cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Broadband for the Sustainable Environment The Eckermann-TJA prize-winners
Creators: name: Editor
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Several excellent papers on this theme were attracted by the prospect of winning whole or part of the $8000 Eckermann-TJA prize and a $2000 prize for the best paper applied to water conservation. Four are published in this issue. The prize-winners are announced here. Copyright 2007 Telecommunications Journal Australia. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Role of BDNF Val66Met functional polymorphism in temporal lobe epilepsy
Creators: name: Shen, Ning
name: Zhu, Xilin
name: Lin, Hua
name: Li, Jingyun
name: Li, Liping
name: Niu, Fenghe
name: Liu, Aihua
name: Wu, Xiaopan
name: Wang, Yuping
name: Liu, Ying
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Mental Health
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Medicine

description: Various studies suggested that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene polymorphisms contributed to the development of many neurological disorders. However, whether BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is associated with epilepsy remains controversial. In our study, we tried to investigate the effects of this functional polymorphism on the occurrence of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and its clinical phenotypes. Case-control studies were employed to study the association between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and TLE, as well as its clinical phenotypes, and magnetic resonance imaging examinations and voxel-based morphometry analyses were carried out for further study. Our results showed that the frequency of Met allele was found to be lower in the TLE patients compared with the control subjects (43.9% vs. 48.6%, P = 0.012, OR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.04–1.41), and the frequency of Met66 allele carriers in the TLE with hippocampal sclerosis was significantly lower than those non-carriers (20.5% vs. 29.1%, P = 0.040). However, we failed to find the difference between different genotypes and hippocampal asymmetry. Our findings suggested that BDNF Val66Met polymorphism might be correlated with epileptogenesis, and Met66 allele might play a protective role against the occurrence of TLE.
Ambient PM2.5 exposure exacerbates severity of allergic asthma in previously sensitized mice
Creators: name: Zhang, Xingliang
name: Fang, Chao
name: Zhong, Wenqing
name: Meng, Qingqi
name: Lin, Qianwen
name: Huang, Xiulan
name: Li, Chengyan
name: Huang, Yuge
name: Tan, Jianxin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biochemistry

description: Objective: Epidemiological studies have shown that elevated concentrations of ambient particulate matter (aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm; PM2.5) correlates with increased incidence of asthma. The aim of this study was to determine whether PM2.5 participates in the exacerbation of asthma. Methods: Effects of 1, 10 and 100 μg PM2.5 instilled intratracheally in ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized or asthmatic mice were compared. Results: PM2.5 exposure in the OVA-sensitized and especially asthmatic groups increased Mch responsiveness in a dose-dependent manner. In OVA-sensitized groups, exposure to 1 μg of PM2.5 caused no detectable lung inflammation, while 10 and 100 μg of PM2.5 resulted in a slightly increased trend in numbers of neutrophils and macrophages. Compared with the asthmatic control group, both 10 and 100 μg of PM2.5 provoked a significant increase in eosnophils and neutrophils whereas only 100 μg of PM2.5 noticeably enhanced lymphocytes. In asthmatic groups, administration of 100 μg of PM2.5 greatly increased levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α and Th2-related cytokines IL-4 and IL-10 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, but it decreased Th1-related INF-γ. In addition, 10 and 100 μg of PM2.5 exacerbated inflammatory infiltration, goblet cell metaplasia and lung ultrastructure lesions in asthmatic mice. Conclusions: Our results suggested that acute exposure of PM2.5 could synergize with allergens in the subsequent challenge to aggravate the severity of asthma in sensitized mice, possibly by promoting a Th2-biased immune response.
How will the Surface Urban Heat Island respond to changes in climate?
Creators: name: Berk, Sarah
name: Joshi, Manoj
name: Nowack, Peer
name: Goodess, Clare
Publisher: name: Copernicus
Year: 2024

description: he Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI), known as the difference in land surface temperature (LST) created by the presence of a city, is impacted by both the climate and morphology of the city in question. Subsequently, a changing climate would be expected to result in consequences for characteristics of the SUHI. Modelling the future climate of cities remains a challenge as resolution of global climate models is too coarse to capture the scale of a city, and regional climate models are computationally expensive. In order to address these issues, statistical models can be used. Using a dataset of cities selected based on similar characteristics such as population, variation of elevation within the city and surrounding area, and proximity to water bodies, satellite data is used to quantify the SUHI magnitude. A statistical model is fitted to current observations using predictive variables based on climate. The model shows promising performance for the majority of cities in the dataset and results are discussed.
Effects of nano-TiO2 on antibiotic resistance transfer mediated by RP4 plasmid
Creators: name: Qiu, Zhigang
name: Shen, Zhiqiang
name: Qian, Di
name: Jin, Min
name: Yang, Dong
name: Wang, Jingfeng
name: Zhang, Bin
name: Yang, Zhongwei
name: Chen, Zhaoli
name: Wang, Xinwei
name: Ding, Chengshi
name: Wang, Daning
name: Li, Jun-Wen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Microbiology

description: The potential risks of nano-materials and the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have become two major global public concerns. Studies have confirmed that nano-alumina can promote the spread of ARGs mediated by plasmids. Nano-titanium dioxide (TiO2), an excellent photocatalytic nano-material, has been widely used and is often present in aqueous environments. At various nano-material concentrations, bacterial density, matting time, and matting temperature, nano-TiO2 can significantly promote the conjugation of RP4 plasmid in Escherichia coli. We developed a mathematical model to quantitatively describe the conjugation process and used this model to evaluate the effects of nano-TiO2 on the spread of ARGs. We obtained analytical solutions for total and resistant bacteria, which were enumerated by the abundance of genetic loci unique to the plasmid and the chromosome using qPCR. Our results showed that the mathematic model was able to fit the experimental data well and can be used to quantitatively evaluate the effects of nano-TiO2. According to our model, the presence of nano-TiO2 decreased the bacterial growth rate from 0.0360 to 0.0323 min−1 and increased the conjugative transfer rate from 6.69 × 10−12 to 3.93 × 10−10 mL cell−1 min−1. These results indicate that nano-TiO2 inhibited bacterial growth and promoted conjugation simultaneously. The data for morphology and mRNA expression also demonstrated this phenomenon. Our results confirm that environmental nano-TiO2 may cause the spread of ARGs and thus poses an environmental risk. In addition, we provide a potential method for monitoring changes in ARGs that result from conjugation and evaluating the effects of antimicrobial substances on ARG expression.
The Role of Cold Tolerance in the Geographic Distribution of the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio cresphontes)
Creators: name: Tremblay, Philippe
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2020
Subjects: Cold tolerance
Species distribution
modeling
Butterfly

description: Climate change is a well-known factor driving species range shifts. These shifts are often attributed to the relaxation of harsher climates at the northern range limit. Specifically, lack of cold tolerance as a constraint on range expansion at higher latitudes is one hypothesis. However, few, if any, studies have tested this hypothesis during a critical season: fall, when organisms are subjected to sporadic low temperature exposure but may not have become cold tolerant yet. In this study, I investigated the impact of low temperature on the larvae of the Giant swallowtail butterfly, Papilio cresphontes, at its northern range edge by integrating physiological experiments and species distribution modelling. First, the cold hardiness of the larvae was tested in a laboratory by determining their supercooling point, chill coma temperature and survival at three low temperatures. I found that the supercooling point was -6.6°C, that larvae use a freeze avoidant strategy, and that larvae enter a chill coma at 2.4°C. I also found that exposure to -2°C did not lead to a high rate of mortality, but that larval survival was impeded by temperatures below the SCP with temperatures below SCP (-8°C) produced high mortality (10-12% survival). Second, to determine the importance of low temperatures at a broad scale, I compared species distribution models of P. cresphontes based only on environmental data derived from other sources to models that also included the physiologically-derived parameters I generated experimentally. The modelling revealed that growing degree days and precipitation best predicted the distribution of P. cresphontes. The cold tolerance variables did not explain much variation in habitat suitability of P. cresphontes distribution. As such, the modelling results were consistent with the experimental results: low temperatures in the fall are unlikely to limit the distribution of P. cresphontes. Further investigation into the ecological relevance of the physiological thresholds determined here will improve our understanding of range expansion of P. cresphontes due to climate change. This study demonstrates that a combination of approaches provides a strong test of hypotheses related to the factors that limit species distributions.
Consistency and differences between remotely sensed and surface observed total cloud cover over China
Creators: name: Lu, Hui
name: Cai, Jun
name: Zhang, Yawen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cell Biology

description: In this study, we conducted a comparison between surface-observed total cloud cover (TCCs) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived total cloud cover (TCCm) over China. A statistical method was applied to estimate the average field of view (FOV) of surface observers, and the radius range of FOV was 20–25, 25–35, 35–50, and 25–45 km for spring, summer, autumn, and winter, respectively. More differences would be added in the comparison when the satellite’s FOV was smaller or larger than the average FOV. Monthly mean TCCs was 74.78%, 74.41%, 66.5%, and 74.06% for each season and the corresponding TCCm was 75.27%, 78.34%, 73.82%, and 82.12%. The correlation between two data sets was stronger in spring (0.727) and summer (0.736) than in autumn (0.710) and winter (0.667). Over 60% of the differences were within the −10% to 10% range, and more differences occurred for smaller TCCs. As a special feature, we found that the dust, haze, and snow cover over specific regions in China were the possible causes of the significant differences. Generally, these two data sets were in good agreement over China, and can complement each other especially in those significant difference cases to provide more accurate TCC data sets.
Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup A may confer a genetic susceptibility to AIDS group from Southwest China
Creators: name: Wang, Hua-Wei
name: Xu, Yu
name: Miao, Ying-Lei
name: Luo, Hua-You
name: Wang, Kun-Hua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Virology

description: The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans was one of the chronic infections caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and the interactions between viral infection and mitochondrial energetic implicated that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation(s) may effect genetic susceptibility to AIDS. Thus, to illustrate the maternal genetic structure and further identify whether mtDNA variation(s) can effect HIV infection among southwest Chinese AIDS group, the whole mtDNA control region sequences of 70 AIDS patients and 480 health individuals from southwest China were analyzed here. Our results indicated the plausible recent genetic admixture results of AIDS group; comparison of matrilineal components between AIDS and matched Han groups showed that mtDNA haplogroup A (p = 0.048, OR = 3.006, 95% CI = 1.109–8.145) has a significant higher difference between the two groups; further comparison illustrated that mtDNA mutations 16,209 (p = 0.046, OR = 2.607, 95% CI = 0.988–6.876) and 16,319 (p = 0.009, OR = 2.965, 95% CI = 1.278–6.876) have significant differences between AIDS and matched control groups, and both of which were the defining variations of mtDNA haplogroup A, they further confirmed that mtDNA haplogroup A may confer genetic susceptibility to AIDS. Our results suggested that haplogroup A may confer a genetic susceptibility to AIDS group from Southwest China.
Exploring Cross-Domain Pretrained Model for Hyperspectral Image Classification
Creators: name: Lee, Hyungtae
name: Eum, Sungmin
name: Kwon, Heesung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A pretrain-finetune strategy is widely used to reduce the overfitting that can occur when data is insufficient for CNN training. First few layers of a CNN pretrained on a large-scale RGB dataset are capable of acquiring general image characteristics which are remarkably effective in tasks targeted for different RGB datasets. However, when it comes down to hyperspectral domain where each domain has its unique spectral properties, the pretrain-finetune strategy no longer can be deployed in a conventional way while presenting three major issues: 1) inconsistent spectral characteristics among the domains (e.g., frequency range), 2) inconsistent number of data channels among the domains, and 3) absence of large-scale hyperspectral dataset. We seek to train a universal cross-domain model which can later be deployed for various spectral domains. To achieve, we physically furnish multiple inlets to the model while having a universal portion which is designed to handle the inconsistent spectral characteristics among different domains. Note that only the universal portion is used in the finetune process. This approach naturally enables the learning of our model on multiple domains simultaneously which acts as an effective workaround for the issue of the absence of large-scale dataset. We have carried out a study to extensively compare models that were trained using cross-domain approach with ones trained from scratch. Our approach was found to be superior both in accuracy and in training efficiency. In addition, we have verified that our approach effectively reduces the overfitting issue, enabling us to deepen the model up to 13 layers (from 9) without compromising the accuracy.
description: Accept in IEEE TGRS
Down-regulation of miR-326 is associated with poor prognosis and promotes growth and metastasis by targeting FSCN1 in gastric cancer
Creators: name: Li, Yanliang
name: Gao, Yongsheng
name: Xu, Yue
name: Ma, Heng
name: Yang, Mingshan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been documented as playing important roles in diverse biological processes including tumorigenesis. However, the function and mechanism of miR-326 in gastric cancer are still unknown. The aim of this study is to identify the role of miR-326 in gastric cancer and clarify the regulation of Fascin1 (FSCN1) by miR-326. Methods: The expression levels of miR-326 were detected in gastric cancer samples and cell lines by real-time PCR. The clinical and prognostic significance of miR-326 in gastric cancer patients were analyzed. Furthermore, the function of miR-326 on tumor cell growth and mobility were explored through MTT, colony formation, Transwell migration and invasion assays in vitro. A miR-326 target was confirmed using luciferase reporter assays, real-time PCR and Western blot. Results: Our study showed that miR-326 expression was decreased in gastric cancer tissues and cell lines, and low expression of miR-326 was associated to clinical stage, tumor depth, lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis. In survival analysis, low expression of miR-326 was a poor independent prognostic factor for gastric cancer patients. Gain-of-function and loss-of-function studies showed that miR-326 served as a tumor suppressor regulating gastric cancer cells growth, migration and invasion. Furthermore, we identified FSCN1 as the functional target of miR-326 by directly targeting the 3′-UTR of FSCN1. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that miR-326 overexpression was a poor prognostic marker for gastric cancer patients, and miR-326 served as a tumor suppressor in gastric cancer via directly regulating FSCN1.
Broadband telecommunications and urban travel
Creators: name: Nairn, R J
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Energy consumption associated with transport is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. As the information economy expands, the potential to use broadband to eliminate a percentage of daily trips grows. In particular, broadband can make it possible for a percentage of the workforce to work effectively and efficiently from home on at least one or two days a week.This paper explores key economic and environmental benefits of a hypothetical 5% reduction in daily trips. Using a simulation model to assess the impact on traffic flows indicates that such a reduction would result in a 5.6% reduction in greenhouse emissions in Canberra, a low-congestion city, and 17% in Sydney. It would also result in savings of 5.54% in road maintenance, accidents, motorists time and fuel costs or about $145 million annually or $1,000 per household by 2011. In Sydney these would be 10.5% or $5 billion annually or $3,300 per household. Copyright 2007 R J Nairn. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Broadband and the sustainable use of water resources
Creators: name: Saleem, Syed K
name: Wicks, Byron
name: Dassanayake, Kithsiri B
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Agriculture accounts for more than seventy percent of total fresh water consumption. Water use efficiency in the industry is often less than fifty percent. A changing climate and increasing competition for fresh water are stressing water supplies globally and limiting the scope for further expansion of agriculture to meet growing food production requirements. This situation is threatening the economic viability of many agricultural regions both in Australia and around the globe. It is a national imperative to develop solutions that will sustain this vital industry in the future.Improving water use efficiency through better irrigation practices is one method for coping with these challenges. Costs associated with capital outlays and engineering complexity are barriers to widespread adoption of efficient irrigation technologies. This paper presents a platform that leverages broadband communication networks to reduce these barriers to technology adoption and thereby vastly improve water use efficiency in agriculture. Results from recent field trials are presented that demonstrate increases in water productivity in dairy pasture and horticultural production. Copyright 2008 Syed K Saleem, Byron Wicks, Kithsiri B Dassanayake. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
New audience partnerships for the ABC
Creators: name: Walker, Tony
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: By embracing the affordances offered by broadband, new digital tools and increasingly open platforms, Australia's principal national public broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is positioning itself as a media organisation that not only creates high quality, relevant content, but one that also seeks partnerships with audiences, enabling them to create their own content and participate at the local, national and even global level to identify, and engage with issues that matter to them. Copyright 2009 Tony Walker. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Innovation crisis in Australia A way forward?: the 2007 TSA Innovation Address
Creators: name: Roberts, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Peter Roberts delivered the 2007 TSA Innovation Address at a dinner at the new RACV Club in Melbourne on 27 August 2007, to an audience of members and guests of the Telecommunication Society of Australia. Copyright 2007 Peter Roberts. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Analytic Investigation for Spatio-temporal Patterns Propagation in Spiking Neural Networks
Creators: name: Hua, Ning
name: He, Xiangnan
name: Lu, Wenlian
name: Feng, Jianfeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based upon the moment closure approach, a Gaussian random field is constructed to quantitatively and analytically characterize the dynamics of a random point field. The approach provides us with a theoretical tool to investigate synchronized spike propagation in a feedforward or recurrent spiking neural network. We show that the balance between the excitation and inhibition postsynaptic potentials is required for the occurrence of synfire chains. In particular, with a balanced network, the critical packet size of invasion and annihilation is observed. We also derive a sufficient analytic condition for the synchronization propagation in an asynchronous environment, which further allows us to disclose the possibility of spatial synaptic structure to sustain a stable synfire chain. Our findings are in good agreement with simulations and help us understand the propagation of spatio-temporal patterns in a random point flied.
description: 27 pages, 7 figures
Human Capital theory
Creators: name: Arigita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Human capital, theory, islamic studies, management of education

description: Manusia merupakan asset kehidupan yang membutuhkan pengembangan dan pengasahan potensi yang ada dalam dirinya. Dalam sejarah berkembanganya teori human capital mengalami perubahan makna dari masa ke masa. Sejak dulu, human capital memposisikan manusia layaknya sebuah mesin dengan cara kerja yang satagnan. Namun seiring meluasnya teori human capital maka muncul pengertian bahwa manusia tidak bisa disamakan dengan mesin. Hasil dari pengembangan potensi ini nantinya akan bermanfaat bagi manusia itu sendiri dan pihak-pihak yang terkait. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa human capital berusaha untuk menjadikan manusia sebagai modal hidup yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk kepentingan masyarakat.
description: This paper is a duty from the lecturer
Kate Lundy: award-winning eGovernment advocate
Creators: name: Fell, Liz
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Hon. Kate Lundy was re-elected to Federal parliament as a Labor Senator representing the Australian Capital Territory in September 2010 and sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship. In October she was selected as the winner of the International eDemocracy award at the 11th World eDemocracy Forum in Paris.Freelance journalist, Liz Fell, interviewed Senator Lundy for the Telecommunications Journal of Australia in early October 2010. Copyright 2010 Liz Fell. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Bunjil A social network for proactive monitoring of tropical rainforests
Creators: name: Goodman, Chris
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A tool is proposed to help protect tropical rainforests through early detection of deforestation. The solution automates delivery of the latest satellite images into a collaborative geographic social network. This connects local conservation groups in remote tropical regions with a network of volunteers who share the timely analysis of satellite images. Volunteers are prompted to review the latest images of an area from various sources and mark-up any recent changes observed, such as new roads or clearings. The solution captures the coordinates and sends concise reports to the local group to respond to the observed threats.The solution is called Bunjil Forest Watch. Copyright 2010 Chris Goodman. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
The multicultural Internet - parallel worlds?: review of Gerard Goggin & Mark McLelland (Eds.), Internationalizing Internet Studies
Creators: name: Gerrand, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Internationalizing Internet Studies. Beyond Anglophone Paradigms, edited by Gerard Goggin & Mark McLelland. (Routledge, New York, 2009, 343 pp., RRP Paperback US$39.95, ISBN-78-0-415-87842-5; Hardback US$110.00, ISBN-978-0-415-95625-3). Copyright 2010 Peter Gerrand. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Wireless politics: marconi and the Parliament at Point Lonsdale, 12 July 1906
Creators: name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: On 12 July 1906, representatives of Marconis Wireless Telegraph Company staged a demonstration of the new medium of wireless telegraphy across Bass Strait, between Point Lonsdale in Victoria and Devonport in Tasmania. A special train was organised from Melbourne for the Governor-General, the Prime Minister, most of the cabinet and members of the young Australian Parliament, who deferred debate that day on important industrial legislation. The event and its aftermath provided a striking illustration of the relationship between politics and communications. Political enthusiasm for the idea of new communications technology ran well ahead of the capacity to make lasting decisions about how it should be deployed. Copyright 2010 Jock Given. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Audiences as consumers - broadcasting meets Telecoms
Creators: name: McCutcheon, Marion
name: Given, Jock
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Radio and television broadcasting services are popular, influential and almost universally available. For most of their history, they have been provided free-to-air. Listeners and viewers were conceived as audiences rather than consumers. This is no longer the case. Pay TV, audio- and video-on-demand services and many forms of interaction between broadcasters and their audiences mean the users of TV and radio are already consumers. They have relationships with broadcasters and expectations about them and their services that are familiar to consumers of voice and mobile telephony and internet access services.Drawing on a study for the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACANN) in mid-2009, this article explores three areas where telecommunications and broadcasting legislators, regulators and service providers are adapting to this changed landscape. First, in audio- and video-on-demand services, they are learning about new and evolving kinds of consumer behaviour. Second, the regulation of content that has always been so important a part of broadcasting regulation has expanded to telecommunication services, which historically were largely free of content restrictions. Third, the obligations of broadcasters and telecommunications providers to offer universal access to all potential consumers are being reworked. In each of these areas, as broadcast audiences become consumers and the users of carriage services become viewers and listeners, the institutional arrangements for setting and enforcing standards about communications services are being tested. Copyright 2009 Marion McCutcheon and Jock Given. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
The telecommunications reform process in Australia [1991]
Creators: name: Dobes, Leo
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper was originally published in Telecommunication Journal of Australia Vol 41 No 1 1991.The paper was presented by Dr Dobes at an Information Age Conference held in Bangkok sponsored by the Asian Development Bank and the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity over 19-22 March 1991.This paper describes progress in telecommunications reform in Australia up to 1990, with some suggestions of projected future developments. Copyright 2010 Australian Computer Society. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
title: Paratexte_Guide de l'amateur d'ouvrages sur la musique, les musiciens et le théâtre . Deuxième fascicule
Creators: name: AmateurS
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2021

description: Paratexte
description: ID_PARA_00995
Fixed and mobile innovation through user representation: Two case studies
Creators: name: Morsillo, Robert
name: Ciavarra, Bert
name: Newton, Craig
name: Raimondo, Joe
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Meeting user needs is fundamental to successful product development. Designers may start with a technology and seek to make it useable. They may also start with user needs and go in search of technology solutions. This paper describes and analyses two projects that are commercially successful examples of innovation focussing on the user environment: one for fixed line telephony, the other for mobile telephony. It concludes that there are a range of factors, such as competent partnerships, negotiation of compromises and effective community engagement that sustain successful innovation that meets user needs and supplier business cases. Copyright 2010 Robert Morsillo, Bert Ciavarra, Craig Newton, Joe Raimondo. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Regulating Internet and convergent mobile content: the new content services regime
Creators: name: Lindsay, David
name: Rodrick, Sharon
name: De Zwart, Melissa
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The purpose of this article is to explain the new regulatory regime (the 'content services regime') that applies to the wide range of content delivered via the Internet and mobile devices. The article will first outline the various regimes that regulated content delivered by these technologies prior to the introduction of the content services regime. It will then provide an overview of the new regime, including details of its objectives and of the legal complexities involved in determining its scope. It will then summarise the Australian system for classifying content, and explain how the content services regime adapts and applies the classification system to forms of content delivered via the Internet and mobile devices. After detailing some of the minutiae of the scheme, the article will conclude with comments about the policy choices made in designing the new regime and some observations about the likely effectiveness, and the attendant benefits and costs, of the regime. Copyright 2008 David Lindsay, Sharon Rodrick and Melissa de Zwart. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
A wireless future? Overview and Glossary
Creators: name: Costa, John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This document offers an overview of each of the wireless and spectrum themed papers in this issue of TJA, and concludes with a Glossary of terms used. Copyright 2008 John Costa. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Associations of MMP-7 and OPN gene polymorphisms with risk of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in a Chinese population: a case-control study
Creators: name: Yang, Jingjin
name: Wang, Lijuan
name: Wang, Ting
name: Chen, Congcong
name: Han, Lei
name: Ji, Xiaoming
name: Wu, Baiqun
name: Han, Ruhui
name: Ni, Chunhui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Background: The matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) and osteopontin (OPN) are both multifunctional proteins with roles in inflammation, cell proliferation, tissue remodeling and so on, implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous conditions including pulmonary fibrosis. In this study, we investigated the associations between the potential functional polymorphisms in MMP-7 and OPN and the risk of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) in a Chinese population. Methods: Four polymorphisms (rs10502001 in MMP-7, rs1126772, rs11728697 and rs9138 in OPN) were genotyped and analyzed in a case-control study of 697 CWP and 694 control subjects. Results: Our results revealed that three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, MMP-7 rs10502001, OPN rs1126772 and OPN rs11728697) were associated with increased risk of CWP under a recessive model (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.80, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.01–3.20, p = 0.045 for MMP-7 rs10502001; adjusted OR = 2.09, 95% CI = 1.17–3.72, p = 0.013 for OPN rs1126772; adjusted OR = 2.48, 95% CI = 1.37–4.51, p = 0.003 for OPN rs11728697). Additionally, a combined effect was observed in a dose-dependent manner with increasing numbers of risk variant alleles (Ptrend = 0.003). Furthermore, logistic regression analysis revealed no significant interaction between SNPs and smoking status on CWP risk. Conclusions: Our results indicate that three functional SNPs (MMP-7 rs10502001, OPN rs11728697 and OPN rs1126772) are associated with an increased risk of CWP in a Chinese population.
Comparison of Sub-Grid Scale Models for Large-Eddy Simulation using a High-Order Spectral Element Approximation of the Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations at Low Mach Number
Creators: name: Reddy, Sohail
name: Tissaoui, Yassine
name: Alves, Felipe A. V. de Braganca
name: Marras, Simone
name: Giraldo, Francis X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This study aims to identify the properties, advantages, and drawbacks of some common (and some less common) sub-grid scale (SGS) models for large eddy simulation of low Mach compressible flows using high order spectral elements. The models investigated are the classical constant coefficient Smagorinsky-Lilly, the model by Vreman and two variants of a dynamic SGS (DSGS) model designed to stabilize finite and spectral elements for transport dominated problems. In particular, we compare one variant of DSGS that is based on a time-dependent residual version (R-DSGS) in contrast to a time-independent residual based scheme (T-DSGS). The SGS models are compared against the reference model by Smagorinsky and Lilly for their ability to: (i) stabilize the numerical solution, (ii) minimize undershoots and overshoots, (iii) capture/preserve discontinuities, and (iv) transfer energy across different length scales. These abilities are investigated on problems for: (1) passively advected tracers, (2) coupled, nonlinear system of equations exhibiting discontinuities, (3) gravity-driven flows in a stratified atmosphere, and (4) homogenous, isotropic turbulence. All models were able to preserve sharp discontinuities. Vreman and the R-DSGS models also reduce the undershoots and overshoots in the solution of linear and non-linear advection with sharp gradients. Our analysis shows that the R-DSGS and T-DSGS models are more robust than Vreman and Smagorinsky-Lilly for numerical stabilization of high-order spectral methods. The Smagorinsky and Vreman models are better able to resolve the finer flow structures in shear flows, while the nodal R-DSGS model shows better energy conservation. Overall, the nodal implementation of R-DSGS (in contrast to its element-based counterpart) is shown to outperform the other SGS models in most metrics listed above, and on par with respect to the remaining ones.
Building the National Broadband Network
Creators: name: Darling, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The current Australian Government policy calls for every house, school and business in Australia to get access to 'affordable fast broadband' over an eight-year period in a National Broadband Network. There has been much discussion about the viability of this policy and the associated NBN Co, but much less about the technical implementation of this policy.The article looks at the techniques likely to be used to provide fast broadband to individual dwellings, techniques which will have to provide access to over 4000 dwellings each day to realise the Australian Governments policy. Copyright 2010 Peter Darling. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Associations of MMP-7 and OPN gene polymorphisms with risk of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in a Chinese population: a case-control study
Creators: name: Yang, Jingjin
name: Wang, Lijuan
name: Wang, Ting
name: Chen, Congcong
name: Han, Lei
name: Ji, Xiaoming
name: Wu, Baiqun
name: Han, Ruhui
name: Ni, Chunhui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Background: The matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7) and osteopontin (OPN) are both multifunctional proteins with roles in inflammation, cell proliferation, tissue remodeling and so on, implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous conditions including pulmonary fibrosis. In this study, we investigated the associations between the potential functional polymorphisms in MMP-7 and OPN and the risk of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) in a Chinese population.Methods: Four polymorphisms (rs10502001 in MMP-7, rs1126772, rs11728697 and rs9138 in OPN) were genotyped and analyzed in a case-control study of 697 CWP and 694 control subjects.Results: Our results revealed that three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, MMP-7 rs10502001, OPN rs1126772 and OPN rs11728697) were associated with increased risk of CWP under a recessive model (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.80, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.01–3.20, p = 0.045 for MMP-7 rs10502001; adjusted OR = 2.09, 95% CI = 1.17–3.72, p = 0.013 for OPN rs1126772; adjusted OR = 2.48, 95% CI = 1.37–4.51, p = 0.003 for OPN rs11728697). Additionally, a combined effect was observed in a dose-dependent manner with increasing numbers of risk variant alleles (Ptrend = 0.003). Furthermore, logistic regression analysis revealed no significant interaction between SNPs and smoking status on CWP risk.Conclusions: Our results indicate that three functional SNPs (MMP-7 rs10502001, OPN rs11728697 and OPN rs1126772) are associated with an increased risk of CWP in a Chinese population.
Market-based methods of spectrum management in the UK and the European Union
Creators: name: Cave, Martin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Market-based methods of spectrum management can be applied both at the primary stage of issuing spectrum licences, via auctions, and by introducing a regime of secondary trading of spectrum licences, thereby permitting both change in ownership of the licence and a choice on the part of the licensee over what technology to employ (technological neutrality) and what to produce (service neutrality). Moreover, the use of market methods need not be confined to spectrum used for commercial purposes. Government and public sector bodies can participate in spectrum markets, just as they do in other input markets. Both the European Union and individual member states are increasingly interested in applying market methods of spectrum management. The European Commission has put forward legislative proposals, which, if adopted, would create bands that were subject to trading and flexibility of use over the 27 member states. In one member state, the United Kingdom, a new regime of spectrum management has been designed and is being implemented involving predominant reliance on spectrum markets, an extensive programme of spectrum awards, the development of a new method of specifying spectrum user rights to permit change of use and the integration of commercial and public sector spectrum markets. The effects of these innovations are not yet clear. Copyright 2008 Martin Cave. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
High altitude platform stations for Australia
Creators: name: Davey, Les
name: Butler, Richard (Dick)
name: Buchanan, Richard
name: Phillips, Robert W.
name: Lee, Y.C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The paper reviews the current progress towards a viable HAPS, including transitional tethered aerostats, and their potential application to Australia, especially for rural and remote areas. Business planning and regulatory issues are also briefly discussed, as well as some of the remaining technical challenges for HAPS. Copyright 2008 Les Davey, Richard (Dick) Butler, Richard Buchanan, Robert W. Phillips and Dr. Y.C. Lee. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Great expectations?: regulating for users in the United Kingdom and Australia
Creators: name: Goggin, Gerard
name: Milne, Claire
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Our argument is that while there are broad similarities between these two prosperous countries, with their shared historical and colonial links, and borrowings in establishment of telecommunications markets, there are some noteworthy differences in how users have fared and how industry, regulators and governments have addressed instances of market failure. We compare the UK and Australian experience in three specific areas: second-line complaints management, contrasting Australias Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman with the two approved British Alternative Dispute Resolution schemes; the architecture of self and co-regulation in telecommunications generally, especially the Communications Alliance versus the medley of relevant bodies in the UK; Internet content regulation and management, where Australia takes a more prescriptive approach to regulation than in the telecommunication area, and also than that employed in Britain. We seek to draw some conclusions from this bi-country comparison from what has worked, and what has not, in the respective models. Finally, we offer some comments on what the key issues might be in the next phase of regulating for consumers in the face of mobile, wireless and convergent IP networking. Copyright 2009 Gerard Goggin and Claire Milne. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Broadband wireless - A tutorial essay
Creators: name: Coutts, Reg
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The paper provides a tutorial overview of the two dominant broadband wireless technology standards in the market today – HSPA and WiMAX. After providing a definition, the essay describes their respective genealogies and the basic metrics for comparison, and outlines the commercial market rivalry context to enable informed judgements to be made. Copyright © 2008 Reg Coutts. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Does regulating telecommunications interconnection amount to compulsory acquisition of property?: the High Court's decision on the regulation of ULLS and LSS and its implications for structural separation
Creators: name: Lindsay, David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article is a critical analysis of the High Court's decision in Telstra Corporation Ltd v The Commonwealth, in which Telstra argued unsuccessfully that the application of the telecommunications access regime, established under Part XIC of the Trade Practices Act, to the ULLS and LSS, was an acquisition of property on unjust terms, contrary to s 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.Although the article does not disagree with the High Court's decision on the facts of this case, it contends that the narrow focus of the judgment, which is based mainly on the historically contingent circumstances that a telecommunications access regime was implemented prior to the privatisation of Telstra, provides little guidance about the extent to which future regulatory interventions may breach s 51(xxxi).The court's expansive understanding of what amounts to an 'acquisition of property' under s 51(xxxi), however, suggests that proposals for greater regulatory intervention, such as proposals for structural separation involving, for example, divestiture of the CAN, may well amount to a breach of s 51(xxxi), thereby requiring payment of compensation to Telstra. Copyright 2008 David Lindsay. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
Australian Broadband Battles - A Warrior's Account
Creators: name: Havyatt, David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Review of Paul Fletcher Wired Brown Land: Telstras battle for broadband. (New South 2009 264pp Paperback RRP AUD$34.95 ISBN 9781742230030) Copyright 2009 David Havyatt. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.