Fetal Lactate Measurement To Reduce Caesarean Sections During Labour: A Randomised Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$386,600.00
Summary
Caesarean section rates in Australia are well above the World Health Organization’s recommended level. Many babies appear unhealthy in labour, so they are born by caesarean. They are usually healthy at birth, meaning that the operation could have been avoided. In this study, half the babies who seem distressed will have a blood test for lactate and the other half will not. We will then determine whether having a lactate test makes a difference in the number women having caesarean births.
Promoting Activity For Frail Aged In Post-acute Hospital Settings: A Randomised Controlled Trial Of Accelerometry
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$542,119.00
Summary
Keeping older people in hospital actively mobile is a vital objective of high quality aged care. Using accelerometers, the Centre for Research in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Queensland, and its partner, the CSIRO e-health Research Centre, are trialing a method of promoting activity in older rehabilitation patients. Potentially, a system of _activity management� could solve an age old problem in hospital care of older people.
A Bench To Bedside Approach To Improving Treatment Of Blinding Retinal Diseases
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$452,051.00
Summary
I am a retinal specialist and clinician scientist directing a group dedicated to identifying improved treatments for blinding macular disease. My clinical research unit conducts randomised clinical trials and pioneered the use of intraocular steroid therapy. My Laboratory research group is interested in stem cell therapy, proteomic analysis of macular disease and the role of Muller cell dysfunction in retinal vascular disease.
As a researcher in evidence-based medicine Prof Glasziou is principally concerned with developing a greater understanding among clinicians and researchers of the causes of, and solutions to, gaps between research evidence and the application of this research to practice. Specific research interests include:understanding the applicability of treatments;the effectiveness of diagnostic and disease monitoring processes; and the cognitive processes underpinning clinicians decisions to use or not use ....As a researcher in evidence-based medicine Prof Glasziou is principally concerned with developing a greater understanding among clinicians and researchers of the causes of, and solutions to, gaps between research evidence and the application of this research to practice. Specific research interests include:understanding the applicability of treatments;the effectiveness of diagnostic and disease monitoring processes; and the cognitive processes underpinning clinicians decisions to use or not use specific treatmentsRead moreRead less
Can Sawfish Bycatch Within The NPF Be Mitigated Using An Electric Field?
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$113,468.11
Summary
The Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) is the largest Australian prawn fishery and the most valuable Commonwealth managed fishery. Annual gross value of production of the fishery was valued at $115.2 million in 2014. In recent decades, the incidental take of bycatch species has become an important issue in trawl fisheries worldwide. Impacts of fishing activities on the marine environment, including bycatch interactions are heavily scrutinised by organisations assessing the sustainability of fisheries ....The Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) is the largest Australian prawn fishery and the most valuable Commonwealth managed fishery. Annual gross value of production of the fishery was valued at $115.2 million in 2014. In recent decades, the incidental take of bycatch species has become an important issue in trawl fisheries worldwide. Impacts of fishing activities on the marine environment, including bycatch interactions are heavily scrutinised by organisations assessing the sustainability of fisheries such as the MSC. Various Threatened, Endangered and Protected (TEP) species are still regularly caught by the fishery, including sawfishes. All four sawfish species caught within the NPF are listed on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix I and the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) Appendices I & II. Within Australia, three species are listed as Vulnerable, and all four species are listed as Migratory on the EPBC Act 1999.
Sawfishes are among the most threatened family of marine fishes and the most threatened family of cartilaginous fishes (Dulvy et al 2014). Incidental capture, particularly in trawls and gillnets, is the primary threat to sawfishes (Harrison and Duly 2014). Based on a risk assessment of the bycatch species in the NPF, all sawfishes have been identified as ‘at risk’ to trawling and least likely to be sustainable from prawn trawl fishing. A bycatch sustainability assessment also showed little change in catches of sawfishes as a result of the introduction of TEDs into the commercial fleet. The threatened status of sawfishes, vulnerability to fisheries, ongoing catches, and the inefficiency of current bycatch reduction devices to reduce sawfish bycatch suggest an urgent need for the development of new bycatch reduction devices to minimise interactions with fishing gear. This will also have the benefit of improving crew safety on the vessels as the removal of sawfish entangled in the nets is quite dangerous.
Objectives: 1. Assess whether sawfish behaviourally respond to electric fields as measured by reaction from a stationary position 2. Compare sawfish behavioural response across three fields of different characteristics Read moreRead less