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Presenting a broad overview, this book attempts to outline the practice, changes, and problems in Australian public education. Specific topics covered are: (1) criticism of the present state of education; (2) the unique aspects of the Australian system of schooling; (3) changes in schools, institutions, examinations, and research and innovation; (4) teacher education and the role of the profession; (5) education as a subject and educational theory; (6) structures of education; (7) educational responses to revolutionary ideas and social change; (8) alternative schools; (9) foreign affairs and the world education scene; and (10) the future of education in Australia. The book provides an interdisciplinary approach and is intended to serve those who are just beginning the study of education. Extensive references are provided. (DS)

A pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model has been developed for acrylamide (AMD) and its oxidative metabolite, glycidamide (GLY), in the rat based on available information. Despite gaps and limitations to the database, model parameters have been estimated to provide a relatively consistent description of the kinetics of acrylamide and glycidamide using a single set of values (with minor adjustments in some cases). Future kinetic and mechanistic studies will need to focus on the collection of key data for refining certain model parameters and for model validation, as well as for conducting studies that elucidate the mechanism of action. Development of a validated human AMD/GLY PBPK model capable of predicting target tissue doses at relevant dietary AMD exposures, in combination with expanding data on modes of action, should allow for a substantive improvement in the risk assessment of acrylamide in food. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The chapter Meeting Expectations for Research, Teaching, and Service at the Comprehensive Public University: The Dominance of the Discipline, in the book "The Art and Politics of College Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor," second edition, edited by Karl D. Hostetler, R. McLaran Sawyer and Keith W. Prichard is presented. The explores on various challenges met by untenured professors at comprehensive public university. It also discusses strategies in building their career.

Over the past decades, the risk assessment of chemicals has frequently been considered a pseudoscientific process, primarily determined by public policy that masquerades as science, rather than representing a process well grounded in firm biological principles. Many toxicologists are uncomfortable when their work is linked to risk assessment or even when asked how their work will influence the risk assessment process. This chapter discusses the integration of toxicological data in risk assessment, emphasizing the applications of molecular toxicology (toxicogenomics) for improving the risk assessments of all chemical especially neurotoxicants. The chapter discusses the integration of toxicology information via an exposure-dose paradigm, provides a brief synopsis of the emerging consensus to increase the scientific basis of "neuroactive" chemical risk assessment, and notes the areas where molecular toxicology will likely contribute to refinements of the current risk assessment process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]