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Aspects Of Recent Landslide Research At The University Of Wollongong, Robin N. Chowdhury, Phillip N. Flentje, Chit Ko Ko
Aspects Of Recent Landslide Research At The University Of Wollongong, Robin N. Chowdhury, Phillip N. Flentje, Chit Ko Ko
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
This paper introduces the issues which are of critical importance to landslide hazard and risk assessment and management. These include understanding of probability and consequence, the separation of the role of site-dependent factors from that of influencing/triggering natural events and the factors influencing target levels of risk. The research completed at the University of Wollongong is then outlined. This includes the development of an observational approach based on monitoring of subsurface movements at individual sites and appropriate use of rainfall data in terms of the concept of annual rainfall percentage exceedance time (ARPET). Attention is then focused on current research …
Geotechnical Assessment And Management Of 148 Landslides Triggered By A Major Storm Event In Wollongong, Australia, P N. Flentje, R N. Chowdhury
Geotechnical Assessment And Management Of 148 Landslides Triggered By A Major Storm Event In Wollongong, Australia, P N. Flentje, R N. Chowdhury
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
On the 17th August 1998 a severe rainfall event occurred over a widespread area of the City of Wollongong. During this storm, 1 person drowned and an estimated $50 to $100 million damage was caused to the City of Wollongong. Road access to the City was cut by raised water levels and debris flows covering and or scouring road and rail routes for up to 36 hours following this event. A geotechnical team of 3, including the first author, was organised at very short notice during the response phase of the emergency operations on the early morning of the 20th …
The Toeplitz Algebra Of A Hilbert Bimodule, Neal J. Fowler, Iain Raeburn
The Toeplitz Algebra Of A Hilbert Bimodule, Neal J. Fowler, Iain Raeburn
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Suppose a C ∗ -algebra A acts by adjointable operators on a Hilbert A -module X. Pimsner constructed a C ∗ -algebra 𝒪 X which includes, for particular choices of X , crossed products of A by Z , the Cuntz algebras 𝒪 n , and the CuntzKrieger algebras 𝒪 B. Here we analyse the representations of the corresponding Toeplitz algebra. One consequence is a uniqueness theorem for the ToeplitzCuntz-Krieger algebras of directed graphs, which includes Cuntz’s uniqueness theorem for 𝒪 ∞.
Optimization Of Soliton Amplitude In Dispersion-Decreasing Nonlinear Optical Fibres, Ken I M Mckinnon, Noel Smyth, Annette L. Worthy
Optimization Of Soliton Amplitude In Dispersion-Decreasing Nonlinear Optical Fibres, Ken I M Mckinnon, Noel Smyth, Annette L. Worthy
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The compression of a cw into a periodic train of noninteracting solitons by a dispersion-decreasing fiber is investigated with a variational method. To model the evolution from the cw to the soliton train, an elliptic-function-based expression is used as the trial function in the averaged Lagrangian. Both a continuous dispersion variation and a step dispersion variation in the fiber are considered. By use of an optimization method based on the approximate variational equations, the optimal dispersion profile required for achieving maximum pulse compression in a fixed length of fiber is determined. The solutions of the approximate equations are compared with …
Lie Algebras Of Cohomological Codimension One, Grant F. Armstrong, Grant Cairns, Gunky Kim
Lie Algebras Of Cohomological Codimension One, Grant F. Armstrong, Grant Cairns, Gunky Kim
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
We show that if g is a finite dimensional real Lie algebra, then g has cohomological dimension cd(g) = dim(g) - 1 if and only if g is a unimodular extension of the two-dimensional non-Abelian Lie algebra aff.
Turning Memories Into Memoirs: The Australian Experience, Rae Luckie
Turning Memories Into Memoirs: The Australian Experience, Rae Luckie
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Eighteen months ago I began to teach a hybrid course of "creative writing/writing life stories" through Kiama Adult & Community Education. I searched the Internet for resources and happened upon a web page "Turning Memories into Memoirs" which promoted lifewriting and had a network of teaching affiliates. The author of the program, Denis Ledoux, has been teaching lifewriting since 1988. His partner and publisher, artist Martha Blowen and I began an e-mail correspondence of gigantic proportions. I lived through their severe ice storm, saw the Arkansas massacre through her eyes, learnt about home schooling and life in Maine. We've e-mailed …
Economic Evaluation And Ebm, Glenn P. Salkeld
Economic Evaluation And Ebm, Glenn P. Salkeld
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
In the world of textbook economics, the "sovereign" consumer weighs up the (freely available) evidence on the costs, risks, harms and benefits before purchasing health care. The value that consumers then attach to the evidence and the expected outcomes is revealed through their purchasing decisions in the market. Ultimately, the consumer's decision represents the best or benefit maximising choice given the available information. The notion of this evidence-based market is however a long way from the reality of health care in Australia. Consumers (that is, patients) generally do not have current best evidence to hand. The same could be said …
Strategies For Managing Suicide And Self-Harm In Prisons, Morag Mcarthur, Peter J. Camilleri, Honey Webb
Strategies For Managing Suicide And Self-Harm In Prisons, Morag Mcarthur, Peter J. Camilleri, Honey Webb
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Previous research has consistently shown that suicide is the leading cause of death in Australian prisons. This paper provides a summary of current program initiatives and strategies for minimising self harm that are operating in Australian prisons.
Comparative Analysis Of Management Accounting Practices In Australia And Japan: An Empirical Investigation, H. Wijewardena, A. De Zoysa
Comparative Analysis Of Management Accounting Practices In Australia And Japan: An Empirical Investigation, H. Wijewardena, A. De Zoysa
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper is based on the findings of a questionnaire survey conducted on large manufacturing firms in Australia and Japan during 1997. The results of the survey have revealed a number of important differences between the two countries. For example, while management accounting practices of the Australian companies place an emphasis on cost control tools at the manufacturing stage, those of the Japanese companies devote a much greater attention to cost planning and cost reduction tools at the product design stage. Further, the Japanese companies seem to have introduced more frequent changes to management accounting practices than their Australian counterparts.
Learning About Tertiary Teaching: Placing The Lecturer At The Centre Of The Learning Experience, Maureen E. Bell
Learning About Tertiary Teaching: Placing The Lecturer At The Centre Of The Learning Experience, Maureen E. Bell
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
The attributes of effective university teachers are well documented (Ramsden, 1992). If universities wish to improve learning and teaching they need to provide academic staff with programs through which these attributes can be developed. A wide variety of courses now exist in Australian Universities that aim to develop academic staff as effective teachers (Martin & Ramsden, 1994). Some focus on developing skills through workshops and study packages, others on developing conceptions of teaching at a theoretical level or through reflective practice.
Pseudo-Shock In Supersonic Injection Feeder, Ajit R. Godbole, Peter W. Wypych, Wee King Soh, Brent Matthews
Pseudo-Shock In Supersonic Injection Feeder, Ajit R. Godbole, Peter W. Wypych, Wee King Soh, Brent Matthews
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B
The flow in a Supersonic Injection Feeder involves relatively thick boundary layers in a narrow channel. When the pressures at the extremities of such a duct are adjusted to produce a compression shock, the shock structure is radically different from a plane discontinuity. This difference arises solely due to shock wave-boundary layer interaction, and gives rise to the so-called "pseudo-shock". In this paper, results of CFD simulations of a pseudo-shock in clean gas (air) are compared with predictions of the "Diffusion" model, the "Modified-Fanno" model and with experimental results. An analysis of the effect of small particles on pseudo-shock structure …
Q Methodology As A Research Methodology For Human Computer Interaction, Joseph A. Meloche
Q Methodology As A Research Methodology For Human Computer Interaction, Joseph A. Meloche
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper briefly introduces the reader to QMethodology and suggests its suitability for research with the field of He!. Furthermore, this paper takes the perspective that HCI is largely aform ofhuman to human interaction. Thus design for HC! would need to take into account human understandings, of computers, systems, networks and software, by all types ofparticipants, iffruitfUl interaction between computers and people and the people who use them is to occur. This paper describes and suggests the use of an established methodology, QMethodology, for the examination of human perceptions in HCI. The example this paper gives is a study that …
A Comparison Of Financial Services Customer Segments: Convenience-Oriented Customers Versus Personal Service-Oriented Customers, Jennifer Thornton, Lesley White
A Comparison Of Financial Services Customer Segments: Convenience-Oriented Customers Versus Personal Service-Oriented Customers, Jennifer Thornton, Lesley White
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Whilst a market segment that seeks the primary benefit of convenience has often been identified in theoretical discussions, an empirical investigation of the characteristics of convenience-oriented customers have been largely deficient. This study details the demographic characteristics of two distinct groupings of financial service customers, these being convenience-oriented customers and personal service-oriented customers. These segments were derived through the use of hierarchical cluster analysis. The main result of the study was that the demographic variables of age, occupation, income, education, type of employment and marital status could be used to form demographic profiles of convenience-oriented customers and personal service-oriented customers.