Make It or Break It? Injury Impacts More Than Half of Deselected Athletes Who Dropped Out of the High-Performance Pathway System. A 4-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.

To investigate: (1) the injury epidemiology in an Australian academy; (2) how athletes transition through the high-performance sport (HPS) pathway; and (3) why athletes leave this HPS program. This retrospective cohort study was conducted at an Australian HPS academy over a 4-year period. Medical attention injuries were prospectively recorded.

Despite maintaining a high daily training availability, a quarter of athletes start the season injured and three quarters experience injury in an Australian State Academy of Sport.

Objectives: To 1) investigate the incidence, prevalence, burden and characteristics of injuries; and 2) explore the frequency of physiotherapy and medical servicing for elite sports academy athletes over a 12-month season.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods: Medical attention and time-loss injuries were prospectively recorded by Physiotherapy and Medical (Sports Physician) staff for 94 athletes (72.

Understanding workforce experiences in the early career period of Australian midwives: insights into factors which strengthen job satisfaction.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of early career midwives in Australia and identify the organisational, work environment, personal factors and stressors that influence workforce participation.

Design And Setting: A qualitative study, using in-depth semi-structured interviews, was undertaken with midwives 6 - 7 years post-qualification. Qualitative content analysis identified key themes and sub-themes.

A Small-Molecule Inhibitor to the Cytokine Interleukin-4.

Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a multifunctional cytokine and an important regulator of inflammation. When deregulated, IL-4 activity is associated with asthma, allergic inflammation, and multiple types of cancer. While antibody-based inhibitors targeting the soluble cytokine have been evaluated clinically, they failed to achieve their end points in trials.

Efficient Algorithm for the Topological Characterization of Worm-like and Branched Micelle Structures from Simulations.

Many surfactant-based formulations are utilized in industry as they produce desirable viscoelastic properties at low concentrations. These properties are due to the presence of worm-like micelles (WLMs), and as a result, understanding the processes that lead to WLM formation is of significant interest. Various experimental techniques have been applied with some success to this problem but can encounter issues probing key microscopic characteristics or the specific regimes of interest.