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Conical decomposition and vector lattices with respect to several preorders

  • Authors: Baratov, Rishat , Rubinov, Alex
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics Vol. 10, no. 2 (2006), p. 265-298
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  • Description: The decomposition set-valued mapping in a Banach space E with cones K i,i = 1,..., n describes all decompositions of a given element on addends, such that addend i belongs to the i-th cone. We examine the decomposition mapping and its dual. We study conditions that provide the additivity of the decomposition mapping. For this purpose we introduce and study the Riesz interpolation property and lattice properties of spaces with respect to several preorders. The notion of 2-vector lattice is introduced and studied. Theorems that establish the relationship between the Riesz interpolation property and lattice properties of the dual spaces are given.
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  • Description: 2003001553

Consecutive magic graphs

  • Authors: Balbuena, Camino , Barker, Ewan , Lin, Yuqing , Miller, Mirka , Sugeng, Kiki Ariyanti
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Discrete Mathematics Vol. 306, no. 16 (2006), p. 1817-1829
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  • Description: Let G be a graph of order n and size e. A vertex-magic total labeling is an assignment of the integers 1, 2, ..., n + e to the vertices and the edges of G, so that at each vertex, the vertex label and the labels on the edges incident at that vertex, add to a fixed constant, called the magic number of G. Such a labeling is a-vertex consecutive magic if the set of the labels of the vertices is { a + 1, a + 2, ..., a + n }, and is b-edge consecutive magic if the set of labels of the edges is { b + 1, b + 2, ..., b + e }. In this paper we prove that if an a-vertex consecutive magic graph has isolated vertices then the order and the size satisfy (n - 1)
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  • Description: 2003001604

Contemporary ways of learning in secondary teacher education : Towards a deeper understanding of teacher learning

  • Authors: Brown, Maryann
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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  • Description: "The focus of this portfolio is an exploration of contemporary ways of learning in secondary teacher education."
  • Description: Doctor of Philosophy

Contesting the flag : The mixed messages of the Eureka flag

Cordial labelling of butterfly networks and mesh of trees

Corridor of viability : Complexity analysis for enterprise and investment

Coverage in WLAN : Optimization model and algorithm

Coverage in WLAN with minimum number of access points

Critical ethnography for school and community renewal around social class differences affecting learning

  • Authors: Smyth, John , Angus, Lawrence , Down, Barry , McInerney, Peter
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Learning communities Vol. 3, no. (2006), p. 121-152
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  • Description: Understanding and exploring complex and protracted social questions requires sophisticated investigative approaches. In this article we intend looking at a research approach capable of providing a better understanding of what is going on in schools, students and communities in "exceptionally challenging contexts" (Harris et al., 2006)-code for schools and communities that have as a result of wider social forces, been historically placed in situations of disadvantage.
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  • Description: 2003001884

Critical imagination : A pedagogy for engaging pre-service teachers in the university classroom

  • Authors: Cartwright, Patricia , Noone, Lynne
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: College Quarterly Vol. 9, no. 4 (2006), p.
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  • Description: In this paper we consider the aspect of teacher education which takes place, not in the school, but in the university classroom. Teaching about teaching, it is argued, must be grounded in students' understanding of the present, but must foster both hope and critique. Beginning from Maxine Greene's (2000) concept of imagination, this paper develops a notion of critical imagination as a way of conceptualizing a critical pedagogy in the university classroom. Two pedagogical strategies based on critical imagination are outlined and analyzed. Writing is prioritized as a pedagogical tool. Excerpts from our professional teaching journals, together with samples of students' writing in response to these strategies, clothe the strategies in the reality of teaching practice. We argue that the use of teaching strategies based on critical imagination as a means of 'jarring' students to think differently seems to move our students to think a little more humanely and a little more critically. But this is neither a simple nor unproblematic task.

Cultural explorations of time and space: Indigenous Australian artists-in residence, conventional narratives and children's text creation

  • Authors: Zeegers, Margaret
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Journal article
  • Relation: Papers: Explorations into children's literature Vol. 13, no. 1 (2006), p. 138-144
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  • Description: This paper details a project, funded by the University of Ballarat in Victoria, which addresses a local problem of schools' lack of acknowledgement of their being positioned on traditional owners' land. In addressing this issue, I am using two texts, My Place (Wheatley and Rawlins 1987) and Who am I? The Diary of Mary Talence (Heiss 2004) to engage the participants in discussions to make visible what has been invisible; that is, the issue of traditional Indigenous Australian ownership of the land on which the school is placed. Taking up notions of deconstruction from poststructuralist theory, I have looked to these texts as ways of disrupting the taken-for-granted occupation of public space, that is, I examine the language used to position the readers and 'yield up the ideologies that inform them' (Bradford 2001, p.9).
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  • Description: 2003001844

Curriculum change in China : A cross-cultural analysis of Chinese PE teachers` experience

Dancing

David Wynen Unplugged and Untapped

  • Authors: Wynen, David
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Visual art work
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  • Description: Live performance by David Wynen, Butterfly Club, Melbourne, 12 - 15 October 2006 (1.5 hours). The research component of this work involved collaborating with Jazz musician Christopher Prank in creating tap dances as acoustic works within a cabaret setting. Research involved developing a common vocabularly for both the dancer and the musician to communicate, and the development of eight dance pieces that could only be heard within an acoustic setting. This involved separating tap dance from what is predominantly known as a visual form. My research and its performance outcome held significance as this cabaret was the first of its kind in Australia.

Deconstructing the rational respondent - Derrida, Kant, and the duty of response

Depression following acute coronary syndromes : A comparison between the Cardiac Depression Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory II

  • Authors: Di Benedetto, Mirella , Lindner, Helen , Hare, David , Kent, Stephen
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol. 60, no. 1 (2006), p. 13-20
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  • Description: Objective: This study compared the Cardiac Depression Scale (CDS) and the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II). Method: Depression was assessed in 81 participants, 2 weeks post-ACS, using the BDI-II and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Results: The CDS had a strong concurrent validity with the BDI-II (r=.69). Cross-validation of the BDI-II and the CDS with the structured interview demonstrated the ability of both measures to detect severe symptoms. More patients were classified as depressed using the CDS. The CDS also had a significantly higher correlation with a trait anxiety measure than the BDI-II did. Conclusion: The CDS is a more suitable scale for assessing the less severe depressive symptoms typically seen in a cardiac population.
  • Description: 2003003383

Derivative free stochastic discrete gradient method with adaptive mutation

  • Authors: Ghosh, Ranadhir , Ghosh, Moumita , Bagirov, Adil
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Advances in Data Mining Vol. 4065, no. (2006), p. 264-278
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  • Description: In data mining we come across many problems such as function optimization problem or parameter estimation problem for classifiers for which a good learning algorithm for searching is very much necessary. In this paper we propose a stochastic based derivative free algorithm for unconstrained optimization problem. Many derivative-based local search methods exist which usually stuck into local solution for non-convex optimization problems. On the other hand global search methods are very time consuming and works for only limited number of variables. In this paper we investigate a derivative free multi search gradient based method which overcomes the problems of local minima and produces global solution in less time. We have tested the proposed method on many benchmark dataset in literature and compared the results with other existing algorithms. The results are very promising.
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  • Description: 2003001541

Development and validation of the human activity profile into Chinese language : Lessons in determining equivalence

  • Authors: Bonner, Ann , Wellard, Sally , Kenrick, Marita
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Nursing and Health Sciences Vol. 8, no. 1 (2006), p. 36-43
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  • Description: The Human Activity Profile (HAP), and associated Dyspnea Scale, is a self-report instrument for assessing levels of human activity. Although it has been used in studies examining the levels of activity in people, it is limited to people who are only able to understand English. However, many countries are multicultural with significant numbers of people whose native language is not English. This study sought to demonstrate the equivalence between the Chinese and English versions of the HAP and Dyspnea scales.Thirty-five bilingual university students completed both the Chinese and English versions of each questionnaire. There was 89% and 85% agreement between items across the HAP and Dyspnea Scale questionnaires, respectively. Although the psychometric evaluations suggested there was equivalence between the Chinese and English versions of both the HAP and Dyspnea Scale, lessons have been learnt regarding the different written forms of Chinese. © 2006 The Authors Journal Compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
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  • Description: 2003001972

Dimensions of pastoral care: Student wellbeing in rural Catholic schools

  • Authors: Ollerenshaw, Alison , McDonald, John
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Australian Journal of Primary Health Vol. 12, no. 2 (2006), p. 137-145
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  • Description: This paper investigates the health and welfare needs of students (n = 15,806) and the current service model in Catholic schools in the Ballarat Diocese of Victoria, Australia. Catholic schools use a service model underpinned by an ethos of pastoral care; there is a strong tradition of self-reliance within the Catholic education system for meeting students' health and welfare needs. The central research questions are: What are the emerging health and welfare needs of students? How does pastoral care shape the service model to meet these needs? What model/s might better meet students' primary health care needs? The research methods involved analysis of(1) extant databases of expressed service needs including referrals (n = 1,248) to Student Services over the last 2.5 years, (2) trends in the additional funding support such as special needs funding for students and the Education Maintenance Allowance for families, and (3) semi-structured individual and group interviews with 98 Diocesan and school staff responsible for meeting students' health and welfare needs. Analysis of expressed service needs revealed a marked increase in service demand, and in the complexity and severity of students' needs. Thematic analysis of qualitative interview data revealed five pressing issues: the health and welfare needs of students; stressors in the school community; rural isolation; role boundaries and individualised interventions; and self-reliant networks of care. Explanations for many of these problems can be located in wider social and economic forces impacting upon the church and rural communities. It was concluded that the pastoral care model-as it is currently configured-is not equipped to meet the escalating primary health care needs of students in rural areas. This paper considers the implications for enhanced primary health care in both rural communities and in schools.
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  • Description: 2003001995

Distribution of arsenic and heavy metals in soils and surface waters in Central Victoria (Ballarat, Creswick and Maldon)

  • Authors: Sultan, Khawar
  • Date: 2006
  • Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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  • Description: "Three sampling campaigns were conducted in the Ballarat, Creswick and Maldon areas. The sampling area is part of the Golden Triangle region where significant gold-mining activities took place from the 1850s to the present day. [...] Locations were chosen to evaluate arsenic distribution in soils, surface waters and plants in different environments. Easy access to sampling locations allowed detailed scientific sampling, especially in the seasonality study. The different range of environments such as agricultural, state forest, mining, urban and rural provided an opportunity to compare the concentrations of arsenic and other elements in the study area. The study of the three selected areas combined provided further understanding of possible exposure and pathways through which arsenic can get into the food chain. "The objective of the study is to measure levels of heavy metals/metalloids in soils, water and plants in various environments, identify whether the heavy metals/metalloids are mobile and bioavailable and understand the importance of clays and oxide complexes in the fixation of metals."
  • Description: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)