Publications by authors named "S J Luke"

Smallholder farmers produce over 40% of global palm oil, the world's most traded and controversial vegetable oil. Awareness of the effects of palm oil production on ecosystems and human communities has increased drastically in recent years, with ever louder calls for the private and public sector to develop programs to support sustainable cultivation by smallholder farmers. To effectively influence smallholder practices and ensure positive social outcomes, such schemes must consider the variety in perspectives of farmers and align with their priorities.

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Objective: The optimal timing of vasopressin initiation as an adjunctive vasopressor remains unclear. We aimed to study the association between the timing of vasopressin commencement, pre-specified physiological parameters, and hospital mortality.

Design: We conducted a multicentre, retrospective, observational study.

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Objective: Knowledge of intensive care unit (ICU) acquired hypernatremia (ICU-AH) has been hampered by the absence of granular data and confounded by variable definitions and inclusion criteria.

Design: Multicentre retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Twelve ICUs in Queensland (QLD), Australia.

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  • * Results showed that GDM diagnoses were more common (17%) with the one-step test compared to the two-step method (6%), and that adverse outcomes were generally low regardless of the testing approach.
  • * The findings suggested that stricter testing (one-step) could lead to more GDM diagnoses but also indicated a potential increased risk for larger babies and preterm births linked to abnormal glucose levels just below diagnostic thresholds.
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The 2017 and 2018 wildfire seasons in British Columbia (BC), Canada were unprecedented. Among all the pollutants in wildfire smoke, fine particulate matter (PM) poses the most significant risk to human health. There is limited research on prenatal wildfire smoke exposure and its impacts on infant health.

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