Point-of-use devices for attenuation of trace organic compounds in water
Trace organic compounds (TOrCs) continue to be detected in drinking water, and their recalcitrance makes them difficult to attenuate without installing expensive advanced treatment processes. Because...
View Article(In Press) Development and validation of a multilevel safety climate...
Construction organizations are large and complex with decentralized structures, and characterized by non-routine work undertaken by semi-autonomous work groups. Construction workers' perceptions of...
View ArticleMulti-owned properties in Australia: A governance typology of issues and...
The purpose of this study is to develop a governance typology which identifies governance issues and outcomes. Multi-owned properties (MOPs) are a unique property type due to the incorporation of a...
View ArticleInterfacing lab-on-a-chip embryo technology with high-definition imaging...
To spearhead deployment of zebrafish embryo biotests in large-scale drug discovery studies, automated platforms are needed to integrate embryo in-test positioning and immobilization (suitable for...
View ArticleMonocytes from HIV-infected individuals show impaired cholesterol efflux and...
Design: HIV-infected (HIV) individuals have an increased risk of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease which is independent of antiretroviral therapy and traditional risk factors. Monocytes play a...
View ArticleThree-dimensional printed millifluidic devices for zebrafish embryo tests
Implementations of Lab-on-a-Chip technologies for in-situ analysis of small model organisms and embryos (both invertebrate and vertebrate) are attracting an increasing interest. A significant hurdle to...
View ArticleExploiting semantics for XML keyword search
XML keyword search has attracted a lot of interests with typical search based on lowest common ancestor (LCA). However, in this paper, we show several problems of the LCA-based approaches, including...
View ArticleContinuous finite-time output regulation for disturbed systems under...
In this technical note, the problem of finite-time output regulation control for a class of disturbed system under mismatching condition is investigated via a composite control design manner. The...
View ArticleFlexural Vibration of an Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Based on Modified...
This paper is concerned with the flexural vibration of an atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever. The cantilever problem is formulated on the basis of the modified couple stress theory and the...
View ArticleIdentifying the needs of students with English-as-an-additional-language for...
Registration boards for most health practitioners require graduates to demonstrate high levels of professional communication. University curricula have responded to include preparation of graduates to...
View ArticleGap control of electrical discharge grinding with high bandwidth dual stage...
Electrical discharge grinding process has four types of discharge states and abnormal states, such as arcs and short circuits have great impact on the machining efficiency and the surface finish of...
View ArticleBeing sub-culturally authentic and acceptable to the mainstream: Civilizing...
The practices used by members of consumer tribes to achieve mainstream acceptance remain under-researched. Consumers seek tribal membership as part of a larger life theme or identity goal, yet the...
View Article(In Press) A comparative history of earnings management literature from Italy...
Using the comparative international accounting history approach advocated by Carnegie and Napier (2002), this study compares US and Italian earnings management (EM) literature published in the second...
View ArticleTraditional Chinese manual acupuncture for management of obesity: A...
To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of obesity by reviewing currently available randomised controlled trials. METHODS: This review followed the Cochrane Handbook...
View ArticleThe forest or the trees: Preference for global over local image processing is...
Traditionalmodels of insect vision have assumed that insects are only capable of low-level analysis of local cues and are incapable of global, holistic perception. However, recent studies on honeybee...
View ArticleLearning context modulates aversive taste strength in honey bees
The capacity of honey bees (Apis mellifera) to detect bitter substances is controversial because they ingest without reluctance different kinds of bitter solutions in the laboratory, whereas...
View ArticleCapturing the signature of severe weather events in Australia using GPS...
Rapid developments in satellite positioning, navigation, and timing have revolutionized surveying and mapping practice and significantly influenced the way people live and society operates. The advent...
View ArticleVisual acuity trade-offs and microhabitat-driven adaptation of searching...
Insects have evolved morphological and physiological adaptations in response to selection pressures inherent to their ecology. Consequently, visual performance and acuity often significantly vary...
View Article(In Press) On the minimum and maximum selective graph coloring problems in...
Given a graph together with a partition of its vertex set, the minimum selective coloring problem consists of selecting one vertex per partition set such that the chromatic number of the subgraph...
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