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    • Occupational exposures to engine exhausts and other PAHs and breast cancer risk: A population-based case-control study
      Rai, R.; Glass, D.; Heyworth, J.; Saunders, C.; Fritschi, Lin (2016)
      Background: Some previous studies have suggested that exposure to engine exhausts may increase risk of breast cancer. Methods: In a population-based case-control study of breast cancer in Western Australia we assessed ...
    • Does Expert Perceptual Anticipation Transfer to a Dissimilar Domain?
      Müller, S.; McLaren, M.; Appleby, B.; Rosalie, Simon (2015)
      The purpose of this experiment was to extend theoretical understanding of transfer of learning by investigating whether expert perceptual anticipation skill transfers to a dissimilar domain. The capability of expert and ...
    • European code against cancer 4th edition: 12 ways to reduce your cancer risk
      Schüz, J.; Espina, C.; Villain, P.; Herrero, R.; Leon, M.; Minozzi, S.; Romieu, I.; Segnan, N.; Wardle, J.; Wiseman, M.; Belardelli, F.; Bettcher, D.; Cavalli, F.; Galea, G.; Lenoir, G.; Martin-Moreno, J.; Nicula, F.; Olsen, J.; Patnick, J.; Primic-Zakelj, M.; Puska, P.; Van Leeuwen, F.; Wiestler, O.; Zatonski, W.; Guha, N.; Kralikova, E.; McNeill, A.; Peruga, A.; Anderson, A.; Berrino, F.; Boutron-Ruault, M.; Cecchini, M.; Key, T.; Leitzmann, M.; Norat, T.; Powers, H.; Scoccianti, C.; Auvinen, A.; de Vries, E.; Erdmann, F.; Greinert, R.; Harrison, J.; Kesminiene, A.; McColl, N.; Friis, S.; Kogevinas, M.; Saracci, R.; Straif, K.; Vainio, H.; Almonte, M.; Anttila, A.; De Vuyst, H.; Dillner, J.; Franceschi, S.; Gonzalez, P.; Hall, A.; Park, J.; Armaroli, P.; Atkin, W.; Dean, P.; de Koning, H.; Dillner, L.; Kuipers, E.; Lansdorp_Vogelaar, Iris; Paci, E.; Regula, J.; Suonio, E.; Törnberg, S.; Wood, L.; Gaudin, N.; Frie, K.; Terrasse, V.; Winstanley, K.; Bellisario, C.; Biagioli, E.; Cinquini, M.; Gianola, S.; Lorenzo, M.; von Karsa, L.; Lignini, T. (2015)
      This overview describes the principles of the 4th edition of the European Code against Cancer and provides an introduction to the 12 recommendations to reduce cancer risk. Among the 504.6 million inhabitants of the member ...
    • Changing target temperature from 33°C to 36°C in the ICU management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A before and after study.
      Bray, J.; Stub, D.; Bloom, J.; Segan, L.; Mitra, B.; Smith, K.; Finn, Judith; Bernard, S. (2017)
      INTRODUCTION: In December 2013, our institution changed the target temperature management (TTM) for the first 24hours in ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (VF-OHCA) patients from 33°C to 36°C. This ...
    • Protective effects of breastfeeding against acute respiratory tract infections and diarrhoea: Findings of a cohort study
      Raheem, R.; Binns, C.; Chih, Hui Jun (2017)
      © 2017 Paediatrics and Child Health Division (Royal Australasian College of Physicians).Aim: The objective of this paper is to identify associations between breastfeeding and acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) and ...
    • The value of continuity: Refined isogeometric analysis and fast direct solvers
      Garcia, D.; Pardo, D.; Dalcin, L.; Paszynski, M.; Collier, N.; Calo, Victor (2016)
      We propose the use of highly continuous finite element spaces interconnected with low continuity hyperplanes to maximize the performance of direct solvers. Starting from a highly continuous Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) ...
    • Small-seeded Hakea species tolerate cotyledon loss better than large-seeded congeners.
      El-Amhir, S.; Lamont, Byron; He, Tianhua; Yan, G. (2017)
      Six Hakea species varying greatly in seed size were selected for cotyledon damage experiments. The growth of seedlings with cotyledons partially or completely removed was monitored over 90 days. All seedlings perished by ...
    • Democracy and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A panel data approach
      Jaunky, Vishal (2013)
      This paper studies the link between democracy and economic development for 28 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980-2005 in a panel data framework. A democracy index constructed from the Freedom House indices. ...
    • Analysis of food images: Features and classification
      He, Y.; Xu, C.; Khanna, N.; Boushey, Carol; Delp, E. (2014)
      In this paper we investigate features and their combinations for food image analysis and a classification approach based on k-nearest neighbors and vocabulary trees. The system is evaluated on a food image dataset consisting ...
    • Effect of a mass media campaign on ambulance use for chest pain
      Nehme, Z.; Cameron, P.; Akram, M.; Patsamanis, H.; Bray, Janet; Meredith, I.; Smith, K. (2017)
      © 2017 AMPCo Pty Ltd. Produced with Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Objectives: To evaluate the impact of comprehensive public awareness campaigns by the National Heart Foundation of Australia on emergency medical service ...