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Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

2020

Australia

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Using The Delphi Process To Identify Priorities For Dietetic Research In Australia 2020‐2030, Judi Porter, Karen E. Charlton, Linda C. Tapsell, Helen Truby Jan 2020

Using The Delphi Process To Identify Priorities For Dietetic Research In Australia 2020‐2030, Judi Porter, Karen E. Charlton, Linda C. Tapsell, Helen Truby

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Aim This research aimed to use a consensus process to develop a framework and definition for nutrition and dietetic research, and to identify dietetic research priorities for Australia for the period 2020 to 2030. Methods A three‐round Delphi process was selected to enable dietitians with demonstrated research expertise to contribute to the national priority development. All Fellows of the Dietitians Association of Australia, Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitians and research leaders were invited to participate (n = 84). The questionnaire was distributed electronically using a 7‐point Likert scale. Rounds 1 and 2 asked participants to comment on the proposed research framework, …


Humans Coexisted With Three-Tonne Marsupials And Lizards As Long As Cars In Ancient Australia, Scott Hocknull, Anthony Dosseto, Gilbert Price, Lee Arnold, Patrick Moss, Renaud Joannes-Boyau Jan 2020

Humans Coexisted With Three-Tonne Marsupials And Lizards As Long As Cars In Ancient Australia, Scott Hocknull, Anthony Dosseto, Gilbert Price, Lee Arnold, Patrick Moss, Renaud Joannes-Boyau

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. We have studied fossil bones of these animals for the past decade. Our findings, published today in Nature Communications, shed new light on the mystery of what drove these ancient megafauna to extinction.


How A Stone Wedged In A Gum Tree Shows The Resilience Of Aboriginal Culture In Australia, Caroline Spry, Brian J. Armstrong, Elspeth H. Hayes, John A. Webb, Kathryn Allen, Lisa Paton, Quan Hua, Richard Fullagar Jan 2020

How A Stone Wedged In A Gum Tree Shows The Resilience Of Aboriginal Culture In Australia, Caroline Spry, Brian J. Armstrong, Elspeth H. Hayes, John A. Webb, Kathryn Allen, Lisa Paton, Quan Hua, Richard Fullagar

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought...


Australia Needs A National Fire Inquiry - These Are The 3 Key Areas It Should Deliver In, David David Bowman, Ross A. Bradstock Jan 2020

Australia Needs A National Fire Inquiry - These Are The 3 Key Areas It Should Deliver In, David David Bowman, Ross A. Bradstock

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Australia's bushfire crisis has been unprecedented, so it demands an unprecedented national response. Never before has such a large area been burnt by multiple fires in a single fire season, including bushland in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.