https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Maternal correlates of objectively measured physical activity in girls https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:22151 2 = 0.14; P = 0.01). For daughters' CPM, mothers' logistic support (P = 0.03), mothers' CPM (P = 0.02) and outcome expectations (P = 0.01) were all significant (R2 = 0.24). For daughters' % SED, mothers' logistic support (P = 0.02) was significant (R2 = 0.11). Conclusions for Practice: A number of maternal behaviors, social-cognitive and parenting correlates were found to be significantly associated with daughters' physical activity. Experimental studies are warranted, targeting mothers as the primary agents of change to increase physical activity among girls.]]> Wed 11 Apr 2018 16:37:00 AEST ]]> Sex differences in obesity and responses to obesity treatment https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27472 Wed 11 Apr 2018 12:04:47 AEST ]]> STEM initiatives matter: results from a systematic review of secondary school interventions for girls https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:40496 Thu 14 Jul 2022 09:08:35 AEST ]]> Epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females with PCDH19 mutations can present de novo or in single generation families https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:10275 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:13:04 AEDT ]]> Longitudinal diet quality is not associated with depressive symptoms in a cohort of middle-aged Australian women https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:24437 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:17:20 AEDT ]]> A paraventricular thalamus to insular cortex glutamatergic projection gates "emotional" stress-induced binge eating in females https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53155 Vglut2+) to the medial insular cortex in this behavior. Whole brain activation mapping and hierarchical clustering of Euclidean distances revealed distinct patterns of coactivation unique to stress-induced binge eating. At a pathway-specific level, PVTVglut2+ cells projecting to the medial insular cortex were specifically activated in response to stress-induced binge eating. Subsequent chemogenetic inhibition of this pathway suppressed stress-induced binge eating. We have identified a distinct PVTVglut2+ to insular cortex projection as a key driver of "emotional" stress-induced binge eating in female mice, highlighting a novel circuit underpinning this sex-specific behavior.]]> Mon 27 Nov 2023 15:54:48 AEDT ]]> The diet of denning female European pine martens (Martes martes) in Galloway Forest District, South West Scotland, Great Britain https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41865 Martes martes) across Great Britain declined dramatically during the 18th and 19th centuries due to deforestation and human-wildlife conflicts. Pine marten recovery from their northern Scottish stronghold is limited following reintroduction in Galloway Forest District, south-west Scotland, in the 1980s. With suggestions that martens have influenced red squirrel population increases in neighbouring Ireland, marten reintroduction efforts are a priority in Great Britain. Reintroduction requires establishment of recruiting populations that depend on suitable food availability to meet the associated higher energy demands of recruitment. We, therefore, investigated the diet of reproductive denning female martens during denning (March–April), and the mixed sex population in summer for the first time in Galloway. Scats (n = 114) were analysed from clumps collected from occupied artificial den boxes in 2015 and 2016, as well as genetically verified scats (n = 44) from summer transects in 2014. We compared our results with other Scottish studies and found that carrion frequency of occurrence and biomass of prey ingested differed most significantly between the regional mixed sex spring diets and the diet of denning females in Galloway. Anurans, birds, and small mammals were the likely substitution of carrion; we hypothesise that these differences are related to sex-specific behaviours and scavenging risk. We, therefore, suggest that there are differences in the diet of denning female martens compared to mixed sex spring populations and that future translocations should consider abundances of anurans in Galloway, and even more importantly than before, small mammals and birds across Great Britain.]]> Mon 15 Aug 2022 09:42:18 AEST ]]>