A5005409981- Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Cancer and Skin Lesions
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- International Development and Aid
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment
- Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Neurology and Historical Studies
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
James Cook University
2020-2024
The University of Sydney
2016-2024
Western Connecticut State University
2021
The University of Queensland
2016-2020
McMaster University
2013-2018
Atomic Energy (Canada)
2013-2014
Health Canada
2010
Introduction: Virtually all adults in aged care facilities are frail, a condition which contributes to falls, cognitive decline, hospitalisation, and mortality. Polypharmacy, malnutrition, sedentariness, sarcopenia risk factors amenable intervention. The Asia–Pacific Frailty Management Guidelines recommend anabolic exercise the optimisation of medications nutrition. However, no study has evaluated this best practice intervention triad care. Methods: Reduction via Implementation Exercise,...
Abstract Objectives Accurate age estimates are foundational for bioarchaeological research, yet the ability to accurately older adult skeletons remains elusive. This study uses a new version of pulp/tooth area calculations investigate chronological archaeological individuals. Materials and Methods Pulp/tooth ratios were calculated on modern control teeth ( n = 10) that first radiographed then sectioned comparative analysis. determined using ImageJ software for: (a) individuals known 26); (b)...
Abstract Dementia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality without pharmacologic prevention or cure. Mounting evidence suggests that adherence to Mediterranean dietary pattern may slow cognitive decline, important characterise in at-risk cohorts. Thus, we determined the reliability validity Diet Culinary Index (MediCul), new tool, among community-dwelling individuals with mild impairment (MCI). A total sixty-eight participants (66 % female) aged 75·9 ( sd 6·6) years, from Study Mental...
Fluorine is an element that can be either beneficial or harmful, depending on the total amount accumulated in teeth bones. In our laboratory, we have developed a non-invasive technique for vivo measurement of fluoride bone using neutron activation analysis and performed first pilot human study. Fluoride humans quantified by comparing γ-ray signal from person to obtained appropriate anthropomorphic calibration phantoms. An identified problem with existing phantoms contamination aluminum....
Summary Background and Objective Pigmented intraepidermal carcinoma is characterized by dermatoscopic dots structureless areas, including in linear arrangement coiled vessels. There are no studies describing the features of pigmented on head neck. We aim to characterize clinical appearance this entity. Patients Methods retrospectively analyzed 79 cases Results neck was dermatoscopically multiple colors (98.7 %, n = 78), circles (48.1 38), white (17.7 14), angulated lines (41.8 33) areas...
An 87-year-old man with dementia Lewy bodies, living in residential aged care, exhibited rapid functional decline and weight loss associated injurious falls over 9 months. Independent clinicians (geriatrician exercise physiologist) assessed him during an extended wait-list period prior to his commencement of a pilot trial. The highly significant role treatable factors including polypharmacy, sarcopenia malnutrition as contributors frailty this patient are described. results targeted...
Abstract Background Lewy body dementia (LBD) is an aggressive type of rapid, fluctuating disease trajectory, higher incidence adverse events, and poorer functional independence than observed in Alzheimer’s dementia. Non-pharmacological treatments such as progressive, high-intensity exercise are effective other neurological cohorts but have been scarcely evaluated LBD. Methods The Promoting Independence Body Dementia through Exercise (PRIDE) trial was a non-randomised, non-blinded, crossover...
Objective: To investigate the effects of a dyadic intervention mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for informal dementia caregivers and home-based balance progressive resistance training (PRT) their loved ones. Methods: The study was two arm, randomized, controlled, single-blinded, parallel-group trial. Dyads were randomized to an group: 8-week MBSR course (daily) PRT (3 days/week) ones or waiting list control group. Results: Nine dyads [caregivers: median age 75 (40–81) years, ones:...
Apply It! • Screening for frailty, cognitive impairment, depression, malnutrition, inappropriate medications, and falls risk provides important information your client’s portfolio. Proper exercise modalities progression are key to creating a safe effective prescription. High-intensity strength training is should be prescribed even the most frail older adults.
An existing NaI(Tl) multidetector array at McMaster University used for in vivo measurement of aluminum by means neutron activation has been recently upgraded with an in-house built pulse processing system. The new system is capable collecting spectra coincidence and anticoincidence modes which allows better discrimination between the 1.78 MeV 28 Al peak interfering 38 Cl peak. interfaced Matlab controlled using a custom graphical user interface, provides periodic spectral data storage...
INTRODUCTION Virtually all adults in aged care are frail, contributing to falls, cognitive decline, hospitalisation, and mortality. polypharmacy, malnutrition, sedentariness, sarcopenia risk factors amenable intervention. Asia-Pacific Frailty treatment guidelines recommend anabolic exercise, medication dietary optimisation. However, no study has evaluated this best practice intervention care. AIM: Evaluate institutional translation of best-practice frailty residents. METHODS The Reduction...
Lewy Body dementia (LBD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative dementia. This form of notable for an aggressive disease course consisting a combination cognitive, Parkinsonian, affective, and physiological symptoms that significantly increase morbidity mortality, decrease life expectancy in this population compared to more common dementias. Additionally, those diagnosed with LBD are often excluded from trials evaluating exercise similar diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's...
The K‐shell X‐ray fluorescence technique that was developed for measurement of lead in bone living human subjects applied to archived samples. skull from a person who had suffered Paget's disease found have concentrations 97.5±3.6–532.2±3.2 µg Pb/g mineral. A femur sample different person, also disease, concentration 18–43.5 with uncertainties between 1.6 and 2.0 were highly raised compared findings vivo Pb measurements, whereas the somewhat raised. In past, hypothesis has been put forward...
As Ottawa River contamination is historical and resides in sediment, ecological risk trophic transfer depend on linkages between sediment biota.One of the ways which this linkage quantified through use biota accumulation factor (BSAF).In study, we present first field estimates BSAF for a number radionuclides.The strongest most consistent BSAFs were those 137 Cs deposit feeding taxa, suggesting that concentrations rather than dissolved drive uptake.For crayfish unionid bivalves do not feed...
Zusammenfassung Hintergrund und Ziel Pigmentierte intraepidermale Karzinome sind dermatoskopisch durch Punkte strukturlose Bereiche sowie linear angeordnete Knäuelgefäße gekennzeichnet. Es gibt keine Studien zu den dermatoskopischen Merkmalen pigmentierter intraepidermaler an Kopf Hals. Unser ist die Beschreibung des klinischen Erscheinungsbildes dieser Entität. Patienten Methodik Wir analysierten retrospektiv 79 Fälle Ergebnisse Dermatoskopisch waren pigmentierte Hals mehrere Farben (98,7...