Report on the 19th Himalayan Languages Symposium by Bosch, André

“…A small but energized group of linguists came from every corner of the globe to meet in Canberra, Australia, including many from the nations that play host to these diverse and fascinating languages, including Nepal and India. …”
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Early detection of impaired glucose tolerance in young adults by May, Khin Soe, Mohd Noor, Noriah, Htite, Lwin Mar, Mohamad Syakirin, Ahmad Syakirin, Mohd Noor Zaidi, Muhammad Ridzuan

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The herds shot round the world : native breeds and the British Empire, 1800-1900 by Woods, Rebecca J. H. (Rebecca Jane Houghton)

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Motive and malice prepensed by Getzler, J

“…‘How to enter into the Roman law as a newcomer from Australia?’ I asked him early on, not a little daunted. …”

Regional differences in treatment for osteoporosis. The Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW). by Díez-Pérez, A, Hooven, F, Adachi, J, Adami, S, Anderson, F, Boonen, S, Chapurlat, R, Compston, J, Cooper, C, Delmas, P, Greenspan, S, Lacroix, A, Lindsay, R, Netelenbos, J, Pfeilschifter, J, Roux, C, Saag, K, Sambrook, P, Silverman, S, Siris, E, Watts, N, Nika, G, Gehlbach, S

“…RESULTS: Among 58,009 women, current anti-osteoporosis medication use was lowest in Northern Europe (16%) and highest in U.S.A. and Australia (32%). Between 48% (U.S.A., Southern Europe) and 68% (Northern Europe) of women aged ≥65 years with a history of spine or hip fracture since age 45 were untreated. …”

THE MACQUARIE RIDGE EARTHQUAKE OF 1989 by Das, S

“…The aftershocks were distributed along a 220 km portion of the India/Australia-Pacific plate boundary and indicate that the motion was bilateral on a vertical fault. …”

Educational effectiveness research (EER): a state-of-the-art review by Sammons, P, Reynolds, D, De Fraine, B, Van Damme, J, Townsend, T, Teddlie, C, Stringfield, S

“…Research and scholarship into educational effectiveness research (EER) is comprehensively reviewed from the UK, The Netherlands, the US, Cyprus, Belgium, Sweden, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, and other societies, dating from the field’s origins in the 1970s. …”

Seeds of growth : the challenges of venture capital in the Australian landscape by Lu, Adrian C. (Adrian Chian)

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Melioidosis: misdiagnosed in Nepal by Shrestha, N, Adhikari, M, Pant, V, Baral, S, Shrestha, A, Basnyat, B, Sharma, S, Sherchand, J

“…Ascertaining the travel history and occupational history is of utmost significance. …”

Conference report - The 19th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS XIX) by Person, Kirk R., Carson, Andrew

“…SEALS XIX marked a unique point in the conferences’ history, as it was the first time SEALS has been hosted by Vietnam. …”
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Professionalizing teacher education accountability by Mayer, DE

“…A brief overview of the history of teacher education policy is presented as a background framing for exploring the current policy moment positioning teacher education as a problem that needs to be fixed. …”

Scholarly Viewpoints by Tarling, Nicholas

“…China has, perhaps, a more ambiguous attitude. New Zealand—if not Australia, too—is very much into navel-gazing. Indeed it sometimes seems that neighbours are reluctant to write about neighbours. …”
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Ascent of money [videorecording] / by Ferguson, Niall, BBC Active (Firm)

Hydrocarbon biomarkers for biotic and environmental evolution through the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian transition by Kelly, Amy E. (Amy Elizabeth), 1980-

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Development and validation of a dementia risk score in the UK Biobank and Whitehall II Cohorts by Anatürk, M, Patel, R, Ebmeier, KP, Georgiopoulos, G, Newby, D, Topiwala, A, de Lange, A-MG, Cole, JH, Jansen, MG, Singh-Manoux, A, Kivimäki, M, Suri, S

“…</p> <p><strong>Findings</strong> Our risk score, termed the UK Biobank Dementia Risk Score (UKBDRS), consisted of age, education, parental history of dementia, material deprivation, a history of diabetes, stroke, depression, hypertension, high cholesterol, household occupancy, and sex. …”

Phylogenomics and biogeography of the calamoid palms by Kuhnhäuser, BG

“…There is a general understanding of its taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution, but species-level relationships, divergence times, and biogeographic history of the subfamily are known only in vague outlines.…”

The ∼3.4 billion-year-old strelley pool sandstone: A new window into early life on Earth by Wacey, D, McLoughlin, N, Green, O, Parnell, J, Stoakes, C, Brasier, M

“…Here we report one such discovery, a ∼3.4 Ga sandstone at the base of the Strelley Pool Formation from the Pilbara of Western Australia, in which micrometre-sized tubular structures preserve putative evidence of biogenicity. …”

Genetic variation associated with infection and the environment in the accidental pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei by Chewapreecha, C, Mather, AE, Harris, SR, Hunt, M, Holden, MTG, Chaichana, C, Wuthiekanun, V, Dougan, G, Day, NPJ, Limmathurotsakul, D, Parkhill, J, Peacock, SJ

“…Here, we performed genome-wide association studies for genetic determinants of environmental and human adaptation using a combined dataset of 1,010 whole genome sequences of B. pseudomallei from Northeast Thailand and Australia, representing two major disease hotspots. …”

Genetic variation associated with infection and the environment in the accidental pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei by Chewapreecha, C, Mather, AE, Harris, SR, Hunt, M, Holden, MTG, Chaichana, C, Wuthiekanun, V, Dougan, G, Day, NPJ, Limmathurotsakul, D, Parkhill, J, Peacock, SJ

“…Here, we performed genome-wide association studies for genetic determinants of environmental and human adaptation using a combined dataset of 1,010 whole genome sequences of B. pseudomallei from Northeast Thailand and Australia, representing two major disease hotspots. …”

Intercontinental dispersal prior to human translocation revealed in a cryptogenic invasive tree. by Hawkins, J, Boutaoui, N, Cheung, K, Klinken, v, Hughes, C

“…In this study, complementary species-level and intraspecific phylogenies were used to better circumscribe the original native range and history of translocation of the invasive tree Parkinsonia aculeata. …”