Towards ultra-stiff materials: Surface effects on nanoporous materials
The significant rise in the strength and stiffness of porous materials at nanoscale cannot be described by conventional scaling laws. This letter investigates the effective Young's modulus of such...
View ArticleImitation of honey bees' concept learning processes using Vector Symbolic...
This article presents a proof-of-concept validation of the use of Vector Symbolic Architectures as central component of an online learning architectures. It is demonstrated that Vector Symbolic...
View ArticleGeotagging twitter messages in crisis management
All rights reserved. During times of crisis microblogging platforms such as Twitter have played an important role as a communication channel to distribute information. Particularly, disaster-related...
View ArticleA direct observation of bacterial coverage and biofilm formation by...
To obtain a fundamental understanding of the population behaviour of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans at chalcopyrite and pyrite surfaces, the early stage attachment behaviour and biofilm formation by...
View Article(In Press) Sleep quality and the treatment of intestinal microbiota imbalance...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a multisystem illness, which may be associated with imbalances in gut microbiota. This study builds on recent evidence that sleep may be influenced by gut microbiota,...
View ArticleEfficacy of sleep position modification to treat positional obstructive sleep...
Objective/Background: To assess the feasibility and efficacy of sleep position modification in preventing supine sleep and improving sleep-disordered breathing and relevant clinical outcomes in...
View ArticleOut of Africa: evidence of the obligate mutualism betweenlong corolla tubed...
1 Mutualism between long corolla tubed plants and their potential pollinators,long-tongued flies, is a classic example of coevolution, but to date, has onlybeen reported from the regions of southern...
View Article(In Press) Out in the open: locating new vernacular practices with smartphone...
We are living in a moment where new types of visuality and vernaculars are emerging. For many of us sharing of objects such as photos and video has become a part of our daily routines. The sheer volume...
View ArticleA linear robust binaural sound reproduction system with optimal source...
Crosstalk cancellation system plays an important role in binaural sound playback using loudspeakers and has attracted many researchers' interest. However, limited sweet spot is still a challenge...
View ArticleThe Big Gamble: The need for a comprehensive research approach to...
Problem gambling is now recognised as a major public health issue, with some gambling products posing significant burdens for individuals, families and communities. While gambling has attracted...
View ArticleFactors in early life programmng of reproductive fitness
Fertility rates have been declining worldwide, with a growing number of young women suffering from infertility. Infectious and inflammatory diseases are important causes of infertility, and recent...
View ArticleThe fate of public scholarship in the global university: The Australian...
This paper explores the proposition that modern universities have been changed radically by globalization not least of which has been the erosion of 'public scholarship'. The paper argues that whatever...
View ArticleWomen's experiences of learning to breastfeed
Aim: This research explores women's experiences oflearning to breastfeed. Design: A purposive cohort of healthy mothers participated in individual audio recorded interviews late pregnancy and then 2...
View Article(In Press) International students' fear of crime: an Australian case study
Concerns about safety and fear of being victimised by crime have become important factors determining international students' decisions of where to study. Host governments and educational agencies have...
View ArticleOf time and history: the dead of war, memory and the national imaginary in...
Patterns of memorialisation in Timor-Leste have been shaped by political trajectories and priorities that are bound up with state-formation since the end of the Indonesian occupation in 1999. The state...
View Article(In Press) Testing for cultural measurement equivalence in research on...
Objectives: Education institutions routinely instruct students on how to remain safe from crime. We hold that this instruction and much of the associated practice might be problematic, because none of...
View ArticleStorm water harvesting and reuse in Australia: enhanced sand filtration for...
This study details the removal of common storm water pollutants along with heavy metals by enhanced sand filtration. Three filtration flow rates were trialled: 5, 10 and 20 m/h. The performance of each...
View ArticleEffect of multiple cations in the feed solution on the performance of forward...
In this study, different combinations of feed stream such as 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 M of CaCl2 were, respectively, added with 1.0, 0.9 and 0.8 M of NaCl while maintaining the draw solution concentration at...
View ArticleComparison between nanofiltration and forward osmosis in the treatment of dye...
Colour removal and the flux behaviour of nanofiltration (NF-DOW FILMTEC-NF245) and forward osmosis (FO-a flat sheet cellulose triacetate membrane with a woven embedded backing support) membranes were...
View ArticleEffect of feed temperature and membrane orientation on pre-treatment sludge...
This study focuses on volume reduction of pre-treatment sludge as well as on dilution of reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate through emerging forward osmosis (FO) technology where RO concentrate draws...
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