Kidney failure in Samoa by Malama Tafuna'i, Ben Matalavea, David Voss, Robin M. Turner, Rosalina Richards, Fa'afetai Sopoaga, Lose Hazelman, Robert Walker

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FLNA-filaminopathy skeletal phenotypes are not due to an osteoblast autonomous loss-of-function by Emma M. Wade, Elizabeth A. Goodin, Yongqiang Wang, Tim Morgan, Karen E. Callon, Maureen Watson, Philip B. Daniel, Jillian Cornish, Christopher A. McCulloch, Stephen P. Robertson

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Quality of life in postostomy surgery patients: A cross‐sectional survey by Kristina Aluzaite, James W Nuttall, Maree O'Connor, Ruth Harvie, Michael Schultz

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Health Care Home implementation in Otago and Southland: a qualitative evaluation by Tim Stokes, Marc Haughey, Stuart Barson, Gagan Gurung

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Corrigendum: The Role of Personality Traits in Young Adult Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Tamlin S. Conner, Laura M. Thompson, Rachel L. Knight, Jayde A. M. Flett, Aimee C. Richardson, Kate L. Brookie

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A national survey of the debonding protocols used by orthodontists in New Zealand by Wu TianYou, Farella Mauro, Guan Simon, Cannon Richard D., Mei Li

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Implementation of the Diabetes Community Exercise and Education Programme (DCEP) for the management of type 2 diabetes: qualitative process evaluation by Leigh Hale, Tim Stokes, Ramakrishnan Mani, Trudy Sullivan, Fiona Doolan-Noble, Prasath Jayakaran, Andrew R Gray, Jim Mann, Christopher Higgs, Amanda Wilkinson, Donna Keen

“…Data collected via focus groups and interviews and analysed thematically.Setting Community-based in two cities (Dunedin and Invercargill) in the lower south island of New Zealand.Participants Seventeen adults diagnosed with T2D attending DCEP and 14 healthcare professionals involved in DCEP delivery.Intervention DCEP is a twice weekly session of exercise and education over 12 weeks, followed by a twice weekly ongoing exercise class.Results While our reach target was met (sample size, ethnic representation), the randomisation process potentially deterred Māori and Pasifika from participating. …”
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Providing care to refugees through mainstream general practice in the southern health region of New Zealand: a qualitative study of primary healthcare professionals’ perspectives by Tim Stokes, Lauralie Richard, Chrystal Jaye, Georgia Richardson

“…Objective To explore the perspectives of primary healthcare (PHC) professionals providing care to refugees through mainstream general practice.Design Qualitative exploratory design with semistructured interviews subjected to inductive thematic analysis.Setting and participants Nine general practices enrolled in the Dunedin Refugee Resettlement Programme, in New Zealand (NZ)’s southern health region. …”
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Salivaricin G32, a Homolog of the Prototype Streptococcus pyogenes Nisin-Like Lantibiotic SA-FF22, Produced by the Commensal Species Streptococcus salivarius by Philip A. Wescombe, Kristin H. Dyet, Karen P. Dierksen, Daniel A. Power, Ralph W. Jack, Jeremy P. Burton, Megan A. Inglis, Anna L. Wescombe, John R. Tagg

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∆133p53 isoform promotes tumour invasion and metastasis via interleukin-6 activation of JAK-STAT and RhoA-ROCK signalling by Hamish Campbell, Nicholas Fleming, Imogen Roth, Sunali Mehta, Anna Wiles, Gail Williams, Claire Vennin, Nikola Arsic, Ashleigh Parkin, Marina Pajic, Fran Munro, Les McNoe, Michael Black, John McCall, Tania L. Slatter, Paul Timpson, Roger Reddel, Pierre Roux, Cristin Print, Margaret A. Baird, Antony W. Braithwaite

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Clinical pharmacist facilitators in primary care: a descriptive study of their roles and services provided in general practices of southern New Zealand by Rhiannon Braund, Angela Renall, Tim Stokes, Sivamanoj Yadav Boyina

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Lifetime cannabis exposure and small airway function in a population-based cohort study by Hua Shin Tan, Helena M. McAnally, Jack Dummer, Robert J. Hancox

“…Methods Cannabis use was ascertained at multiple ages from age 18 to 45 years and quantified as joint-years among 895 participants in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. …”
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Factors associated with self-reported health among New Zealand military veterans: a cross-sectional study by Emma Wyeth, Sarah Derrett, David McBride, Amy Richardson, Dianne Gardner, Brandon de Graaf, Ariyapala Samaranayaka, Daniel Shepherd

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RNA-Sequencing Analysis Reveals a Regulatory Role for Transcription Factor Fezf2 in the Mature Motor Cortex by Alison J. Clare, Alison J. Clare, Alison J. Clare, Hollie E. Wicky, Hollie E. Wicky, Hollie E. Wicky, Ruth M. Empson, Ruth M. Empson, Stephanie M. Hughes, Stephanie M. Hughes, Stephanie M. Hughes

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New Insights Into the Population Structure of Hector's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori) Revealed Using Environmental DNA by S. M. Bennington, S. D. Bourke, S. P. Wilkinson, N. Englebert, D. M. Bond, G.‐J. Jeunen, S. Dawson, E. Slooten, P. W. Dillingham, W. J. Rayment, A. Alexander

“…The occurrence of specific haplotypes and the overall frequencies in Banks Peninsula and Timaru matched well with previous tissue‐based studies and were similar to other East Coast South Island (ECSI) subpopulations. In Dunedin, however, our results indicate a closer relationship to South Coast populations, suggesting that the membership within the ECSI population be reconsidered, which has implications for how this subpopulation is managed. …”
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Patients’ accounts of living with and managing inflammatory bowel disease in rural Southern New Zealand: a qualitative study by Tim Stokes, Trudy Sullivan, Fiona Doolan-Noble, Lauralie Richard, Sarah Derrett, Geoff Noller, Andrew McCombie, Michael Schultz, Christine Ho

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Sleep-Related Breathing Problem Trajectories Across Early Childhood and Academic Achievement-Related Performance at Age Eight by Rebecca Harding, Rebecca Harding, Elizabeth Schaughency, Jillian J. Haszard, Amelia I. Gill, Amelia I. Gill, Rebekah Luo, Rebekah Luo, Carmen Lobb, Patrick Dawes, Barbara Galland

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Transmission Electron Microscopy Tilt-Series Data from In-Situ Chondrocyte Primary Cilia by Michael J. Jennings, Timothy C. A. Molteno, Robert J. Walker, Jennifer J. Bedford, John P. Leader, Tony Poole

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Long Non-coding RNA ANRIL in the Nucleus Associates With Periostin Expression in Breast Cancer by Paulomi M. Mehta-Mujoo, Heather E. Cunliffe, Noelyn A. Hung, Tania L. Slatter, Tania L. Slatter

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The valves and tributary veins of the saphenofemoral junction: ultrasound findings in normal limbs by Riordon Dickson, Geraldine Hill, Ian A. Thomson, Andre M. van Rij

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