Flinders University

Are they virtue-signalling or sincere? The impact of perceived motives on the effectiveness of online collective action

Social media is an important tool used by supporters of modern social movements to persuade others to participate. However, people who engage in online collective action often face speculation about their motives and may be perceived as acting for self-serving reasons. How do the...

Association between delusions, belief flexibility, and cognitive control in schizophrenia – a 6-month repeated-measures study

Abstract Background There is robust evidence that belief inflexibility is critical to the maintenance of delusion conviction. While cognitive control abilities (inhibitory control, mental set shifting, and working memory updating) are instrumental to information processing in gen...

Enhancing the Australian coastal wave buoy network: development, implementation, national coordination and future directions

Context Although long-running, regional wave buoy networks exist within Australia, there remain critical spatial gaps in observations and limited coordination of data standards. These limitations result in challenges for using existing observations for national-scale applications...

A qualitative analysis to identify implementation strategies for a deprescribing clinical practice guideline using the CFIR-ERIC Matching Tool: perspectives from consumers and professional stakeholders

Abstract Introduction Deprescribing is the planned withdrawal or dose reduction of medicines when harms outweigh benefits or when they are no longer required. Following publication of the Clinical Practice Guideline for Deprescribing in Older People in September 2025, supporting...

Seasonal fluctuations in fitness result in severe reductions in effective population size

Abstract Genetic evidence for fluctuating selection has begun to accumulate for different species over the past few decades, especially for the Drosophila genus where studies have reported hundreds of loci undergoing putatively adaptive oscillations across successive seasons. How...

Acoustic differentiation of soil-surface-dwelling invertebrates under controlled conditions

Soil degradation threatens food security, climate regulation, biodiversity and human wellbeing worldwide. Up to 75% of the world's soils are degraded, prompting rapid upscaling of global restoration efforts to meet international targets. Moreover, many soil management practices (...

School staff experiences and perceptions of roles, responsibilities, skills and training of teaching assistants supporting students with disabilities in Australian schools: A systematic review

Abstract The first systematic review exploring the work of teaching assistants (TAs) in Australian schools was undertaken to examine school staff perceptions and experiences of the roles, responsibilities, skills, training and training needs of TAs supporting students with disabi...

Skull morphology of the extinct Tasmanian tiger suggests unique biting style

Abstract The recently extinct thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) was the largest modern marsupial predator. It is considered a classic example of evolutionary convergence due to striking similarities with placental canids (e.g., foxes and wolves), particularly in the skull, despite ~160...

Mendelian randomisation and colocalisation reveal pleiotropic effects of the CD40/SLC12A5 locus on CD40 protein, depression, and immune disease

Abstract Inflammatory pathways are implicated in depression, but the specific immune proteins and causal variants involved remain unclear. This study investigated potential causal relationships between 91 immune-related plasma proteins and depression using generalized summary Men...

Are Group Interventions Effective at Improving Health Outcomes in Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Populations With Chronic Conditions? An Umbrella Review

Abstract Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations experience disproportionate burdens of chronic disease compared to the general population; previous research demonstrated group-based interventions improve health outcomes across various chronic conditions. This um...

Psychometric properties of the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDAS) in assessing suicidal ideation in adolescents

Abstract Background The paucity of valid and reliable tools for assessing the severity of suicidal ideation in adolescents is an impediment to youth suicide prevention efforts. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDA...

Effect of stochasticity on the dynamics of a lac operon model with multiple delays

Abstract We have investigated the stability of a mathematical model of the lac operon with multiple time delays, enhanced with stochastic perturbations. Sufficient conditions for exponential mean square stability have been used to determine analytical threshold values. Numerical...

Long-term patient-reported knee-related outcomes and quality of life of patients with tibial plateau fractures: A mixed-methods study

Abstract Purposes This study aims to 1) provide a comprehensive assessment of the long-term functional outcomes in patients who sustained a tibial plateau fracture by combining patient-reported outcomes and a qualitative analysis of their healthcare experiences and 2) compare the...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

Awareness and use of oral tobacco and nicotine products among people who smoke or recently stopped smoking: Descriptive findings from the 2024 EASE/ITC New Zealand Survey

ABSTRACT Introduction Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) disallows sales of oral tobacco and nicotine products, although importation for personal use is permitted. The government proposes legalising sales, claiming this will aid smoking cessation among “older, long-term smokers.” We exami...

Conserving Australian lizards and snakes: an update on progress since 2017

The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017 summarised results from the first comprehensive assessment of the Australian squamate fauna by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), updating a more precursory assessment in 1993. This review outlines the...

The future of high-dose, high-intensity neurorehabilitation: Consensus-based core recommendations from the fourth Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable

Objective: Convergent evidence indicates that high-dose, high-intensity rehabilitation (HDHI) improves outcomes beyond usual care after stroke, yet implementation remains limited. While questions of optimal dose, timing, and delivery format continue to be refined, the biological...

P1.208. Long-Term Health Related Quality of Life Following Curative Treatment for Esophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract Topic Esophageal Cancer: Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer – long term outcomes Background Treatment for esophageal cancer has a significant impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Advances in treatment have resulted in improved survival rates, and the ne...

P1.210. Improving Quality of Life in Resectable Oesophageal Cancer Patients Through Perioperative Allied Health Interventions: A Systematic Review

Abstract Topic Esophageal Cancer: Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer – early outcomes and complications Background In patients with resectable disease, the 5-year survival is higher, with a rate of 44-52% for those who have undergone an esophagectomy, however there is an ove...

P1.209. Long-Term Survival Outcomes After Esophagectomy for Cancer in Australia

Abstract Topic Esophageal Cancer: Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer – long term outcomes Background Five-year overall survival following esophagectomy for esophageal cancer is infrequently reported at a national level. This study investigated the influence of hospital annua...