Does residential diversity attract workers in creative occupations?
The 'Florida hypothesis' suggests that regional economic growth is driven by inflows of creative workers (the 'creative class'), and that creative class workers are attracted to regions that are...
View ArticleBeyond blogging: How mothers use creative non-fiction techniques in digital...
Since the sixteenth century, essayists such as Michel De Montaigne have been writing life's minutiae; trying to find words to 'portray passing ... from day to day, from minute to minute'. Even in its...
View ArticleAutomatic generation control in wind integrated power system: new...
Green energy targets for coming decades advocate high penetration of wind energy in main energy matrix, which pose incendiary threat to stability and reliability of modern electric grid if their...
View ArticleDesign for minimizing fracture risk of all-ceramic cantilever dental bridge
Minimization of the peak stresses and fracture incidence induced by mastication function is considered critical in design of all-ceramic dental restorations, especially for cantilever fixed partial...
View ArticleElectrochemical dealloying of a ternary Al67Cu18Sn15 alloy compared with that...
This paper reports on the electrochemical dealloying of a ternary Al67Cu18Sn15 (in at.% throughout the paper) alloy consisting of a-Al, Al2Cu and Sn using potentiodynamic and potentiostatic...
View Article'Bouncing back' to capitalism? Grass-roots autonomous activism in shaping...
Resilience has been criticised in many fields for focussing on attempts to bounce back or maintain the status quo following a disturbance. Such conceptualisations can uphold the hegemony of discourses...
View ArticleIn Press - A Nanoengineered conductometric device for accurate analysis of...
We developed a novel conductometric device with nanostructured gold (Au) sensitive layer which showed high-performance for elemental mercury (Hg0) vapor detection under simulated conditions that...
View ArticleReforming the Legal Definition of Rape in Victoria - What Do Stakeholders Think?
Internationally and in Australia, rape law reforms in recent decades have had mixed outcomes. As a result, when the Victorian government began consulting on another round of major reforms in this area,...
View ArticleAttracting and retaining Australia's aged care workers: developing policy and...
By the year 2060 Australians aged 65 and over will account for one quarter of the population, one in six Australians will be aged 75 or more, and the 'very old' (over 80 years of age) will also become...
View ArticleConceptual overlays for urban soundscape design emerging from a transversal...
This paper describes theoretical developments that have emerged alongside the author's urban soundscape design practice. The theory, which emerged from a transversal analysis of Henri Lefebvre, Gilles...
View ArticleThe enigma of access: James Dawson and the question of ownership in translation
Through an account of the efforts of Scottish immigrant settler James Dawson to negotiate legitimate access to Indigenous country (in south-west Victoria), a theory of ʻthe law of accidentsʼ is...
View ArticleTeaching about teaching science: Aims, strategies, and backgrounds of science...
Despite pressing concerns about the need to prepare high-quality teachers and the central role of teacher educators (TEs) in this process, little is known about how TEs teach about teaching specific...
View ArticleIncreased Smad signalling and reduced MRF expression in skeletal muscle from...
The molecular mechanisms underpinning the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength associated with insulin resistance remain to be extensively investigated. There is mounting recognition that certain...
View ArticleDemand for, and impediments to, the disclosure of information about climate...
Based on a survey of climate change experts in different stakeholder groups and interviews with corporate climate change managers, this study provides insights into the gap between what information...
View ArticleSensitive ambient RF Energy harvesting
Rectification of microwave signals to generate DC (Direct Current) power has become the subject of research since the 1950’s. Radio Frequency (RF) energy harvesting has experienced a rapid development...
View ArticleWatermarking techniques for genuine fingerprint authentication.
Fingerprints have been used to authenticate people remotely and allow them access to a system. However, the fingerprint-capture sensor is cracked easily using false fingerprint features constructed...
View ArticleDealloying of Al-based alloys and their mechanisms
Metal based anodes, like tin (Sn), are promising candidate anodes for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) due to their higher specific capacities than traditional graphite electrodes. However, their dramatic...
View ArticleProduct returns management: a study of value creation and appropriation in...
Value creation and value appropriation are key aims of business organisations. While value has been studied in many management contexts, the value creating potential of product returns management...
View ArticleHarmonic laser mode locking based on nonlinear microresonators
We summarize here our recent results on high-repetition-rate laser mode-locking via microring resonators. The recent realization of multiple wavelength oscillators based on high Q-factor resonators has...
View ArticleHypoxia and hypoxia signalling in tissue repair and fibrosis
Following injury, vascular damage results in the loss of perfusion and consequent low oxygen tension (hypoxia) which may be exacerbated by a rapid influx of inflammatory and mesenchymal cells with high...
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