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100th volume editorial

101 strategies for recruiting and retaining members

  • Authors: Harman, Jessie , Smith, Jenny
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Book
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  • Description: Developed for Rotary International the book has been distributed in Australia and overseas, and has been recognised by Rotary International in Evanstown, USA, as a first class resource for Rotary Clubs. Rotary Clubs throughout Australia, New Zealand and United States are using the book to inform recruitment and retention strategies for Rotary volunteers
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12 Crack Men

  • Authors: Forbes, Rodney
  • Date: 2010
  • Type: Text , Visual art work
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  • Description: Curation of solo exhibition, Churchill, Australia.

12.22 : Seismic performance of high capacity hybrid beam‐columns : comprising of high strength steel tubes subjected to lateral cyclic loading

  • Authors: Javidan, Fatemeh , Heidarpour, Amin , Zhao, Xiao‐Ling , Al‐Mahaidi, Riadh
  • Date: 2017
  • Type: Text , Conference paper
  • Relation: EUROSTEEL 2017, September 13–15, 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark Vol. 1, p. 3661-3670
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  • Description: ABSTRACT High strength and ultra‐high strength materials are widely used in industrial applications significantly increasing the load bearing capacity and reducing the overall weight and cost. The present study continues a series of experimental investigations on innovative fabricated hybrid sections consisting of high strength steel tubes welded to mild steel plates. This type of innovative section is proposed with the aim of promoting the application of high and ultra‐high tensile steel in construction, taking advantage of the load‐bearing capacity of these materials along with the coupled effect of ductile mild steel plates. Large‐scale hybrid columns are tested under a combination of axial load and lateral cyclic load using a multi‐axis substructure testing (MAST) facility. Lateral cyclic loadings are applied along with constant axial loads of which the hysteretic curves are obtained for various grades of steel tubes, namely, mild steel tube (grade 300), high strength steel tube (grade 800) and ultra‐high strength steel tube (grade1200). Test results are analysed to examine the seismic performance of these proposed innovative sections and obtain the combined axial and lateral cyclic capacities, drifts, strains and plastic hinge distributions along the beam‐columns. The effect of tube material is considered and the axial shortening observations are compared to constant compression. The experimental outcomes of this paper can be incorporated in nonlinear modelling of structures consisting of ultra‐high strength steel tubes.

121 Telomere attrition is attenuated in ultra-marathon runners

  • Authors: Denham, Joshua , Nankervis, Scott , Debiec, Radek , Harvey, Jack , Pascoe, Deborah , Marques, Francine , O’Brien, Brendan , Zukowska-Szczechowska, Ewa , Tomaszewski, Maciej , Charchar, Fadi
  • Date: 2012
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Hypertension Vol. 30, no. e-Supplement (September 2012), p. e37
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  • Description: Background: Leukocyte telomere length is a marker of biological ageing and its shortening is associated with cardiovascular disease. Engagement in regular moderate-intensity physical activity is a recognised method of cardiovascular disease prevention. However, it is not clear whether repeated exposure to ultra-strenuous physical exercise is beneficial long-term and whether it may attenuate biological ageing. Methods: We compared leukocyte telomere length in context of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction between 67 male ultra-marathon runners and 67 age-, sex- and BMI-matched apparently healthy controls. Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and leukocyte telomere length was measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays. Adhesion molecules (sICAM-1, sE-selectin) and inflammatory markers (IL-6, C-reactive protein) concentrations were measured in 67 ultra-marathon runners by quantitative sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique, high-sensitive immunoassay and ultra-sensitive double antibody sandwich ELISA, respectively. Results: Adjusted (for age, BMI, blood pressure and lipids) leukocyte telomere length was approximately 13.8% greater in the ultra-marathon runners than in the controls (P<0.001). This translates into approximately 32.9 years difference in age-related telomere length attrition. There was a strong negative linear correlation between sICAM-1 and leukocyte telomere length in the ultra-marathon runners (r=-0.33; P=0.007) and this association retained its statistical significance after adjustment for age, BMI, blood pressure and lipids in multiple regression (P=0.026). Conclusion: Prolonged, intense physical exercise may attenuate cellular ageing possibly through a protective effect on endothelial function.
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125th Anniversary Review: Bacteria in brewing: The good, the bad and the ugly

  • Authors: Vriesekoop, Frank , Krahl, Moritz , Hucker, Barry , Menz, Garry
  • Date: 2013
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of the Institute of Brewing Vol. 118, no. 4 (2013), p. 335-345
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  • Description: Beer is a beverage that is produced in a multistage process, where some stages of that process are intentionally influenced by microorganisms, while at other stages of the production process microorganisms are actively discouraged. Most of the intentional microbial activity is facilitated by yeast; however bacteria also play an influential role in beer production. This paper will describe the beneficial role of bacteria in the beer production process (the Good), but will also pay due attention to the negative influences bacteria might have on the quality of beer as a commodity (the Bad), and the properties of beer that have given it the status of an inherently safe food for human consumption with regards to disease-causing bacteria (the Ugly). Copyright (C) 2013 The Institute of Brewing & Distilling
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13 and 32

  • Authors: Hodgson, Tom
  • Date: 2005
  • Type: Text , Live performance
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  • Description: Performance by Tom Hodgson in the short film '13 and 32' by Sue Healy. Research is related to the use of dance as a visual stimulus for experiments in memory and perception. The work created was commissioned by the University of Western Sydney. Research contribution: Investigation into dance dynamics as a visual stimulus through an intensive workshop and improvisation period. This led to further and ongoing research by the University. The significance of this outcome is advancement in scientific research. It integrates Science and Art to create mutually beneficial work. The creation of a finished dance piece motivated from a purely research based initiative.

13 days and counting : A mutual support model for young, homeless women in crisis

  • Authors: Green, Rosemary , Mason, Robyn , Ollerenshaw, Alison
  • Date: 2004
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Youth Studies Australia Vol. 23, no. 2 (2004), p. 46-50
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  • Description: An innovative program in rural Victoria matches young homeless women with older homeless women and provides them with a range of support services.The result is more stability in the accommodation setting, mutual benefit and satisfaction for clients, and impressive rates of permanent housing outcomes.
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15 July 1851 - Hargreaves discovers gold at Ophir : Australia's 'golden age'

170 years of Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii arrivals in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory show no change in arrival date

  • Authors: Wilson, David , Hansen, Birgita , Honan, Jodie , Chamberlain, Richard
  • Date: 2017
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Australian Field Ornithology Vol. 34, no. (2017), p. 76-79
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  • Description: An understanding of migration phenology is critical to the conservation of long-distance migrants. Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii is a cryptic, dispersed migratory wader that breeds in northern Japan during the austral winter and migrates to Australia for the non-breeding period. Records of this species for New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) were extracted from a range of data sources including hunting reports, the Atlas of Living Australia, eBird and citizen science records, generating a dataset of first-arrival dates for 170 years (1846-2016). The first record in each year, corresponding to the expected arrival period of Latham's Snipe on southward migration, was used to infer the date of first arrival. These dates were analysed using simple linear regression against Julian day to test the hypothesis that changes in climate (i.e. increasing mean annual temperature) might result in a corresponding shift in arrival dates. The mean Julian day of first arrivals in NSW and the ACT was 14 August ± 9 days, with no significant change over the 170-year span of records. This suggests that migration phenology of Latham's Snipe has not been strongly influenced by changing large-scale climatic conditions at either the breeding or non-breeding grounds.

1958-2008 : how access to VET qualifications has changed in Australia

  • Authors: Smith, Erica
  • Date: 2008
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Education and Training Vol. 50, no. 1 (2008), p. 43-46
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  • Description: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a reflection on the growth in qualifications available through work, over the 50 years of Education and Training. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted is that of providing a viewpoint, reflecting back on the availability of qualifications today compared with the 1950s. Findings – The growth in the availability of qualifications has meant that a greater proportion of the workforce now hold qualifications, and particularly that people outside traditional trades can gain work-related qualifications. The changes have advantaged those in service industries and jobs previously not regarded as skilled. They have especially assisted women and have paralleled the increased participation of women in the workforce. However the current favourable situation has some fragility. Originality/value – This paper is one of a series commissioned by the journal on its 50th anniversary.
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1968 : Victorian anti-war movement gets an injection

  • Authors: Butler, Nicholas
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Before/Now : Journal of the collaborative Research Centre in Australian History (CRCAH) Vol. 1, no. 1 (2019), p. 11-26
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  • Description: When the 'baby-boomers' had reached university age, their understandings, habits and behaviours often collided with the political discourse of their parents' generation. By 1968, the Monash University Labor Club, fresh from its campaign to raise money for the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF), had discarded the mantle of Labor reformism and set itself on a path of a radical communist activism that scorned the efforts of the Communist Party (CPA) to contain its enthusiasm. In concert with similarly leaning student clubs at the other two Victorian universities it turned its attention to the protest movement outside the university, against conscription and the Vietnam Wm: That brought the inevitable clash with the older established anti war movement led by a loose blend of ALP, CPA, church groups and unions. This process led, in Scalmer's classification of protest actions, to the mode of political demonstrations leaping radically from 'staging' to 'disruption.'

2010 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award

  • Authors: Atkins, Rosalind
  • Date: 2010
  • Type: Text , Visual art work
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  • Description: Fremantle Arts Centre

2010 Silk Cut Award For Lincocut Prints

  • Authors: Atkins, Rosalind
  • Date: 2010
  • Type: Text , Visual art work
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2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines

2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines

2022 World Hypertension League, resolve to save lives and International Society of Hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action

27th Shell Fremantle Print Award

  • Authors: Mann, Allan
  • Date: 2002
  • Type: Text , Visual art work
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2D and 3D numerical analysis on strut responses due to one-strut failure

  • Authors: Zhang, Wengang , Zhang, Runhong , Fu, Yinrong , Goh, A.T.C , Zhang, Fan
  • Date: 2018
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Geomechanics and Engineering Vol. 15, no. 4 (2018), p. 965-972
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  • Description: In deep braced excavations, struts and walers play an essential role in the whole supporting system. For multi-level strut systems, accidental strut failure is possible. Once a single strut fails, it is possible for the loads carried from the previous failed strut to be transferred to the adjacent struts and therefore cause one or more struts to fail. Consequently, progressive collapse may occur and cause the whole excavation system to fail. One of the reasons for the Nicoll Highway Collapse was attributed to the failure of the struts and walers. Consequently, for the design of braced excavation systems in Singapore, one of the requirements by the building authorities is to perform one-strut failure analyses, in order to ensure that there is no progressive collapse when one strut was damaged due to a construction accident. Therefore, plane strain 2D and three-dimensional (3D) finite element analyses of one-strut failure of the braced excavation system were carried out in this study to investigate the effects of one-strut failure on the adjacent struts.

2D dynamic analysis of cracks and interface cracks in piezoelectric composites using the SBFEM

  • Authors: Li, Chao , Song, Chongmin , Man, Hou , Ooi, Ean Tat , Gao, Wei
  • Date: 2014
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: International Journal of Solids and Structures Vol. 51, no. 11-12 (June 2014), p. 2096-2108
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  • Description: The dynamic stress and electric displacement intensity factors of impermeable cracks in homogeneous piezoelectric materials and interface cracks in piezoelectric bimaterials are evaluated by extending the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM). In this method, a piezoelectric plate is divided into polygons. Each polygon is treated as a scaled boundary finite element subdomain. Only the boundaries of the subdomains need to be discretized with line elements. The dynamic properties of a subdomain are represented by the high order stiffness and mass matrices obtained from a continued fraction solution, which is able to represent the high frequency response with only 3-4 terms per wavelength. The semi-analytical solutions model singular stress and electric displacement fields in the vicinity of crack tips accurately and efficiently. The dynamic stress and electric displacement intensity factors are evaluated directly from the scaled boundary finite element solutions. No asymptotic solution, local mesh refinement or other special treatments around a crack tip are required. Numerical examples are presented to verify the proposed technique with the analytical solutions and the results from the literature. The present results highlight the accuracy, simplicity and efficiency of the proposed technique.