Publications by authors named "D Stark"
Background: Although many individuals return to work after cancer treatment, supports to facilitate this transition are ineffective or lacking. Transitions Theory can be useful to conceptually explain the transition back to work after cancer; however, no known studies have used Transitions Theory to empirically examine this transition.
Objective: To explore how and why Transition Theory concepts can be used to understand individuals' transition back to work after cancer treatment.
Characterizing the feeding ecology of threatened species is essential to establish appropriate conservation strategies. We focused our study on the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), an endangered primate species which is endemic to the island of Borneo. Our survey was conducted in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (LKWS), a riverine protected area that is surrounded by oil palm plantations.
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- Ongoing research is essential for tracking and understanding the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, particularly as diagnostic testing declines in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- In 2023, collaborations with pathology and genomics teams allowed for the monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants in New South Wales through various methods, including viral culture and analysis of immune responses from a large pool of blood donations.
- Findings indicated that while existing antibodies generally neutralized many variants, specific mutations in emerging strains, particularly JN.1, suggested future challenges in controlling their spread due to enhanced transmissibility.
[Intensive care medicine and sustainability : Contradiction or self-evident?].
Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed
November 2024
Background: Intensive care medicine is one of the most resource-intensive areas of the hospital. As a result, nurses have a crucial role to play in adapting processes to promote sustainability in the intensive care unit. This represents a significant contribution to creating a more climate-friendly hospital.
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- Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT) are the most common cancers found in young men, including seminoma and non-seminoma types.
- This study uses whole genome sequencing to analyze adult TGCTs, providing a detailed genomic profile that includes mutations, structural variations, and DNA amplifications.
- The research uncovers correlations between genetic changes and the different growth patterns of TGCT subtypes, highlighting late genomic duplication in some cases and a common immune disruption mechanism in seminomas.