Publications by authors named "Clifford B"

Maternal postpartum depressive (PPD) symptoms have the potential to negatively impact mother-infant interactions, particularly in populations experiencing contextual stress. We used a resilience perspective to examine maternal perceptions of partner support as a protective factor in the relation between PPD symptoms and mother-infant dyadic reciprocity. Low income, Mexican-origin women ( = 322; = 27.

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Aims: This study tested the efficacy and safety of a 12-week course of lisdexamfetamine in reducing methamphetamine use, an outcome which is associated with improvements in health and wellbeing, in people dependent on methamphetamine.

Design, Setting And Participants: This study was a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial conducted in six specialist outpatient clinics in Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney, Australia (2018-2021). Participants were164 adults with methamphetamine dependence, reporting at least 14 use days out of the previous 28 days (62% male, 38% female, < 1% other; mean age 39 years).

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  • Mothers significantly influence the media culture at home, with children often mimicking their media habits.
  • A study identified four distinct profiles of maternal media use among 268 mothers, revealing differing levels of media engagement and its impact on parenting behaviors.
  • Findings indicate that mothers with low media use create healthier media environments for their children, while those with high social media use experience more issues related to problematic media use for both themselves and their children.
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Background: Multiple studies have shown that physical activity improves cancer survivorship, by decreasing risk of second primary cancers and chronic conditions. However, cancer survivor physical activity levels remain low. General practice presents more opportunities for lifestyle interventions, such as increasing physical activity.

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Background: Three-dimensional (3D) T1-weighted MRI sequences such as the magnetization prepared rapid gradient echo (MPRAGE) sequence are important for assessing regional cortical atrophy in the clinical evaluation of dementia but have long acquisition times and are prone to motion artifact. The recently developed Scout Accelerated Motion Estimation and Reduction (SAMER) retrospective motion correction method addresses motion artifact within clinically-acceptable computation times and has been validated through qualitative evaluation in inpatient and emergency settings.

Methods: We evaluated the quantitative accuracy of morphometric analysis of SAMER motion-corrected compared to non-motion-corrected MPRAGE images by estimating cortical volume and thickness across neuroanatomical regions in two subject groups: (1) healthy volunteers and (2) patients undergoing evaluation for dementia.

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Six-times more carbon dioxide (CO) is removed each year by terrestrial photosynthesis than fossil fuel emissions. However, the carbon is mostly returned to the atmosphere by decomposition. We found a 3775-year-old ancient wood log buried 2 meters belowground that was preserved far beyond its expected lifetime.

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In neuroimaging, there is no equivalent alternative to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, image acquisitions are generally time-consuming, which may limit utilization in some cases, e.g.

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Desai, I, Wewege, MA, Jones, MD, Clifford, BK, Pandit, A, Kaakoush, NO, Simar, D, and Hagstrom, AD. The effect of creatine supplementation on resistance training-based changes to body composition: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2024-The purpose of this review was to determine the added effect of creatine supplementation on changes in body composition with resistance training in adults younger than 50 years.

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Dielectric materials are foundational to our modern-day communications, defense, and commerce needs. Although dielectric breakdown is a primary cause of failure of these systems, we do not fully understand this process. We analyzed the dielectric breakdown channel propagation dynamics of two distinct types of electrical trees.

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Background: Interventions are required that address delays in treatment-seeking and low treatment coverage among people consuming methamphetamine.

Objective: We aim to determine whether a self-administered smartphone-based intervention, the "S-Check app" can increase help-seeking and motivation to change methamphetamine use, and determine factors associated with app engagement.

Methods: This study is a randomized, 28-day waitlist-controlled trial.

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Background And Purpose: The use of MR imaging in emergency settings has been limited by availability, long scan times, and sensitivity to motion. This study assessed the diagnostic performance of an ultrafast brain MR imaging protocol for evaluation of acute intracranial pathology in the emergency department and inpatient settings.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-six adult patients who underwent brain MR imaging in the emergency department and inpatient settings were included in the study.

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Background Deep learning (DL)-accelerated MRI can substantially reduce examination times. However, studies prospectively evaluating the diagnostic performance of DL-accelerated MRI reconstructions in acute suspected stroke are lacking. Purpose To investigate the interchangeability of DL-accelerated MRI with conventional MRI in patients with suspected acute ischemic stroke at 1.

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Background: Both mothers and fathers are at risk for experiencing postpartum depressive symptoms shortly after the birth of a child. Previous studies suggest mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms to be interrelated. This study examined bidirectional relations between mothers' and fathers' depressive symptoms across four years postpartum.

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Acute leukemia is a particularly problematic collection of hematological cancers, and, while somewhat rare, the survival rate of patients is typically abysmal without bone marrow transplantation. Furthermore, traditional chemotherapies used as standard-of-care for patients cause significant side effects. Understanding the evolution of leukemia to identify novel targets and, therefore, drug treatment regimens is a significant medical need.

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  • Deep learning (DL) techniques have been tested for speeding up lumbar MRI exams, but their overall impact on scan time and image quality for routine use is still unclear.
  • A study evaluated 36 patients using both DL-accelerated and conventional MRI protocols, focusing on various diagnostic factors like stenosis and nerve compression.
  • Results showed that the DL method did not significantly differ in diagnostic quality but had lower signal-to-noise ratio and more artifacts, suggesting it can reduce scan times while providing comparable results.
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Exercise snacks, including other variants of brief intermittent bouts, are an emerging approach for increasing physical activity, although their operationalisation is unstandardised and their health benefits remain unclear. This scoping review aimed to explore characterisations of exercise snacks and summarise their effects on health in adults and older adults. Clinical trial registers (clinicaltrials.

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Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) is rapidly emerging as an exciting cytogenomic technology both for research and clinical purposes. In the last 2 years alone, multiple studies have demonstrated that OGM not only matches the diagnostic scope of conventional standard of care cytogenomic clinical testing but it also adds significant new information in certain cases. Since OGM consolidates the diagnostic benefits of multiple costly and laborious tests (e.

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Structural variations (SVs) play a key role in the pathogenicity of hematological malignancies. Standard-of-care (SOC) methods such as karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), which have been employed globally for the past three decades, have significant limitations in terms of resolution and the number of recurrent aberrations that can be simultaneously assessed, respectively. Next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based technologies are now widely used to detect clinically significant sequence variants but are limited in their ability to accurately detect SVs.

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Media use during childhood has quickly become a norm across the United States and in other countries. One area still not well understood is the development of problematic (or maladaptive and disruptive) media use in children. This research examines the role of attachment security as a central component in the development of problematic media use over time in a sample of 248 parent-child dyads (9.

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The recommended practice for individuals suspected of a genetic etiology for disorders including unexplained developmental delay/intellectual disability (DD/ID), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and multiple congenital anomalies (MCA) involves a genetic testing workflow including chromosomal microarray (CMA), Fragile-X testing, karyotype analysis, and/or sequencing-based gene panels. Since genomic imbalances are often found to be causative, CMA is recommended as first tier testing for many indications. Optical genome mapping (OGM) is an emerging next generation cytogenomic technique that can detect not only copy number variants (CNVs), triploidy and absence of heterozygosity (AOH) like CMA, but can also define the location of duplications, and detect other structural variants (SVs), including balanced rearrangements and repeat expansions/contractions.

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Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), the most common histological "special type", accounts for ∼10-15% of all BC diagnoses, is characterized by unique features such as E-cadherin loss/deficiency, lower grade, hormone receptor positivity, larger diffuse tumors, and specific metastatic patterns. Despite ILC being acknowledged as a disease with distinct biology that necessitates specialized and precision medicine treatments, the further exploration of its molecular alterations with the goal of discovering new treatments has been hindered due to the scarcity of well-characterized cell line models for studying this disease. To address this, we generated the ILC Cell Line Encyclopedia (ICLE), providing a comprehensive multi-omic characterization of ILC and ILC-like cell lines.

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Introduction: Fielding greater than 100,000 calls annually, telephone helplines are an important point of entry to alcohol and other drug (AOD) support and services in Australia. Methamphetamine and emerging drugs can present a particular challenge for this workforce. We sought to identify training needs for these services, so that appropriate targeted resources can be developed.

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