'If I Had a Family, There Is No Way That I Could Afford to Work Here':...
Drawing on three case studies in each of Australia, New Zealand and Scotland, this article explores how care workers employed in the social services sector negotiate their unpaid care responsibilities...
View Article(In Press) Target-aware, transmission power-adaptive, and collision-free data...
Software update in wireless sensor networks requires the ability of disseminating bulk data to specified sensors of a network with low latency in an energy efficient manner. This paper proposes a...
View Article(In Press) CoCo+: Exploiting correlated core for energy efficient...
Bulk data dissemination is a basic building block for enabling a variety of applications in wireless sensor networks such as software update, network bug fixing, surveillance video distribution, etc....
View Article(In Press) International perspectives on early childhood curriculum changes...
This article explores early childhood curriculum reform in Australia and Singapore in order to identify international trends in early childhood education (ECE), similarities in curriculum reform...
View ArticleSequencing ideas into innovations through pure thought
I propose a model for sequencing ideas into innovations where there are two types of ideas. Primitive ideas are of a more basic nature, but are necessary before higher ideas can be attempted. Thus the...
View ArticleTransport and deposition of nano-fibers in human upper tracheobronchial airways
The elongated shape of the asbestos fibers makes them an extreme respiratory hazard as they can penetrate and deposit deep into the lung and could cause malignant pathological responses. Transport and...
View ArticleStakeholder perceptions of risk in construction
Safety management in construction is an integral effort and its success requires inputs from all stakeholders across design and construction phases. Effective risk mitigation relies on the concordance...
View ArticleHow 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 ArticleCosine-gauss plasmon beam: A localized long-range nondiffracting surface wave
A new surface wave is introduced, the cosine-Gauss beam, which does not diffract while it propagates in a straight line and tightly bound to the metallic surface for distances up to 80 mu m. The...
View ArticleAnother 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 ArticleThe participatory logic of coastal management under the project state:...
Stakeholder participation is widely recognised as an integral part of coastal management. Involving stakeholders allows for a more reflexive consideration of ecological science outputs within a wider...
View ArticleThe 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 ArticleNanocarbon-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 ArticleA play of bodies: a phenomenology of videogame experience
Videogames require robust yet flexible methods and vocabularies of critical analysis that appreciate both the textual and embodied pleasures of players. Such analysis cannot start with the player’s...
View ArticleCultural intelligence in the transnational education classroom: the case of...
The convergence of cultures in transnational education (TNE) classrooms intensifies the need to possess cross-cultural competencies. Despite several calls for studies into the potential link between...
View ArticleProtein degradation pathways in hepatic ER stress and insulin resistance
Over consumption of high-fat or high-carbohydrate diet has been shown to cause insulin resistance in both animals and humans. Although both diets can result in an accumulation of lipids to interfere...
View ArticleThe effects of DPP-4 inhibitors on vascular endothelial function in diabetes
In diabetes mellitus, it is well known that hyperglycaemia causes overproduction of reactive oxygen species causing vascular endothelial dysfunction which plays a role in the initiation and development...
View ArticleThe effect of antioxidants on UV-irradiated melanocytes and melanoma cells
The effect of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) on cell viability, melanin content, ROS levels, Tumour Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α), TNF-α Converting Enzyme (TACE), and furin expression as well as the...
View ArticleImproving security and efficiency of mix-based anonymous communication systems
The communication layer leaks important private information even in the presence of encryption, which makes anonymous communication a fundamental element of systems that protect the privacy of users....
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