Quantcast
Channel: Browse By Latest Additions - RMIT Research Repository
Browsing all 41248 articles
Browse latest View live
↧

''We only get the daylight hours'': Gender, fear and 'freedom' in urban Papua...

Traditional discussions of security are state-centric and ignore individual experience. Presenting a counter-perspective, this article extends existing literature about violence and insecurity by...

View Article


Turning negatives into positives: the life and work of Naomi Yupae

This article explores the life story of Naomi Yupae, one of the founders and the first executive director of Eastern Highlands Family Voice (EHFV), an organization based in Goroka, Papua New Guinea...

View Article


'Working out what to wear in Papua New Guinea': the politics of fashion in...

In this article I discuss Stella, a new women's magazine in Papua New Guinea. Noting that Stella provides a context for celebrating new Pacific femininities, I argue that the magazine's representations...

View Article

Humble beginnings: from Lalaura to the board rooms of Papua New Guinea - the...

This article explores the life and professional achievements of Dr Evelyn Lavu, the Director of the Central Public Health Laboratory at Port Moresby General Hospital in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The...

View Article

An oceanic revolution? Stella and the construction of new femininities in...

In August 2012, a new magazine for women was released in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Entitled Stella, the magazine provides an ideal opportunity to analyse shifting constructions of gender among educated,...

View Article


Gains and losses: African Australian women and higher education

This article argues that African women migrants in Australia are increasingly enrolling in and successfully completing tertiary study, usually at high emotional and financial cost. While this...

View Article

(In Press) Controlling core/shell formation of nanocubic p-Cu2O/n-ZnO toward...

p-Type Cu2O/n-type ZnO core/shell photocatalysts has been demonstrated to be an efficient photocatalyst as a result of their interfacial structure tendency to reduce the recombination rate of...

View Article

Nanocarbon-coated porous anodic alumina for bionic devices

A highly-stable and biocompatible nanoporous electrode is demonstrated herein. The electrode is based on a porous anodic alumina which is conformally coated with an ultra-thin layer of diamond-like...

View Article


Drugs, alcohol, older adults and mental health

[abstract not available]

View Article


Location-dependent disclosure risk based decision support framework for...

In pervasive computing applications (e.g. electronic health records), the amount of information permissible to be shared or accessed by mobile users results in high disclosure risks. Obfuscation...

View Article

Towards an improved understanding of knowledge dynamics in integrated coastal...

Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is a complex undertaking that draws on a range of biophysical and social science disciplines, and involves a wide range of stakeholders operating through...

View Article

The pharmaceutical industry and natural products: historical status and new...

Owing to the high diversity of terrestrial and marine organisms, natural products (secondary metabolites) are some of the most successful source of drug leads for the treatment of many diseases and...

View Article

What are the policy priorities for sustaining ecological processes? A case...

Developments in ecological theory indicate that ecological processes have major implications for sustaining biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services. Consequently, conservation actions that...

View Article


The politics of coastal policy, planning and governance in Canada and...

Canada and Australia are countries with substantial coastal zones which provide significant economic, social and environmental benefits and opportunities. The coastal zones of Canada and Australia also...

View Article

Tapping fresh currents: Fostering early-career researchers in...

Water governance is an important, yet complex and contested field. A central challenge for researchers is to engage with multiple understandings and perspectives that can shape water governance, and to...

View Article


Enhancing the knowledge-governance interface: Coasts, climate and collaboration

Conventional systems of government have not been very successful in resolving coastal management problems. This lack of progress is partially attributable to inadequate representation in governance...

View Article

A comparison of the effect of mobile phone use and alcohol consumption on...

Abstract too long

View Article


Another opportunity lost? Victorian Labor's enactment of sustainability,...

'Sustainability' provides the dominant frame for environmental policy debate, even though there is considerable debate to as to what sustainability is, why is it needed, and how can it be progressed....

View Article

How neoliberalism and ecological modernization shaped environmental policy in...

'Sustainability' provides the dominant frame within which environmental policy debate occurs, notwithstanding its divergent meanings. However, how different discourses combine to shape understanding of...

View Article

Analysis of operating environments: A diagnostic model for linking science,...

Through analysis of the dynamics between science and decision-making, we argue that diagnosing fit-for purpose approaches to linking science and decision-making may be possible. Such diagnosis should...

View Article
Browsing all 41248 articles
Browse latest View live