Wastewater-based epidemiology to investigate spatio-temporal trends in alcohol consumption in Aotearoa, New Zealand - Wilson MK, Phung K, Chappell A, Pilkington L.
Alcohol is an influential drug that has extensive societal impact. In Aotearoa New Zealand, there are a number of worrying trends related to alcohol consumption including rates of alcohol-related harm and violence and heavy episodic drinking. To understand... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

China Rebukes New Zealand For Flirting With Aukus Membership
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New Zealand Home Building Consents Drop to Five-Year Low
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New Zealand Takes Step Toward Joining Aukus Security Pact
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Australia's Defence Minister Agrees to Send Team to New Zealand for AUKUS Briefing
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Links 1/31/2024
New Zealand to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in make-up PhysOrg Extreme metal guitar skills linked to intrasexual competition, but not mating success PsyPost (Micael T) Ukraine to Australia: ‘We don’t want your flying trash’ Australian Financial Review (Kevin W). The AFR is Australia’s answer to the…#newzealand #physorg #ukraine #kevinw #afr #ukrainesitrep #glenngreenwald #trump #guardian #pmc (Source: Reuters: Health)
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New Zealand business confidence up to 36.6% in January from 33.2% in previous survey: ANZ Bank
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New Zealand Police Seize Residential Property and Cash Owned by Fugitive Former Luxembourg Spy and Onecoin Adviser
A residential property in Wellington, New Zealand and more than $282,000 belonging to an adviser of Onecoin mastermind Ruja Ignatova was recently seized by the police. Detective Inspector Christiaan Barnard said his organization has no reason to believe that Onecoin masterminds are hiding in New…#wellington #newzealand #onecoin #rujaignatova #christiaanbarnard #thirdparty #frankschneider #ponzi #luxembourg #newzealands (Source: Reuters: Health)
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How to monitor radiology AI software after installation
Much has been said of what AI algorithms in radiology can do and how well they have performed during their validation, but much less has been said about inevitable performance degradation over time and what to do about it. Monitoring the performance of AI algorithms is analogous to post-market surveillance, according to Stuart Pomerantz, MD, a neuroradiologist affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital, who like others has emphasized three areas of risk in AI algorithm performance. Where there is poor generalizability of the AI algorithm, the model is overfit to the training data When validation of an AI algorithm u...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 30, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Artificial Intelligence SENL Source Type: news

Improving hip fracture care: a five-year review of the early contributors to the Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry - Taylor ME, Ramsay N, Mitchell R, McDougall C, Harris IA, Hallen J, Ward N, Hurring S, Harvey LA, Armstrong E, Close JCT.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine temporal trends (2016-2020) in hip fracture care in Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) hospitals that started providing patient-level data to the ANZ Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) on/before 1 January 2016 (ear... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Association of ethnicity with unintentional injury-related hospitalisation and mortality among older people residing in two regions of Aotearoa New Zealand - Dwight E, Cavadino A, Kool B, Kerse N, Hikaka J.
OBJECTIVES: To characterise unintentional injury-related hospitalisation and mortality amongst older adults (aged 50+ years) in the Lakes and Bay of Plenty District Health Boards of Aotearoa New Zealand and to examine whether hospitalisation patterns diffe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Australia's Woolworths flags $1 billion charge against NZ stores on bleak outlook
Woolworths forecast on Monday a non-cash impairment of NZ$1.6 billion ($974.40 million) in its 2024 interim results, as the retailer's New Zealand business faces challenges and a weak market outlook, with shares losing most in a fortnight. Still, the supermarket chain said strong results at its…#woolworths #newzealand #australian #ebit #australianfood #pfdfoodservices #epcapital #phillipkimber #endeavourgroup #asx (Source: Reuters: Health)
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Woolworths Plans Write-Down of New Zealand Unit As Business Slumps
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New Zealand Annual Trade Bal. Actual -13.57B (Forecast -, Previous -13.87B)
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New Zealand Exports Actual 5.94B (Forecast -, Previous 5.99B ,Revision 5.95B)
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