cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
In search of an alternative discourse on International Medical Graduate issues
Creators: name: Crompvoets, Samantha
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Poor planning in the past means that Australia faces a shortage of doctors. International medical graduates (IMGs) have been brought in on temporary visas to fill some of the gaps, especially in rural areas. Unfortunately, a few stories of bad outcomes from this practice have led to a negative picture of IMGs in the media, an image that is sometimes reinforced in more scholarly research. But most IMGs work hard and do well. We need to recognise our dependence on them and offer them more support in their role. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Luteolin attenuate the d-galactose-induced renal damage by attenuation of oxidative stress and inflammation
Creators: name: Xu, Yuqing
name: Zhang, Jingzheng
name: Liu, Jing
name: Li, Sai
name: Li, Cheng
name: Wang, Wen
name: Ma, Rong
name: Liu, Yi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Biochemistry

description: Luteolin is reported to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of luteolin against the renal damage induced by d-galactose (d-gal). The levels of creatinine (Cr) and urea nitrogen (BUN) were evaluated in plasma, kidney sections were stained with haematoxylin–eosin, followed by assessment of the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. Furthermore, we also investigated the expression of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) and its phosphorylated activation. The results of luteolin treatment showed that the renal damages were attenuated. Luteolin could significantly ameliorate d-gal-induced oxidative damage and suppress the inflammatory response. Moreover, the result also shows that luteolin could significantly inhibit the p38 MAPK phosphorylation in the kidneys from the model of d-gal-treated mice. Therefore, our research suggests that luteolin might be involved in the attenuated oxidative stress and inflammatory responses, hence the protective effects against d-gal-induced renal damage.
Secondary schooling: tertiary entry ranks and university performance
Creators: name: Dobson, Ian R.
name: Skuja, Eric
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A large proportion of students competing for first year university places are selected on the basis of their Year 12 performance according to the Equivalent National Tertiary Entry Rank (ENTER). The ENTER ranks each student in relation to all other students. Year 12 students strive to achieve the highest ENTER possible, in order to optimise their choice of university and course. Students from Government schools produce lower ENTERs (on average) than students from other types of schools. One also reads, from time to time, that high ENTERs are not a good predictor of university success. This paper examines the situation at the start of the twenty-first century, using Monash University as a case study. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
New state and regional population projections for New South Wales
Creators: name: Wilson, Tom
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The New South Wales Department of Planning recently published state and regional population projections for 2006 to 2036. This paper provides an overview of the key projection results, the assumptions made and the model used. The projections put the state's population at 9.07 million by 2036, an increase of 33 per cent on the 2006 population of 6.82 million. Sydney statistical division is projected to capture three quarters of the state's population growth to 2036, increasing from 4.28 million residents in 2006 to 5.98 million by 2036. Nearly all of the remaining population increase in New South Wales is expected to occur in the other coastal regions. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Policy implications of recent migration patterns
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: There have been sharp recent increases in the arrivals of independent, and spouse and fiance category migrants. In both cases, the likely outcome from the point of view of costs to the Australian community are canvassed and policy implications reviewed. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Residential relocation in Sydney and the NSW coast over the period 1991 to 1996
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Sydney is flourishing relative to the rest of New South Wales (NSW). But there are winners and losers within Sydney, and the divide between them is being expressed in residential concentrations of rich and poor. In Sydney’s south-western suburbs, two factors, low income and non-English-speaking-background birthplace, increasingly overlap. Meanwhile many of the Australia-born who are not succeeding in Sydney are retreating to the rest of NSW, particularly to its coastal communities. Previous article ends on p. 33 Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitory activity of phenolic components from the rhizomes and roots of Gentiana scabra
Creators: name: Li, Wei
name: Kim, Jang Hoon
name: Zhou, Wei
name: Shim, Sang Hee
name: Yeul Ma, Jin
name: Kim, Young Ho
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: Pharmacology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Microbiology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Two new (1 and 2) and seven known phenolic compounds were isolated from a methanol extract of the rhizomes and roots of Gentiana scabra. Their structures were identified by spectroscopic analysis and comparing with reported values. The inhibitory effects of each compound on soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) were evaluated. Among them, compounds 2, 6, and 9 potently inhibited sEH activity.
Tadehaginoside modulates lipogenesis and glucose consumption in HepG2 cells
Creators: name: Zhang, Xiaopo
name: Wang, Shuai
name: Li, Yonghui
name: Zhao, Dan
name: An, Ni
name: Wu, Jiani
name: Zhang, Tingting
name: Wu, Chongming
name: Li, Youbin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Virology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry

description: Tadehaginoside (TS) is a phenylpropanoid glycoside found in Tadehagi triquetrum, a medicinal plant with multiple biological activities. This study investigated the effect of TS on lipogenesis and glucose consumption in HepG2 cells. Treatment with TS inhibited lipid accumulation in a dose-dependent manner. This inhibition was closely associated with the downregulation of lipogenic genes such as SREBP-1a, SREBP-2 and their downstream targets (FAS, ACC, HMGR) and the upregulation of lipolytic gene PPARα as revealed by real-time quantitative PCR. Further investigation showed that TS significantly stimulated glucose consumption by HepG2 cells and glucose uptake by C2C12 myotubes, which could be partially explained by the upregulation of PPARγ. Collectively, these results clearly indicate that TS is an effective regulator of lipogenesis and glucose consumption, which could be useful in treatment of obesity and diabetes.
Racism or patriotism?: an eyewitness of the Cronulla demonstration of 11th December 2005
Creators: name: Barclay, Ryan
name: West, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article provides an eye-witness account of the Cronulla demonstration of 11th December 2005. It puts various interpretations of the demonstration to the test via the writers’ observations of what happened. They conclude that the ‘beach culture’ the residents were defining was seen by them as an expression of their patriotism rather than of prejudice towards their Lebanese antagonists. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The economic impact of a general increase in skilled migration
Creators: name: Giesecke, James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The paper uses MONASH, a dynamic computable general equilibrium model, to investigate the impact on the Australian economy of a 50 per cent increase in the skilled migrant intake over the period 2005–2025. The main effect of the policy is to increase the scale of the economy. There is a small transient gain in the average income of incumbents. Underlying this average are large distributional effects. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Can increased immigration be a substitute for low fertility?
Creators: name: Kippen, Rebecca
name: McDonald, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper argues that immigrants are not substitutes for births. As demonstrated through several scenarios modelling Australia’s future population, fertility and immigration do not have equivalent impacts on population size and age structure. The authors contend that the solution to low fertility does not lie in a choice between supporting fertility and supporting migration but in prudent policy relating to both. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Epigenome-wide analysis of piRNAs in gene-specific DNA methylation
Creators: name: Fu, Alan
name: I Jacobs, Daniel
name: Zhu, Yong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Virology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) have long been associated with the silencing of transposable elements (TEs). However, over 20,000 unique species of piRNAs mapped to the human genome are more than the relatively few presumably required to regulate the known human transposon classes. Here, we present the results of the first genome-wide effort to study the effects of piRNAs on gene specific DNA methylation. We found that exon-derived piRNAs consist almost universally of species with 10 or fewer genomic copies, whereas piRNAs existing in high copies originate predominately from intronic and intergenic regions. Genome-wide methylation profiling following transfection of human somatic cells with piRNA mimics revealed methylation changes at numerous genic loci in single copy piRNA-transfected cells. Moreover, genomic regions directly adjacent to differentially methylated CpG sites were enriched for sequence matches to the transfected piRNAs. These findings suggest that a subset of single copy piRNAs may be able to induce DNA methylation at non-TE genic loci, a process that may be mediated in part by direct binding to either genomic DNA or nascent mRNA near target CpG sites.
Epigenome-wide analysis of piRNAs in gene-specific DNA methylation
Creators: name: Fu, Alan
name: I Jacobs, Daniel
name: Zhu, Yong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Virology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Cancer
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) have long been associated with the silencing of transposable elements (TEs). However, over 20,000 unique species of piRNAs mapped to the human genome are more than the relatively few presumably required to regulate the known human transposon classes. Here, we present the results of the first genome-wide effort to study the effects of piRNAs on gene specific DNA methylation. We found that exon-derived piRNAs consist almost universally of species with ten or fewer genomic copies, whereas piRNAs existing in high copies originate predominately from intronic and intergenic regions. Genome-wide methylation profiling following transfection of human somatic cells with piRNA mimics revealed methylation changes at numerous genic loci in single copy piRNA-transfected cells. Moreover, genomic regions directly adjacent to differentially methylated CpG sites were enriched for sequence matches to the transfected piRNAs. These findings suggest that a subset of single copy piRNAs may be able to induce DNA methylation at non-TE genic loci, a process that may be mediated in part by direct binding to either genomic DNA or nascent mRNA near target CpG sites.
Immigration and public opinion in Australia
Creators: name: Betts, Katharine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Recent opinion poll data on immigration policy confirm longstanding trends of majority opposition to the formal government position. But a breakdown of the attitudes of those with university education and those without reveals a much more supportive stance within the former group. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
A note on ageing, immigration and the birthrate
Creators: name: Kippen, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The ageing of Australia’s population is inevitable. Immigration could increase the size of the population substantially but still have little effect on the age structure. If policy makers want to minimise the proportion aged 65 and over without adding large numbers of extra people, it would be more effective to adopt policies that raised fertility. Previous article ends on p. 18 Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
The 1999-2000 immigration program
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Beginning in July 1999, major changes to the way skilled migrants are selected will be introduced. The new criteria will better target the skills needed by Australian employers. However, because overseas students trained in Australia are to be given the highest selection priority and because universities are rapidly expanding places for such students, there is a risk that opportunities for local aspirants in some professional areas will diminish. Previous article ends on p. 48 Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Intermarriage by birthplace and ancestry in Australia
Creators: name: Khoo, Siew-Ean
name: Birrell, Bob
name: Heard, Genevieve
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Sociologists have long regarded intermarriage as a key indicator of ethnic integration. The authors analyse marriage data from the 2006 Australian census. They find that many ethnic groups show low levels of intermarriage in the first generation but that, by the third generation, rates of intermarriage are high. However most groups of migrants from South and East Asia and from the Middle East and Africa have not been in Australia long enough for us to know whether the relationship between length of time in Australia and integration will hold for them as it has for the earlier cohorts of European migrants. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
POM-assisted synthesis of the first cyclohexanediamine-based Salen-type MnIII-dimer complexes
Creators: name: Wu, Qiong
name: Pu, Qing
name: Wu, Yongmei
name: Shi, Hongjuan
name: He, Yanfang
name: Li, Jun
name: Fan, Quanshui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Biochemistry

description: The reaction between manganese nitrate and N,Nʹ-(±)-ethylene-bis(salicylicyclohexanediaminate) ((±)-salcy) in dilute lacunary polyoxoanion [PW9O34]9− solution led to isolation of a new Mn-dimer, [Mn((±)-salcy)(N3)]2 (1). Structural analysis indicates that 1 represents the first salcy-based Mn-dimer complex. Magnetic susceptibility studies reveal that 1 shows single-molecule magnet (SMM) behavior from 2 to 5 K.
Temporary migration and skills formation in the trades: a provisional assessment
Creators: name: Toner, Phillip
name: Wooley, Richard
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: If Australian young people are to acquire trades skills employers need to invest in apprenticeships. The 457 temporary-entry work-visa system offers employers a relatively easy alternative and the government imposes few training obligations on those who take advantage of it. This means that employers who do invest in apprenticeships are put at a competitive disadvantage and that there is a systemic disincentive to invest in local training. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Analysis of Deviations – the Role of Controlling in Small and Medium Sized Agricultural Enterprises
Creators: name: Dobošová, Ľudmila
name: Hupková, Daniela
name: Švikruhová, Petronela
name: Beňuš, Ondrej
name: Gurčík, Ľubomír
name: Dobošová, Ľudmila
name: Hupková, Daniela
name: Švikruhová, Petronela
name: Beňuš, Ondrej
name: Gurčík, Ľubomír
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: agriculture
subject: agricultural enterprises
subject: analysis of deviations
subject: controlling

description: One of the main tasks of controlling is to identify the deviations of actually achieved results compared to the planned and to find out reasons for their occurrence. Lack of attention to this activity can have negative impact on the company's performance. The paper focuses on identification of selected research results that was conducted in Slovak agricultural enterprises. The main goal of the paper is to evaluate and analyse the approach of agricultural enterprises in Slovakia to the implementation of deviations analysis. The basic technique applied for data collection was a questionnaire survey, which was supplemented by a direct interview with managers of selected agricultural entities. The implementation of the questionnaire survey was preceded by a pre-research (pilot study) carried out in the Czech Republic. Obtained data were statistically examined applying the XLStat statistical program. Based on achieved research results we confirmed presumptions from the theoretical background elaborated in the paper, stating that the analysis of deviations is an integral part of controlling. Furthermore, we identify problematic areas for deviations analysis and also controlling implementation in agricultural enterprises in Slovakia.
POM-assisted synthesis the first cyclohexanediamine based Salen-type MnIII-dimer complexes
Creators: name: Wu, Qiong
name: Pu, Qing
name: Wu, Yongmei
name: Shi, Hongjuan
name: He, Yanfang
name: Li, Jun
name: Fan, Quanshui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science Policy
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biotechnology
Biochemistry

description: The reaction between manganese nitrate and N,N’-(±)-ethylene-bis(salicylicyclohexanediaminate) ((±)-salcy) in dilute lacunary polyoxoanion [PW9O34]9− solution led to isolation of a new Mn-dimer, [Mn((±)-salcy)(N3)]2 (1). Structural analysis indicates that 1 represents the first salcy based Mn-dimer complex. Magnetic susceptibility studies reveal that 1 shows single molecule magnet (SMM) behavior from 2-5 K.
The geographical distribution of homeless people
Creators: name: Chamberlain, Chris
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) is Australia’s flagship program to assist homeless people. In 1996-97, it funded just under 1,200 non-government services across the country to provide accommodation and support services for homeless people. The dominant assumption underpinning current funding arrangements is that the homeless population is distributed in the same way as the general population, and funding is allocated on a population pro rata basis. This paper argues that the assumption is incorrect. There were 105,000 homeless people across the country on census night 1996. However, there were between 40 and 50 homeless people per 10,000 of the population in the four ‘Southern States’ (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania). In Western Australia and Queensland, there were between 70 and 80 homeless people per 10,000 of the population. In the Northern Territory, there were 520 per 10,000, mainly due to indigenous people living in improvised dwellings. These findings raise major policy and planning issues for SAAP. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING IN ARID CATCHMENTS WITH DATA SCARCITY (FERGHANA VALLEY, CENTRAL ASIA)
Creators: name: Radchenko, I.
name: Forkutsa, I.
name: Breuer, L.
name: Frede, H-G.
name: Radchenko, I.
name: Forkutsa, I.
name: Breuer, L.
name: Frede, H-G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: International Development
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: With the global warming it is essential to study water resources in the arid regions like the Ferghana Valley (~79,000 km² with surround highland) in Central Asia, where agricultural production heavily depends on irrigation. Main water resources for irrigation are currently provided by the Naryn and Karadarya river systems. The surrounding mountainous areas of the valley with their large glacial water storages play a big role in the annual water balance of these rivers. The decrease of glaciers due to the global temperature rise will most likely lead to the runoff reduction. An impact analysis of the climate change on the water resources is of utmost importance both for economic as well as ecological issues in the region. The overall objective of the study is to estimate the relative contribution of small-sized catchments with mainly precipitation driven runoff (in total 19 catchments) and the large Naryn and Karadarya rivers which are dominated by glacial melt water to the Ferghana Valley water balance under current and future climatic conditions. Any future model-based prediction of the water resources availability is depended on a thorough understanding of the hydrological cycle under current conditions. Therefore, the aim is at investigating the water balance of the small surrounding catchments using the conceptual HBV-light model. In this study it is shown the model setup for the Kugart River (1,010 km²), Kurshab River (2,010 km2), Akbura River (2,260 km²) and Shakhimardan River (1,180 km²) catchments in Kyrgyzstan. Model setup is highlighted especially in the view of data availability limitations. Thus, the MODAWEC model that calculates daily meteorological data from monthly is applied for the four studied catchments (the correlation coefficient for generated and measured average temperature varies from 0.84 to 0.91). The HBVlight model is employed successfully for measured allocated climate data and generated (temperature) allocated data to the central part of the basins with the Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient (NSE) both for calibration (1980-1983) and validation (1984-1985) periods in the range of 0.50 to 0.89 for the studied basins. The acceptable parameter sets for the model after using of threshold (NSE ≥ 0.50, NSE log ≥ 0.50, and the difference in annual water balance ± 20 mm) ranges from 21 to 558. Thus, the hydrological modelling using generated meteorological data and the HBV-light model will be applied for the remaining 15 small catchments that discharge into the Fergana Valley. And for the assessment of climate change impact on the water resources in the Ferghana Valley it is planned to apply the different climate change scenarios in the near future.
The religious affiliation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex Australians: a report from the private lives survey
Creators: name: Couch, Murray
name: Mulcare, Hunter
name: Pitts, Marian
name: Smith, Anthony
name: Mitchell, Anne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The authors find that most non-heterosexual people who were brought up as Christian have left the faith of their childhood. However this is not true of those brought up as Orthodox Christians and is more likely to be true of lesbians than it is of gay or bisexual men. While most of those who have left their faith describe themselves as having no religion, a proportion have adopted world religions or alternative spiritualities. This is particularly true of bisexual women, a small number of whom have embraced Wicca. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Enzymatically cross-linked hyaluronic acid/graphene oxide nanocomposite hydrogel with pH-responsive release
Creators: name: Song, Fangfang
name: Hu, Weikang
name: Xiao, Longqiang
name: Cao, Zheng
name: Li, Xiaoqiong
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Liao, Liqiong
name: Liu, Lijian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Hyaluronic acid (HA) is made up of repeating disaccharide units (β-1,4-d-glucuronic acid and β-1,3-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine) and is a major constituent of the extracellular matrix. HA and its derivatives which possess excellent biocompatibility and physiochemical properties have been studied in drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Tyramine-based HA hydrogel with good compatibility to cell and tissue has been reported recently. However, inferior mechanical property may limit the biomedical application of the HA hydrogel. In this study, HA/graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite (NC) hydrogel was prepared through a horseradish peroxidase catalyzed in situ cross-linking process. As compared with pure HA hydrogels, incorporation of GO to the HA matrix could significantly enhance the mechanical properties (storage moduli 1800 Pa) of the hydrogel and prolong the release of rhodamine B (RB) as the model drug from the hydrogel (33 h) as well. In addition, due to the multiple interactions between GO and RB, the NC hydrogels showed excellent pH-responsive release behavior. The release of RB from the NC hydrogel was prolonged at low pH (pH 4.0) in the presence of GO, which could be attributed to the enhanced interactions between GO and HA as well as with RB. In situ three-dimensional encapsulation of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (BALB 3T3 cells) in the NC hydrogels and cytotoxicity results indicated the cytocompatibility of both the enzymatic cross-linking process and HA/GO NC hydrogels (cell viability 90.6 ± 4.25%). The enzymatically catalyzed fabrication of NC hydrogels proved to be an easy and mild approach, and had great potential in the construction of both tissue engineering scaffolds and stimuli-responsive drug release matrices.
Enzymatically crosslinked hyaluronic acid/graphene oxide nanocomposite hydrogel with pH responsive release
Creators: name: Song, Fangfang
name: Hu, Weikang
name: Xiao, Longqiang
name: Cao, Zheng
name: Li, Xiaoqiong
name: Zhang, Chao
name: Liao, Liqiong
name: Liu, Lijian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Hyaluronic acid (HA) is made up of repeating disaccharide units ((-1,4-D-glucuronic acid and (-1,3-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine) and is a major constituent of the extracellular matrix (ECM). HA and its derivatives which possess excellent biocompatibility and physiochemical properties have been studied in drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Tyramine (Tyr)-based HA hydrogel with good compatiblity to cell and tissue has been reported recently. However, inferior mechanical property may limit the biomedical application of the HA hydrogel. In this study, HA/graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite (NC) hydrogel was prepared through a horseradish peroxidase (HRP) catalyzed in situ crosslinking process. As compared with pure HA hydrogels, incorporation of GO to the HA matrix could significantly enhance the mechanical properties (storage moduli 1800 Pa) of the hydrogel and prolong the release of rhodamine B (RB) as the model drug from the hydrogel (33 hours) as well. In addition, due to the multiple interactions between graphene oxide and RB, the NC hydrogels showed excellent pH responsive release behavior. The release of RB from the NC hydrogel was prolonged at low pH (pH 4.0) in the presence of GO, which could be attributed to the enhanced interactions between GO and HA as well as with RB. In situ three-dimensional encapsulation of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (BALB 3T3 cells) in the NC hydrogels and cytotoxicity results indicated the cytocompatibility of both the enzymatic crossslinking process and HA/GO NC hydrogels (cell viability 90.6±4.25%). The enzymatically catalyzed fabrication of NC hydrogels proved to be an easy and mild approach, and has great potential in the construction of both tissue engineering scaffolds and stimuli-responsive drug release matrices.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BUDGET MODEL IN SIMULATING COTTON AND WHEAT YIELD AND SOIL MOISTURE IN FERGANA VALLEY
Creators: name: Kenjabaev, Sh.
name: Forkutsa, I.
name: Bach, M.
name: Frede, H.G.
name: Kenjabaev, Sh.
name: Forkutsa, I.
name: Bach, M.
name: Frede, H.G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy
Productivity Analysis

description: Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) are major crops grown in Uzbekistan and water shortage is considered as the main limiting factor for crop growth as well as sustainable economic development. The objective of this study was to adapt and test the ability of the soil water balance model BUDGET (ver. 6.2) to simulate cotton as well as wheat yield and soil water content under current agronomic practices in the Fergana Valley. Crop yield and soil moisture content data, collected and measured from sites in 2010 and 2011, were compared with model simulations. Results showed that the BUDGET can be used to predict cotton yield and soil water content with acceptable accuracy using the minimum approach. However, predicted wheat yield was high compared to the observed and reported yield. Overall, relationship between the observed and predicted cotton and wheat yield for both sites combined produced R² of 0.91 and 0.15, RMSE of 0.24 and 1.64 t ha-1, relative Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (Erel) of 0.71 and -5.68 and index of agreement (d) of 0.48 and -0.54, respectively. Similarly, comparison of the observed and simulated soil moisture contents at the top 0-30 cm soil layer and soil water contents in 90 cm profile yielded R² of 0.88 and 0.71-0.88, RMSE of 2.74 %vol. and 21.4-28.7 mm, Erel of 0.87 and 0.53-0.81, respectively and d around 1.0. Consequently, the BUDGET can be a valuable tool for simulating both cotton yield and soil water content, particularly considering the fact that the model requires relatively minimal input data. Predicted soil water balance can be used to improve current practice of irrigation water management, whereas simulated soil moisture content can be used to estimate capillary rise from groundwater in the UPFLOW model. However, performance of the model has to be evaluated under a wider range of agro-climatic and soil conditions in the future.
Between a rock and a hard place: Australia's population options to 2050 and beyond
Creators: name: Foran, Barney
name: Poldy, Franzi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The linkages between Australia’s population policy and issues of environmental quality and resource depletion have been obscured during the last 40 years by attempts at partial analysis and by a belief that any negative impacts of population growth will always be solved by technological innovation. In November 2002 the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Future Dilemmas study was released. This examined high, medium and low population scenarios out to 2050 and distilled six important dilemmas which require solutions by the proponents of different population options. The study concludes rather obviously that population growth and rising per capita affluence will place increasing pressure on issues of environmental quality and resource depletion. In addition, artificial demarcations between population policy and environmental policy are at best perverse, and at worst misleading. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Regional Australia and the 'new economy'
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: O'Connor, Kevin
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: As politicians and community leaders have become more aware of the importance of employment in the ‘new economy’ they have sought to ensure that more of this employment is located in regional Australia. However analysis of employment trends in NSW and Victoria since 1996 show that the proportion of ‘new economy’ jobs in Sydney and Melbourne vis-à-vis the proportion of these jobs in the rest of their respective states has increased. The paper provides a preliminary discussion of why this is the case and concludes that much more will have to be done if regional centres are to become thriving participants in ‘new economy’ industries. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Indigenous female sole parents, a preliminary analysis of 1996 census data
Creators: name: Daly, Anne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper presents a preliminary analysis of 1996 Census data relating to female indigenous sole parents. It confirms results from the 1991 Census which show that sole-parent families account for a larger share of indigenous families than is the case among other Australian families. Indigenous female sole parents tend to be younger and to have larger numbers of children and less education. They are also less likely to be in employment than other Australian sole parents. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
World’s worst or world’s best practice? European reactions to Australia’s refugee policy
Creators: name: Millbank, Adrienne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The boat people have stopped coming, but the Government's ‘immoral’ treatment of these asylum seekers has remained an issue of sustained protest and commentary in Australia. Much of this commentary ignores very real policy questions — including ethical issues — raised by the asylum system. Developments in European countries suggest a convergence towards Australian-style border protection and offshore processing measures. They also suggest a convergence towards Australian-style immigration and refugee policies based on managed movements. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
A coupled modeling approach to predict water quality in Lake Taihu, China: linkage to climate change projections
Creators: name: Tang, Chunyan
name: Li, Yiping
name: Jiang, Peng
name: Yu, Zhongbo
name: Acharya, Kumud
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

description: Climate change is expected to impact water quality and ecosystem health in water bodies. In this study, a modeling framework was developed to assess the response of environmental variables to climate change scenarios in Lake Taihu, China. A coupled hydrodynamic-water quality-sediment flux model was employed to simulate water quality processes under future climate scenarios projected from a general circulation model (GCM) forced by the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP 8.5). The results showed that the climate change impacted physico-chemical parameters and biological interactions in Lake Taihu. The annual average water temperature increased by 0.96, 2.09, and 3.2 °C by the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s, respectively. Daily temperature stratification tended to occur earlier and the period of stratification increased, especially in summer during calm wind conditions. The sediment flux increased and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration decreased with climate change. Additionally, climate change increased the onset time, duration, and areas of algal blooms. The results showed that the blooms activation time advanced approximately six days per decade. The onset time of algal blooms of 2080s was in February and March and the elevated concentration of chlorophyll a lasted until late autumn in the west lake region. The chlorophyll a concentration in summer did not increase substantially (about 10–15 μg/L). Overall, water management strategies and ecological restoration plans in Lake Taihu, mainly based on nutrient load reduction and hydrodynamic modification, should incorporate anticipated effects of climate change.
Labor's shrinking constituency
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: Healy, Ernest
name: Allen, Lyle
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This article explores the extent to which Labor at the national level is becoming dependent on an ethnic constituency. It shows that in Melbourne and Sydney, the great majority of the seats which Labor held on to after the 2004 election were seats with significant concentrations of blue and lower white collar voters of Non-English-Speaking Background origin. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
title: 02_1851
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Gesetze zitieren
Creators: name: Grahl, Tina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Die nachfolgenden Informationen orientieren sich an den Konventionen zum Zitieren im Fachgebiet Recht. Falls Sie durch die Betreuer*innen der Arbeit konkretere Vorgaben erhalten haben, nutzen sie diese bevorzugt.
Alexandre-Auguste Hattu de Marseilles
Creators: name: Plouvain, Pierre-Antoine-Samuel-Joseph (1754-1832)
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2017
Subjects: Officier de justice d'Ancien Régime

description: Source: http://www.sudoc.fr/080675700
description: Coverage: Parlement de Flandre
Revisit to Synthesis of Allyl- and Propargyl-Phosphorylcholines: Crystal Structure of Allyl-Phosphorylcholine
Creators: name: Liu, Lei
name: Lee, Myong Euy
name: Kang, Philjae
name: Choi, Moon-Gun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
Revisit to Synthesis of Allyl- and Propargylphosphorylcholines: Crystal Structure of Allylphosphorylcholine
Creators: name: Liu, Lei
name: Lee, Myong Euy
name: Kang, Philjae
name: Choi, Moon-Gun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Cell Biology

description: Allyl- and propargylphosphorylcholines were efficiently synthesized and fully characterized. The molecular structure of allylphosphorylcholine was studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction for the first time.
Semiconductor-based sequencing of genome-wide DNA methylation states
Creators: name: J Corley, Michael
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Zheng, Xin
name: Lum-Jones, Annette
name: K Maunakea, Alika
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (MeDIP-Seq) is a widely used approach to study DNA methylation genome-wide. Here, we developed a MeDIP-Seq protocol compatible with the Ion Torrent semiconductor-based sequencing platform that is low cost, rapid, and scalable. We applied this protocol to demonstrate MeDIP-Seq on the Ion Torrent platform provides adequate coverage of CpG cytosines, the methylation states of which we validated at single-base resolution on the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip array, and accurately identifies sites of differential DNA methylation. Furthermore, we applied an integrative approach to further investigate and confirm the role of DNA methylation in alternative splicing and to profile 5mC and 5hmC variants of DNA methylation in normal human brain tissue that is localized over distinct genomic regions. These applications of MeDIP-Seq on the Ion Torrent platform have broad utility and add to the current methodologies for profiling genome-wide DNA methylation states in normal and disease conditions.
Race, ethnicity, immigration and the British general election
Creators: name: Jupp, James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The 2005 election in Britain saw Labour under Tony Blair lose 47 seats, yet still comfortably retain Government. This article explores the influence of immigration issues and ethnic communities’, voting patterns on the election outcomes. It concludes that Labour was able to neutralise public concern about the management of immigration by introducing a series of control measures prior to the election. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Overnight visitor counts in Australia and their implications for population estimation
Creators: name: Cook, Tricia
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: On the night of the 1996 Census, 5.4 per cent of the people counted in Australia were staying away from home (visitors), compared to 4.6 per cent in 1986. Queensland's share of the nations visitors has risen since 1986, largely at the expense of Western Australia's. Queensland is now the most popular destination for interstate and overseas visitors, while New South Wales hosts a large proportion of intrastate visitors. But the overall picture is partly obscured because the Census missed around 100,000 overseas visitors. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
Semiconductor-based sequencing of genome-wide DNA methylation states
Creators: name: J Corley, Michael
name: Zhang, Wei
name: Zheng, Xin
name: Lum-Jones, Annette
name: K Maunakea, Alika
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Physics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Biophysics

description: Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (MeDIP-Seq) is a widely used approach to study DNA methylation genome-wide. Here, we developed a MeDIP-Seq protocol compatible with the Ion Torrent semiconductor-based sequencing platform that is low cost, rapid, and scalable. We applied this protocol to demonstrate MeDIP-Seq on the Ion Torrent platform provides adequate coverage of CpG cytosines, the methylation states of which we validated at single-base resolution on the Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip array, and accurately identifies sites of differential DNA methylation. Furthermore, we applied an integrative approach to further investigate and confirm the role of DNA methylation in alternative splicing and to profile 5mC and 5hmC variants of DNA methylation in normal human brain tissue that we observed to localize over distinct genomic regions. These applications of MeDIP-Seq on the Ion Torrent platform have broad utility and add to the current methodologies for profiling genome-wide DNA methylation states in normal and disease conditions.
Equity in access to higher education revisited
Creators: name: Birrell, Bob
name: Calderon, Angelo
name: Dobson, Ian R.
name: Smith, T. Fred
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: No progress has been made over the past decade in improving equity of access to higher education for young people from low socio-economic backgrounds. New evidence indicates that both family income and cultural factors explain this situation. The cultural factor is particularly strong for boys from blue collar backgrounds. Current Government equity policy ignores these findings. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s
ASSESSING THE RECENT GLACIER RETREAT IN CHON AND KICHI NARYN CATCHMENTS, KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Creators: name: Duishonakunov, M.
name: Imbery, S.
name: King, L.
name: Duishonakunov, M.
name: Imbery, S.
name: King, L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2013
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy
International Development

description: The spatial pattern of glacial retreat in Central Asian highlands are more intensive in last decades and impact on water resources are noteworthy in arid regions of Kyrgyz Republic. This research is an effort to assess the recent glacial retreat in Chon and Kichi Naryn catchments. The study conducted for period of 45 years (1965-2010) using 1:25000 scale topographic maps and ALOS/AVNIR satellite imagery shows that glacier area decreased by 21.3% in total. The dramatic changes have happened in south-facing glaciers than north facing glaciers with areal loss of loss of 23.6% and 19.8% respectively. The accelerated changes in glacial retreat will have compounding effect on shortage of water in densely populated areas and also increase in frequencies glacial induced hazards.