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University Of Wollongong Campus News 18 October 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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University Of Wollongong Campus News 30 August 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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University Of Wollongong Campus News 23 August 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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University Of Wollongong Campus News 9 August 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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University Of Wollongong Campus News 2 August 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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University Of Wollongong Campus News 28 June 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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Sexual Gothic: Marian Engel’S Bear And Elizabeth Jolley’S The Well, Gerry Turcotte

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

[Extract] In the process of retrieving female writing from patriarchal control, women writers have focussed on a number of sites for re-vision. This article is concerned with two areas which have received sustained critical and creative attention. The first is language itself and the possibility for underscoring this “politicized” subject—and here, in particular, the way generic categories such as the Gothic have been destabilized or re-appropriated in order to comment on those “systems” which institutionalize and perpetuate imperialist, sexist or so-called “normative” values. The second is sexuality and the body. Specifically, Canadian and Australian Gothic women’s writings have shown marked …

University Of Wollongong Campus News 1 March 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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University Of Wollongong Campus News 18 January 1995, University Of Wollongong

University of Wollongong Campus News

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The Archaeology Of Masculinity: The Process Of Personal Archaeology In The Creative Arts, Lindsay James Duncan

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Contemporary gender studies reveal the evolution of a plurality of masculinities since World War Two. The associated social change surrounding masculinity has demanded a re-evaluation of gender roles by Western men who, historically, have not been encouraged to be introspective about their emotional development. However, when compelled by circumstances to examine some of the forces which have moulded their lives and which keep them in bondage they become aware that the traditional values surrounding patriarchal politics, women, war, religion and death are no longer adequate. A major factor in this inadequacy is that traditional role models have been superseded by …

Evaluation Of A Correspondence Fat Loss Program For Men, Anne-Maree Parrish

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This study compares fat loss of 45 Australian men involved in a correspondence 'waist' loss program' with participants in a group based 'waist' loss program (O'Neill 1993). The format of the correspondence program and the group based program is very similar. Initially, it was believed that the group based program may be more effective than the correspondence program, as the men in the correspondence program did not have group support. The correspondence participants received a kit containing audio cassettes, book, handouts and a tape measure to enable them to conduct their waist Joss program at home. Evaluation questionnaires were posted …

Barriers To Providing Quality Nutrition Care For People With Developmental Disabilities Living In Group Homes: A Survey Of The Warringah Area, Nicole Circuitt

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Changes in the living conditions of people with developmental disabilities, from institutions to group homes, has meant a shift of responsibility for nutrition care. Within the Waningah Area, the high dependence of residents, and hence their reliance on staff members being educated and knowledgeable regarding their needs, raises doubts over the quality of nutrition care being delivered. The purpose of this study was to deterinine the nutrition knowledge of staff of group homes, and whether nutrition education for staff in group homes is required. Seventy per cent of an estimated 205 staff returned questionnaires for analysis. Eighty-three per cent of …

Acculturation And Self-Esteem As Predictors Of Acculturative Stress Among International Students At The University Of Wollongong, Ashraf Gholamrezaei

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

International students travel from their homelands in search of continuing education in overseas countries and there is a general expectation that they will encounter acculturative stress.

This study highlights variables such as acculturation, self-esteem and socio-demographic factors which play an important role in the acculturative stress of international students at The University of Wollongong, in Australia.

One hundred and seventy-three international students from 11 nationalities at Wollongong University completed a questionnaire which assesses acculturative stress in relationship to acculturation, self-esteem and socio-demographic variables.

The results indicated that acculturation, self-esteem and nationality are the best predictors of acculturative stress. Multiple regression …

Hegemon : Tracing Power Through Bodies Of Law, M. Dobber

Law Text Culture

'I once had a conversation with a high-ranking member of the CPUSA ... who said that gay people should stay in the closet because it sets a bad example for the 'working class'. '

US gay activist, in conversation:

'The NSW-based Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby recently knocked back a push by bisexuals and transsexuals to be accepted as part of its overall charter for lobbying ... Those who resisted most strongly were AIDS Council of NSW (ACON) president Peter Grogan, former Mardi Gras president Richard Cobden, gay NSW parliamentary member Paul O'Grady and interim head of the Australian Council …

Dementia, Discourse, Difference And Denial : "Who Did I Become?", J. Stirling

Law Text Culture

If I am no longer a woman, why do I still feel I'm one? If no longer worth holding, why do I crave it? If no longer sensual, why do I still enjoy the soft texture of satin and silk against my skin? If no longer sensitive, why do moving song lyrics strike a responsive chord in me? My every molecule seems to scream out that I do, indeed, exist, and that existence must be valued by someone!

Western medicine's fascination with the human brain and its workings is still marked by blurred boundaries between the mappings of neuro-anatomy and …

Lee Tamahori's Once Were Warriors, M. Hayes

Law Text Culture

As a Pakeha reviewer I find it necessary to hedge this review in opposition to a couple of statements about this film which regularly crop up in reviews and commentaries. Since the film is such a brutal and explicit interrogation of violence within a Maori community, Pakeha reviewers tend to applaud the 'honesty' or 'realism' of the film, which in a way assumes this kind of violence is quite the norm for Maoris. The 'real' Maori is then homogenised as the urban Maori disenfranchised from his or her 'traditional' culture. I don't see myself in a position to declare what …

Disclosure : Sexual Predation In A Brave New Post - P/C World, G. Moylan-Brouff

Law Text Culture

Barry Levinson's recent film, Disclosure, examines the impact of anti-discrimination legislation on white middle class America by foregrounding two contentious issues informing the politics of the workplace. Namely, the use and abuse of sexual harassment laws to regulate behaviour between genders, and the implementation of affirmative action protocols to redress gendered inequities in employment practices. However, this project, which underpins both the film and the book from which it is derived, is contaminated from the outset, by a dubious strategy of role reversal, which constitutes the film's departure point for its interrogation of the value of these laws and directives. …

The School Canteen & Food Industry: Measurement Of The Availability And Sales Of Foods Which Are Low In Fat, Sugar And, Meg Francis

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

School canteens can have an important influence on the dietary intake of school students. This study aimed to measure and improve the availability and sales of foods which are low in fat, sugar and/or salt and high in fibre in school canteens in Western NSW. This can be achieved through increasing both the school canteens' awareness, and the availability of healthy foods. It also is vital to establish a network between school canteens and food industry.

Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus: The Affect Of Obesity On Blood Glucose Control, Kathryn Fitzgerald

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Poor glycaemic control has recently been associated with the rate of onset and severity of long term complications associated with diabetes. Obesity is one of the factors known to influence the level of glycaemic control, however, few studies have looked at the relationship between obesity and glycaemic control in populations with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). The aim of this study was to assess the level of glycaemic control of those above the acceptable weight range, to those within the acceptable weight, and to determine whether weight control is an important goal for the IDDM population. Twenty one people with …

Traumatic Stress Reactions In Police, Jeannie Higgins

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

A personal construct model of traumatic stress reactions has been developed to predict the relationships between personal, trauma, and recovery factors. This model was evaluated in two studies with police. This research establishes some normative baseline epidemiological data on the levels of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in novice recruits and inexperienced police. The major implications of a personal construct model of traumatisation for police and policing organisations are discussed.

The cross-sectional study included 750 recruits and inexperienced police. The repeated measures study re-assessed 193 recruits after one year of policing. Data were obtained on history, personal theories, potentially traumatising events …

Contemporary Aboriginal Songs And Songwriters: Post-Colonialism, Categorisation And Orality, David Beniuk

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This dissertation examines contemporaiy Australian Aboriginal songs and songwriters within the context of post-colonialism. It argues that contemporary Aboriginal songs are post-colonial texts and that post-colonial literary theories can be adapted and apphed to them. It considers a range of post-colonial theories to arrive at a working model which posits the central characteristic of metonymy. It then considers the related issue of the social conditions which effect contemporary Aboriginal songs, particularly the problems and consequences of the categorisation of Aboriginal songs and Aboriginal songwriters. The dissertation then considers the relationship between traditional Aboriginal orality and contemporary Aboriginal songs, examining hnes …

Research Assistants In The Clever Country, Michael K. Organ, S. Svensen

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper examines the employment conditions of research assistants in universities in the context of the stated intention of the Australian government to transfonn Australia into the 'clever country'. Research assistants have played an important role in Australia's research efforts. The growing teaching and administrative workloads of academic staff. and the increasing sophistication and complexity of research methodologies. have increased the demands on research assistants and the importance of their contribution. Despite this. there has been little improvement in the employment conditions of research assistants. These conditions include the absence of any job security; lack of career structure and development: …

Becoming Art: Some Relationships Between Pacific Art And Western Culture, Susan Cochrane

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis is concerned with the art forms of the indigenous people of the South Pacific region and their reception In the Western art-culture system. Its particular concentration is on visual art forms produced by Papua New Guinea and Australian Aboriginal artists from the 1960s to the 1990s.

It emerges that the arts of indigenous peoples of the South Pacific region have accrued a history and place in the Western art-culture system in addition to the role they continue to play within their own societies. As well, while some art forms have maintained indigenous traditions, in many instances artists have …

Juvenile Delinquency In The Illawarra Region: A Self-Report Study, Habib Ahmadi

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The overall goal of this study has been to advance the understanding of the role of family background variables, school, and peer influence in the explanation of juvenile delinquency, particularly in relation to different language groups. The assumptions which inform the basic theoretical perspective of this study have been developed from three major theoretical orientations known as strain, subculture and social control theories.

A quantitative methodology was adopted in this study. A self-report procedure, applied in survey form, was used to collect the required data. The study population consists of young people in the Illawarra region. The self-report data was …

Psycho-Social And Cultural Adjustment Among International Students At The University Of Wollongong, Seyed Jalal Sadrossadat

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The adjustment of international students in the host community is very important in fostering academic success and also is an important factor in increasing understanding between nations. This research investigates psycho-social and cultural adjustment of 384 international students w h o have been randomly selected from 10 nationality groups at Wollongong University in the second session, 1993.

The framework of the research depends on information obtained from literature and from international students through direct contacts by interview, observation and structured inquiry and through self-report survey.

'Adjustment' is a term used to describe personal and social adaptation to a new environment, …

What Tradies Know About What Tradies Know: An Exploratory Study Of The Views Of Trade Instructors About Knowledge And Knowing, Colin H. Ducker

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This study began in observations about an apparent tension between the views held by trade instructors and the curriculum and instructional formulations with which they work in the vocational education and training setting. Three research questions emerged: Do trade instructors use frameworks or systems of beliefs, values, attitudes and feelings that guide their approach to knowledge and knowing? What are the main typologies that underpin these frameworks? Do the views of trade instructors embody characteristic ways of presenting or perceiving reality? These questions guided a systematic search for understandings of the ways trade instructors construe knowledge. It involved uncovering, clarifying, …

A Comparison Of Two Instruments To Assess Spiritual Well-Being, Peter Cleasby

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

An exploratory factor analysis was performed on two spiritual well-being instrunnents: Paloutzian & Ellisons spiritual well-being scale (SWBS), and the JAREL spiritual well-being scale (JSWBS). The scales were combined and administered to a combined convenience sample (n=130) comprising of undergraduate nursing students (n=56 & n=55) and an ambulatory oncology group (n=19). The two scales were found to have a high correlation (r=0.8187). The underlying subscale structure of the SWBS was generally supported by the analysis. The JSWBS subscale structure was not supported by the analysis.

A Survey Of The Needs Of The Users Of A Rural Mental Health Service, Brian Phillips

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Due to distance, geography, rural culture and smaller populations it is not possible for urban service models to be effectively transferred to rural districts. A review of the literature shows that these characteristics must be considered when developing a rural service. Comparison of the results of a needs survey with information available from the CRISP database of the Cooma Mental Health Team and population data, confirms the impact of distance on service provision and accessibility, and the importance of small rural hospitals to extension of services across distances. Depression emerged as the predominant presenting problem identified by staff and clients. …

The Effect Of The Carbohydrate Intake On The Glycaemic Control Of People With Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Kathy Hodson

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The aim of the project is to determine the importance of the currently recommended high complex carbohydrate, high dietary fibre dietary regime, by the American Diabetes Association, in the control of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. For instance, are there some people with IDDM who consume the recommended high complex carbohydrate, high dietary fibre and low simple carbohydrate diet who nevertheless find great difficulty in managing their diabetes control, while other people with IDDM consume a low complex carbohydrate and low fibre diet and manage to maintain diabetes control ? Does the carbohydrate intake have an effect on the glycaemic control …

Does Alcohol Consumption Affect The Glycosylated Haemoglobin Values Of An Individual With Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus?, Erin Kirk

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Hyperglycaemia amongst individuals with Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM), can lead to the development of chronic diabetic complications. The Glycosylated Haemoglobin (HbAlc) assay retrospectively measures the extent of an individual's hyperglycaemic episodes in the last 8 - 1 2 weeks. Elevated HbAlc values significantly correlate with the development of diabetic complications. Previous research concerning the hyperglycaemic effects of alcohol among individuals with IDDM is conflicting. Authors have reported contrasting results, ranging from the impairment of glucose tolerance, to the enhancement of glucose tolerance, to no effects on glucose metabolism at all. This uncertain relationship is also corroborated by the previous …