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Informatics External Quality Assurance (Ieqa) Down Under: Evaluation Of A Pilot Implementation, Rae-Anne Hardie, Donna Moore, Derek Holzhauser, Michael Legg, Andrew Georgiou, Tony Badrick

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

External quality assurance (EQA) provides ongoing evaluation to verify that laboratory medicine results conform to quality standards expected for patient care. While attention has focused predominantly on test accuracy, the diagnostic phases, consisting of pre- and post-laboratory phases of testing, have thus far lagged in the development of an appropriate diagnostic-phase EQA program. One of the challenges faced by Australian EQA has been a lack of standardisation or "harmonisation" resulting from variations in reporting between different laboratory medicine providers. This may introduce interpretation errors and misunderstanding of results by clinicians, resulting in a threat to patient safety. While initiatives such …

A Simulation Study Of Brachyshade, A Shadow-Based Internal Source Tracking System For Hdr Prostate Brachytherapy, Roumani Alabd, Mitra Safavi-Naeini, Keenan Wilson, Anatoly B. Rosenfeld, Daniel R. Franklin

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

This paper presents a simulation study of BrachyShade, a proposed internal source-tracking system for real time quality assurance in high dose rate prostate brachytherapy. BrachyShade consists of a set of spherical tungsten occluders located above a pixellated silicon photodetector. The source location is estimated by minimising the mean squared error between a parametric model of the shadow image and acquired images of the shadows projected on the detector plane. A novel algorithm is finally employed to correct the systemic error resulting from Compton scattering in the medium. The worst-case error obtained with BrachyShade for a 13.5 ms image acquisition is …

A Hybrid Computational Approach For Option Pricing, Song-Ping Zhu, Xinjiang He

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

In this paper, we propose a novel numerical approach for option pricing with the combination of the MC (Monte Carlo) simulation and the PDE (partial differential equation) approach. Our motivation originates from the fact that within a finite life time of an option contract, the underlying price as well as the range of volatility are expected to vary within a relatively small region centered around the current value of the underlying and the volatility and hence there is no need to compute option prices for the underlying and the volatility values beyond this region. Thus, our hybrid approach takes the …

Wollongong University Laboratory Microgrid: A Design For Flexibility, Craig G. Mclauchlan, Jason R. David, Duane A. Robinson, Sean T. Elphick, Jonathan Knott

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

Microgrids are becoming increasingly important to electrical power distribution. They offer the possibility of increased reliability and lower power costs for both customers and network operators, however there are significant challenges that must be addressed before this potential can be realised. Laboratory experimentation where concepts can meet with real world complexities in a controlled environment is a crucial part of meeting these challenges. The design and implementation of a useful laboratory microgrid is a complex and expensive process and to be successful it must be done with care. This process was recently undertaken at the University of Wollongong, and the …

Processing, Characterization, And In Vivo Evaluation Of Poly (L-Lactic Acid)-Fish Gelatin Electrospun Membranes For Biomedical Applications, Mariana Branco, Ana Caseiro, Dina M. Morais Da Silva, Irina Amorim, Alexandra Rema, Sílvia Pedrosa, Mariana Branquinho, Pedro S. Gomes, Maria H. Fernandes, J D. Santos, Ana Mauricio, Vitor Sencadas

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

The development of biomaterials for application in advanced therapies requires thorough characterization of its biological behavior, which ultimately entails in vivo compatibility and performance assays. Electrospun fiber membranes of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) and fish gelatin blends were produced and characterized, coupling the biomechanical features of PLLA with gelatin (GEL) biocompatibility. Fiber diameter was not affected by polymer blending, whereas the swelling degree increased with increasing GEL contents for values up to 566 ± 13%, behaving as a superhydrophilic material. Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) adhesion was favored in the PLLA-GEL membranes, and cell viability was not affected after …

Ethnography In Work Integrated Learning Research, Bonnie Amelia Dean, Christopher S. Sykes, Jan Turbill

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers

This paper introduces and discusses ethnography as a methodological approach to investigate phenomena at the place of practice in WIL. The commensurability of ethnography for examining WIL 'in situ' is presented in order to delve deeper into WIL phenomena on placement through greater temporal and physical proximity. Part of the reason we haven't been able to fully understand student learning on placement, for example, is because of a lack of awareness and uptake of methodologies that employ direct observation in WIL spaces. Ethnography could open the door to investigating a range of research areas previously obscured or inaccessible by methodologies …

Terrestrial Laser Scanning To Quantify Above-Ground Biomass Of Structurally Complex Coastal Wetland Vegetation, Christopher Owers, Kerrylee Rogers, Colin D. Woodroffe

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

Above-ground biomass represents a small yet significant contributor to carbon storage in coastal wetlands. Despite this, above-ground biomass is often poorly quantified, particularly in areas where vegetation structure is complex. Traditional methods for providing accurate estimates involve harvesting vegetation to develop mangrove allometric equations and quantify saltmarsh biomass in quadrats. However broad scale application of these methods may not capture structural variability in vegetation resulting in a loss of detail and estimates with considerable uncertainty. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) collects high resolution three-dimensional point clouds capable of providing detailed structural morphology of vegetation. This study demonstrates that TLS is a …

Open-Air Preservation Of Miniaturised Lithics: Experimental Research In The Cederberg Mountains, Southern Africa, Natasha Phillips, Justin Pargeter, Marika Low, Alex Mackay

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

Open-air archaeology plays a limited role in southern African Late Pleistocene research, with most studies focused on rock shelter assemblages. Recently, archaeologists have noted discrepancies in the composition of Late Pleistocene lithic assemblages between some of the region's open-air and rock shelter sites. For example, although relatively abundant in rock shelters, Late Pleistocene Later Stone Age (LSA, c. 44-12 kcal. BP) bipolar cores are rare in open-air contexts. In this paper, we assess this discrepancy by testing for differential preservation of specific artefact classes and sizes in semi-arid open-air conditions. We placed a replicated assemblage of miniaturised cores and flakes …

Dissolved Organic Matter Signatures Vary Between Naturally Acidic, Circumneutral And Groundwater-Fed Freshwaters In Australia, Aleicia Holland, Jenny Stauber, Chris M. Wood, Melanie Trenfield, Dianne F. Jolley

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

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays important roles in both abiotic and biotic processes within aquatic ecosystems, and these in turn depend on the quality of the DOM. We collected and characterized chromophoric DOM (CDOM) from different Australian freshwater types (circumneutral, naturally acidic and groundwater-fed waterways), climatic regions and seasons. CDOM quality was characterized using absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy. Excitation emission scans followed by parallel factor (PARAFAC) analysis showed that CDOM was characterized by three main components: protein-like, fulvic-like and humic-like components commonly associated with various waters globally in the Openfluor database. Principal component analysis showed that CDOM quality varied between …

The Ginninderra Ch4 And Co2 Release Experiment: An Evaluation Of Gas Detection And Quantification Techniques, Andrew Feitz, Ivan Schroder, Frances A. Phillips, Trevor Coates, Karita Neghandhi, Stuart Day, Ashok Luhar, Sangeeta Bhatia, Grant Edwards, Stefan Hrabar, Emili Hernandez, Brett Wood, Travis A. Naylor, Martin J. Kennedy, Murray Hamilton, Mike Hatch, John Malos, Mark Kochanek, Peter E. Reid, Joel Wilson, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Steve Zegelin, Robert Vincent, Stephen White, Cindy Ong, Suman George, Peter Maas, Sean Towner, Nicholas Wokker, David W. T Griffith

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

A methane (CH₄) and carbon dioxide (CO₂) release experiment was held from April to June 2015 at the Ginninderra Controlled Release Facility in Canberra, Australia. The experiment provided an opportunity to compare different emission quantification techniques against a simulated CH₄ and CO₂ point source release, where the actual release rates were unknown to the participants. Eight quantification techniques were assessed: three tracer ratio techniques (two mobile); backwards Lagrangian stochastic modelling; forwards Lagrangian stochastic modelling; Lagrangian stochastic (LS) footprint modelling; atmospheric tomography using point and using integrated line sensors. The majority of CH₄ estimates …

Aerosol Optical Properties And Trace Gas Emissions By Pax And Op-Ftir For Laboratory-Simulated Western Us Wildfires During Firex, Vanessa Selimovic, R Yokelson, Carsten Warneke, J M. Roberts, Joost A. De Gouw, J Reardon, David W. T Griffith

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

Western wildfires have a major impact on air quality in the US. In the fall of 2016, 107 test fires were burned in the large-scale combustion facility at the US Forest Service Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory as part of the Fire Influence on Regional and Global Environments Experiment (FIREX). Canopy, litter, duff, dead wood, and other fuel components were burned in combinations that represented realistic fuel complexes for several important western US coniferous and chaparral ecosystems including ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce, lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, chamise, and manzanita. In addition, dung, Indonesian peat, and individual coniferous ecosystem fuel …

The Use Of Time-Averaged Concentrations Of Metals To Predict The Toxicity Of Pulsed Complex Effluent Exposures To A Freshwater Alga, Brad M. Angel, Kathryn Goodwyn, Dianne F. Jolley, Stuart L. Simpson

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

Intermittent, fluctuating and pulsed contaminant discharges may result in organisms receiving highly variable toxicant exposures. This study investigated the toxicity of continuous and pulsed exposures of a complex, neutralised drainage water (NDW) and dissolved copper-spiked dilute NDW to the green alga, Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata. The effects of single pulses of between 1 and 48 h duration and continuous exposures (72 h) on algal growth rate inhibition were compared on a time-averaged concentration (TAC) basis. Algal growth rates generally recovered to control levels within 24e48 h of the pulse removal. Continuous exposures to NDW resulted in similar or marginally higher toxicity …

Emissions Of Trace Gases From Australian Temperate Forest Fires: Emission Factors And Dependence On Modified Combustion Efficiency, Elise-Andree Guerette, Clare Paton-Walsh, Maximilien Desservettaz, T E L Smith, Liubov Volkova, Christopher Weston, C P Meyer

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

We characterised trace gas emissions from Australian temperate forest fires through a mixture of open-path Fourier transform infrared (OP-FTIR) measurements and selective ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) and White cell FTIR analysis of grab samples. We report emission factors for a total of 25 trace gas species measured in smoke from nine prescribed fires. We find significant dependence on modified combustion efficiency (MCE) for some species, although regional differences indicate that the use of MCE as a proxy may be limited. We also find that the fire-integrated MCE values derived from our in situ on-the-ground open-path measurements are not …

Long Open-Path Measurements Of Greenhouse Gases In Air Using Near-Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, David W. T Griffith, Denis Pohler, Stefan Schmitt, S. S. Hammer, S Vardag, Ulrich Platt

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

In complex and urban environments, atmospheric trace gas composition is highly variable in time and space. Point measurement techniques for trace gases with in situ instruments are well established and accurate, but do not provide spatial averaging to compare against developing high-resolution atmospheric models of composition and meteorology with resolutions of the order of a kilometre. Open-path measurement techniques provide path average concentrations and spatial averaging which, if sufficiently accurate, may be better suited to assessment and interpretation with such models. Open-path Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTS) in the mid-infrared region, and differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) in the UV and …

Students Use Of Exemplars To Support Academic Writing In Higher Education: An Integrative Review, Rebekah B. Carter, Yenna Salamonson, Lucie Ramjan, Elizabeth J. Halcomb

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

Background: Timely and meaningful feedback is essential to promote active learning and student engagement with learning. However, achieving this remains elusive, particularly in undergraduate nursing programs that admit large student cohorts. One strategy to provide meaningful en masse feedback is to provide feed-forward support by using exemplars. To date, there has been limited evaluation of the effectiveness of this feedback strategy.

Objective: To review the impact of using exemplars as a feedback strategy to support student academic writing in higher education.

Data Sources and Review Method: A systematic search of electronic databases for original research papers published …

Communicating A Diagnosis Of Dementia: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review Of Attitudes And Practices Of Health Practitioners, Lee-Fay Low, Margaret Mcgrath, Kate Swaffer, Henry Brodaty

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

The aim of this study is to systematically review practitioners' practices and attitudes in regards to communicating a diagnosis of dementia. A systematic search was conducted of Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed for English language original empirical papers. A sequential explanatory mixed studies analysis approach was used. Twenty-five quantitative descriptive, two intervention, six mixed methods descriptive and 21 qualitative studies were included. Pooled analysis showed that 34% of GPs and 48% of specialists usually/routinely tell the person with dementia their diagnosis, and 89% of GPs and 97% specialists usually/routinely tell the family the diagnosis. Euphemistic terms such as 'memory …

Vegetation History And Paleoclimate At Lake Dojran (Fyrom/Greece) During The Late Glacial And Holocene, Alessia Masi, Alexander Francke, Caterina Pepe, Matthias Thienemann, Bernd Wagner, Laura Sadori

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

A new high-resolution pollen and NPP (non-pollen palynomorph) analysis has been performed on the sediments of Lake Dojran, a transboundary lake located at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The sequence covers the last 12 500 years and provides information on the vegetational dynamics of the Late Glacial and Holocene for the southern Balkans. Robust age model, sedimentological diatom, and biomarker analyses published previously have been the base for a multi-perspective interpretation of the new palynological data. Pollen analysis revealed that the Late Glacial is characterized by steppic taxa with prevailing Amaranthaceae, Artemisia and …

Island-Hopping Study Shows The Most Likely Route The First People Took To Australia, Kasih Norman

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

The First Australians were among the world's earliest great ocean explorers, undertaking a remarkable 2,000km maritime migration through Indonesia which led to the discovery of Australia at least 65,000 years ago. But the voyaging routes taken through Indonesia's islands, and the location of first landfall in Australia, remain a much debated mystery to archaeologists. Our research, published earlier this year in Quaternary Science Reviews, highlights the most likely route by mapping islands in the region over time through changing sea levels.

Mhc Diversity And Female Age Underpin Reproductive Success In An Australian Icon; The Tasmanian Devil, Tracey Russell, Simeon Lisovski, Mats M. Olsson, Gregory Brown, Rebecca Spindler, Amanda Lane, Tamara Keeley, Chris Hibbard, Carolyn Hogg, Frederic Thomas, Katherine Belov, Beata Ujvari, Thomas R. Madsen

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

Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a highly contagious cancer, has decimated Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) numbers in the wild. To ensure its long-term survival, a captive breeding program was implemented but has not been as successful as envisaged at its launch in 2005. We therefore investigated the reproductive success of 65 captive devil pair combinations, of which 35 produced offspring (successful pairs) whereas the remaining 30 pairs, despite being observed mating, produced no offspring (unsuccessful pairs). The devils were screened at six MHC Class I-linked microsatellite loci. Our analyses revealed that younger females had a higher probability of being successful …

Eyes In The Sea: Unlocking The Mysteries Of The Ocean Using Industrial, Remotely Operated Vehicles (Rovs), Peter Macreadie, Dianne Mclean, Paul Thomson, Julian C. Partridge, Daniel O. B. Jones, Andrew Gates, Mark Benfield, Shaun Collin, David Booth, Luke Smith, Erika Techera, Danielle Skropeta, Tammy Horton, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Todd Bond, Ashley Fowler

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

For thousands of years humankind has sought to explore our oceans. Evidence of this early intrigue dates back to 130,000 BCE, but the advent of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in the 1950s introduced technology that has had significant impact on ocean exploration. Today, ROVs play a critical role in both military (e.g. retrieving torpedoes and mines) and salvage operations (e.g. locating historic shipwrecks such as the RMS Titanic), and are crucial for oil and gas (O & G) exploration and operations. Industrial ROVs collect millions of observations of our oceans each year, fueling scientific discoveries. Herein, we assembled a group …

Therapeutic Alliance In Dietetic Practice For Weight Loss: Insights From Health Coaching, Annaliese Nagy, Anne T. Mcmahon, Linda C. Tapsell, Frank P. Deane, Danielle Arenson

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

Aim: The psychological construct of 'therapeutic alliance' can be used to better understand the effectiveness of consultations, particularly goal setting for weight management. We analysed audio-recorded health coaching sessions during a weight loss trial to explore relationships between therapeutic alliance and various contextual factors. Methods: Audio recordings of 50 health coaching sessions were analysed. After assessing fidelity to the protocol, therapeutic alliance was measured using an adapted Working Alliance Inventory Observer-rated Short Version (WAI-O-S), and examined by (i) identifying relationships between contextual factors and WAI-O-S scores (Spearman's coefficients); (ii) testing the impact of preparatory exercises and body mass index on …

High-Sensitivity Troponin T And C-Reactive Protein Have Different Prognostic Values In Hemo- And Peritoneal Dialysis Populations: A Cohort Study, Titi Chen, Hicham Ibrahim Cheikh Hassan, Pierre Qian, Monica Vu, Angela Makris

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

Background--Dialysis patients have an exceedingly high mortality rate. Biomarkers may be useful tools in risk stratification of this population. We evaluated the prognostic value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and CRP (C-reactive protein) in predicting adverse outcomes in stable hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. Variability in hs-cTnT was also examined. Methods and Results--A retrospective cohort study included 574 dialysis patients (hemodialysis 347, PD 227). Outcomes examined included mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events, with median follow-up of 3.5 years. hs-cTnT was an independent predictor of both outcomes in hemodialysis and PD patients. Increased risk only became significant when …

Recognition And Management Of Avr Stemi: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Ruan Vlok, Hannah Kempton, Thomas M. Melhuish, Joshua Wall, Astin Lee, Leigh D. White

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

Identification of ST elevation on the electrocardiogram (ECG) is the cornerstone of diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). While lesion localisation can usually be achieved by regional ST-elevation patterns on ECG, clinicians often neglect changes in the ST segment of lead aVR, possibly contributing to delayed recognition and poorer outcomes for these patients. This study compared the 'door-to-balloon time' and peak troponins - as a surrogate marker of infarct size - for patients presenting with STEMI with ST-segment elevation in aVR compared with those patients without elevation in aVR. A total of 179 patients, including 17 patients presenting with ST-elevation …

The Dynamic Topography Of Eastern China Since The Latest Jurassic Period, Xianzhi Cao, Nicolas Flament, R. Dietmar Muller, Sanzhong Li

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

Some changes in the topography of eastern China since Late Jurassic times cannot be well explained by lithospheric deformation. Here we analyze global mantle flow models to investigate how mantle‐driven long‐wavelength topography may have contributed to shaping the surface topography of eastern China. Paleodrainage directions suggest that a southward tilted topography once existed in eastern North China in the latest Jurassic Period, which is different from that at present day (southeastward tilting). Our model dynamic topography reveals a southward tilting topography between 160 and 150 Ma, followed by southeastward tilting and rapid subsidence, which is compatible with paleodrainage directions and …

Global Tectonic Reconstructions With Continuously Deforming And Evolving Rigid Plates, Michael Gurnis, Ting Yang, John Cannon, Mark Turner, Simon E. Williams, Nicolas Flament, R. Dietmar Muller

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

Traditional plate reconstruction methodologies do not allow for plate deformation to be considered. Here we present software to construct and visualize global tectonic reconstructions with deforming plates within the context of rigid plates. Both deforming and rigid plates are defined by continuously evolving polygons. The deforming regions are tessellated with triangular meshes such that either strain rate or cumulative strain can be followed. The finite strain history, crustal thickness and stretching factor of points within the deformation zones are tracked as Lagrangian points. Integrating these tools within the interactive platform GPlates enables specialized users to build and refine deforming plate …

Earliest Known Hominin Activity In The Philippines By 709 Thousand Years Ago, Thomas Ingicco, Gerrit D. Van Den Bergh, C Jago-On, J-J Bahain, M G. Chacón, Noel Amano, H Forestier, C King, K Manalo, Sebastien Nomade, A Pereira, M C. Reyes, A M. Semah, Q Shao, P Voinchet, C Falgueres, P C.H Albers, M Lising, George A. Lyras, Dida Yurnaldi, P Rochette, Angel Bautista, John De Vos

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

Over 60 years ago, stone tools and remains of megafauna were discovered on the Southeast Asian islands of Flores, Sulawesi and Luzon, and a Middle Pleistocene colonization by Homo erectus was initially proposed to have occurred on these islands. However, until the discovery of Homo floresiensis in 2003, claims of the presence of archaic hominins on Wallacean islands were hypothetical owing to the absence of in situ fossils and/or stone artefacts that were excavated from well-documented stratigraphic contexts, or because secure numerical dating methods of these sites were lacking. As a consequence, these claims were generally treated with scepticism. Here …

Interglacial-Glacial Climatic Signatures Preserved In A Regressive Coastal Barrier, Southeastern Australia, Thomas S. Oliver, David Kennedy, Toru Dr Toru Tamura, Colin V. Murray-Wallace, Teresa Konlechner, Paul Augustinus, Colin D. Woodroffe

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

Regressive barriers persisting in the landscape over interglacial-glacial cycles are important repositories of paleoclimatic signatures such as past sea level and regional aridity. The Gippsland region of Victoria contains a multi-barrier system formed during past interglacial-glacial cycles and the late-Holocene. An extensive series of parallel foredune ridges forming the elongate inner barrier was sampled for luminescence dating with ages indicating deposition ca.125,000-108,000 years ago coinciding with the later phase of the Last Interglacial (LIG) Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5e and the transition to MIS 5d. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) imaged beach-face reflectors within the LIG barrier indicate that sea level …

Reply To Comments On Clarkson Et Al. (2017) 'Human Occupation Of Northern Australia By 65,000 Years Ago', Christopher Clarkson, Richard G. Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs, Ben Marwick, Richard Fullagar, Lee J. Arnold, Quan Hua

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

We thank the authors for their comments in the previous issue of Australian Archaeology. The 2012-2015 research at Madjedbebe offers a new and comprehensive look at the early occupation of Sahul and adds substantially to our knowledge of the timing of that event and the behaviour of the first people to enter the region. Establishing occupation of northern Australia by 65 ± 6 thousand years ago (ka, with the uncertainty expressed at 95.4% probability) pushes human presence in the Top End back beyond the earliest ages so far reported for other Australian sites by c. 5,000-15,000 years ,thus raising interesting …

High-Resolution Inversion Of Omi Formaldehyde Columns To Quantify Isoprene Emission On Ecosystem-Relevant Scales: Application To The Southeast Us, Jennifer Kaiser, Daniel J. Jacob, Lei Zhu, Katherine R. Travis, Jenny A. Fisher, Gonzalo Abad, Lin Zhang, Xuesong Zhang, Alan Fried, John D. Crounse, Jason M. St. Clair, Armin Wisthaler

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

Isoprene emissions from vegetation have a large effect on atmospheric chemistry and air quality. "Bottom-up" isoprene emission inventories used in atmospheric models are based on limited vegetation information and uncertain land cover data, leading to potentially large errors. Satellite observations of atmospheric formaldehyde (HCHO), a high-yield isoprene oxidation product, provide "top-down" information to evaluate isoprene emission inventories through inverse analyses. Past inverse analyses have however been hampered by uncertainty in the HCHO satellite data, uncertainty in the time- and NOx-dependent yield of HCHO from isoprene oxidation, and coarse resolution of the atmospheric models used for the inversion. Here we demonstrate …

An Evaluation Of The Nursing Care Of Renal Transplant Recipients: A Qualitative Study, Kylie Turner, Tania Burns, Shelley Tranter

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

Due to the complexity of their medical management, renal transplant recipients are actively encouraged to self-manage their own medication regimens, diet and lifestyle modifications after transplant. Motivation for this study arose from comments made by hospitalised renal transplant recipients regarding aspects of their clinical care that were not given high priority by the ward nurses. The aim of this study was to investigate renal transplant recipients' experience of the care they received while they were inpatients on the renal ward. In this qualitative study the stories of 12 renal transplant recipients were used to evaluate how they felt about their …