cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Do immigrants have higher or lower labour-force participation rates then the Australian-born?
Creators: name: Young, Christabel
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Before the mid 1980s aggregate labour-force participation rates of migrants were higher than those of Australian-born people. They are now lower. Is this trend an artefact of differences in the age structure of the two populations? Christabel Young's analysis shows that it is not. The deterioration in the labour-force participation of migrants is real. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Public assistance to immigrants in the U.S.: a primer on eligibility and costs
Creators: name: Simcox, David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Howard Government plans to restrict new immigrants' access to social welfare programs in Australia. Immigrants' use of social welfare has been a focus of political attention in the United States for some time, especially the use made by illegal migrants. David Simcox outlines the current eligibility of non-citizens to social welfare programs in the United States and provides estimates of the costs. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Interpreting Australia’s fertility increase
Creators: name: Heard, Genevieve
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: After decades of decline, Australia’s fertility rate has been rising. How should this phenomenon be interpreted? This paper assesses the nature of the increase and reviews some of the explanations put forward for the reversal in the direction of fertility change. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The IT workforce crisis: what is the solution?
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: Dobson, Ian R.
name: Kinnaird, Bob
name: Smith, T. Fred
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Australia faces a major supply crisis with professional IT workers. Industry representatives argue that there should be an increase in the supply of both local IT graduates and immigration IT professionals. Under present government policies most of the growth in supply will come from immigrants trained in Australia as full-fee overseas students. Additions from this source are a good thing but there is an urgent need for additional earmarked funds for the training of local students. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Reform and retreat in United States immigration policy
Creators: name: Freeman, Gary P.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Immigration policy in the United States has been dominated by a form of client politics in which the relatively small number of beneficiaries of high migration have been able to prevail against the interests of the diffuse majority who pay the costs. However, in the mid 1990s, Congress introduced tighter controls on illegal immigration and restrictions on access to welfare benefits to migrants who were not citizens. There were also attempts to cut the level of legal immigration. Do these new moves indicate that client politics no longer prevails? The outcome of the push for reform suggests that the answer is no. The moves to cut the legal intake failed. Many of the measures to restrict welfare benefits have been off-set, and efforts to persuade people granted temporary asylum to depart when their visas have run out have met with obstacles. The only change which has endured is the legislation to curtail illegal immigration. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Justifiable and unjustifiable cannons of migrant selection: a view of Australian sovereignty
Creators: name: Suyama, Nobuaki
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A visiting academic from Japan argues that nations such as Australia and Canada have fewer rights to use ethnic criteria in migrant selection policies than do the old countries of Europe and Asia. This is because they are not nation-states in the same sense as, for example, Japan and Germany. The difference is that there is no Australian (or Canadian) ethnicity and neither Australia nor Canada belongs to any particular ethnic group. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Geochronology and provenance of detrital zircons from late Palaeozoic strata of central Jilin Province, Northeast China: implications for the tectonic evolution of the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt
Creators: name: Wang, Zi-Jin
name: Xu, Wen-Liang
name: Pei, Fu-Ping
name: Wang, Zhi-Wei
name: Li, Yu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Cell Biology

description: Here we present new U–Pb and Hf isotopic data for detrital zircons obtained from six samples of late Palaeozoic units from central Jilin Province, Northeast China, and use these data and sedimentary formations to constrain the late Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the eastern segment of the southern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The majority of the detrital zircons from the six samples are euhedral–subhedral and exhibit oscillatory zoning, indicating a magmatic origin. Zircons from sandstones in the Devonian Wangjiajie and Xiaosuihe formations yield seven main age populations (399, 440, 921, 1648, 1864, 1911, and 2066 Ma) and two minor age populations (384 and 432 Ma), respectively. Zircons from a quartz sandstone in the Carboniferous Luquantun Formation yield four age populations (~332, 363, 402, and 428 Ma), and zircons from quartz sandstones of the Permian Shoushangou, Fanjiatun, and Yangjiagou formations yield age populations of 265, 369, 463, 503, and 963 Ma; 264, 310, 337, 486, and 529 Ma; and 262, 282, 312, 338, 380, 465, and 492 Ma, respectively. These data, together with the ages of magmatic zircons from interbedded volcanics and biostratigraphic evidence, as well as analysis of formations, give rise to the following conclusions. (1) The Wangjiajie and Xiaosuihe formations were deposited in an extensional environment during Middle and Middle–Late Devonian time, respectively. The former was sourced mainly from ancient continental material of the North China Craton with minor contributions from newly accreted crust, while the latter was sourced mainly from newly accreted crust. (2) The Luquantun Formation formed in an extensional environment during early–late Carboniferous time from material sourced mainly from newly accreted crust. (3) The Shoushangou, Fanjiatun, and Yangjiagou formations formed during a period of rapid uplift in the late Permian, from material sourced mainly from newly accreted crust.
A comment on the recent debate on the economics of immigration
Creators: name: Joske, Stephen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Some recent calls for higher immigration for economic reasons have pointed to the boost to the size of the economy from a larger population. However, this says little about average living standards. A recent study by Econtech has shown that the lower immigration flowing from the Government’s 1996 reforms is compatible with higher average living standards. This is consistent with a large body of research which indicates that immigration does not have a substantial positive effect on living standards, Rather, the effect is small and could be positive or negative. The difficulty of boosting skilled immigration without lowering average skill levels reduces the economic attractions of higher immigration. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
A socio-spatial analysis of voting for political parties at the 2007 federal election
Creators: name: Stimson, Robert J.
name: Shyy, Tung-Kai
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The 2007 federal election in Australia saw voters throw out of office the Howard Coalition Government, which had been in power for more than a decade, and elect the Rudd Labor Government. That represents a fundamental change in Australia's socio-political landscape. This paper provides an analysis of voter support for parties focusing on the disaggregated spatial level of local polling booths. Relationships between votes for political parties for the House of Representatives and the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of populations living in polling booth catchments across all the electorates in Australia are modelled to identify key demographic and socio-political dimensions underlying voter support for political parties. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Attitudes to abortion: Australia and Queensland in the 21st century
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A young couple in Queensland face charges of procuring the woman’s abortion with the drugs RU486 and Misoprostol. The case provoked widespread doubts about the legality of abortion in Queensland, especially medical abortion. State politicians, even those claiming to be pro-choice, are reluctant to decriminalise abortion saying that such a move would cost votes or might lead to an even more restrictive position than that which now prevails. In fact more than half the electorate in Australia and in Queensland support freedom of choice, and a further third support the availability of abortion in special circumstances. Candidates for election to the federal parliament are even more liberal. Such opposition as there is is concentrated among a few religious groups and among people aged 75 and over. As far as attitudes are concerned, Queensland is no different from the rest of Australia. A May 2009 Auspoll found that 79 per cent of Queenslanders supported decriminalisation. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The coalition government's position on immigration and population policy
Creators: name: Ruddock, Philip
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This is an edited version of a speech by Philip Ruddock, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, to the Business Council of Australia’s Population Growth and Society Conference on 15 November 1999 in Melbourne. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The politics of the origins of multiculturalism: lobbying and the power of influence
Creators: name: Lopez, Mark
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article seeks to explain the political processes of how multiculturalism became a basis for ethnic affairs policy. The material was derived from the first comprehensive account of the origins of Australian multiculturalism: M. Lopez, The Origins of Multiculturalism in Australian Politics 1945-1975, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
New population projections for Queensland and its statistical divisions
Creators: name: Wilson, Tom
name: Bell, Martin
name: Heyen, Glen
name: Taylor, Alison
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Tom Wilson is Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Martin Bell is Associate Professor and Director both are with the Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland; Glen Heyen is Senior Statistician in the Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland Government and Alison Taylor is Principal Demographer in the Planning Information and Forecasting Unit, Department of Local Government and Planning, Queensland Government. The Queensland Government recently released its 2001-based population projections for the State and its statistical divisions. This paper reports on the main features of the projections to 2051 at the State level and to 2026 at the statistical division scale, the various projection assumptions made, and the new multiregional projection model written specifically for this round of projections. The projections indicate that Queensland is likely to experience very substantial population growth in coming decades, increasing concentration in the south east, and significant population ageing. Pagination on item is incorrect Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Vietnamese concentrations: a response
Creators: name: Viviani, Nancy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Nancy Viviani's response to Healy, E.; Welfare benefits and residential concentrations amongst recently-arrived migrant communities. People and Place. 1996; 4(2): 20-31

Previous studies in People and Place on the residential concentration of Vietnamese migrants have raised concerns that these concentrations appear to be growing, particularly among the more disadvantaged. This article puts an alternative, more optimistic construction on the Vietnamese experience. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Bayesian Inference for Multivariate Meta-Regression With a Partially Observed Within-Study Sample Covariance Matrix
Creators: name: Yao, Hui
name: Kim, Sungduk
name: Chen, Ming-Hui
name: G. Ibrahim, Joseph
name: K. Shah, Arvind
name: Lin, Jianxin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Multivariate meta-regression models are commonly used in settings where the response variable is naturally multidimensional. Such settings are common in cardiovascular and diabetes studies where the goal is to study cholesterol levels once a certain medication is given. In this setting, the natural multivariate endpoint is low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides (TG) (LDL-C, HDL-C, TG). In this article, we examine study level (aggregate) multivariate meta-data from 26 Merck sponsored double-blind, randomized, active, or placebo-controlled clinical trials on adult patients with primary hypercholesterolemia. Our goal is to develop a methodology for carrying out Bayesian inference for multivariate meta-regression models with study level data when the within-study sample covariance matrix S for the multivariate response data is partially observed. Specifically, the proposed methodology is based on postulating a multivariate random effects regression model with an unknown within-study covariance matrix Σ in which we treat the within-study sample correlations as missing data, the standard deviations of the within-study sample covariance matrix S are assumed observed, and given Σ, S follows a Wishart distribution. Thus, we treat the off-diagonal elements of S as missing data, and these missing elements are sampled from the appropriate full conditional distribution in a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling scheme via a novel transformation based on partial correlations. We further propose several structures (models) for Σ, which allow for borrowing strength across different treatment arms and trials. The proposed methodology is assessed using simulated as well as real data, and the results are shown to be quite promising. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
Who voted green? : a review of the green vote in the 2002 Victorian state election
Creators: name: Economou, Nick
name: Reynolds, Margaret
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In the 2002 Victorian State election the Greens achieved a 9.7 per cent vote for their Legislative Assembly candidates and 10.8 per cent for their Legislative Council candidates. These results far exceeded those of Green candidates in earlier State elections. This article examines the factors contributing to this performance and the prospects for any further advance in voter support for Greens candidates. NOTE: The shading in the two maps have not converted to a pdf file and are unreadable, please email Sue.Drummond@arts.monash.edu.au and I can email a word file with the maps only straight away. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
CRISPR-mediated introduction of single nucleotide changes in iPSCs
Creators: name: Deneault, Eric
name: Nicouleau, Michael
name: Durcan, Thomas M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: induced pluripotent stem cells
CRISPR genome editing
digital PCR

description: This protocol describes how to edit an individual nucleotide in the genome of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), combining CRISPR-Cas9 editing, droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) technology and antibiotic-free selection.
Change or continuity in American immigration policy?
Creators: name: Freeman, Gary P.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The benefits of immigration are concentrated among the few while the costs are spread across the many. Consequently, beneficiaries lobby hard for larger intakes while the majority, though disaffected, fail to push for lower ones. Thus the 'normal' politics of immigration are client-based and expansionary. But current immigration to the United States is now both large and concentrated; it has also been accompanied by a number of crises. These factors have led to moves for reform; though some reforms may be introduced, they are unlikely to produce dramatic cuts. Afterwards, immigration politics will return to 'normal'. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Are science and engineering becoming un-Australian?
Creators: name: North, David S.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: An examination of enrolments in undergraduate and postgraduate research courses in science and engineering in Australia reveals a significant over-reliance on overseas (full fee) and local students born overseas. The implications of this imbalance for the future of science and engineering research in Australia are explored. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
title: Sputter Deposition of Transition Metal Oxides on Silicon: Evidencing the Role of Oxygen Bombardment for Fermi‐Level Pinning
Creators: name: Poulain, Raphaël
name: Proost, Joris
name: Klein, Andreas
Publisher: name: Wiley-VCH GmbH
Year: 2022

description: Different magnetron sputtering‐based deposition methods of nickel oxide SiO₂‐passivated Si surfaces are compared. Results highlight that the presence of oxygen in the deposition chamber during reactive sputtering drastically affects the Si/SiO₂ interface. An alternative method for the preparation of NiO is the sputtering of metallic nickel in oxygen‐free atmosphere followed by a post oxidation of the deposited layer in an oxygen atmosphere without plasma exposition is proposed. This method is introduced as metal layer oxidation (MLO). Using this technique, the barrier height on n‐type silicon increases from ≈0.4 eV for reactively sputtered NiO to more than 0.6 eV for the MLO method. In situ photoelectron spectroscopy evidences the formation of an extra electronic state when NiO is reactively sputtered, which is assigned to the intense oxygen ion bombardment of the Si/SiO₂ surface during the process. This extra‐electronic state pins the silicon energy bands in an undesirable position. The extra‐electronic state is associated with oxygen interstitial in the SiO₂ implanted during reactive sputtering.
How are skilled migrants doing?
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: Healy, Ernest
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Skill shortages have prompted the Australian government to double the skilled migration program since 2001-02. This article examines the employment outcomes for all skilled migrants who arrived in Australia between 2001 and 2006. Those from Main English Speaking Countries (MESC) are successfully finding professional or managerial jobs consistent with their qualifications. However, only a minority of those from non-English speaking countries (NESC) have achieved a similar outcome. This is a serious matter because the majority of Australia's skilled migrants are being drawn from NESC birthplaces. The most rapidly growing component of this NESC group, former overseas students who have studied in Australia, are having the least success in finding professional employment. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
GreenCharge Project Deliverable: D8.4 Newsletters
Creators: name: Tricker, Reggie
name: Gorman, Joe
name: Schoevaars, Arno
name: Di Martino, Beniamino
name: Werneke, Jürgen
name: Subramanian, Arjun
name: Jiang, Shanshan
name: Floch, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: eMobility

description: This deliverable packages together the six newsletters that have been produced for the GreenCharge project between February 2019 and February 2022. Each newsletter has featured a dedicated theme: Issue 1 – Introduction to the GreenCharge project and Pilot cities Issue 2 – Business models and prototypes for cities Issue 3 – Evaluation and simulation Issue 4 – Roaming Issue 5 – Reference architecture Issue 6 – Summary and recommendations The newsletters have been disseminated via the channel of the Informed Cities newsletter produced by ICLEI. This has meant the newsletter has been received by at least 1,000 recipients. Issuance of newsletters has been promoted via GreenCharge’s own communication channels, such as social media, and an archive of the newsletters have been made available on the GreenCharge website (https://www.greencharge2020.eu/newsletters/). The newsletters have contained common features, including internal project updates and e-mobility news from around Europe happening outside of the project (reflecting the important relationship with D1.3 on innovation). The structure of each newsletter has been based around the following template: Introduction from the coordinator or a workpackage leader Feature News Article World News Uptake Cities Profiles In Brief, e.g.: Links to further News Stories on website Latest Project Publications Project Diary Puzzle Link to website and social media channels Contact details Newsletters, available as PDFs on the GreenCharge website, provide an ongoing, easy-to-read summary of some of the the main aspects of the project for readers as a legacy after the project.
Birthplace: the new political divide
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: It is well known that the result of the Federal elections in 1996 and 2001 were influenced by voter attitudes to ‘vision’ and security issues and that the Coalition was the main beneficiary. This article shows that the swing to the Coalition associated with nationalistic attitudes on these issues was particularly strong amongst Australian-born voters. As a consequence, birthplace appears to have been a significant factor in shaping Federal electoral outcomes in 1996 and 2001. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Sending asylum seekers elsewhere: recent developments in Australian 'safe third country' law
Creators: name: Kinslor, Joanne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Court decisions, plus changes to Australian legislation on refugee law, have the potential to sharply restrict claims for asylum in Australia. Officers making judgements at the primary and review level will have to take account of whether the applicant could have sought to take up or maintain rights to residence in Third countries. The Minister for Immigration can also designate ‘safe third countries’ which the applicant may have resided in. In either of these two circumstances the applicant may not be successful in his or her asylum claim. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Quantile Regression in the Secondary Analysis of Case–Control Data
Creators: name: Wei, Ying
name: Song, Xiaoyu
name: Liu, Mengling
name: Ionita-Laza, Iuliana
name: Reibman, Joan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Case–control design is widely used in epidemiology and other fields to identify factors associated with a disease. Data collected from existing case–control studies can also provide a cost-effective way to investigate the association of risk factors with secondary outcomes. When the secondary outcome is a continuous random variable, most of the existing methods focus on the statistical inference on the mean of the secondary outcome. In this article, we propose a quantile-based approach to facilitating a comprehensive investigation of covariates’ effects on multiple quantiles of the secondary outcome. We construct a new family of estimating equations combining observed and pseudo outcomes, which lead to consistent estimation of conditional quantiles using case–control data. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of our proposed approach, and a case–control study on genetic association with asthma is used to demonstrate the method. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
Ethnic intermixture in Australia
Creators: name: Price, Charles
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Intermarriage statistics for 1991 and 1992 show continuing high levels of out-marriage in the second generation amongst most ethnic communities. However. for some of the more culturally distinctive and growing communities in-marriage is increasing. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Perceptions of suburban life in Sydney and Melbourne
Creators: name: McDonald, Peter
name: Moyle, Helen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Australian cities are suburban and many writers are critical of this. But the suburbs are not homogeneous: there are outer, middle and inner suburbs. When choosing a place to live in our cities, people tend to trade disadvantages off against advantage. Recent research shows that, contrary to some critics' views, most people are satisfied with their suburban lifestyle. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
European population policy in the twentieth century: is it relevant for Australia?
Creators: name: McIntosh, Alison
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Fertility in western Europe is now very low. This accelerates the ageing of the population, an effect which cannot be offset by any realistic level of immigration. Most couples are not restricting family size because they want to be childless or because they prefer one-child families; most would like to have two children. But economic insecurity and the problems women experience in combining paid work and motherhood prevent them from doing this. Policies in Sweden have reduced economic insecurity for families and have made it easier for women to participate in the labour force and to have children. These policies have raised fertility. In contrast, Italy has let events take their course and average family size there has fallen to 1.2 children. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Quantile Regression in the Secondary Analysis of Case-Control Data
Creators: name: Wei, Ying
name: Song, Xiaoyu
name: Liu, Mengling
name: Ionita-Laza, Iuliana
name: Reibman, Joan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Chemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Medicine

description: Case-control design is widely used in epidemiology and other fields to identify factors associated with a disease. Data collected from existing case-control studies can also provide a cost-effective way to investigate the association of risk factors with secondary outcomes. When the secondary outcome is a continuous random variable, most of the existing methods focus on the statistical inference on the mean of the secondary outcome. In this paper, we propose a quantile-based approach to facilitating a comprehensive investigation of covariates’ effects on multiple quantiles of the secondary outcome. We construct a new family of estimating equations combining observed and pseudo outcomes, which lead to consistent estimation of conditional quantiles using case-control data. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of our proposed approach, and a case-control study on genetic association with asthma is used to demonstrate the method.
Population statistics and the number of house of representatives seats for the Northern Territory
Creators: name: Wilson, Tom
name: Beneforti, Mary
name: Barnes, Tony
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The number of seats in the Australian House of Representatives allocated to each state and territory is determined largely by population size, with periodic recalculations made to allow for the changing geographical distribution of the nation’s population. This paper describes how the calculations are made and presents the results of the Australian Electoral Commissioner’s November 2005 seat determination. It focuses mostly on the case of the Northern Territory (NT). In the 2000 determination, for the first time, the NT was allocated a second seat, which would have been lost in the 2003 determination had there not been an inquiry and subsequent legislation changes. In the most recent determination the second seat was retained by a small margin. The paper explains the calculations which decided this matter and goes on to discuss the prospects for future representation of the Territory Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Immigration on the rise: a battleground within the Australian Democrats
Creators: name: Coulter, John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The National Executive of the Australian Democrats and the elected members of that party have a history of finding it hard to represent the wishes of the party’s members on the questions of population and immigration. In 1996 John Coulter analysed the problem (see People and Place vol. 4 no. 3) and reported how it was that at last, in 1995, the members were able to persuade the elite to accept the immigration policy that the members preferred. Since then the party elite has regrouped and, through a number of procedural manoeuvres, appear to have outflanked the members again. This leaves the party with an inadequate immigration policy and its reputation for internal democracy tarnished. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Queensland remains a population magnet
Creators: name: Barker, Ross
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: While there was a relative lull in the late 1990s, Queensland’s population growth has resumed its earlier rapidity. In the past the main driver was immigration from other states, chiefly New South Wales and, to a lesser extent, Victoria. Now overseas immigration to Queensland is growing fast and it, together with natural increase, is likely to be the key determinant of Queensland’s future growth. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Asynthesis, Crystal Structures and in Vitro Anticancer Studies of New Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives
Creators: name: A. Hussein, Mouayed
name: Adnan Iqbal, Muhammad
name: Asif, Muhammad
name: Haque, Rosenani A.
name: B. Khadeer Ahamed, Mohammed
name: M. S. Abdul Majid, Amin
name: Siang Guan, Teoh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Engineering
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Cell Biology

description: GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Asynthesis, Crystal Structures and in vitro Anticancer Studies of New Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives
Creators: name: A. Hussein, Mouayed
name: Adnan Iqbal, Muhammad
name: Asif, Muhammad
name: Haque, Rosenani A.
name: B. Khadeer Ahamed, Mohammed
name: M. S. Abdul Majid, Amin
name: Siang Guan, Teoh
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Engineering
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Cell Biology

description: Thiosemicarbazones are an important class of compounds having significant biological properties. These compounds are used as stable ligands for the synthesis of coordination compounds of biological worth. The current study describes syntheses of four new N(3)-ethyl thiosemicarbazone derivatives and their in vitro anticancer testing. The purpose of the study was to observe the effect of various subtitutions at the aromatic ring against the growth of cancerous cell. The synthesized compounds were characterized by NMR (1H & 13C) spectroscopy and the molecular structures of each of the compounds were determined using single crystal X-ray crystallographic technique. Interestingly, compound 4 appeared to have two crystallographically different units (A and B), having slightly different bond lengths and angles compared to each other. All the compounds were tested for their in vitro anticancer properties against Human Colon Cancer (HCT 116) and Breast Cancer (MCF-7) cell lines. The compounds (1–2), having halide (Cl and Br) substitutions, showed significant activity compared to those having ethoxy and allyl substitutions (3–4), indicating the possible involvement of halides against cancerous cells.
Australia's indigenous population: policy implications of demographic change
Creators: name: Taylor, John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The demography of Australia's indigenous population is quite distinct from that of the mainstream. This article is a revised version of a paper presented at the 3rd National Population Outlook Conference of the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research held in Adelaide, 22nd-24th February. It provides a summary of the contemporary dynamics of indigenous demographic change and considers a range of policy implications. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Economic deregulation and changes in New Zealand's immigration policy: 1986 to 1991
Creators: name: Farmer, Ruth S. J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: New Zealand’s immigration intake is small by the standards of the main immigrant receiving nations and many of her immigrants are subsequently lost through the process of re-emigration. Nevertheless, changes in New Zealand immigration policy over the last 10 years have been profound. This article is the first of a two-part history of these changes. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Australian and the 1951 Refugee Convention
Creators: name: Millbank, Adrienne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The recent wave of boat people has focussed attention on Australia’s mandatory detention policy. Surprisingly little critical attention has been given to the UN treaty and its international system of political asylum which legitimises ‘illegal’ entry and stay in countries like Australia. The illogicalities and moral absurdities of this system half a century on, in a different world, have become glaringly apparent. With vastly increased numbers of refugees, intensified migration pressures and a rapid expansion of asylum seeker inflows into Western countries over the last 10-15 years, this paper shows that the coherence of the UN based system has deteriorated to the extent that its continuing feasibility is questionable. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Temporary overseas workers: deregulating the market
Creators: name: Bell, Martin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Temporary labour migration is the great sleeper in Australia's immigration debate. It is little publicised. poorly documented and largely undebated. A current Government inquiry proposes a massive liberalisation of entry criteria and procedures, matching similar moves on trade and capital flows. The proposals represent a fundamental shift in policy, and will reduce protection of the domestic labour market. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Low fertility in Australia: evidence, causes and policy responses
Creators: name: McDonald, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Fertility in Australia is low and may well fall further. Why? McDonald discounts theories based on ‘post materialist values’ and argues that most young women want at least a two-child family. Fertility is low because of the high cost of children, the risk of making long-term commitments in the face of an uncertain future, and the uneven nature of gender equity. This third reason is important. Women are treated as equals in the education system and the labour market, provided they participate as individuals. But once they become mothers they are more often treated as members of families, families headed by a male breadwinner. This is especially true as far as taxation and welfare are concerned. In these circumstances gender equity suffers. McDonald's policy suggestions focus on gender equity: we need family-friendly work places, child-care reform and reform of the taxation system. Current arrangements reward stay-at-home mothers and mothers who work full-time. They penalise those who prefer a balanced compromise. If we persist in ignoring the needs of this group of women fertility will continue to fall. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Cytotoxicity of benzophenanthridine alkaloids from the roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC. var. fastuosum How ex Huang
Creators: name: Wang, Cheng-Fang
name: Fan, Li
name: Tian, Mei
name: Du, Shu-Shan
name: Deng, Zhi-Wei
name: Feng, Jiang-Bin
name: Wang, Yong-yan
name: Su, Xu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biochemistry

description: This work aimed to investigate benzophenanthridine from the roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC. var. fastuosum How ex Huang for the first time. Thirteen benzophenanthridines were isolated, and our results of the cytotoxic activities indicated that compound 6 exhibited the best potency against A549, Hela, SMMC-7721 and EJ, with the IC50 values of 27.50, 37.50, 16.95 and 60.42 μM, respectively. Compounds 7 and 11 also showed strong cytotoxicity when tested against the four human cancer cell lines (A549, Hela, SMMC-7721 and EJ), while only compounds 12 and 13 displayed cytotoxicity in inhibiting BALL-1 proliferation among all the compounds. These results suggested that benzophenanthridines may become a valid alternative of potential basis for new anti-proliferative agents.
Spline-Lasso in High-Dimensional Linear Regression
Creators: name: Guo, Jianhua
name: Hu, Jianchang
name: Jing, Bing-Yi
name: Zhang, Zhen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: We consider a high-dimensional linear regression problem, where the covariates (features) are ordered in some meaningful way, and the number of covariates p can be much larger than the sample size n. The fused lasso of Tibshirani et al. is designed especially to tackle this type of problems; it yields sparse coefficients and selects grouped variables, and encourages local constant coefficient profile within each group. However, in some applications, the effects of different features within a group might be different and change smoothly. In this article, we propose a new spline-lasso or more generally, spline-MCP to better capture the different effects within the group. The newly proposed method is very easy to implement since it can be easily turned into a lasso or MCP problem. Simulations show that the method works very effectively both in feature selection and prediction accuracy. A real application is also given to illustrate the benefits of the method. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.
Ahmad Falah al-Lawama, habitant d'al-Muqar'iyeh (région de Ma'an), raconte ses souvenirs du village
Creators: name: al-Lawama, Ahmad Falah
name: Waed Hamd Al-Badur (Enquêtrice)
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Source: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/FileId-3139
description: Coverage: Al-Muqar'iyeh (Ma'an, Jordanie)
Determination of the Heavy Metal Levels in Panax notoginseng and the Implications for Human Health Risk Assessment
Creators: name: Jiang, Yang
name: Cui, Bin
name: Jiang, Yanxue
name: Cao, Hongbin
name: Zhang, Wensheng
name: Zhu, Meilin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Hematology
Cancer
Biological Sciences
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Medicine
Biochemistry

description: ABSTRACTHigh levels of heavy metals in Panax notoginseng (Sanchi), a valued traditional Chinese medicine, have drawn increasing concern regarding the safe usage of Sanchi preparations. Here, we measured the concentrations of six heavy metals in Sanchi samples from 20 major plantations, investigated the pharmaceutical processes and usages of Sanchi preparations, and assessed the associated potential health risks to consumers. The average concentrations of chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and arsenic (As) in the Sanchi samples were 2.7, 3.7, 6.2, 22.1, 2.0, and 1.4 mg/kg, respectively. The hazard quotients (HQs) for these six single metals and the hazard index (HI) of these metals’ combination were all far less than 1, indicating the absence of a non-carcinogenic health hazard to consumers. The carcinogenic risk of As was 2.1 × 10−6, which is higher than the allowable level suggested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency but less than the level suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). The probabilities of consumers’ exposure due to daily medicine consumption exceeding the allowable daily intakes from medicine (ADIsdrug, 1% of the ADI) suggested by the WHO were 0.0%, 0.1%, 0.1%, 0.0%, 1.6%, and 27.3% for Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, and As, respectively.
Redistributing migrants: the labor agenda
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Labour party has commissioned a report by Withers and Powell which recommends measures designed to locate 45 per cent of Australia’s new settlers in regional areas (compared with 10 per cent currently). The recommendations will result in lower skill selection standards and weaker performance requirements for two stage visas than is the case with the existing regional migration schemes. Analysis of these schemes, particularly those connected with business migration, indicate that selection and performance standards should be tightened, not softened. In the case of the largest regional program, that providing selection concessions for relatives sponsored by residents who live in ‘designated areas’, nearly two-thirds of the sponsored migrants are locating in Melbourne. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Identification and structural elucidation of steroidal saponins from the root of Paris polyphylla by HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS/MS
Creators: name: Ling, Yun
name: Fu, Zhiwen
name: Zhang, Qing
name: Xu, Lingling
name: Liao, Liang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biochemistry

description: The root of Paris polyphylla (RPP) is widely used as a traditional Chinese medicine for a long time due to the good properties of heat-clearing and detoxicating, detumescence, sedation, acesodyne and haemostasis. To clarify on the bioactive substances and ensure the safety in clinical medication, a feasible and accurate strategy was developed by applying the high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionisation and quadrupole time-of-flight-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS/MS). Separation was performed an Agilent poroshell 120 EC-C18 column (2.7 × 100 mm, i.d., 2.7 μm) with 0.1% formic acid aqueous solution and acetonitrile as the mobile phase under gradient conditions. Based on the proposed strategy, 30 constituents, mainly including steroidal saponins, were characterised or tentatively identified, 2 of which were the first to be reported as the potential new steroidal saponins in RPP. In conclusion, the HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS/MS is a feasible and credible technique to separate and identify steroidal saponins from botanical extracts.
Welfare benefits and residential concentrations amongst recently-arrived migrant communities
Creators: name: Healy, Ernest
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Despite some improvement since the early 1990's, high proportions of recently-arrived migrants remain dependent on unemployment benefits. Contrary to most analysts' expectations, there is evidence that disadvantaged migrants are becoming more, rather than less, residentially concentrated. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
A place for story telling: the Cairo population conference
Creators: name: O'Connor, Kathryn
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A delegation of Monash University medical students attended the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in September 1994. Kathryn O'Connor was part of this delegation. Here is her account of what occurred. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
TAFE IT graduates: the puzzle of poor employment outcomes
Creators: name: Kinnaird, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Recent surveys of the employment status of TAFE IT graduates show a high proportion are unemployed six months after completing their course. Unemployment rates are particularly high for graduates without previous work experience. This is a puzzling outcome given employer complaints about shortages of IT specialists. This article explores the causes of this situation and offers some policy responses. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The coalition government's reaction to scientists' concerns about population policy
Creators: name: Ruddock, Philip
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Philip Ruddock,, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs in the Coalition Government, responds. An appendix provided by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs outlines the basis of the population projections used by the Department in advice to the Minister. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The Asian element in Australia: 1996
Creators: name: Price, Charles
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: There has been much public debate about the size of the Asian-born and Asian ethnic-origin population in Australia (unmixed). By combining these two elements, it is estimated that the total unmixed Asian component of Australia’s population is 8.16 per cent. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s