Background Frailty can be measured in relation to the accumulation of deficits using a frailty
index. A frailty index can be developed from most ageing databases. Our objective is to …

Aging occurs as a series of small steps, first causing cellular damage and then affecting
tissues and organs. This is also true in the brain. Frailty, a state of increased risk due to …

1. The ability of different rhizobial isolates collected from any one site to establish effective
nitrogen‐fixing associations with host‐plants from that site showed significant variation in 22 …

… Samuel D Searle … The mean (SD) age was 78.0 (7.3) years (range 65–93); 61 patients (53%)
were male. CFS scores of 5 or greater were assigned to 86.1% (95% CI: 78.4–91.8%) of the …

… Suzette Searle’s extensive dealings with Australian acacias have been directed at … Fence
posts are cut from a number of species (Searle 1996), some of which, eg A. cambagei, are …

… Samuel Searle was supported by the George Mattar Summer Studentship. Dr. Rockwood
is supported by the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation as the Kathryn Allen Weldon …

Background Concern has been expressed that preventive measures in older people might
increase frailty by increasing survival without improving health. We investigated the impact of …

… +2·0 SD) had demonstrable decline even without delirium (follow-up Z score +1·2 SD).
However, those with a high delirium burden had an even larger absolute decline of 2·2 SD in Z …

Objectives Smoking has adverse effects on a variety of organ systems but little is known
about the relationship between smoking and frailty. We aimed to investigate differences in …

Acacia melanoxylon is a versatile farm tree for erosion control, shelter, habitat and landscaping
and its heartwood has long been valued as a cabinet timber. Limited research in South …