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  1. A longitudinal study of parental discipline up to 5 years
  2. Iodine-fortified toddler milk improves dietary iodine intakes and iodine status in toddlers: a randomised controlled trial
  3. 24-h movement behaviors from infancy to preschool: cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships with body composition and bone health
  4. Acute Weight Loss Restores Dysregulated Circulating MicroRNAs in Individuals Who Are Obese
  5. A comparison of perceptions of nuts between the general public, dietitians, general practitioners, and nurses
  6. Expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antibiotic Resistance Genes Varies Greatly during Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients
  7. Red Meat Consumption and Serum Lipids and Fatty Acids in Toddlers
  8. Economic marginalization and community capacity: How does industry closure in a small town affect perceptions of place?
  9. Sleep, nutrition, and physical activity interventions to prevent obesity in infancy: follow-up of the Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI) randomized controlled trial at ages 3.5 and 5 y
  10. Protocol, and practical challenges, for a randomised controlled trial comparing the impact of high intensity interval training against standard care before major abdominal surgery: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
  11. Lactating Canadian Women Consuming 1000 µg Folic Acid Daily Have High Circulating Serum Folic Acid Above a Threshold Concentration of Serum Total Folate
  12. Predictors of supplementation for breastfed babies in a Baby-Friendly hospital
  13. An Observational Study to Determine Whether Routinely Sending Patients Home With a 24-Hour Supply of Topical Tetracaine From the Emergency Department for Simple Corneal Abrasion Pain Is Potentially Safe
  14. Family discipline practices with infants at six months of age
  15. Outcomes and factors influencing response to an individualised multidisciplinary chronic disease management programme for hip and knee osteoarthritis.
  16. The role of parent and child self-regulation in children’s glycemic control.
  17. Possible diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) in a 3000-year-old Pacific Island skeletal assemblage
  18. Mandibular advancement appliances for sleep-disordered breathing in children: A randomized crossover clinical trial
  19. Safety and efficacy of maintenance ketamine treatment in patients with treatment-refractory generalised anxiety and social anxiety disorders
  20. Physical activity and inactivity trajectories associated with body composition in pre-schoolers
  21. Self-Reflected Well-Being via a Smartphone App in Clinical Medical Students: Feasibility Study
  22. The risk of non-melanoma skin cancer in New Zealand in inflammatory bowel disease patients treated with thiopurines
  23. Survival analysis of orthodontic retainers
  24. Annual Incidence and Phenotypic Presentation of IBD in Southern New Zealand: An 18-Year Epidemiological Analysis
  25. Estimation of jaw-opening forces in adults
  26. Parenting style and family type, but not child temperament, are associated with television viewing time in children at two years of age
  27. Current nut recommendation practices differ between health professionals in New Zealand
  28. Place, health, and community attachment: Is community capacity associated with self-rated health at the individual level?
  29. The effectiveness of a primary care nursing-led dietary intervention for prediabetes: a mixed methods pilot study
  30. Associations between Nut Consumption and Health Vary between Omnivores, Vegetarians, and Vegans
  31. Barriers to and facilitators and perceptions of nut consumption among the general population in New Zealand
  32. Does early parental education prevent infant sleep problems?
  33. The effects of ‘activating’ almonds on consumer acceptance and gastrointestinal tolerance
  34. Effect of ketamine dose on self-rated dissociation in patients with treatment refractory anxiety disorders
  35. Prediction Equations Overestimate the Energy Requirements More for Obesity-Susceptible Individuals
  36. Resolution of infertility and number of children: 1386 couples followed for a median of 13 years
  37. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and safety of a novel green-lipped mussel extract -BioLex® -for managing pain in moderate to severe osteoarthritis of the hip and knee
  38. How much atopy is attributable to common childhood environmental exposures? A population-based birth cohort study followed to adulthood
  39. Eyesight: a study of the staff of a dental school
  40. Epidemiological Differences Between Localized and Nonlocalized Low Back Pain
  41. Anticipatory guidance to prevent infant sleep problems within a randomised controlled trial: infant, maternal and partner outcomes at 6 months of age
  42. Implications of Wear at the Titanium-Zirconia Implant-Abutment Interface on the Health of Peri-implant Tissues
  43. Ketamine’s dose-related effects on anxiety symptoms in patients with treatment refractory anxiety disorders
  44. Gender differences in sleep hygiene practices and sleep quality in New Zealand adolescents aged 15 to 17 years
  45. Perceptions and Knowledge of Nuts amongst Health  Professionals in New Zealand
  46. Eating frequency in relation to BMI in very young children: a longitudinal analysis
  47. Targeting Sleep, Food, and Activity in Infants for Obesity Prevention: An RCT
  48. Linear and appositional growth in infants and children from the prehistoric settlement of Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand: Evaluating biological responses to agricultural intensification in Southeast Asia
  49. Psychosocial effects in parents and children 12 years after newborn genetic screening for type 1 diabetes
  50. Unintended Sunburn: A Potential Target for Sun Protection Messages
  51. Early Intervention to Encourage Physical Activity in Infants and Toddlers
  52. Reply: The Less Refined Reference Group of “No Asthma” Is Not Related to the Opposing Interaction Findings
  53. Teaching Intuitive Eating and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Via a Web-Based Intervention: A Pilot Single-Arm Intervention Study
  54. Dealing with community health concerns about dioxin exposure during hazardous site remediation
  55. Signs and symptoms associated with synthetic cannabinoid toxicity: systematic review
  56. Insulin pump-associated adverse events are common, but not associated with glycemic control, socio-economic status, or pump/infusion set type
  57. Three-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial to reduce excessive weight gain in the first two years of life: protocol for the POI follow-up study
  58. The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Function in Young Adults with Asthma
  59. Weight-Control Methods, 3-Year Weight Change, and Eating Behaviors: A Prospective Nationwide Study of Middle-Aged New Zealand Women
  60. Iodine Status of New Zealand Elderly Residents in Long-Term Residential Care
  61. Choroidal melanoma treated with stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy and prophylactic intravitreal bevacizumab: The Dunedin Hospital experience
  62. Effect of Inhaled β2-Agonist on Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  63. Predictors of sunburn among a NZ urban population in a cross-sectional survey series (1999 to 2006)
  64. Improvements in the prescribing of antipsychotics in dementia and psychogeriatric units in New Zealand
  65. Classification of neck/shoulder pain in epidemiological research
  66. Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study
  67. How responsive are government agencies when contacted by email? Findings from a longitudinal study in Australia and New Zealand
  68. Prior knowledge of blood glucose meter download improves the accuracy of verbal self-reported blood glucose in teenagers with type I diabetes at ski camp
  69. Criteria for nap identification in infants and young children using 24-h actigraphy and agreement with parental diary
  70. Switching Opioid-Dependent Patients From Methadone to Morphine: Safety, Tolerability, and Methadone Pharmacokinetics
  71. Energy compensation and nutrient displacement following regular consumption of hazelnuts and other energy-dense snack foods in non-obese individuals
  72. Alcohol use, mental well-being, self-esteem and general self-efficacy among final-year university students
  73. Systemic inflammation and lung function: A longitudinal analysis
  74. Do dry roasting, lightly salting nuts affect their cardioprotective properties and acceptability?
  75. The association of smoking with drinking pattern may provide opportunities to reduce smoking among students
  76. Intuitive eating is associated with glycaemic control in adolescents with type I diabetes mellitus
  77. Effects of anemia at different stages of gestation on infant outcomes
  78. Factors associated with photoprotection by body clothing coverage, particularly in non-summer months, among a New Zealand community sample
  79. Obesity and the extent of liver damage among adult New Zealanders: findings from a national survey
  80. Critical Review of Brown and Thomas “The First New Zealanders? An Alternative Interpretation of the Stable Isotope Data from Wairau Bar”
  81. Nut consumption is associated with better nutrient intakes: results from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey
  82. Ageing Resource Communities
  83. Nut-enriched bread is an effective and acceptable vehicle to improve regular nut consumption
  84. Association of Nut Consumption with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the 2008/2009 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey
  85. Walking is a Feasible Physical Activity for People with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
  86. Impact of an early-life intervention on the nutrition behaviors of 2-y-old children: a randomized controlled trial
  87. Speed of eating and 3-year BMI change: a nationwide prospective study of mid-age women
  88. Lactation Consultant Support from Late Pregnancy with an Educational Intervention at 4 Months of Age Delays the Introduction of Complementary Foods in a Randomized Controlled Trial1–3
  89. Developing and validating a measure of community capacity: Why volunteers make the best neighbours
  90. Screening for hazardous alcohol use among university students using individual questions from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption
  91. Secular changes in intakes of foods among New Zealand adults from 1997 to 2008/09
  92. Effects of quitting cannabis on respiratory symptoms
  93. Family CHAOS is associated with glycaemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus
  94. Food for thought: edible gardens in New Zealand primary and secondary schools
  95. Comparison of Munsell®color chart assessments with primary schoolchildren's self-reported skin color
  96. Adherence, tolerance and effectiveness of two different pelvic support belts as a treatment for pregnancy-related symphyseal pain - a pilot randomized trial
  97. Effects of regular consumption of different forms of almonds and hazelnuts on acceptance and blood lipids
  98. Patterns and predictors of nut consumption: results from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey
  99. Safe sleep practices in a New Zealand community and development of a Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) risk assessment instrument
  100. Employment Among Schoolchildren and Its Associations With Adult Substance Use, Psychological Well-being, and Academic Achievement
  101. Development of a food security measurement tool for New Zealand households
  102. Diet and Human Mobility from the Lapita to the Early Historic Period on Uripiv Island, Northeast Malakula, Vanuatu
  103. Vitamin D Status among Thai School Children and the Association with 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels
  104. Audit of the association between length of time spent on diagnostic work-up and tumour stage in patients with symptomatic colon cancer
  105. Dietary and Non-dietary Factors Associated with Serum Zinc in Indian Women
  106. Assessing Raman Spectroscopy as a Prescreening Tool for the Selection of Archaeological Bone for Stable Isotopic Analysis
  107. Validity and Reliability of the Munsell Soil Color Charts for Assessing Human Skin Color
  108. Impact evaluation of a farm safety awareness workshop in New Zealand
  109. Development of a 15-Item Scale to Measure Parental Perceptions of Their Neighborhood
  110. SAT0446 A Novel Green-Lipped Mussel Lipid Extract (BIOLEX) for the Treatment of Pain in Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial
  111. Iron status of pregnant Indian women from an area of active iron supplementation
  112. Sun-Tanning Perceptions of a New Zealand Urban Population (1994–2005/6)
  113. Field test of a questionnaire-based mobile health reporting system
  114. Edible gardens in early childhood education settings in Aotearoa, New Zealand
  115. Characteristics of fast-food/takeaway-food and restaurant/café-food consumers among New Zealand adults
  116. A cross-sectional study of hip and spine bone mineral density in users of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system
  117. Patterns of multisite pain and associations with risk factors
  118. Risky Drinking, Risky Sex: A National Study of New Zealand University Students
  119. Diet and social status on Taumako, a Polynesian outlier in the Southeastern Solomon Islands
  120. Breaking prolonged sitting reduces postprandial glycemia in healthy, normal-weight adults: a randomized crossover trial
  121. The Dose of Hazelnuts Influences Acceptance and Diet Quality but Not Inflammatory Markers and Body Composition in Overweight and Obese Individuals
  122. Balancing the diet and the budget: Food purchasing practices of food-insecure families in New Zealand
  123. Disabling musculoskeletal pain in working populations: Is it the job, the person, or the culture?
  124. A controlled comparison of teaching methods in first-year university physics
  125. International variation in absence from work attributed to musculoskeletal illness: findings from the CUPID study
  126. The First New Zealanders: Patterns of Diet and Mobility Revealed through Isotope Analysis
  127. Exploring subsistence and cultural complexes on the south coast of Papua New Guinea using palaeodietary analyses
  128. Sleep hygiene intervention for youth aged 10 to 18 years with problematic sleep: a before-after pilot study
  129. A refreshing poison: one-quarter of young New Zealand smokers choose menthol
  130. Access to cigarettes by young New Zealand smokers: little change from 2000 to 2008
  131. Self-Determined, Autonomous Regulation of Eating Behavior Is Related to Lower Body Mass Index in a Nationwide Survey of Middle-Aged Women
  132. Primary school sun protection policies and practices 4 years after baseline--a follow-up study
  133. “Prescribing sunshine”: a national, cross-sectional survey of 1,089 New Zealand general practitioners regarding their sun exposure and vitamin D perceptions, and advice provided to patients
  134. Providing additional money to food-insecure households and its effect on food expenditure: a randomized controlled trial
  135. Exploratory factor analysis of a Force Concept Inventory data set
  136. Long-term vitamin D3 supplementation is more effective than vitamin D2 in maintaining serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status over the winter months
  137. The CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability) Study: Methods of Data Collection and Characteristics of Study Sample
  138. Thoughts of suicide and stage of recovery in patients with schizophrenia in community mental health care
  139. The Effect of a Postoperative Course of Oral Prednisone on Postoperative Morbidity following Childhood Tonsillectomy
  140. Long-term consumption of high energy-dense snack foods on sensory-specific satiety and intake
  141. Pulse Transit Time and Assessment of Childhood Sleep Disordered BreathingPulse Transit Time in Sleep Disordered Breathing
  142. Eating in response to hunger and satiety signals is related to BMI in a nationwide sample of 1601 mid-age New Zealand women
  143. The diagnostic accuracy of selected neurological tests
  144. Periconceptional bread intakes indicate New Zealand's proposed mandatory folic acid fortification program may be outdated: results from a postpartum survey
  145. Reliability of home-based physiological sleep measurements in snoring and non-snoring 3-year olds
  146. Prevention of Overweight in Infancy (POI.nz) study: a randomised controlled trial of sleep, food and activity interventions for preventing overweight from birth
  147. The Effect of Maternal Iodine Status on Infant Outcomes in an Iodine-Deficient Indian Population
  148. Delaying mandatory folic acid fortification policy perpetuates health inequalities: results from a retrospective study of postpartum New Zealand women
  149. Compulsory Community Treatment and Patients' Perception of Recovery in Schizophrenia
  150. The Effectiveness of a Community Playground Intervention
  151. Are pregnant women in New Zealand iodine deficient? A cross-sectional survey
  152. Vitamin D-Fortified Milk Achieves the Targeted Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration without Affecting That of Parathyroid Hormone in New Zealand Toddlers
  153. Faster Self-Reported Speed of Eating Is Related to Higher Body Mass Index in a Nationwide Survey of Middle-Aged Women
  154. Long-term effect of low-dose folic acid intake: potential effect of mandatory fortification on the prevention of neural tube defects
  155. Concurrent micronutrient deficiencies are prevalent in nonpregnant rural and tribal women from central India
  156. Current guidelines for nut consumption are achievable and sustainable: a hazelnut intervention
  157. Folate Status of Reproductive Age Women and Neural Tube Defect Risk: The Effect of Long-Term Folic Acid Supplementation at Doses of 140 µg and 400 µg per Day
  158. Nuts Improve Diet Quality Compared to Other Energy-Dense Snacks While Maintaining Body Weight
  159. Red Meat and a Fortified Manufactured Toddler Milk Drink Increase Dietary Zinc Intakes without Affecting Zinc Status of New Zealand Toddlers
  160. Smoking behaviours and contextual influences on adolescent nicotine dependence
  161. Drinking history, current drinking and problematic sexual experiences among university students
  162. Effects of different forms of hazelnuts on blood lipids and α-tocopherol concentrations in mildly hypercholesterolemic individuals
  163. An anatomical ultrasound study of the long posterior sacro-iliac ligament
  164. Breast-milk iodine concentration declines over the first 6 mo postpartum in iodine-deficient women
  165. Sports concussion assessment: the effect of exercise on dynamic and static balance
  166. Changes in the timed finger-to-nose task performance following exercise of different intensities
  167. Medicine-taking practices in community-dwelling people aged >=75 years in New Zealand
  168. MS58 EFFECTS ON CVD RISK FACTORS OF ADDING GROUND, SLICED AND WHOLE HAZELNUTS TO CUSTOMARY DIETS OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIC MEN AND WOMEN
  169. Predictors of vitamin D status and its association with parathyroid hormone in young New Zealand children
  170. Apnea-hypopnea indices and snoring in children diagnosed with ADHD: a matched case-control study
  171. Questionnaire Items to Assess Skin Color and Erythemal Sensitivity: Reliability, Validity, and "the Dark Shift"
  172. Suicide by Occupation: Does Access to Means Increase the Risk?
  173. Using accelerometers and GPS units to identify the proportion of daily physical activity located in parks with playgrounds in New Zealand children
  174. Physical and psychosocial risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders in New Zealand nurses, postal workers and office workers
  175. Normative values for three clinical measures of motor performance used in the neurological assessment of sports concussion
  176. Pre-race health status and medical events during the 2005 World Adventure Racing Championships
  177. Non-dieting group interventions for overweight and obese women: what predicts non-completion and does completion improve outcomes?
  178. The serum fatty acids myristic acid and linoleic acid are better predictors of serum cholesterol concentrations when measured as molecular percentages rather than as absolute concentrations
  179. Investigating foetal and perinatal mortality in prehistoric skeletal samples: a case study from a 3000-year-old Pacific Island cemetery site
  180. Patient Aggression Perceived by Community Support Workers
  181. Letter to the Editor
  182. Food-based strategies improve iron status in toddlers: a randomized controlled trial
  183. Prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal disorders in New Zealand nurses, postal workers and office workers
  184. Iodine supplementation improves cognition in mildly iodine-deficient children
  185. Understanding of Sport Concussion by the Parents of Young Rugby Players: A Pilot Study
  186. Osteitis condensans ilii: a significant association with sacroiliac joint tenderness in women
  187. Baseline survey of sun protection policies and practices in primary school settings in New Zealand
  188. Motor Control Test responses to balance perturbations in adults with an intellectual disability
  189. Patterns of real-time occupational ultraviolet radiation exposure among a sample of outdoor workers in New Zealand
  190. How responsive is E-Government? Evidence from Australia and New Zealand
  191. Child sun protection: Sun-related attitudes mediate the association between children's knowledge and behaviours
  192. Sustainability of health and lifestyle improvements following a non-dieting randomised trial in overweight women
  193. New Zealand children's dietary intakes during school hours
  194. Exploring the relationship between sugars and obesity
  195. Predicting road crashes from a mathematical model of alertness regulation—The Sleep/Wake Predictor
  196. Rural pharmacy in New Zealand: Effects of a compulsory externship on student perspectives and implications for workforce shortage
  197. A Mini-Mental Status Examination for the hearing impaired
  198. Evaluation of a “Nondieting” Stress Reduction Program for Overweight Women: A Randomized Trial
  199. Physiotherapists' use of information in identifying a concussion: an extended Delphi approach
  200. Blood Loss Is a Stronger Predictor of Iron Status in Men Than C282Y Heterozygosity or Diet
  201. The effect of exercise on motor performance tasks used in the neurological assessment of sports-related concussion
  202. Serum n-3 long-chain PUFA differ by sex and age in a population-based survey of New Zealand adolescents and adults
  203. Maternal Psychological Reaction to Newborn Genetic Screening for Type 1 Diabetes
  204. 15-YEAR AUDIT OF POST-TONSILLECTOMY HAEMORRHAGE AT DUNEDIN HOSPITAL
  205. Solar UVR Exposure, Concurrent Activities and Sun-Protective Practices Among Primary Schoolchildren
  206. Bayesian statistical effort prediction models for data-centred 4GL software development
  207. An application of Bayesian network for predicting object-oriented software maintainability
  208. THE VIABILITY OF FUZZY LOGIC MODELING IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT ESTIMATION: OPINIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF PROJECT MANAGERS
  209. FuNN/2—A fuzzy neural network architecture for adaptive learning and knowledge acquisition
  210. A comparison of techniques for developing predictive models of software metrics
  211. A simulation-based comparison of empirical modeling techniques for software metric models of development effort
  212. FULSOME: a fuzzy logic modeling tool for software metricians
  213. FULSOME: fuzzy logic for software metric practitioners and researchers
  214. Factors systematically associated with errors in subjective estimates of software development effort: the stability of expert judgment
  215. Fuzzy logic for software metric models throughout the development life-cycle
  216. Software forensics for discriminating between program authors using case-based reasoning, feedforward neural networks and multiple discriminant analysis
  217. IDENTIFIED (Integrated Dictionary-based Extraction of Non-language-dependent Token Information for Forensic Identification, Examination, and Discrimination): a dictionary-based system for extracting source code metrics for software forensics
  218. Applications of fuzzy logic to software metric models for development effort estimation
  219. Hybrid systems for prediction-a case study of predicting effluent flow to a sewage plant