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Citing sources that do not support the assertion being made can misinform readers, perpetuate mistakes and deny credit to the researchers who should have been acknowledged. To quantify citation fidelity in marine biology, we retrieved 198 papers from 2 recent issues of 33 marine biology journals. From each paper we randomly selected 1 citation, recovered the source material, and evaluated its appropriateness. We discovered that the assertion was ‘clearly supported’ by the citation in only 75.8% of cases, the support was ‘ambiguous’ in 10.6% of cases and the citation offered ‘no support’ to the original statement in 6.0% of cases. The remaining 7.6% of cases were classified as ‘empty’ (citations to secondary sources). We found no relationship between citation appropriateness and the position of the assertion in the paper, number of authors, number of references, article length and Journal Impact Factor. That 1 in 4 citations in marine biology should be viewed with scepticism is alarming and has important ramifications for both scholarship and bibliometrics.

Citing sources that do not support the assertion being made can misinform readers, perpetuate mistakes and deny credit to the researchers who should have been acknowledged. To quantify citation fidelity in marine biology, we retrieved 198 papers from 2 recent issues of 33 marine biology journals. From each paper we randomly selected 1 citation, recovered the source material, and evaluated its appropriateness. We discovered that the assertion was ‘clearly supported’ by the citation in only 75.8% of cases, the support was ‘ambiguous’ in 10.6% of cases and the citation offered ‘no support’ to the original statement in 6.0% of cases. The remaining 7.6% of cases were classified as ‘empty’ (citations to secondary sources). We found no relationship between citation appropriateness and the position of the assertion in the paper, number of authors, number of references, article length and Journal Impact Factor. That 1 in 4 citations in marine biology should be viewed with scepticism is alarming and has important ramifications for both scholarship and bibliometrics.

ATTENTION: Paper, Rock readers SUBJECT: Take a chance We’ve all been there. Your mind begins to race as you recite the proverbial ‘scissors, paper, rock’ before releasing your hand into uncertain terrain. You make a choice. You take a chance. Welcome to Paper, Rock magazine for 2010- where taking a chance is what we’re all about. We’ve coined it the ‘other’ issue because this year’s magazine ventures beyond what you’ve ever seen before in paper rock, it’s ‘other’ to its predecessors. The news and features section promises to excite, engage and provoke you. We’ve introduced ‘News that rocked our world’ as we felt it is important to look back on the news and events that shook our world. The lifestyle section puts a hold on the blasé clichés of food, travel and health. We give you the first glimpses of the meaty craze that has the tongues of Australia’s top food critics wagging in salivating desire. And, take you to the underground of the food world that the big chain stores don’t want you to know about. Before introducing you to the locals of Indonesia and taking you on an ostrich ride in Vietnam. Then test-drive Zumba and detox your diet-life or delve into our health feature, where we profile bipolar disorder. ALEX: Your news and features editor, Alexandra Fisher, loves to pushed out of her comfort zone. Inspired by the Harry Potter books she discovered her love of writing at age 11. She loves TIME magazine, The Guardian, The World and Foreign Correspondent on ABC- and anything else that provides her weekly dose of world news. Her background has fostered a love of different cultures and a desire to understand and report on issues that bring new insight to Australians. Her ambition is to become a foreign correspondent, and as a veteran journalist she’ll retreat to the hills of Scotland to complete a fantasy novel that’s already in its fifth chapter! SARAH: Your lifestyle editor, Sarah Hamilton, is a child of the eighties, just. She can’t remember a time she didn’t wan

ATTENTION: Paper, Rock readers SUBJECT: Take a chance We’ve all been there. Your mind begins to race as you recite the proverbial ‘scissors, paper, rock’ before releasing your hand into uncertain terrain. You make a choice. You take a chance. Welcome to Paper, Rock magazine for 2010- where taking a chance is what we’re all about. We’ve coined it the ‘other’ issue because this year’s magazine ventures beyond what you’ve ever seen before in paper rock, it’s ‘other’ to its predecessors. The news and features section promises to excite, engage and provoke you. We’ve introduced ‘News that rocked our world’ as we felt it is important to look back on the news and events that shook our world. The lifestyle section puts a hold on the blasé clichés of food, travel and health. We give you the first glimpses of the meaty craze that has the tongues of Australia’s top food critics wagging in salivating desire. And, take you to the underground of the food world that the big chain stores don’t want you to know about. Before introducing you to the locals of Indonesia and taking you on an ostrich ride in Vietnam. Then test-drive Zumba and detox your diet-life or delve into our health feature, where we profile bipolar disorder. ALEX: Your news and features editor, Alexandra Fisher, loves to pushed out of her comfort zone. Inspired by the Harry Potter books she discovered her love of writing at age 11. She loves TIME magazine, The Guardian, The World and Foreign Correspondent on ABC- and anything else that provides her weekly dose of world news. Her background has fostered a love of different cultures and a desire to understand and report on issues that bring new insight to Australians. Her ambition is to become a foreign correspondent, and as a veteran journalist she’ll retreat to the hills of Scotland to complete a fantasy novel that’s already in its fifth chapter! SARAH: Your lifestyle editor, Sarah Hamilton, is a child of the eighties, just. She can’t remember a time she didn’t wan

ATTENTION: Paper, Rock readers SUBJECT: Take a chance We’ve all been there. Your mind begins to race as you recite the proverbial ‘scissors, paper, rock’ before releasing your hand into uncertain terrain. You make a choice. You take a chance. Welcome to Paper, Rock magazine for 2010- where taking a chance is what we’re all about. We’ve coined it the ‘other’ issue because this year’s magazine ventures beyond what you’ve ever seen before in paper rock, it’s ‘other’ to its predecessors. The news and features section promises to excite, engage and provoke you. We’ve introduced ‘News that rocked our world’ as we felt it is important to look back on the news and events that shook our world. The lifestyle section puts a hold on the blasé clichés of food, travel and health. We give you the first glimpses of the meaty craze that has the tongues of Australia’s top food critics wagging in salivating desire. And, take you to the underground of the food world that the big chain stores don’t want you to know about. Before introducing you to the locals of Indonesia and taking you on an ostrich ride in Vietnam. Then test-drive Zumba and detox your diet-life or delve into our health feature, where we profile bipolar disorder. ALEX: Your news and features editor, Alexandra Fisher, loves to pushed out of her comfort zone. Inspired by the Harry Potter books she discovered her love of writing at age 11. She loves TIME magazine, The Guardian, The World and Foreign Correspondent on ABC- and anything else that provides her weekly dose of world news. Her background has fostered a love of different cultures and a desire to understand and report on issues that bring new insight to Australians. Her ambition is to become a foreign correspondent, and as a veteran journalist she’ll retreat to the hills of Scotland to complete a fantasy novel that’s already in its fifth chapter! SARAH: Your lifestyle editor, Sarah Hamilton, is a child of the eighties, just. She can’t remember a time she didn’t wan

Citing sources that do not support the assertion being made can misinform readers, perpetuate mistakes and deny credit to the researchers who should have been acknowledged. To quantify citation fidelity in marine biology, we retrieved 198 papers from 2 recent issues of 33 marine biology journals. From each paper we randomly selected 1 citation, recovered the source material, and evaluated its appropriateness. We discovered that the assertion was ‘clearly supported’ by the citation in only 75.8% of cases, the support was ‘ambiguous’ in 10.6% of cases and the citation offered ‘no support’ to the original statement in 6.0% of cases. The remaining 7.6% of cases were classified as ‘empty’ (citations to secondary sources). We found no relationship between citation appropriateness and the position of the assertion in the paper, number of authors, number of references, article length and Journal Impact Factor. That 1 in 4 citations in marine biology should be viewed with scepticism is alarming and has important ramifications for both scholarship and bibliometrics.

The popularity of online surveys is rising, yet the validity of survey data collected online is frequently questioned. This study compares online surveys versus paper surveys administered via regular mail in the tourism context, and examines in detail the extent and nature of survey bias resulting from survey format specific respondent self-selection. Results suggest that (1) both online and mail samples deviate from census data population statistics regarding socio-demographics to the same extent (but differ in nature), (2) no differences exist in the contamination of data by response styles, (3) online respondents have a lower dropout rate and produce less incomplete data, and (4) responses to tourism-related questions differ significantly, indicating that survey format can dramatically influence results of empirical studies in tourism. Our findings show that neither pure online surveys nor pure paper surveys administered through regular mail are unbiased. Format-specific self-selection of respondents to participate leads to systematic biases in both cases, making multi-method survey approaches the most reliable way of data collection at present.

The popularity of online surveys is rising, yet the validity of survey data collected online is frequently questioned. This study compares online surveys versus paper surveys administered via regular mail in the tourism context, and examines in detail the extent and nature of survey bias resulting from survey format specific respondent self-selection. Results suggest that (1) both online and mail samples deviate from census data population statistics regarding socio-demographics to the same extent (but differ in nature), (2) no differences exist in the contamination of data by response styles, (3) online respondents have a lower dropout rate and produce less incomplete data, and (4) responses to tourism-related questions differ significantly, indicating that survey format can dramatically influence results of empirical studies in tourism. Our findings show that neither pure online surveys nor pure paper surveys administered through regular mail are unbiased. Format-specific self-selection of respondents to participate leads to systematic biases in both cases, making multi-method survey approaches the most reliable way of data collection at present.

Here we report on the direct deposition of large quantities of highly porous carbon nanotube networks onto a carbon fibre paper support; subsequently utilised as the anode in a Li-ion battery application showing improved long-term performance and chemical stability with a significant fully reversible capacity of 546mAh/g.

Here we report on the direct deposition of large quantities of highly porous carbon nanotube networks onto a carbon fibre paper support; subsequently utilised as the anode in a Li-ion battery application showing improved long-term performance and chemical stability with a significant fully reversible capacity of 546mAh/g.

The popularity of online surveys is rising, yet the validity of survey data collected online is frequently questioned. This study compares online surveys versus paper surveys administered via regular mail in the tourism context, and examines in detail the extent and nature of survey bias resulting from survey format specific respondent self-selection. Results suggest that (1) both online and mail samples deviate from census data population statistics regarding socio-demographics to the same extent (but differ in nature), (2) no differences exist in the contamination of data by response styles, (3) online respondents have a lower dropout rate and produce less incomplete data, and (4) responses to tourism-related questions differ significantly, indicating that survey format can dramatically influence results of empirical studies in tourism. Our findings show that neither pure online surveys nor pure paper surveys administered through regular mail are unbiased. Format-specific self-selection of respondents to participate leads to systematic biases in both cases, making multi-method survey approaches the most reliable way of data collection at present.

Porous mats of carbon nanotubes, referred to as bucky paper, are becoming a viable engineering material, especially as electrodes in numerous types of electrochemical cells. The tensile strength of bucky paper was measured in the dry atmospheric condition, and the wet conditions of both water and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, an ionic liquid. The two different liquids have a significant impact on the mechanical properties of bucky paper, even when they are not known for readily wetting the nanotubes. It is shown that capillary forces contribute to the mechanical properties of bucky paper. It is also shown that there is a strong interaction between ionic liquid and carbon nanotubes.

Porous mats of carbon nanotubes, referred to as bucky paper, are becoming a viable engineering material, especially as electrodes in numerous types of electrochemical cells. The tensile strength of bucky paper was measured in the dry atmospheric condition, and the wet conditions of both water and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, an ionic liquid. The two different liquids have a significant impact on the mechanical properties of bucky paper, even when they are not known for readily wetting the nanotubes. It is shown that capillary forces contribute to the mechanical properties of bucky paper. It is also shown that there is a strong interaction between ionic liquid and carbon nanotubes.

Porous mats of carbon nanotubes, referred to as bucky paper, are becoming a viable engineering material, especially as electrodes in numerous types of electrochemical cells. The tensile strength of bucky paper was measured in the dry atmospheric condition, and the wet conditions of both water and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, an ionic liquid. The two different liquids have a significant impact on the mechanical properties of bucky paper, even when they are not known for readily wetting the nanotubes. It is shown that capillary forces contribute to the mechanical properties of bucky paper. It is also shown that there is a strong interaction between ionic liquid and carbon nanotubes.

Porous mats of carbon nanotubes, referred to as bucky paper, are becoming a viable engineering material, especially as electrodes in numerous types of electrochemical cells. The tensile strength of bucky paper was measured in the dry atmospheric condition, and the wet conditions of both water and 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, an ionic liquid. The two different liquids have a significant impact on the mechanical properties of bucky paper, even when they are not known for readily wetting the nanotubes. It is shown that capillary forces contribute to the mechanical properties of bucky paper. It is also shown that there is a strong interaction between ionic liquid and carbon nanotubes.

In October 2011 surfboard manufacturer BASE abruptly closed its factory on the Gold Coast resulting in the direct loss of 50 jobs. A few days later, nearby D’Arcy Surfboards also announced it was shedding workers and downsizing from a state-of-the art purpose built factory into a backyard workshop. Each business exported surfboards internationally and employed some of Australia’s best known surfboard-makers. The troubles facing these workshops added to those brewing at the very same in Australia’s steel, aluminium, automotive and garment industries. With renewed public debate and media commentary on the future of manufacturing, we now face a crisis in ‘making things’ in Australia. To inform debate about this crisis, in this discussion paper we focus attention on one industry – surfboard-making – where Australia has had an international comparative advantage, and on which we have been doing extended, detailed qualitative and quantitative research for over three years. The question we seek to pose is: beyond the dollar what other factors play a role in shaping the economic fortunes of manufacturing industries?

In October 2011 surfboard manufacturer BASE abruptly closed its factory on the Gold Coast resulting in the direct loss of 50 jobs. A few days later, nearby D’Arcy Surfboards also announced it was shedding workers and downsizing from a state-of-the art purpose built factory into a backyard workshop. Each business exported surfboards internationally and employed some of Australia’s best known surfboard-makers. The troubles facing these workshops added to those brewing at the very same in Australia’s steel, aluminium, automotive and garment industries. With renewed public debate and media commentary on the future of manufacturing, we now face a crisis in ‘making things’ in Australia. To inform debate about this crisis, in this discussion paper we focus attention on one industry – surfboard-making – where Australia has had an international comparative advantage, and on which we have been doing extended, detailed qualitative and quantitative research for over three years. The question we seek to pose is: beyond the dollar what other factors play a role in shaping the economic fortunes of manufacturing industries?

In October 2011 surfboard manufacturer BASE abruptly closed its factory on the Gold Coast resulting in the direct loss of 50 jobs. A few days later, nearby D’Arcy Surfboards also announced it was shedding workers and downsizing from a state-of-the art purpose built factory into a backyard workshop. Each business exported surfboards internationally and employed some of Australia’s best known surfboard-makers. The troubles facing these workshops added to those brewing at the very same in Australia’s steel, aluminium, automotive and garment industries. With renewed public debate and media commentary on the future of manufacturing, we now face a crisis in ‘making things’ in Australia. To inform debate about this crisis, in this discussion paper we focus attention on one industry – surfboard-making – where Australia has had an international comparative advantage, and on which we have been doing extended, detailed qualitative and quantitative research for over three years. The question we seek to pose is: beyond the dollar what other factors play a role in shaping the economic fortunes of manufacturing industries?

Highly flexible, paper-like, free-standing polypyrrole and polypyrrole-LiFePO4 composite films were prepared using the electropolymerization method. The films are soft, lightweight, mechanically robust and highly electrically conductivity. The electrochemical performance of the free-standing pure PPy electrode was improved by incorporating the most promising cathode material, LiFePO4, into the PPy films. The cell with PPy-LiFePO4 composite film had a higher discharge capacity beyond 50 cycles (80 mA h/g) than that of the cell with pure PPy (60 mA h/g). The free-standing films can be used as electrode materials to satisfy the new market demand for flexible and bendable batteries that are suitable for the various types of design and power needs of soft portable electronic equipment.

Highly flexible, paper-like, free-standing polypyrrole and polypyrrole-LiFePO4 composite films were prepared using the electropolymerization method. The films are soft, lightweight, mechanically robust and highly electrically conductivity. The electrochemical performance of the free-standing pure PPy electrode was improved by incorporating the most promising cathode material, LiFePO4, into the PPy films. The cell with PPy-LiFePO4 composite film had a higher discharge capacity beyond 50 cycles (80 mA h/g) than that of the cell with pure PPy (60 mA h/g). The free-standing films can be used as electrode materials to satisfy the new market demand for flexible and bendable batteries that are suitable for the various types of design and power needs of soft portable electronic equipment.

Highly flexible, paper-like, free-standing polypyrrole and polypyrrole-LiFePO4 composite films were prepared using the electropolymerization method. The films are soft, lightweight, mechanically robust and highly electrically conductivity. The electrochemical performance of the free-standing pure PPy electrode was improved by incorporating the most promising cathode material, LiFePO4, into the PPy films. The cell with PPy-LiFePO4 composite film had a higher discharge capacity beyond 50 cycles (80 mA h/g) than that of the cell with pure PPy (60 mA h/g). The free-standing films can be used as electrode materials to satisfy the new market demand for flexible and bendable batteries that are suitable for the various types of design and power needs of soft portable electronic equipment.

The annual Underground Coal Operators' Conference (UCOC) has been held at the University of Wollongong since 1998. In February 2010 it celebrated its 10th anniversary. During that period a total of 332 conference papers were published within the ten printed volumes of proceedings. From December 2008 digital copies were made available online via the UCOC website (http://ro.uow.edu.au/coal) within the University of Wollongong’s open access repository Research Online (http://ro.uow.edu.au). The UCOC website is linked to other relevant sites available to mining engineering researchers at Wollongong and all papers are easily located through an internal search engine, using author, title and keyword searches. Download of individual conference papers is free of charge and usage statistics are monitored by the conference conveners. Since going live, visitors to the site from more than 130 countries have downloaded over 85 000 individual conference papers. Online availability has greatly improved access for students, researchers and mine professionals world-wide. It has also enhanced the reputation of the University of Wollongong as the centre of excellence in teaching and research in mining engineering, with a keen interest in promoting mining technology nationally and internationally. This paper discusses the national and international impact of free online access to the UCOC papers.

The annual Underground Coal Operators' Conference (UCOC) has been held at the University of Wollongong since 1998. In February 2010 it celebrated its 10th anniversary. During that period a total of 332 conference papers were published within the ten printed volumes of proceedings. From December 2008 digital copies were made available online via the UCOC website (http://ro.uow.edu.au/coal) within the University of Wollongong’s open access repository Research Online (http://ro.uow.edu.au). The UCOC website is linked to other relevant sites available to mining engineering researchers at Wollongong and all papers are easily located through an internal search engine, using author, title and keyword searches. Download of individual conference papers is free of charge and usage statistics are monitored by the conference conveners. Since going live, visitors to the site from more than 130 countries have downloaded over 85 000 individual conference papers. Online availability has greatly improved access for students, researchers and mine professionals world-wide. It has also enhanced the reputation of the University of Wollongong as the centre of excellence in teaching and research in mining engineering, with a keen interest in promoting mining technology nationally and internationally. This paper discusses the national and international impact of free online access to the UCOC papers.

The annual Underground Coal Operators' Conference (UCOC) has been held at the University of Wollongong since 1998. In February 2010 it celebrated its 10th anniversary. During that period a total of 332 conference papers were published within the ten printed volumes of proceedings. From December 2008 digital copies were made available online via the UCOC website (http://ro.uow.edu.au/coal) within the University of Wollongong’s open access repository Research Online (http://ro.uow.edu.au). The UCOC website is linked to other relevant sites available to mining engineering researchers at Wollongong and all papers are easily located through an internal search engine, using author, title and keyword searches. Download of individual conference papers is free of charge and usage statistics are monitored by the conference conveners. Since going live, visitors to the site from more than 130 countries have downloaded over 85 000 individual conference papers. Online availability has greatly improved access for students, researchers and mine professionals world-wide. It has also enhanced the reputation of the University of Wollongong as the centre of excellence in teaching and research in mining engineering, with a keen interest in promoting mining technology nationally and internationally. This paper discusses the national and international impact of free online access to the UCOC papers.

The annual Underground Coal Operators' Conference (UCOC) has been held at the University of Wollongong since 1998. In February 2010 it celebrated its 10th anniversary. During that period a total of 332 conference papers were published within the ten printed volumes of proceedings. From December 2008 digital copies were made available online via the UCOC website (http://ro.uow.edu.au/coal) within the University of Wollongong’s open access repository Research Online (http://ro.uow.edu.au). The UCOC website is linked to other relevant sites available to mining engineering researchers at Wollongong and all papers are easily located through an internal search engine, using author, title and keyword searches. Download of individual conference papers is free of charge and usage statistics are monitored by the conference conveners. Since going live, visitors to the site from more than 130 countries have downloaded over 85 000 individual conference papers. Online availability has greatly improved access for students, researchers and mine professionals world-wide. It has also enhanced the reputation of the University of Wollongong as the centre of excellence in teaching and research in mining engineering, with a keen interest in promoting mining technology nationally and internationally. This paper discusses the national and international impact of free online access to the UCOC papers.

The annual Underground Coal Operators' Conference (UCOC) has been held at the University of Wollongong since 1998. In February 2010 it celebrated its 10th anniversary. During that period a total of 332 conference papers were published within the ten printed volumes of proceedings. From December 2008 digital copies were made available online via the UCOC website (http://ro.uow.edu.au/coal) within the University of Wollongong’s open access repository Research Online (http://ro.uow.edu.au). The UCOC website is linked to other relevant sites available to mining engineering researchers at Wollongong and all papers are easily located through an internal search engine, using author, title and keyword searches. Download of individual conference papers is free of charge and usage statistics are monitored by the conference conveners. Since going live, visitors to the site from more than 130 countries have downloaded over 85 000 individual conference papers. Online availability has greatly improved access for students, researchers and mine professionals world-wide. It has also enhanced the reputation of the University of Wollongong as the centre of excellence in teaching and research in mining engineering, with a keen interest in promoting mining technology nationally and internationally. This paper discusses the national and international impact of free online access to the UCOC papers.

Editorial - Well, it’s been some kind of journey, but here it is; issue six of Paper, Rock! Looking back we realise some of it could’ve been done differently to make the final trek a little smoother. I’m sure you’re all-too-familiar with the feeling of longing for the past time you let slip away so you could avoid gulping down your 3rd Redbull at one a.m. to meet your deadline tomorrow. It’s somewhat nostalgic, which is the theme for this issue. Issue six takes you through the University of Wollongong’s past 60 years, looks into the effects of BlueScope and where Port Kembla is turning to beyond the steel industry, and gives insight into the horrific cruelty that is, puppy farming. You will find fresh fashion ideas, the best Wollongong dessert locales, prime (yet cheap) holiday spots in our own backyard, an upcoming local major music festival and so much more. We’d like to thank the contributors who continually came through for us in this issue. The people who were always first to put up their hand to help, who picked up the slack when we couldn’t, and got things done without fuss. You know who you are, so thank you! It’s been a steep, somewhat vertical learning curve, but we’ve enjoyed bringing the past and present into a neat package for you to read. We hope you enjoy flicking through the pages, because a lot of us have poured our hearts and souls into them. The editors.

Editorial - Well, it’s been some kind of journey, but here it is; issue six of Paper, Rock! Looking back we realise some of it could’ve been done differently to make the final trek a little smoother. I’m sure you’re all-too-familiar with the feeling of longing for the past time you let slip away so you could avoid gulping down your 3rd Redbull at one a.m. to meet your deadline tomorrow. It’s somewhat nostalgic, which is the theme for this issue. Issue six takes you through the University of Wollongong’s past 60 years, looks into the effects of BlueScope and where Port Kembla is turning to beyond the steel industry, and gives insight into the horrific cruelty that is, puppy farming. You will find fresh fashion ideas, the best Wollongong dessert locales, prime (yet cheap) holiday spots in our own backyard, an upcoming local major music festival and so much more. We’d like to thank the contributors who continually came through for us in this issue. The people who were always first to put up their hand to help, who picked up the slack when we couldn’t, and got things done without fuss. You know who you are, so thank you! It’s been a steep, somewhat vertical learning curve, but we’ve enjoyed bringing the past and present into a neat package for you to read. We hope you enjoy flicking through the pages, because a lot of us have poured our hearts and souls into them. The editors.

Editorial - Well, it’s been some kind of journey, but here it is; issue six of Paper, Rock! Looking back we realise some of it could’ve been done differently to make the final trek a little smoother. I’m sure you’re all-too-familiar with the feeling of longing for the past time you let slip away so you could avoid gulping down your 3rd Redbull at one a.m. to meet your deadline tomorrow. It’s somewhat nostalgic, which is the theme for this issue. Issue six takes you through the University of Wollongong’s past 60 years, looks into the effects of BlueScope and where Port Kembla is turning to beyond the steel industry, and gives insight into the horrific cruelty that is, puppy farming. You will find fresh fashion ideas, the best Wollongong dessert locales, prime (yet cheap) holiday spots in our own backyard, an upcoming local major music festival and so much more. We’d like to thank the contributors who continually came through for us in this issue. The people who were always first to put up their hand to help, who picked up the slack when we couldn’t, and got things done without fuss. You know who you are, so thank you! It’s been a steep, somewhat vertical learning curve, but we’ve enjoyed bringing the past and present into a neat package for you to read. We hope you enjoy flicking through the pages, because a lot of us have poured our hearts and souls into them. The editors.

The annual Underground Coal Operators' Conference (UCOC) has been held at the University of Wollongong since 1998. In February 2010 it celebrated its 10th anniversary. During that period a total of 332 conference papers were published within the ten printed volumes of proceedings. From December 2008 digital copies were made available online via the UCOC website (http://ro.uow.edu.au/coal) within the University of Wollongong’s open access repository Research Online (http://ro.uow.edu.au). The UCOC website is linked to other relevant sites available to mining engineering researchers at Wollongong and all papers are easily located through an internal search engine, using author, title and keyword searches. Download of individual conference papers is free of charge and usage statistics are monitored by the conference conveners. Since going live, visitors to the site from more than 130 countries have downloaded over 85 000 individual conference papers. Online availability has greatly improved access for students, researchers and mine professionals world-wide. It has also enhanced the reputation of the University of Wollongong as the centre of excellence in teaching and research in mining engineering, with a keen interest in promoting mining technology nationally and internationally. This paper discusses the national and international impact of free online access to the UCOC papers.

Schools are often the first point of contact for young refugees resettling in Australia and play a significant role in establishing meaningful connections to Australian society and a sense of belonging in Australia (Olliff in Settling in: How do refugee young people fair within Australia's settlement system? Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues, Melbourne. http://www. cmyi. net. au/ResearchandPolicy. Accessed 21 June 2010, 2007; Gifford et al. in: Good Starts for recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds: Promoting wellbeing in the first three years of settlement in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne: La Trobe Refugee Research Centre. http://www. latrobe. edu. au/larrc/documents-larrc/reports/report-good-starts. pdf. Accessed 4 June 2011, 2009; Sidhu and Taylor in: Educational provision for refugee youth in Australia: Left to chance? Journal of Sociology,43(3), 283-300, 2007). However, too little is known of how refugee youth encounter school in their new country. This article draws upon individual narratives of young former refugee's experiences of high schools. It explores the stories told by the young people of being identified as different and of negotiating ways of belonging in schools both academically and socially. It argues that it is how the school positions the newly arrived refugee students within mainstream school culture that opens up or restricts opportunities for inclusion in all aspects of school (in culture and pedagogy).

[extract] Improving the health of all peoples has been a call across the globe for many decades and unfortunately remains an elusive goal today as the large disparities in health status of peoples found around the world have not diminished, and have arguably increased. Rather than referring to absolute differences in health, or health inequalities, we use a different term throughout this paper. We use the term health inequities because mere differences in health (or "inequalities") can be common in societies and do not necessarily reflect unfair social policies or practices. Report reproduced with the permission of the publisher.

[extract] Improving the health of all peoples has been a call across the globe for many decades and unfortunately remains an elusive goal today as the large disparities in health status of peoples found around the world have not diminished, and have arguably increased. Rather than referring to absolute differences in health, or health inequalities, we use a different term throughout this paper. We use the term health inequities because mere differences in health (or "inequalities") can be common in societies and do not necessarily reflect unfair social policies or practices. Report reproduced with the permission of the publisher.

Refugees, the human waste of the global frontier-land, are the ‘outsiders incarnate’, the absolute outsiders, outsiders everywhere and out of place everywhere except in places that are themselves out of place — the ‘nowhere places’ that appear on the maps used by ordinary humans on their travels. (Zygmunt Bauman 2004 80)

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https://ro.uow.edu.au/ditto/12, Found Item A: Paper - A short history c.2009 - Digital print 2009 Jo Stirling Sustainable design is gaining prominence as a pivotal issue for the future of contemporary practice in design. Designers want to address these needs when presenting their work for consideration and acknowledge there is a responsibility to consider sustainability issues and applications in the areas of paper, printing, formats, materials, inks, and executions. (1) I am currently inspired to explore various printing surfaces and their paradoxical materiality. This exploration comes from my experience as a graphic designer and connection to the world of commercial offset printing, where often I find the medium and the message are at odds. Printing technology and its growth in the last century, along with consumer driven design thinking contributes enormously to the current world we live in along with the by products - waste, packaging, paper misuse, and energy consumption. These works are the beginnings of my exploration into the opportunity designers have to bring problem solving, and awareness. (1) Sustainable: A handbook of materials and applications for graphic designers and their clients. Aaris Sherin 2008

We note that Murray-Wallace et al. (2013), in their comments above and in their original articles (see references in Slee et al. 2012), provide no detailed stratigraphic column or location for their observations or photographs so it is difficult to relate some of their arguments and observations to our described section. Before sampling, we examined the Mary Ann Bay exposure. At the eastern end of the site (Slee et al., 2012, Figure 2) were slumped deposits with concentrations of reworked shells in greater quantity than were found in undisturbed parts of the section. We avoided these areas when sampling and trust that Murray-Wallace and co-workers adopted the same strategy.

We note that Murray-Wallace et al. (2013), in their comments above and in their original articles (see references in Slee et al. 2012), provide no detailed stratigraphic column or location for their observations or photographs so it is difficult to relate some of their arguments and observations to our described section. Before sampling, we examined the Mary Ann Bay exposure. At the eastern end of the site (Slee et al., 2012, Figure 2) were slumped deposits with concentrations of reworked shells in greater quantity than were found in undisturbed parts of the section. We avoided these areas when sampling and trust that Murray-Wallace and co-workers adopted the same strategy.

Objective: To discuss the experience of developing approaches to measuring the quality of nursing documentation in residential aged care homes. Methods: Three information sources were reviewed to explore approaches in auditing nursing documentation: the current literature, relevant Australian legislative and professional requirements, and organizational nursing documentation practice. Results: Approaches suggested by the literature were mainly focused on three dimensions of nursing documentation: structure and format, process and content. The detailed standards of nursing documentation have been identified by reviewing the relevant Australian legislative and professional requirements and recommendations, and organizational nursing documentation practice. A nursing documentation audit instrument has been constructed, using relevant quality criteria derived from the three information sources. Face validation and content validation of the instrument were conducted. The validity of the instrument was established, with a high level of consensus among aged care staff. The instrument is being tested to verify its applicability and reliability through a pilot study. Conclusion: A systematic document analysis on published studies, local legislative and professional requirements and aged care organizational nursing documentation practice has been conducted to develop a validated nursing documentation audit instrument. It is anticipated that the instrument will not only serve the purpose of collecting data for a research project, but also be useful as an auditing tool for nursing documentation in Australian residential aged care facilities.

Over the last 30 years there has been considerable research associated with supply related matters. Even though there has been much activity no one has attempted to define and explore ‘supply’ in and of itself. By observation it would appear that approximately 80% of the activities relates to ‘Supply Chain’ and its various constructs some of the more significant ones being: Supply Chain Management (SCM), Supply Chain Performance (SCP), Supply Chain Orientation (SCO) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM). This paper will outline what has been found in the extant literature. It highlights the fact that consensus of definitions has not been reached and this could be a consequence of not exploring the most fundamental construct of ‘supply’. After exploring and analysing what does exist it then goes on to discuss some of the challenges that exist and some key omissions that could help to define future research initiatives.

In his first novel True Country. Kim Scon esrablished himself as a writer who is determi ned to investigate the continued traumatic effects of colonial violence. Harley, the protagonist of Scott's second novel Benang: from the Heart (thc co-winner of the Miles Franklin award), takes up a pen in response to reductionist assimilationist records. He states: But I found myself among paper, words not formed by an intention corresponding to my own, and I read a world weak in creative spirit.

In his first novel True Country. Kim Scon esrablished himself as a writer who is determi ned to investigate the continued traumatic effects of colonial violence. Harley, the protagonist of Scott's second novel Benang: from the Heart (thc co-winner of the Miles Franklin award), takes up a pen in response to reductionist assimilationist records. He states: But I found myself among paper, words not formed by an intention corresponding to my own, and I read a world weak in creative spirit.

On 29 September 2008, the European Commission (EC) passed Regulation 1005/2008 ‘establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’ (the EC IUU Regulation). The Regulation will come into force on 1 January 2010. The Regulation has the following major implications for the Australian seafood export industry: a. All consignments of wild caught fish and fish product (with exceptions) will be prohibited from being imported into European Union Member States, unless a catch certificate accompanies them. The catch certificate must contains the harvest details of the fish (e.g. vessel and master’s name and number, fishing licence number, date and location of capture, landing weights, details of processing on board) in addition to export, import and transport details. b. Australian authorities are to validate catch certificates and in doing so, have the power to provide such validation and attest to the veracity of the catch certificate. c. Australia is to provide prior notification to the EC certifying its arrangements with respect to conservation and management measures which must be complied with by its fishing vessels. d. Australia will be required to verify consignments and associated catch certificates where the importing State doubts its legitimacy and will also need to be prepared for ‘on-the-spot audits’ of its catch certification and validation process.

On 29 September 2008, the European Commission (EC) passed Regulation 1005/2008 ‘establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’ (the EC IUU Regulation). The Regulation will come into force on 1 January 2010. The Regulation has the following major implications for the Australian seafood export industry: a. All consignments of wild caught fish and fish product (with exceptions) will be prohibited from being imported into European Union Member States, unless a catch certificate accompanies them. The catch certificate must contains the harvest details of the fish (e.g. vessel and master’s name and number, fishing licence number, date and location of capture, landing weights, details of processing on board) in addition to export, import and transport details. b. Australian authorities are to validate catch certificates and in doing so, have the power to provide such validation and attest to the veracity of the catch certificate. c. Australia is to provide prior notification to the EC certifying its arrangements with respect to conservation and management measures which must be complied with by its fishing vessels. d. Australia will be required to verify consignments and associated catch certificates where the importing State doubts its legitimacy and will also need to be prepared for ‘on-the-spot audits’ of its catch certification and validation process.

A commentary included in the article by Rue, Martino and Chopin "Approximate Bayesian inference for latent Gaussian models by using integrated nested Laplace approximations", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 71(2), p319-392.

On 29 September 2008, the European Commission (EC) passed Regulation 1005/2008 ‘establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’ (the EC IUU Regulation). The Regulation will come into force on 1 January 2010. The Regulation has the following major implications for the Australian seafood export industry: a. All consignments of wild caught fish and fish product (with exceptions) will be prohibited from being imported into European Union Member States, unless a catch certificate accompanies them. The catch certificate must contains the harvest details of the fish (e.g. vessel and master’s name and number, fishing licence number, date and location of capture, landing weights, details of processing on board) in addition to export, import and transport details. b. Australian authorities are to validate catch certificates and in doing so, have the power to provide such validation and attest to the veracity of the catch certificate. c. Australia is to provide prior notification to the EC certifying its arrangements with respect to conservation and management measures which must be complied with by its fishing vessels. d. Australia will be required to verify consignments and associated catch certificates where the importing State doubts its legitimacy and will also need to be prepared for ‘on-the-spot audits’ of its catch certification and validation process.