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Use of Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature for Reporting Clinical Data at 10 Years
(Elsevier, 2017-03-31)Uveitis is a heterogeneous group of infectious and noninfectious intraocular inflammatory diseases. Management of both subsets of uveitis is frequently challenging. Since 2000, advances in microbial diagnostics and ... -
Effect of NADPH oxidase 1 and 4 blockade in activated human retinal endothelial cells
(Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2018-08)Background Over‐production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and resulting oxidative stress contribute to retinal damage in vascular diseases that include diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity and major retinal ... -
Expression of microRNA in human retinal pigment epithelial cells following infection with Zaire ebolavirus
(BMC Research Notes, 2019)Objective: Survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD) are at risk of developing blinding intraocular inflammation—or uveitis—which is associated with retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) scarring and persistence of live Zaire ... -
Current ophthalmology practice patterns for syphilitic uveitis
(British Journal of Opthalmology, 2019)Background Syphilitic uveitis is re-emerging alongside the systemic infection. In July 2017, an international group of uveitis-specialised ophthalmologists formed the International Ocular Syphilis Study Group to define ... -
A desktop study of the groundwater resources of Cousine and Cousin Islands, Seychelles : Funded by MSP GEF and prepared for Nature Seychelles
(Flinders University, 2007-12)The groundwater resources of Cousine and Cousin Islands has previously not been investigated, although these resources are accessed via bore pumping to support tourism, residents, and visitors to the islands, in terms of ... -
Development of a short‐item diet quality questionnaire for Indigenous mothers and their young children: The Menzies remote short‐item dietary assessment tool
(WIley, 2018-04-19)The importance of a healthy diet in facilitating optimal childhood development and preventing chronic disease cannot be overstated. Despite this, unhealthy food patterns frequently occur as early as 9 months of age and ... -
Characteristics of Smartphone Applications for Nutrition Improvement in Community Settings: A Scoping Review
(Oxford University Press, 2017-03-10)Smartphone applications are increasingly being used to support nutrition improvement in community settings. However, there is a scarcity of practical literature to support researchers and practitioners in choosing or ... -
Consumer Trust
(Sage, 2015)In the past two decades, food industries in developed countries have experienced increasing numbers of food scares that have resulted in increased consumer concerns about the safety of food. Concerns about the safety and ... -
The Relative Validity of the Menzies Remote Short-Item Dietary Assessment Tool (MRSDAT) in Aboriginal Australian Children Aged 6–36 Months
(MDPI, 2018-05-10)The Menzies Remote Short-item Dietary Assessment Tool (MRSDAT) can be used to derive a dietary index score, which measures the degree of compliance with the Australian Dietary Guidelines. This study aimed to determine the ... -
The Image of ruins in Greek aestheticism: evoking the distant past and reflecting the human emotion
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)The purpose of this work is to present the image of ruins in Greek Aestheticism, as it appeared in the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century in Greek literature. This research ... -
Religious sacraments and dance in the Greek Orthodox Church
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)The article analyses the Dance of Isiah as performed during the sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders in the Greek Orthodox Church. The paper is concerned with ritual process merging both biblical text and sacramental ... -
Greek-Australian women's love poetry: of terrain and transnationalism
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)This paper seeks to showcase the various facets of love, romantic and otherwise, explored by Greek-Australian women writers in their poetry and prose. It reinforces the paramount significance of contextuality in relation ... -
Lost in translation? Investigating the linguistic and conceptual understanding of translated text for older adults of Greek background.
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)South Australia is home to a significant cohort of post-World War II migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds. These migrants now constitute a sizeable portion of those 65 years and older in the state. It has been ... -
Identity and social connection of Greek dancing in diaspora
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)This paper will discuss findings from a qualitative study undertaken in Melbourne, Australia that investigated Greek dancing as an aspect of cultural identity and wellbeing. This research involved nineteen participants ... -
A Smartphone App to Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Young Adults in Australian Remote Indigenous Communities: Design, Formative Evaluation and User-Testing
(JMIR Publications, 2017-12-12)Background: The disproportionate burden of noncommunicable disease among Indigenous Australians living in remote Indigenous communities (RICs) is a complex and persistent problem. Smartphones are increasingly being used ... -
Greasy spoon dagoes: Sydney's Greek food-catering phenomenon, 1870s-1952
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)Over the first-half of the twentieth century, Sydney’s Greeks became numerically prominent as food caterers and radically transformed the character of the city’s popular eating-houses. They introduced new American commercial ... -
Gorgopotamos and after: Tom Barnes' Greek archive 1942-45
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)Cecil Edward (Tom) Barnes took part in the famous sabotage operation of the Gorgopotamos Bridge in November 1942 as leader of the demolition party. Remaining in Greece after the attack, he rose to become one of two Area ... -
Protein Intake and Growth in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review
(Sage, 2014-10-15)Objective. This review aimed to investigate the relationship between varying levels of enteral protein intake and growth in preterm infants, regardless of feeding method. Data Sources. Electronic databases were searched ... -
Personal narratives after stoke: stories from bilingual Greek-English immigrants living in South Australia
(Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2019)Narratives are intricately intertwined with quality of life, culture, and social participation. This paper reports stories told by bilingual people describing the events or consequences of a stroke on their lives. Six ...
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