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Self-care interventions that reduce hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure; towards the identification of change agents

- Toukhsati, Samia, Jaarsma, Tiny, Babu, Abraham, Driscoll, Andrea, Hare, David

  • Authors: Toukhsati, Samia , Jaarsma, Tiny , Babu, Abraham , Driscoll, Andrea , Hare, David
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article , Review
  • Relation: Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology Vol. 13, no. (2019), p. 1-8
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  • Description: Unplanned hospital readmissions are the most important, preventable cost in heart failure (HF) health economics. Current professional guidelines recommend that patient self-care is an important means by which to reduce this burden. Patients with HF should be engaged in their care such as by detecting, monitoring, and managing their symptoms. A variety of educational and behavioural interventions have been designed and implemented by health care providers to encourage and support patient self-care. Meta-analyses support the use of self-care interventions to improve patient self-care and reduce hospital readmissions; however, efficacy is variable. The aim of this review was to explore methods to achieve greater clarity and consistency in the development and reporting of self-care interventions to enable ‘change agents’ to be identified. We conclude that advancement in this field requires more explicit integration and reporting on the behaviour change theories that inform the design of self-care interventions and the selection of behaviour change techniques. The systematic application of validated checklists, such as the Theory Coding Scheme and the CALO-RE taxonomy, will improve the systematic testing and refinement of interventions to enable ‘change agent/s’ to be identified and optimised.

Self-regulatory skills : Are they helpful in the prevention of overuse injuries in talented tennis players?

- Van der Sluis, Alien, Brink, Michel, Pluim, Babette, Verhagen, Evert, Elferink-Gemser, Marije, Visscher, Chris

  • Authors: Van der Sluis, Alien , Brink, Michel , Pluim, Babette , Verhagen, Evert , Elferink-Gemser, Marije , Visscher, Chris
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports Vol. 29, no. 7 (2019), p. 1050-1058
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  • Description: Talented athletes use metacognitive skills to improve their performance. Also, it is known that these skills are important for managing one's health. The goal of this study was to identify the relationship between metacognitive skills and overuse injuries in talented tennis players. Metacognitive skills were measured in 73 talented tennis players (45 boys and 28 girls, age 11-14) at the start of the season, using the Self-Regulation of Learning Self-Report Scale. Overuse injuries were monitored for one season using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre Questionnaire on Health Problems. Ordinal regression indicated that moderate or low selfmonitoring skills (compared to high selfmonitoring) (OR 4.555, CI 1.096-18.927, P = 0.037) and exposure time (OR 1.380, CI 1.106-1.721, P = 0.004) were associated with more time loss overuse injuries. A second analysis showed that this was the case in girls (OR 10.757, CI 1.845-62.714, P = 0.008), but not in boys. Linear regression revealed that higher reflection scores and exposure time predicted overuse severity (F(5,58) = 2.921, P = 0.020, R2 = 0.201). Possibly, selfmonitoring can help players to prevent themselves from time loss overuse injuries. Coaches should be aware that players can differ in selfmonitoring ability and thus in the ability to prevent overuse injuries. The role of reflection needs more research.

Singlet molecular oxygen regulates vascular tone and blood pressure in inflammation

- Stanley, Christopher, Maghzal, Ghassan, Ayer, Anita, Talib, Jihan, Giltrap, Andrew, Shengule, Sudhir, Wolhuter, Kathryn, Wang, Yutang, Chadha, Preet, Suarna, Cacang, Prysyazhna, Oleksandra, Scotcher, Jenna, Dunn, Louise, Prado, Fernanda, Nguyen, Nghi, Odiba, Jephthah, Baell, Johathan, Stasch, Johannes-Peter, Yamamoto, Yorihiro, Di Mascio, Paolo, Eaton, Philip, Payne, Richard, Stocker, Roland

  • Authors: Stanley, Christopher , Maghzal, Ghassan , Ayer, Anita , Talib, Jihan , Giltrap, Andrew , Shengule, Sudhir , Wolhuter, Kathryn , Wang, Yutang , Chadha, Preet , Suarna, Cacang , Prysyazhna, Oleksandra , Scotcher, Jenna , Dunn, Louise , Prado, Fernanda , Nguyen, Nghi , Odiba, Jephthah , Baell, Johathan , Stasch, Johannes-Peter , Yamamoto, Yorihiro , Di Mascio, Paolo , Eaton, Philip , Payne, Richard , Stocker, Roland
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article , Letter
  • Relation: Nature Vol. 566, no. 7745 (2019), p. 548-552
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  • Description: Singlet molecular oxygen (O-1(2)) has well-established roles in photosynthetic plants, bacteria and fungi(1-3), but not in mammals. Chemically generated O-1(2) oxidizes the amino acid tryptophan to precursors of a key metabolite called N-formylkynurenine(4), whereas enzymatic oxidation of tryptophan to N-formylkynurenine is catalysed by a family of dioxygenases, including indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1(5). Under inflammatory conditions, this haem-containing enzyme is expressed in arterial endothelial cells, where it contributes to the regulation of blood pressure(6). However, whether indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 forms O-1(2) and whether this contributes to blood pressure control have remained unknown. Here we show that arterial indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 regulates blood pressure via formation of O-1(2). We observed that in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, the enzyme generates O-1(2) and that this is associated with the stereoselective oxidation of L-tryptophan to a tricyclic hydroperoxide via a previously unrecognized oxidative activation of the dioxygenase activity. The tryptophan-derived hydroperoxide acts in vivo as a signalling molecule, inducing arterial relaxation and decreasing blood pressure; this activity is dependent on Cys42 of protein kinase G1 alpha. Our findings demonstrate a pathophysiological role for O-1(2) in mammals through formation of an amino acid-derived hydroperoxide that regulates vascular tone and blood pressure under inflammatory conditions.

Social capital and health risk : An integrative review

- Yap, Sheau-Fen, Kim, Jae-Eun, Lee, Christina, Xu, Yingzi, Kim, Jungkeun

  • Authors: Yap, Sheau-Fen , Kim, Jae-Eun , Lee, Christina , Xu, Yingzi , Kim, Jungkeun
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Australasian Marketing Journal Vol. 27, no. 1 (2019), p. 24-31
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  • Description: The impact of health risk behaviours on the social and economic fabric of society is of concern to social marketers and policy makers. Current research suggests social capital, that is, the positive benefits gained from a relationship with others in the community, plays a key role in addressing health risk behaviours. The current literature on social capital and health is fragmented, and the field has yet to produce an up-to-date synthesis of past findings to help researchers understand the current status of this research area. This article fills this gap with an integrative review of empirical research based on rigorous criteria. Boolean search was used to limit the search to only those articles containing the keywords ‘social capital’ and ‘health risk’ but no limits were applied for country or population of interest or publication start date. Two researchers screened through the title, abstract and introduction of every retrieved article independently according to the inclusion criteria. A total of 105 articles were eligible for further analyses. This article contributes by: (1) providing a structured overview with an aim to disentangle the findings of varied past studies addressing the theme; (2) identifying important gaps in current knowledge; (3) presenting a research agenda that flows logically from the theoretical gaps identified; and lastly (4) proposing a theoretical framework upon which social capital interventions can be designed and executed to mitigate health risk. We hope that the key issues and new directions presented in this paper will provide new impetus in this area of research.

Structure-activity relationship studies of tolfenpyrad reveal subnanomolar inhibitors of haemonchus contortus development

- Le, Thuy, Kundu, Abhijit, Ghoshal, Atanu, Nguyen, Nghi, Preston, Sarah, Jiao, Yaqing, Ruan, Banfeng, Xue, Lian, Huang, Fei, Keiser, Jennifer, Hofmann, Andreas, Chang, Bill, Garcia-Bustos, Jose, Wells, Timothy, Palmer, Michael, Jabbar, Abdul, Gasser, Robin, Baell, Jonathan

Surveying the landscape five years on : An examination of how teachers, and the teaching of Australia's shared-history, is constructed within Australian academic literature

- Weuffen, Sara

  • Authors: Weuffen, Sara
  • Date: 2019
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  • Relation: Teaching and Teacher Education Vol. 78, no. (2019), p. 117-124
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  • Description: The purpose of this paper is to conduct a literature review of academic debates relating to the Australian Curriculum: History (ACH), in particular subjective constructions of teachers, and the teaching of Australian History and Aboriginal peoples' and Torres Strait Islanders’ histories. The literature reviewed from a socio-political lens, examines functions of power/knowledge operating in discourses of education to illuminate how teachers, Aboriginal peoples, and Torres Strait Islanders, take up and/or resist subjectivities constructing them. Drawing from the toolbox of post-structuralism, this literature review troubles the notion of the non-Indigenous perspective as dominant, and the teacher as an active, non-critical participant in the process.

Techno-economic analysis of a succinic acid biorefinery coproducing acetic acid and dimethyl ether

- Ghayur, Adeel, Verheyen, Vincent, Meuleman, Erik

  • Authors: Ghayur, Adeel , Verheyen, Vincent , Meuleman, Erik
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Journal of Cleaner Production Vol. 230, no. (2019), p. 1165-1175
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  • Description: The production of platform chemicals via carbon negative technologies will play an important role in global efforts to mitigate climate change. Succinic acid biorefineries are commercially mature carbon negative technologies that are plagued with large waste streams in the form of hemicellulose and gypsum. Here, a techno-economic analysis assesses the viability of a succinic acid biorefinery wherein hemicellulose is converted to acetic acid and dimethyl ether, and gypsum generation is avoided. Succinic acid is a feedstock for biodegradable plastics, acetic acid replaces petroleum-derived sources, and dimethyl ether is ideally suited as an energy storage vector. Our novel biorefinery concept presents an innovative integration of commercial technologies including water-splitting bipolar membrane electrodialysis for acid purification. The modelled multiproduct biorefinery (Multi Case)annually consumes 650,000 metric tonnes (t)of pulp logs, 135,000t of methanol, 1,700,000t of water, 42,000t of CO2 and 89 MW of electricity to produce 220,000t of succinic acid, 115,000t of acetic acid and 900t of dimethyl ether. All the parasitic electricity and heat duties are fulfilled within the biorefinery. Results show a CAPEX of AUD $635,000,000, OPEX of $180,000,000 and a succinic acid Minimum Selling Price of $990/t. Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses of the Multi Case biorefinery model show it is also resilient to price fluctuations.

Telephone triage in midwifery practice : A cross-sectional survey

- Bailey, Carolyn, Newton, Jennifer, Hall, Helen

  • Authors: Bailey, Carolyn , Newton, Jennifer , Hall, Helen
  • Date: 2019
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  • Relation: International Journal of Nursing Studies Vol. 91, no. (2019), p. 110-118
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  • Description: Background: Childbearing women commonly access maternity services via the telephone. A midwife receiving these calls listens to the woman's concerns and then triages women according to their assessment. This may result in the provision of advice and instruction over the telephone or inviting the woman into the health service for further assessment. Midwives are responsible for all care and advice given to women, including via the telephone. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and practices of midwives regarding their management of telephone triage. Design: A cross-sectional survey. Setting and participants: Purposive non-probabilistic sampling of currently practising midwife members of professional organisations was used to recruit participants. From this, 242 midwives responded and 230 returned valid surveys were used in data analysis. Methods: Participant demographics, telephone triage processes, skills, educational preparation, confidence and anxiety levels, and external factors that influence midwives’ management of telephone triage were collected via an on-line survey. Descriptive statistics and further analyses were conducted to explore relationships between variables. Results: Eighty-three percent of midwives respond to 2–5 telephone calls per shift, with only 11.7% (n = 24) of midwives reporting that this is included in their workloads. Telephone triage is frequently managed in environments with distractions. Most midwives (84%; n = 177) report receiving no training in this skill. Confidence in performing telephone triage was reported, with higher confidence levels related to midwives’ increased years of experience (p < 0.05) and age (p < 0.01). Anxiety related to managing telephone triage has been experienced by 73% (n = 151) of midwives, with this being greater in midwives with less years of experience. Anxiety is reported less by midwives in rural or remote settings compared to metropolitan or regional (p < 0.05) settings in this study. A variety of standards and aids to guide practice, and document calls are utilised in a range of ways. Conclusion: To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study conducted to explore midwives’ practises in telephone triage. The findings suggest the need for appropriate environments to conduct telephone calls and the inclusion of telephone triage in midwifery workloads. In addition, consistent education and processes are required to reduce anxiety and support midwives provision of this service to women. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd

The atmosphere vibrated with triumphant joy

- Ponsford, Megan

  • Authors: Ponsford, Megan
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 22, no. 1 (2019), p. 185-196
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  • Description: This article critiques the Indian material culture located in present-day Pakistan pertaining to the inaugural Australian cricket tour to colonial India in 1935/36. The historical voice of the Indians is evident in the images and it is over the shoulders of the hosts of the tour that new perspectives emerge. It is culturally inappropriate to assume and evaluate how the locals felt about the visit of the Australian cricketers and the raison d’être of the tour. However, archives located in Pakistan provide a deeply subjective perspective. Goodwill and amicability reverberate through the photographs challenging conventional scholarship, which argues that Australian-Indian cricket is based on acrimony. The article concludes that despite the obvious and significant differences between the competing teams the tour experience minimized the racial divide between the Australian and the Indian cricketers.

The behaviour change techniques used by Australian physiotherapists to promote non-treatment physical activity to patients with musculoskeletal conditions

- Kunstler, Breanne, Cook, Jill, Kemp, Joanne, O'Halloran, Paul, Finch, Caroline

  • Authors: Kunstler, Breanne , Cook, Jill , Kemp, Joanne , O'Halloran, Paul , Finch, Caroline
  • Date: 2019
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  • Relation: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 22, no. 1 (2019), p. 2-10
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  • Description: Objectives: To determine: (i) the behaviour change techniques used by a sample of Australian physiotherapists to promote non-treatment physical activity; and (ii) whether those behaviour change techniques are different to the techniques used to encourage adherence to rehabilitation exercises. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Method: An online self-report survey was advertised to private practice and outpatient physiotherapists treating patients with musculoskeletal conditions. The use of 50 behaviour change techniques were measured using five-point Likert-type scale questions. Results: Four-hundred and eighty-six physiotherapists responded to the survey, with 216 surveys fully completed. Most respondents (85.1%) promoted non-treatment physical activity often or all of the time. Respondents frequently used 29 behaviour change techniques to promote non-treatment physical activity or encourage adherence to rehabilitation exercises. A similar number of behaviour change techniques was frequently used to encourage adherence to rehabilitation exercises (n = 28) and promote non-treatment physical activity (n = 26). Half of the behaviour change techniques included in the survey were frequently used for both promoting non-treatment physical activity and encouraging adherence to rehabilitation exercises (n = 25). Graded tasks was the most, and punishment was the least, frequently reported technique used to promote non-treatment physical activity and encourage adherence to rehabilitation exercises. Conclusions: Respondents reported using similar behaviour change techniques to promote non-treatment physical activity and encourage adherence to rehabilitation exercises. The variability in behaviour change technique use suggests the behaviour the physiotherapist is promoting influences their behaviour change technique choice. Including the frequently-used behaviour change techniques in non-treatment physical activity promotion interventions might improve their efficacy. © 2018 Sports Medicine Australia

The Demyanov–Ryabova conjecture is false

- Roshchina, Vera

  • Authors: Roshchina, Vera
  • Date: 2019
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  • Relation: Optimization Letters Vol. 13, no. 1 (2019), p. 227-234
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  • Description: It was conjectured by Demyanov and Ryabova (Discrete Contin Dyn Syst 31(4):1273–1292, 2011) that the minimal cycle in the sequence obtained via repeated application of the Demyanov converter to a finite family of polytopes is at most two. We construct a counterexample for which the minimal cycle has length 4.

The effects of electrical and thermal boundary condition on the simulation of radiofrequency ablation of liver cancer for tumours located near to the liver boundary

- Ooi, Ean Hin, Lee, Khiy, Yap, Shelley, Khattab, Mahmoud, Liao, Iman, Ooi, Ean Tat, Foo, Ji, Nair, Shalini, Ali, Ahmad

  • Authors: Ooi, Ean Hin , Lee, Khiy , Yap, Shelley , Khattab, Mahmoud , Liao, Iman , Ooi, Ean Tat , Foo, Ji , Nair, Shalini , Ali, Ahmad
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Computers in Biology and Medicine Vol. 106, no. (2019), p. 12-23
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  • Description: Effects of different boundary conditions prescribed across the boundaries of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) models of liver cancer are investigated for the case where the tumour is at the liver boundary. Ground and Robin-type conditions (electrical field) and body temperature and thermal insulation (thermal field) conditions are examined. 3D models of the human liver based on publicly-available CT images of the liver are developed. An artificial tumour is placed inside the liver at the boundary. Simulations are carried out using the finite element method. The numerical results indicated that different electrical and thermal boundary conditions led to different predictions of the electrical potential, temperature and thermal coagulation distributions. Ground and body temperature conditions presented an unnatural physical conditions around the ablation site, which results in more intense Joule heating and excessive heat loss from the tissue. This led to thermal damage volumes that are smaller than the cases when the Robin type or the thermal insulation conditions are prescribed. The present study suggests that RFA simulations in the future must take into consideration the choice of the type of electrical and thermal boundary conditions to be prescribed in the case where the tumour is located near to the liver boundary.

The effects of resilience and turnover intention on nurses’ burnout : Findings from a comparative cross-sectional study

- Guo, Yu-fang, Plummer, Virginia, Lam, Louisa, Wang, Yan, Cross, Wendy, Zhang, Jing-ping

  • Authors: Guo, Yu-fang , Plummer, Virginia , Lam, Louisa , Wang, Yan , Cross, Wendy , Zhang, Jing-ping
  • Date: 2019
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  • Relation: Journal of Clinical Nursing Vol. 28, no. 3-4 (2019), p. 499-508
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  • Description: Aims and objectives: To investigate burnout among nurses from Australia and China and explore the effects of resilience and turnover intention on nurse burnout between the two countries. Background: Nursing shortages and burnout have become serious problems worldwide in recent years. In both developed and developing countries, such as Australia and China, nurse burnout levels are high and therefore attract concern from nurse managers, hospital administrators, nurse educators and researchers. However, few studies have been conducted exploring the differences in burnout and its predictors between Australian and Chinese nurses, particularly investigating the differences in the effect sizes of the predictors. Design: A comparative cross-sectional design was employed. Methods: A total of 100 Australian nurses and 197 Chinese nurses participated in the study. Australian participants completed an online questionnaire, while Chinese participants completed a hardcopy questionnaire. Burnout, resilience and turnover intention were measured. Results: Burnout was worse for Australian participants than Chinese participants. Only having turnover intention significantly predicted burnout in Australian participants, while low resilience, having turnover intention and low level of regular exercise strongly predicted burnout in Chinese participants. The effect size of turnover intention on burnout in the Australian group was almost twice that of the Chinese group. Conclusion: The findings of this study show that there are differences in burnout between Australian and Chinese nurses. The effects of resilience and turnover intention on burnout between the two groups are also identified. Relevance to clinical practice: The differences in nurse burnout and the effects of resilience and turnover intention on burnout should be better understood by nurse managers from Australia and China. Moreover, developing effective strategies relevant to their own country to reduce nurse burnout is recommended.

The has-beens and never will-bes

- Ponsford, Megan

  • Authors: Ponsford, Megan
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 22, no. 1 (2019), p. 53-72
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  • Description: The Australian team that toured India in 1935/36 comprised atypical cricket personnel. Their cultural and social unorthodoxy contributed to the tour being shunned by cricket officialdom in Australia. Tour manager, Frank Tarrant’s method of team selection was meritocratic unlike that of customary cricket practice where social and cultural hierarchy informed team composition. This article outlines the unorthodox team composition and argues that the official cricket body objected to the exercise because of the professional nature of the tour, social (particularly class) discrimination and preconceptions of racial prejudices. The Maharaja of Patiala’s generous financing of the tour identified it as a definitively professional exercise and encouraged participation considering the precarious status of the global economy following the Great Depression. The goodwill between Australia and India evidenced on tour challenged cricket protocol and reflects a pragmatic and growing recognition that diplomatic and economic unity was desirable in light of the imminent dissolution of the British Empire.

The history and evolving image of nursing

- Cruickshank, Mary, Paliadelis, Penny, Gazula, Swapnali, McAllister, Margaret

  • Authors: Cruickshank, Mary , Paliadelis, Penny , Gazula, Swapnali , McAllister, Margaret
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Book chapter
  • Relation: The road to nursing Chapter 7 p. 99-116
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  • Description: The traditional stereotypical image of a nurse is closely linked to that of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, who established a training system for nurses to teach them how to be completely dedicated to the taskes of care regardless of personal needs; dependent on and deferential to authorities such as medical doctors and matron supervisors; and modest and feminine. Of course, contemporary nursing is no longer a profession exclusive to females, and nor does nursing work predominantly involve dependent actions. However, these old ideas remain strong in the minds of the public and are often repeated in popular culture.

The journey begins

- Arnott, Nick, Paliadelis, Penny, Cuickshank, Mary

  • Authors: Arnott, Nick , Paliadelis, Penny , Cuickshank, Mary
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Book chapter
  • Relation: The road to nursing Chapter 1 p. 3-15
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  • Description: This opening chapter aims to set the scene for your undergraduate nursing journey. We welcome you to the wonderful, dynamic and diverse profession of nursing and encourage some initial thinking about what nursing is, why you have chosen this career and the sort of nurse you hope to be. We also outline the purpose, structure and features of this book, and introduce you to the key concepts and ideas underpinning your learning journey, many of which will be emphasised and explored further in subsequent chapters.

The launch of Indian-Australian cricket

- Ponsford, Megan

  • Authors: Ponsford, Megan
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Sport in Society Vol. 22, no. 1 (2019), p. 113-142
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  • Description: An analysis of the Australian cricket team’s experiences in India in 1935/36 reveals that many elements fulfilled clichéd colonial expectations of extravagance, privilege and hedonism. Yet, the cricketers simultaneously grew tired of conforming to the role of the colonial class. The team’s immersion in India encouraged the players to re-evaluate their attitudes towards racial inclusion, the legitimacy of colonization, Indian sovereignty and the pedagogical role of the white cricketer in the Orient. A close textual analysis of the writings of participating cricketers Wendell Bill, Ron Oxenham, Charlie Macartney and Jack Ryder details their responses to the social and racial codification they encountered, which it is argued was at times unexpectedly liberal. Australian batsman Hunter Hendry’s manuscript has not been critiqued elsewhere and provides valuable insight into his ambiguity towards the role of the white cricketer in India.

The meaning of ‘worried’ in MET call activations : A regional hospital examination of the clinical indicator

- Raymond, Anita, Porter, Joanne, Missen, Karen, Larkins, Jo-Ann, de Vent, Kerry, Redpath, Simone

  • Authors: Raymond, Anita , Porter, Joanne , Missen, Karen , Larkins, Jo-Ann , de Vent, Kerry , Redpath, Simone
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Collegian Vol. 26, no. 3 (2019), p. 378-382
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  • Description: Little is known about why nurses escalate a Medical Emergency Team (MET) response based on ‘worried’ criteria or what clinical findings define a ‘worried’ MET call. Limited clarity exists in nursing literature regarding the clinical definition of ‘worried’ in medical emergencies. Commonly ‘worried’ terminology is associated with nursing intuition about a patient's condition before signs of decline in clinical condition. This research has identified the exact clinical cause of ‘worried’ escalations, with evidence to support that clinical reasoning and patient deterioration are the main cause of ‘worried’ activation. This research has also highlighted areas for further professional development to enhance levels of patient safety and quality care within a regional hospital setting.

The Natural Resource Management Planning Portal : Perspectives for NRM planning and reporting

- Hansen, Birgita, Dahlhaus, Peter, Milne, Robert, MacLeod, Andrew, Pitfield, Chris

  • Authors: Hansen, Birgita , Dahlhaus, Peter , Milne, Robert , MacLeod, Andrew , Pitfield, Chris
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Society and Natural Resources Vol. 32, no. 6 (2019), p. 709-719
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  • Description: Natural Resource Management (NRM) is often conducted as a partnership between government and citizens. In Australia, government agencies formulate policy and fund implementation that may be delivered on-ground by community groups (such as Landcare). Since the late 1980s, over AUS$8b of Commonwealth investment has been made in NRM. However, quantitative evidence of environmental improvements is lacking. The NRM Planning Portal has been developed to (1) provide an online spatial information system for sharing Landcare and agency data; and (2) to facilitate NRM priority setting at local and regional planning scales. While the project successfully federates Landcare NRM activity data, challenges included (1) unstructured, non-standardized data, meaning that quantitative reporting against strategic objectives is not currently possible, and (2) a lack of common understanding about the value proposition for adopting the portal approach. Demonstrating the benefit of technology adoption is a key lesson for digital NRM planning.

The photometric stereo approach and the visualization of 3D face reconstruction

- Khan, Muhammad, Ullah, Zabeeh, Butt, Maria, Arshad, Zohaib, Yousaf, Sobia

  • Authors: Khan, Muhammad , Ullah, Zabeeh , Butt, Maria , Arshad, Zohaib , Yousaf, Sobia
  • Date: 2019
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications Vol. 10, no. 2 (2019), p. 217-221
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  • Description: The 3D Morphable models of the human face have prepared myriad of applications in computer vision, human computer interaction and security surveillances. However, due to the variation in size, complexity of training data set, the landmark mapping, the representation in real time and rendering or synthesis of images in three dimensional is limited. In this paper, we extend the approach of the photometric stereo and provide the human face reconstruction in three dimensional. The proposed method consists of two steps. First it automatically detects the face and segment the iris along with statistical features of pupil location in it. Secondly it provides the selection of minimum six features and where iris process to generate the 3D face. In compare with existing methods our approach provides the automation which produces more better and efficient results in contrast to the manual methods.