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The Social and Emotional Well-being of Indigenous Peoples Living With Diabetes: A Systematic Review ProtocolGlobally, Indigenous people have a greater incidence and earlier onset of diabetes than the general population and have higher documented rates of emotional distress and mental illness. This systematic review will provide a synthesis and critical appraisal of the evidence focused on the social and emotional well-being of Indigenous peoples living with diabetes, including prevalence, impact, moderators, and the efficacy of interventions.
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Cancer chemotherapy: insights into cellular and tumor microenvironmental mechanisms of actionChemotherapy has historically been the mainstay of cancer treatment, but our understanding of what drives a successful therapeutic response remains limited.
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What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysisThe prevalence of bullying worldwide is high (UNESCO, 2018). Over the past decades, many anti-bullying interventions have been developed to remediate this problem. However, we lack insight into for whom these interventions work and what individual intervention components drive the total intervention effects.
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What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policyThis Series on urban design, transport, and health aimed to facilitate development of a global system of health-related policy and spatial indicators to assess achievements and deficiencies in urban and transport policies and features. This final paper in the Series summarises key findings, considers what to do next, and outlines urgent key actions.
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Flowering locus T indel variants confer vernalization-independent and photoperiod-insensitive flowering of yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus L.)Ongoing climate change has considerably reduced the seasonal window for crop vernalization, concurrently expanding cultivation area into northern latitudes with long-day photoperiod. To address these changes, cool season legume breeders need to understand molecular control of vernalization and photoperiod.
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The short term safety of COVID-19 vaccines in Australia: AusVaxSafety active surveillance, February – August 2021To assess the short term safety of the COVID-19 vaccines Comirnaty (Pfizer–BioNTech BNT162b2) and Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca ChAdOx1) in Australia.
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Experience of patients with lung cancer and with targeted therapy-related skin adverse drug reactions: A qualitative studyTo explore the experience of non-small-cell lung cancer patients with targeted therapy-related skin adverse drug reactions.
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The effect of iron deficiency on quality of life outcomes after surgery for obstructive sleep apnoeaThis study aimed to assess the effect of iron deficiency on parent-reported changes in quality of life (QOL) among children receiving an adenotonsillectomy for paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
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Off-target effects of bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2: implications for protection against severe COVID-19Because of its beneficial off-target effects against non-mycobacterial infectious diseases, bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination might be an accessible early intervention to boost protection against novel pathogens. Multiple epidemiological studies and randomised controlled trials are investigating the protective effect of BCG against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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High prevalence of hearing loss in urban Aboriginal infants: the Djaalinj Waakinj cohort studyChris Deborah Tamara Brennan-Jones Lehmann Veselinovic PhD AO, MBBS, MSc BSc(Hons) MClinAud PhD Head, Ear and Hearing Health Honorary Emeritus Fellow