Chronic HBV infection is common in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, where resources are scarce and patients may have several concurrent illnesses. The management of chronic HBV infection has changed over recent years, with greater application of serological and radiological investigations and new, more acceptable treatments for chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepat...

The uptake of the vaccine in at-risk Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults in north Queensland in 2003 was determined using the state-wide computerised immunisation register. The uptake in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults > or = 50 years was 63 per cent, and assuming that a third of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults 15-49 years of age had a medical risk factor, 85 per ce...

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care (PHC) sector has embraced continuous quality improvement (CQI) as a way of improving the overall quality of care delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, in order to improve health outcomes. This evidence brief presents an overview of findings from local and international research about barriers, enablers and s...

Citation: Metfies K, Bauerfeind E, Wolf C, Sprong P, Frickenhaus S, Kaleschke L, Nicolaus A and Nöthig E-M (2017) Protist Communities in Moored Long-Term Sediment Traps (Fram Strait, Arctic)–Preservation with Mercury Chloride Allows for PCR-Based Molecular Genetic Analyses. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:301. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00301 Protist Communities in Moored Long-Term Sediment Traps (Fram Strait,...

Pink salmon is a traditional object of fishing in Sakhalin coastal waters the Tatar strait, where it was caught for long time off southern part coast. In last 20 years, there has been shift timing pink approach to area trap-nets later date, as well main sites shifting from central areas During these water cooling observed May, which could cause delay fish migration Strait. Also, June and July n...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have lived successfully on the Australian continent for at least 40 000 years. Their quest for water, based on an intimate knowledge of their environment, particularly in arid Australia, was a skilled and specialised endeavour. Following the European occupation over 200 years ago, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population decreased rapidly...

Concentration, source, and ecological risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were investigated in 22 stations from surface sediments in the areas of anthropogenic pollution in the Klang Strait (Malaysia). The total PAH level in the Klang Strait sediment was 994.02±918.1 µg/kg dw. The highest concentration was observed in stations near the coastline and mouth of the Klang River. These l...

The Luzon Strait is a key place in the East Asian climate change study. The climate condition of the South China Sea is significantly controlled by the Luzon Strait transport (LST) (Qu et al., 2004; Liu et al., 2008). Variability in the Kuroshio origin around the strait is mostly caused by the LST, and significantly affects the oceanic variability around Japan and Korea in the downstream. In sp...

SeaWiFS chlorophyll and AVHRR SST time series as well as in situ measurements in August 1998 were used to evaluate short-term variability of chlorophyll associated with upwelling events in the western Taiwan Strait. The extent of eutrophic waters (SeaWiFS Chlorophyll41mg=m), colder upwelling waters, and upwelling index were calculated for the western strait and for the northern and southern por...

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care (PHC) sector has embraced continuous quality improvement (CQI) as a way of improving the overall quality of care delivered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, in order to improve health outcomes. This evidence brief presents an overview of findings from local and international research about barriers, enablers and s...