No life is bare, the ordinary is exceptional : Giorgio Agamben and the question of political ontology
- Authors: Abbott, Mathew
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Agamben and Law p. 65-78
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The creature before the law
- Authors: Abbott, Mathew
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Agamben and Law p. 221-238
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Critical perspectives on educational leadership in the context of the march of neoliberalism
- Authors: Smyth, John
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Ideologies in Educational Administration and Leadership p. 147-158
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The social and environmental consequences of hosting sport mega-events
- Authors: Thomson, Alana , Schlenker, Katie , Schulenkorf, Nico , Brooking, Elizabeth
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Managing Sport Mega-Events p. 150-164
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Factors affecting motorcycle helmet use: Size selection, stability, and position
- Authors: Thai, Kim , McIntosh, Andrew , Pang, Toh Yen
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Traffic Injury Prevention Vol. 16, no. 3 (2015), p. 276-282
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- Description: Methods: Observations and measurements of head dimensions, helmet position, adjustment, and stability were made on 216 motorcyclists. Helmet details were recorded. Participants completed a questionnaire on helmet usability and their riding history. Helmet stability was assessed quasistatically. Results: Differences between the dimensions of ISO headforms and equivalent sized motorcyclists’ heads were observed, especially head width. Almost all (94%) of the helmets were labeled to be compliant with AS/NZS 1698 (2006). The majority of riders were satisfied with the comfort, fit, and usability aspects of their helmets. The majority of helmets were deemed to have been worn correctly. Using quasistatic pull tests, it was found that helmet type (open-face or full-face) and the wearing correctness were among factors that affected the loads at which helmets became displaced. The forces required to displace the helmet were low, around 25 N. Conclusions: The size of the in-use motorcycle helmets did not correspond well to the predicted size based on head dimensions, although motorcyclists were generally satisfied with comfort and fit. The in vivo stability tests appear to overpredict that helmets will come off in a crash, based on the measured forces, tangential forces measured in the oblique impact tests, and the actual rate of helmet ejection. Objectives: One of the main requirements of a protective helmet is to provide and maintain appropriate and adequate coverage to the head. A helmet that is poorly fitted or fastened may become displaced during normal use or even ejected during a crash.
Frederick Sterling Lee (1949-2014)
- Authors: King, John E.
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Advancing the frontiers of Heterodox Economics : Essays in Honor of Frederic S. Lee p. 320-326
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- Description: On October 23, 2014 the heterdox micro theorist Fred Lee, a tireless advocate of heterodox economics for more than three decades, succumbed to lung cancer at the absurdly early age of 64. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, their daughter Sally, and two granddaughters. He also leaves behind a magnificent legacy of published work and substantial organizational achievements, not to mention many friends and colleagues.
Assessment of error sources in measurements of field pH : Effect of operator experience, test kit differences, and time-of-day
- Authors: Robinson, Nathan , Norng, Sorn , Rees, David , Benke, Kurt , Davey, Michelle
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis Vol. 49, no. 3 (2018), p. 269-285
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- Description: Various methods exist to measure soil pH, and while there is general agreement between the existing published laboratory and field-based methods, the latter are subject to uncertainties including test kit reliability, accuracy, precision, and environmental factors. The contribution of this study is to quantify three uncertainties that affect the conversion between field pH and laboratory pH measurements, namely operator experience, choice of test kit, and the time-of-day for measurement. Soil samples from western Victoria, representing the pH range 4.5–10.0, were used in a randomized complete block design with 10 assessors split into two groups representing experienced and inexperienced users. Statistical analysis of laboratory and field pH was based on using the Maximum Likelihood Functional Relationship (MLFR) to determine if there was any bias between the two methods. Significant differences were found between experienced and inexperienced users, and between test kits. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.
Bicycle Helmet Size, Adjustment, and Stability
- Authors: Thai, Kim , McIntosh, Andrew , Pang, Toh Yen
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Traffic Injury Prevention Vol. 16, no. 3 (2015), p. 268-275
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- Description: Objectives: One of the main requirements of a protective bicycle helmet is to provide and maintain adequate coverage to the head. A poorly fitting or fastened helmet may be displaced during normal use or even ejected during a crash. The aims of the current study were to identify factors that influence the size of helmet worn, identify factors that influence helmet position and adjustment, and examine the effects of helmet size worn and adjustment on helmet stability. Methods: Recreational and commuter cyclists in Sydney were surveyed to determine how helmet size and/or adjustment affected helmet stability in the real world. Anthropometric characteristics of the head were measured and, to assess helmet stability, a test analogous to the requirements of the Australian bicycle helmet standard was undertaken. Results: Two hundred sixty-seven cyclists were recruited across all age groups and 91% wore an AS/NZS 2063-compliant helmet. The main ethnic group was Europeans (71%) followed by Asians (18%). The circumferences of the cyclists' heads matched well the circumference of the relevant ISO headform for the chosen helmet size, but the head shapes differed with respect to ISO headforms. Age and gender were associated with wearing an incorrectly sized helmet and helmet adjustment. Older males (>55 years) were most likely to wear an incorrectly sized helmet. Adult males in the 35-54 year age group were most likely to wear a correctly adjusted helmet. Using quasistatic helmet stability tests, it was found that the correctness of adjustment, rather than size, head dimensions, or shape, significantly affected helmet stability in all test directions. Conclusions: Bicycle helmets worn by recreational and commuter cyclists are often the wrong size and are often worn and adjusted incorrectly, especially in children and young people. Cyclists need to be encouraged to adjust their helmets correctly. Current headforms used in standards testing may not be representative of cyclists' head shapes. This may create challenges to helmet suppliers if on one hand they optimize the helmet to meet tests on ISO-related headforms while on the other seeking to offer greater range of sizes.
Nonautomated Pre-Performance Routine in Tennis : An Intervention Study
- Authors: Lautenbach, Franziska , Laborde, Sylvain , Mesagno, Christopher , Lobinger, Babett , Achtzehn, Silvia , Arimond, Fabian
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Applied Sport Psychology Vol. 27, no. 2 (2015), p. 123-131
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- Description: The effect of a nonautomated pre-performance routine (PPR) on performance in a high-pressure situation was investigated. Twenty-nine tennis players served in a low- and high-pressure condition in a pre- and posttest design. The intervention group learned a nonautomated PPR for 4 weeks. Increases in subjective but not objective (i.e., cortisol) levels of stress were detected in the high-pressure conditions. The intervention group showed a significant decrease in performance in the high-pressure condition in the pretest (p =.005) but not posttest (p =.161). Using a nonautomated PPR may benefit athletes who experience a drop in performance in high-pressure situations. Copyright © Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Assessing public participation initiatives in local government decision-making in Malaysia
- Authors: Manaf, Halimah , Mohamed, Ahmad , Lawton, Alan
- Date: 2016
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- Relation: International Journal of Public Administration Vol. 39, no. 11 (2016), p. 812-820
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- Description: ABSTRACT: Increased public participation in government decisions contributes significantly to the enhancement of grass-roots democracy. This article assesses the level of involvement of local citizens in local government decisions in Malaysia. Public participation was assessed using questionnaires on the range and extent of initiatives used by local government. The questionnaires also probed citizens’ perceptions of these initiatives and expectations for greater citizen empowerment. Data were gathered from 206 local citizens randomly selected from six local authorities in the northern region of Malaysia. The findings reveal a desire on the part of local citizens to participate in their local government decision-making process. © 2016 Taylor & Francis.
Debunking Pacific utopias : Chief Roi Mata's domain and the re-imagining of people and place in Vanuatu
- Authors: Cheer, Joseph , Reeves, Keir , Laing, Jennifer
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Tourism in Pacific Islands : Current issues and future challenges Chapter 5 p. 85-100
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- Description: The view of Pacific island countries (PICs) as paradise has persisted since the arrival of Europeans over two centuries ago (Daws, 1980; Connell, 2003). Juxtaposed against utopian ideals is the reality that island countries in the region labour under a multiplicity of serious threats including climate change, economic vulnerability, political upheaval and persistent underdevelopment. Yet the paradise narrative endures in the imaginings of people and place, most notably through tourism destination marketing that constructs and manipulates place image. Associated with this has been the attendant fetishising of islanders as stereotypical noble or ignoble savages (Campbell, 1980; Fry, 1996), or their infantilisation as congenial, subaltern hosts, reinforcing notions of Pacific island communities as a latter-day Shangri-La in the Pacific (Douglas, 1997). In stark contrast, PIC prehistory suggests that islanders had enormous resilience, ingenuity, fierce warrior cultures and a reputation as seafarers of enormous competence and sophistication - attributes far removed from the docile and indigent exemplifications of recent times.
Vertebrate trace fossils from the Late Pleistocene of Kangaroo Island, South Australia
- Authors: Camens, Aaron , Carey, Stephen , Arnold, Lee
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Ichnos: an International Journal of Plant and Animal Vol. 25, no. 2-3 (2018), p. 232-251
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- Description: It is rapidly becoming apparent that the Late Pleistocene vertebrate trace fossil record of southern Australia is much more comprehensive than previously understood, and complements the skeletal fossil record with regard to the distribution of taxa in coastal environments and the palaeobiology of both extinct and extant organisms. We surveyed the majority of prospective Bridgewater Formation outcrops on Kangaroo Island in South Australia and discovered a trace fossil site preserving hundreds of individual traces. A minimum of ten different reptile, bird, and mammal taxa, as well as invertebrates, are represented at the site. Single-grain optically stimulated luminescence dating indicates that the dune in which the traces imprinted was deposited at the beginning of Marine Isotope Stage 5e (135.4 ± 5.9 ka). The traces were made by several extinct taxa including large quadrupeds (most probably diprotodontids), short-faced (sthenurine) kangaroos, and thylacines, as well as extant taxa including possums, the Tasmanian Devil, goannas, shorebirds, and a variety of kangaroos. This site demonstrates that, even though vertebrate trace fossil sites do not often allow the same level of taxonomic differentiation as skeletal fossil deposits, they can nevertheless provide important information about taxon distribution and behavior that can be correlated and contrasted with skeletal fossil assemblages. © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Learning to be men : Masculinities, pedagogy, and science fiction
- Authors: Wight, Linda
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: The Pedagogies of Cultural Studies (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies series) Chapter 3 p. 39-50
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- Description: Like many cultural studies practitioners, my research, learning, and teaching are concerned with critiquing and contesting taken-for-granted assumptions that posit that human identities and social structures are fixed, natural, and inevitable. These are assumptions that can contribute to social disadvantage, oppression, and inequity. My research has focused in particular on problematizing hegemonic ideals of masculinity and in exploring the potential for science fiction to critique and offer alternatives to these dominant models. This chapter reflects on the embodied experience of doing this form of cultural studies in the classroom, of exploring these ideas in the context of a pedagogical exchange with undergraduate university students enrolled in a fantasy and science fiction course. Both the experience of masculinity— for men and women—and the activities of learning and teaching are deeply embodied. The purposes of this chapter are therefore twofold. First, I argue that science fiction is a useful tool for encouraging students to develop their awareness of how popular culture functions as a form of public pedagogy that frames how each of us experience masculinity. While some science fiction takes hegemonic ideals of gender for granted and encourages us to do the same, other texts problematize these assumptions by showing us the potential for bodies to be lived and experienced differently. Second, by reflecting on my own embodied experience of teaching science fiction in a university classroom, this chapter aims to encourage teachers to think about how we actually do cultural studies with our students and to move beyond conceiving of the classroom as a purely intellectual space to also embrace the bodily dimension of our practice.
Examining Nepalese forestry governance from gender perspectives
- Authors: Wagle, Radha , Pillay, Soma , Wright, Wendy
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Public Administration Vol. 40, no. 3 (2017), p. 205-225
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- Description: This article examines Nepalese forestry governance from gender perspectives. We argue that gendered institutional norms and values are associated with forest-governing institutions, such as forest bureaucracies, shaping the nature, and extent of women’s involvement in decision-making processes in the Nepalese forest bureaucracy. Studies on Nepalese forestry reveal that substantial progress has been made in forming policies and initiating activities for including women in forestry governance of Nepal; however despite this, gendered dynamics create difficulties for women to enter and progress in the forestry profession, thereby creating gendered employment territories through institutional, legislative, normative, and infrastructural measures. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Study of Victorian Brown Coal Dewatering by Super Absorbent Polymers using Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
- Authors: Devasahayam, Sheila , Bandyopadhyay, Sri , Hill, David
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review Vol. 37, no. 4 (2016), p. 220-226
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- Description: A simple and useful method to monitor the water content of coal samples using Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy is presented. ATR-FTIR analyses of oven-dried and polymer-dried brown coal samples are discussed. The difference spectra indicate that the drying of as-received coal at room temperature using a Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP) removes only 44% of moisture compared to oven drying at 105 °C. As the SAP does not completely remove the water from the coal the possibility of explosion due to oxidation of the coal powder is greatly reduced. SAP drying is energy and emission efficient compared to oven drying method. At the pH < 5 studied SAP dewatering is dominated by physical processes. The movements in H-bonding observed in ATR-FTIR suggest a physico-chemical process. © 2016 Taylor & Francis.
Measurement invariance : The case of measuring romantic attachment in Greek and Cypriot adolescents
- Authors: Stavropoulos, Vasileios , Mastrotheodoros, Stefanos , Papapetrou, Stelios , Gomez, Rapson , Beard, Charlotte , Motti-Stefanidi, Frosso
- Date: 2019
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- Relation: European Journal of Developmental Psychology Vol. 16, no. 3 (2019), p. 362-371
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- Description: The experiences in close relationships revised (ECR-R) is widely used to assess romantic attachment dimensions. Investigating cultural limitations in its applicability is imperative. This study aims to examine the instrument’s: (1) factor structure in two large and normative samples of Greek (N = 1706, M age = 16.16; SD = 2.16; 49.7% male) and Cypriot (N = 1279; M age = 15.54; SD = 0.65; 44.9% male) adolescents; (2) measurement invariance between these groups, accounting for potential gender and age effects. Results supported the two-factor structure and indicated partial invariance of the constructs between Greek and Cypriot adolescents. Findings support limitations in the use of instruments adapted for Greece in Cyprus.
Validity of injury self-reports by novice runners : Comparison with reports by sports medicine physicians
- Authors: Smits, Dirk-Wouter , Backx, Frank , van der Worp, Henk , van Middelkoop, Marienke , Hartgens, Fred , Verhagen, Evert , Kluitenberg, Bas , Huisstede, Bionka
- Date: 2019
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Research in Sports Medicine Vol. 27, no. 1 (2019), p. 72-87
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- Description: This study examined the criterion validity of self-reported running-related injuries (RRI) by novice runners. Fifty-eight participants (41 females; age 46 ± 11 yrs) of the “Start-to-Run” program provided self-reports on their RRIs using an online questionnaire. Subsequently, they attended injury consultations with sports medicine physicians who provided physician-reports (blinded for the self-reports) as a reference standard. Self-reports and physician-reports included information on injury location (i.e., hip/groin, upper leg, knee, lower leg, and ankle/foot) and injury type (i.e., muscle-tendon unit, joint, ligament, or bone). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values were 100% for all five injury locations. For injury type, sensitivity was low (66% for muscle-tendon unit, 50% for ligament, and 40% for bone) and lowest for joint injuries (17%). In conclusion, the validity of self-reported RRIs by novice runners is good for injury locations but not for injury types. In particular for joint injuries, the validity of novice runners’ self-reports is low. Abbreviations: RRI: Running Related Injury; SMC: Sports Medicine Centre; MTU: Muscle Tendon Unit; PPV: Positive Predictive Value.
Event leverage and sport mega-events
- Authors: Schulenkorf, Nico , Schlenker, Katie , Thomson, Alana
- Date: 2016
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Managing Sport Mega-Events . Chapter 10 p. 139-149
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Managerial tacit knowledge, individual performance, and the moderating role of employee personality
- Authors: Manaf, Halimah , Armstrong, Steven , Lawton, Alan , Harvey, William
- Date: 2018
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- Relation: International Journal of Public Administration Vol. 41, no. 15 (2018), p. 1258-1270
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- Description: This study investigates the relationship between knowledge-sharing mechanisms, managerial tacit knowledge, and individual performance in the Malaysian public sector. Moderation effects of employee personality on these variables were also examined. Findings from 308 Malaysian public sector managers suggest that individual performance is influenced by levels of accumulated managerial tacit knowledge (LAMTK), which were moderated by employee personality traits. The findings also show that individual performance has an impact on the effectiveness of knowledge-sharing mechanisms.
Exploration of the perceptual-cognitive processes that contribute to in-game decision-making of Australian football umpires
- Authors: Larkin, Paul , Mesagno, Chrisopher , Berry, Jason , Spittle, Michael
- Date: 2018
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- Relation: International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology Vol. 16, no. 2 (2018), p. 112-124
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- Description: Decision-making is fundamental to officiating in all sports. It is well established in contemporary research that decision-making skills underpin umpire expertise; however, there is little understanding of the cognitive processes that contribute to in-game decision-making. This research implemented an in-depth case study approach, using qualitative methods, to explore the in-game decision-making process of three Australian football umpires. Concurrent and retrospective verbalisation methods were used to obtain verbal reports of the cognitive processes associated with decision-making. Findings identified three salient themes related to both in-game decision-making processes (i.e. decision evaluation, player intention during game-play) and umpire performance (i.e. knowledge of game-play). These themes contributed to the development of decision-making heuristics for Australian football umpires. This study provides initial evidence of the factors that may contribute to and/or affect in-game decision-making processes; however, additional exploration is necessary to further inform training programmes aimed to develop domain-specific decision-making skills and subsequent in-game performance. © 2016 International Society of Sport Psychology.