Synthesis and evaluation of hydroxyazolopyrimidines as herbicides; the generation of amitrole in planta.

Background: Exploiting novel herbicidal modes of action is an important method to overcome the challenges faced by increasing resistance and regulatory pressure on existing commercial herbicides. Recent reports of inhibitors of enzymes in the non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis led to the design of a novel class of azolopyrimidines which were assessed for their herbicidal activity. Studies were also undertaken to determine the mode of action responsible for the observed herbicidal activity.

The impact of preparatory activities on medical school selection outcomes: a cross-sectional survey of applicants to the University of Adelaide Medical School in 2007.

Background: Selection into medical school is highly competitive with more applicants than places. Little is known about the preparation that applicants undertake for this high stakes process. The study aims to determine what preparatory activities applicants undertake and what difficulties they encounter for each stage of the application process to medical school and in particular what impact these have on the outcome.

A randomized controlled trial of prophylactic intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in high-risk aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background And Purpose: To assess whether prophylactic postoperative intraaortic balloon counterpulsation (IABC) reduces the risk of poor outcome because of vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage relative to conventional hypervolemic therapy (HT).

Methods: This was a single-center, parallel group randomized controlled trial. Patients suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage at high risk of vasospasm were eligible.

The utility and futility of non-invasive ventilation in non-designated areas: can critical care outreach nurses influence practice?

Objective: To explore the practice of delivering non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in non-designated areas within a large university teaching hospital by critical care outreach nurses.

Methods: Local audit was prospectively conducted over a five-month period of all patients commenced on NIV in non-designated areas. The audit was repeated a year later and again four years later.

"Latte rural": the tangible and intangible factors important in the choice of a rural practice by recent GP graduates.

Introduction: A large of amount of literature exists on the factors that influence the recruitment and retention of rural general practitioners (GPs) in Australia and other countries. The selection of a rural practice location is known to be influenced by professional, personal and family, community and economic factors. Most of this research has been undertaken on the either the baby boomer generation or their predecessors, and this is likely to have influenced the responses gained.