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Is Sleep Duration Associated With Obesity In Older Australian Adults?, Christopher A. Magee, Peter Caputi, Don C. Iverson Jan 2010

Is Sleep Duration Associated With Obesity In Older Australian Adults?, Christopher A. Magee, Peter Caputi, Don C. Iverson

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Objectives: To investigate the relationship between sleep duration and obesity in older Australian adults. Method: Self-reported health data were collected through the 45 and Up Study. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to test the relationship between sleep duration and body mass index, controlling for a range of demographic and health-related variables. Results: The sample included 45,325 Australian adults aged 55 to 95 years. The regression models demonstrated that short and long sleep were associated with obesity in 55- to 64-year-olds but not in those aged 65 years and above. Discussion: The present results suggest that the relationships between sleep …

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Dementia And Driving Retirement: Making Decisions, Catherine Andrew, Victoria Traynor, Donald Iverson Jan 2010

Dementia And Driving Retirement: Making Decisions, Catherine Andrew, Victoria Traynor, Donald Iverson

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To identify appropriate elements to include in a decisional support resource which may enhance acceptance of potential driving retirement for drivers with dementia.

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Person-Centred Care As Caring For Country: An Indigenous Australian Experience, Faye B. Mcmillan, David R. Kampers, Victoria Traynor, Jan Dewing Jan 2010

Person-Centred Care As Caring For Country: An Indigenous Australian Experience, Faye B. Mcmillan, David R. Kampers, Victoria Traynor, Jan Dewing

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There is an emerging interest and a developing evidence base about the significance of dementia within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities1 across Australia. Poor Indigenous health status remains a fundamental issue, particularly when compared to New Zealand and North America where in the past ten years health inequities have begun to be successfully redressed. As the life expectancy of Indigenous Australians has started to increase beyond 45 years, the issue of dementia is becoming a priority health issue to address. As there is currently, on average, a 17 year gap in life years between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, there …

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Measurement And The Decline Of Moral Therapy, Graham D. Bowrey, Ciorstan J. Smark Jan 2010

Measurement And The Decline Of Moral Therapy, Graham D. Bowrey, Ciorstan J. Smark

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The key theme of this historical paper is to highlight the misallocation of resources that canresult from mis-measurement in social programs. The social phenomenon explored in thispaper is a treatment for mental illness practiced in 19th century Britain called "moral therapy". One of the factors in the rise of moral therapy was that moral therapy asylums could point to mathematical "scientific" cure rates based on discharge and readmission rates to moral therapy asylums. These cure rates were far higher than the cure rates of other, merely custodial institutions of the time.However, failure to properly allow for the difference between acute …

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The Importance Of Play In Organisation, Irina M. Verenikina, Helen M. Hasan Jan 2010

The Importance Of Play In Organisation, Irina M. Verenikina, Helen M. Hasan

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The role of play as a `social innovation' is attracting emerging research attention since it can affect the emotional climate and complex collaborative performance of the modern workplace. The psychology of play recognises the benefits of incorporating play and `playing games' at work. The increasing use of computer games throughout our society motivates the use of games and game technology for serious purposes including education, training and research. While managers are often reluctant to publicly state that play is good for work, they are willing to use the term `Serious Games'. These are games that engage users in their pursuit, …

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Transforming The Relationship Between Citizens And Local Councils Using Web 2.0 Technologies, Rodney J. Clarke, John James Jan 2010

Transforming The Relationship Between Citizens And Local Councils Using Web 2.0 Technologies, Rodney J. Clarke, John James

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Australian local government organisations (LGOs) are unique in terms of the variety anddiversity of services that they provide to their communities. These include traditionalfunctions like maintaining local roads, managing property information, regulating real estatedevelopment, and collecting and disposing of waste. LGO service portfolios have expandedas a result of federal and state governments devolving their traditional responsibilities to localgovernments. LGOs have also raised community expectations by delivering a vast array ofcommunity and commercial services in addition to their traditional services. For example, thecommercial services operated by Wollongong City Council (2002) include facilities such astourist parks, leisure facilities, tourist information centres, and …

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Designing A Digital Ecosystem For The New Museum Environment: The Virtual Museum Of The Pacific, Jennie A. Lawson, Peter W. Eklund, Peter Goodall, Timothy Wray, Vinod Daniel, Melanie Van Olffen Jan 2010

Designing A Digital Ecosystem For The New Museum Environment: The Virtual Museum Of The Pacific, Jennie A. Lawson, Peter W. Eklund, Peter Goodall, Timothy Wray, Vinod Daniel, Melanie Van Olffen

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The Virtual Museum of the Pacific is a social media platform for a digital ecosystem, which enables a variety of user communities to engage with the Pacific Collection of the Australian Museum. The success of the system depends on facilitating the development of culturally relevant folksonomies and encouraging a conversation between online communities. In this paper we explore the relationships between stakeholders, folksonomy and taxonomy, to reveal the design strategies which inform this digital ecosystem. Our analysis defines the scope for the social tagging component of our information model and discusses how users might interact with objects (in terms of …

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Applying An Error Taxonomy To Examine Inexperienced Spreadsheet Users' Planning And Execution Errors, Amy Y. Chan, Peter Caputi, Suzanne Hilellis, Zi Zhu, Rohan Jayasuriya Jan 2010

Applying An Error Taxonomy To Examine Inexperienced Spreadsheet Users' Planning And Execution Errors, Amy Y. Chan, Peter Caputi, Suzanne Hilellis, Zi Zhu, Rohan Jayasuriya

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This paper presents preliminary findings of an application of the Panko-Aurigemma (2010) error taxonomy to errors generated in a spreadsheet training task. Data from 11 inexperienced trainees were obtained on two spreadsheet training tasks of different complexity and scored by two judges. High levels of inter-rater reliability were obtained for a refined planning and execution error classification. Preliminary findings relating to the likely processes underlying task completion indicate that trainees make more execution than planning errors on easy tasks. Negative associations were found between the frequency of execution and planning errors and task performance when completing easy tasks. For hard …

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Munch And Move: Evaluation Of A Preschool Healthy Eating And Movement Skill Program, Louise L. Hardy, Bridget P. Kelly, Lesley King, Louise Farrell, Sarah Howlett Jan 2010

Munch And Move: Evaluation Of A Preschool Healthy Eating And Movement Skill Program, Louise L. Hardy, Bridget P. Kelly, Lesley King, Louise Farrell, Sarah Howlett

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No abstract provided.

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When Does Alcohol Sponsorship Of Sport Become Sports Sponsorship Of Alcohol? A Case Study Of Developments In Sport In Australia, Sandra C. Jones Jan 2010

When Does Alcohol Sponsorship Of Sport Become Sports Sponsorship Of Alcohol? A Case Study Of Developments In Sport In Australia, Sandra C. Jones

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Alcohol sponsorship of sport is common in Australia, with much debate about the appropriateness of linking sport with alcohol advertising and promotion. This paper provides examples of such sponsorships to appreciate the extent and nature of complex relationship between sport and alcohol sponsors. The public health and policy implications of alcohol sponsorship of sport extending to creating a sporting competition purely to promote an alcohol brand are considered.

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Cobalt-Doped Ws2 Nanorods For Lithium Battery Applications, Zaiping Guo, Chuanqi Feng, Guodong Du, Shiquan Wang, L Li, Xueya Jiang, Guohua Li, Seunjoo Kim Jan 2010

Synthesis And Characterization Of Cobalt-Doped Ws2 Nanorods For Lithium Battery Applications, Zaiping Guo, Chuanqi Feng, Guodong Du, Shiquan Wang, L Li, Xueya Jiang, Guohua Li, Seunjoo Kim

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Transformational Leadership, Workplace Engagement And The Mediating Influence Of Meaningful Work: Building A Conceptual Framework, Mohammed Ghadi, Mario Fernando, Peter Caputi Jan 2010

Transformational Leadership, Workplace Engagement And The Mediating Influence Of Meaningful Work: Building A Conceptual Framework, Mohammed Ghadi, Mario Fernando, Peter Caputi

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the relationship betweentransformational leadership, meaningful work and workplace engagement. Although there isconsensus that better engaged employees help organizations to perform better, industry reportsindicate that only one fifth of employees are engaged in their work. While there is some evidence inthe literature to suggest a link between transformational leadership factors such as idealizedinfluence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration, and thecomponents of workplace engagement such as vigor, dedication and absorption, little is known aboutthe nature of this relationship. This paper proposes a conceptual framework supporting an indirectrelationship between transformational …

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Socially Innovative Research Networks: A Roadmap For Sinet, Helen M. Hasan Jan 2010

Socially Innovative Research Networks: A Roadmap For Sinet, Helen M. Hasan

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The Social Innovation Network (SInet) was established for cross-disciplinary research on social innovation to 'create better futures for people'. SInet is itself socially innovative since a network is a relatively unfamiliar configuration for a university-wide research unit. A network provides an identity to a research collective that is real, having status and support,but which is fundamentally different to an institute. In a network, connections and flows of knowledge tend to be horizontal not vertical. A network is flexible, reconfigurable, responsive to change and less formal, and has the potential for lower administrative overheads. As knowledge workers, university researchers perform best …

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Emergence, Change And Precarious Systems: A New Lens On People And Organisation, Helen M. Hasan, Mary Barrett Jan 2010

Emergence, Change And Precarious Systems: A New Lens On People And Organisation, Helen M. Hasan, Mary Barrett

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Harms To Body And Soul: An Ideological Balancing Act For Preventing And Reducing Cannabis Use, Nadia Solowij Jan 2010

Harms To Body And Soul: An Ideological Balancing Act For Preventing And Reducing Cannabis Use, Nadia Solowij

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In their piece for debate, Macleod & Hickman [1] present some credible arguments around the ways in which ideology may shape evidence and policy and describe the inevitable use of select aspects of scientific evidence to advance an agenda and drive funding directions. While the strength of evidence regarding causality in the association between cannabis and schizophrenia may not be incontrovertible, some of their arguments are indeed driven by their own ideology and advancement of their proposition that the main harmassociated with cannabis use pertains to its intimate relation to tobacco use, and that this, and the development of dependence, …

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The Effect Of A Tiered Body Armour System On Soldier Physical Mobility, Gregory Peoples, Aaron Silk, Sean Notley, Laura Holland, Brooke Collier, Daniel Lee Jan 2010

The Effect Of A Tiered Body Armour System On Soldier Physical Mobility, Gregory Peoples, Aaron Silk, Sean Notley, Laura Holland, Brooke Collier, Daniel Lee

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Current military operations involve complex omnipresent threats, resulting in the need for all soldiers, regardless of occupational speciality, to wear body armour during operational deployment. Body armour is typically comprised of both hard and soft armour and is designed to provide ballistic, fragmentation and stab protection. The weight load and bulk of body armour, which is influenced by the materials used and extent of hard and soft armour coverage of the body, has the potential to affect a soldiers physical mobility on the battlefield. Intuitively it would appear logical that as the external load a soldier carries increases there is …

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Direct Observation Of Enzymes Replicating Dna Using A Single-Molecule Dna Stretching Assay, Arkadiusz W. Kulczyk, Nathan Tanner, Joseph J. Loparo, Charles C. Richardson, Antoine M. Van Oijen Jan 2010

Direct Observation Of Enzymes Replicating Dna Using A Single-Molecule Dna Stretching Assay, Arkadiusz W. Kulczyk, Nathan Tanner, Joseph J. Loparo, Charles C. Richardson, Antoine M. Van Oijen

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

We describe a method for observing real time replication of individual DNA molecules mediated by proteins of the bacteriophage replication system. Linearized λ DNA is modified to have a biotin on the end of one strand, and a digoxigenin moiety on the other end of the same strand. The biotinylated end is attached to a functionalized glass coverslip and the digoxigeninated end to a small bead. The assembly of these DNA-bead tethers on the surface of a flow cell allows a laminar flow to be applied to exert a drag force on the bead. As a result, the DNA is …

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Uncoupling Of Sister Replisomes During Eukaryotic Dna Replication, Hasan Yardimci, Anna B. Loveland, Satoshi Habuchi, Antoine M. Van Oijen, Johannes C. Walter Jan 2010

Uncoupling Of Sister Replisomes During Eukaryotic Dna Replication, Hasan Yardimci, Anna B. Loveland, Satoshi Habuchi, Antoine M. Van Oijen, Johannes C. Walter

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

The duplication of eukaryotic genomes involves the replication of DNA from multiple origins of replication. In S phase, two sister replisomes assemble at each active origin, and they replicate DNA in opposite directions. Little is known about the functional relationship between sister replisomes. Some data imply that they travel away from one another and thus function independently. Alternatively, sister replisomes may form a stationary, functional unit that draws parental DNA toward itself. If this "double replisome" model is correct, a constrained DNA molecule should not undergo replication. To test this prediction, lambda DNA was stretched and immobilized at both ends …

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Implementing Evidence-Based Practice In Taiwanese Nursing Homes Attitudes And Perceived Barriers And Facilitators, Hui Chen Chang, Cherry Russell, Mairwen Jones Jan 2010

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice In Taiwanese Nursing Homes Attitudes And Perceived Barriers And Facilitators, Hui Chen Chang, Cherry Russell, Mairwen Jones

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

To date, there is a paucity of research investigating nurses' perceptions of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing homes, especially in non-Western countries. This descriptive, quantitative study investigated attitudes toward and perceived barriers and facilitators to research utilization among 89 Taiwanese RNs. The majority of nurses expressed positive attitudes toward research and EBP. The most frequently cited barriers were related to insufficient authority to change practice, difficulty understanding statistical analyses, and a perceived isolation from knowledgeable colleagues with whom to discuss the research. EBP facilitators included improved access to computers and Internet facilities in the workplace, more effective research training, and …

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Sensitivity Of The Female Rat To Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain - Far From The Clinic?, Katrina Weston-Green, Xu-Feng Huang, Chao Deng Jan 2010

Sensitivity Of The Female Rat To Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain - Far From The Clinic?, Katrina Weston-Green, Xu-Feng Huang, Chao Deng

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Dear Editor, The recent paper by Chintoh and colleagues (2008) reporting olanzapine-induced dysfunction in glucose metabolism, enhanced visceral fat and reduced locomotor activity in female rats was highly interesting as it illustrated olanzapine’s ability to replicate aspects of metabolic dysfunction in the rodent model in a similar manner to the human scenario. However, contrary to previous reports in the rat and the clinic, the authors reported no change in body weight or food intake following olanzapine treatment, questioning the validity of the rat model.................

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What Is The Mechanism For Aripiprazole's Effect On Reducing Olanzapine-Associated Obesity?, Chao Deng, J-Z Chen, Changhua Hu, Xu-Feng Huang Jan 2010

What Is The Mechanism For Aripiprazole's Effect On Reducing Olanzapine-Associated Obesity?, Chao Deng, J-Z Chen, Changhua Hu, Xu-Feng Huang

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

We read with great interest Henderson and colleagues’ paper in your journal (2009; 29:165–169), which reported that aripiprazole reduced olanzapine-induced overweight/obesity and hyperlipidemia in a 10-week placebo-controlled double-blind crossover study. This and their previous studies, provide a new way for controlling olanzapine- and clozapine-induced weight gain/obesity using another atypical antipsychotic, even without reducing the original olanzapine and clozapine doses, which is important particularly for treatment of refractory schizophrenia patients. ....

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Investigating The Glacial History Of The Northern Sector Of The Cordilleran Ice Sheet With Cosmogenic 10be Concentrations In Quartz, Arjen P. Stroeven, Derek Fabel, Alexandru T. Codilean, Johan Kleman, John J. Clague, Maria Miguens-Rodriguez, Sheng Xu Jan 2010

Investigating The Glacial History Of The Northern Sector Of The Cordilleran Ice Sheet With Cosmogenic 10be Concentrations In Quartz, Arjen P. Stroeven, Derek Fabel, Alexandru T. Codilean, Johan Kleman, John J. Clague, Maria Miguens-Rodriguez, Sheng Xu

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Exposure durations of glacial landforms in widely separated areas of central Yukon Territory affected by the northern sector of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (CIS) and alpine glaciers have been determined using cosmogenic 10Be in quartz. The aim of our research is to test previous reconstructions of glacial history and to begin to address the paucity of chronological control for the lateral and vertical extent of the northern CIS. Chronological evidence for CIS expansion predating the Last Glacial Maximum comes from minimum surface exposure durations of c 100 ka for two bedrock samples within the Reid glacial limit, indicating a possible …

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Selection Of Integration Time Intervals For Quartz Osl Decay Curves, Alastair C. Cunningham, Jakob Wallinga Jan 2010

Selection Of Integration Time Intervals For Quartz Osl Decay Curves, Alastair C. Cunningham, Jakob Wallinga

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In quartz optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating protocols, an initial integral of the OSL decay curve is used in the calculation of equivalent dose, once a background integral has been subtracted. Because the OSL signal commonly contains a number of exponentially decaying components, the exact choice of time intervals used for the initial-signal and background integrals determines the composition of the net signal. Here we investigate which combination of time intervals will produce the net signal most dominated by the fast OSL component, while keeping an acceptable level of precision. Using a three-component model of OSL decay, we show that …

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Technical Note: Formal Blind Intercomparison Of Ho2 Measurements In The Atmosphere Simulation Chamber Saphir During The Hoxcomp Campaign, H Fuchs, T Brauers, H -P Dorn, H Harder, R Haseler, A Hofzumahaus, F Holland, Yugo Kanaya, Y Kajii, Dagmar Kubistin, S Lou, M Martinez, K Miyamoto, S Nishida, M Rudolf, E Schlosser, A Wahner, A Yoshino, U Schurath Jan 2010

Technical Note: Formal Blind Intercomparison Of Ho2 Measurements In The Atmosphere Simulation Chamber Saphir During The Hoxcomp Campaign, H Fuchs, T Brauers, H -P Dorn, H Harder, R Haseler, A Hofzumahaus, F Holland, Yugo Kanaya, Y Kajii, Dagmar Kubistin, S Lou, M Martinez, K Miyamoto, S Nishida, M Rudolf, E Schlosser, A Wahner, A Yoshino, U Schurath

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Hydroperoxy radical (HO2) concentrations were measured during the formal blind intercomparison campaign HOxComp carried out in Jülich, Germany, in 2005. Three instruments detected HO2 via chemical conversion to hydroxyl radicals (OH) and subsequent detection of the sum of OH and HO2 by laser induced fluorescence (LIF). All instruments were based on the same detection and calibration scheme. Because measurements by a MIESR instrument failed during the campaign, no absolute reference measurement was available, so that the accuracy of individual instruments could not be addressed. Instruments sampled ambient air for three days and were attached to the atmosphere simulation chamber SAPHIR …

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B Cell-Intrinsic Signaling Through Il-21 Receptor And Stat3 Is Required For Establishing Long-Lived Antibody Responses In Humans, Danielle T. Avery, Elissa K. Deenick, Cindy S. Ma, Santi Suryani, Nicholas Simpson, Gary Y. J Chew, Tyani D. Chan, Umamainthan Palendira, Jacinta Bustamante, Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis, Sharon Choo, Karl E. Bleasel, Jane Peake, Cecile King, Martyn French, Dan Engelhard, Sami Al-Hajjar, Saleh Al-Muhsen, Klaus Magdorf, Joachim Roesler, Peter D. Arkwright, Pravin Hissaria, D. Sean Riminton, Melanie Wong, Robert Brink, David A. Fulcher, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Matthew C. Cook, Stuart Tangye Jan 2010

B Cell-Intrinsic Signaling Through Il-21 Receptor And Stat3 Is Required For Establishing Long-Lived Antibody Responses In Humans, Danielle T. Avery, Elissa K. Deenick, Cindy S. Ma, Santi Suryani, Nicholas Simpson, Gary Y. J Chew, Tyani D. Chan, Umamainthan Palendira, Jacinta Bustamante, Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis, Sharon Choo, Karl E. Bleasel, Jane Peake, Cecile King, Martyn French, Dan Engelhard, Sami Al-Hajjar, Saleh Al-Muhsen, Klaus Magdorf, Joachim Roesler, Peter D. Arkwright, Pravin Hissaria, D. Sean Riminton, Melanie Wong, Robert Brink, David A. Fulcher, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Matthew C. Cook, Stuart Tangye

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Engagement of cytokine receptors by specific ligands activate Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling pathways. The exact roles of STATs in human lymphocyte behavior remain incompletely defined. Interleukin (IL)-21 activates STAT1 and STAT3 and has emerged as a potent regulator of B cell differentiation. We have studied patients with inactivating mutations in STAT1 or STAT3 to dissect their contribution to B cell function in vivo and in response to IL-21 in vitro. STAT3 mutations dramatically reduced the number of functional, antigen (Ag)-specific memory B cells and abolished the ability of IL-21 to induce naive B cells to …

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Morpho Tectonic Units Of The Zagros Orogenic Belt, Ne Iraq: A Modern Analogue For Subduction Accretion Processes, Sarmad A. Ali, Brian Jones, Solomon Buckman, Sabah Ismail, Khalid Aswad Jan 2010

Morpho Tectonic Units Of The Zagros Orogenic Belt, Ne Iraq: A Modern Analogue For Subduction Accretion Processes, Sarmad A. Ali, Brian Jones, Solomon Buckman, Sabah Ismail, Khalid Aswad

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

The Zagros Mountain Belt extends over more than 1800 km through Iraq and southern Iran in front of the Zagros Mountain chain. It forms the boundary between the Iranian Plateau and the Mesopotamian and Gulf basins (Fig. 1). It can be subdivided geomorphologically into: the High Zagros Belt and the Zagros Simply Folded Belt separated by the High Zagros Fault (Berberian and King, 1981; Falcon, 1974; Stockline, 1968). From a tectonic point of view, however, five zones along the length of the Zagros Orogenic Belt can be distinguished (e.g. Stocklin, 1974, 1986; Falcon, 1974; Sten, 1985; Berberian, 1995): the Zagros …

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Dumping, Sweeping And Trampling: Experimental Micromorphological Analysis Of Anthropogenically Modified Combustion Features, Christopher E. Miller, Nicholas J. Conard, Paul Goldberg, Francesco Berna Jan 2010

Dumping, Sweeping And Trampling: Experimental Micromorphological Analysis Of Anthropogenically Modified Combustion Features, Christopher E. Miller, Nicholas J. Conard, Paul Goldberg, Francesco Berna

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Six experimental fireplaces were constructed to investigate the ability of micromorphology to identify anthropogenic reworking of combustion features and to build a reference base of experimentally-derived conditions to calibrate micromorphological conditions. After burning, the fireplaces were either swept out, swept out and the material dumped, trampled, or a combination of these three. Micromorphological examination showed that these processes produce distinct characteristics readily identifiable at the microscopic scale. The application of this experiment to combustion-related features at the Paleolithic site of Hohle Fels in Germany showed that micromorphological examination of anthropogenic deposits-supported by experimental observations -provides an important context in which …

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Delirium Care Pathways: Final Report For Nsw Health And Health Care Of Older Australian Standing Committee, Victoria Traynor, Nicole Britten Jan 2010

Delirium Care Pathways: Final Report For Nsw Health And Health Care Of Older Australian Standing Committee, Victoria Traynor, Nicole Britten

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

This report provides an overview of the “Delirium Care Pathways” project which was commissioned to be delivered by NSW Health on behalf of the Health Care of Older Australians Standing Committee (HCOASC). The School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health (SNMIH), University of Wollongong (UoW), was sub-contracted to deliver this project to NSW Health. This final report has been informed by ongoing progress reports presented to the Project Management team, HCOASC, and the Project Advisory Group. In this report, there will be a discussion of the background to the project, project management details, data collection and data analysis techniques, a …

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Development Of A Clinician-Led Research Agenda For General Practice Nurses, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Louise Hickman Jan 2010

Development Of A Clinician-Led Research Agenda For General Practice Nurses, Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Louise Hickman

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Objective: This study sought to identify and prioritise research issues as perceived by Australian general practice nurses. In this context, a research priority refers to the most pressing research problems that necessitate exploration to improve clinical practice. Design: This paper reports the findings of a two-round Delphi study. Initially, focus groups identified research issues. Subsequently, an online survey facilitated ranking of these issues on a 5-point Likert scale. Setting: Australian general practices. Subjects: Twenty-five practice nurses participated in the focus groups and 145 practice nurses responded to an online survey. Main outcome measure(s): The main outcome measure was the prioritisation …

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Development And Early Experience From An Intervention To Facilitate Teamwork Between General Practices And Allied Health Providers: The Team-Link Study, Mark Fort Harris, Bibiana Chan, Christopher Daniel, Qing Wan, Nicholas Zwar, Gawaine Powell Davies Jan 2010

Development And Early Experience From An Intervention To Facilitate Teamwork Between General Practices And Allied Health Providers: The Team-Link Study, Mark Fort Harris, Bibiana Chan, Christopher Daniel, Qing Wan, Nicholas Zwar, Gawaine Powell Davies

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Abstract. Background. This paper describes the development and implementation of an intervention to facilitate teamwork between general practice and outside allied and community health services and providers. Methods. A review of organizational theory and a qualitative study of 9 practices was used to design an intervention which was applied in four Divisions of General Practice and 26 urban practices. Clinical record review and qualitative interviews with participants were used to determine the key lessons from its implementation. Results. Facilitating teamwork across organizational boundaries was very challenging. The quality of the relationship between professionals was of key importance. This was enabled …

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