As globalisation continues to expand and allow for the rapid exchange of commence and ideas across political boundaries, internationalisation of higher education is becoming increasingly important. So too, is understanding how universities are effectively adjusting and contributing to this changing landscape. This, however, is complex, given the variety of circumstances that affect how and why a higher education institution internationalises. This research compares the development of internationalisation policy and practices at similar institutions in different...

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Who should provide food, and through what relationships? Whose livelihoods should be protected? For over 20 years the peasant farmers of La Via Campesina have been engaged in the fight against injustice, hunger and poverty under the banner of food sovereignty, 'the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems'. They campaign for healthy, sustainable alternatives...

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Offshore structures need to survive whilst being exposed to extreme wave events, which can potentially threaten workers, environment and the structure itself. Despite the increase in regulating air gap requirements, numerous offshore installations around the world continue to suffer damage due to wave-in-deck loads, and yet the prediction methods for these loads are still not mature. This thesis reports on the development of reliable experimental and numerical techniques for the analysis and prediction of wave-in-deck...

Offshore structures need to survive whilst being exposed to extreme wave events, which can potentially threaten workers, environment and the structure itself. Despite the increase in regulating air gap requirements, numerous offshore installations around the world continue to suffer damage due to wave-in-deck loads, and yet the prediction methods for these loads are still not mature. This thesis reports on the development of reliable experimental and numerical techniques for the analysis and prediction of wave-in-deck...

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The experience of chronic pain and subsequent treatment outcomes, as guided by the biopsychosocial models of pain, is influenced by both physical and psychosocial variables. The cognitive variable of expectancy requires further investigation within this population group. Treatment expectancy is a predictor of treatment outcome for people with chronic pain, both for active and passive treatment strategies. Multi-disciplinary pain management programs are considered gold standard in the treatment of chronic pain, however non-adherence and relapse...

Participation in post-compulsory education has increased substantially since the 1970s (ABS 2011), but gender, socio-economic status and locality continue to influence who remains in education and who leaves (ACARA 2012; Curtis and McMillan 2008). This thesis addresses the issue of the low Year 12 completion rates in rural Australia through an investigation of how young people living in a rural area of Tasmania subjectively construct their postcompulsory educational choices. The study is based on participant...

TDI-like multi-slit hyperspectral imaging for enhanced throughput via Kalman filter: supplemental document

TDI-like multi-slit hyperspectral imaging for enhanced throughput via Kalman filter: supplemental document

Background: Young adults have the highest prevalence of current smoking and will have the greatest health benefits if they quit. Relatively few studies have focused specifically on this group. There is a need for high-quality data on the relationship between smoking and some factors that are either common in young adults (e.g. life-stage transitions) or known to be associated with lower cessation levels (e.g. post-cessation weight gain). Aims: To 1) examine the impact of life-stage...

\\(Background\\) \\(and\\) \\(Aims:\\) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is emerging as a substantial global health problem, with an estimated annual mortality of over 3 million people, which is the third largest disease cause worldwide. COPD is an irreversible chronic, slowly progressive airway obstructive respiratory disease. Cigarette smoking mainly causes it, primarily through small airway fibrosis, narrowing and ultimately obliteration, accompanied by more generalized but non-obstructive chronic bronchitis‚ÄövÑvp throughout the airways, and in some individuals complicated...

This thesis is a philosophical examination of the fine-tuning of the Universe. It is in two parts, the first part examines the apparent improbability of the fine-tuning and the second examines responses to that apparent improbability. I begin part one by examining the physical theories that have generated the fine-tuning debate. I argue the debate presupposes a realist interpretation of numbers, scientific theory and laws of nature. Without these presuppositions the concepts of slightly different...

This work presents a study on the preparation and application of polymer monoliths for the liquid chromatography of biomolecules with a focus on the ion‚ÄövÑv™exchange (IEX) mode. As one important application of polymer monoliths in bioanalysis, charge heterogeneity profiling of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in different biopharmaceuticals was performed by developing an elution approach based on shallow pH gradient, generated using single component buffer systems as eluents through cation‚ÄövÑv™exchange (CEX) monoliths as stationary phases. A useful...