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A study of drug-reaction relationships in Australian drug safety data

- Mammadov, Musa, Saunders, Gary, Dekker, Evan

Authors: Mammadov, Musa , Saunders, Gary , Dekker, Evan
Date: 2003
Type: Text , Conference paper
Relation: Paper presented at the 2nd Australian Data Mining Workshop, Sydney, New South Wales : 8th December, 2003
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Description: The sparse nature of voluntarily reported drug safety data benefits from a system that consolidates the massive amount of data into a manageable format for analysis. This has been done for Australian drug safety data by the Australian Adverse Drug Reaction Advisory Committee (ADRAC) for reactions using the systems organ class (SOC) ontology. There has long been a need for a similar kind of grouping to apply to drugs in this type of data. In ADRAC, drugs are currently listed by trade-name, where only some of these trade-names were assigned anatomical-therapeutic-chemical classification (ATC) codes. We assigned an ATC code for each ADRAC trade-name and show that this ontology facilitates the detection of drug class / reaction class associations at various levels of specificity. This allows different views of these associations (even very rare ones) and their significance measured for the development of more sensitive signal detection methods. We report that this ATC classification enables both the grouping of association rule approach that is useful for studying rare associations, and the development of an adverse reaction signal detection method.
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Description: 2003000340

Dietary studies on exotic carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) from two lakes of western Victoria, Australia

- Khan, Tariq

Authors: Khan, Tariq
Date: 2003
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Aquatic Sciences Vol. 65, no. 3 (2003), p. 272-286
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Description: There is little published information on the impacts of exotic fishes in the shallow slightly saline, closed catchment lakes of western Victoria. The present study assessed the diet of exotic carp (Cyprinus carpio) from two lakes of western Victoria (Lake Colac and Lake Modewarre) between November 1999-September 2001, using a numerical and volumetric method of gut contents analysis. Carp larvae <2 cm total length fed exclusively on microcrustacea (Cladocera and Copepoda). At a mean total length of >2 cm carp larvae shifted their diet to include benthic food resources, but microcrustacea still dominated the larval diet. Small carp (≤15 cm) showed a high preference for microcrustacea and tended to avoid benthic macroinvertebrate food resources. As carp size increased the proportion of macroinvertebrates in gut contents increased. Medium (15-40 cm) and large sized carp (>40 cm) displayed broad food assemblages in their guts with microcrustacea, Gastropoda, Ostracoda, Amphipoda and detritus being dominant. Carp showed a selective preference for Diptera and a balanced preference for Amphipoda. Schoener's dietary overlap was high between small and medium carp (0.55-0.65) and medium and large carp (0.72-0.74) but was low between small and large carp (0.36-0.44). When considering only benthic macroinvertebrate food resources, Hurlbert's dietary overlap between size classes of carp remained reasonably low. There were no observable seasonal patterns in the diet of carp in the two lakes but the proportion of the food items in the gut varied between sampling occasions. This study identified the potential of exotic carp in altering lake function by feeding predominantly on microcrustacea, thus causing a 'top-down' trophic cascade.
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Description: 2003000549

Limnology of four saline lakes in western Victoria, Australia : I. Physico-chemical parameters

- Khan, Tariq

Authors: Khan, Tariq
Date: 2003
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Limnologica Vol. 33, no. 4 (2003), p. 316-326
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Description: Major physico-chemical parameters of four saline lakes (Lake Colac, Modewarre, Bolac and Tooliorook), in the volcanic plains of western Victoria (Australia), recorded bi-monthly between November 1999-September 2001 are described. Lakes are permanent, large (surface area range 3.5-29.6 km2) and shallow (mean depth range 1.5-3.9 m). Physico-chemical parameters revealed that lakes were homogenous with few differences between sites within lakes. Of the four lakes, Lake Modewarre had the highest salinity of 8 ppt with weak seasonal fluctuations in salinity in all the lakes. All the lakes were turbid (turbidity range 30-659 NTU), with low light penetration (suspended solids range 23-465 mg 1-1) and low Secchi depth (Secchi depth range 7.7-89 cm). pH of the lakes varied between 8.2-9.3 with low seasonal variations, indicating well buffered waters. Based on nutrient status, lakes were classified as eutrophic to highly eutrophic with higher nutrient concentrations. Nitrogen was limiting in one lake (Lake Colac) and phosphorus in the other three lakes. Meteorological events probably influence the physico-chemical parameters of these lakes strongly.
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Description: 2003000635

Limnology of four saline lakes in western Victoria, Australia : II. Biological parameters

- Khan, Tariq

Authors: Khan, Tariq
Date: 2003
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Limnologica Vol. 33, no. 4 (2003), p. 327-339
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Description: Major biological parameters of four permanent (Lake Colac, Modewarre, Bolac and Tooliorook), shallow and slightly saline lakes in the volcanic plains of western Victoria, Australia recorded bi-monthly between November 1999-September 2001 are described. Chlorophyll a concentration ranged from 3-29
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Description: 2003000634

New management practices and enterprise training in Australia

- Smith, Andy, Oczkowski, Edward, Noble, Charles, Macklin, Robert

Authors: Smith, Andy , Oczkowski, Edward , Noble, Charles , Macklin, Robert
Date: 2003
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: International Journal of Manpower Vol. 24, no. 1 (2003), p. 31-47
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Description: The widespread implementation of new management practices (NMPs) in industrialised countries has had a significant impact on employee training. Examines five NMPs: the learning organisation; total quality management; lean production/high performance work organisations; teamworking; and business process re-engineering. Focuses on the relationship between organisational change and training at the enterprise level. The research identified important findings in six key areas: small business; the use of the vocational education and training system; the importance of the individual; the nature of training; the importance of behavioural skills; and organisational change. The study confirmed that workplace change is a major driver of improved training provision in enterprises. It showed unambiguously that most NMPs are associated with higher levels of training. The integration of training with business strategy was found to be the most important factor in driving training across a wide range of training activities and appears to lead to an across the board boost to enterprise training in all its forms.
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Description: 2003007186

Public secrets/private pain : Difficulties encountered by victim/survivors of sexual assault in rural communities

- Taylor, Caroline

Authors: Taylor, Caroline
Date: 2003
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Women against violence: an Australian feminist journal Vol. 15, no. (2003), p. 12-21
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Description: It is an interesting contrast. On the one hand society has never been so aware and conscious of child sexual abuse and sexual violence against women and children, but despite this awareness the degree of denial, victim blaming, prejudice and ignorance around sexual abuse continues to pose challenges for those affected by such violence and those who work and research in this field (Taylor, 2002). This paper is concerned with identifying and articulating some of these ongoing challenges within a rural domain. Given both the author’s grass-roots involvement, activism and professional work in the field of sexual assault against women and children, this paper draws on relevant research literature concerned with sexual violence and rural communities, before utilising a case study and vignettes obtained either directly from victim/ survivors1 or from the author’s research in issues of sexual assault. It is my intention to bring together a small sample of experiences relating to sexual violence within rural domains to elucidate the very real and ongoing challenges that face those victim/survivors.
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Description: 2003000760

Understanding the dynamics of the Australian accounting profession : A prosopographical study of the founding members of the Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria, 1886 to 1908

- Carnegie, Garry, Edwards, John, West, Brian

Authors: Carnegie, Garry , Edwards, John , West, Brian
Date: 2003
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal Vol. 16, no. 5 (2003), p. 790-820
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Description: Numerous studies have examined the institutional setting of accounting as a professional occupation. However, institutional deeds and outcomes derive from the behaviour of individual actors, particularly those key players who drive the creation, policy development and outlook of practitioner associations. Recognising this, and in search of a more detailed understanding of the dynamics of professional formation, this study applies the prosopographical method of inquiry to accounting development in Australia during the period 1886 to 1908. Motives and actions are identified with the founding members of the Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria, during this formative era, which saw key personalities transfer their allegiance to the Australasian Corporation of Public Accountants. The beliefs, preferences and ambitions of individual participants are shown to exert significant influence over the process of professional formation, highlighting the capacity of prosopographical studies to augment the predominantly vocational and institutional focus of the prior sociology of professions literature.
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Description: 2003000616

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Australian women's stories of work and play

- Newton, Janice

Authors: Newton, Janice
Date: 2002
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Oral history Vol. 30, no. 1 (2002), p. 54-62
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Description: In the 1920s and 1930s working-class people from the inner suburbs of Melbourne, Australia took to the foothills of the nearby Dandenong ranges on weekends and public holidays to enjoy a bush picnic or holiday. It was a time in both Britain and Australia when working people were able to take family holidays in greater numbers. Unstructured interviews with former female visitors began with the purpose of gaining an insight into the leisure of the time. Information obtained along the way about working lives reinforced the importance of thinking about work and leisure in association with each other. The incidents that some women remembered from their working lives presented a strong and autonomous view of themselves. While such power could be seen as a realistic view of their holidays in the bush, it appears that the context of the interview relationship contributed to the highlighting of an assertive and lively work identity.
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Description: 2003000092

Complaint behaviour : A study of the differences between complainants about advertising in Australia and the population at large

- Volkov, Michael, Harker, Debra, Harker, Michael

Authors: Volkov, Michael , Harker, Debra , Harker, Michael
Date: 2002
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Journal of Consumer Marketing Vol. 19, no. 4 (2002), p. 319-332
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Description: Advertising expenditure has risen globally and in Australia there has been a 2.7-fold increase in the last ten years. It is suggested that some advertisements may be "unacceptable", that is, unfair, misleading, deceptive, offensive, false or socially irresponsible. This research is concerned with consumer behaviour and consumer complaint behaviour specifically in the area of advertising in Australia. The findings indicate that complainants are significantly different from the population at large. This research will afford the regulatory bodies a better understanding of the complaining public as well as educating marketing communications strategists in effectively reaching their target markets.

Estimating census district populations from satellite imagery : Some approaches and limitations

- Harvey, Jack

Authors: Harvey, Jack
Date: 2002
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: International Journal of Remote Sensing Vol. 23, no. 10 (2002), p. 2071-2095
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Description: Small-area population densities and counts were estimated for Australian census collection districts (CDs), using Landsat TM imagery. A number of mathematical and statistical refinements to previously reported methods were explored. The robustness of these techniques as a practical methodology for population estimation was investigated and evaluated using a primary image for model development and training, and a second image for validation. Correlations of up to 0.92 in the training set and up to 0.86 in the validation set were obtained between census and remote sensing estimates of CD population density, with median proportional errors of 17.4% and 18.4%, respectively. Total urban populations were estimated with errors of + 1% and - 3%, respectively. These results indicate a moderate level of accuracy and a substantial degree of robustness. Accuracy was greatest in suburban areas of intermediate population density. There was a general tendency towards attenuation in all models tested, with high densities being under-estimated and low densities being over-estimated. It is concluded that the level of accuracy obtainable with this methodology is limited by heterogeneity within the individual CDs, particularly large rural CDs, and that further improvements are in principle unlikely using the aggregated approach. An alternative statistical approach is foreshadowed.
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Networking tourism SMEs : E-commerce and e-marketing issues in regional Australia

- Braun, Patrice

Authors: Braun, Patrice
Date: 2002
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Information Technology and Tourism Vol. 5, no. 1 (2002), p. 13-23
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Description: Networks, knowledge, and relationships have become crucial assets to business survival in the new economy. Research indicates that network building is a major new source of competitive advantage and an essential regional and indeed global management requirement. Because regional policies encourage interfirm alliances and the development of regional economic communities, the fostering of a culture of connectivity, networking, learning, and trust between regional Australian small and medium- size tourism enterprises (SMTEs) may offer a potential solution to the possible loss of competitive advantage for Australian tourism enterprises. It is suggested that SMTEs would benefit from increased information flow through regional networking and cooperative e-marketing campaigns to enhance market visibility, global positioning, and strategic leverage in the new economy.
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Description: 2003000256

Opalescence in Australian-grown pecan kernels : Occurrence and causes

- Wakeling, Lara, Mason, Richard, D'Arcy, Bruce, Caffin, Nola

Authors: Wakeling, Lara , Mason, Richard , D'Arcy, Bruce , Caffin, Nola
Date: 2002
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Journal of Food Science Vol. 67, no. 8 (2002), p. 2873-2880
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Description: Opalescence is an unattractive browning of the interior of the pecan kernel compared to the white interior of normal kernels. The discoloration is due to the presence of free oil, resulting from decompartmentalization in the endosperm of opalescent pecans. Using a subjective scoring system, approximately 70% of Australian-grown pecan kernels tested were found to exhibit opalescence to some degree. Evaluation of kernels for opalescence during the harvesting-processing chain showed that opalescence first becomes evident in kernels after mechanical cracking. Opalescent kernels were found to have lower levels of calcium and higher amounts of oil compared to nonopalescent kernels. Differential scanning calorimetry showed that kernels do not freeze at -18°C.
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Rock art sites in Victoria, Australia : A management history framework

- Clark, Ian

Authors: Clark, Ian
Date: 2002
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Tourism Management Vol. 23, no. 5 (2002), p. 455-464
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Description: A recent examination of the management histories of a select number of rock art sites in the Grampians-Gariwerd National Park in southwest Victoria, Australia, has found that management decisions, research, and site interventions were often taking place in ignorance of what had gone before. Heritage site management is often conducted in an ad hoc manner with limited understanding of past planning and management. A framework for understanding the management history of indigenous rock art sites is presented. With some modification the framework could be applied to other indigenous cultural sites. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Seasonal and interannual variations in diatom assemblages in Murray River connected wetlands in north-west Victoria, Australia

- Gell, Peter, Sluiter, Ian, Fluin, J.

Authors: Gell, Peter , Sluiter, Ian , Fluin, J.
Date: 2002
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Marine and Freshwater Research Vol. 53, no. 6 (2002), p. 981-992
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Description: Epipelic diatom assemblages collected from three wetlands connected to the Murray River displayed considerable variation in response to flooding and drying phases. Murray River water input usually generated diatom assemblages dominated by Aulacoseira species. After isolation, the diatom flora of two wetlands shifted to assemblages of small Fragilariaceae forms. Elevated nutrient levels corresponded with the appearance of eutraphentic taxa such as Cyclotella meneghiniana, Eolimna subminuscula, Luticola mutica and Nitzschia palea. Further evapoconcentration induced shifts to taxa tolerant of elevated salinity levels including Amphora coffeaeformis, Navicula incertata, Staurophora salina and Tryblionella hungarica. Ordination analyses reveal a strong chemical control on the diatom taxa present in the wetlands, in accordance with known ecological preferences for salinity and nutrients. The influence of nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in controlling diatom assemblages was subordinate to salinity once conductivity values exceeded 1400 μS cm–1. The results of such biomonitoring provide a means of interpreting wetland history from fossil assemblages contained in sediment sequences.

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