Measurement matters in managing landscape carbon
Carbon stocks and emissions are quantified using many different measures and metrics, and these differ in their surrogacy, measurement, and incentive value. To evaluate potential policy impacts of...
View ArticleGet a life? The impact of the European Working Time Directive: The case of UK...
This paper seeks to identify the effect of the implementation of the European Working Time Directive on the working hours of UK doctors. The Labour Force Survey is used to compare the working hours of...
View ArticleConcurrent design of composite macrostructure and multi-phase material...
A method for the concurrent topology optimization of composite macrostructure and periodic microstructure with multi-phase materials is proposed, where the objective is to minimize the dynamic...
View ArticleThe pioneering years of Australian animation (1900-1930): From animated...
This article describes the very earliest beginnings of Australian animation, detailing the events, processes, and the people who pioneered this medium from approximately 1900 to 1930. It examines these...
View ArticleActivation of vascular p38MAPK by mechanical stretch is independent of c-Src...
Little is known about vascular MAPK regulation in response to mechanical strain. Whether mechanically-sensitive pathways are altered in hypertension is unclear. We examined effects of stretch and Ang...
View ArticleTournament outcomes and prosocial behaviour
Does participation in a tournament influence prosocial behaviour in subsequent interactions? We designed an experiment to collect data on charitable donations made by participants out of their earnings...
View Article(In press) System-L amino acid transporters play a key role in pancreatic...
The branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) leucine, isoleucine and valine, are essential amino acids that play a critical role in cellular signalling and metabolism. They acutely stimulate insulin secretion...
View ArticleMicroparticle transport and deposition in the human oral airway: toward the...
A key issue in pulmonary drug delivery is improving the medical delivery device for effective and targeted treatment. Spacers are clear plastic containers attached to inhalers aimed at delivering more...
View ArticleTRPM7: A unique channel involved in magnesium homeostasis
TRPM7 is a ubiquitously expressed cation channel with a fused alpha kinase domain. It is highly permeable to magnesium and calcium, and is negatively gated by intracellular Mg2+ and Mg-ATP. Substrates...
View ArticleThe random walk versus unbiased efficiency: can we separate the wheat from...
In the issue under investigation the wheat cannot be separated from the chaff because all we have is chaff. The random walk and unbiased efficiency are equally bad forecasters that should not be used...
View ArticleLaminar flow of non-Newtonian thickened tailings slurry through an open channel
The flow of non-Newtonian materials through open channels has been little-studied compared to research on circular pipes. This paper presents a new Reynolds number to predict the flow of non-Newtonian...
View ArticlePossible estimation of resilient modulus of fine-grained soils using a...
Resilient modulus is an important parameter to characterise the resilient behaviour of pavement materials. Resilient modulus can be determined in the laboratory from repeated load triaxial test and is...
View ArticleUnderstanding advanced and extended professional practice
The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee (now replaced by the Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee) undertook work to develop an advanced pharmacy practice recognition model....
View ArticleMolecular basis for differential sensitivity of alpha-conotoxin RegIIA at rat...
a-Conotoxins, as nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) antagonists, are powerful tools for dissecting biologic processes and guiding drug development. The a3b2 and a3b4 nAChR subtypes are expressed...
View ArticleComplex coacervation between flaxseed protein isolate and flaxseed gum
Flaxseed protein isolate (FPI) and flaxseed gum (FG) were extracted, and the electrostatic complexation between these two biopolymers was studied as a function of pH and FPI-to-FG ratio using...
View ArticleDesalination techniques - A review of the opportunities for desalination in...
The adoption of desalination for agricultural purposes in countries such as Australia has been very limited, with only a small number of cases available to demonstrate its suitability. This can be...
View ArticleMulti-cornered thin-walled sheet metal members for enhanced crashworthiness...
Crash energy management in frontal crumple zone of the automotive body is one of the key elements for the design of automotive structure. Improving energy absorption characteristics reduces the...
View ArticlePersistent abstraction: The animated works of Max Hattler
Max Hattler is a German-born animator-filmmaker who has been steadily producing works for well over a decade. This article examines his films and how the animator chooses his imagery and the strategies...
View ArticleGeometrogenesis under quantum graphity: Problems with the ripening universe
Quantum graphity (QG) is a model of emergent geometry in which space is represented by a dynamical graph. The graph evolves under the action of a Hamiltonian from a high-energy pregeometric state to a...
View ArticleDoes legal heritage affect obesity? The channel of motor vehicle dependence
We find a robust relationship between motor vehicle ownership, its interaction with legal heritage and obesity in OECD countries. Our estimates indicate that an increase of 100 motor vehicles per...
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