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The article discusses the general features of the intertideal zonation of the more common or characteristic organisms in the Gold Coast, Queensland. A research concerned with the vertical and horizontal distribution of seaweeds as well as the distribution of animals present in the area. It is revealed that rocky shores in the area are divided according to the amount of wave action into exposed, moderately exposed and moderately sheltered and sheltered as well as the type of zonation characteristic of each type. Distribution of plants and animals in rocky shores differ in every zone and only depends on the type of water they can use for survival.

The article examines the isolation of dermatophytes in laboratories in Queensland, Australia. The author explains that the organism most frequently isolated was Microsporum canis, which was the chief cause of tinea capitis in children. Additionally, it is explained that Trichophyton mentagrophytes was the most frequently isolated Trichophyton.

The article discusses the paper "Chromoblastomycosis in Queensland," by B.B. Barrack. The disease is not uncommon in Queensland. It presents as painless warty cutaneous granulomata with spreading margins and little tendency to ulceration. It differs clinically from blastomycosis in that it runs a much slower course and dissemination is apparently unknown. Diagnosis is confirmed by microscopy and culture. Differentiation from true blastomycosis, which has not yet been reported in Australia, is comparatively simple.

The article focuses on two members of the editorial advisory board of the "Journal of Learning Disabilities." John H. Johnson, President and Editor of Ebony, Chicago, Illinois, has come a long way from his humble beginning in Arkansas City, Arkansas. In 1933 Johnson migrated to Chicago with his mother and became the editor of his high school paper and year book. Then he joined Supreme Life Insurance Co. of America, as an employee and thirty years later he was elected as the chairman of the board of directors of the same insurance company. Conceiving the idea of starting a publication, Johnson took a loan and released out his first magazine "Negro Digest." Presently Johnson is a director of the Magazine Publishers Association. The other member of the Board is John McLeod, Administrative Head of Educational Research Centre of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Educated at English and Scottish universities, McLeod obtained an Australian Ph.D., his current major research interests being in the field of learning disabilities, which he interprets to embrace mental retardation and reading failure. He is co-editor of the Australian journal "The Slow Learning Child," and has edited and co-authored two books.

The article discusses the marketing of sugar in Australia. According to the author, sugar is the oldest of Australia's subsidized exports. He notes that the country's handling of the sugar trade is an example of statutory marketing control. The author discusses the formation of body called the Sugar Board to handle the country's marketing of sugar. According to the author, the board buys all of the raw cane sugar grown in Queensland and New South Wales, sets maximum wholesale, manufacturing and retail selling prices for various sugar products and provides sugar for export.

The article presents several news briefs concerning the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. The author talks about a meeting of the Society in which the President, Dr. E.C. Fry, delivered a paper called "Reflections on the I.W.W." Members elected to the Corresponding Committee include T. Audley, D. Hardy, and R. Hammett. The Queensland Branch of the Society held a symposium on William Lane on February 19, 1964. Irwin Young was elected Acting Chairman at a 1965 meeting. Postal courses are being conducted at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

The article presents some announcements related to dermatology. Full-time students of dermatology undergoing recognized postgraduate studies may now subscribe to the Australasian Journal of Dermatology at a reduced student rate of $A 6,00 per annum. The Annual Meeting of The Australasian College of Dermatologists for 1972 will be held in Brisbane, Queensland, from 19th to 24th March, 1972. The Part I Examination for Membership of the The Australian College of Dermatologists will be held on Thursday, 2nd September, 1971.

The article defines a method for the numerical analysis of forest micropattern which is based on contiguity of species. The use of the analysis is illustrated by applying it to the study of a small area of subtropical rain forest in northern Queensland. It also demonstrates the power of the analysis in revealing significant environmental factors, and its superiority in this respect over conventional plot sampling. It discusses the difficulties of elucidating small-scale pattern in forest vegetation, with particular reference to earlier work on plot sampling and single-nearest-neighbour techniques.

The article reports on the study conducted on the tropical forest type in the Gold Coast, Queensland. Researchers found that the history of the area is of interest mainly in indicating whether the vegetation is primary or whether it has been previously affected by man, particularly farming. They found that the forest of the same physiognomic formation and similar floristic composition covers a very great area of the Gold Coast wherein it passes gradually, almost imperceptibly into the Evergreen Forest or Rain Forest in the south-west of the colony and into a drier type of forest to the north and east. Discussed are the details of the issue.

The article explains how the rainfall of the dry season of the Gold Coast, Queensland, must be considered as one main factor that limits the growth of cacao. It is claimed that those important cacao-producing areas have been suffering from a degree of wetness for the dry season of over 10 units, an amount revealed if the rainfall of the dry season and not that of the whole year is to be considered. The dry season then becomes an influential factor on many aspects of the growth and cultivation of the crop because fruiting, vegetable growth, Sahlbergella attack, soil cultivation, and manuring are all undermined by the season.

The article presents a study which examines the factors to consider in the establishment of routine mycological diagnostic laboratory for the identification, inoculation, and examination of cultures in Brisbane, Queensland. It explores the importance of a mycology unit for the inoculation of cultures and the prevention of the dissemination of spores and contamination of such cultures. It looks into the characteristics, the specimen samples, and the methods of culture identification.

The article presents a study regarding the isolation of keratinophilic fungi from 90 feral and commensal animals in Queensland, Australia. Fungi isolated include Microsporum cookei from Rattus rattus, Microsporum gypseum from R. norvegicus, and Trichophyton mentagrophytes from R. assimilis. The author indicates that the isolation of Microsporum cookei is the first recorded in Australia.

The article focuses on the possible causes of the transfer of molluscum contagiosum infection from birds to humans in Queensland. It states that molluscum contagiosum of humans and communicable epitheliomata or fowl pox of birds are possibly caused by the same virus. It mentions that bird mites possibly passes the virus to the humans through infecting wooden houses during a humid climate. It adds that fowl yard infected by bird mites would also offer a means of infection.

The article discusses the findings of a study about the verbal interaction discourse and pupils' understanding in science classes in Brisbane, Queensland. About 54 representative lessons from nine Grade 8 science classes were recorded and transcribed with complete details on research design and methodology. Several schemes that focus on verbal discourse were developed to classify the behavior of the students in the classroom. The classroom discourse was classified as one of the major categories that deal with cognitive interaction after it has broken down into a series of units that include episodes and monologues. A high proportion of classroom behaviors was found to be linked with recall activities like the behaviors classified as describing, designating, and stating.

The article addresses the difficulties of applying a legislation in Queensland that reduces the maximum weekly hours permitted from 48 to 44 effective July 1, 1925. It is said that hospitals, prisons and asylums cannot be put on an altered schedule of hours as easily as a factory, and pilots and lighthouse keepers are not on the same status as to flexibility of hours as building workers or machinists. Except for the police, the plan generally adopted was to provide for the equivalent of 44 hours a week, leaving details as to the distribution of these hours to the parties concerned. The August 24 issue of the Queensland Industrial Gazette gives particulars of a case brought before the arbitration court to decide whether the provision might be varied by judicial award.

A survey of the oral health of 307 aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders living in settlements in far North Queensland was conducted to assess their needs, to recommend priorities in preventive and curative programs and to establish a baseline for future review. It has been commonly believed that aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders have a lower prevalence of dental caries than other Queenslanders. This may have been true in the past, but findings show that the children now parallel their cohorts in the Queensland County Districts Survey. The situation concerning periodontal disease is equally serious, but comparative data are not available because a new method was used. However, the periodontal disease level in the 35- to 44-year-old group demonstrates the poor prospects for children should they retain their dentitions to a similar age.