https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Smoking and environmental characteristics of smokers with a mental illness, and associations with quitting behaviour and motivation; a cross sectional study https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:24210 10 cigarettes per day (74 %), and highly nicotine dependent (51 %). A third (32 %) lived in a house in which smoking was permitted, and 44 % lived with other smokers. The majority of participants believed that significant others (68–82 %) and health care providers (80–91 %) would be supportive of their quitting smoking. Reflecting previous research, the smoking characteristics examined were variously associated with quitting behaviour and motivation. Additionally, participants not living with other smokers were more likely to have quit for a longer duration (OR 2.02), and those perceiving their psychiatrist to be supportive of a quit attempt were more likely to have had more quit attempts in the past six months (OR 2.83). Conclusions: Modifiable characteristics of the physical and social environment, and of smoking, should be considered in smoking cessation interventions for persons with a mental illness.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:31:29 AEST ]]> The demographic and symptom characteristics of Australian under-10-year-olds with problematic or harmful sexual behaviours (PHSB) who have not disclosed child sexual abuse https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53649 Wed 10 Apr 2024 15:29:18 AEST ]]> Physicochemical properties of Gac (Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng) seeds and their oil extracted by supercritical carbon dioxide and soxhlet methods https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:34879 2) and hexane (Soxhlet). The Gac seed kernel accounted for 66.4 ± 2.7% of the seed weight, and 53.02 ± 1.27% of it was oil. The SC-CO2 oil had a higher quality than the Soxhlet oil for important criteria, such as peroxide (0.12 ± 0.02 vs. 1.80 ± 0.01 meq O2/kg oil), free fatty acid (1.74 ± 0.12 vs. 2.47 ± 0.09 mg KOH/g oil) and unsaponifiable matter (33.2 ± 1.5 vs. 52.6 ± 2.4 g/kg) values, respectively. It also had a better colour (light yellow vs. dark greenish brown) and a higher antioxidant capacity measured with the DPPH (52.69 ± 0.06 vs. 42.98 ± 0.02 µmol Trolox equivalent/g oil) and ABTS (2.10 ± 0.12 vs. 1.52 ± 0.06 µmol Trolox equivalent/g oil) assays. However, a higher yield (53.02 ± 1.27 vs. 34.1 ± 0.8%) was obtained for the Soxhlet oil. Unless refined, the oils would not be edible due to their high unsaponifiable matter, but the SC-CO2 oil would need less refining. Alternatively, the high unsaponifiable matter in the oil, especially in the Soxhlet oil, may make it useful for medicinal purposes.]]> Tue 03 Sep 2019 18:18:23 AEST ]]> Individual- and population-level impacts of traumatic brain injury and maternal characteristics on subsequent offending behavior https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36193 Thu 27 Feb 2020 09:42:32 AEDT ]]> The University of Newcastle's first cohort of Bachelor of Oral Health students: a social profile https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:9393 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:39:35 AEDT ]]> Employment outcomes in non metropolitan labour markets: individual and regional labour market factors https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:5221 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:44:20 AEDT ]]> Clinical and demographic characteristics of people who smoke versus inject crystalline methamphetamine in Australia: Findings from a pharmacotherapy trial https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49563 0.05). After adjustment for demographic differences, participants who smoked had lower craving [b (SE) = −1.1 (0.5), P = 0.021] and were less likely to report psychotic symptoms [b (SE) = −1.8 (0.7), P = 0.013] or antidepressant use [b (SE) = −1.1 (0.5), P = 0.022]. Discussion and Conclusions: Smoking crystalline methamphetamine is associated with a younger less marginalised demographic profile than injecting methamphetamine, but a similarly severe clinical profile.]]> Mon 22 May 2023 09:20:09 AEST ]]>