Institution
Edith Cowan University
Education•Perth, Western Australia, Australia•
About: Edith Cowan University is a education organization based out in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Tourism. The organization has 4040 authors who have published 13529 publications receiving 339582 citations. The organization is also known as: Edith Cowan & ECU.
Topics: Population, Tourism, Isometric exercise, Higher education, Health care
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
More filters
••
TL;DR: The findings in this well-characterised Australian cohort indicate that adherence to a healthy diet is important to reduce risk for cognitive decline, with the converse being true for the western diet.
Abstract: The aim of this paper was to investigate the association of three well-recognised dietary patterns with cognitive change over a 3-year period. Five hundred and twenty-seven healthy participants from the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle study of ageing completed the Cancer Council of Victoria food frequency questionnaire at baseline and underwent a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment at baseline, 18 and 36 months follow-up. Individual neuropsychological test scores were used to construct composite scores for six cognitive domains and a global cognitive score. Based on self-reported consumption, scores for three dietary patterns, (1) Australian-style Mediterranean diet (AusMeDi), (2) western diet and (3) prudent diet were generated for each individual. Linear mixed model analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between diet scores and cognitive change in each cognitive domain and for the global score. Higher baseline adherence to the AusMeDi was associated with better performance in the executive function cognitive domain after 36 months in apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 allele carriers (P<0.01). Higher baseline western diet adherence was associated with greater cognitive decline after 36 months in the visuospatial cognitive domain in APOE ɛ4 allele non-carriers (P<0.01). All other results were not significant. Our findings in this well-characterised Australian cohort indicate that adherence to a healthy diet is important to reduce risk for cognitive decline, with the converse being true for the western diet. Executive function and visuospatial functioning appear to be particularly susceptible to the influence of diet.
122 citations
••
TL;DR: It is suggested that the addition of vitamin E to cryopreservation medium improves post-thaw motility, and the pattern of response across doses was similar for normal and abnormal groups.
Abstract: This study examined whether the addition of an antioxidant to cryopreservation medium could improve the post-thaw integrity of cryopreserved human spermatozoa, particularly from men with abnormal semen parameters. Semen samples were collected by masturbation and assessed following WHO standards. Normal (n = 23) and abnormal (n = 20) samples were divided into three aliquots prior to cryopreservation. The first aliquot remained untreated and was mixed with cryopreservation medium (in-house 1:1). The second and third aliquots were mixed with cryopreservation medium containing either 100 micromol or 200 micromol vitamin E analogue. Samples were frozen at -10 degrees C per minute to -80 degrees C, then plunged into liquid nitrogen. Thawed samples were assessed for motility, vitality and DNA integrity. Split-plot repeated-measures ANOVA was used to assess within-subject (dose) and between-group (normal/abnormal) differences in post-thaw motility index, vitality staining and DNA fragmentation. Vitamin E dose was significantly associated with post-thaw motility (P = 0.041) and the pattern of response across doses was similar for normal and abnormal groups. Post-thaw motility was significantly improved by the addition of 200 micromol vitamin E (P = 0.006), but neither vitality nor sperm DNA fragmentation were altered. These results suggest that the addition of vitamin E to cryopreservation medium improves post-thaw motility.
122 citations
••
TL;DR: Evidence supporting the use of a precooling manoeuvre prior to endurance exercise, the potential underlying mechanisms responsible for improved endurance performance following precoolsing, and the practical issues associated with the useof precooled prior to competition for elite athletes are addressed.
Abstract: With the general acceptance that high ambient temperature and humidity have a detrimental effect on performance, the topic of whole-body cooling and sport performance has received considerable attention from sport scientists, particularly in the lead up to the relatively hot Olympic games of 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and 2004 in Athens, Greece. This trend is likely to continue as athletes begin to prepare for what will likely be another hot Olympic games in 2008 in Beijing, China. To overcome the reduced exercise capacity associated with the heat, a number of precooling methods have been utilised to cool the body prior to exercise, with the greatest benefits likely associated with prolonged endurance-type exercise. An increase in heat storage capacity following a precooling manoeuvre has been suggested as the primary means of delaying fatigue during endurance exercise performance in the heat; the notion being that the increased heat storage capacity will allow an athlete to complete a greater amount of work before a critical body temperature is reached. However, the specific underlying mechanisms responsible for delaying fatigue during exercise in hot ambient conditions remains unclear. While significant research in this area has been completed in the laboratory setting, few studies utilise performance protocols, and even less address the practical and logistical issues associated with precooling an athlete prior to elite competition in the field. This review addresses evidence supporting the use of a precooling manoeuvre prior to endurance exercise, the potential underlying mechanisms responsible for improved endurance performance following precooling, and the practical issues associated with the use of precooling prior to competition for elite athletes.
122 citations
••
TL;DR: Daily aphasia therapy in very early stroke recovery improved communication outcomes in people with moderate to severe aphasic problems in Perth, Australia.
Abstract: Background and purposeEarly stroke rehabilitation has shown benefits over spontaneous recovery. Insufficient evidence exists to determine the benefits of early aphasia intervention. We hypothesized...
122 citations
••
TL;DR: A potential role for mesenchymal stem cells as the cell of origin of ARMS is explored, and the possibility that PAX-FKHR fusion genes may commit these cells to a myogenic lineage while inhibiting terminal differentiation, thus contributing to ARMS formation is explored.
122 citations
Authors
Showing all 4128 results
Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
---|---|---|---|
Paul Jackson | 141 | 1372 | 93464 |
William J. Kraemer | 123 | 755 | 54774 |
D. Allan Butterfield | 115 | 504 | 43528 |
Kerry S. Courneya | 112 | 608 | 49504 |
Robert U. Newton | 109 | 753 | 42527 |
Roger A. Barker | 101 | 620 | 39728 |
Ralph N. Martins | 95 | 630 | 35394 |
Wei Wang | 95 | 3544 | 59660 |
David W. Dunstan | 91 | 403 | 37901 |
Peter E.D. Love | 90 | 546 | 24815 |
Andrew Jones | 83 | 695 | 28290 |
Hongqi Sun | 81 | 265 | 20354 |
Leon Flicker | 79 | 465 | 22669 |
Mark A. Jenkins | 79 | 472 | 21100 |
Josep M. Gasol | 77 | 313 | 22638 |