cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The impact of new rules on HECS and Austudy eligibility
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: Dobson, Ian R.
name: Rapson, Virginia
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In May 1995 the Government announced new rules designed to restrict educational benefits to those who have demonstrated a long tem commitment to Australia. However, these rules miss their target and will cause considerable administrative and personal inconvenience. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Implications of low English standards among overseas students at Australian universities: beyond reproductive stereotypes
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The results of the English tests required of overseas students who obtained permanent residence visas in 2005–06 after graduating reveal that at least a third scored below the level normally required for employment as professionals in Australia. This article explores how students with limited English gained entry to Australian higher education courses in the first place and how they subsequently passed their examinations. It also examines the responses to this situation on the part of the Australian Government and of the Australian accrediting authorities whose task is to assess the adequacy of students’ credentials (including English) within their jurisdiction. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Meeting the Rudd Government’s equity targets for universities: three scenarios
Creators: name: Phillimore, John
name: Koshy, Paul
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Rudd Government has outlined a goal that by 2025, 40 per cent of Australians aged 25 to 34 should hold a Bachelor's level qualification and that, by 2020, around 20 per cent of undergraduate enrolments at Australian universities should be filled by students from low socio-economic-status (SES) backgrounds. The current level of low SES participation is 16.3 per cent, with substantial diversity in outcomes between institutional groupings and states and territories. This paper considers three policy options for raising national participation levels of students from low SES backgrounds: (i) uniform increases across all institutions to meet the 20 per cent national target; (ii) differential increases in indirect proportion to current levels of low SES participation by institutions; and (iii) differential increases proportional to the share of the low SES population located within each state and territory. The authors find that a national approach to achieving the 20 per cent target needs to consider both current enrolment patterns across institutional groupings as well as differences in the low SES population across the states and territories. Students’ SES is currently determined by their postcode. The authors argue that this is unsatisfactory and that better measures must be developed before targets can be set for individual institutions. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
IMMUNE RESPONSE AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ORAL INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS CONTRIBUTING TO SEPTIC COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING CHILDBIRTH
Creators: name: Davlyatova, Aziza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: According to modern research, the prevalence of dental pathology among pregnant women reaches 90%, while inflammatory periodontal diseases are detected in 30-40% of women. It has been established that chronic foci of odontogenic infection can serve as a reservoir of pathogenic microorganisms and a source of endogenous intoxication, creating prerequisites for the development of systemic inflammatory reactions. Of particular importance is the study of the immunological mechanisms mediating the influence of dental pathology on the development of postpartum complications.
Phosphorus-containing polymers from THPS. II: synthesis and property of phosphorus-containing hyperbranched aromatic-aliphatic polyamides
Creators: name: Tan, Zhi-Wei
name: Sun, Jian
name: Zhang, Min
name: Qiu, Jin-Jun
name: Hu, Si-Qian
name: Liu, Cheng-Mei
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
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Phosphorus-containing hyperbranched aromatic-aliphatic polyamides are prepared via direct polymerization of triacid (B3) with different diamines (A2), which for improving the processability of aromatic polyamides while keeping exellent thermal and mechanical property. The triacid (B3), tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine oxide (TCEPO), is synthesized from tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate and its structure is verified by Fourier transform infrared, 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopy. Then, the polycondensation reaction of TCEPO with p-phenylene diamine, 4,4′-oxyphenylene diamine and 4,4′-methylenedianiline result in three phosphorus-containing hyperbranched aromatic-aliphatic polyamides, and the degree of branching is found between 0.66 and 0.71. Gel permeation chromatography measurement reveal that all hyperbranched aromatic-aliphatic polyamides have moderate number-averaged molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distribution. The Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis results show all polymers have two glass transition temperatures (Tg) in the temperature range 85.3–128.0 °C and have high storage modulus about 1.52–3.19 GPa at 50 °C. The TGA results reveal the initial degradation temperatures (T5) and the temperatures for 10% gravimetric loss (T10) for the hyperbranched aromatic-aliphatic polyamides are in the range of 214–250 and 256–333 °C, and the maximum decomposition temperatures (Tm) are about 500 °C, and also the char yields of polymers at 850 °C are about 39.4–48.4%, which indicate good thermal stability.
Indigenous birth rates: how reliable are they?
Creators: name: Johnstone, Kim
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Government policy is now very much focused on remedying disadvantages among Australia’s Indigenous population. Consequently it is important that we have reliable data on the size and characteristics of this population, especially its age distribution. This paper analyses statistics on Indigenous birth rates in the Northern Territory and uncovers some troubling anomalies, to such an extent that a sceptical observer might wonder if the data might not be in some sense made up. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Synthesis and characterization of photosensitive-fluorosilicone–urethane acrylate prepolymers
Creators: name: Yu, Yong
name: Liao, Bo
name: Jiang, Shengling
name: Li, Guonai
name: Sun, Fang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics

description: Two kinds of novel photosensitive-fluorosilicone–urethane acrylate prepolymers (Si-F15-IPDI-HEA/Si-F6-IPDI-HEA) were synthesized and characterized. Si-F15-IPDI-HEA and Si-F6-IPDI-HEA were able to form homogeneous mixtures with a number of acrylate monomers. Formulations with these prepolymers with common acrylic monomers exhibited high-polymerization rates and final double-bond conversion over 90% after irradiation for 60 s. It was found the final conversion decreased with the increase of the functionality of the monomer. The influence of the monomer and prepolymers on the properties of the UV-cured films was systematically studied. Thermostability property along with mechanical performance was improved with the increase of the functionality of monomers and prepolymers. A decrease of water absorption was also observed through water contact angle measurements. The UV-cured films of Si-F15-IPDI-HEA and Si-F6-IPDI-HEA possessed an excellent adhesion on the PU and PVC leather, providing a potential application in leather industry as a finishing and coating agent.
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender identification and attitudes to same-sex relationships in Australia and the United States
Creators: name: Wilson, Shaun
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Gay marriage is now a major social question facing countries like Australia and the United States. Still, there is relatively little known about the demographic characteristics of the gay and lesbian population, or about attitudes to same-sex marriage. This paper reports on the size of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) population in Australia using data available in the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) 2003. It then compares public opinion on the legal recognition of same-sex relationships in Australia and the United States using the AuSSA 2003 data and results of a CBS/New York Times poll taken on this subject in December 2003. The findings suggest that public opinion is sensitive to the type of recognition proposed, and that Australians are more supportive of legal recognition than Americans. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Where people move and when: temporary population mobility in Australia
Creators: name: Charles-Edwards, Elin
name: Bell, Martin
name: Brown, Dominic
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Nearly one million Australians (one in 20) were away from home on census night in 2006. Thus population estimates based on people’s usual place of residence provide an incomplete picture. This article uses the Australian national visitor survey (NVS) to supplement these estimates and outline a picture of the seasonal undulating movement of Australians across the landscape each year. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Communities on the metropolitan periphery : the Sunshine Coast and Cranbourne compared
Creators: name: Taylor, Alison
name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article compares Cranbourne and the Sunshine Coast. Despite the 'battler' image of the former and the glamorous 'sea change' associations of the latter, Cranbourne residents have higher employment and income levels and lower welfare recipient rates than their Sunshine coast counterparts. The main reason is that Cranbourne residents are within commuting range of jobs located in middle suburban Melbourne, whereas Sunshine Coast residents have to rely on jobs generated within the Sunshine Coast itself. However in both communities there are low levels of post-school training amongst youth and thus a poor outlook for their employment prospects. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Mini-review: Marine natural products and their synthetic analogs as antifouling compounds: 2009–2014
Creators: name: Qian, Pei-Yuan
name: Li, Zhongrui
name: Xu, Ying
name: Li, Yongxin
name: Fusetani, Nobuhiro
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
subject: Pharmacology

description: This review covers 214 marine natural compounds and 23 of their synthetic analogs, which were discovered and/or synthesized from mid-2009 to August 2014. The antifouling (AF) compounds reported have medium to high bioactivity (with a threshold of EC50 < 15.0 mg ml−1). Among these compounds, 82 natural compounds were identified as new structures. All the compounds are marine-derived, demonstrating that marine organisms are prolific and promising sources of natural products that may be developed as environmentally friendly antifoulants. However, this mini-review excludes more than 200 compounds that were also reported as AF compounds but with rather weak bioactivity during the same period. Also excluded are terrestrial-derived AF compounds reported during the last five years. A brief discussion on current challenges in AF compound research is also provided to reflect the authors’ own views in terms of future research directions.
Law, space and justice : a geography of Aboriginal arrests in Victoria
Creators: name: Mackay, Michael
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Despite the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, an analysis of arrest rates in Victoria shows far higher arrest levels for Aborigines than for other Victorians. Of particular concern are the high arrest rates of Aborigines for certain types of street offences which the Royal Commission had recommended be removed from the statutes, including public drunkenness. The Royal Commission found that this was the most common offence leading to detention among those Aborigines who died in custody. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Ross MacGregor replies
Creators: name: MacGregor, Ross
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Ross MacGregor's response to Hamilton, N. T.; Hamilton, G. M. Denial ignorance, and guilt: a reply to MacGregor's discussion of 'socio-economic deprivation of Australia's stolen generation'. People and Place. 1998; 6(2): 75-79

Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The demand and new legislation for skilled temporary workers (H-1BS) in the United States
Creators: name: Lowell, Lindsay
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: There has been a recent hubbub of concern about a lack of workers in the burgeoning information technology occupations in the United States and, indeed, around the globe. In this past Fall of 2000, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that will significantly increase the cap or number of permitted ‘H-1B’ visa holders. These are highly skilled temporary ‘specialty workers’ the majority of whom, as shall be shown below, work in computer-related occupations. Given U.S. pre-eminence in information technology, and a proven record of demand for skilled workers, it is likely that the new legislation will enhance U.S. access to foreign labor. This article lays out several critical pieces of the issues that surround that H-1B visa legislation. First, it briefly discusses the immediate geneses of the current visa and then goes on to lay out the major features of the new legislation. Second, it provides estimates of the H-1B workforce in the United States. Third, it describes the general characteristics of the H-1B population, in particular the number of visas issued over the past decade to nations that are leading suppliers of these visas. Finally, concluding comments entertain the nature of the shortage of information technology workers in the United States. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
RAQAMLASHGAN JAMIYAT VA GLOBALLASHUV DAVRIDA KIBERXAVFSIZLIK
Creators: name: Xudayorova Z.O. Namangan Davlat Universiteti mustaqil izlanuvchisi, Qurolli kuchlar xizmatchisi, Chirchiq Oliy Tank Qo'mondonlik Muhandislik Bilim Yurti Gumanitar fanlar kafedrаsi katta o'qituvchisi.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maqolada bugungi kun uchun eng dolzarb masala hisoblangan kiberxavfsizlik va u bilan bog‘liq ilmiy tushunchalar yoritilgan bo‘lib, maqolada asosiy urg‘u globallashuv davrida eng samarali himoya vositasi bo‘lmish ta’lim tizimi hamda uning samarasi o‘laroq shakllanadigan inson kapitali tushunchalari bo‘lib, inson kapitalining kiberxavfsizlik va xalqaro xavfsizlik borasidagi ahamiyatini yoritish alohida o‘rin egallagan.
Bis(imidazole) coordination polymers controlled by oxalate as an auxiliary ligand
Creators: name: Sun, Ya-Guang
name: Li, Jian
name: You, Jiang
name: Guo, Ying
name: Xiong, Gang
name: Ren, Bao-Yi
name: You, Li-Xin
name: Ding, Fu
name: Wang, Shu-Ju
name: Verpoort, Francis
name: Dragutan, Ileana
name: Dragutan, Valerian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry

description: Seven coordination polymers {[M(L)2(H2O)2]·(NO3)2}n (M = Co (1), Ni (2), Cd (3)) and [M(L)(ox)]n (M = Co (4), Ni (5), Zn (6), and Mn (7)) have been synthesized (L = 2,6-bis(imidazol-1-yl)pyridine, ox = oxalate) under hydrothermal conditions. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis has revealed that 1–3 are isomorphous and possess 2-D networks, whereas 4–6 are isomorphous, but involve two kinds of oxalate chains. The structure of 7 is different from those of 4–6 due to various bridging modes of the oxalate ligand. Magnetic studies have revealed that 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 exhibit strong antiferromagnetic coupling. Among these, 1 exhibits an interesting spin-canting phenomenon.
Bis-imidazole coordination polymers controlled by oxalate as an auxiliary ligand
Creators: name: Sun, Ya-Guang
name: Li, Jian
name: You, Jiang
name: Guo, Ying
name: Xiong, Gang
name: Ren, Bao-Yi
name: You, Li-Xin
name: Ding, Fu
name: Wang, Shu-Ju
name: Verpoort, Francis
name: Dragutan, Ileana
name: Dragutan, Valerian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry

description: Seven coordination polymers {[M(L)2(H2O)2]·(NO3)2}n (M = Co (1), Ni (2), Cd (3)) and [M(L)(ox)]n (M = Co (4), Ni (5), Zn (6), Mn (7)) have been synthesized (L = 2,6-bis(imidazol-1-yl)pyridine, ox = oxalate) under hydrothermal conditions. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis has revealed that 1-3 are isomorphous and possess 2-D networks, whereas 4-6 are isomorphous but involve two kinds of oxalate chains. The structure of 7 is different from those of 4-6 due to various bridging modes of the oxalate ligand. Magnetic studies have revealed that 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 exhibit strong antiferromagnetic coupling. Among these, 1 exhibits an interesting spin-canting phenomenon.
Why Sydney keeps growing: trends in population distribution in New South Wales, 1991 to 1996
Creators: name: Nugent, Shane
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: During the late 1980s, many overseas immigrants settled in Sydney. This maintained the city's population growth despite high levels of out-migration. In the early 1990s overseas migration eased but, between 1991 and 1996, Sydney's growth remained constant and its share of the population of New South Wales increased. This development was unexpected but it can be explained by fewer people leaving Sydney, by young adults moving into Sydney from other areas in the State and by net migration losses from inland New South Wales to other States (especially Queensland). Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Digitalization of Agricultural Industry – the Vector of Strategic Development of Agro-industrial Regions in Russia
Creators: name: Chernova, Olga Anatolyevna
name: Mitrofanova, Inna Vasilievna
name: Adamickova, Izabela
name: Kleitman, Elena Valerjevna
name: Chernova, Olga Anatolyevna
name: Mitrofanova, Inna Vasilievna
name: Adamickova, Izabela
name: Kleitman, Elena Valerjevna
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: digitalization
subject: economic performance
subject: agro-ecological systems
subject: agro-industrial regions
subject: regional
subject: development

description: Today the strategic vector of agricultural development is connected with the introduction of digital technologies. Digitalization leads not only to transformation of production processes in the industry but as well has much wider environmental, social and institutional context. This paper is aimed at finding out what digital transformations have the most strategic significance for social and economic development of agro-industrial regions of the south of Russia, as well as at revealing the factors fostering or constraining these processes. Digital transformation in the south Russian regions has just affected the first level – application of new information technologies for raising economic performance and simultaneous alleviating environmental problems. The perspectives of digitalization of the agriculture are connected with developing open collaborative systems with different types of business collaborations. The authors highlight the main problems of realizing digital transformations in the agriculture of the south regions solving of which can be provided by means of authorities’ institutional decisions within regional strategies of digitalization. This research gives an idea of the potential of agricultural digitalization and its results can be used for forming theoretical and methodological grounds for strategic development of agriculture in agro-industrial regions in modern circumstances.
Dhasingreoside: new flavonoid from the stems and leaves of Gaultheria fragrantissima
Creators: name: Cong, Fei
name: Raj Joshi, Khem
name: Prasad Devkota, Hari
name: Watanabe, Takashi
name: Yahara, Shoji
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Information and Computing Sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: A new flavonoid, dhasingreoside (1) and seven known compounds, quercetin 3-O-β-d-galacturonopyranoside (2), quercetin 3-O-β-d-galactopyranoside (3), quercetin 3-O-β-d-glucuronopyranoside (4), quercetin 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (5), (–)-epicatechin (6), salicylic acid (7) and gaultherin (8), have been isolated from the shade-dried stems and leaves of Gaultheria fragrantissima, commonly known as ‘Dhasingre’ in Nepal. The structures were elucidated on the basis of physical, chemical and spectroscopic methods. Among known compounds, five compounds (3–6 and 8) were isolated for the first time from G. fragrantissima. In vitro antioxidant activity of all the isolated compounds was evaluated by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radical-scavenging assay. Dhasingreoside (1) and other compounds (2–6) showed significant free radical-scavenging activity.
The House of Representatives' inquiry into Australia's carrying capacity: a review of submissions
Creators: name: Mercer, David
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Australian governments have shown little concern with the future, so this inquiry stands out. But members of the public have taken more interest in the inquiry than government departments, unions, business groups, or the Australian Conservation Foundation. Most submissions argue for limiting growth: we need a national population policy integrated with policies for ecologically sustainable development. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Disability' or 'disadvantage': spatial variation in the disability support pension recipient rate 1996-2001
Creators: name: Healy, Ernest
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The number of persons receiving the Disability Support Pension (DSP) has increased rapidly over the past decade. Recent Government budget proposals to arrest this growth were widely criticised as an attack upon the disabled. However, an analysis of DSP recipients shows that labour market factors, as well as medical factors have influenced the increase in recipient numbers, and that there are very high recipient rates amongst populations living in locations where employment opportunities are poor. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Differences in the educational achievements, aspirations and values of birthplace groups in New South Wales
Creators: name: Parr, Nick
name: Mok, Magdalena
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Marked contrasts exist in the participation of young people from different birthplace groups in higher education in Australia. A 1993 survey of year 11 school students shows that these contrasts are preceded by differing attitudes to education. Students from a number of Asian birthplace groups are more likely to aspire to university education, and to place a high value on academic development, than students born in Australia, parts of Europe, Britain, Ireland and New Zealand. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Boatpeople and public opinion in Australia
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Since 1976 there have been three waves of boatpeople travelling to Australia, the last beginning in 1999. Following the Tampa incident in August 2001 it has been Government policy to prevent boats carrying asylum-seekers from entering the Australian migration zone. Despite opposition from opinion leaders, the policy is popular with a majority of Australians. This is not surprising. Support for such a policy has been building throughout the 25 year period. This support is not based in racism as some critics allege; rather it reflects the importance of borders in maintaining a strong sense of national community. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Bumblebees, climate and glaciers across the Tibetan plateau (Apidae: Bombus Latreille)
Creators: name: H. Williams, Paul
name: Bystriakova, Nadia
name: Huang, Jiaxing
name: Miao, Zhengying
name: An, Jiandong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences

description: The Tibetan plateau and its immediately surrounding mountains include the greatest hotspot of diversity worldwide for bumblebees, which are among the most important pollinators in temperate ecosystems. We make the first quantitative description of variation in the species composition of alpine social bumblebee faunas across the Tibetan plateau, for 44 species in 124 of the 307 one-degree grid cells. Data were compiled from field surveys, published sources and museum collections. Sampling effort could not be standardized across the region so our inferences have to be provisional. Faunal variation is described using detrended correspondence analysis (DCA); the faunal variation explained by climate variation is described using canonical correlation analysis (CCA); and the contribution of the climate data to the explanation is assessed using Procrustes analysis. Results show: (1) a particularly distinct group of endemic Himalayan faunas in the south; (2) a group of Tibetan interior faunas, with connections to faunas in the north-west in the Hindu Kush, Pamir and Tian Shan; and (3) a group of faunas in north-eastern Qinghai and Gansu, with connections to faunas to the north-east in Mongolia. The eastern and southern faunas in wetter habitats appear to be closer to equilibrium with climate factors, whereas some western faunas in more arid habitats appear further from equilibrium with the measured climate factors. One possibility is that these western faunas may depend on highly localized factors for mitigating the low precipitation over much of this region, and particularly on continuous summer streams with meltwater from distant permanent glaciers or high-ridge precipitation. Consequently, conservation threats to Tibetan bumblebees now include climate change causing loss of permanent streams in the west as well as the over-grazing documented in the east, threats that have not been major concerns for bumblebee conservation elsewhere.
Immigration: public opinion and opinions about opinion
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: As Murray Goot points out in this issue, opposition to current rates of immigration eased between 1996 and 1999. Reasons for the change may include: steady numbers in the official program, the shift to skills, lower unemployment, and a diminution in public rhetoric about multiculturalism. It is, however, surprising that Goot should believe the changes he reports. In the past, when polls and surveys have shown higher levels of opposition to immigration, he has argued that they should be discounted. Goot also continues an assault on Tim Flannery launched earlier this year in The Bulletin. Flannery pointed to a conspiracy among politicians in the 1980s and early 1990s to use bipartisanship to bypass the voters’ preferences on immigration. Evidence for this manoeuvre is well established. Despite the softening of opposition to immigration there is no electoral support for a larger intake. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Editorial and front matter: Colloquy, Issue 9, May 2005
Creators: name: Colloquy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: This new issue of Colloquy sees three significant changes in the journal. First, the look of the journal has changed. From now on, the material will be published in pdf format. The decision to adopt pdf is not only due to the fact that most internet journals have already switched to that format. It is also easier to print and to read than hypertext. And, it makes it possible for citations from Colloquy to be by page number.
The second change concerns an increased emphasis on translation. In collaboration with the postgraduate programme in translation studies at Monash University, the journal has sought to publish both translations – such as the one by Vicky Kristoffersen – and articles in the theory of translation – such as Ce Rosenow's article.
Thirdly, from this year onwards the journal will be publishing two issues annually. This will further facilitate the dissemination of ideas through Colloquy, allowing a greater number of articles to be published with less waiting time between issues.
Sebald’s Anatomy Lesson: About Three Images-Documents from On the Natural History of Destruction, The Rings of Saturn and Austerlitz
Creators: name: Pic, Muriel
name: Winn, Laura
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200512 Literature in German
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: (Translated from French by Laura Winn in conjunction with the author)
W. G. Sebald's work endorses the use of archives: notably image-documents, which are widely used in his narratives as well as in his essays. The author is figured as the observer who records witness accounts (Erzählen/Berichten) and reconstructs them through montage. Sebald did not begin his career as a writer until his university career had reached maturity. He was first and foremost a researcher, and this is how he always presents himself in his narratives: inevitably their primal scene is that during some research he comes across some document whose particularity attracts his attention. As researcher and writer, Sebald is a man of the archives. His narratives encounter the fugitive and sublime shadows of the past in documents, images and texts found during his research. They are invaded by all sorts of documents that lend them an atmosphere of Unheimlichkeit, the angel of the bizarre crossing familiar space. In the work of Sebald, however, the quest for traces does not lead to historical fables. Quite on the contrary, the author's goal is to reinstate reality as it has been, to find a language through which the beings whose memory is confined to the archives can survive: "One does not resuscitate the lives that have ended up in the archives. It is not a reason for making them die a second time. The space is narrow in which a narrative can be built that does not cancel or dissolve them, that keeps them available so that one day, and elsewhere, another narration can be made from their enigmatic presence. ... To have a taste for archives is visibly to wander through the words of others, to seek a language which preserves their pertinence." What is this language in the work of Sebald? How legitimate is the literature in which it is elaborated?
Mimetic Theory and Hermeneutics
Creators: name: Bubbio, Paolo Diego
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 200525 Literary Theory
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: The thought of René Girard has been object of much interest in the last few years, both in the "Continental" and in the "English-speaking" philosophical areas. Nevertheless, René Girard's thought is not always accepted in the academic circles. The main cause for this is that his theory is considered too "philosophical" in the Human Sciences Departments, and it seems too close to cultural anthropology and literary criticism to be appreciated by philosophers. This is the reason why it could be fruitful to focus the attention on the philosophical aspects – I am tempted to say "on the central philosophical nucleus" – of René Girard's way of thinking.
Aesthet(h)ics: On Levinas’ Shadow
Creators: name: Sharpe, Matthew
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion

description: Emmanuel Levinas' aesthetics has been critically discussed much less than other components of his philosophy. In one way, this is not surprising, given Levinas' wider post-war project. Nevertheless, in the late 1940s, the very time his influential later philosophy was taking shape, Levinas published a series of papers on literary criticism, and on the nature of art. Existents and Existence, the text where Levinas first announces his project of "leaving the climate" of Heidegger's thought, contains in its heart a remarkable discussion of modernist painting. Levinas' aesthetics, moreover, represents a provocative standpoint within modern aesthetic theory in its own right. As such, it stands as a partial corrective to the comparative – and surely surprising – dearth of phenomenological analyses of art, which at the same time contrasts markedly with Heidegger's renowned position in "The Origin of the Work of Art."
title: Influence of Defects on the Schottky Barrier Height at BaTiO₃/RuO₂ Interfaces
Creators: name: Schuldt, Katharina N. S.
name: Ding, Hui
name: Jaud, Jean-Christophe
name: Koruza, Jurij
name: Klein, Andreas
Publisher: name: Wiley-VCH GmbH
Year: 2022

description: The Schottky barrier formation between polycrystalline acceptor‐doped BaTiO₃ and high work function RuO₂ is studied using photoelectron spectroscopy. Schottky barrier heights for electrons of ≈1.4 eV are determined, independent of doping level and oxygen vacancy concentration of the substrates. The insensitivity of the barrier height is related to the high permittivity of BaTiO₃, which results in space‐charge regions (SCRs) being considerably wider than the inelastic mean free path of the photoelectrons. SCRs at any kind of interface should, therefore, be more important for the electronic and ionic conductivities in BaTiO₃ than in materials with lower permittivity. A Ba‐rich phase at the surface of reduced acceptor‐doped BaTiO₃ is also identified, which is explained by the formation of Ti vacancies in the 2D electron gas region at the surface.
Two triterpenoid glycosides from the roots of Camellia oleifera and their cytotoxic activity
Creators: name: Yang, Ping
name: Li, Xia
name: Liu, Yan-Li
name: Xu, Qiong-Ming
name: Li, Yun-Qiu
name: Yang, Shi-Lin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Two new triterpenoid saponins, oleiferoside N and oleiferoside O, were isolated from the EtOH extract from the roots of Camellia oleifera C. Abel. Their structures were elucidated as 16α-acetoxy-21β,22α-O-diangeloyloxy-23,28-dihydroxyolean-12-ene 3β-O-β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-d-glucuronopyranoside (1), 16α-acetoxy-21β-O-angeloyloxy-23,28-dihydroxy-22α-O-(2-methylbutanoyloxy)olean-12-ene 3β-O-β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-α-l-arabinopyranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-d-glucuronopyranoside (2), on the basis of spectroscopic analyses (IR, ESI-MS, HR-ESI-MS, 1D and 2D NMR) and acid hydrolysis. Both were characterized to be oleanane-type saponins with sugar moieties linked to C-3 of the aglycone. Cytotoxic activities of two saponins were evaluated against four human tumor cell lines (A549, B16, BEL-7402, and MCF-7) by using the MTT in vitro assay. Compounds 1 and 2 showed moderate cytotoxic activities toward the tested cell lines.
Destroying opportunity with 'Smart Growth'
Creators: name: Cox, Wendell
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In the June 2005 issue of People and Place Tony Recsei wrote a critique of the fashionable planning doctrine of urban consolidation. In the September issue Peter Newman wrote a response defending urban consolidation and arguing that Recsei’s position was based on fear rather than reason. In the present article Recsei replies. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
What matters to women: beyond reproductive stereotypes
Creators: name: Maher, JaneMaree
name: Dever, Maryanne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article reports on a qualitative study of reproductive decision-making. The findings suggest that many of the popular stereotypes of women’s aspirations and motivations that fuel public discussions of Australia’s falling birth-rate and policy initiatives such as paid maternity leave are inaccurate and unhelpful. The article also challenges the efficacy of preference theory in accounting for women’s choices with respect to work and family. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Nursing migration: issues of equity and balance
Creators: name: Blake, Nicholas
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The author is the senior federal industrial officer of the Australian Nursing Federation. In this article he examines aspects of the experiences of migrant nurses—both permanent and temporary—in Australia. He also considers the impact of Australia’s recruitment drive on the health-care services of less-developed sending countries. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Autophagy modulates SNCA/α-synuclein release, thereby generating a hostile microenvironment
Creators: name: Poehler, Anne-Maria
name: Xiang, Wei
name: Spitzer, Philipp
name: Elisabeth Luise May, Verena
name: Meixner, Holger
name: Rockenstein, Edward
name: Chutna, Oldriska
name: Fleming Outeiro, Tiago
name: Winkler, Juergen
name: Masliah, Eliezer
name: Klucken, Jochen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: SNCA/α-synuclein aggregation plays a crucial role in synucleinopathies such as Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Aggregating and nonaggregating SNCA species are degraded by the autophagy-lysosomal pathway (ALP). Previously, we have shown that the ALP is not only responsible for SNCA degradation but is also involved in the intracellular aggregation process of SNCA. An additional role of extracellular SNCA in the pathology of synucleinopathies substantiating a prion-like propagation hypothesis has been suggested since released SNCA species and spreading of SNCA pathology throughout neural cells have been observed. However, the molecular interplay between intracellular pathways, SNCA aggregation, release, and response of the local microenvironment remains unknown. Here, we attributed SNCA-induced toxicity mainly to secreted species in a cell culture model of SNCA aggregation and in SNCA transgenic mice: We showed that ALP inhibition by bafilomycinA1 reduced intracellular SNCA aggregation but increased secretion of smaller oligomers that exacerbated microenvironmental response including uptake, inflammation, and cellular damage. Low-aggregated SNCA was predominantly released by exosomes and RAB11A-associated pathways whereas high-aggregated SNCA was secreted by membrane shedding. In summary, our study revealed a novel role of the ALP by linking protein degradation to nonclassical secretion for toxic SNCA species. Thus, impaired ALP in the diseased brain not only limits intracellular degradation of misfolded proteins, but also leads to a detrimental microenvironmental response due to enhanced SNCA secretion. These findings suggest that the major toxic role of SNCA is related to its extracellular species and further supports a protective role of intracellular SNCA aggregation.
Arasa, destiny will out: selected excerpts introduced by Katharine Betts
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
name: Arasa
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Excerpts from the autobiographical book of Raja Ratnam; an Asian immigrant to Australia during the White Australia policy in the 1950s and had achieved successful career as a public servant; working in senior positions for the Department of Immigration. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Autophagy modulates SNCA/α-synuclein release, thereby generating a hostile microenvironment
Creators: name: Poehler, Anne-Maria
name: Xiang, Wei
name: Spitzer, Philipp
name: Elisabeth Luise May, Verena
name: Meixner, Holger
name: Rockenstein, Edward
name: Chutna, Oldriska
name: Fleming Outeiro, Tiago
name: Winkler, Juergen
name: Masliah, Eliezer
name: Klucken, Jochen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology

description: SNCA/α-synuclein aggregation plays a crucial role in synucleinopathies such as Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Aggregating and nonaggregating SNCA species are degraded by the autophagy-lysosomal pathway (ALP). Previously, we have shown that the ALP is not only responsible for SNCA degradation but is also involved in the intracellular aggregation process of SNCA. An additional role of extracellular SNCA in the pathology of synucleinopathies substantiating a prion-like propagation hypothesis has been suggested since released SNCA species and spreading of SNCA pathology throughout neural cells have been observed. However, the molecular interplay between intracellular pathways, SNCA aggregation, release, and response of the local microenvironment remains unknown. Here, we attributed SNCA-induced toxicity mainly to secreted species in a cell culture model of SNCA aggregation and in SNCA transgenic mice: We showed that ALP inhibition by bafilomycinA1 reduced intracellular SNCA aggregation but increased secretion of smaller oligomers that exacerbated microenvironmental response including uptake, inflammation, and cellular damage. Low-aggregated SNCA was predominantly released by exosomes and RAB11A-associated pathways whereas high-aggregated SNCA was secreted by membrane shedding. In summary, our study revealed a novel role of the ALP by linking protein degradation to nonclassical secretion for toxic SNCA species. Thus, impaired ALP in the diseased brain not only limits intracellular degradation of misfolded proteins, but also leads to a detrimental microenvironmental response due to enhanced SNCA secretion. These findings suggest that the major toxic role of SNCA is related to its extracellular species and further supports a protective role of intracellular SNCA aggregation.
Autophagy modulates SNCA/α-synuclein release, thereby generating a hostile microenvironment
Creators: name: Poehler, Anne-Maria
name: Xiang, Wei
name: Spitzer, Philipp
name: Elisabeth Luise May, Verena
name: Meixner, Holger
name: Rockenstein, Edward
name: Chutna, Oldriska
name: Fleming Outeiro, Tiago
name: Winkler, Juergen
name: Masliah, Eliezer
name: Klucken, Jochen
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Cell Biology

description: SNCA/α-synuclein aggregation plays a crucial role in synucleinopathies such as Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Aggregating and nonaggregating SNCA species are degraded by the autophagy-lysosomal pathway (ALP). Previously, we have shown that the ALP is not only responsible for SNCA degradation but is also involved in the intracellular aggregation process of SNCA. An additional role of extracellular SNCA in the pathology of synucleinopathies substantiating a prion-like propagation hypothesis has been suggested since released SNCA species and spreading of SNCA pathology throughout neural cells have been observed. However, the molecular interplay between intracellular pathways, SNCA aggregation, release, and response of the local microenvironment remains unknown. Here, we attributed SNCA-induced toxicity mainly to secreted species in a cell culture model of SNCA aggregation and in SNCA transgenic mice: We showed that ALP inhibition by bafilomycinA1 reduced intracellular SNCA aggregation but increased secretion of smaller oligomers that exacerbated microenvironmental response including uptake, inflammation, and cellular damage. Low-aggregated SNCA was predominantly released by exosomes and RAB11A-associated pathways whereas high-aggregated SNCA was secreted by membrane shedding. In summary, our study revealed a novel role of the ALP by linking protein degradation to nonclassical secretion for toxic SNCA species. Thus, impaired ALP in the diseased brain not only limits intracellular degradation of misfolded proteins, but also leads to a detrimental microenvironmental response due to enhanced SNCA secretion. These findings suggest that the major toxic role of SNCA is related to its extracellular species and further supports a protective role of intracellular SNCA aggregation.
Decreased glycation and structural protection properties of γ-glutamyl-S-allyl-cysteine peptide isolated from fresh garlic scales (Allium sativum L.)
Creators: name: Tan, Dehong
name: Zhang, Yao
name: Chen, Lulu
name: Liu, Ling
name: Zhang, Xuan
name: Wu, Zhaoxia
name: Bai, Bing
name: Ji, Shujuan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Biochemistry

description: The antiglycative effect of γ-glutamyl-S-allyl-cysteine (GSAC) peptide isolated from fresh garlic scales was investigated in the bovine serum albumin (BSA)/glucose system. GSAC inhibited the increase of fluorescence intensity at about 440 nm in a concentration-dependent manner and reduced reacted free lysine side chains by 10.9%, 24.7% and 37.7%, as the GSAC concentrations increased from 0.1 to 2.5 mg mL− 1. Glycation-specific decline in BSA α-helix content (from 61.3% to 55.6%) and increase in β-sheet (from 2.1% to 5.4%) were prevented by GSAC (2.5 mg mL− 1) in vitro, implying its stabilisation effect. GSAC treatment (2.5 mg mL− 1) suppressed protein crosslinking to form polymers. Additionally, GSAC (10, 40, and 160 μg mL− 1) showed radical-scavenging and metal-chelating capacities. In conclusion, GSAC has an antiglycative effect, which may involve its radical-scavenging and metal-chelating capacities.