Publications by authors named "M Waller"
Objective: Staphylococcus aureus (SA), including methicillin-resistant strains (MRSAs), is a major cause of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in military populations. This study investigated SSTI incidence and SA carriage in a military training site over 16 weeks using a prospective observational cohort design.
Methods: Two training cohorts provided pre- and post-training self-collected swabs for bacterial carriage, and environmental swabs from accommodations, personal items, and training facilities.
Background: Hemodialysis relies on accurate body mass (BM) assessment to determine ultrafiltration volumes, but we have not identified published practice patterns disclosing how to handle clothing mass. Here we investigated the potential impact of clothing mass on predialysis BM determination, hypothesizing that a standardized template for clothing mass estimation enhances accuracy, compared with conventional practice.
Methods: Measurements included dressed and undressed BM predialysis.
Background: Current estimates of dementia and Alzheimer's disease incidence and prevalence are required to understand the health needs of the elderly.
Objective: We used two Australia cohort studies, administrative datasets, and data linkage techniques to estimate dementia rates in Australia.
Methods: The study used Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health and the Health in Men Cohort Study.
For both adults and children, learning from one's mistakes (error-based learning) has been shown to be advantageous over avoiding errors altogether (errorless learning) in pedagogical settings. However, it remains unclear whether this advantage carries over to nonpedagogical settings in children, who mostly learn language in such settings. Using irregular plurals (e.
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- Environmental factors like temperature and humidity affect where free-living organisms and their symbionts live, and climate change alters these distributions.
- A study comparing parasitic lice on birds in arid Utah and humid Bahamas found that Utah birds had fewer lice, even with a wider variety of bird species present.
- As climates change, birds in arid areas may experience less parasitic pressure, while those in humid areas could face an increase in lice diversity, requiring more effort to manage these parasites.