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2. Reluctant writers trade in pen and paper for an iPad.
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Timoti, Chaynee and Baroutsis, Aspa
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- 2018
3. Reporting progress with post-paper digital exams.
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Fluck, Andrew
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- 2015
4. Safe nurse staffing policies for hospitals in England, Ireland, California, Victoria and Queensland: A discussion paper.
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Van den Heede K, Cornelis J, Bouckaert N, Bruyneel L, Van de Voorde C, and Sermeus W
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- California, England, Hospitals, Humans, Ireland, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Policy, Queensland, Victoria, Workforce, Nurses, Nursing Staff, Hospital
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Objective: The association between higher registered nurses (RN) staffing (educational level and number) and better patient and nurse outcomes is well-documented. This discussion paper aims to provide an overview of safe staffing policies in various high-income countries to identify reform trends in response to recurring nurse workforce challenges., Methods: Based on a scan of the literature five cases were selected: England (UK), Ireland, California (USA), Victoria and Queensland (Australia). Information was gathered via a review of the grey and peer-reviewed literature. Country experts were consulted for additional information and to review country reports., Results: The focus of safe staffing policies varies: increasing transparency about staffing decisions (England), matching actual and required staffing levels based on patient acuity measurement (Ireland), mandated patient-to-nurse ratios at the level of the nurse (California) or the ward (Victoria, Queensland). Calibration of the number of patients by the number of nurses varies across cases. Nevertheless, positive effects on the nursing workforce (increased bedside staffing) and staff well-being (increased job satisfaction) have been consistently documented. The impact on patient outcomes is promising but less well evidenced., Conclusion: Countries will have to set safe staffing policies to tackle challenges such as the ageing population and workforce shortages. Various approaches may prove effective, but need to be accompanied by a comprehensive policy that enhances bedside nurse staffing in an evidence-based, objective and transparent way., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no declarations of interest., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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5. Australian midwifery student's perceptions of the benefits and challenges associated with completing a portfolio of evidence for initial registration: Paper based and ePortfolios.
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Gray M, Downer T, and Capper T
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- Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Humans, Queensland, Clinical Competence standards, Documentation standards, Educational Measurement standards, Midwifery education, Students, Nursing psychology
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Portfolios are used in midwifery education to provide students with a central place to store their accumulative evidence of clinical experience for initial registration in Australia. Portfolio formats can be paper-based or electronic. Anecdotal discussion between midwifery students in Queensland debated the best format to document the requirements for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) standard 8.11. Midwifery students using paper-based portfolios envisioned that an ePortfolio would be streamline, simple, safe to use, and able to be used anywhere with WIFI, while some students using an ePortfolio expressed a desire to have a paper-based portfolio as a hard copy. This situation called for evidence of a comparison to resolve the debate. The aim of this study was to investigate midwifery students' experiences of the benefits and challenges between paper-based and ePortfolios when compiling evidence to meet the requirements for initial registration as a midwife in Australia (ANMAC, 2014)., (Crown Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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6. The impact of closed-loop electronic medication management on time to first dose: a comparative study between paper and digital hospital environments.
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Austin JA, Smith IR, and Tariq A
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- Drug Prescriptions, Electronic Data Processing, Humans, Multi-Institutional Systems, Queensland, Time Factors, Electronic Prescribing, Medical Order Entry Systems organization & administration, Medication Systems, Hospital organization & administration, Pharmacy Service, Hospital organization & administration
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Closed-loop electronic medication management systems (EMMS) are recognised as an effective intervention to improve medication safety, yet evidence of their effectiveness in hospitals is limited. Few studies have compared medication turnaround time for a closed-loop electronic versus paper-based medication management environment., Objective: To compare medication turnaround times in a paper-based hospital environment with a digital hospital equipped with a closed-loop EMMS, consisting of computerised physician order entry, profiled automated dispensing cabinets packaged with unit dose medications and barcode medication administration., Method: Data were collected during 2 weeks at three private hospital sites (one with closed-loop EMMS) within the same organisation network in Queensland, Australia. Time between scheduled and actual administration times was analysed for first dose of time-critical and non-critical medications located on the ward or sourced via pharmacy., Key Findings: Medication turnaround times at the EMMS site were less compared to the paper-based sites (median, IQR: 35 min, 8-57 min versus 120 min, 30-180 min, P < 0.001). For time-critical medications, 77% were administered within 60 min of scheduled time at the EMMS site versus 38% for the paper-based sites. Similar difference was observed for non-critical medications, 80% were administered within 60 min of their scheduled time at the EMMS site versus 41% at the paper-based facilities., Conclusion: The study indicates medication turnaround times utilising a closed-loop EMMS are less compared to paper-based systems. This improvement may be attributable to increased accessibility of medications using automated dispensing cabinets and electronic medication administration records flagging tasks to nurses in real time., (© 2018 Royal Pharmaceutical Society.)
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- 2018
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7. ARTHUR ANTHONY PAGE: AT THE FOREFRONT OF QUEENSLAND ASTRONOMY DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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Anderson, Peter and Orchiston, Wayne
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ACHIEVEMENT ,TWENTIETH century ,CATACLYSMIC variable stars ,ASTRONOMY ,STARS ,STAR maps (Astronomy) - Abstract
Arthur Anthony Page was at the forefront of astronomy in Queensland, Australia, for much of the second half of the twentieth century. This paper explores his life and achievements. He was a talented amateur astronomer who played a key role in the evolution of astronomical societies in the southeastern corner of the State of Queensland. He also was interested in research, especially in flare stars and cataclysmic variables, and built and equipped two observatories so that he could carry out these studies. He had access to some advanced instrumentation, and was keen to adopt new technologies such as photoelectric photometry--which was very unusual for amateur astronomers at this time. One of his discoveries was the chance flaring of the Be star 66 Ophiuchi in 1969. This was significant as this type of star had not previously been known to generate flares. Arthur Page also attended national and international conferences, published research papers in national and international journals, and produced star catalogues and star charts. Over the years, he built an international reputation in the shadowy boundary between professional and amateur astronomy. A long-time Internatonal Astronomical Union (IAU) member, he was an inaugural member of the Astronomical Society of Australia (a rare honour for an amateur astronomer), and was awarded an honorary PhD by the University of Queensland. In 2008 the IAU named asteroid 11516 'Arthur Page' in his honour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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8. The current state of sustainable healthcare in Australia.
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Verlis, Krista, Haddock, Rebecca, and Barratt, Alexandra
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GREENHOUSE gases prevention ,PUBLIC hospitals ,COMMUNITY health services ,ECOLOGICAL impact ,CONSERVATION of natural resources ,PROPRIETARY hospitals ,VALUE-based healthcare ,CLIMATE change ,PROFESSIONAL associations ,SUSTAINABILITY ,ENERGY conservation ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,HEALTH care industry - Abstract
Objective: To provide the first document map of sustainability and decarbonisation actions across the Australian healthcare sector, as reported in publicly available documents online, and to identify gaps in actions. Methods: Healthcare providers were identified across all state and territories. Structured Google searches between August and December 2022 were followed by document searches. Updates were undertaken, most recently in December 2023. Targeted documents included position statements, strategies, and reports. Key points from these documents pertaining to sustainability and/or decarbonisation were extracted and descriptively analysed. Results: A total of 294 documents were included, mostly focused on power generation, transport, building design, and circular procurement/waste pathways. In contrast, relatively few plans for decarbonisation of clinical care were identified (n = 42). National and two state governments (New South Wales, Western Australia) have established healthcare sustainability and decarbonisation units, and two further states have publicly committed to doing so (Queensland, Tasmania). However, these documents generally reported separate, siloed actions. While attempts were made to make this review comprehensive, some documents may have been missed or are only available inside an organisation, and new actions will continue to emerge. Conclusion: Broad sustainability plans have been developed by many healthcare providers; however, to achieve net zero, decarbonising of clinical practices is also needed, and this is where the least action is currently occurring. To decarbonise clinical care, the sector needs to come together in a more coordinated way. What is known about the topic? Little is known about what actions are occurring to make healthcare more sustainable and to reduce the carbon footprint of healthcare in Australia. What does this paper add? This paper provides a snapshot of publicly available documents from healthcare providers and professional organisations as they relate to healthcare sustainability and helps reveal the gaps and siloed nature of current actions. What are the implications for practitioners? This paper can help jurisdictions identify gaps or areas for improvement and may aid in targeted and coordinated interventions, especially as they relate to decarbonised clinical care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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9. A discussion paper on key issues impacting the sonographer workforce in Australia.
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Bowman, Anita, Harreveld, Roberta Bobby, and Lawson, Celeste
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LABOR supply ,EDUCATIONAL change ,CIVIL service ,ETHNOGRAPHIC analysis ,ARTICULATION (Education) - Abstract
Introduction: This discussion paper investigates workforce shortage of Australian sonographers through identifying educational responses to the shortage. Method: An ethnographic content analysis of insights into the sonographer workforce provided in the Australian Government Department of Employment occupational reports (2007‐2016) and current education models across providers of prequalification sonographer education and data correlation with Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry, education provider correspondence, and website information were conducted. Results: Industry‐identified shortage factors related to prequalification education including sonographer quantity and suitability, education model and location, student admission, and skill and attribute training. Educational changes related to these factors were identified. Queensland demonstrated the greatest increase in sonographer (166%) and student (1000%) numbers (2007‐2016). Population‐weighted binomial ratios identified South Australia with the highest number of sonographers and students per head of population (2016). In 2016, sonographers graduated from the UG+1 Postgraduate Model (74.6%), Direct Entry Postgraduate Model (18%), and UG+1 Postgraduate Model with mandatory simulated skill training (7.4%). Discussion Sonographer and student supply increased, indicating growth in clinical training capacity (2007‐2016). Increased sonographer demand meant workforce shortage was relatively static. Educational response involved change to education models with characteristics related to shortage factors. Research into these education models may identify strategies to further increase clinical training capacity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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10. Pharmaceutical waste disposal practices: a case study of an Australian public hospital pharmacy department.
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Singleton, Judith A., Lau, Esther T.‐L., and Nissen, Lisa M.
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AUDITING ,RESEARCH methodology ,ATTITUDES of medical personnel ,INTERVIEWING ,PHARMACISTS' attitudes ,HOSPITAL pharmacies ,PUBLIC hospitals ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,MEDICAL waste disposal ,METROPOLITAN areas - Abstract
Background: In Queensland, each hospital and health service (local hospital network) has its own waste reduction and recycling plan to comply with the Queensland Government's Waste Reduction and Recycling Act 2011 (Qld). The aim is to reduce both the hospital's carbon footprint and waste handling costs. Hospital environmental waste services staff do not audit pharmaceutical waste bins as this requires the presence of a registered pharmacist. Aim: Since previous published studies of healthcare waste disposal practices have not included pharmacy waste bin audits, this study aimed to investigate waste disposal behaviours in a hospital pharmacy department. Method: This sequential, two‐phase mixed methods study was conducted in a metropolitan, tertiary public hospital's pharmacy department in Queensland. Phase I involved semi‐structured interviews of hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians while Phase II comprised bin audits of the pharmacy department's waste streams. Results: The bin audits revealed 36.1%, 23.8%, and 4.9% of recyclable waste in the clinical waste stream for each of the three bin audits respectively. In the general waste stream, the two bin audits of this stream revealed 14.3% and 44.4%, respectively. The reasons were identified in the interviews: there were no recycling bins in the main dispensing areas and there was confusion surrounding correct disposal of original containers and non‐contaminated packaging waste. Non‐paper waste was found in the confidential (shredded) waste stream in the two bin audits of this stream (10.1% and 16.7%, respectively). Conclusion: Provision of commingled recycling bins and clean office paper waste bins in dispensing areas and education of staff on correct waste segregation processes will improve waste segregation in hospital pharmacy departments with both financial and environmental benefits for the hospital and the general population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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11. Queensland's own money, 1893-1910: Model for the Australian note issue
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Stanford, Jon
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- 2015
12. Henry Tryon—the true discoverer of the potato brown rot pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum.
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Ryley, Malcolm J.
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RALSTONIA solanacearum ,BROWN rot ,PHYTOPATHOGENIC microorganisms ,POTATOES ,BACILLUS (Bacteria) - Abstract
Within a few years of the establishment of the convict settlement at Sydney Cove, the potato became one of the staple crops of the population due to its relatively high yield and the prior experience of the convicts and free settlers with growing the crop. In 1894, Henry Tryon described a new disease in southern Queensland that caused rapid wilting of plants, a ring of slightly translucent tissue just below the surface of affected tubers, oozing of a thick, white fluid from the 'eyes', and ultimately rotting of the tubers. It soon became known as 'Tryon's disease'. He found that a microbe (bacterium) was always associated with affected tubers and stems, provided a very brief description of the bacterial cells and named the microbe Bacillus vascularum solani. A few years later the American scientist Erwin Frink Smith wrote a paper on a new disease (brown rot) of solanaceous plants including the potato and tomato, in which he called the causal agent Pseudomonas solanacearum , now known as Ralstonia solanacearum. Smith dismissed Tryon's prior claim to the discovery of the disease with some of his comments being personal and scathing. Tryon had the last word, however, cloaking his response in restrained and somewhat convoluted tones. In 1894, the Queensland government entomologist, and later vegetable pathologist, Henry Tryon (1856–1943) discovered a new disease that caused potato tubers to become rotted and putrid. He consistently found bacterial cells in a thick mucilaginous gum in the vascular tissues of wilted stems and infected tubers, and gave it the name Bacillus vascularum solani. The American bacteriologist Erwin Frink Smith would not accept Tryon's discovery, instead naming the causal agent Pseudomonas solanacearum. That bacterium, now called Ralstonia solanacearum is a significant plant pathogen worldwide. Photograph by an unknown person. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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13. Visualising Daily PM10 Pollution in an Open-Cut Mining Valley of New South Wales, Australia—Part II: Classification of Synoptic Circulation Types and Local Meteorological Patterns and Their Relation to Elevated Air Pollution in Spring and Summer.
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Jiang, Ningbo, Riley, Matthew L., Azzi, Merched, Di Virgilio, Giovanni, Duc, Hiep Nguyen, and Puppala, Praveen
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STRIP mining ,SPRING ,AIR pollution ,POLLUTION ,AIR quality ,COAL mining - Abstract
The Upper Hunter Valley is a major coal mining area in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Due to the ongoing increase in mining activities, PM10 (air-borne particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 micrometres) pollution has become a major air quality concern in local communities. The present study was initiated to quantitatively examine the spatial and temporal variability of PM10 pollution in the region. An earlier paper of this study identified two air quality subregions in the valley. This paper aims to provide a holistic summarisation of the relationships between elevated PM10 pollution in two subregions and the local- and synoptic-scale meteorological conditions for spring and summer, when PM10 pollution is relatively high. A catalogue of twelve synoptic types and a set of six local meteorological patterns were quantitatively derived and linked to each other using the self-organising map (SOM) technique. The complex meteorology–air pollution relationships were visualised and interpreted on the SOM planes for two representative locations. It was found that the influence of local meteorological patterns differed significantly for mean PM10 levels vs. the occurrence of elevated pollution events and between air quality subregions. In contrast, synoptic types showed generally similar relationships with mean vs. elevated PM10 pollution in the valley. Two local meteorological patterns, the hot–dry–northwesterly wind conditions and the hot–dry–calm conditions, were found to be the most PM10 pollution conducive in the valley when combined with a set of synoptic counterparts. These synoptic types are featured with the influence of an eastward migrating continental high-pressure system and westerly troughs, or a ridge extending northwest towards coastal northern NSW or southern Queensland from the Tasman Sea. The method and results can be used in air quality research for other locations of NSW, or similar regions elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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14. Healing rate of hospital‐acquired skin tears using adhesive silicone foam versus meshed silicone interface dressings: A prospective, randomized, non‐inferiority pilot study.
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Fulbrook, Paul, Miles, Sandra J., and Williams, Damian M.
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WOUND care ,SKIN injuries ,WOUND healing ,SILICONES ,RESEARCH funding ,T-test (Statistics) ,FOAMED materials ,STATISTICAL sampling ,PILOT projects ,CLINICAL trials ,FISHER exact test ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,HOSPITALS ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,COMMERCIAL product evaluation ,LONGITUDINAL method ,ADHESIVES ,SURGICAL dressings ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
Background: A skin tear is a traumatic wound that occurs in up to one in five hospitalized patients. Nursing care includes application of a dressing to create a moist wound healing environment. Aim: To compare the effectiveness of two standard dressings (adhesive silicone foam vs. meshed silicone interface) to heal hospital‐acquired skin tear. Methods: An intention‐to‐treat pilot study was designed using a randomized, non‐inferiority trial in an Australian tertiary hospital setting. Consenting participants (n = 52) had acquired a skin tear within the previous 24 h and had agreed to a 3‐week follow‐up. Data were collected between 2014 and 2020. The primary outcome measure was wound healing at 21 days. Results: Baseline characteristics were similar in both arms. Per protocol, 86% of skin tears were fully healed at 3 weeks in the adhesive silicone foam group, compared to 59% in the meshed silicone interface group. Greater healing was observed across all skin tear categories in the adhesive silicone foam dressing group. In the intention‐to‐treat sample, healing was 69% and 42%, respectively. Conclusions: Results suggest the adhesive silicone foam dressing may be superior, as it produced clinically significant healing of skin tears at 3 weeks compared to the meshed silicone interface dressing. Accounting for potential loss to follow‐up, a sample of at least 103 participants per arm would be required to power a definitive study. Summary statement: What is already known about this topic? A skin tear is a traumatic wound that is commonly acquired during hospitalization that affects older adults in particular. In hospital settings, it may occur in up to one in five patients.A variety of skin tear dressings have been used in previous studies, with healing rates ranging from 34% to 97% at 21 days; however, evidence for the most effective dressing type is inconclusive.If treated inappropriately, or left untreated, minor skin tears can become chronic or complicated wounds, yet prevalence and treatment of hospital‐acquired injuries are under‐reported. What this paper adds? Based on our per‐protocol results, an adhesive silicone foam dressing may be superior, as it produced clinically significant healing of 86% of skin tears at 3 weeks compared to 59% with the meshed silicone interface dressing.Based on the methods and results from this pilot study, a future definitive trial would be feasible but would need to account for a relatively large loss to follow‐up rate. The implications of this paper: Using our intention‐to‐treat results, a future study would need a sample size of 103 per arm to be sufficiently powered, which may be impractical to achieve within a single hospital setting; thus, a multi‐site study would be advisable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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15. The impact of transition to a digital hospital on medication errors (TIME study).
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Engstrom, Teyl, McCourt, Elizabeth, Canning, Martin, Dekker, Katharine, Voussoughi, Panteha, Bennett, Oliver, North, Angela, Pole, Jason D., Donovan, Peter J., and Sullivan, Clair
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MEDICATION error prevention ,REHABILITATION centers ,TRANSITIONAL care ,DIGITAL technology ,ACQUISITION of data ,MEDICAL incident reports ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,TIME series analysis ,MEDICAL records ,ELDER care ,PATIENT safety - Abstract
Digital transformation in healthcare improves the safety of health systems. Within our health service, a new digital hospital has been established and two wards from a neighbouring paper-based hospital transitioned into the new digital hospital. This created an opportunity to evaluate the impact of complete digital transformation on medication safety. Here we discuss the impact of transition from a paper-based to digital hospital on voluntarily reported medication incidents and prescribing errors. This study utilises an interrupted time-series design and takes place across two wards as they transition from a paper to a digital hospital. Two data sources are used to assess impacts on medication incidents and prescribing errors: (1) voluntarily reported medication incidents and 2) a chart audit of medications prescribed on the study wards. The chart audit collects data on procedural, dosing and therapeutic prescribing errors. There are 588 errors extracted from incident reporting software during the study period. The average monthly number of errors reduces from 12.5 pre- to 7.5 post-transition (p < 0.001). In the chart audit, 5072 medication orders are reviewed pre-transition and 3699 reviewed post-transition. The rates of orders with one or more error reduces significantly after transition (52.8% pre- vs. 15.7% post-, p < 0.001). There are significant reductions in procedural (32.1% pre- vs. 1.3% post-, p < 0.001), and dosing errors (32.3% pre- vs. 14% post-, p < 0.001), but not therapeutic errors (0.6% pre- vs. 0.7% post-, p = 0.478). Transition to a digital hospital is associated with reductions in voluntarily reported medication incidents and prescribing errors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. "Healthy Kids"—A capacity building approach for the early childhood education and care sector.
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Brown, Alice, Philipson, Alanna, Dunstan, Kym, and Frazer‐Ryan, Skye
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EARLY childhood education ,CAPACITY building ,HEALTH promotion ,CHILD development ,COMMUNITIES of practice - Abstract
Issue Addressed: Queensland children have a higher level of developmental vulnerability compared to the Australian average. This paper reports on Healthy Kids—a capacity building strategy for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector targeting communities experiencing socio‐economic and child development vulnerabilities. These communities may face additional barriers when engaging and participating in health promotion models. This paper reports on the development, key components and principles of a capacity building model referred to as Healthy Kids, that strategically responds to these barriers and supports these communities. Methods: The development of the Healthy Kids model emerged through a quality improvement process that included an environmental scan, and review of existing capacity building, health promotion, and workforce development approaches. It also involved consultation and engagement with the ECEC sector. Results: Evidence indicates Healthy Kids to be an innovative health promotion model focussed on building capacity through a workforce development strategy for the ECEC sector in a way that is accessible, low cost, and sustainable. So What?: This paper shares a model for building capacity through the establishment of localised cross‐sector communities of practice across a large geographic region with a centralised coordinating hub. The hub and spoke model has facilitated community ownership to grow and be sustained over time. This model offers opportunities for partnerships, transferability, and contextualisation for those interested in contemporary health promotion, capacity building, and workforce development. The model offers an approach for those willing to step outside traditional boundaries to work across sectors and settings to achieve sustainable knowledge and skills, processes and resources that enables a collective commitment to improving health outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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17. The socio-spatial politics of royalties and their distribution: A case study of the Surat Basin, Queensland.
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Argent, Neil, Markey, Sean, Halseth, Greg, Ryser, Laura, and Haslam-McKenzie, Fiona
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COALBED methane ,REGIONAL development ,NATURAL resources ,ENVIRONMENTAL justice ,GRANT writing ,INDIGENOUS children ,PUBLIC spaces - Abstract
This paper is concerned with the socio-spatial and ethical politics of redistribution, specifically the allocation of natural resources rents from political and economic cores to the economic and geographical peripheries whence the resource originated. Based on a case study of the coal seam gas sector in Queensland's Surat Basin, this paper focuses on the operation of the Queensland State Government's regional development fund for mining and energy extraction-affected regions. Employing an environmental justice framework, we critically explore the operation of these funds in ostensibly helping constituent communities in becoming resilient to the worst effects of the 'staples trap'. Drawing on secondary demographic and housing data for the region, as well as primary information collected from key respondents from mid-2018 to early 2019, we show that funds were distributed across all of the local government areas, and allocated to projects and places primarily on a perceived economic needs basis. However, concerns were raised with the probity of the funds' administration. In terms of recognition justice, the participation of smaller and more remote towns and local Indigenous communities was hampered by their structural marginalisation. Procedurally, the funds were criticised for the lack of local consultation taken in the development and approval of projects. While spatially concentrated expenditure may be the most cost-effective use of public monies, we argue that grant application processes should be open, transparent and inclusive, and the outcomes cognisant of the developmental needs of smaller communities, together with the need to foster regional solidarity and coherence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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18. Creating a framework for change: transitioning to value-based healthcare in Queensland.
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Gavaghan, Belinda, Finch, Jennifer, and Clarke, Katelyn
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MEDICAL care use ,CORPORATE culture ,MEDICAL protocols ,DIVERSITY & inclusion policies ,MEDICAL quality control ,ALLIED health associations ,HUMAN services programs ,DIFFUSION of innovations ,VALUE-based healthcare ,MEDICAL care ,WORK environment ,LEADERSHIP ,CONSUMER attitudes ,COMMUNITIES ,DIVERSITY in the workplace ,TRANSITIONAL care ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,PHYSICIAN-patient relations ,CHANGE ,PUBLIC health ,PREVENTIVE health services ,WELL-being ,PATIENT participation ,CULTURAL pluralism - Abstract
Value-based healthcare has been described as the sustainable, equitable and transparent use of healthcare resources to achieve improved experiences and outcomes for people and communities. It is supported by all levels of government in Australia, with recent initiatives championing a shift away from traditional, clinician-centric care delivery to a more contemporary, value-based approach. To date, however, efforts in Queensland have focused on smaller scale siloed models of care and have not extended to the transformational change required to create equitable and sustainable healthcare delivery. The Queensland Health Allied Health Framework for Value-Based Health Care (the Framework) builds on contemporary frameworks with reference to the local context in Queensland and provides a structure and starting point for clinicians and managers to work together with consumers to transform services to focus on preventative health and wellbeing, shifting the focus of care to the community and sustainably improving the quality of care delivered. The Framework outlines key considerations for the design and implementation of new services, including understanding the care pathway, supporting an outcome driven workplace culture, measuring what matters and designing for outcomes. Several key lessons were learnt during the development of the Framework, including the importance of early and sustained consumer partnerships, of establishing a shared definition of value-based healthcare that enables integration across the care pathway and the need for leadership at all levels to actively support the change management process. While developed for Queensland public allied health services, the Framework is intended to be a system-wide tool relevant to all health professionals and services. What is known about the topic? Value-based healthcare provides an approach to restructure healthcare systems to improve health outcomes and the holistic experience of care for people and communities. What does this paper add? This paper details the development of a framework to support health services to transition to a value-based approach. What are the implications for practitioners? By reflecting on the diversity of health practitioners, managers and consumer experiences and the unique opportunities and challenges of individual healthcare services, the framework provides a structure and starting point for services to transition to value-based healthcare. This article belongs to the Special Issue: Value-Based Healthcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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19. Development and implementation of the Specialist Palliative Care in Aged Care Project across Queensland.
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Smith, Rebecca, Merlo, Gregory, Broadbent, Andrew M., Lock, Caitlin, Mickan, Sharon, and Morgan, Nicola
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ELDER care ,HUMAN services programs ,PALLIATIVE treatment ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,MATHEMATICAL models ,QUALITY of life ,QUALITY assurance ,TERMINAL care ,THEORY ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,RESIDENTIAL care - Abstract
There is an urgent and unmet need for specialist palliative care services in residential aged care. The Specialist Palliative Care in Aged Care (SPACE) Project aimed to improve palliative and end-of-life care for older people living in residential aged care facilities in Queensland. A representative working group developed a series of service principles around palliative care practice in aged care (comprehensive resident-focused care, streamlined service, and capacity building). Funding was allocated by population to the health services in Queensland to adapt and implement models of care aligned with these principles. SPACE successfully implemented a variety of decentralised models of care across Queensland. The critical elements for the success of SPACE were the use of an expert working group to define the core innovation, networking and implementation support from the central project team and community of practice, and adaptable models of care led by local facilitators. Lessons learned from this real-world case study could be adopted to guide and ensure the successful implementation and sustainability of future complex interventions in healthcare settings, both nationally and internationally. What is known about the topic? There is limited palliative care support for the 36% of Australians who die in residential aged care. What does this paper add? This paper describes the development of the Specialist Palliative Care in Aged Care (SPACE) Project, using locally tailored models of care to improve palliative and end-of-life care in aged care facilities across Queensland. What are the implications for practitioners? Critical elements for improving residents' palliative and end-of-life care included creation of an expert working group to define the innovation state-wide, a central project team that supported implementation, a community of practice, and local facilitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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20. The Implementation of Subterranean Barriers with Mine Pre-Drainage to Reduce Coal Mine Methane Emissions from Open-Cut and Underground Metallurgical-Coal Mines.
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Johnson Jr, Raymond L.
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COAL mining ,METHANE & the environment ,DRAINAGE ,EMISSION control ,CIVIL engineering - Abstract
There is an opportunity to dramatically reduce methane emissions from Australian, open pit, metallurgical coal (MC) mines and substantially reduce the carbon intensity of a high-value Australian export industry. MC is critical to the production of steel products and essential to meet international urbanisation and energy system transformation goals. Johnson Jr (2014) first proposed the application of subterranean barriers in coal mining towards the reduction of gas influx and whole-of-life coal mine methane (CMM) emissions. However, it lacked economic viability for a majority of cases once carbon pricing was eliminated in 2014. The basis of barriers is similar to naturally occurring barriers (i.e., igneous intrusions or dikes) that have shown effective separation of drained and undrained mine works (as observed in adjoining mines in Central Queensland). Barriers have also been applied in the environmental, civil engineering and oil and gas industries, to manage or restrict subterranean flow patterns or contain contaminants. In this case, subterranean barriers are being implemented in conjunction with mine pre-drainage to reduce methane emissions from an open pit, MC mine. In addition, barriers can be used in underground mining operations. to improve mine pre-drainage and safety as well as reduce methane emissions. This paper describes the design, execution, and evaluation workflows and the relative importance of variables required for a barrier implementation in subterranean applications for open-cut and underground mining applications. We will detail the results of ongoing planning and modelling to implement and assess barrier applications for reducing gas migration from unmined in-seam or underground mine sections into open-cut MC mining operations. Finally, this paper builds on previous research and available technologies and is complementary to current pre-drainage for surface or underground mining operations. Barrier implementation in conjunction with the beneficial use of gas provides a working framework to reduce mine and methane emissions by 2030. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
21. Locating MacGregor in the field: a study of labels, markings and inscriptions in the Official and Personal collections.
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DAVIES, Susan M., TORRENCE, Robin, QUINNELL, Michael, and CHAN, Kiri
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INSCRIPTIONS ,COLLECTIONS ,SOCIAL context - Abstract
Sir William MacGregor's field activities in British New Guinea are revealed through the many hundreds of despatches he wrote to his superiors between 1888 and 1898. And yet, the acquisition of artefacts specifically for the Official collection is rarely mentioned. This lack of documentation makes it difficult to connect objects in the assemblage to particular collecting events, something which is further complicated by the fact that MacGregor made multiple visits to some places. We argue that by analysing a previously underutilised body of evidence associated with MacGregor's field collections - the labels, markings or inscriptions which are still preserved on artefacts - it may be possible to reconstruct the social contexts during which objects were obtained. We show how this material archive can add to our current knowledge about key elements in the formation of the assemblage - collector, place and date - all essential data for identifying and reconstructing the types of cross-cultural encounters which underlay the acquisition of the objects that comprise the Official collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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22. A reflection on motivating community action to protect an endangered species using marketing.
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Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn
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COMMUNITIES ,ENDANGERED species ,DOG owners ,MARKETING ,DOG attacks ,KOALA ,SOCIAL marketing - Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to describe a case that has worked with community aiming to prevent koala deaths and injuries across known causes including dogs. Design/methodology/approach: Over a 6½-year period, a project team has applied the Co-create–Build–Engage (CBE
TM ) process initially delivering a proof-of-concept pilot programme for one threat faced by koalas, which was later scaled to citywide delivery. This approach is now being extended across 12 local government areas, and the author's team is now working across all preventable threats faced by koalas' regionwide. Leave It is now nested as one behaviour change project in a wider project delivered across Southeast Queensland, in partnership with Queensland Government, 12 local government areas, community groups and other organisations. Findings: Underpinned by the pathway to impact and CBETM processes, this paper describes how the 3½-year Leave It project reduced koala deaths from dog attacks by 40% in the Redland City Council area. A reduction in koala deaths will contribute to a measurable increase in the local koala population across successive generations delivering lasting impact. Research limitations/implications: This paper provides an overview of links between inputs, activities, outputs and outcomes to impact. Robust koala population data is needed to precisely measure impact over time. Practical implications: One female koala joey saved equates to seven new koalas in the next generation and prevention of koala deaths can be achieved when people can be motivated to take action. Originality/value: This paper reflects on 6½ years of experience applying marketing to deliver changes in people's behaviour that protect koalas. A high-level overview of the strategic and operational marketing efforts that have been and continue to be applied is described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2022
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23. The Use of a Constructivist Grounded Theory Method - A Good Fit for Social Work Research.
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Clarke, Annaley, Healy, Karen, Lynch, Deborah, and Featherstone, Gerald
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SOCIAL work research ,KINSHIP care ,SOCIAL services ,SOCIAL ethics - Abstract
This paper explores the application of Constructivist Grounded Theory (C-GT) methodology for social work research. First, it argues that C-GT methodology is well aligned with social work as the two value the individual in the context of their environmental influences. Both also prioritise the importance of respecting and valuing the participant or individual, seeing their perspective as unique and significant. Finally, this research methodology's systematic yet flexible guidelines align with social work ethics, which also focus on the importance of professional integrity. The paper then provides an example of a C-GT PhD study in relation to an area of social work practice, that is, stability in statutory kinship care in Queensland, Australia. The paper details the specific recruitment and sampling of participants, data collection and coding analysis examples from the PhD study. The examples evidence the relevance of C-GT methodology and its application for research in the area of social work practice, specifically statutory kinship care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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24. An Ecological Insight Into the Design and Integration of Attacking Principles of Play in Professional Rugby Union: A Case Example.
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McKay, Jim, Davids, Keith, Robertson, Sam, and Woods, Carl T.
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RUGBY Union football ,ECOSYSTEM dynamics ,SPORTS sciences ,SPORTS instruction ,COACHING (Athletics) ,RUGBY football coaches ,RUGBY Union coaching - Abstract
This is an exciting era for applied research in high-performance sporting environments. Specifically, there are growing calls for researchers to work with coaches to produce "real-world" case examples that offer first-hand experiences into the application of theory. While ecological dynamics has emerged as a guiding theoretical framework for learning and performance in sport, there is a caveat to its use in the field. Namely, there is a general paucity of applied research that details how expert coaches have brought life to its theoretical contentions in practice. In light of this, the current paper offers a unique insight into how a professional Rugby union organization set out to ground their preparation for competitive performance within an ecological dynamics framework. More directly, this paper details how the Queensland Reds designed and integrated a set of attacking game principles that afforded players with opportunities in practice to search, discover, and exploit their actions. While this paper offers insight specific to Rugby union, its learnings are transferrable to coaches in other sports looking to situate their practice design within an ecological dynamics framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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25. Defining 'success' - creating timeless video content on 'how to' adopt key practices
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Brown, Kate, Sallur, Nicole, Ward, Jodie, and Bath, Greg
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- 2024
26. Not just practice change - using KASA based evaluation to demonstrate project impact
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Herrig, Shallan, Quinlivan, Max, and Collins, Rodney
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- 2024
27. Connecting Us Back to Ourselves: Aesthetic Experience as a Means to Growth after Trauma.
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Bennett, Jill, Kenning, Gail, Wobcke, Marianne, and Gitau, Lydia
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SUICIDAL behavior in youth ,AESTHETIC experience ,INDIGENOUS Australians ,MEDICAL terminology ,TRANSGENERATIONAL trauma ,TRANSGENDER youth ,TRADITIONAL knowledge - Abstract
This article examines the experience and effects of a trauma-responsive program that uses creative methods to address the ongoing psychosocial impacts of transgenerational trauma and youth suicide, which disproportionately affect First Nations people in Australia. Our aim is to understand how the aesthetic (sensory-affective) dimensions of such a program serve to promote experiences of growth after trauma, manifesting in a sense of connection to both self and community. The paper focuses on the second of two immersive, experiential workshops delivered seven months apart in the regional town of Warwick in Queensland, Australia. In the light of self-reports of growth and personal transformation following the initial workshop, the paper examines the key drivers of such growth, focusing in particular on how trauma-related experience is metabolised through cultural containment. It builds on Bion's concept of container/contained, combining analysis of the affordances of immersion. Framed in cultural rather than medical terms, the larger goal of the paper is to establish how cultural programs fill a gap in trauma informed support, facilitating the processing of trauma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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28. Benchmarking the Effects of Water Demand Management During Water Crisis in a Regional City.
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Ray Biswas, Rahul, Ray Biswas, Tripti, and Rahman, Anisur
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WATER demand management ,CITIES & towns ,TROPICAL climate ,WATER restrictions ,MUNICIPAL water supply ,DROUGHTS - Abstract
Regional cities are having their unique water security challenges due to regional urban water contexts, regional socio-economic structure, and climate conditions. Regional urban community's perceptions of water usage are expected to be different from the communities in large metropolitan cities. The city of Townsville is the largest regional city in the northern tropical region of the state of Queensland in Australia, and it is known to have its unique dry tropic climate condition. The city faced a water crisis due to a prolonged drought in 2013–2018. As part of this research, at first, a literature review was conducted to understand what water demand management (WDM) tools worked well during urban water crisis in different parts of the world. This paper then investigates how residential water usage changed with the changes in drought measures in the city of Townsville in the last decade. A minimum per capita residential water requirement is established for the study region to benchmark the effects of tools implemented in the region. The paper investigates the WDM policies implemented in the city of Townsville including when the policies were applied and the impacts and efficacy of these policies before water crisis, during water crisis and after water crisis. The most effective WDM tools identified are water restrictions, public awareness raising and education programmes. The impacts of water restriction policies and the perceptions of local water professionals on their success elements are also studied. The results are compared and the reasons behind the findings are investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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29. "Healthy and Normal": Parents' Perspectives on Gender and Sexual Diversity in Elementary Relationships and Sexuality Education.
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van Leent, Lisa and Moran, Claire
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PARENT attitudes ,GENDER nonconformity ,SEX education ,ELEMENTARY schools - Abstract
This paper presents elementary parents' perspectives on gender and sexual diversity (GSD) in relationships and sexuality education (RSE). We have extracted data from a broader qualitative study focused on parents' perspectives on RSE in elementary schools in Queensland, Australia. Focusing on data related to GSD is important because some of the interviewees expressed an expectation that GSD should be normalized within elementary RSE, contrary to commonly held socio-cultural-political beliefs. While the study is small, it adds to growing evidence that parents expect to see the normalization of GSD in RSE in elementary school contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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30. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL, THE AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGIST.
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MONTEITH, G. B. and WRIGHT, SUSAN
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ENTOMOLOGISTS ,PERSONNEL management ,ELECTRONIC journals ,ARTHROPODA ,INSECTS - Abstract
The Australian Entomologist is a quarterly, refereed journal which publishes manuscripts dealing with native insects and other arthropods of Australia and nearby land masses east of the Wallace Line. In its 50th year of operation, the history of its transition from a privately-run, print-only journal in Sydney to a print and electronic journal owned and operated by the Entomological Society of Queensland in Brisbane is described. All editorial and management staff since transfer to ESQ in 1987 are listed and the pages sizes and issue dates of part numbers since foundation are tabulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
31. Regeneration and 'Placemaking' without Governance in a Greyfield Context: The Transformation of Salisbury, Queensland, Australia.
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DARCHEN, SÉBASTIEN
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SUBURBS ,MANUFACTURING processes - Abstract
This paper examines how the concept of 'place' could be integrated in the regeneration process for the industrial suburb of Salisbury in Queensland, Australia and how the three Bs can be used as a framework to study the evolution and the possible futures of the suburb. The paper draws on data collected from interviews with stakeholders as well as the outcomes of a Design Studio course as well as a panel organized for a University of Queensland event on placemaking in 2018 as a practical way of exploring potential scenarios for place-based regeneration of the suburb. The aim of the paper is both to understand the current transformation process of this suburb and to develop recommendations for a regeneration process integrating the concept of 'place' in the South East Queensland (SEQ) context where regeneration principles are not well integrated into local plans for the suburb of Salisbury. The paper highlights two conflicting views about the regeneration process and placemaking. The conclusion outlines recommendations to promote a regeneration process that could be adapted for both the Salisbury and the greyfields context for South East Queensland and would reconcile the two visions of what the regeneration of Salisbury should be. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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32. An exploratory study of longitudinal trajectory of language, swallowing and cognition post endovascular clot retrieval.
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D'Netto, Pamela, Finch, Emma, Rumbach, Anna, and Copland, David A.
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LANGUAGE & languages , *DISABILITIES , *NIH Stroke Scale , *STATISTICAL correlation , *COGNITIVE testing , *DATA analysis , *FUNCTIONAL assessment , *ENDOVASCULAR surgery , *APHASIA , *HOSPITALS , *LONGITUDINAL method , *QUALITY of life , *RESEARCH , *LANGUAGE disorders , *COGNITION disorders , *NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests , *FRIEDMAN test (Statistics) , *STATISTICS , *DEGLUTITION , *THROMBECTOMY , *STROKE , *STROKE patients , *REPERFUSION , *DATA analysis software , *DEGLUTITION disorders , *DIET , *NONPARAMETRIC statistics , *DISEASE complications - Abstract
Background: Endovascular clot retrieval (ECR) is known to reduce global disability at 3 months post stroke however limited research exists regarding the trajectory of specific clinical impairments including language, swallowing and cognitive deficits between onset and 3 months. Aims: To assess language, swallowing, and cognitive performance following ECR and explore whether impairment severity is correlated with modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score (mTICI), stroke severity or quality of life (QoL). Methods: Assessment was completed within 7 days (T1), 1 month (T2) and 3 months (T3) post‐stroke. Performance was measured with the Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS), Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Trail Making Test (TMT A and B) and Brixton Spatial Awareness Test. The Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) was used for left hemisphere stroke. QoL was measured with the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale. Results: Twenty‐five participants (median 72 years; 64% male) were prospectively recruited following ECR. High reperfusion success (68% mTICI 3) and low stroke severity post ECR (median 24 h NIHSS = 3, IQR 7–18) were noted. At T1, 10 participants presented with aphasia, eight required a modified diet and 20 had impaired cognition. At T3 all had recovered to a normal oral diet, 39% had persistent cognitive impairment and 45% of patients with left hemisphere stroke remained aphasic. Performance on the WAB, FOIS, RBANS and TMT changed significantly over time (all p < 0.05). The severity score at T1 for all measures, excluding TMT B and Brixton, was significantly correlated with 24 h NIHSS. WAB scores at T3 were correlated with QoL (r = 0.618; p = 0.043). Conclusion: This exploratory study found the longitudinal performance of language, swallowing and cognition significantly improved over time and severity in the first‐week post‐ECR was correlated with 24 h NIHSS rather than the degree of reperfusion. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: What is already known on the subject: Randomised control trials have demonstrated the benefit of ECR in patients with ischemic stroke using global measures of disability and function. Limited research exists regarding the trajectory of specific clinical impairments including language, swallowing and cognitive deficits. There is also a reliance on screening assessments and a lack of consideration of the influence of co‐occurring impairments. What this paper adds to existing knowledge: This prospective study is amongst the first to explore the longitudinal trajectory of language, swallowing and cognitive impairment using a standardised assessment battery. Twenty‐four‐hour NIHSS was significantly correlated with language, swallowing, global cognition and some measures of executive function. Language performance post ECR was correlated with domain‐specific cognitive assessment of attention, immediate memory and delayed memory, which differed from swallowing performance post ECR that correlated with measures of executive function. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work?: It is important for speech‐language pathologists and the wider medical team to monitor language, swallowing and cognitive performance post ECR regardless of treatment success. Stroke severity at 24 h post‐ECR influences the severity of language, swallowing and cognitive impairments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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33. The untold history of banana bunchy top disease.
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Geering, Andrew D. W.
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TROPICAL fruit ,BANANAS ,WORLD War I ,SCIENTIFIC community ,FARMERS ,FRUIT industry - Abstract
Of all the plant diseases that occur in Australia, banana bunchy top disease would rank high on any list of those that have had the greatest impact on society. Bunchy top first became a major problem in Australia during World War 1 in the Tweed Valley in New South Wales, close to the border of Queensland. The Soldier Settlement Scheme was initiated to provide a livelihood for returned soldiers, and the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales was chosen as the site for a new subtropical fruit industry. Physically and psychologically damaged men were encouraged to settle on the land to grow bananas, only to be left in ruins within two years because bunchy top had destroyed their plantations. Bunchy top did not discriminate, and many other well-established growers also 'went broke'. The cries for assistance from the banana growers made it to the federal Parliament in Melbourne, and a Bunchy Top Investigation Committee was formed in 1924 with funding equally contributed by the New South Wales, Queensland, and Australian Governments. Charles Magee was the full-time plant pathologist appointed to the investigation, and he did most of the research. Most histories of the bunchy top research program follow the written accounts of Magee, but he only provided a narrow perspective. Several of the major hypotheses about the epidemiology of bunchy top disease, such as that it was spread in the plant's suckers and was vectored by the banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa , were established by growers such as William John (aka Jack) Burton Marks well before the Bunchy Top Investigation Committee began. This paper describes the beginnings of the subtropical banana industry, the introduction of bunchy top disease, and efforts by the scientific and farming communities to find a preventative treatment or cure for the disease. Banana bunchy top disease is the most serious viral disease of bananas in the world, and nearly wiped out the Australian banana industry in the early twentieth century. The impacts of the disease epidemic were hardest felt by veterans of World War 1, who moved to the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales to create a subtropical fruit industry as part of the Soldier Settlement Scheme. This article describes the early history of the Australian banana industry, the introduction and spread of bunchy top disease, and efforts to develop a disease management plan. Photograph by Scot C. Nelson, University of Hawaiʻi. This article belongs to the Special Issue: History of Plant Pathology in Australasia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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34. Digitally Networked Social Services: Mapping the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) online network in Queensland, Australia.
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HENMAN, PAUL W. FAY, DAI, DAN, BORG, SAMANTHA J., HUMMELL, ELOISE, FOSTER, MICHELE, and FISHER, KAREN R.
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DISABILITY insurance ,SOCIAL media ,NONPROFIT organizations ,RESEARCH funding ,GOVERNMENT agencies ,HEALTH insurance ,MARKETING ,INSTITUTIONAL cooperation ,SOCIAL case work ,WEB development ,SOCIAL networks ,ORGANIZATIONAL change - Abstract
Within growing marketisation of publicly funded services, the internet has provided new opportunities for marketing, delivery, and coordination of those services. Using web scraping and hyperlink network analysis techniques, this paper examines the ways in which organisations operating in Australia's evolving National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) system inter-connect online. Social media plays the most important role in the online network. Government agencies also play a central role, with many disability service organisations linking their web users to them. Government agency websites do not hyperlink to disability service providers, suggesting that governments do not see their role as assisting access to such services. Advocacy and peak disability organisations are important in online connections between the websites of government and service organisations. Innovative uses of the internet for online brokerage of disability services are evident. The implications of these findings for service delivery are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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35. Forensic science in the justice system: learnings from the Queensland DNA inquiry.
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Walvisch, Jamie, Kogios, Rebecca, and Davey, Anna
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FORENSIC sciences , *JUSTICE administration , *CRIME laboratories , *DNA , *SYSTEMS theory , *INSTRUCTIONAL systems - Abstract
The Queensland DNA Inquiry, conducted by Walter Sofronoff KC, unearthed substantial deficiencies in forensic DNA practices, highlighting the need for rigorous scientific standards and improved management within forensic laboratories. The inquiry’s final report made 123 recommendations to overhaul these practices, prompting the Queensland Government to pledge over $95 million towards restructuring forensic services. This paper reflects on a workshop convened by the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences, which explored the implications of these recommendations for other jurisdictions. The workshop facilitated a rich dialogue among legal, scientific, and government sectors, emphasizing the necessity of a holistic approach to forensic science within the justice system. It underscored the importance of impartiality in forensic services, the need for fit-for-purpose operational frameworks, and robust quality management to uphold the integrity of forensic evidence. By examining these themes, the paper contributes to ongoing discussions about enhancing forensic science’s role in ensuring justice and underscores the potential for significant reforms catalysed by the inquiry’s findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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36. Health systems model for chronic disease secondary prevention in rural and remote areas – Chronic disease: Road to health.
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Field, Pat, Franklin, Richard C., Barker, Ruth, Ring, Ian, and Leggat, Peter
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PREVENTION of chronic diseases ,HEALTH services accessibility ,COMMUNITY health services ,PATIENT education ,QUALITATIVE research ,SOCIAL determinants of health ,RESEARCH funding ,MEDICAL care ,STATISTICAL sampling ,INTERVIEWING ,HOSPITALS ,JUDGMENT sampling ,TELEMEDICINE ,THEMATIC analysis ,RURAL conditions ,MATHEMATICAL models ,RESEARCH methodology ,THEORY ,CASE studies ,SOCIAL support ,QUALITY assurance ,HEALTH promotion ,CARDIAC rehabilitation ,INDIGENOUS Australians - Abstract
Objectives: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) provides evidence-based secondary prevention for people with heart disease (HD) (clients). Despite HD being the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, CR is under-utilised in Australia. This research investigated healthcare systems required to improve access to CR in rural and remote areas of North Queensland (NQ). Methods: A qualitatively dominant case study series to review management systems for CR in rural and remote areas of NQ was undertaken. Data collection was via semi-structured interviews in four tertiary hospitals and four rural or remote communities. An audit of discharge planning and CR referral, plus a review of community-based health services, was completed. An iterative and co-design process including consultation with healthcare staff and community members culminated in a systems-based model for improving access to CR in rural and remote areas. Results: Poorly organised CR systems, poor client/staff understanding of discharge planning and low referral rates for secondary prevention, resulted in the majority of clients not accessing secondary prevention, despite resources being available. Revised health systems and management processes were recommended for the proposed Heart: Road to health model, and given common chronic diseases risk factors it was recommended to be broadened into Chronic disease: Road to health. Conclusion: A Chronic disease: Road to health model could provide effective and efficient secondary prevention for people with chronic diseases in rural and remote areas. It is proposed that this approach could reduce gaps and duplication in current healthcare services and provide flexible, client-centred, holistic, culturally responsive services, and improve client outcomes. What is known about the topic? Cardiac rehabilitation is known to improve health outcomes and reduce hospitalisations, but referrals and attendance are low (30%). What does this paper add? A revised systems-based model for improved access to secondary prevention for people with heart and related chronic diseases in rural and remote areas of North Queensland is proposed: Chronic disease: Road to health. What are the implications for practitioners? A functional system from hospitalisation to local healthcare services has been designed to improve access to secondary prevention. Staff require support and education to improve skills, better manage care and improve job satisfaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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37. Building capacity to engage in co-produced research: reflections from a digital storytelling project.
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Harris, Paul, Ellem, Kathy, Gallagher, Hilary, Burgess, Ashley, Abson, Louise, and Sunderland, Naomi
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INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *REFLECTION (Philosophy) , *INTELLECTUAL disabilities , *STORYTELLING , *MEDICAL research , *SELF advocacy - Abstract
This paper reviews existing approaches to inclusive, co-produced and agentic research in disability, and shares related reflections from a co-produced digital storytelling project. The project, which included self-advocates with intellectual disabilities, academics, and support staff was undertaken in Queensland, Australia, in 2018. This paper reflects on the potential and limitations of inclusive research methods by, and with, people with intellectual disabilities. We reflect on and analyse our experiences using a co-production framework and consider how this project increased participation and agency by, with, and for people with intellectual disabilities. The paper concludes with a summary of learnings and recommendations for future co-produced research activities including the importance of taking time to build capacity and establish the required foundations for more inclusive research. Historically, researchers tended to conduct research on people with intellectual disabilities instead of researching with people as co-researchers. Time and deliberate efforts are needed for all people involved in co-produced research, be they people with disabilities, family and carers, advocates, disability workers or academic researchers, to work together in ways which share power and decision-making. This project reflects on the processes used to co-produce individual digital stories and a group digital story about the activities of a long-established group of self-advocates. This includes reflecting on how the digital stories were shared and received; and how the research findings have been communicated, to date, including at a national conference about intellectual disability. The project demonstrates the value of co-production methods and the extended benefits that can arise from this way of working collaboratively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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38. Supporting Indigenous health equity strategic planning: a Queensland perspective.
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Toombs, Maree R, Curtis, Caitlin, and Brolan, Claire E
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HEALTH equity ,STRATEGIC planning ,INDIGENOUS Australians ,HEALTH services accessibility ,HEALTH facilities ,DISCRIMINATION in medical care ,RURAL health services - Abstract
Public health, Health promotion, Legislation, medical, Health services, Indigenous health, Healthcare disparities, Patient rights This is because access to health services under the AAAQ framework cannot be considered separate and distinct from health service availability, acceptability and quality: all four AAAQ elements are essential, and overlap and interrelate.[8], [9], [10] For example, a health service might be available on paper, but it is not accessible in practice because the Indigenous health consumer has a disability and is unable to access the health service building or cannot access a computer in an appropriate space for a confidential telehealth consultation. Keywords: Public health; Health promotion; Health services; Legislation, medical; Indigenous health; Healthcare disparities; Patient rights EN Public health Health promotion Health services Legislation, medical Indigenous health Healthcare disparities Patient rights 5 8 4 01/17/23 20230116 NES 230116 Queensland's approach to Indigenous health equity planning and implementation should align with existing international frameworks The Australian state of Queensland is embedding Indigenous-led strategies to advance health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous people) on paper and in practice. [Extracted from the article]
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39. Elite women's clubs in the 1930s across three Australian states: a prosopographical study.
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May, Josephine
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WOMEN'S societies & clubs ,CLUB membership ,SOCIAL clubs ,TAXONOMY ,ATHLETIC clubs ,PUBLIC sphere ,SPORTS participation - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the clubs and club memberships of 491 elite women in three eastern Australian states in the 1930s. It is the second part of a descriptive analysis of these women's biographical sketches in Who's Who-type collections, now out of copyright, published in Australia in the 1930s: Victoria (1934), New South Wales (1936) and Queensland (1939). Design/methodology/approach: Using mixed methods within a prosopographical approach, described fully in the first paper on these data, this is mainly a quantitative analysis. After the numbers of club memberships of the women are given and compared on a state-by-state basis, a taxonomy of five main types of clubs was created and the clubs and club memberships listed for each of them. The five types are: (1) social and cultural clubs; (2) sporting clubs; (3) imperial, national and patriotic clubs; (4) professional clubs; and (5) service and educational clubs. The paper then explores the similarities and variations at the state level in the women's club memberships across the five types. It should be noted that the article does not include charities to which the women contributed because they required a separate typology and analysis to be taken up elsewhere. Findings: The paper frames women's clubs as informal educative networks where women were able to acquire the knowledge and skills in modernity for effective participation in the public sphere. The analysis shows that three-quarters of the 491 women were members of one club or more. Overall, the women listed 340 separate clubs with 1,029 memberships across the five types. The state-by-state analysis giving lists of clubs, and numbers of memberships per club in each type, enumerated variations of women's clubs at the state level. Overall, the analysis suggests that the "club habit" for such women was a substantial historical phenomenon at this time. Originality/value: This is the first study to encompass women's club memberships across three Australian states. Quantification of women's involvement in clubs has proved difficult, however, by using a prosopographical approach, this study creates a unique quantitative picture of the club data contained in 491 elite women's biographical sketches from the 1930s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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40. The ABCs of Fire as a Weapon and Australia's Experience.
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Miletta, Sam
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SOCIAL unrest ,WEAPONS ,FIRST responders ,EMERGENCY medical services ,PERIODICAL articles - Abstract
In a recent ambush attack on police in Queensland, Australia, fire was used as a weapon alongside firearms. The application of fire as a weapon can be arranged into several categories referred to as the ABCs. These categories are Ambush, Barricade, Civil Unrest, Complex/Coordinated, and, added for this paper, Bushfire. A range of violent actors can employ fire as a weapon, not limited to terrorists, criminals, and those suffering mental health crises. While the risks associated with its use have been published in a previous Salus Journal article, this insight will explore Fire as a Weapon attacks that have occurred in Australia to highlight the broad range of applications this attack method has and the need for an integrated approach by emergency services, especially police and fire rescue services. Fire as a weapon creates a challenging and dangerous situation for first responders by further complicating scenes likely to already have injured victims and armed threats present. This paper illustrates that these events have occurred in Australia and continue to do so, reinforcing a need for discussions on how best to combat them within a multi-agency setting. Further awareness, doctrine, and training should be provided to prepare our first responders for these events to improve their safety and the service and safety they provide to the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
41. Automated Segmentation Framework for Asphalt Layer Thickness from GPR Data Using a Cascaded k-Means - DBSCAN Algorithm.
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Singh, Nikhil A., Kishore, Kaushal, Deo, Ravin N., Ye Lu, and Kodikara, Jayantha
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ASPHALT pavements ,GROUND penetrating radar ,ASPHALT ,K-means clustering ,SERVICE life ,ALGORITHMS - Abstract
Timely monitoring of pavement sub-surface layer thickness and condition evaluation is essential to ensure stable pavement performance and safety under heavy traffic loading. In addition, accurate estimation of pavement layer thicknesses is required for condition evaluation, overlay design/quality control assurance, and structural capacity evaluation of existing pavements to predict its remaining service life. Traditionally this vital information is ascertained through coring/drilling and visual inspections. In contrast to these current techniques, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a nondestructive technique gaining popularity in pavement asphalt layer thickness estimation and structural condition monitoring. Its high-quality data contains vital pavement condition information, and survey costs are reasonably economic. In this work, GPR data were acquired along a toll road in Queensland, Australia, using the GSSI 4-channel SIR30 GPR unit. Asphalt layer thickness information is considered an important input parameter for condition assessment, pavement performance, and lifetime modelling. This work presents an automated segmentation framework to evaluate pavement conditions for a large pavement network. The developed algorithm uses GPR asphalt thickness data as input and generates segments with decision boundaries utilising a cascaded k-means and DBSCAN approach that works in two steps: 1) centroid initialisation using k-means algorithm, 2) clustering using DBSCAN algorithm. Presented in this paper is the workflow of the cascaded method that is applicable to automated analysis of GPR asphalt thickness data. The performance of the cascaded kmeans and DBSCAN algorithm was evaluated in terms of entropy compared with traditional k-means and traditional DBSCAN algorithms. The results show that the proposed method outperforms its constituents. Based on the results of this study, the method presented in this paper is cost-effective, economical and robust for segmenting large pavement network with GPR data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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42. The importance of aesthetics in workplace environments: an investigation into employees' satisfaction, feelings of safety and comfort in a university.
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Barton, Georgina and Le, Anh Hai
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WORK environment ,JOB satisfaction ,EMPLOYEE well-being ,DAYLIGHT ,SATISFACTION ,AESTHETICS ,AESTHETICS education - Abstract
Purpose: Employee satisfaction is critical in any workplace. Research suggests that the environment that people work in can contribute greatly to levels of satisfaction as well as productivity. Limited research exists, however, on how the aesthetics of a workplace impact both employee satisfaction and well-being. This paper aims to identify whether the aesthetics in a workplace environment at one university influences employee satisfaction and well-being. Design/methodology/approach: This paper shares data from a survey that determined whether the workplace environment at one university in Queensland, Australia supports its workers' job satisfaction and well-being. The survey was distributed amongst all staff at three campuses with a total of 73 usable responses. Findings: Findings showed that there is a strong need for an aesthetically pleasing workplace and its positive impacts on employees. In addition, an aesthetically pleasing workplace was perceived to have a positive impact on the respondents' likelihood of spending more time at work, hence, a greater sense of satisfaction. The respondents indicated a moderate level of satisfaction with the aesthetics of their workspace and environment including feeling safe. Research limitations/implications: Implications show that further improvements could be attained in the workplace through the addition of natural lighting, plants and artwork. The employees also indicated they would like more control over the aesthetics of the work environment. Originality/value: This research is original as it was not known whether aesthetics in the workplace influenced worker satisfaction and/or well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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43. QUEENSLAND STATE INSECT COLLECTIONS--CHANGES, CHALLENGES AND STAYING AHEAD.
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WRIGHT, SUSAN G., SCHUTZE, MARK K., and BARTLETT, JUSTIN S.
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INSECT collection & preservation ,COLLECTIONS - Abstract
The Queensland Museum Insect collection (QM) and the Queensland Primary Industries Insect Collection (QDPC) have undergone significant changes over the last 50 years with major amalgamations forming two of Australia's most important and largest insect collections. In this paper we outline the history of the two collections, the staff who manage them and the specimens they hold. We discuss the differences and similarities between the collections, how they are accessed, used and managed. We also discuss what has changed in the management of those collections and how this will impact our future. This paper is a snapshot of the current state of the QM and QDPC, whilst reflecting on some of what has changed over the last five decades as we look towards the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Drone-Based Environmental Monitoring and Image Processing Approaches for Resource Estimates of Private Native Forest.
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Srivastava, Sanjeev Kumar, Seng, Kah Phooi, Ang, Li Minn, Pachas, Anibal 'Nahuel' A., and Lewis, Tom
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IMAGE processing ,ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring ,FOREST surveys ,DIGITAL photogrammetry ,TREE height ,LAND tenure - Abstract
This paper investigated the utility of drone-based environmental monitoring to assist with forest inventory in Queensland private native forests (PNF). The research aimed to build capabilities to carry out forest inventory more efficiently without the need to rely on laborious field assessments. The use of drone-derived images and the subsequent application of digital photogrammetry to obtain information about PNFs are underinvestigated in southeast Queensland vegetation types. In this study, we used image processing to separate individual trees and digital photogrammetry to derive a canopy height model (CHM). The study was supported with tree height data collected in the field for one site. The paper addressed the research question "How well do drone-derived point clouds estimate the height of trees in PNF ecosystems?" The study indicated that a drone with a basic RGB camera can estimate tree height with good confidence. The results can potentially be applied across multiple land tenures and similar forest types. This informs the development of drone-based and remote-sensing image-processing methods, which will lead to improved forest inventories, thereby providing forest managers with recent, accurate, and efficient information on forest resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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45. Implementing pharmacist‐led deprescribing in the haemodialysis unit: a quality use of medicine activity in the Queensland hospital setting.
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Scuderi, Carla, Rice, Michelle, Hendy, Anna, Anning, Nicolas, Perks, Stephen, Antonel, Melissa, Brown, Leeane, Rawlings, Cassandra, and Ratanjee, Sharad
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AUDITING ,DIURETICS ,DEPRESCRIBING ,ACQUISITION of data ,MEDICATION therapy management ,HUMAN services programs ,INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine) ,PROTON pump inhibitors ,HEMODIALYSIS facilities ,MEDICAL records ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ALGORITHMS ,LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
Background: Polypharmacy in haemodialysis patients can not only manifest as the continued prescribing of unnecessary medications but also has the potential to increase medication‐related hospital admissions, morbidity, and mortality. A validated deprescribing algorithm has recently been developed, specifically targeted at dialysis patients. This paper audits the experience of implementing this algorithm in Australian dialysis settings. Aim: The aim of this paper was to evaluate the usefulness and applicability of the pharmacist‐led Toronto deprescribing tool in Australian haemodialysis settings. Method: The pharmacist‐led deprescribing algorithm was implemented across two metropolitan sites and one rural site. The audit focused on five medications that could potentially be deprescribed in the target patient group (diuretics, alpha blockers, statins, proton pump inhibitors [PPIs], and quinine). Between 1 and 12 months later, a reaudit was conducted, with patients followed up to confirm if medications remained deprescribed. Results: Two hundred and eleven patients across three sites were reviewed. Application of the algorithm resulted in 168 medications deemed appropriate to deprescribe. Of these 168 medications, 56 (33%) were initially deprescribed, with 50 medications (30%) remaining deprescribed on reaudit. The deprescribing rates varied between the three different services, with initial deprescribing rates ranging from 18% to 61%. After follow‐up, deprescribing changes across target medications were fairly static, with only a small number of patients restarting either their diuretic or PPI. Conclusion: The pharmacist‐led deprescribing algorithm resulted in substantial deprescribing across the three sites. Deprescribing rates varied between the sites due to differences in the team model that the pharmacist worked within and the method of the rollout. Further studies should draw on aspects such as finding enablers to overcome prescriber and patient concerns about deprescribing and the aspects of which team models lead to higher rates of successful deprescribing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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46. Postgraduate work-integrated learning: Using diversity to prepare graduates for a messy and uncertain world.
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LYONS, KRISTEN, SEINI, MONICA, WEST, CATHERINE COOGAN, RASHIDI, PEDRAM, FREEMAN, CAMILLE, RYALL, GLENN, CHEN, SUSAN, and VU, CIARRA
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SCHOOL environment ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,TEACHING methods ,VOCATIONAL guidance ,WORK ,CULTURAL pluralism ,UNCERTAINTY ,LEARNING strategies ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,RESEARCH funding ,REFLECTION (Philosophy) - Abstract
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a teaching and learning approach widely adopted across Australian universities. With inclusion across a wide range of programs and courses, WIL is championed as providing authentic and transformative learning environments that may equip graduates for the world of work. Despite a rapid expansion in WIL scholarship, there remains scant attention at the postgraduate level, including its specific contributions in preparing students for life after completion of postgraduate studies. This paper contributes to nascent literature in this space. Taking the case of the University of Queensland's Master of Development Practice, this paper argues there are challenges in ensuring postgraduate WIL prepares graduates for careers in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. The paper concludes that a diverse approach to WIL is vital to provide relevant pedagogical practices that prepare postgraduates for uncertain, and unknowable futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
47. Where do incarcerated trans women prefer to be housed and why? Adding nuanced understandings to a complex debate through the voices of formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States.
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Brömdal, Annette, Sanders, Tait, Stanners, Melinda, du Plessis, Carol, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Mullens, Amy B., Phillips, Tania M., Debattista, Joseph, Daken, Kirstie, Clark, Kirsty A., and Hughto, Jaclyn M. W.
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SAFETY , *IMPRISONMENT , *RESEARCH funding , *CORRECTIONAL institutions , *GAY people , *CRIMINALS , *INTERVIEWING , *ATTITUDES toward sex , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *THEMATIC analysis , *SOUND recordings , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *SOCIAL attitudes , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *RESEARCH methodology , *TRANS women , *HOUSING - Abstract
Background: Incarcerated trans women experience significant victimization, mistreatment, barriers to gender-affirming care, and human rights violations, conferring high risk for trauma, psychological distress, self-harm, and suicide. Across the globe, most carceral settings are segregated by sex assigned at birth and governed by housing policies that restrict gender expression—elevating ‘safety and security’ above the housing preferences of incarcerated people. Aim/methods: Drawing upon the lived experiences of 24 formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States and employing Elizabeth Freeman’s notion of chrononormativity, Rae Rosenberg’s concept of heteronormative time, and Kadji Amin’s use of queer temporality, this paper explores trans women’s carceral housing preferences and contextual experiences, including how housing preferences challenge governing chrononormative and reformist carceral housing systems. Findings: Participants freely discussed their perspectives regarding housing options which through thematic analysis generated four options for housing: 1) men’s carceral settings; 2) women’s carceral settings; 3) trans- and gay-specific housing blocks; and 4) being housed in protective custody or other settings. There appeared to be a relationship between the number of times the person had been incarcerated, the duration of their incarceration, and where they preferred to be housed. Conclusions: This analysis contributes to richer understandings regarding trans women’s experiences while incarcerated. This paper also informs the complexities and nuances surrounding housing preferences from the perspectives of trans women themselves and considers possible opportunities to enhance human rights, health and wellbeing when engaging in transformative approaches to incarceration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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48. Type status and taxonomic accounts for Ambiserrula jugosa (McCulloch 1914) and Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch 1914) (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae).
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Imamura, Hisashi and Hoese, Douglass F.
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ZOOLOGICAL nomenclature - Abstract
Platycephalids Ambiserrula jugosa (McCulloch 1914) and Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch 1914) were described as new species based on 10 and 2 specimens, respectively, collected from the coast of Queensland, Australia by the F.I.S. Endeavour in 1910. McCulloch (1914) listed additional specimens at the end of the description, which he did not exclude from the type series. Previous authors considered the specimens, which McCulloch stated the species to have been described from, to be types of the two species, it was revealed that all 43 and 9 specimens included in these species by McCulloch are type specimens, according to the fourth edition of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, stating "type series of a nominal taxon consists of all the specimens included by the author in the new nominal taxon" in Article 72.4.1. In I. harrisii, it was assumed that a specimen later designated as the lectotype was figured with the original description. Because its plate legend includes the words "sp. nov. Type", the specimen is regarded to be the holotype of the species and the designation of the lectotype was unnecessary. This study newly recognizes additional 12 paratypes of A. jugosa and 5 paratypes of I. harrisii, and gives taxonomic accounts of the two species to show range extensions of intraspecific variation and distribution newly found. Also comments are given about the type status of other species taken by the Endeavour described by McCulloch in a series of five papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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49. Driving value-based healthcare through a new vision for Queensland's health system.
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Wellington, Madeleine, Whiting, Elizabeth, Searle, Damien, Kreis, Megan, and Cross, Emily
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INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,MEDICAL quality control ,VALUE-based healthcare ,HEALTH policy ,CONSUMERS ,HEALTH care reform ,THEMATIC analysis ,SUSTAINABLE development ,STAKEHOLDER analysis ,INTEGRATED health care delivery ,MEDICAL referrals - Abstract
The purpose of this case study is to explain the development of Queensland's strategic approach to health system reform, which promotes partnership across the health system to better deliver integrated and value-based health care across the continuum of care. The new health system vision was informed by undertaking literature searches on national and international health system approaches to reform and supported by extensive consultation across Queensland with more than 1100 stakeholders. Thematic analysis was undertaken to identify key themes that were translated into a high-level vision document that communicated Queensland's renewed focus on wellness and delivering more care in the community. This was circulated to stakeholders for iterative and collaborative refinement before final approvals. Collaboratively and iteratively developing the new health system vision for Queensland with key stakeholders has contributed to a shared understanding and ownership of a vision that is committed to system reform, focused on delivering high-value care that reflects what is important to consumers and health system stakeholders. What is known about the topic? Vision statements for organisations including health are common. However, there is little information available in the literature regarding approaches to developing a vision for a health system. What does this paper add? An overview of an approach to developing a new health system vision through comprehensive consultation that engages stakeholders broadly to develop an informed vision that has support from all levels of the health system. What are the implications for practitioners? The method used to develop this vision could be replicated across any large-scale organisation. Although time consuming, the outcome is a vision that is widely supported and sets the organisation up for success for implementation. This article belongs to the Special Issue: Value-based Healthcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Conservation of shibire and RpII215 temperature-sensitive lethal mutations between Drosophila and Bactrocera tryoni.
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Nguyen, Thu N. M., Choo, Amanda, and Baxter, Simon W.
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LETHAL mutations ,RNA polymerase II ,BACTROCERA ,DROSOPHILA ,FRUIT flies ,WILDLIFE conservation - Abstract
The sterile insect technique can suppress and eliminate population outbreaks of the Australian horticultural pest, Bactrocera tryoni, the Queensland fruit fly. Sterile males mate with wild females that produce inviable embryos, causing population suppression or elimination. Current sterile insect releases are mixed sex, as the efficient removal of unrequired factory-reared females is not yet possible. In this paper, we assessed the known Drosophila melanogaster temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal alleles shibire (G268D, shi
ts1 ) and RNA polymerase II 215 (R977C, RpII215ts ) for potential use in developing B. tryoni genetic sexing strains (GSS) for the conditional removal of females. Complementation tests in D. melanogaster wild-type or temperature-sensitive genetic backgrounds were performed using the GAL4–UAS transgene expression system. A B. tryoni wild-type shibire isoform partially rescued Drosophila temperature lethality at 29°C by improving survivorship to pupation, while expressing B. tryoni shits1 failed to rescue the lethality, supporting a temperature-sensitive phenotype. Expression of the B. tryoni RpII215 wild-type protein rescued the lethality of D. melanogaster RpII215ts flies at 29°C. Overexpressing the B. tryoni RpII215ts allele in the D. melanogaster wild-type background unexpectedly produced a dominant lethal phenotype at 29°C. The B. tryoni shibire and RpII215 wild-type alleles were able to compensate, to varying degrees, for the function of the D. melanogaster temperature-sensitive proteins, supporting functional conservation across species. Shibire and RpII215 hold potential for developing insect strains that can selectively kill using elevated temperatures; however, alleles with milder effects than shits1 will need to be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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