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Recent studies suggest that effective social support during pregnancy may buffer adverse effects of maternal psychological distress on fetal development. The mechanisms whereby social support confers this protective advantage, however, remain to be clarified. The aim of this study was to assess whether individual differences in social support alter the covariation of psychological distress and cortisol during pregnancy.

The provision for 'ageing in place' in the Aged Care Act of 1997 has provided an opportunity for hostel facilities tobroaden their scope of care for older people. Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) are required to provide assessmentsto give approval for high or low level entry to these facilities, and to provide approval for reclassification from low tohigh care. However, guidelines for ACAT assessments are contradictory with respect to the Resident ClassificationScale (RCS) which provides the facility funding formula, thus creating gatekeeping compared with advocacydifficulties for the ACAT.If the facility can support a claim of high care need for a resident via the RCS but the ACAT (using different andless in-depth criteria) does not agree with that claim, then the care of that resident might be compromised due toinadequate funding. Recommendations made to solve this dilemma include conferring the right of the hostel staff toreclassify residents when necessary, with the responsibility for confirmation of that classification to remain with thetrained validation officers from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, not the ACAT.

The article describes the English pottery and porcelain collection at Woburn estate of the Russell family, the Dukes of Bedford. According to the article, the significance of the collection was the fact that it was not amassed by a connoisseur but accumulated gradually from the services and ornaments purchased for their everyday use between the mid-18th and mid-19th century. Part of the collection include the "Nurse," a raised anchor, a solitary "Putto Representing Sculpture," and a rare figure of a marked red anchor "Nymph Riding on a Dolphin."

An obituary for nurse Elizabeth Graham is presented.

The article discusses an answer to a question regarding the importance of memorizing facts by students.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about Fitzwilliam Museum's three Chinese porcelain vases that were broken by a visitor, featured in the November 2006 issue.