Publications by authors named "T Y Barnes"

The Australian manufacturing sector saw the exit of the automotive industry in 2017 arising in mass retrenchment across its assembly plants and supply chain firms. In 2019, a large-scale program of research was launched to investigate the impacts of the closures on workers and community including a dedicated stream of qualitative work which took place in 2021. This work took the form of in-depth interviews that investigated the experiences of automotive workers as they underwent retrenchment, reskilling, re-employment and retirement.

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Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine if routine dual-stage nonunion repair (DSR) surgery leads to better outcomes than single-stage nonunion (SSR) repair surgery in fracture nonunions without evident clinical or laboratory signs of infection.

Design: Retrospective comparison study.

Setting: Level 1 Trauma Center affiliated with an academic teaching hospital.

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There is increasing interest in the use of home-based monitoring in people with chronic lung diseases to improve access to care, support patient self-management, and facilitate the collection of information for clinical care and research. However, integration of home-based monitoring into clinical and research settings requires careful consideration of test performance and other attributes. There is no published guidance from professional respiratory societies to advance the science of home-based monitoring for chronic lung disease.

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Article Synopsis
  • Ongoing research is essential for tracking and understanding the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants, particularly as diagnostic testing declines in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • In 2023, collaborations with pathology and genomics teams allowed for the monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants in New South Wales through various methods, including viral culture and analysis of immune responses from a large pool of blood donations.
  • Findings indicated that while existing antibodies generally neutralized many variants, specific mutations in emerging strains, particularly JN.1, suggested future challenges in controlling their spread due to enhanced transmissibility.
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