Theses from 2013
Discovery of new biomarkers of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease risk in buccal cells using laser scanning cytometry, Maxime Francois
Surfing performance, injuries and the use of the Y balance test, Jonathan Freeman, Stephen Bird, and Jeremy M. Sheppard
Pupil response biomarkers for early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, Shaun Frost, Yogesan Kanagasingam, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Pierrick Bourgeat, Victor Villemagne, Christopher Rowe, S Lance Macaulay, Cassandra Szoeke, Kathryn Ellis, David Ames, Colin Masters, Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith, and Ralph N. Martins
Pupil response biomarkers distinguish amyloid precursor protein mutation carriers from non-carriers, Shaun Frost, Yogesan Kanagasingam, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Kevin Taddei, Randall Bateman, John Morris, Tammie Benzinger, Alison Goate, Colin Masters, and Ralph N. Martins
Retinal vascular biomarkers for early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, Shawn Frost, Yogi Kanagasingam, Hamid Sohrabi, J Vignarajan, P Bourgeat, Olivier Salvado, Victor Villemagne, Christopher Rowe, S Lance Macaulay, Cassandra Szoeke, Kathryn A. Ellis, David Ames, Colin L. Masters, Stephanie Rainey-Smith, and Ralph N. Martins
Testing and training agility, Tim J. Gabbett and Jeremy M. Sheppard
Dietary Patterns Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Chronic Disease Risk: A Review, Samantha L. Gardener, Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith, Jennifer Keogh, Suzanne Mathieson, and Ralph N. Martins
Chlorine and hydrogen cyanide gas interactions with human skin: In vitro studies to inform skin permeation and decontamination in HAZMAT incidents, Sharyn Gaskin, Dino Pisaniello, John Edwards, David Bromwich, Sue Reed, Michael Logan, and Christine Baxter
A murine model for examining the effects of ultraviolet radiation and vitamin D deficiency on the expression of obesity-related metabolic syndrome, Sian Geldenhuys
Amount of therapy matters in very early aphasia rehabilitation after stroke: A clinical prognostic model, Erin Godecke, Tapan Rai, Natalie A. Ciccone, Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Andrew Granger, and Graeme J. Hankey
Monitoring training loads, stress, immune-endocrine responses and performance in tennis players, R.V. Gomes, A. Moreira, L. Lodo, Kazunori Nosaka, A.J. Coutts, and M.S. Aoki
Distinguishing between positive and negative exercise habits, J Robert Grove, Ben Jackson, Jay-Lee Longbottom, and Nikola Medic
Lifestyle factors, medication use and risk for ischaemic heart disease hospitalisation: a longitudinal population-based study, Anthony S. Gunnell, K Einarsdottir, Daniel A. Galvao, S Joyce, S Tomlin, Vicki J. Graham, Caroline McIntyre, Robert U. Newton, and T Briffa
Multiplex biomarkers in blood, Veer Bala Bala Gupta, Ramani Sundaram, and Ralph N. Martins
Studies on the mechanism of the DNA nicking property of amyloid-β40: implications in Alzheimer's disease, Veer Bala B. Gupta, Florence Monica, Ruben Berrocal, K. Subba Rao, and Kosagi Rao
Semagacestat For Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease [1], Veer B. Gupta, Vivek K. Gupta, and Ralph Martins
TrkB Receptor Signalling: Implications in Neurodegenerative, Psychiatric and Proliferative Disorders, Vivek K. Gupta, Yuyi You, Veer Gupta, Alexander Klistorner, and Stuart L. Graham
Variation in antimüllerian hormone concentration during the menstrual cycle may change the clinical classification of the ovarian response, Narelle Hadlow, Katherine Longhurst, Allison McClements, Jay Natalwala, Suzanne Brown, and Phillip L. Matson
Tackling overweight and obesity: Does the public health message match the science?, Katherine Hafekost, David Lawrence, Francis Mitrou, Therese O'Sullivan, and Stephen Zubrick
Periodization strategies for youth development, Gregory (Guy) Haff
Pilot randomised controlled trial of a radiation therapist-led educational intervention for breast cancer patients prior to commencing radiotherapy, Georgia K B Halkett, M O'Connor, S Aranda, M Jefford, Therese M. Shaw, D York, N Spry, M Taylor, and P Schofield
The association of Aβ amyloid and composite cognitive measures in healthy older adults and MCI, Karra D. Harrington, Yen Ying Lim, Kathryn A. Ellis, Carly Copolov, David Darby, Michael Weinborn, David Ames, Ralph N. Martins, Greg Savage, Cassandra Szoeke, Christopher Rowe, Victor L. Villemagne, Colin L. Masters, and Paul Maruff
Physical load tolerance differs between kicking and support limbs in Australian footballers, Nicolas H. Hart, Michael Dobbin, Jason Weber, Sophia Nimphius, and Robert U. Newton
Leg mass characteristics of accurate and inaccurate kickers - an Australian football perspective, Nicolas H. Hart, Sophia Nimphius, Jodie L. Cochrane, and Robert U. Newton
SCOPE childhood obesity project bridges policy/practice gap, Lydia A. Hearn and Margaret R. Miller
Online healthy lifestyle support in the perinatal period: What do women want and do they use it?, Lydia A. Hearn, Margaret R. Miller, and Anna Fletcher
Pushing the boundaries: Reflections on speech-language therapists' relationships with clients in a changing therapy context, Deborah J. Hersh
Collaboration Towards Inclusion: An interprofessional learning opportunity for education and speech pathology students, Deborah J. Hersh, John A. O'Rourke, and Abigail V. Lewis
Assess for Success: Evidence for Therapeutic Assessment, Deborah J. Hersh, Linda Worrall, Robyn O'Halloran, Kyla Brown, Brooke Grohn, and Amy D. Rodriguez
Kinematic factors affecting fast and slow straight and change-of-direction acceleration times, Jennifer Hewitt, John B. Cronin, and Patria Hume
Alterations in strength characteristics for isometric and dynamic mid-thigh pulls in collegiate throwers across 11 weeks of training, W Hornsby, Guy G. Haff, W Sands, M Ramsey, G Beckham, M. E. Stone, and M. H. Stone
Reversibility of Membrane N-Glycome of HeLa Cells upon Treatment with Epigenetic Inhibitors, Tomislav Horvat, Martina Dezeljin, Irma Redzic, Darko Barisic, Maja H. Bosnar, and Gordan Lauc
Reduced lung cancer incidence attributable to decreased tobacco use in urban Shanghai, Mu Hu, Youxin Wang, Yi Zhang, and Xiuyi Zhi
Muscle Oxygenation and Blood Volume Reliability during Continuous and Intermittent Running, Mohammed Ihsan, Chris R. Abbiss, Marcin Lipski, Martin Buchheit, and Greig Watson
The effects of perspective and presentation: User experience in a virtual art gallery, Daniel Ivancic, Damian Schofield, and Lisa Dethridge
Periodization for mixed martial arts, Lachlan P. James, Vincent Kelly, and Emma Beckman
A New Method to Identify the Location of the Kick Point During the Golf Swing, Christopher Joyce, Angus F. Burnett, and Miccal T. Matthews
Three-dimensional trunk kinematics in golf: between-club differences and relationships to clubhead speed, Christopher Joyce, Angus F. Burnett, Jodie Wilkie, and Kevin Ball
Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on elbow flexor maximal voluntary isometric strength and endurance, Benjamin Kan, Jane E. Dundas, and Kazunori Nosaka
Effects of weighted sled towing with heavy versus light load on sprint acceleration ability, Naoki Kawamori, Robert Newton, N. Hori, and Kazunori Nosaka
Advances in personalized targeted treatment of metastatic melanoma and non-invasive tumor monitoring, Dragana Klinac, Elin S. Gray, Michael Millward, and Mel R. Ziman Dr
Video-based training combined with flotation tank recovery does not improve three-point shooting in basketball, Markus Klusemann, J Headrick, C Argus, David Pyne, A Gorman, and Eric J. Drinkwater
Activity profiles and demands of seasonal and tournament basketball competition, Markus J. Klusemann, David B. Pyne, Will G. Hopkins, and Eric J. Drinkwater
Physical and physiological characteristics of elite Indian national footballers, Kartik Kulkarni, Gregory T. Levin, Luis Penailillo, Amrinder Singh, and Sadhu jaspal Singh
A necrotic stimulus is required to maximize matrix-mediated myogenesis in mice, Drew Kuraitis, Maria Grazia Berardinelli, Erik J. Suuronen, and Antonio Musaro
Support for non IT savvy teachers to incorporate games, Cat Kutay, Moira G. Sim, and Toni Wain
Inhibition of human high-affinity copper importer Ctr1 orthologous in the nervous system of Drosophila ameliorates Aβ42-induced Alzheimer's disease-like symptoms, Minglin Lang, Qiangwang Fan, Lei Wang, Yajun Zheng, Guiran Xiao, Xiaoxi Wang, Wei Wang, Yi Zhong, and Bing Zhou
Loci Associated with N-Glycosylation of Human Immunoglobulin G Show Pleiotropy with Autoimmune Diseases and Haematological Cancers, Gordan Lauc, Jennifer E. Huffman, Maja Pucic, Lina Zgaga, Barbara Adamczyk, Ana Muzinic, Mislav Novokmet, Ozren Polasek, Olga Gornik, Jasminka Kristic, Toma Keser, Veronique Vitart, Blanca Scheijen, Hae-Won Uh, Mariam Molokhia, Alan L. Patrick, Paul McKeigue, Ivana Kolcic, Ivan K. Lukic, Olivia Swann, Frank N. van Leeuwen, L. R. Ruhaak, Jeanine J. Houwing-Duistermaat, P. E. Slagboom, Marian Beekman, Anton J.M. de Craen, Andre M. Deelder, Qiang Zeng, Wei Wang, Nicholas D. Hastie, Ulf Gyllensten, James F. Wilson, Manfred Wuhrer, Alan F. Wright, Pauline M. Rudd, Caroline Hayward, Yurii Aulchenko, Harry Campbell, and Igor Rudan
Visual analog scale and pressure pain threshold for delayed onset muscle soreness assessment, Wing Y. Lau, Makii Mishan Muthalib, and Kazunori Nosaka
Does on-water resisted rowing increase or maintain lower-body strength?, Trent Lawton, John B. Cronin, and Michael R. Mcguigan
Strength, power, and muscular endurance exercise and elite rowing ergometer performance, Trent Lawton, John B. Cronin, and Michael R. Mcguigan
Strength tests for elite rowers: low- or high-repetition?, Trent Lawton, John B. Cronin, and Michael R. Mcguigan
Correlation of throwing velocity to the results of lower body field tests in male college baseball players, G Lehman, Eric J. Drinkwater, and David Behm
Bullying victimisation and adolescents: Implications for school-based intervention programs, Leanne Lester, Donna S. Cross, Julian J. Dooley, and Therese M. Shaw
The relationship between school connectedness and mental health during the transition to secondary school : A path analysis, Leanne Lester, Stacey K. Waters, and Donna S. Cross
Reflective practice: what is it and how do I do it?, Abigail V. Lewis
Effects of a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet on brain lipid profiles in apolipoprotein E ε3 and ε4 knock-in mice, Wei Ling F. Lim, Sin Man Lam, Guanghou Shui, Alinda Mondal, Daniel Ong, Xinrui Duan, Rhona Creegan, Ian J. Martins, Matthew J. Sharman, Kevin Taddei, Giuseppe Verdile, Markus R. Wenk, and Ralph Martins
Cognitive consequences of high aβ amyloid in mild cognitive impairment and healthy older adults: Implications for early detection of Alzheimer's disease, Yen Ying Lim, Kathryn A. Ellis, Karra Harrington, Adrian Kamer, Robert H. Pietrzak, Ashley I. Bush, David Darby, Ralph N. Martins, Colin L. Masters, Christopher C. Rowe, Greg Savage, Cassandra Szoeke, Victor L. Villemagne, David Ames, and Paul Maruff
Cognitive Decline in Adults with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and High Amyloid-β: Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease?, Yen Ying Lim, Kathryn A. Ellis, Karra Harrington, Robert H. Pietrzak, Joanne Gale, David Ames, Ashley I. Bush, David Darby, Ralph N. Martins, Colin L. Masters, Christopher C. Rowe, Greg Savage, Cassandra Szoeke, Victor L. Villemagne, and Paul Maruff
Three-month stability of the cogstate brief battery in healthy older adults, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease: results from the Australian imaging, biomarkers, and lifestyle-rate of change substudy (AIBL-ROCS), Yen Ying Lim, Judith Jaeger, Karra Harrington, Tim Ashwood, Kathryn Ellis, Albrecht Stöffler, Cassandra Szoeke, Rebecca Lachovitzki, Ralph N. Martins, Victor Villemagne, Ashley Bush, Colin Masters, Christopher Rowe, David Ames, David Darby, and Paul Maruff
Rapid decline in episodic memory in healthy older adults with high amyloid-β, Yen Ying Lim, Robert H. Pietrzak, Kathryn A. Ellis, Judith Jaeger, Karra Harrington, Tim Ashwood, Cassandra Szoeke, Ralph N. Martins, Ashley I. Bush, Colin L. Masters, Christopher C. Rowe, Victor L. Villemagne, David Ames, David Darby, and Paul Maruff
BDNF Val66Met, Aβ amyloid, and cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease, Yen Ying Lim, Victor Villemagne, Simon Laws, David Ames, Robert Pietrzak, Kathryn Ellis, Karra Harrington, Pierrick Bourgeat, Olivier Salvado, David Darby, Peter Snyder, Ashley Bush, Ralph N. Martins, Colin Masters, Christopher Rowe, Pradeep Nathan, and Paul Maruff
Considerations for the development of agility during childhood and adolescence, R. S. Lloyd, P. Read, J. L. Oliver, R. W. Meyers, Sophia Nimphius, and I. Jeffreys
Self-efficacy and nutrition knowledge of parents in Western Australia, Karen Lombardi
The importance of aerial manoeuvers in elite competitive surfing perfomance, Lina Lundgren, Martin Dunn, Sophia Nimphius, and Jeremy M. Sheppard
The importance of aerial manoeuvers in elite competitive surfing performance, Lina Lundgren, Martin Dunn, Sophia Nimphius, and Jeremy M. Sheppard
Ankle range of motion among surfing athletes, Lina Lundgren, Tai Tran, Oliver Farley, Josh Secomb, Sophia Nimphius, Robert Newton, and Jeremy M. Sheppard
Wicket-keeping in cricket: A literature review, Danielle MacDonald, John Cronin, Jason Mills, and Richard Stretch
A review of cricket fielding requirements, D MacDonald, John B. Cronin, J Mills, Michael McGuigan, and R Stretch
A lower limb assessment tool for athletes at risk of developing patellar tendinopathy, Kerry Mann, Suzi Edwards, Eric J. Drinkwater, and Stephen Bird
Non-syndromic hearing impairment in a multi-ethnic population of Northeastern Brazil, Gabrielle N. Manzoli, Kiyoko Abe-Sandes, Alan H. Bittles, Danniel da Silva, Luciene Fernandes, Roberta Paulon, Iza Cristina de Castro, Carla Padovani, and Angelina Acosta
Prevalence of overweight, obesity and underweight in Western Australian school-aged children; 2008 compared with 2003, K Martin, M Rosenberg, IS Pratt, Margaret R. Miller, G McCormack, B Giles-Corti, A Magarey, F Bull, and Amanda Devine
Factors influencing the incidence rates of injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry, Tony Martinovich
Appetite dysregulation and Obesity in Western Countries: Food restriction maintains the health and well being of overweight individuals, Ian J. Martins
Increased risk for obesity and diabetes with neurodegeneration in developing countries [journal article], Ian J. Martins
The acceleration of aging and Alzheimer’s disease through the biological mechanisms behind obesity and type II diabetes, Ian J. Martins, Wei Ling F. Lim, Andrea C. Wilson, Simon M. Laws, and Ralph Martins
Molecular Insights into Appetite Control and Neuroendocrine Disease as Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases in Western Countries, I J. Martins, Rhona Creegan, W. L. F. Lim, and Ralph Martins
Pediatric medical traumatic stress : the impact on children, parents and staff, Sarah McGarry
Paediatric health-care professionals: Relationships between psychological distress, resilience and coping skills, Sarah A. Mcgarry, Sonya J. Girdler, Ann McDonald, Jane Valentine, Shew-lee Lee, Eve Blair, Fiona Wood, and Catherine Elliott
Paediatric medical trauma: The impact on parents of burn survivors, Sarah A. Mcgarry, Sonya J. Girdler, Ann McDonald, Jane Valentine, Fiona Wood, and Catherine Elliott
Strength and power assessment protocols, Michael R. McGuigan, Jeremy M. Sheppard, Stuart J. Cormack, and Kristie-Lee Taylor
The Development, Retention and Decay Rates of Strength and Power in Elite Rugby Union, Rugby League and American Football, Daniel McMaster, Nicholas Gill, John B. Cronin, and Michael R. Mcguigan
Is wireless accelerometry a viable measurement system for assessing vertical jump performance?, Tim McMaster, Nicholas Gill, John B. Cronin, and Michael R. Mcguigan
Perceptions of five-year competitive categories: Model of how relative age influences competitiveness in Masters sport, Nikola Medic, Bradley Young, and J. Robert Grove
Physiological demands of road sprinting in professional and U23 cycling. A pilot study, Paolo Menaspa, Marc Quod, David Martin, James Victor, and Chris Abbiss
Nonuniform changes in MRI measurements of the thigh muscles after two hamstring strengthening exercises, Jurdan Mendiguchia, Mirian Garrues, John B. Cronin, Bret Contreras, Asier Los Arcos, Nikos Malliaropoulos, Nikola Maffulli, and Fernando Idoate
Under-reporting of energy intake in elderly Australian women is associated with a higher body mass index, X Meng, DA Kerr, K Zhu, Amanda Devine, VA Solah, J Wright, CW Binns, and RL Prince
The effect of maturation on adaptations to strength training and detraining in 11-15-year-olds, C Meylan, John B. Cronin, J Oliver, W Hopkins, and B Contreras
Self-management education programs for people living with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review, Tanya Millard, Julian Elliott, and Sonya Girdler
Preventing maternal and early childhood obesity: the fetal flaw in Australian perinatal care, Margaret R. Miller, Lydia A. Hearn, Paige van der Plight, Jane Willcox, and Karen Campbell
Preclinical Trials In Autosomal Dominant AD: Implementation Of The DIAN-TU Trial, Sarah M. Mills, J. Mallmann, Anna M. Santacruz, A. Fuqua, M. Carril, Paul S. Aisen, M. C. Althage, S. Belyew, Tammie L. Benzinger, William S. Brooks, Virginia D. Buckles, Nigel J. Cairns, David B. Clifford, Adrian Danek, Anne M. Fagan, Martin R. Farlow, Nick C. Fox, Bernardino F. Ghetti, Alison M. Goate, D. Heinrichs, Russ C. Hornbeck, Clifford J. Jack, Mathias Jucker, William E. Klunk, Daniel S. Marcus, Ralph Martins, C. M. Masters, Richard P. Mayeux, Eric M. McDade, John C. Morris, Angela Oliver, John M. Ringman, Martin N. Rossor, Stephen P. Salloway, Peter R. Schofield, Jeremy Snider, P. Snyder, Reisa A. Sperling, Christopher C. Stewart, Ronald G. Thomas, Chengjie Xiong, and Randall J. Bateman
Impact of neuromuscular fatigue on match exercise intensity and performance in elite australian football, Mitchell Mooney, Stuart J. Cormack, Brendan O'Brien, William Morgan, and Michael McGuigan
Increased risk of cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes is associated with metformin, Eileen M. Moore, Alastair G. Mander, David Ames, Mark A. Kotowicz, Ross P. Carne, Henry Brodaty, Michael Woodward, Karen Boundy, Kathryn A. Ellis, Ashley I. Bush, Noel G. Faux, Ralph N. Martins, Cassandra Szoeke, Christopher Rowe, and David A. Watters
Key prerequisite factors influencing landing forces in netball, Guy Mothersole, John B. Cronin, and Nigel Harris
Effectiveness of a patient blood management data system in monitoring blood use in Western Australia, S.A. Mukhtar, M. F. Leahy, K Trentino, A Koay, J. B. Semmens, J Tovey, V Jewlachow, S. L Farmer, A Hofmann, H. A. Roberts, and Simon Towler
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex on prefrontal cortex activation during a neuromuscular fatigue task: An fNIRS study, Makii Muthalib, Benjamin Kan, Kazunori Nosaka, and Stephane Perrey
Can a specific neck strengthening program decrease cervical spine injuries in a men's professional rugby union team? A retrospective analysis, Robert Naish, Angus Burnett, Sally Burrows, Warren Andrews, and Brendyn Appleby
Patterns of physical and psychological development in future teenage mothers, Daniel Nettle, Thomas E. Dickins, David A. Coall, and Paul de Monrnay Davis
A rationale for assessing the lower-body power profile in team sport athletes, Maria Nibali, Dale W. Chapman, Rob Robergs, and Eric J. Drinkwater
Influence of rest interval duration on muscular power production in the lower-body power profile, Maria Nibali, Dale W. Chapman, Rob Robergs, and Eric J. Drinkwater