Deakin University

Melanins Enhance Radical Scavenging Through Wavelength‐Selective Excited‐State Manifold Diversity

ABSTRACT Melanin is a ubiquitous pigment that mitigates photoinduced damage in biological systems through light absorption, heat dissipation, and radical scavenging. While these functions have traditionally been considered independent, recent studies suggest that they may be intr...

Aorto‐Ostial Lesion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Clinical Characteristics, Predictors and Clinical Outcomes

ABSTRACT Background Aorto‐ostial coronary lesions represent a high‐risk subset of coronary disease because of fibrocalcific disease, elastic recoil, and difficulty achieving precise stent positioning. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of these lesions may therefore be asso...

The Architecture of Moral Responsibility: Re-Structuring Moral Blame to fill in the Responsibility gap

Abstract The increasing integration of artificial intelligence into decision-making processes has intensified questions about how responsibility should be understood within socio-technical systems. Although debates surrounding the responsibility gap have identified important chal...

A communication and messaging framework to increase public awareness of ultra-processed foods in Australia

Abstract Background Evidence of the health, environmental, and broader societal impacts of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is rapidly accumulating, yet public awareness remains limited. This study aimed to develop a communication and messaging framework to increase public awareness...

Physical activity from bus travel: objective estimates linking accelerometer and travel card data

Background Low physical activity contributes to chronic disease and premature death. Public transport can integrate activity into daily routines, but robust methods are needed to estimate physical activity during public transport trips. This study quantified duration, intensity,...

Skuas as sentinels of high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 on the Antarctic Peninsula in the 2024/2025 austral summer

Despite Antarctica's geographic isolation, the first incursion of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was detected in the 2023/2024 austral summer. Surveillance for HPAI H5N1 in Antarctica remains patchy due to logistical, financial and infrastructure challenges, with...

Determination of Efficacy of Intervention based on the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Model of Panic Attack Treatment in Comorbid Heart Diseases: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: Panic disorder (PD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) exhibit similar symptoms, such as palpitations, dyspnea, and chest pain, complicating clinical differentiation, especially when they coexist. This overlap has led to challenges in the context of psychocardiology, in...

Tumour Volume Independently Predicts Metastasis in ISUP 2 Prostate Cancer

Background and Objectives: The outcomes for patients with localised prostate cancer are variable, even within defined tumour grades or clinical risk groups. Identifying features associated with disease aggression is imperative in contemporary PCa research. ISUP 2 PCa is particula...

Sustaining Health Promotion in Australian Supermarkets: Qualitative Perspectives From the Reach for the Stars Programme

ISSUE ADDRESSED: Supermarkets influence dietary behaviours, but sustaining health-promoting interventions in these settings is challenging. This study explored factors shaping the long-term sustainability of Reach for the Stars, a multi-component intervention promoting products r...

Characterising the Beyond 50 Cohort: Preliminary Exploration of Physical and Psychosocial Health Factors and Substance Use Among a Cohort of Community Dwelling Adults Aged 50–70 Years

ABSTRACT Introduction Older adults exhibit unique risks associated with poor mental health and substance use. The Beyond 50 study is a longitudinal cohort investigating the determinants of healthy ageing, including relationships between physical and psychosocial health and substa...

Associations between metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease and physical and mental health–related quality of life in older adults

Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a common, often overlooked liver condition. Its impact on quality-of-life in older adults is not well understood. We examined the association between MASLD and physical and mental quality of life in a well-charac...

Assessment Arrythmia: restoring rhythms of time, space, and practice in higher education

Abstract Higher education practice is increasingly shaped by expanding workloads and cultures of acceleration. These pressures are felt acutely in the domain of assessment. As marking cycles shorten, deadlines proliferate, and institutional metrics dominate academic time, assessm...

Efficacy of Vitamin C Treatment to Aid the Healing of Foot Ulcers in People With Diabetes: A Randomised, Placebo‐Controlled Double‐Blind Trial: The FOOT‐C Study Protocol

ABSTRACT Introduction Diabetes‐related foot ulceration (DFU) is a serious complication, serving as a leading cause of amputation, disability, hospitalisation and a significant contributor to healthcare costs. Deficiencies in vitamin C and other micronutrients are common in DFU. E...

Equivalence of XOR and XNOR in differential cryptanalysis: application to SCAN-C

Abstract SCAN-C is a lightweight block cipher featuring a hybrid Feistel-SPN structure designed for Controller Area Network (CAN) security. This work presents the first full-round differential cryptanalysis of SCAN-C, demonstrating that its unique XNOR-based key mixing provides n...

Time Averaged CCE

ABSTRACT A popular approach to interactive effects panel data models is the common correlated effects (CCE) estimator of Pesaran (Estimation and inference in large heterogeneous panels with a multifactor error structure. Econometrica 74 , 967–1012, 2006). The current paper propos...

Understanding barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening: insights from South Asian women and general practitioners in Victoria, Australia

BACKGROUND: South Asian women, like many other culturally and linguistically diverse populations in Australia, remain under-represented in breast cancer screening, perpetuating inequities in early detection and treatment. To explore perspectives of South Asian women and general p...

Terminology for describing the 24-h cycle of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep: a scoping review

Abstract Background Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep are three behaviours which occupy the 24-h cycle and interact to influence a multitude of health outcomes. Different terms are currently used to describe these behaviours collectively (e.g., movement behaviours...

Empirical evidence for a trade-off between reproduction and tumour dynamics in the freshwater cnidarian Hydra oligactis

Abstract Reproduction is a key life-history trait but often comes at the expense of somatic maintenance, including ageing and susceptibility to disease. While reproduction–immunity trade-offs have been experimentally demonstrated in the context of infectious diseases, whether rep...

A privacy-preserving federated learning approach with multilevel differential privacy for lung cancer detection

Lung cancer detection in medical imaging presents significant challenges, particularly in preserving patient data privacy while enabling collaborative learning across institutions. Federated Learning (FL) offers a solution by allowing multiple clients to collaboratively train a s...

Reimagining land system science in seascapes

Abstract Context Terrestrial concepts often guide the science and management of marine systems, as exhibited by the influence of landscape ecology on seascape ecology. However, the theoretical assumptions that inform these concepts have not been sufficiently interrogated within t...