Enhancing learning in clinical placements: reflective practice,...
Professional preparatory health programmes generally involve clinical placements with a focus on integration of theory into real life practice. Reflective writing is often included in the assessment...
View ArticleExploring the professional values of Australian physiotherapists
Background and Purpose: A profession's values guide daily practice and professional behaviours. They clarify what professionalism means to a profession, by providing insight into the values that...
View ArticleAnalysis and comparison of pebble flow dynamics in 1 m and 2 m...
To study the height effect of the pebble flow dynamics, a 2-D pebble-bed experimental system for High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) has been established based on the similarity criteria to...
View ArticleDesign of zero dispersive double clad fiber for high efficiency operation of...
A double clad solid silica fiber is newly designed for applications which need the high efficiency operation of two colors of light. Ultrashort pulses with a central wavelength of 800 nm are delivered...
View ArticleNonlinear dynamic modelling of platelet aggregation via microfluidic devices
The recent application of new microfluidic technologies and methods has facilitated significant progress in the understanding of the fundamental mechanisms governing blood platelet function and how...
View ArticleFinding voice: The higher education experiences of students from diverse...
Diversity in the student body, particularly the inclusion of disadvantaged groups, has been incorporated into the discourse of inclusive education, with social justice and equality now part of the...
View ArticleStock market investors' use of stop losses and the disposition effect
The disposition effect is an investment bias where investors hold stocks at a loss longer than stocks at a gain. This bias is associated with poorer investment performance and exhibited to a greater...
View ArticleExploring the potential of role play in higher education: Development of a...
Role-play, in which learners act out roles in case scenarios, appears to be used across a broad range of discipline areas to address learning across the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains....
View ArticleExperimental study of the hydraulic behaviour of Melbourne silt
Soil partially saturated with water is referred to as unsaturated soil. Unsaturated soil has very complicated behaviour. A change in the degree of saturation can cause significant changes in soil...
View ArticleRobotic computer–aided tuning of multi-cavity RF filters
Due to the demand for precision RF filter solutions, fully automated cavity filter manufacturing systems are a topic of interest for researchers. Currently, tuning stages for filter production lines...
View ArticleCrashworthiness optimization of thin-walled s-shaped structures
In a car crash, the higher level of energy absorption in the frontal structures leads to less transferred energy to the passengers and hence a safer car. S-shaped front rails, also known as S-rails,...
View ArticleAn examination of the emergence and development of the acounting profession...
This is an empirical investigation into the development of the accounting profession in Sri Lanka in the post-independence era. Taking the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) as a...
View ArticleFemale genital mutilation/cutting: risk management and strategies for social...
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional practice originating in Africa. Its worst forms cause irreparable harm to girls and women and have no medical justification. Based on a...
View Article(In Press) Movie towns and sitcom suburbs: building Hollywood's ideal...
Media depictions of community are enormously influential on wider popular opinion about how people would like to live. In this study, Stephen Rowley examines depictions of ideal communities in...
View ArticleCan sustainable housing construction be affordable?
This chapter discusses sustainable housing construction from an Australian perspective.
View ArticleWorking with siblings and how to survive them
"The most effective sibling partnerships don't merely acknowledge their differences; they actually celebrate them". This chapter contrasts our experiences working with two groups of second generation...
View ArticleProblematising workplace learning
The introductory chapter outlines the book's central workplace learning themes from a socio-cultural perspective and situates them within the context of an Asia-Europe dialogue. Within this framework...
View Article