cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fertility levels in Australia: what can the 1991 census tell us?
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
name: Diemer, Kristin
name: Hiller, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The information which can be gathered from the 1991 Census on trends in fertility in limited. But an analysis of the one per cent users’ sample tape indicated that women with advanced educational qualifications are now having families which are considerably smaller than those of women who have no post-school qualifications. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Characteristics of particulate matter emissions from toy cars with electric motors
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaofei
name: J. Williams, Brent
name: Biswas, Pratim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Aerosol emissions from toy cars with electric motors were characterized. Particle emission rates from the toy cars, as high as 7.47 × 107 particles/s, were measured. This emission rate is lower than other indoor sources such as smoking and cooking. The particles emitted from toy cars are generated from spark discharges inside the electric motors that power the toy cars. Size distribution measurements indicated that most particles were below 100 nm in diameter. Copper was the dominant inorganic species in these particles. By deploying aerosol mass spectrometers, high concentrations of particulate organic matter were also detected and characterized in detail. Several organic compounds were identified using a thermal desorption aerosol gas chromatography. The mass size distribution of particulate organic matter was bimodal. The formation mechanism of particulate organic matter from toy cars was elucidated.Implications: A possible new source of indoor air pollution, particles from electric motors in toy cars, was identified. This study characterized aerosol emissions from toy cars in detail. Most of these particles have a diameter less than 100 nm. Copper and some organics are the major components of these particles. Conditions that minimize these emissions were determined.
Asia-Pacific labour mobility and the two track labour market
Creators: name: Sutton, John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: John Sutton is National Secretary of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU). The following opinion piece is a revised version of his address to the Catalyst Seminar held in Sydney, 6 May 2008, by Catalyst Australia, a new labour movement think-tank. Here he presents evidence showing that the current (allegedly skilled) temporary migration scheme under the 457 visa is often abused and voices serous concerns about extending temporary labour migration to workers openly acknowledged to be low skilled. His address was delivered before the Rudd Government announced its record increase in the permanent migration program and before it floated the idea of importing unskilled guest workers from the Asia/Pacific region. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The movement of engineers in and out of Australia
Creators: name: Smith, T. Fred
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: There has been considerable media attention recently as to the possibility of a new 'brain drain' of Australian professionals. The data on engineers show there is no case yet for such worries, but many migrants engineers have difficulty finding suitable employment. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
ESTIMATION OF PHREATIC EVAPORATION IN IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE USING STABLE ISOTOPES
Creators: name: Umirzakov, G.
name: Barthold, F.
name: Schneider, K.
name: Forkutsa, I.
name: Breuer, L.
name: Stulina, G.
name: Dukhovny, V.
name: Frede, H-G.
name: Umirzakov, G.
name: Barthold, F.
name: Schneider, K.
name: Forkutsa, I.
name: Breuer, L.
name: Stulina, G.
name: Dukhovny, V.
name: Frede, H-G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy
Land Economics/Use
Risk and Uncertainty

description: Agriculture in the Aral Sea basin is the main consumer of water resources and due to the current agricultural management practices inefficient water usage causes huge losses of freshwater resources. There is huge potential to save water resources in order to reach a more efficient water use in irrigated areas. Therefore, research is required to reveal the mechanisms of hydrological fluxes in irrigated areas. This paper focuses on estimation of one of the crucial components in the water balance of irrigated areas - phreatic evaporation (Ep), i.e. evaporation from (shallow) groundwater - using stable isotopes of water. Our main objective was to estimate the rate of phreatic evaporation on sites with different soil texture and ground water tables (GWT) and investigate the relationship between these environmental parameters and the Ep rate. Soil samples were collected in various soil depths from irrigated areas in Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan). The soil water from these samples was extracted via a cryogenic extraction method and analyzed for the isotopic ratio of the water isotopes (2H and 18O) based on a laser spectroscopy method (DLT 100, Los Gatos USA). A total of 18 soil profiles in fields under cotton have been analyzed. Estimations of phreatic evaporation rates were evaluated in dependence of soil texture and groundwater table. Annual amounts of water losses via phreatic evaporation were calculated between 104 to 349 mm, accounting for 35.1 % of mean irrigation water. Ep rates significantly increase with decreasing depth to GWT. There also exist difference of Ep rate between different soil texture classes with lower rates on sandy and loamy soils as and higher rates on clay. We conclude that site specific groundwater level managing can reduce phreatic losses substantially, providing an efficient and easy adaptable way to improve irrigation and leaching practices.
Characteristics of Particulate Matter Emissions from Toy Cars with Electric Motors
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaofei
name: J. Williams, Brent
name: Biswas, Pratim
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: ABSTRACTAerosol emissions from toy cars with electric motors were characterized. Particle emission rates from the toy cars, as high as 7.47×107 particles/s, were measured. This emission rate is lower than other indoor sources such as smoking and cooking. The particles emitted from toy cars are generated from spark discharges inside the electric motors which power the toy cars. Size distribution measurements indicated that most particles were below 100 nm in diameter. Copper was the dominant inorganic species in these particles. By deploying aerosol mass spectrometers, high concentrations of particulate organic matter were also detected and characterized in detail. Several organic compounds were identified using a thermal desorption aerosol gas chromatography. The mass size distribution of particulate organic matter was bimodal. The formation mechanism of particulate organic matter from toy cars was elucidated.
IMPLICATIONSA possible new source, particles from electric motors in toy cars, of indoor air pollution was identified. This study characterized aerosol emissions from toy cars in detail. Most of these particles have a diameter less than 100 nm. Copper and some organics are the major components of these particles. Conditions that minimize these emissions were determined.
Emperor's new clothes: yes, there is a link between English language competence and academic standards
Creators: name: Bretag, Tracey
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Australian universities have struggled to compensate for funding cuts by taking in large numbers of full-fee paying international students. Concern is mounting about falling standards and the growth of plagiarism. The author interviewed 14 academics from 10 universities and found that all were concerned about the inadequate English of many international students. Most reported pressure to pass such students despite poor work, and to overlook plagiarism. Where academics did report plagiarism they found the process time-consuming and often futile Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Immigration and sustainability in Australia
Creators: name: Mackenzie, MairiAnne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The author argues that members of host communities who wish to preserve their cultural identity in the face of large-scale immigration may be acting in a defensible and understandable way. She also argues that, taken to its extreme, multiculturalism would have the effect of homogenising human cultural diversity around the globe. If cultural diversity is to be preserved between nation states (or other geographically defined groups of people) multiculturalism within nation states should be limited. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
GreenCharge Project Deliverable: D7.4 European Workshop e-mobility and SUMP
Creators: name: Lange, Beate
name: Hülsemann, Karsten
name: Glotz- Richter, Michael
name: Tricker, Reggie
name: Meskovic, Elma
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: eMobility, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

description: GreenCharge set out to find different solutions for charging with renewables on different applications: vehicle sharing, charge at work and charge at home. This is to facilitate the uptake of carbon free mobility in the first place. With a view of municipalities ́ interest to electrify public transport and to reduce car dependency of citizens, to encourage walking, cycling and use of public transport, it is important to consider the SUMP- process as a helping tool to introduce charging for e-mobility in housing developments, in connection with public transport and fleet management. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) are a way to create common understanding of goals. We presented an overview about the multi-step development and update process in Bremen, followed by best practice examples from Flanders and the project ECCENTRIC. Within GreenCharge, we support the process of a roadmap development with the uptake cities group as part of their SUMP or SUMP process. The workshop consisted of two parts: Part 1 Get inspired The Bremen SUMP-process, learnings from it and its current status were presented followed by the presentation of success-stories from Flanders and early movers experiences from Stockholm encouraging to start with small ideas becoming big. Three different approaches – what can be learned from these? Bremen focusses on electrifying public transport and commercial vehicles, reducing private car ownership, increasing comfort and safety for walking and cycling. Stockholm / project ECCENTRIC is already upscaling their charging infrastructure and combines it with an extensive information campaign. Flanders is campaigning for shared mobility and the utilization of mobility hubs to combine shared cars with public transport and optionally with parcel stations and bike sharing. Electrifying mobility modes comes only second. Part 2 Tell us your barriers With an interactive tool, the pain points and barriers for electrifying mobility were discussed and the preferred channel for guidance on how to overcome these. It showed that the uptake cities representatives find best practice examples most helpful for their roadmap development.
The Hawkesbury-Nepean region: has the optimum population size been exceeded?
Creators: name: Jones, Alan
name: Pearson, Ben
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The ecosystem of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River is under stress Is population growth in the catchment area part of the cause? What would if cost to restore the system’s health? Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Extracts from the recent Australian high court decision on China's one child policy and refugee status
Creators: name: People And Place
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The following extracts are taken from the judgments in ‘Applicant A’ & Anor v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs & Anor, the High Court, 24 February 1997. The appellants in the case were a married couple, nationals of the People’s Republic of China, who already had one child and wished to have at least one more. They had arrived by boat in Northern Australia without visas, and said that they feared compulsory sterilisation if they were returned to China. They then requested refugee status, arguing that they faced persecution in the form of compulsory sterilisation because of their membership of a ‘particular social group’, those who already had one child and wanted more. The appellants are termed ‘Applicant A’ (the husband) and ‘Applicant B’ (the wife). See accompanying article. The case was heard by five judges of the High Court: Sir Gerard Brennan, the chief justice, Michael Kirby, Daryl Dawson, Michael McHugh, and Bill Gummow. The judgments were split two/three: Brennan and Kirby found for the appellants while Dawson, McHugh and Gummow found for the respondents. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The impact of the 'Hanson' effect and the Asian currency crisis on education exports
Creators: name: Dobson, Ian R.
name: Hawthorne, Lesleyanne
name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Statements by Pauline Hanson about Asian immigration have not affected enrolments of Asian students in Australian educational institutions. Indeed, enrolments grew from 1996 to 1997. In contrast, the Asian currency crisis has reduced enrolments, especially in short-term language courses. Enrolments in higher education are much less affected. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Charting a Collective Course for Data Repositories at the World Data System
Creators: name: Jenkyns, Reyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The World Data System (WDS), an affiliate member of the International Science Council, serves a membership of trusted data repositories and related organizations. Governed by a Scientific Committee, the WDS consists of an International Program Office (WDS-IPO) based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, and an International Technology Office (WDS-ITO) based in Victoria, BC, Canada. The WDS mission is to enhance the capabilities, impact, and sustainability of our member data repositories and data services. 

In this presentation, we report on progress for the 2022-2024 Action Plan of the World Data System, which has four objectives: 1) Provide services and support to existing and new members, 2) Develop value narratives for WDS members, 3) Provide global leadership and agenda setting, 4) Enhance access, quality and accessibility of data worldwide. Featured activities pertain to important topics like open data for open science, artificial intelligence, data repository attributes, data commons, Indigenous data governance, more inclusive regional and disciplinary scope, and more. We also take a preliminary look at future plans and rationale for the uncharted future of data, as we look ahead to 2025 and beyond.
Video link
Creators: name: Phillippi, Melissa
name: Galenzoski, Kristi
name: Wiggins, Bradford J.
name: Worden, Jonathan
name: Hornbaker, Kylee
name: Galbraith, Courtney
name: Bruton, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2016

description: Here is the link to our pretest video of our experiment.
Boatpeople and the 2001 election
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In the wake of the Tampa incident in August 2001 the Coalition Government developed tougher policies on border control. Many commentators believe that this cost Labor the November 2001 election. The theory is that, even though Labor supported the new policies, the Coalition’s stance was perceived to be more sincere and that this lured away some of Labor’s working-class voters. At the same time, some new-class professionals who would normally have voted Labor were repelled by its support for the Coalition’s policies and voted Green or Democrat. Data collected by the 2001 Australian Election Study (AES) provide some confirmation for this theory, but they also point to a boarder shift in Australia’s electoral politics. National identity was an election tissue in 1996 and again in 2001. On both occasions this worked well for the Coalition. The AES shows that people who feel close to Australia and are proud to be Australian are more likely to vote for the Coalition, while Labor draws a higher level of support from the minority of voters who have a more distant relationship with their country. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Reforming family support policy in Australia
Creators: name: McDonald, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: What has happened to the Prime Minister’s ‘barbeque stopper’ issue — reform of policy to support the combination of work and family? Halfway through this term of parliament, we have no new policies on this issue from either the Government or the Opposition. Despite this relative silence, it seems that the issue will not go away. This paper first discusses the problems with the present family support system in Australia within a framework of desirable principles. The principles addressed include recognition of the social value of children, neutrality in the tax-transfer system in relation to the work arrangements of parents, gender neutrality, the acceptance of changes that involve people who lose from the changes that are made, coordination of family supports provided by government with those provided by employers, simplicity and transparency, and the need for quality early childhood education. On the basis of this assessment, the paper then proposes a multi-faceted, essentially cost-neutral reform package Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Causality in Econometric Modeling. From Theory to Structural Causal Modeling
Creators: name: Mouchart, Michel
name: Orsi, Renzo
name: Wunsch, Guillaume
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2020
Subjects: SECS-P/05 Econometria

description: This paper examines different approaches for assessing causality as typically followed in econometrics and proposes a constructive perspective for improving statistical models elaborated in view of causal analysis. Without attempting to be exhaustive, this paper examines some of these approaches. Traditional structural modeling is first discussed. A distinction is then drawn between model-based and design-based approaches. Some more recent developments are examined next, namely history-friendly simulation and information-theory based approaches. Finally, in a constructive perspective, structural causal modeling (SCM) is presented, based on the concepts of mechanism and sub-mechanisms, and of recursive decomposition of the joint distribution of variables. This modeling strategy endeavors at representing the structure of the underlying data generating process. It operationalizes the concept of causation through the ordering and role-function of the variables in each of the intelligible sub-mechanisms.
Making public transport work in Melbourne
Creators: name: McCloskey, David
name: Birrell, Bob
name: Yip, Rose
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Public transport advocates argue that if higher density housing were promoted around transport hubs or along transport corridors, particularly those with tramlines, that this would achieve a significant increase in public transport use. This advocacy is mistaken in the case of Melbourne because only a small proportion of jobs is located close to fixed rail or tram routes. This helps explain the key empirical finding of this paper: only a tiny minority of employed persons who live within walking distance of a train station or a tram stop in Melbourne actually use the train or tram for journeys to work. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IN UZBEKISTAN USING QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: CASE STUDIES OF WATER CONSUMERS ASSOCIATIONS IN BUKHARA REGION
Creators: name: Hamidov, Ahmad
name: Khamidov, Mukhamadkhan
name: Thiel, Andreas
name: Hamidov, Ahmad
name: Khamidov, Mukhamadkhan
name: Thiel, Andreas
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Institutional and Behavioral Economics
International Development
Land Economics/Use

description: Given the fact that water consumers associations (WCAs) in Uzbekistan were established about a decade ago in a top-down fashion to maintain on-farm water facilities, using fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis tool this paper attempted at determining sets of conditions that are necessary and sufficient to achieve an outcome. The study followed the logic of abductive approach, where sets of theories were adjusted based on the empirical field stint. Institutional economics perspective was applied to identify rural farmers’ behavior in the management of common pool resources (CPRs). The study took place in Bukhara region – southwestern part of Uzbekistan – and involved focus group discussions with members of fifteen WCAs using semi-structured interview format. Three sets of conditions (appropriate chairmanship skills [ACS], proper water allocation [PWA], and effective participatory governance [EPG]) were found to be important for explaining the outcome (improved maintenance of irrigation canals [IMC]). The analysis of necessary conditions indicated that neither condition ACS nor PWA nor EPG is necessary for IMC on its own. The same finding was apparent for the complements of the three conditions, ~ACS, ~PWA, ~EPG. In the meantime, the analysis of necessary conditions for unions of conditions (logical OR) revealed that the terms of PWA OR EPG (i.e. PWA+EPG) is necessary to achieve the outcome. However, their presence is not sufficient. The result for sufficiency analysis highlighted that no single condition alone is sufficient to achieve IMC. The results for combinations of conditions showed that the presence of ACS AND PWA AND EPG (i.e. ACS*PWA*EPG) is sufficient for achieving the outcome, IMC. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that when these conditions are present simultaneously, there is a great chance of improving CPR use within WCA territories.
Residues and potential health risks of DDTs and HCHs in commercial seafoods from two coastal cities near Yangtze River Estuary
Creators: name: Zhang, Dong
name: Q. Jin, Mei
name: S. Zhou, Shan
name: P. Liu, Wei
name: T. Lu, Xian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology

description: Five species of commercial seafoods collected from the local markets in two coastal cities near Yangtze River Estuary (Ningbo and Zhoushan) in 2010 were analyzed to study the residues, potential sources, and health risks of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) and hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) in these areas. The total levels of DDTs and HCHs in the samples ranged from 1.13–20.2 ng g–1 and 1.23–3.05 ng g–1 wet weight, respectively, and were at a middle level compared with those from other marine systems. Results from one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated species-specific distributions of DDTs and HCHs in the seafoods of the studied area, which may be related to their different lipid contents and ecological characteristics. Compositional analysis suggested that historical usage dominates in this area, and fresh inputs of lindane and dicofol may also have part contributions. With respect to DDTs, it can be metabolized into both DDD and DDE simultaneously in seafoods tested. Assessment based on maximum residue levels, acceptable or tolerable daily intakes, and hazard ratios for non-carcinogens suggested no obvious adverse health effects, while the lifetime cancer risks may be increased from dietary exposure to DDTs and HCHs.
A new myrsinol-type diterpene polyester from Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam
Creators: name: Wang, Li
name: Yang, Jing
name: Chi, Yu-Qian
name: Ouyang, Wen-Bin
name: Zang, Zhen
name: Huang, Sheng-Xiong
name: Cao, Pei
name: Zhao, Yong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: A new myrsinol-type diterpene polyester, 14-deoxo-3β-O-propinoyl-2α,5α,7β,15β-tetra-O-acetyl-14α-O-benzoyl-myrsinol (1), and its known analogue, 14-deoxo-3β-O-prorionyl-5α,15β-di-O-acetyl-7β-O-nicotinoyl-myrsinol-14β-acetate (2), together with a monoterpenoid, pubinernoid A (3), two indole alkaloids, neoechinulin A (4) and dihydroxyisoechinulin A (5), two benzene derivatives, siringin (6) and (3-methoxyphenyl) acetic acid (7), were isolated from the 70% acetone extract of the aerial parts of Euphorbia dracunculoides Lam. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic evidence and comparison with literature reports. The absolute configuration of 1 was deduced by comparing experimental and calculated ECD spectra. Among them, compounds 4 and 5 were first obtained from the plant source. In addition, the 13C NMR data of compound 2 was reported for the first time.
FigStat: An Interactive Tool for Automated Figure Making and Statistical Visualization
Creators: name: Sha, Wei (Alex)
name: Sundaramoorthy, Sneha
name: Mohan, Surya
name: Britto, Lucy
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Data Visualization
subject: Statistical Analysis
subject: Figure Generation

description: FigStat is an interactive tool designed in Python that enables users to easily generate statistical visualizations and figures without requiring advanced programming or statistical knowledge. The platform allows users to upload CSV data files, automatically categorize variables, and select from a list of suggested statistical tests and plot types. It supports various visualization formats, including bar charts, scatter plots, heatmaps, and more, along with statistical methods like t-tests, ANOVA, and regression analysis. By focusing on accessibility and ease of use, FigStat aims to streamline the process of data analysis and figure creation, making it ideal for researchers across disciplines.
What’s behind recent fertility trends—government policy, alarms on biological clocks or lessons learned from childhood?
Creators: name: Read, Donna
name: Crockett, Judith
name: Watson, Geoff
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Fertility in Australia has risen since 2001. Some have attributed this to the universal Maternity Payment introduced with the 2004 budget, or to Treasurer Peter Costello’s call to parents to have three children, also made in 2004. But these interventions occurred after fertility had begun to rise. Moreover, qualitative interviews with 15 mothers in regional New South Wales show that they had had little effect on these women. Factors that did affect them included anxiety about beating the biological clock, the desire to have the number of children that their own childhood had taught them to prefer, and constraints such as lack of social support and fears about their inability to pay for the education of their children. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Sam Benson for Batman and Australia': labor pre-selection problems, the ethnic vote and the ghost of Benson
Creators: name: Allen, Lyle
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The 1995 battle for Batman has held the public's attention for some months. Two local candidates for ALP pre-selection have been disappointed and, thanks to support by Canberra-based members of the Party, an outsider - Martin Ferguson - has won. This struggle can be seen as an odd echo from the 1960s when the ALP Victorian Central Executive twice intervened in pre-selections in Batman. Ethnicity was an issue then as now, but the context was very different. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Methods for projecting future migration levels: an assessment
Creators: name: Withers, Glenn
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The need to supplement traditional fIxed level projection methods for migration by rates-based approaches, and by other more sophisticated options also, is argued in this paper. It is concluded that more pluralistc methodology will make for better policy in this contentious area. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Xenophobia and xenophilia : Pauline Hanson and the counterbalancing of electorial incentives in Australia
Creators: name: Money, Jeannette
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Mainstream parties focus on the economic dimension of politics, conventionally understood as left versus right. But there is another possible dimension, one which taps concerns about social and cultural issues. The author labels this the cosmopolitan/libertarian versus authoritarian/xenophobic dimension. She argues that extremist parties make appeals to voters with issues drawn from this dimension rather than the economic one. When appeals by extremist parties invoke xenophobia they are a threat to immigrants. Mainstream parties may be tempted to echo these appeals but, in countries like Australia where large numbers of immigrants have the right to vote, this temptation will be muted. The author tests her theory by examining the fortunes of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party in the 1998 Federal Election. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Australia's casual approach to its academic teaching workforce
Creators: name: Coates, Hamish
name: Dobson, Ian R.
name: Goedegebuure, Leo
name: Meek, Lynn
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Australian academics’ response to the Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey indicates that they are among the least satisfied academics in the world. This dissatisfaction has been expressed after two decades of rapid growth in the student body and structural changes in the academic workforce, particularly an expansion in the amount of teaching provided by casual staff. The growth in casual staff numbers is a factor that has simultaneously created a precariously employed but cheaper and more flexible workforce along with higher levels of stress among the full-time teachers responsible for managing and supervising casual teachers. The academic profession has an important role to play in creating a highly educated workforce for Australia and in generating export income by teaching international students. Careful attention needs to be paid to this situation especially in light of the need to replenish the ageing academic workforce. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
miR-146a is directly regulated by STAT3 in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells and involved in anti-tumor immune suppression
Creators: name: Sun, Xiaoxia
name: Zhang, Jian
name: Hou, Zhaohua
name: Han, Qiuju
name: Zhang, Cai
name: Tian, Zhigang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Chemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biophysics

description: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in tumorigenesis, but their role in tumor-induced immune suppression is largely unknown. STAT3 signaling, a key pathway mediating immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment, is responsible for the transcription of several important miRNAs. In this study, we observed that miR-146a, a known important regulator of immune responses, was downregulated by blocking activated STAT3 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. Furthermore, miR-146a inhibition in HCC cells not only altered the STAT3 activation–associated cytokine profile but also reversed HCC-induced NK cell dysfunction in vitro and improved the anti-tumor effect of lymphocytes in vivo. Importantly, ChIP and luciferase reporter assays confirmed that STAT3 directly bound to the miR-146a promoter and induced miR-146a expression. These findings indicated that miR-146a expression was regulated by aberrantly activated STAT3 in HCC cells and exerted negative effects on anti-tumor immune response, which resulted in the upregulation of cytokines such as TGF-β, IL-17, VEGF and downregulation of type I IFN to create an immunosuppressive microenvironment. This further insight into understanding the mechanism responsible for tumor-induced immune suppression highlights the potential application of miR-146a as a novel immunotherapeutic target for HCC.
Methods for isolating A. nasoniae from Nasonia wasps, DNA template creation for NGS, and genome sequencing
Creators: name: L. Frost, Crystal
name: Siozios, Stefanos
name: Nadal-Jimenez, Pol
name: Brockhurst, Michael
name: King, Kayla
name: Darby, Alistair
name: Hurst, Greg
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 60503 Microbial Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Method for establishing A. nasoniae in pure culture from field collected N. vitripennis, and DNA template/genome sequencing method.
Why don't small households live in small dwellings? — disentangling a planning dilemma
Creators: name: Wulff, Maryann
name: Healy, Ernest
name: Reynolds, Margaret
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Maryann Wulff is Associate Professor, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Ernest Healy is Research Fellow, Centre for Population and Urban Research, and Margaret Reynolds is Research Fellow, Centre for Geographical Information Systems, all with Monash University. Advocates for the compact city often suppose that smaller households mean people will want smaller dwellings. This paper analyses the growth in lone-person households in Australia and shows that most people who live alone prefer detached three bedroom houses and that many of them are able to realise this preference. Planners have too readily assumed that the demographic shift to smaller households will facilitate a shift to more compact cites. There is very little evidence to support this assumption. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Poor families, poor children: who cares for the next generation?
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: Rapson, Virginia
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Despite the recovery in the Australian economy since 1991, the number of poor families in Australia has continued to increase. By September 1996, 43 per cent of Australian families could be regarded as poor. Some four out every ten of these were headed by lone parents. These findings highlight major questions about the resources available to poor families in a context where families are increasingly expected to invest heavily in their children’s education. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Immigration and the surplus of doctors in Australia
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Since the mid 1980s the number of overseas-trained doctors entering Australia as permanent residents or temporary residents has escalated. The Australian Government has sought to control this intake because it believes there is an oversupply of doctors especially in urban general practice. However, the Government's control measures have largely failed. As a consequence Australian medical schools have been told to cut their reenrolments, beginning in 1996. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Sydney (Un)Ltd
Creators: name: Willis, Anne-Marie
name: Fry, Tony
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The projected rapid expansion of Sydney’s population and increased per capita stress on the natural environment means that new thinking is required about Sydney’s future. If Sydney is to live in a sustainable manner it will require political changes in the way people live and in the way city planning is managed. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
SIRT6 rescues the age related decline in base excision repair in a PARP1-dependent manner
Creators: name: Xu, Zhu
name: Zhang, Lei
name: Zhang, Wenjun
name: Meng, Du
name: Zhang, Hongxia
name: Jiang, Ying
name: Xu, Xiaojun
name: Van Meter, Michael
name: Seluanov, Andrei
name: Gorbunova, Vera
name: Mao, Zhiyong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biochemistry

description: In principle, a decline in base excision repair (BER) efficiency with age should lead to genomic instability and ultimately contribute to the onset of the aging phenotype. Although multiple studies have indicated a negative link between aging and BER, the change of BER efficiency with age in humans has not been systematically analyzed. Here, with foreskin fibroblasts isolated from 19 donors between 20 and 64 y of age, we report a significant decline of BER efficiency with age using a newly developed GFP reactivation assay. We further observed a very strong negative correlation between age and the expression levels of SIRT6, a factor which is known to maintain genomic integrity by improving DNA double strand break (DSB) repair. Our mechanistic study suggests that, similar to the regulatory role that SIRT6 plays in DNA DSB repair, SIRT6 regulates BER in a PARP1-depdendent manner. Moreover, overexpression of SIRT6 rescues the decline of BER in aged fibroblasts. In summary, our results uncovered the regulatory mechanisms of BER by SIRT6, suggesting that SIRT6 reactivation in aging tissues may help delay the process of aging through improving BER.
Religious intermix: 1996 census update
Creators: name: Gariano, A. C.
name: Rutland, S. D.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Intermarriage between partners of different religious identification is an important indicator of the extent of cultural maintenance. An analysis of the 1996 Census shows that religious intermix is significant and growing amongst Australia’s major Catholic and Protestant faiths. The once strong divisions between Catholics and Protestants are fading. However, amongst minor religions, intermix is low. It is particularly low amongst Jews, Moslems, Hindus and Greek Orthodox adherents. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Aboriginal intermarriage and economic status in Western New South Wales
Creators: name: Peterson, Nicolas
name: Taylor, John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The strength of the Aboriginal domain in western New South Wales is suggested by the fact that 94 per cent of children from intermarriages are classified by their parents as Aboriginal. Census data also indicate that people in mixed marriages in this area are economically better off, especially in regard to housing, than those in marriages where both partners are Indigenous. This raises questions about possible transformation of the Aboriginal domestic moral economy and the place of sharing within it. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The outcome of teenage pregnancy : temporal and spatial trends
Creators: name: Evans, Ann
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Teenage fertility was low in the 1920s; it rose during the 1950s and 1960s, and fell sharply during the 1970s. Today it is lower than it was in 1921. There are four possible outcomes of teenage pregnancy: birth within marriage; adoption; ex-nuptial birth and single motherhood; or abortion. Today the first two outcomes are rare and around half of all teenage pregnancies result in ex-nuptial births while the other half are aborted. Teenage fertility varies sharply with location. In New South Wales in 1996 it was relatively high in regional areas and much lower in inner Sydney. Data on abortion by location and age are less reliable but they suggest an opposite pattern: higher levels in inner Sydney and lower levels in regional areas Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Etude du comportement mécanique d’enrobés bitumineux recyclés par la méthode de la grille
Creators: name: Teguedi, M.C.
name: Toussaint, E.
name: Blaysat, B.
name: Grédiac, M.
name: Moreira, S.
name: Liandrat, S.
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2020

description: La présente étude vise à la caractérisation du comportement mécanique d’enrobés bitumineux recyclés en utilisant une méthode de mesure des champs sans contact : la méthode de la grille. À cet effet, des enrobés contenant différents taux d’agrégats ont été étudiés. Des matériaux granulaires de couleurs différentes ont été utilisés pour distinguer les matériaux vierges de ceux qui sont recyclés. Des essais de compression ont été ensuite effectués sur des échantillons cylindriques présentant un méplat. Les champs de déplacement et de déformation sont obtenus à partir des images de grilles enregistrées durant le test. Les résultats obtenus ont permis d’estimer l’effet de l’inclusion des agrégats sur le comportement local et global des enrobés testés.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 34 No 1 (2016): Special Issue - RUGC 2016 Liège
Immigration and the control of hepatitis B in Australia
Creators: name: Spencer, Rod
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Hepatitis B is an extremely infectious disease and it can be fatal. Fifteen years ago it was rare in Australia. Despite warnings from medical authorities, most immigrants are not screened for it. The incidence of the disease with its consequent morbidity and mortality is increasing. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Out migration: young Victorians and the family farm
Creators: name: Geldens, Paula
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Studies of the out-migration of young people from rural areas rely heavily on the push and pull factors of the need to move for higher education and jobs. But the broad-brush picture these studies provide misses much of the complexity of the young people’s decision making. Questionnaire data and interviews with young people living on family farms in Victoria show that many would like to stay, but the fear of being seen to be a failure is a powerful force goading them to move, irrespective of their personal wishes. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Coastal development: just a little shift in Australia's geography?
Creators: name: O'Connor, Kevin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Bernard Salt’s book ‘The Big Shift’ argues that lifestyle attractions associated with coastal residence are driving a major demographic shift in Australia. This article challenges this thesis on the grounds that the alleged shift is small and only partially driven by lifestyle factors. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Boys education : why governments delayed
Creators: name: West, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Since the 1980s the academic performance of boys at secondary school in Australia has (on average) been below that of girls. yet it was not until the late 1990s that this shortfall made it onto the agenda of educational decision makers. This article examines who was responsible for the delay and why, eventually, the education of boys is near the top of public concerns about educational outcomes. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Faultlines in post-industrial society
Creators: name: Sturgess, Gary L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In the past national governments were expected to meet citizen’s material needs by providing physical and economic security, and the significant faultlines in society followed the divisions between rich and poor. Today people focus on past-material needs and we face a multitude of faultlines marked out by special interest groups and minority parties. But two major questions lie behind this multitude of faultlines. The first concerns community. Should we identify with the national community or with a number of different types of communities? The second concerns individualism and the growing politics of rights. Should we define democracy as a system of representation within a nation state or as a set of individual rights? If we are to maintain social cohesion we need to find ways of answering these questions. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Structural and catalytic performance of a polyoxometalate-based hybrid compound
Creators: name: Wu, Lian-He
name: Li, Liang
name: Zhao, Yan
name: Sha, Jing-Quan
name: Wang, Dong-Wen
name: Yang, Xiao-Ning
name: Wang, Xiao-Qiu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Physics
Biochemistry
Biophysics

description: By introducing long rigid ligands into polyoxometalate (POM) systems, a new POM-based hybrid compound with CDS topology, {[Cu(bpe)]2(H2SiMo12O40)}·(bpe)·2H2O (1) (bpe = bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene), has been hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by physical methods. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the ladder-like 1-D structure of 1 is formed from Keggin clusters modified by the wavy ([Cu(bpe)]n) chains. Compound 1 contains two types of tunnels along the a axis and the [1–10] axis, which are occupied by isolated bpe molecules. Compound 1 bulk-modified carbon paste electrode (1-CPE) displays good electrocatalytic activity toward the reduction of nitrite and bromate, and photocatalytic activities indicate that 1 presents good degradation activity and may be a photocatalyst to decompose some organic dyes.
Doctor dilemmas: how GP medicine is practised in Australia
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: Hawthorne, Lesleyanne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Coalition Government are in dispute over General Practitioner (GP) fees. The AMA has a case that these should be increased. However, this article shows that there is still a serious maldistribution of GPs in Australia which favours metropolitan areas. This is contributing to the practice of ‘high throughput’ medicine in these areas. It is argued that any increase in GP service fees should be accompanied by measures to ensure GPs serve where they are needed. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
HARBIY TA'LIMNING DAVLATNING QUDRATI VA TARAQQIYOTIGA TA'SIRI: OLIY HARBIY TA'LIM MUASSASALARI MISOLIDA
Creators: name: Matquliyev J.D. Mayor, Chirchiq OTQMBY Saf bo'limi katta ofitseri
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maqolada harbiy ta’lim sohasi, uning bugungi kunda hayotimizdagi o‘rni va Chirchiq Oliy Tank Qo‘mondonlik Muhandislik bilim yurtining davlatimiz mudofaa tizimiga qo‘shayotgan ulkan hissasiga alohida to‘xtalib o‘tilgan.