk of developing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu, Leonie Callaway, and Gita D. Mishra

Pre-pregnancy dietary patterns and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: results from an Australian population-based prospective cohort study, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu, Leonie Callaway, and Gita D. Mishra

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Interactions between stretch and startle reflexes produce task-appropriate rapid postural reactions, Jonathan Shemmell

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The more pieces, the better the puzzle: Sperm concentration increases gametic compatibility, Craig D. Sherman, Emi Ab rahim, Mats M. Olsson, and Vincent Careau

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Mindfulness and Transition Pedagogy, Sarah Tillott, Marcus O'Donnell, Jocelyn R. Harper, and Eeva K. Leinonen-Davies

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A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: Definition, opportunities and challenges, Joshua Whittaker, Blythe McLennan, and John Handmer

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Sleeping tablet study: The attitude of patients over 65 years to ceasing long term sleeping tablets, Fiona Williams, Carl Mahfouz, Andrew D. Bonney, Russell W. Pearson, Bastian Seidel, Bridget R. Dijkmans-Hadley, Judy Mullan, and Rowena G. Ivers

Causal links between Nile floods and eastern Mediterranean sapropel formation during the past 125 kyr confirmed by OSL and radiocarbon dating of Blue and White Nile sediments, Martin AJ Williams, Geoffrey A.T Duller, Frances Williams, Jamie Woodward, Mark G. Macklin, O A.M El Tom, R N. Munro, Y El Hajaz, and Timothy T. Barrows

Papers from 2014

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Effects of early social isolation on the behaviour and performance of juvenile lizards, chamaeleo calyptratus, Cissy Ballen, Richard Shine, and Mats M. Olsson

A White Nile megalake during the last interglacial period, Timothy T. Barrows, Martin AJ Williams, Stephanie C. Mills, Geoffrey A.T Duller, L Keith Fifield, David Haberlah, Stephen Tims, and Frances Williams

Utility of intracerebral theta burst electrical stimulation to attenuate interhemispheric inhibition and to promote motor recovery after cortical injury in an animal model, Melissa D. Barry, Laura J. Boddington, Kajsa M. Igelström, Jason P. Gray, Jonathan Shemmell, Kuei Y. Tseng, Dorothy E. Oorschot, and John N. J Reynolds

The effects of individualized theta burst stimulation on the excitability of the human motor system, Philip W. Brownjohn, John N. J Reynolds, Natalie A. Matheson, Jonathan A. Fox, and Jonathan Shemmell

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Health literacy screening instruments in adults with cardiovascular disease and their importance to the nursing profession, Alex Chan

Land-sea correlations in the Australian region: Post-glacial onset of the monsoon in northwestern Western Australia, Patrick De Deckker, Timothy T. Barrows, and John Rogers

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Contraceptive Implanon: Why do GPs get asked to remove it early?, Meike Flore, Xiaoshuang Chen, Andrew D. Bonney, and Bridget R. Dijkmans-Hadley

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The ipsilateral motor cortex does not contribute to long-latency stretch reflex amplitude at the wrist, Jonathan A. Fox and Jonathan Shemmell

'Exercise snacks' before meals: A novel strategy to improve glycaemic control in individuals with insulin resistance, Monique E. Francois, James Baldi, Patrick Manning, Samuel Lucas, John A. Hawley, Michael Williams, and Jim D. Cotter

Structural basis of hAT transposon end recognition by hermes, an octameric dna transposase from musca domestica, Alison Hickman, Hosam Ewis, Xianghong Li, Joshua Knapp, Thomas Laver, Anna-Louise Doss, Gökhan Tolun, Alasdair Steven, Alexander Grishaev, Ad Bax, Peter Atkinson, Nancy Craig, and Fred Dyda

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The effectiveness of web-based interprofessional learning modules on health professional students' behavioural intentions in relation to medication safety: A quasi-experimental study, Samuel Lapkin, Tracy Levett-Jones, and Conor Gilligan

High-intensity interval training for improving postprandial hyperglycemia, Jonathan P. Little and Monique E. Francois

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Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology, Daniel Nussey, Duncan Baird, Emma L. Barrett, Winnie Boner, Jennifer Fairlie, Neil Gemmell, Nils Hartmann, Thorsten Horn, Mark Haussmann, Mats M. Olsson, Chris Turbill, Simon Verhulst, Sandrine Zahn, and Pat Monaghan

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Opinion Box 11: When did modern humans first colonize Southeast Asia and Australia?, Richard G. Roberts

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Telomeric attrition with age and temperature in Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), Nicky Rollings, Emily Miller, and Mats M. Olsson

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Socioeconomic position, lifestyle factors and age at natural menopause: A systematic review and meta-analyses of studies across six continents, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Caroline A. Jackson, Jemma V. Rowlands, and Gita D. Mishra

Glycemic control and all-cause mortality risk in type 1 diabetes patients: The EURODIAB prospective complications study, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Dominique Simon, Nish Chaturvedi, John H. Fuller, and Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu

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The association between dietary factors and gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Danielle A. J. M Schoenaker, Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu, and Gita D. Mishra

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Identification of the linkage group of the Z sex chromosomes of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis, Lacertidae) and elucidation of karyotype evolution in lacertid lizards, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Kazumi Matsubara, Yoshinobu Uno, Chizuko Nishida, Mats M. Olsson, and Yoichi Matsuda

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Abbot Point dredging debate needs to be reopened: experts, James Whitmore, Jon Brodie, and Sarah Hamylton