University of Newcastle Australia

Rehabilitation and management interventions for people with chronic musculoskeletal condition/s and mental distress: a systematic scoping review

Abstract Background Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and mental distress present significant challenges for rehabilitation services. Currently, mental and physical healthcare is often segregated despite growing recognition for integrative interventions. This review aimed to map o...

24-hour movement behaviour patterns differ across depressive symptom trajectories in community-dwelling older adults: a group-based trajectory model and compositional data analysis

Depressive symptoms in older adults change over time and do not follow a single uniform pattern. Whether 24-hour movement behaviour composition differs across depressive symptom trajectories remains unclear. This longitudinal secondary analysis used data from the Survey of Health...

A Planck-Normalized Physical-Vacuum Response Model for Newtonian Weak-Field Gravity

Newtonian gravity is firmly established in the weak-field regime, but its deeper physical origin remains an open question. To address this question, we develop a minimal effective construction on fixed Minkowski spacetime in which matter is represented by localized oscillatory de...

A Planck-Normalized Physical-Vacuum Response Model for Newtonian Weak-Field Gravity

Newtonian gravity is firmly established in the weak-field regime, but its deeper physical origin remains an open question. To address this question, we develop a minimal effective construction on fixed Minkowski spacetime in which matter is represented by localized oscillatory de...

Hyperreality and the simulation of justice: Interrogating ‘performance crime’ in New South Wales

Digital platforms have amplified the capacity for individuals to document, perform, and circulate images of themselves engaged in criminal offending. Perpetrators can influence public perceptions of criminality through viral visibility, deliberately crafting content to provoke, a...

AI-Guided Systems Neurogenomics in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Despite substantial advances in genomic testing, many individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders remain without a molecular diagnosis, while others receive a genetic diagnosis that does not fully explain phenotypic variability, developmental trajectory or tissue-specific conse...

A mixed methods evaluation of pleural procedural experience and training in intensive care trainees

Abstract Background Pleural procedures are key skills for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) doctors but can be associated with serious complications. We aimed to explore ICU junior doctors’ training, experience, and confidence in performing pleural procedures. Methods The study was a pro...

New interpretations of test observations for initiation of corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete

A widely used criterion for the likelihood of initiation of corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete is chloride concentration. Herein, recent test observations using samples of concrete extracted from practical structures claimed to support this notion are re-examined. The t...

Hydrodynamic classification of a binary density feed with no by-pass

The hydrodynamic classification of two minerals of very different density, silica and hematite, was investigated using a modified REFLUX™ Classifier known as the GradePro™. The primary objective was to achieve efficient classification with no by-pass, meaning no entrainment of re...

Prevalence of Healthy Eating Initiatives in Australian Primary Schools: A Cross‐Sectional Survey

ABSTRACT Issue Addressed Schools are recommended settings for promoting healthy eating, but to achieve population‐level impact, initiatives must be widely implemented. Limited data are available to assess the implementation of Australian school‐based healthy eating initiatives. T...

Diet and physical activity behaviours among people with insomnia symptoms: a cross-sectional survey to understand treatment needs and acceptability

Background High adherence to a Mediterranean diet and regular moderate-intensity physical activity (≥5 days/week, ≥30 minutes/day) reduce the risk of insomnia symptom onset and maintenance, yet engagement in these behaviours among adults with insomnia symptoms and the acceptabili...

Sitting Time and Physical Activity Correlate With Asthma Exacerbations in Adults: A Cross‐Sectional Study From the Australasian Severe Asthma Network

Summary Lower levels of sitting time were associated with a lower risk of severe asthma exacerbations in adults. High levels of physical activity eliminated the detrimental association of sitting time with severe asthma exacerbations in adults.

Language impairments in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia: a comparative study with semantic dementia

Abstract Introduction Recent evidence suggests that individuals with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) may experience language changes in a similar, but less severe manner, than what is observed in semantic dementia (SD). Few studies, however, have specifically...

Labile carbon input suppresses Q10 of soil organic carbon decomposition by dynamically lowering microbial activation energy mediated by a shift in microbial metabolic strategy

Understanding the temperature sensitivity (Q 10 ) of soil organic carbon (SOC) decomposition, as constrained by the activation energy (E a ) of microbial metabolism, is critical for predicting climate-carbon feedbacks. This study examined how exogenous glucose influences Q 10 in...

The Association of Umbilical Cord Blood Neurofilament Light With Nonreassuring Fetal Status: A Prospective Observational Study

( Int J Gynaecol Obstet . 2026 Mar;172(3):1491–1500. doi:10.1002/ijgo.70421) A prospective observational study explored whether neurofilament light (NfL), a marker of neuronal injury, can be reliably measured in umbilical cord blood and whether it is associated with nonreassuring...

Beyond the protocol: navigating ethics and governance in the multicentre implementation trials – the QASC Australasia and T3 Trials

OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare ethics and governance approval timelines for the Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Australasia Trial (2021-present) and Triage, Treatment, and Transfer of Patients with Stroke in Emergency Departments (T3) Trial (2012-2014), benchmarking again...

Beyond Economic Benefit: How Justice, Empowerment, and Political Trust Shape Residents’ Support for Space Tourism

This study extends research explaining resident trust through cost–benefit evaluations of tourism development. In the context of space tourism development, a government-led initiative that offers residents limited participation and few direct benefits, we drew on Lefebvre’s right...

Characterizing the Landscape of Loss: A Spatiotemporal Contextual Approach to Measuring U.S. County-Level Depopulation

In recent decades, the United States has experienced substantial changes in population size, composition, and distribution. As growth has slowed, population loss has taken on increased salience, presenting an emerging social, economic, and political challenge and highlighting a n...

Unveiling halal luxury hotel service quality: key attributes from online reviews

Purpose Luxury hotels catering to the needs of halal markets continue to grow in popularity. While there is emerging research on luxury services and attributes valued by Muslim consumers in general, there is a lack of certainty on the factors that matter to consumers in the conte...

Steric stabilizers inhibit or enhance enzymatic digestion depending on the internal nanostructure of lipid nanoparticles

Abstract Lipidic nanoparticles (LNPs), including liposomes and cubosomes, are widely employed drug delivery systems owing to their biocompatibility and capacity for stimuli-responsive ‘smart’ drug release. Steric stabilizers, including DSPE-PEG-2000 and Pluronic F127, are commonl...