https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:32256 Wed 09 Feb 2022 15:58:08 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38655 Wed 04 May 2022 15:19:55 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45012 2 tests). Results: Preference for an intervention group prior to randomization did not significantly (all P’s > .05 using 95% confidence interval) impact step counts (differences of <600 steps/day between groups) or study participation. Conclusion: Future research should continue to address whether the strength of preferences influence study outcome and participation and whether the study preferences change over time.]]> Thu 23 Mar 2023 13:53:33 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:39885 2), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), and NOx (sum of NO and NO₂). Forty-six air monitoring stations were grouped into 6 rural and urban regional areas. Linear regression models examined pollution levels in association with rural and urban regions and meteorological covariates. Results: Findings show that daily mean pollutant levels in the rural Upper Hunter were the highest of all regions, and were significantly higher than metropolitan Sydney, with and without control for weather conditions, for every pollutant. For example, daily mean PM2.5 was 8.64 µg/m³ in the rural Upper Hunter, compared to 7.23 μg/m³ in metropolitan Sydney. Conclusions: Results highlight the need to consider both urban and rural sources of pollution in air quality studies, and appropriate policy steps to address likely rural air pollution from coal mining.]]> Thu 21 Jul 2022 09:48:20 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:8167 440 msec) was assessed by kappa coefficients. Results: QT interval intraobserver ICC was 0.86 and repeatability coefficient was 25.9 msec; interobserver ICC increased from 0.88 for single observations to 0.94 for the average of 3 measurements and repeatability coefficients decreased from 22.5 to 16.7 msec. For QTcB, intraobserver ICC was 0.67, and repeatability was 39.6 msec. Best interobserver reliability for QTcB was for the average of three measurements (ICC 0.83, reproducibility coefficient 25.8 msec), with further improvement for QTcH (ICC 0.92, reproducibility coefficient 16.69 msec). Maximum interobserver kappa for prolonged QTc was 0.77. Misclassification around specific cut points occurs because of the repeatability coefficients. Conclusions: Uncorrected QT measures are more reliable than QTcB and QTCFrid. An average of three independent measures provides the most reliable QT and QTc measurements, with QTcH better than QTcB.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:36:05 AEDT ]]>