Publications by authors named "M C Mahony"
Purpose: Dynamic eye-tracking paradigms are an engaging and increasingly used method to study social attention in autism. While prior research has focused primarily on younger populations, there is a need for developmentally appropriate tasks for older children.
Methods: This study introduces a novel eye-tracking task designed to assess school-aged children's attention to speakers involved in conversation.
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- A study reviewed medical records from eight hospitals in Australia and New Zealand examining how intravenous aciclovir is prescribed for suspected herpes simplex virus (HSV) disease in neonates and older children between January and December 2019.
- Out of 1,426 patients, most received aciclovir for suspected cases without definitive HSV testing; notably, only a small fraction had confirmed diagnoses among older children, indicating potentially excessive and unjustified prescribing.
- Among the patients, adverse effects included instances of nephrotoxicity and extravasation injuries, raising concerns about the safety and necessity of such treatments in the pediatric population.
With large wildfires becoming more frequent, we must rapidly learn how megafires impact biodiversity to prioritize mitigation and improve policy. A key challenge is to discover how interactions among fire-regime components, drought and land tenure shape wildfire impacts. The globally unprecedented 2019-2020 Australian megafires burnt more than 10 million hectares, prompting major investment in biodiversity monitoring.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe karyotype of Litoria (L.) paraewingi (Watson et al., 1971) (Big River State Forest, Victoria) is described here for the first time.
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