Accounting for minimum data required to train a machine learning model to accurately monitor Australian dairy pastures using remote sensing.

Precision in grazing management is highly dependent on accurate pasture monitoring. Typically, this is often overlooked because existing approaches are labour-intensive, need calibration, and are commonly perceived as inaccurate. Machine-learning processes harnessing big data, including remote sensing, can offer a new era of decision-support tools (DST) for pasture monitoring.

Comparison of capecitabine concentrations determined by microsampling versus plasma concentrations for therapeutic drug monitoring: a pilot study.

Objectives: Therapeutic drug monitoring allows personalized dosing of chemotherapy, but is not well established for capecitabine. The aim of this study was to compare the concentrations of capecitabine and its metabolites obtained simultaneously by microsampling with plasma sampling and their acceptability to patients.

Methods: Adults taking capecitabine for cancer had paired (duplicate) microsampling at steady state (hour 2 post dose) using Mitra® devices and venous blood samples for analysis.

An Australian mainstream genetic testing program: Clinicians views about current and future practices.

Purpose: Germline genetic testing results can guide treatment decisions for oncology patients and are now offered to many cancer patients. Mainstream testing refers to genetic testing arranged by a non-genetics specialist. This repeated cross-sectional study aimed: (1) to capture clinician views on the existing mainstreaming genetic testing program for ovarian, breast, prostate, and endometrial cancer patients, and (2) to ascertain the interest of clinicians to consider changing practice to adopt mainstream testing.

Warmer ambient temperatures reduce protein intake by a mammalian folivore.

The interplay between ambient temperature and nutrition in wild herbivores is frequently overlooked, despite the fundamental importance of food. We tested whether different ambient temperatures (10°C, 18°C and 26°C) influenced the intake of protein by a marsupial herbivore, the common brushtail possum (). At each temperature, possums were offered a choice of two foods containing different amounts of protein (57% versus 8%) for one week.

Stakeholder perspectives on the impact of COVID-19 on oncology services: a qualitative study.

Background: As COVID-19 spread across the globe, cancer services were required to rapidly pivot to minimise risks without compromising outcomes for patients or staff. The aim of this study was to document changes to oncology services as a result of COVID-19 from the perspectives of both providers and receivers of care during the initial phase of the pandemic.

Methods: Participants were recruited between June and December 2020 through an email invitation via professional or consumer organisations, two hospital-based oncology services and snowballing.