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A process-oriented framework for regulating artificial intelligence systems

Authors: Stranieri, Andrew , Sun, Zhaohao
Date: 2022
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Handbook of Research on Foundations and Applications of Intelligent Business Analytics p. 96-112
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Description: Intelligent business analytics is an emerging technology that has become a mainstream market adopted broadly across industries, organizations, and geographic regions. Intelligent business analytics is a current focus for research and development across academia and industries and must be examined and considered thoroughly so businesses can apply the technology appropriately. The Handbook of Research on Foundations and Applications of Intelligent Business Analytics examines the technologies and applications of intelligent business analytics and discusses the foundations of intelligent analytics such as intelligent mining, intelligent statistical modeling, and machine learning. Covering topics such as augmented analytics and artificial intelligence systems, this major reference work is ideal for scholars, engineers, professors, practitioners, researchers, industry professionals, academicians, and students. Intelligent business analytics is an emerging technology that has become a mainstream market adopted broadly across industries, organizations, and geographic regions. Intelligent business analytics is a current focus for research and development across academia and industries and must be examined and considered thoroughly so businesses can apply the technology appropriately. The Handbook of Research on Foundations and Applications of Intelligent Business Analytics examines the technologies and applications of intelligent business analytics and discusses the foundations of intelligent analytics such as intelligent mining, intelligent statistical modeling, and machine learning. Covering topics such as augmented analytics and artificial intelligence systems, this major reference work is ideal for scholars, engineers, professors, practitioners, researchers, industry professionals, academicians, and students.

Limited Memory Bundle Method for Clusterwise Linear Regression

- Karmitsa, Napsu, Bagirov, Adil, Taheri, Sona, Joki, Kaisa

Authors: Karmitsa, Napsu , Bagirov, Adil , Taheri, Sona , Joki, Kaisa
Date: 2022
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering p. 109-122
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Description: A clusterwise linear regression problem consists of finding a number of linear functions each approximating a subset of the given data. In this paper, the limited memory bundle method is modified and combined with the incremental approach to solve this problem using its nonsmooth optimization formulation. The main contribution of the proposed method is to obtain a fast solution time for large-scale clusterwise linear regression problems. The proposed algorithm is tested on small and large real-world data sets and compared with other algorithms for clusterwise linear regression. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is especially efficient in data sets with large numbers of data points and input variables. © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Advances in the discovery and development of anthelmintics by harnessing natural product scaffolds

- Herath, H. M. P. Dilrukshi, Taki, Aya, Sleebs, Brad, Hofmann, Andreas, Nguyen, Nghi, Preston, Sarah, Davis, Rohan, Jabbar, Abdul, Gasser, Robin

Authors: Herath, H. M. P. Dilrukshi , Taki, Aya , Sleebs, Brad , Hofmann, Andreas , Nguyen, Nghi , Preston, Sarah , Davis, Rohan , Jabbar, Abdul , Gasser, Robin
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Advances in Parasitology p. 203-251
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Description: Widespread resistance to currently-used anthelmintics represents a major obstacle to controlling parasitic nematodes of livestock animals. Given the reliance on anthelmintics in many control regimens, there is a need for the continued discovery and development of new nematocides. Enabling such a focus are: (i) the major chemical diversity of natural products; (ii) the availability of curated, drug-like extract-, fraction- and/or compound-libraries from natural sources; (iii) the utility and practicality of well-established whole-worm bioassays for Haemonchus contortus—an important parasitic nematodes of livestock—to screen natural product libraries; and (iv) the availability of advanced chromatographic (HPLC), spectroscopic (NMR) and spectrometric (MS) techniques for bioassay-guided fractionation and structural elucidation. This context provides a sound basis for the identification and characterisation of anthelmintic candidates from natural sources. This chapter provides a background on the importance and impact of helminth infections/diseases, parasite control and aspects of drug discovery, and reviews recent work focused on (i) screening well-defined compound libraries to establish the methods needed for large-scale screening of natural extract libraries; (ii) discovering plant and marine extracts with nematocidal or nematostatic activity, and purifying bioactive compounds and assessing their potential for further development; and (iii) synthesising analogues of selected purified natural compounds for the identification of possible ‘lead’ candidates. The chapter describes some lessons learned from this work and proposes future areas of focus for drug discovery. Collectively, the findings from this recent work show potential for selected natural product scaffolds as candidates for future development. Developing such candidates via future chemical optimisation, efficacy and safety evaluations, broad spectrum activity assessments, and target identification represents an exciting prospect and, if successful, could pave the way to subsequent pre-clinical and clinical evaluations. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

After work? Understanding older women’s portfolio life transitions

- Taylor, Philip, Earl, Catherine, Brooke, Elizabeth, McLoughlin, Christopher

Authors: Taylor, Philip , Earl, Catherine , Brooke, Elizabeth , McLoughlin, Christopher
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Retiring women : work and post work transitions Chapter 7 p. 111-119
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Description: Chapter 7 reports qualitative interviews with older women about the pursuit of an active, fulfilling and productive retirement, and the mechanisms that promote these outcomes. Contrary to notions of the blended lifecycle, analysis reveals a stark division between paid work and retirement for many women at the same time as an ongoing commitment to socially valued and productive albeit unpaid activities that form a portfolio career. Furthermore , analysis reveals an increased sense of autonomy and control over decision making among retired women that contrasts with their experiences of paid employment.

Anabolic androgenic steroids : the shortcut to the wrong way

- Grace, Fergal

Authors: Grace, Fergal
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: The Dynamics of Modern Rugby p. 74-83
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Description: The introduction of structured professionalism into all aspects of the game requires the aspirational rugby union player to possess high levels of muscle power and aerobic fitness. Anti-doping regulators became wise to these practices by adding so-called masking agents to the list of prohibited substances which is updated annually and published online. Research into the prevalence of doping of any kind in elite sport has not been conducted to date. It is quite surprising, given it is such a regular topic of debate. Yet, it is unlikely for a currently active athlete to reveal that they are doping and findings from population studies or regional samples cannot be applied to elite athletes. Randomized reporting technique is a method of protecting anonymity of the interviewee and more reliable than traditional questionnaires. Although rarely used, this shows distinct promise to estimate intentional doping in elite athletics. There have been some extraordinary advancements in gene therapy for the prevention and treatment of disease. © 2021 Taylor & Francis.

Conclusion: public policy leadership and change for women’s work and retirement

- Taylor, Philip, Earl, Catherine, Brooke, Elizabeth, McLoughlin, Christopher

Authors: Taylor, Philip , Earl, Catherine , Brooke, Elizabeth , McLoughlin, Christopher
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Retiring women : work and post work transitions Chapter 10 p.147-151
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Description: With current policy concerns about shortfalls of labour supply and effects on the social welfare system due to population ageing, there is a need to understand the factors that shape women's choices about if, when and how to retire. Recent trends indicating the increased workforce participation of women demand new policy responses to the end of careers and retirement transitions to sustain acceptable levels of participation and productivity. This book is innovative in that it will examine constellations of factors that disadvantage or advantage women's career and retirement trajectories against a backdrop of public policy efforts to extend working lives.

Customizing women’s portfolio work and ‘retirement’ careers

- Taylor, Philip, Earl, Catherine, Brooke, Elizabeth, McLoughlin, Christopher

Authors: Taylor, Philip , Earl, Catherine , Brooke, Elizabeth , McLoughlin, Christopher
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Retiring women : work and post work transitions Chapter 8 p. 122-134
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Description: Chapter 8 reports qualitative interviews with older women, drawing from the concepts of biographical work-life balance and portfolio careers. It focuses on older women who were in part-time work but who self-identified as having made a transition to retirement. Many had longstanding careers and stable networks, accrued skills and financial resources, supported a well-endowed quality of portfolio lives, whereas those who experienced ‘unbalanced’ portfolio retirement were more likely to be lacking resources from their working lives. The analysis reinforces the notion that retirement should be viewed as a process and not an event and that it is impossible to tell a single story of women's post-work transitions.

Gender equality in higher education : the slow pace of change

- O’Connor, Pat, White, Kate

Authors: O’Connor, Pat , White, Kate
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Gender, Power and Higher Education in a Globalised World p. 1-23
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Description: This chapter introduces the topic of gender equality and inequality in higher education, using feminist institutionalism as the underlying theoretical perspective. Drawing on a range of methodologies and focusing on key topical themes it identifies the discourses which have inhibited change, as well as what can be done to facilitate transformation. Thus, it focuses on institutional resistance; and the legitimating discourses of excellence, choice, displacement, biological essentialism and gender neutrality. In highlighting the importance of gender-competent leadership and empowering equality structures as ways of creating change, it explores the situation in 14 countries—Australia, Austria, Germany, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States and Turkey. The chapter examines the relationship between their ranking on global gender gap indices and key indicators of gender equality in universities, and suggests that without organisational transformation the effect of any intervention will be continuously undermined by the ‘normalised’ gender inequality perpetuating processes in higher education. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

How bioregional history could shape the future of agriculture

- Brown, Julian, Barton, Philip, Cunningham, Saul

Authors: Brown, Julian , Barton, Philip , Cunningham, Saul
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Advances in Ecological Research p. 149-189
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Description: Biodiversity conservation and agriculture are becoming intimately intertwined. Wildlife-friendly agriculture is promoted as a way to conserve biodiversity, connect nature reserves, facilitate climate-driven range shifts and enhance ecosystem services to agriculture. Yet some approaches that increase native biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, such as tropical agroforestry, may support a suite of species that is distinct from nearby remnant habitat. Wildlife-friendly farming, therefore, does not necessarily facilitate native species persistence through landscape conversion to agriculture or facilitate the movement of local species among nature reserves. We argue the historical composition of native species in agricultural landscapes can be maintained by enhancing ecological similarity between production land uses and natural ecosystems. Some agricultural systems already support native species from, and share some ecological attributes with, natural grasslands, wetlands and forests. However, we suggest there are benefits to be gained by focusing on the finer details of similarities in structure, floristic composition (e.g. crop species) and disturbance regimes occurring across natural and modified habitat types. A key advancement of this approach is that the composition of agricultural diversity and its spatio-temporal dynamics are selected and managed according to the spatial and temporal habitat requirements of the wildlife species naturally inhabiting the local area. We argue that ensuring ecological similarity between agricultural systems and the ecosystems they replaced or lie between will strengthen the capacity of agricultural landscapes to maintain historical species pools and provide spatial and temporal connectivity between nature reserves and analogous future climatic zones. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

HTLV-I and strongyloides in Australia : the worm lurking beneath

- Gordon, Catherine, Shield, Jennifer, Bradbury, Richard, Muhi, Stephen, Page, Wendy

Authors: Gordon, Catherine , Shield, Jennifer , Bradbury, Richard , Muhi, Stephen , Page, Wendy
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Advances in Parasitology p. 119-201
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Description: Strongyloidiasis and HTLV-I (human T-lymphotropic virus-1) are important infections that are endemic in many countries around the world with an estimated 370 million infected with Strongyloides stercoralis alone, and 5–10 million with HTVL-I. Co-infections with these pathogens are associated with significant morbidity and can be fatal. HTLV-I infects T-cells thus causing dysregulation of the immune system which has been linked to dissemination and hyperinfection of S. stercoralis leading to bacterial sepsis which can result in death. Both of these pathogens are endemic in Australia primarily in remote communities in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. Other cases in Australia have occurred in immigrants and refugees, returned travellers, and Australian Defence Force personnel. HTLV-I infection is lifelong with no known cure. Strongyloidiasis is a long-term chronic disease that can remain latent for decades, as shown by infections diagnosed in prisoners of war from World War II and the Vietnam War testing positive decades after they returned from these conflicts. This review aims to shed light on concomitant infections of HTLV-I with S. stercoralis primarily in Australia but in the global context as well. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. *Please note that there are multiple authors for this article therefore only the name of the first 5 including Federation University Australia affiliate “Richard Bradbury" is provided in this record**

Introduction: Older women and later life transitions in industrialized societies

- Taylor, Philip, Earl, Catherine, Brooke, Elizabeth, McLoughlin, Christopher

Authors: Taylor, Philip , Earl, Catherine , Brooke, Elizabeth , McLoughlin, Christopher
Date: 2021
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Retiring women : work and post work transitions p. 1-7
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Description: With current policy concerns about shortfalls of labour supply and effects on the social welfare system due to population ageing, there is a need to understand the factors that shape women's choices about if, when and how to retire. Recent trends indicating the increased workforce participation of women demand new policy responses to the end of careers and retirement transitions to sustain acceptable levels of participation and productivity. This book is innovative in that it will examine constellations of factors that disadvantage or advantage women's career and retirement trajectories against a backdrop of public policy efforts to extend working lives.

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