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Should There Be A Female Age Limit On Public Funding For Assisted Reproductive Technology? Differing Conceptions Of Justice In Resource Allocation, D Carter, Amber M. Watt, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Adam Elshaug, John R. Moss, Janet E. Hiller
Should There Be A Female Age Limit On Public Funding For Assisted Reproductive Technology? Differing Conceptions Of Justice In Resource Allocation, D Carter, Amber M. Watt, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Adam Elshaug, John R. Moss, Janet E. Hiller
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Should there be a female age limit on public funding for assisted reproductive technology (ART)? The question bears significant economic and sociopolitical implications and has been contentious in many countries. We conceptualise the question as one of justice in resource allocation, using three much-debated substantive principles of justice—the capacity to benefit, personal responsibility, and need—to structure and then explore a complex of arguments. Capacity-to-benefit arguments are not decisive: There are no clear cost-effectiveness grounds to restrict funding to those older women who still bear some capacity to benefit from ART. Personal responsibility arguments are challenged by structural determinants of delayed …
Analyzing Weight Loss Intervention Studies With Missing Data: Which Method Should Be Used?, Marijka J. Batterham, Linda C. Tapsell, Karen E. Charlton
Analyzing Weight Loss Intervention Studies With Missing Data: Which Method Should Be Used?, Marijka J. Batterham, Linda C. Tapsell, Karen E. Charlton
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Objective: Missing data due to study dropout is common in weight loss trials and several statistical methods exist to account for it. The aim of this study was to identify methods in the literature and to compare the effects of methods of analysis using simulated data sets. Methods: Literature was obtained for a 1-y period to identify analytical methods used in reporting weight loss trials. A comparison of methods with large or small between-group weight loss, and missing data that was, or was not, missing randomly was conducted in simulated data sets based on previous research. Results: Twenty-seven studies, some …
Energy In-Equivalence In Australian Marsupials: Evidence For Disruption Of The Continent's Mammal Assemblage, Or Are Rules Meant To Be Broken?, Adam J. Munn, Craig Dunne, Dennis W.H Muller, Marcus Clauss
Energy In-Equivalence In Australian Marsupials: Evidence For Disruption Of The Continent's Mammal Assemblage, Or Are Rules Meant To Be Broken?, Adam J. Munn, Craig Dunne, Dennis W.H Muller, Marcus Clauss
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
The energy equivalence rule (EER) is a macroecological hypothesis that posits that total population energy use (PEU) should be independent of species body mass, because population densities and energy metabolisms scale with body mass in a directly inverse manner. However, evidence supporting the EER is equivocal, and the use of basal metabolic rate (BMR) in such studies has been questioned; ecologically-relevant indices like field metabolic rate (FMR) are probably more appropriate. In this regard, Australian marsupials present a novel test for the EER because, unlike eutherians, marsupial BMRs and FMRs scale differently with body mass. Based on either FMR or …
The Future Of Manufacturing: Niche Doesn’T Need To Be Small, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Christopher Gibson
The Future Of Manufacturing: Niche Doesn’T Need To Be Small, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Christopher Gibson
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
An unfortunate consequence of Holden and Ford’s decision to cease manufacturing cars in Australia is the negative impression that all local manufacturing is similarly doomed. Yet there are plenty of local manufacturers that are doing well. We just don’t hear much about them.
A Violent Debate: Could Guns Be Made At Home By 3d Printers?, Thomas Birtchnell, Robert Gorkin Iii
A Violent Debate: Could Guns Be Made At Home By 3d Printers?, Thomas Birtchnell, Robert Gorkin Iii
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Gun laws have been back in the media recently due, largely, to the horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults. In response President Obama has just unveiled gun control proposals.
Why Cannot Sediment Transport Be Accurately Predicted, Shu-Qing Yang
Why Cannot Sediment Transport Be Accurately Predicted, Shu-Qing Yang
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Sediment transport is a geophysical phenomenon that sediment particles are driven to move in streamwise and vertical directions by the corresponding forces. Almost all existing formulae of sediment transport were derived based on the assumption that sediment transport can be fully expressed by streamwise parameters like velocity or boundary shear stress etc., whilst the vertical parameters are not included, like the variation of water depth (pressure) over time and space, vertical velocity or seepage. This paper investigates the effect of vertical motion on sediment transport, it was found that the vertical motion can be well represented by a vertical velocity …
How The Factoid Of Wind Turbines Causing 'Vibroacoustic Disease' Came To Be 'Irrefutably Demonstrated', Simon Chapman, Alexis B. St George
How The Factoid Of Wind Turbines Causing 'Vibroacoustic Disease' Came To Be 'Irrefutably Demonstrated', Simon Chapman, Alexis B. St George
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Objective: In recent years, claims have proliferated in cyberspace that wind turbines cause a large variety of symptoms and diseases. One of these, "vibroacoustic disease" (VAD) is frequently mentioned. The aim of this study is to examine the quality of the evidence on how VAD came to be associated with wind turbine exposure by wind farm opponents. Methods: Searches of the web (Google advanced) and major research databases for papers on VAD and wind turbines. Self-citation analysis of research papers on VAD. Results: Google returned 24,700 hits for VAD and wind turbines. Thirty-five research papers on VAD were found, none …
Australian Children Lack The Basic Movement Skills To Be Active And Healthy, Lisa Barnett, Louise Hardy, David Lubans, Dylan Cliff, Anthony Okely, A P. Hills, Philip Morgan
Australian Children Lack The Basic Movement Skills To Be Active And Healthy, Lisa Barnett, Louise Hardy, David Lubans, Dylan Cliff, Anthony Okely, A P. Hills, Philip Morgan
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
Just as children need to be taught their ABCs to read and write, they also need to be taught fundamental movement skills (FMS), such as running, jumping, throwing and kicking, to provide the strongest foundation for a physically active lifestyle. Children who are proficient at FMS are more likely to be physically active and have adequate cardiorespiratory fitness, and are less likely to be overweight or obese compared with children who are not proficient. In addition, FMS-proficient children are more likely to become adolescents who are more active and with higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels.
Ndive: The Story Of How Logistics And Supply Chain Management Could Be Taught, Torsten Reiners, Lincoln C. Wood, Sue Gregory, Natasha Petter, Hanna M. Teras, Vanessa Chang, Christian Gutl, Janice A. Herrington
Ndive: The Story Of How Logistics And Supply Chain Management Could Be Taught, Torsten Reiners, Lincoln C. Wood, Sue Gregory, Natasha Petter, Hanna M. Teras, Vanessa Chang, Christian Gutl, Janice A. Herrington
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
One major element of supply chain management education is helping learners to grasp the complexity, the challenges, and the efficient management of the multiple dimensions in supply chains. Each decision made can 'ripple' through supply chains and have serious repercussions that may include causing millions of dollars in damage or triggering a chain of events that degrade the quality of life for people, society, or the environment. We can teach relevant theory and train learners for some situations that do not require immediate responses. However, we remain disadvantaged by the constraints of time and space; observation of a real supply …