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'If I Wanted to Have More Opportunities and Go to a Better School, I Just Had to Get Used to It’

The experiences of 32 male Aboriginal students from regional and remote towns and communities while they attended a metropolitan boarding school...

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Prenatal factors in cerebral palsy

This article discusses the prenatal factors associated with the development of infants born with cerebral palsy.

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Polygenic risk of ischemic stroke is associated with cognitive ability

Findings from this study indicate that even in the absence of stroke, being at high polygenic risk of ischemic stroke is associated with lower cognitive ability

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The Impact of Maternal Gestational Stress on Motor Development in Late Childhood and Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study

Stressful events experienced in late pregnancy were negatively related with offspring motor development

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New South Wales child development study (NSW-CDS): An Australian multiagency, multigenerational, longitudinal record linkage study

Identify risk and protective factors for later childhood-onset and adolescent-onset mental health problems, and other adverse social outcomes

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Longitudinal impact of the Cyber Friendly Schools program on adolescents' cyberbullying behavior

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

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VEGF-D promotes pulmonary oedema in hyperoxic acute lung injury

Our studies show that Vegf-d promotes oedema in response to hyperoxia in mice and support the hypothesis that VEGF-D signalling promotes vascular leak in human HALI.

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Towards a Better Understanding of the Life Cycle of Trypanosoma copemani

To understand the biology and life cycle of Trypanosoma copemani, the growth requirements, and kinetics of infection of two new genotypes were investigated

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Asbestos exposure: Challenges for Australian clinicians

Due to the extensive past use of asbestos in Australia, known exposure is common and causes anxiety, especially with the increased risk of thoracic malignancies