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Recovery And Mental Health Care: Views Of Ed Nurses, Donna Marynowski-Traczyk, Lorna Moxham, Marc Broadbent

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The demand for acute and emergency mental health care exceeds current supply of available services and it is well documented that registered nurses are increasingly caring for consumers with a mental illness as part of their daily work.

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Getting Older, Feeling Safe, Taking Risks, Brenda Happell, Leonie Clancy, Lorna J. Moxham

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Risk has certainly become entrenched in the language of contemporary health care. Risk assessments are presented as part of good quality practice, reflecting the view that risk is a bad thing and should be avoided at all cost.

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Rural Placements Are Effective For Teaching Medicine In Australia: Evaluation Of A Cohort Of Students Studying In Rural Placements, H H. Birden, I Wilson

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Introduction: Medical education in Australia is increasingly delivered through longitudinal placements in general practice and other community settings. Early meaningful exposure to patients has been shown to improve the transition from medical student to junior doctor. This study examines the experience of the first year cohort of the University of Western Sydney (UWS) Medical School long-term rural placement students. Results have been placed in the context of other published results for rural training schemes, comparing and contrasting the present results to those of others. Methods: Students undertaking a rural placement in their final year of the UWS medical program (n=21) …

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Quality Of Life For People With Schizophrenia: A Literature Review, Amira Alshowkan, Janette Curtis, Yvonne White

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Objective: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the study and evaluation of the quality of life for people with schizophrenia. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive literature review on the quality of life for people with schizophrenia who are living in the community. Method: An integrative literature review was undertaken to review literature in the field of medical/mental health in relevant databases. Results: A total of 21 studies were reviewed and categorised according to three themes identified from the literature: the quality of life and socio-demographic characteristics of people with schizophrenia; the …

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Participatory Action Research: Relevance And Use For Contemporary Nursing Research, Lorna Moxham

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This paper will demonstrate how, using a collaborative, inclusive research methodology, positive impacts on clinical practice and enhanced client outcomes can be achieved.

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Collegiate Presence: An Innovation In Understanding Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Marc Broadbent, Lorna Moxham, Trudy Dwyer

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Interdisciplinary collaboration is a cornerstone of healthcare service delivery across the globe. This presentation reports on an ethnographic study that examined the interdisciplinary relationships between emergency department (ED) triage nurses and mental health triage nurses who collaborate to deliver care to clients presenting with a mental illness.

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Perceived Coping & Concern Predict Terrorism Preparedness In Australia, Garry Stevens, Kingsley Agho, Melanie Taylor, Alison L. Jones, Margo Barr, Beverley Raphael

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Background In the aftermath of major terrorist incidents research shows population shifts towards protective behaviours, including specific preparedness and avoidance responses. Less is known about individual preparedness in populations with high assumed threat but limited direct exposure, such as Australia. In this study we aimed to determine whether individuals with high perceived coping and higher concern would show greater preparedness to respond to terrorism threats. Methods Adults in New South Wales (NSW) completed terrorism perception and response questions as part of computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) in 2010 (N=2038). Responses were weighted against the NSW population. Multiple logistic regression analyses …

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Chemical Composition And Biological Activities Of The Essential Oil From Leaves Of Cleidion Javanicum Bl, Duangsuree Sanseera, Wirat Niwatananun, Boonsom Liawruangrath, Saisunee Liawruangrath, Apiwat Baramee, Stephen G. Pyne

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The essential oil from the leaves of Cleidion javanicum Bl. was isolated by hydrodistillation with the percentage yield of 0.003 % as a pale yellow liquid. The composition of the essential oil was analysed by means of GC-(FID) and GC-MS. Ten constituents accounting for 92.60% total oil were identified. The major components were ethyl linoleolate (32.12 %), hexadecanoic acid (26.77 %), trans-phytol (24.64 %) and iso-phytol (4.80 %). The antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant activities and cytotoxicity test of this essential oil were investigated. The oil showed non-cytotoxic effects against Vero cells (African green monky kidney) because it inhibited more than 50 …

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Isolation, Biological Activities, And Synthesis Of The Natural Casuarines, Thunwadee Ritthiwigrom, Stephen G. Pyne

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This chapter describes the isolation, structure elucidation, glycosidase inhibitory activities, and the synthesis of the four naturally occurring casuarines. These are casuarine, casuarine-6-O-α-d-glucoside, 6-epi-casuarine (uniflorine A), and 3-epi-casuarine.

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Chemical Constituents And Antioxidant And Biological Activities Of The Essential Oil From Leaves Of Solanum Spirale, Sukanya Keawsa-Ard, Boonsom Liawruangrath, Saisunee Liawruangrath, Aphiwat Teerawutgulrag, Stephen G. Pyne

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The essential oil of the leaves Solanium spirale Roxb. was isolated by hydrodistillation and analyzed for the first time using GC and GC-MS. Thirty-nine constituents were identified, constituting 73.36% of the total chromatographical oil components. (E)-Phytol (48.10%), n-hexadecanoic acid (7.34%), beta-selinene (3.67%), alpha-selinene (2.74%), octadecanoic acid (2.12%) and hexahydrofarnesyl acetone (2.00%) were the major components of this oil. The antioxidant activity of the essential oil was evaluated by using the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging assay. The oil exhibited week antioxidant activity with an IC50 of 41.89 mg/mL. The essential oil showed significant antibacterial activity against both Gram-negative Escherichia coli and …

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C-Amp Dependent Protein Kinase A Inhibitory Activity Of Six Algal Extracts From South Eastern Australia And Their Fatty Acid Composition, Ana Zivanovic, Danielle Skropeta

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c-AMP dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A, PKA) is an important enzyme involved in the regulation of an increasing number of physiological processes including immune function, cardiovascular disease, memory disorders and cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the PKA inhibitory activity of a range of algal extracts, along with their fatty acid composition. Six algal species were investigated including two Chlorophyta (Codium dimorphum and Ulva lactuca), two Phaeophyta (Phyllospora comosa and Sargassum sp.) and two Rhodophyta (Prionitis linearis and Corallina vancouveriensis), with the order of PKA inhibitory activity of their extracts identified as follows: brown seaweeds > red …

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Anthropogenic Factors And Nutrient Variability Along The Coral Coast, Fiji, Ulukalesi Tamata, John Morrison

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Coral reefs the world over are being threatened by anthropogenic factors, one of the most significant being nutrient enrichment of the coastal waters. The Coral Coast region, in south-western Viti Levu, Fiji, has undergone very rapid development since the 1970s. Observations by local communities and the few sporadic studies conducted in the area have shown progressive degradation of the fringing reefs and deterioration of the water quality. In the present study, while water column nutrient concentrations showed high variability, averages over a long period of monitoring showed clear associations between anthropogenic effects and water quality. Nutrient concentrations were highly variable, …

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The Tangarutu Invertebrate Fauna, Katherine Szabo, Atholl Anderson

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The island of Rapa presents an interesting lens through which to investigate human decisionmaking and resource-use patterns in a marginal environment. In addition to being small and isolated, Rapa is climatically marginal, being positioned on the southern fringe of the tropical Indo-West Pacific marine province. Most obviously, this geographical situation translates to restricted species diversity, with a great many common tropical taxa not able to survive the conditions. However, as pointed out by Preece (1995:345), it would be a mistake to see the marine fauna of marginal Polynesian islands as simply an impoverished subset of the tropical Indo-West Pacific community. …

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The Human-Clothing Interface: Degrading And Enhancing Thermal Homeostasis, Nigel A.S. Taylor

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Innovative Initiatives To Gauge The Student Experience In An Undergraduate Bachelor Of Nursing Programme, Dominique Parrish

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A key factor in the success of higher education institutions is their ability to appreciate student experience and integrate this awareness into the generation of institutional priorities (Poindexter 2006). Australian universities annually administer a number of surveys that are designed to collect data about the student experience. Universities receive detailed reports presenting the findings from these surveys. These reports are disseminated to faculties and schools and provide different insights and have varying degrees of significance to the multiple stakeholders. However, evidence suggests that the utilisation and informed strategic action in response to this valuable information is limited (Neumann 2000).

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Using Research To Identify Teaching And Learning Innovations That Will Better Prepare Nursing Students For Professional Practice, Dominique Parrish, Kay Crookes, Patrick A. Crookes

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

In Australia, data is collected by universities across students' institutional tenure to measure and monitor student learning, engagement and experience (DEEWR 2009). This data is often used to assess the performance of a subject, course, faculty or university and also to inform potential marketing materials and campaigns. However, there is very little data (if any) collected to enable universities to assess how well their educational programmes are preparing students for professional practice. This paper is based on a pilot study that aimed to address this gap by asking recent university graduates to provide some feedback on how their undergraduate nursing …

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Holocene Environmental Changes In Central Inner Mongolia Revealed By Luminescence Dating Of Sediments From The Sala Us River Valley, Sheng-Hua Li, Jimin Sun, Bo Li

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Luminescence dating of the fluvial and lacustrine sediments from the Sala Us River valley at the south edge of the Mu Us Desert, central Inner Mongolia, is reported. The study region lies in the northwestern marginal zone of the east Asian summer monsoon and is sensitive to climate change. The dating results combined with environmental proxies indicate that the Holocene Climate Optimum period, took place from 8.5 to 5 ka ago and was marked by lake development. After ~5 ka ago, the region became arid, as inferred from lake regression and fluvial activity. Deposition of fluvial sediments lasted from ~5 …

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Reply To Comment On: Medical Students On Long-Term Regional And Rural Placements: What Is The Financial Cost To Supervisors?, J N. Hudson, K M. Weston, E A. Farmer

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

Dear Editor, Thank you to Dr Emery for raising the issue of infrastructure required to host a long-term medical student while offering him/her a valuable learning opportunity1. To 'parallel consult' the student does indeed need a room fitted for consultation with patients and support from practice staff, as does any doctor working in the practice.

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Small Group Work In Large Chemistry Classes: Workshops In First Year Chemistry, Glennys O'Brien, Simon B. Bedford

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First year chemistry classes at UOW are large (>500), the student body is very diverse in academic background and the students are enrolled in a broad range of degree programmes in science and applied science. Although students in Engineering degrees have a separate one semester programme, all other students taking first year chemistry do the subjects CHEM101 (Autumn) and CHEM102 (Spring). The undergraduate degree programmes range from nutrition and dietetics through health and medical sciences to biological sciences, to the degree programs run by the School of Chemistry itself, being BSc(Chem), BMedChem and BNano. The diversity of student intake …

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Comments On Slee Et Al. (2012). A Reassessment Of Last Interglacial Deposits At Mary Ann Bay, Tasmania. Quaternary Australasia 29: 4-11, Colin V. Murray-Wallace, Eric A. Colhoun, Albert Goede, Patrick G. Quilty

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It is always pleasing to see additional work undertaken on sedimentary successions that are critical to the understanding of Quaternary environmental changes. The deposits at Mary Ann Bay, as with other last interglacial (MIS 5e; 128-118 ka) coastal-marine successions in Tasmania, are critical for demonstrating that the region has experienced a different relative sea-level history to mainland southeastern Australia, and that parts of Tasmania have been uplifted by 16-17 m since the last interglacial maximum. Unfortunately, the recently published paper by Slee et al. (2012) gives credence to two thermoluminescence (TL) ages which must be inaccurate. In uncritically accepting the …

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Reef-Scale Assessment Of Intertidal Large Benthic Foraminifera Populations On One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef And Their Future Carbonate Production Potential In A Warming Ocean, Steve S. Doo, Sarah Hamylton, Maria Byrne

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Populations of large benthic foraminiferans (LBFs) that inhabit coral reef platforms are major producers of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in reef ecosystems. This study documented the population density of living intertidal LBF populations at One Tree Reef (OTR), southern Great Barrier Reef, in a community dominated by Marginopora vertebralis and Baculogypsina sphaerulata. Densities of 7.7 × 103 M. vertebralis individuals (ind.)/m2 and 4.5 × 105 B. sphaerulata ind./m2 were estimated for these populations in May 2011. We applied remote-sensing technology to determine reef-scale estimates of suitable Foraminifera habitats and used these to estimate overall stocks of LBF populations on the intertidal …

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Catalysis In Silico, H Yu

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Abstract of paper presented at Sydney 2012 Joint AuPS/PSNZ/ASB Meeting, Dec 2- 5, UNSW Kensington Campus.

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Adapting General Practice Training To Meet The Evolving Health Care Needs Of Our Communities, Andrew Bonney, Simon Morgan, Parker Magin

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Abstract of workshop held at General Practice Education and Training Convention 2013, 11-12 September 2013, Perth.

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Survival And Subversion In The Neoliberal University, Natascha Klocker, Danielle Drozdzewski

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Response to the Participatory Geographies Research Group's 'Communifesto for Fuller Geographies: Towards Mutual Security', September 2012

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Hate Blood But Want A Career In Medicine? Don't Worry, There's A Job For You, Ian Wilson

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

Just before I finished high school, my local general practitioner suggested I consider medicine. But the thought of blood made me feel squeamish, so I went to university to do maths and physics, and to try the new field of computer science. Needing a fourth subject, I opted for biology so that my friend who also did biology could give me a lift to campus. I ended up becoming fascinated with biology, so much so that I wanted to study neuroscience, and I felt the best way into a research career was through medicine. Luckily, I was successful. As an …

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Bouncing Breasts: The Science Of The Sports Bra, Debbie Risius, Deirdre Mcghee

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If you're female and exercise, a certain amount of breast movement is inevitable. But bosom movement extends beyond bouncing up and down - it also involves moving side to side, which impacts on breast health.

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Armageddon And Its Aftermath: Dating The Toba Super-Eruption, Richard G. Roberts

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

No-one alive today has witnessed a volcanic eruption remotely as big as the Toba "super" eruption. But our ancestors may have done, tens of thousands of years ago, when northern Sumatra exploded, creating a caldera now filled by the largest volcanic lake on Earth, measuring 100km by 30km and 0.5km at its deepest. But when, exactly, did it happen?

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Fossils Of Stegodon And Varanus Komodoensis Sumba And Flores: A Pleistocene Landbridge, Erick Setiyabudi, Iwan Kurniawan, Gerrit Van Den Bergh

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Abstract of a paper that presented at the 2012 Ikatan Ahli Geologi Indonesia Annual Meeting.

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Conservation Planning In A Cross-Cultural Context: The Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Project In The Kimberley, Western Australia, Heather Moorcroft, Emma Ignjic, Stuart Cowell, John Goonack, Sylvester Mangolomara, Janet Oobagooma, Regina Karadada, Dianna Williams, Neil Waina

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This article illustrates how a conservation planning approach combined Indigenous knowledge and Western science to support Indigenous Traditional Owners to make decisions about managing their ancestral lands and seas, and communicate more strategically with external stakeholders.

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Changes In Forest Structure Over 60 Years: Tree Densities Continue To Increase In The Pilliga Forests, New South Wales, Australia, Robyn K. Whipp, I D. Lunt, Peter G. Spooner, Ross A. Bradstock

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"Studies of long-term vegetation changes are critical for enhancing our understanding of successional dynamics in natural ecosystems. Bycomparing forest inventory data from the 1940s against field data from 2005, we document changes in stand structure over 60 years in forests co-dominated by Callitris glaucophylla J. Thompson & L. Johnson, Allocasuarina luehmannii (R. Baker) L. Johnson and Eucalyptus crebra F.Muell., in central Pilliga, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Sampling was stratified across two forest types and across a 1951 wildfire boundary, to assess the effects of initial stand structure and early disturbance on stand dynamics. Stems in the size range tallied …

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Recovery And Mental Health Care: Views Of Ed Nurses, Donna Marynowski-Traczyk, Lorna Moxham, Marc Broadbent

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

Getting Older, Feeling Safe, Taking Risks, Brenda Happell, Leonie Clancy, Lorna J. Moxham

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

Rural Placements Are Effective For Teaching Medicine In Australia: Evaluation Of A Cohort Of Students Studying In Rural Placements, H H. Birden, I Wilson

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

Quality Of Life For People With Schizophrenia: A Literature Review, Amira Alshowkan, Janette Curtis, Yvonne White

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

Participatory Action Research: Relevance And Use For Contemporary Nursing Research, Lorna Moxham

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

Collegiate Presence: An Innovation In Understanding Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Marc Broadbent, Lorna Moxham, Trudy Dwyer

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

Perceived Coping & Concern Predict Terrorism Preparedness In Australia, Garry Stevens, Kingsley Agho, Melanie Taylor, Alison L. Jones, Margo Barr, Beverley Raphael

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

Chemical Composition And Biological Activities Of The Essential Oil From Leaves Of Cleidion Javanicum Bl, Duangsuree Sanseera, Wirat Niwatananun, Boonsom Liawruangrath, Saisunee Liawruangrath, Apiwat Baramee, Stephen G. Pyne

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

Isolation, Biological Activities, And Synthesis Of The Natural Casuarines, Thunwadee Ritthiwigrom, Stephen G. Pyne

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

Chemical Constituents And Antioxidant And Biological Activities Of The Essential Oil From Leaves Of Solanum Spirale, Sukanya Keawsa-Ard, Boonsom Liawruangrath, Saisunee Liawruangrath, Aphiwat Teerawutgulrag, Stephen G. Pyne

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

C-Amp Dependent Protein Kinase A Inhibitory Activity Of Six Algal Extracts From South Eastern Australia And Their Fatty Acid Composition, Ana Zivanovic, Danielle Skropeta

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

Anthropogenic Factors And Nutrient Variability Along The Coral Coast, Fiji, Ulukalesi Tamata, John Morrison

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

The Tangarutu Invertebrate Fauna, Katherine Szabo, Atholl Anderson

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

The Human-Clothing Interface: Degrading And Enhancing Thermal Homeostasis, Nigel A.S. Taylor

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

Innovative Initiatives To Gauge The Student Experience In An Undergraduate Bachelor Of Nursing Programme, Dominique Parrish

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

Using Research To Identify Teaching And Learning Innovations That Will Better Prepare Nursing Students For Professional Practice, Dominique Parrish, Kay Crookes, Patrick A. Crookes

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

Holocene Environmental Changes In Central Inner Mongolia Revealed By Luminescence Dating Of Sediments From The Sala Us River Valley, Sheng-Hua Li, Jimin Sun, Bo Li

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

Reply To Comment On: Medical Students On Long-Term Regional And Rural Placements: What Is The Financial Cost To Supervisors?, J N. Hudson, K M. Weston, E A. Farmer

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

Small Group Work In Large Chemistry Classes: Workshops In First Year Chemistry, Glennys O'Brien, Simon B. Bedford

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

Comments On Slee Et Al. (2012). A Reassessment Of Last Interglacial Deposits At Mary Ann Bay, Tasmania. Quaternary Australasia 29: 4-11, Colin V. Murray-Wallace, Eric A. Colhoun, Albert Goede, Patrick G. Quilty

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

Reef-Scale Assessment Of Intertidal Large Benthic Foraminifera Populations On One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef And Their Future Carbonate Production Potential In A Warming Ocean, Steve S. Doo, Sarah Hamylton, Maria Byrne

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

Catalysis In Silico, H Yu

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

Adapting General Practice Training To Meet The Evolving Health Care Needs Of Our Communities, Andrew Bonney, Simon Morgan, Parker Magin

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

Survival And Subversion In The Neoliberal University, Natascha Klocker, Danielle Drozdzewski

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

Hate Blood But Want A Career In Medicine? Don't Worry, There's A Job For You, Ian Wilson

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

Bouncing Breasts: The Science Of The Sports Bra, Debbie Risius, Deirdre Mcghee

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

Armageddon And Its Aftermath: Dating The Toba Super-Eruption, Richard G. Roberts

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

Fossils Of Stegodon And Varanus Komodoensis Sumba And Flores: A Pleistocene Landbridge, Erick Setiyabudi, Iwan Kurniawan, Gerrit Van Den Bergh

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

Conservation Planning In A Cross-Cultural Context: The Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Project In The Kimberley, Western Australia, Heather Moorcroft, Emma Ignjic, Stuart Cowell, John Goonack, Sylvester Mangolomara, Janet Oobagooma, Regina Karadada, Dianna Williams, Neil Waina

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Changes In Forest Structure Over 60 Years: Tree Densities Continue To Increase In The Pilliga Forests, New South Wales, Australia, Robyn K. Whipp, I D. Lunt, Peter G. Spooner, Ross A. Bradstock

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)