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The controlled direct effect of temperament at 2-3 years on cognitive and academic outcomes at 6-7 years

Overall, temperament had small associations with cognitive and academic outcomes after accounting for parenting and confounders

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Functional genomics in cancer immunotherapy: Computational approaches for biomarker and drug discovery

This review explores computational strategies to yield biological insight into the processes involved in the immunotherapeutic response

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Acquired resistance during adoptive cell therapy by transcriptional silencing of immunogenic antigens

These findings suggest that tumor cells employ multiple epigenetic and genetic mechanisms to evade immune control

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Implementing and Evaluating Interventions to Improve School Readiness and Early Literacy

The implementation of the Pacific early age readiness and learning program has generated significant data, evidence, operational experience, and knowledge

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Comparing adolescent and parent reports of externalizing problems: A longitudinal population-based study

Substance use, depression and low school motivation impacted on discrepancy in externalizing behaviour scores for 14-year-old male adolescents and their parents

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No detectable effects of acute tryptophan depletion on short-term immune system cytokine levels in healthy adults

The acute tryptophan depletion condition did not result in significant changes to cytokine concentrations for the entire study sample

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Commissioning and performance characteristics of a pre-clinical image-guided radiotherapy system

Characteristics of a small-animal radiotherapy device, the X-RAD SmART, are described following commissioning of the device for pre-clinical radiotherapy research

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Very Early Identification and Intervention for Infants at Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Transdiagnostic Approach

In this article, we examine the utility of a transdiagnostic, dimensional approach to very early identification and intervention for infants at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders

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Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomics

We identified the existence of more than 290 clinically associated genomic phylogroups across 22 countries, highlighting challenges in designing vaccines of global utility

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Community-based participatory action research on rheumatic heart disease in an Australian Aboriginal homeland: Evaluation of the ‘On track watch’ project

Based in 'both-way learning', the aim of this study was to co-design, implement and evaluate community-based participatory action research to achieve this vision