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View article: Opioids and the challenges of managing chronic non‐cancer pain in rural Australia: a qualitative study
Opioids and the challenges of managing chronic non‐cancer pain in rural Australia: a qualitative study Open
Objective To investigate why rural general practitioners prescribe opioids for people with chronic non‐cancer pain, with the aims of explaining geographic differences in opioid prescribing and improving pain management in rural areas. Stud…
View article: Referee report. For: An automated sex estimation method for lower and upper limbs from European populations [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Referee report. For: An automated sex estimation method for lower and upper limbs from European populations [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations] Open
View article: Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case-making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), the world’s most common underwater architects
Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case-making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), the world’s most common underwater architects Open
Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are among the most diverse groups of freshwater animals with more than 16,000 described species. They play an outsized role in freshwater ecology and environmental engineering in streams, rivers, and lakes. Becaus…
View article: How does social class shape women's alcohol stockpiling during COVID-19?: A qualitative study in South Australia during the 2020 lockdown
How does social class shape women's alcohol stockpiling during COVID-19?: A qualitative study in South Australia during the 2020 lockdown Open
View article: Lifestyle Interventions through Participatory Research: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Alcohol and Other Breast Cancer Behavioural Risk Factors
Lifestyle Interventions through Participatory Research: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Alcohol and Other Breast Cancer Behavioural Risk Factors Open
Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in women globally. Sex and advancing age represent the dominant risk factors, with strong evidence of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor. The carcinogenic nature of alcohol has…
View article: The Case of Australia
The Case of Australia Open
Government responses to COVID-19 have dramatically altered the social quality of daily circumstances. Consequently, theoretical questions about social cohesion require recalibration as we explore new models of social quality. Central to th…
View article: COVID-19, Alcohol Consumption and Stockpiling Practises in Midlife Women: Repeat Surveys During Lockdown in Australia and the United Kingdom
COVID-19, Alcohol Consumption and Stockpiling Practises in Midlife Women: Repeat Surveys During Lockdown in Australia and the United Kingdom Open
Introduction: This project examined the impact of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on alcohol practises (consumption and stockpiling), and perceptions of health risk among women in midlife (those aged 45–64 years). Methods: We collecte…
View article: Social Class and Changes in Australian Women's Affect and Alcohol Consumption During COVID-19
Social Class and Changes in Australian Women's Affect and Alcohol Consumption During COVID-19 Open
Introduction: Before the pandemic, mid-life women in Australia were among the “heaviest” female alcohol consumers, giving rise to myriad preventable health risks. This paper uses an innovative model of social class within a sample of Austr…
View article: Alcohol Consumption and Perceptions of Health Risks During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Middle-Aged Women in South Australia
Alcohol Consumption and Perceptions of Health Risks During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Middle-Aged Women in South Australia Open
Australian women's alcohol consumption has increased in frequency during COVID-19. Research suggests this is to cope with stress resulting from the pandemic and COVID-19 countermeasures that require social distancing. This is a critical pu…
View article: Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths
Million-year-old DNA sheds light on the genomic history of mammoths Open
View article: Deeply Digital in Shallow Times: Writing Communities in the Shadow of the Pandemic
Deeply Digital in Shallow Times: Writing Communities in the Shadow of the Pandemic Open
Recent studies have confirmed profound mental health concerns within PhD student cohorts. Phrases like ‘imposter syndrome’ pepper student narratives of their candidature. This article explores one intervention in this tale of mental health…
View article: Affirming the Bott Index
Affirming the Bott Index Open
A useful metric for characterizing the topological behavior of fermions can be extended to bosonic systems as well.
View article: Association between dietary glycemic index and glycemic load, insulin index and load with incidence of age-related cataract: Results from a case-control study
Association between dietary glycemic index and glycemic load, insulin index and load with incidence of age-related cataract: Results from a case-control study Open
View article: Ancient DNA confirms humans wiped out northern hemisphere’s version of the penguin
Ancient DNA confirms humans wiped out northern hemisphere’s version of the penguin Open
View article: Diversity and Ecosystem Services of Trichoptera
Diversity and Ecosystem Services of Trichoptera Open
The holometabolous insect order Trichoptera (caddisflies) includes more known species than all of the other primarily aquatic orders of insects combined. They are distributed unevenly; with the greatest number and density occurring in the …
View article: Evaluation of the Young Deadly Free Peer Education Training Program: Early Results, Methodological Challenges, and Learnings for Future Evaluations
Evaluation of the Young Deadly Free Peer Education Training Program: Early Results, Methodological Challenges, and Learnings for Future Evaluations Open
Copyright © 2019 D'Costa, Lobo, Thomas and Ward. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided t…
View article: Agreement between pre-exercise screening questionnaires completed online versus face-to-face
Agreement between pre-exercise screening questionnaires completed online versus face-to-face Open
Levels of agreement between the Stage 1 responses were substantial and support the use of this online option for pre-exercise screening. There were larger differences between self-reported and objectively measured health risk factors in St…
View article: Indigenous Youth Peer-Led Health Promotion in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States: A Systematic Review of the Approaches, Study Designs, and Effectiveness
Indigenous Youth Peer-Led Health Promotion in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States: A Systematic Review of the Approaches, Study Designs, and Effectiveness Open
Currently, there is limited high quality evidence for the effectiveness of peer-led health interventions with Indigenous young people, and the literature is dominated by Australian-based sexual health interventions. More systematic researc…
View article: Evolutionary History of the Nesophontidae, the Last Unplaced Recent Mammal Family
Evolutionary History of the Nesophontidae, the Last Unplaced Recent Mammal Family Open
The mammalian evolutionary tree has lost several major clades through recent human-caused extinctions. This process of historical biodiversity loss has particularly affected tropical island regions such as the Caribbean, an area of great e…
View article: The Trichoptera barcode initiative: a strategy for generating a species-level Tree of Life
The Trichoptera barcode initiative: a strategy for generating a species-level Tree of Life Open
DNA barcoding was intended as a means to provide species-level identifications through associating DNA sequences from unknown specimens to those from curated reference specimens. Although barcodes were not designed for phylogenetics, they …
View article: Molecular genetic, life‐history and morphological variation in a coastal warm‐temperate sciaenid fish: evidence for an upwelling‐driven speciation event
Molecular genetic, life‐history and morphological variation in a coastal warm‐temperate sciaenid fish: evidence for an upwelling‐driven speciation event Open
Aim The Benguela Upwelling System ( BUS ) is a major biogeographical boundary in the south‐eastern Atlantic, but little is known of the effect of historical permeability of the barrier on species distributed across the region. We used phyl…
View article: Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates
Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates Open