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COINSTAC: A privacy enabled model and prototype for leveraging and processing decentralized brain imaging dataWe propose a platform for large scale analyses called the Collaborative Informatics and Neuroimaging Suite Toolkit for Anonymous Computatation (COINSTAC)
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Development of a human papillomavirus vaccination intervention for Australian adolescentsIntervention to address young people's low levels of understanding, to promote their involvement in consent and reduce vaccination-related fear and anxiety.
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Group A Streptococcus, Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: Epidemiology and Clinical ConsiderationsA directed approach to the differential diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever now includes the concept of low-risk versus medium-to-high risk populations
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Population-based estimates of the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in AustraliaAustralia’s Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) is one of only a handful of national immunisation registers world-wide.
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Burden of cardiovascular diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 studyThe age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are considerably higher than the global average.
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Factors Associated with Respiratory Illness in Children and Young Adults with Cerebral PalsyOromotor dysfunction is strongly associated with respiratory illness in patients with cerebral palsy
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Asbestos exposure: Challenges for Australian cliniciansAnxiety and the inability to reduce MM risk following exposure or to halt progression of established asbestosis result in significant health care problems
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Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Autism Spectrum DisorderWe examine the level of comorbidity found between Autism spectrum disorder and Schizophrenia spectrum disorders at a clinical and trait level
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Food variety at 2 years of age is related to duration of breastfeedingThe aim of this study was to investigate the association of breastfeeding duration and food variety at 2 years of age.
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Randomized controlled trial of early regular egg intake to prevent egg allergyWe aimed to determine whether regular consumption of egg protein from 4-6 month old reduced the risk of IgE-mediated egg allergy in infants without eczema.
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Umbilical cord androgens and estrogens in relation to verbal and nonverbal abilities at age 10 in the general populationThese data suggest that late gestation sex steroids do not exert a major effect on nonverbal and verbal abilities in middle childhood.
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Birth outcomes for Australian mother-infant pairs who received an influenza vaccine during pregnancy, 2012-2014: The FluMum studyWe assessed the safety of receiving an influenza vaccination during any trimester of pregnancy with respect to preterm births and infant birthweight.
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Neuroanatomical Predictors of Functional Outcome in Individuals at Ultra-High Risk for PsychosisThe poorest functional outcomes have the lowest grey matter densities at identification as ultra-high risk for psychosis
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Sialic acid-to-urea ratio as a measure of airway surface hydrationWe explored a robust method to estimate mucus hydration using sialic acid as a marker for mucin content.