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Flexible and Innovative Connectivity Solution to Support National Decentralized Infectious Diseases Point-of-Care Testing Programs in Primary Health Services: Descriptive Evaluation Study by Saha, Amit, Andrewartha, Kelly, Badman, Steven G, Tangey, Annie, Smith, Kirsty S, Sandler, Sergio, Ramsay, Stuart, Braund, Wilton, Manoj-Margison, Stuart, Matthews, Susan, Shephard, Mark D S, Guy, Rebecca, Causer, Louise

“…Background Molecular point-of-care (POC) testing for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) has been available…”
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Histological precursors of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: results from a 13 year prospective follow up study in a high risk population by Wang, G-Q, Abnet, C C, Shen, Q, Lewin, K J, Sun, X-D, Roth, M J, Qiao, Y-L, Mark, S D, Dong, Z-W, Taylor, P R, Dawsey, S M

“…Background: Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has a very poor prognosis, which is largely due to late diagnosis. Successful early detection strategies…”
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Helicobacter pylori and oesophageal and gastric cancers in a prospective study in China by Kamangar, F, Qiao, Y-L, Blaser, M J, Sun, X-D, Katki, H, Fan, J-H, Perez-Perez, G I, Abnet, C C, Zhao, P, Mark, S D, Taylor, P R, Dawsey, S M

“…In a cohort of 29,584 residents of Linxian, China, followed from 1985 to 2001, we conducted a case-cohort study of the magnitude of the association of…”
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Prospective study of serum 25(OH)-vitamin D concentration and risk of oesophageal and gastric cancers by CHEN, W, DAWSEY, S. M, QIAO, Y.-L, MARK, S. D, DONG, Z.-W, TAYLOR, P. R, ZHAO, P, ABNET, C. C

“…We prospectively examined the relation between pretrial serum vitamin D status and risk of oesophageal and gastric cancers among subjects who developed cancer…”
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Prospective Study of Serum Selenium Levels and Incident Esophageal and Gastric Cancers by Mark, Steven D., Qiao, You-Lin, Dawsey, Sanford M., Wu, Yan-Ping, Katki, Hormuzd, Gunter, Elaine W., Fraumeni, Joseph F., Blot, William J., Dong, Zhi-Wei, Taylor, Phillip R.

“…Background: From March 1986 through May 1991, we conducted a randomized nutritional intervention trial, the General Population Trial, in Linxian, China, a…”
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Derivation of enhanced potentials for plutonium dioxide and the calculation of lattice and intrinsic defect properties by Read, Mark S.D., Walker, Scott R., Jackson, Robert A.

“…A new potential has been derived for plutonium dioxide and used to calculate its lattice and defect properties. The Pu4+⋯O2− potential is obtained via a…”
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Derivation of enhanced potentials for uranium dioxide and the calculation of lattice and intrinsic defect properties by Read, Mark S.D., Jackson, Robert A.

“…Previously reported forms of the cation–anion Buckingham potential provide a significantly greater contribution than the repulsive Coulombic component at…”
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Zinc Concentration in Esophageal Biopsy Specimens Measured by X-Ray Fluorescence and Esophageal Cancer Risk by Abnet, Christian C., Lai, Barry, Qiao, You-Lin, Vogt, Stefan, Luo, Xian-Mao, Taylor, Philip R., Dong, Zhi-Wei, Mark, Steven D., Dawsey, Sanford M.

“…Background: In rodents, zinc deficiency potentiates the effects of certain nitrosamines that act as esophageal carcinogens. Studies of the association between…”
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An atomistic surface simulation study predicting morphologies and segregation in yttrium lithium fluoride by Littleford, Thomas E., Jackson, Robert A., Read, Mark S.D.

“…The aim of this research on the laser material yttrium lithium fluoride (YLiF4) is to provide the first study of its surface structure, morphology and the…”
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Epstein-Barr virus serology and gastric cancer incidence and survival by KOSHIOL, J, QIAO, Y.-L, MARK, S. D, DAWSEY, S. M, ABNET, C. C, KAMANGAR, F, LENNETTE, E. T, DONG, Z.-W, TAYLOR, P. R

“…Among 185 cases of gastric cancer and 200 controls in Linxian, China, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) seropositivity was not associated with increased risk of gastric…”
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Application of density functional theory to the investigation of polymer degradation: Example of cross-linked ethylene–vinyl acetate–vinyl alcohol (EVA-OH) terpolymer de-acetylation by Létant, Sonia E., Plant, David F., Wilson, Thomas S., Alviso, Cynthia T., Read, Mark S.D., Maxwell, Robert S.

“…We report on the application of Density Functional Theory (DFT) methodologies to investigate the degradation of polymer materials and provide new insights into…”
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Design, implementation and initial assessment of the Northern Territory Point‐of‐Care Testing Program by Shephard, Mark D.S, Spaeth, Brooke, Mazzachi, Beryl C, Auld, Malcolm, Schatz, Steven, Loudon, John, Rigby, Janet, Daniel, Vinod

“…Objective: The objective of the study was to improve pathology services in selected remote health centres from the Northern Territory (NT) through the…”
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Sustained Quality and Service Delivery in an Expanding Point-of-Care Testing Network in Remote Australian Primary Health Care by Matthews, Susan Janet, Spaeth, Brooke, Duckworth, Lauren, Richards, Janet Noreen, Prisk, Emma, Auld, Malcolm, Quirk, Tina, Omond, Rodney, Shephard, Mark D S

“…Since 2008, the Northern Territory Point-of-Care Testing Program has improved patient access to pathology testing for acute and chronic disease management for…”
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Derivation of Transferable Pair Potentials and the Calculation of Intrinsic Defect Properties for Xenotime by Cutts, Geoffrey L, Hriljac, Joseph A, Read, Mark S. D

“…A new force field has been empirically derived that is transferable across the YPO4, Y2O3, and P2O5 phases, utilizing a reverse Monte Carlo method. This method…”
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Percutaneous decannulation of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using the Manta vascular closure device: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ng, Jun Jie, Lee, Stefanie H T, Lim, Joseph K W, Chan, Karen K W, Lim, Mark D S, Ahmed, Mohamed A I, Loh, Stanley E K, Choong, Andrew M T L

“…To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the techniques and outcomes associated with percutaneous decannulation of venoarterial extracorporeal…”
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Estimating Exposure Effects by Modelling the Expectation of Exposure Conditional on Confounders by Robins, James M., Mark, Steven D., Newey, Whitney K.

“…In order to estimate the causal effects of one or more exposures or treatments on an outcome of interest, one has to account for the effect of "confounding…”
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Drinking Water Nitrate and the Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma by Ward, Mary H., Mark, Steven D., Cantor, Kenneth P., Weisenburger, Dennis D., Correa-Villaseñor, Adolfo, Zahm, Shelia Hoar

“…The increasing incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the United States is only partially explained by known risk factors. Nitrate is a contaminant of…”
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Point-of-care testing improves diabetes management in a primary care clinic in South Africa by Motta, Lara A, Shephard, Mark D.S, Brink, Julie, Lawson, Stefan, Rheeder, Paul

“…Highlights • We introduced point-of-care testing to an urban diabetes clinic in South Africa. • The number of diabetes patients achieving optimal glycaemic…”
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Lowered risks of hypertension and cerebrovascular disease after vitamin/mineral supplementation : The Linxian nutrition intervention trial by MARK, S. D, WEN WANG, FRAUMENI, J. F, JUN-YAO LI, TAYLOR, P. R, GUO-QING WANG, WANDE GUO, DAWSEY, S. M, BING LI, BLOT, W. J

“…A total of 3,318 men and women from a region in rural China were randomized to receive daily either a multiple vitamin/mineral supplement or a placebo. Deaths…”
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Gastric cancer and H pylori by Dawsey, S M, Mark, S D, Taylor, P R, Limburg, P J

“…Because the proportion of oesophageal, gastric cardia, and gastric non-cardia cancers included in these studies cannot be readily determined, we believe that…”
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