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Exploring Relational Engagement Practices in Stroke Rehabilitation Using the Voice Centred Relational Approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)While discussions on patient engagement commonly focus on patient behaviors, a small body of research highlights the patient-practitioner relationship as critical in engagement. Understanding this relationship might be ... -
Extracts From New Zealand Undaria Pinnatifida Containing Fucoxanthin As Potential Functional Biomaterials Against Cancer in Vitro
(MDPI, 2014)This study tested extracts from New Zealand seaweed Undaria pinnatifida containing fucoxanthin, in parallel with pure fucoxanthin, in nine human cancer cell lines, for anticancer activity. Growth inhibition effects of ... -
Fucoidan Extracted From Undaria Pinnatifida: Source for Nutraceuticals/Functional Foods
(MDPI, 2018)The importance of fucoidan as a functional ingredient in food, health products, and pharmaceutics is well-recognized due to its beneficial biological effects. Fucoidan is usually extracted from brown seaweeds, including ... -
Gestational Diabetes in New Zealand Ethnic Groups
(Open Access Text (OAT), 2016)In New Zealand the rise in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence reflects the current patterns of increasing obesity and diabetes. Approximately 61,000 women give birth in New Zealand every year, and about 4.9% ... -
Glaucoma Among the Malaysian Community
(Hindawi Limited, 2020)Background. According to the WHO, glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. About 50% of the world’s glaucoma cases come from the Asian population, and in Malaysia itself, the prevalence of glaucoma is ... -
High-intensity Interval Training: A Review of Its Impact on Glucose Control and Cardiometabolic Health
(Springer Nature, 2017)Exercise plays a central role in the management and treatment of common metabolic diseases, but modern society presents many barriers to exercise. Over the past decade there has been considerable interest surrounding ... -
Hope in people with aphasia: a longitudinal qualitative study
(Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE), 2012)BACKGROUND AND AIMS Hope has been shown to be important for life after stroke 1. People with aphasia have reported that having a sense of hope is essential for the post-acute recovery period 2. This study aimed to ... -
Identification of MRP2 As a Targetable Factor Limiting Oxaliplatin Accumulation and Response in Gastrointestinal Cancer
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019)Oxaliplatin is important for the clinical treatment of colorectal cancer and other gastrointestinal malignancies, but tumour resistance is limiting. Several oxaliplatin transporters were previously identified but their ... -
The Impact of Curcumin-graphene Based Nanoformulation on Cellular Interaction and Redox-activated Apoptosis: An in Vitro Colon Cancer Study
(Elsevier, 2020)Natural plants derivatives have gained enormous merits in cancer therapy applications upon formulation with nanomaterials. Curcumin, as a popular research focus has acquired such improvements surpassing its disadvantageous ... -
Implementing an Interprofessional First-year Teamwork Project: Some Key Reflections
(Informa Healthcare, 2013)Abstract Implementing an interprofessional teamwork project for first-year students presents pedagogical and practical challenges. While transferable skills and attributes are important, engagement of students with limited ... -
The Influence of Stigma on Provision of HIV Pharmaceutical Care in New Zealand
(AUT University, 2018)With access to anti-retroviral therapy, HIV is now managed as a chronic condition, with life-expectancy similar to the general population and the possibility of achieving undetectable viral levels. -
Interventions to Prevent Women Developing Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: An Overview of Cochrane Reviews
(Cochrane Collaboration, 2019)This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Overview). The objectives are as follows: To summarise the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews regarding the effects of interventions to prevent women developing gestational ... -
Iodine Status in European Women in New Zealand With Moderate Selenium Deficiency
(OA Text (OAT), 2017)For the optimal function of thyroid gland, adequate intakes of iodine and selenium are required. Since iodine is essential component of the thyroid hormones, its insufficiency leads to inadequate hormone production and ... -
Is "Working Together" Working? An Investigation Into Tertiary Students’ Attitudes Toward Collaborative Assessments
(Interprofessional Health Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2014)A growing body of knowledge is calling for a new pedagogic discourse in tertiary eduation that draws on the importance of peer learning and collaborative assessment as a meaningful framework for interdisciplinary studies. ... -
Leptin: A Pleitropic Factor in Physiology
Leptin, a 16 kDa protein and a product of the ob/ob gene, has a tertiary structure similar to that of a cytokine. It is primarily secreted by white adipose tissue and its levels in the blood correlate positively with ... -
Lifestyle Interventions for the Treatment of Women With Gestational Diabetes (Protocol)
(John Wiley and Sons, Ttd., 2015)This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the effects of lifestyle interventions in treating women with gestational diabetes. -
Lifestyle Interventions for the Treatment of Women With Gestational Diabetes (Review)
(Cochrane Collaboration, 2017)Background Gestational diabetes (GDM) is glucose intolerance, first recognised in pregnancy and usually resolving after birth. GDM is associated with both short- and long-term adverse effects for the mother and her ... -
Measuring student engagement in an introductory anatomy and physiology course
(2018)Surveys which measure student engagement should be simple and convenient to use, yet robust enough to capture meaningful data. In the current study, a 10-question survey was used to measure 3 constructs of student engagement, ... -
Mechanism of Resveratrol Dimers Isolated from Grape Inhibiting ¹O₂ Induced DNA Damage by UHPLC-QTOF-MS² and UHPLC-QQQ-MS² Analyses
(MDPI AG, 2021)Resveratrol dimers have been extensively reported on due to their antioxidative activity. Previous studies revealed that resveratrol dimer has been shown to selectively quench singlet oxygen (1O2), and could protect DNA ... -
Metformin in gestational diabetes: The offspring follow-up (MiG TOFU): Body composition and metabolic outcomes at 7-9 years of age
(BMJ Publishing, 2018)Objective: To compare body composition and metabolic outcomes at 7-9 years in offspring of women with gestational diabetes (GDM) randomized to metformin (±insulin) or insulin treatment during pregnancy. Research design and ...