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Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong (Tuggeranong lignum) is an endangered subshrub with fewer than ten individuals remaining in it's native habitat and 20 held in an ex-situ living collection in the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG), including seedlings produced ex-situ. The provided datasets contain SNP data for all ex-situ and in-situ individuals of this plant, and closely related congeners from the ANBG. The ultimate aim of the study for which the datasets were produced was to provide management advice for the plant. The data was used to determine that the seedlings were not the result of hybridization between M. tuggeranong and congeners held at the ANBG using PCoA & FST analyses with the package dartRverse in the data program R. As the species can reproduce clonally, the number of unique genotypes held by the ABNG and existing in the wild was analysed using the program COLONY. The genetic diversity was determined for each genetically unique individual in the program R. Finally, to advise on the best breeding pairs to maximise genetic diversity, all potential genetic crosses between the unique genotypes were simulated in R using the gl.sim.crosses function in the dartRpackage in the program R. For each cross, 10 offspring were simulated to reflect the approximate seed yield of the species, and the average heterozygosity across the offspring was calculated. Further information on the data methods and outcomes can be read in the associated paper, "On the precipice of extinction: The use of genetic data in the conservation management of in-situ and ex-situ collections of the critically endangered Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong (Tuggeranong Lignum)" , Walcott et al., 2025.

To test the effect of developmental environment and age, we ran models with environment (freshwater, stable-saline, fluctuating-saline), age (young, old) and their interaction as fixed factors. Age was excluded if a trait was only measured at one age. If there was a significant interaction, we examined the environmental effect separately at each age. If the interaction was non-significant, it was removed from the model to estimate the main effects. Given a significant environment effect, we ran post-hoc Tukey’s tests to test for pairwise differences. Each trait in each sex was analysed separately. Brood ID (for all models) and individual ID (for male reproductive traits) were included as separate random factors. We first ran linear mixed models (LMMs) and checked whether the model residuals fulfilled the model assumptions. If not, we either log-transformed the data or ran generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) with an appropriate error distribution. We included the same variables in zero-inflated models as those in main models. We ran overdispersion tests (DHARMa package) to ensure that the variance was not greater than the mean for GLMMs. For immunity, we included standardised body length as a covariate. For log-transformed gut length, we accounted for its allometric relationship with body size by log-transforming body length and including it as a covariate (standardised). For relative telomere length, we ran an additional LMM including age since birth (standardised) as a covariate to test how chronological age affect telomere shortening. Growth We ran separate LMMs for growth in juveniles, adult females and adult males. We considered body length as the response variable, and treated environment as a fixed factor, and age (in weeks) as a fixed covariate. We treated brood ID (for both juveniles and adults) and individual ID (for adults) as random factors to control for repeated measures from the same family and/or fish. We included the environment-by-age interaction, and age^2 to account for non-linear growth. If the interaction was significant, we ran individual LMMs (and Tukey’s tests) at each age to determine when body size diverged between environments. Mortality Adult mortality was evaluated separately for each sex using Cox regression models (coxme package) with environment as the fixed factor and brood ID as a random factor. Surviving fish were treated as right-censored data. Sex differences We calculated the standardised mean difference (effect size = Cohen’s d) for the effect of salinity (stable-saline relative to freshwater) and the effect of fluctuations (fluctuating relative to stable-saline) for traits in both sexes. We further tested the difference in effect sizes between females and males using Welch’s t-test (α = 0.05, two-tailed) to assess sex-specific responses.

This dataset offers documentary evidence of racism for 15 countries (top performing democracies in the 2022-23 period). This is done to demonstrate the prevalence of racism as a chronic problem for, and with recent presentations in, the world’s high performing democracies. Accounts of racism are divided into the following categories of document types: (1) Academic research, (2) Government body reports, (3) Non-government body reports, (4) journalistic reports, and (5) non-academic polling/opinion surveys, to ensure a diversity of evidentiary claims per county. Up to 10 accounts have been provided for each category, as this was the upward limit of our Research Assistance funding. In no case is this an exhaustive listing even though, for some categories (such as government reports from Costa Rica) we did not reach 10 accounts. Further research with new funding is required to build on this work. The data is provided alphabetically per country in tables. Attribution: Jean-Paul Gagnon, Seema Shah, and Blake Kelly. 2025. "15 High-Performance Democracies with documented accounts of Racism per Country". V1. [DOI or hyperlink to Mendeley page] Associated publication: Jean-Paul Gagnon, Seema Shah, Blake Kelly. 2025. "Racism Undermines High Performance Democracies". Chinese Political Science Review. Forthcoming. Abstract below. Racism Undermines High-Performance Democracies Abstract. Racism is a chronic problem for fifteen of the world’s top scoring democracies (Denmark serves as a case study). This evidence – which we draw from academic research, government and non-government body reports, journalistic reports, and polling data published between 2013 and 2023 – troubles doctrines of representative, liberal, electoral, and participatory theories of democracy. In this article, we apply an aspect of Graefrath and Jahn’s ontological coherence rule – this being a comparison of the ontic commitments required by each theory against ontic commitments of racism as defined by the Australian Human Rights Commission – to conceptually demonstrate this claim. This leads us to the conclusion that real-existing democracies experiencing racism are also likely experiencing a constraint on their democratic capacities. Racism, in short, undermines at least four types of democracy. We end our analysis with a suggestion to adapt International IDEA’s 2024 PODS methodology so that it may capture and contrast the opinions of racialized minorities, alongside the opinions of experts, the statistically average person, and other marginalized persons, as the next step in this line of research. Keywords. Democracy, Racism, Liberalism, Elections, Representation, Participation.

A cross-sectional survey was designed and distributed to a national Australian HCP sample, consisting of practicing nurses, midwives, pharmacists and medical practitioners. The self-administered, anonymous online survey measured key characteristics that predict vaccination behaviour and intention. Results: Most participants (n= 173) demonstrated habitual SIV behaviour (77.91%) that was associated with intention to vaccinate in the future. The archetype was supported by survey findings as key constructs were associated with vaccination intention, then behaviour. These constructs included heightened professional responsibility, vaccine confidence, and protection of self and patients. Furthermore, results suggested progressing vaccination intention to behaviour and overcoming vaccine complacency is possible through employee provision of free, accessible vaccination services.

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This datafile comprises secondary data extracted from intervention and experimental studies that were included in a systematic review of body image flexibility interventions. The review aimed to investigate: • How effective are body image flexibility interventions for improving health outcomes in young people? • Can body image flexibility interventions offer a protective function in the context of a body image threat? • What mechanisms account for the effectiveness of body image flexibility interventions? The datafile contains extracted quantitative data (sample sizes, means and standard deviations) from 23 studies included in the review. Intervention effects were calculated as standardised mean differences (SMD) between intervention and comparison conditions: (a) no/minimal intervention control (Control) or (b) other evidence-based intervention (predominantly dissonance-based interventions; DBI). If studies included both a no/minimal intervention control and EBI, results for each are included. If there were multiple active intervention arms, the one most consistent with other studies was selected. Likewise, if studies had multiple follow-up assessments, only the final measurement was included for analysis. This data can be used to calculate SMDs for post-intervention values and/or change scores for each of the outcome variables. The SMDs can then be aggregated and analysed quantitatively based on comparisons and outcomes of interest (see further explanation in Steps to re-produce). All outcome variables are continuous measures. The SMDs presented in this datafile were derived from change scores, measured as pre-to-post change or pre-to-follow-up change as obtained directly from the original study or calculated based on pre, post, and follow-up group means and standard deviations (see below for Steps to re-produce). SMDs are presented as Hedges' g effect size (ES) with associated standard errors (SE), confidence intervals (CI), and p-values (p), which were estimated in SPSS via meta-analysis of continuous outcomes using raw data. Individual effect estimates were calculated so that a positive SMD favoured the body image flexibility intervention over comparator (Control or EBI). Our review (Brichacek et al., under review) found initial evidence to support improvements in health outcomes, protection against exposure to sociocultural body image threats, and reduction in inflexible ways of relating to one’s internal experiences relative to no/minimal intervention controls. Additionally, comparison with other evidence-based interventions, including cognitive and dissonance-based programs, suggested comparable effects. As only three studies conducted mediation analysis, it is unclear whether changes in body image flexibility and/or inflexibility explained intervention effects, highlighting an important area for future research.

This statistical code was generated for the data analysis of three research studies as part of a PhD thesis titled: Who benefits most? Evaluating and understanding clinical and biomechanical outcomes following structured education and exercise therapy interventions for people with knee osteoarthritis. Study 2 (Chapter 5) was a methods paper titled " A statistical model of agreement in subjective rating scales—an exploration of the Kellgren-Lawrence radiological grading system." This paper outlines a workflow for a statistical modelling approach for defining radiological knee OA severity and rater agreement from the Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) system. The analysis utilises the cumulative-link model as implemented in 'brms' (https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918823199). The data generated were used in study 3 and 4. Study 3 (Chapter 6) was a clinical outcomes study titled " The relationship between radiological OA severity or body weight and outcomes following a structured education and exercise therapy program (GLA:D®) for people with knee osteoarthritis." This pre-post study of 33 participants with knee OA evaluated the relationship between a person's body weight or radiological knee compartment severity and short-term outcomes following the GLA:D® program. The data and workflow for this study have been provided which includes the R code for all models and graphics. Study 4 (Chapter 7) was a biomechanical study titled " Knee joint moment changes during walking and chair-rise and the relationship to radiological knee OA severity and body weight following a structured education and exercise intervention (GLA:D®) for knee osteoarthritis". This pre-post study of 31 participants with knee OA evaluated knee joint moment changes during walking and chair-rise and the relationship to radiological knee OA severity and body weight following the GLA:D® intervention. The documents provided includes the preprocessing workflow that imports the original csv files generated from VICON and the code to generate the secondary parameters (such as peak values and total areas under the curve).

This dataset comprises all media releases, speeches, opinion pieces, and transcripts of interviews and doorstops released by the leaders of the two major parties, Scott Morrison and Albanese, through their websites during the 2022 Federal Election Campaign. They are organised by date. The original websites have sense been deleted. The data also includes the topic groupings that the authors used to undertake their analysis of these materials.

Interviews conducted with community sport clubs relating to policy implementation and advocacy for community sport

The present study aimed to investigate if EIH is enhanced by anodal tDCS over the motor cortex. It was hypothesised that an exercise task would produce a greater increase in pain thresholds when preceded by anodal tDCS compared to sham tDCS. An additional aim of this study was to assess the independent effect of tDCS on pain sensitivity. It was hypothesised that anodal tDCS would induce a significant decrease in pain sensitivity when compared to sham stimulation immediately after stimulation. The current study implemented a within-subjects, single-blinded, sham-controlled, randomised block design. Participants were required to attend the laboratory on three separate occasions; a familiarisation session and two experimental sessions corresponding to two different experimental conditions (anodal tDCS, sham tDCS). Study protocols followed those approved by the local human research ethics committee (Project ID: 11882). Each participant visited the laboratory on three separate occasions, with the two experimental conditions presented in a randomised order. Before each session, participants refrained from consuming caffeine or analgesic medications or engaging in vigorous exercise for at least 24 hours. All experimental protocols were conducted in the same temperature controlled (~ 23 ℃, 33% humidity) laboratory. All conditions were separated by at least two days to ensure recovery from the exercise task and to minimise carry-over effects of the stimulation.