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Exploring Approaches To Dietetic Assessment Of A Common Task Across Different Universities Through Assessment Moderation, Claire Palermo, E Volders, S Gibson, Meredith A. Kennedy, A Wray, J Thomas, Mary Hannan-Jones, Danielle Gallegos, Eleanor J. Beck
Exploring Approaches To Dietetic Assessment Of A Common Task Across Different Universities Through Assessment Moderation, Claire Palermo, E Volders, S Gibson, Meredith A. Kennedy, A Wray, J Thomas, Mary Hannan-Jones, Danielle Gallegos, Eleanor J. Beck
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Background: Assessment presents one of the greatest challenges to evaluating health professional trainee performance, as a result of the subjectivity of judgements and variability in assessor standards. The present study aimed to test a moderation procedure for assessment across four independent universities and explore approaches to assessment and the factors that influence assessment decisions. Methods: Assessment tasks designed independently by each of the four universities to assess student readiness for placement were chosen for the present study. Each university provided four student performance recordings for moderation. Eight different academic assessors viewed the student performances and assessed them using the corresponding …
Know Your Noodles! Assessing Variations In Sodium Content Of Instant Noodles Across Countries, Clare Farrand, Karen E. Charlton, Michelle Crino, Joseph Santos, Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Jacqui Webster
Know Your Noodles! Assessing Variations In Sodium Content Of Instant Noodles Across Countries, Clare Farrand, Karen E. Charlton, Michelle Crino, Joseph Santos, Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Jacqui Webster
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Reducing salt intake is a cost-effective public health intervention to reduce the global burden of non-communicable disease (NCDs). Ultra-processed foods contribute ~80% of dietary salt in high income countries, and are becoming prominent in low-middle income countries. Instant noodle consumption is particularly high in the Asia Pacific region. The aim of this study was to compare the sodium content of instant noodles sold worldwide to identify potential for reformulation. Analysis was undertaken for 765 instant noodle products from 10 countries using packaged food composition databases of ultra-processed foods compiled by the Global Food Monitoring Group (GFMG) and national shop survey …
Abrupt Transitions Between Macrobenthic Faunal Assemblages Across Seagrass Bed Margins, R.S.K Barnes, S Hamylton
Abrupt Transitions Between Macrobenthic Faunal Assemblages Across Seagrass Bed Margins, R.S.K Barnes, S Hamylton
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
The nature of the transition from one contrasting macrobenthic assemblage to another across interfaces between intertidal seagrass and unvegetated sand was investigated in the subtropical Moreton Bay Marine Park, eastern Australia, via six two-dimensional core lattices. The same pattern of transition was manifested in each lattice. Macrofaunal abundance, species density (both observed and estimated total) and assemblage composition did not vary with distance away from the interface within the 0.75 m wide marginal bands of each habitat type. Neither were there significant differences in assemblage metrics or composition between the marginal and non-edge regions of either habitat. There were, however, …
Selective Depletion Of Alloreactive T Cells Leads To Long-Term Islet Allograft Survival Across A Major Histocompatibility Complex Mismatch In Diabetic Mice, Min Hu, J Wu, G Y. Zhang, Y M. Wang, D Watson, S Yi, W J. Hawthorne, P J. O'Connell, S I. Alexander
Selective Depletion Of Alloreactive T Cells Leads To Long-Term Islet Allograft Survival Across A Major Histocompatibility Complex Mismatch In Diabetic Mice, Min Hu, J Wu, G Y. Zhang, Y M. Wang, D Watson, S Yi, W J. Hawthorne, P J. O'Connell, S I. Alexander
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Islet cell transplantation as a therapy for type 1 diabetes has been limited by progressive graft loss. Significant immunosuppression including T-cell ablation has been used in an attempt to limit islet rejection. Here, we show that CD3+ lymphocytes depleted of alloreactive T cells selected from a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), where responder BALB/c splenocytes stained with carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) were stimulated with irradiated C57BL/6 splenocytes for 5 days, infused into diabetic immunodeficient mice are capable of restoring a broad T-cell repertoire and specifically do not reject islet transplants from the strain (C57BL/6) used in the original depletion. These mice …
Archaeological Science In Australia: Integrating Across Disciplines And Scales Of Analysis, Zenobia Jacobs
Archaeological Science In Australia: Integrating Across Disciplines And Scales Of Analysis, Zenobia Jacobs
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
The basic questions in prehistoric archaeology have not changed much over the last forty years. In Australia, we continue to debate when and where Australia and its arid interior were first colonised, and whether or not these early colonisers were responsible for the extinction of the Australian megafauna. These questions are broad and any answers involve interdisciplinary teamwork that crosses conventional academic boundaries - the humanities and sciences.
Shell Artefact Production At 32,000-28,000 Bp In Island Southeast Asia: Thinking Across Media?, Katherine Szabo, Adam Brumm, Peter Bellwood
Shell Artefact Production At 32,000-28,000 Bp In Island Southeast Asia: Thinking Across Media?, Katherine Szabo, Adam Brumm, Peter Bellwood
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
The evolution of anatomical and behavioural modernity in Homo sapiens has been one of the key focus areas in both archaeology and palaeoanthropology since their inception. Traditionally, interpretations have drawn mainly on evidence from the many large and well-known sites in Europe, but archaeological research in Africa and the Levant is increasingly altering and elaborating upon our understanding of later human evolution. Despite the presence of a number of important early modern human and other hominin sites in Southeast Asia, evidence from this region has not contributed to the global picture in any significant way. Indeed, the acknowledged simplicity of …
The Edge Effect And Ecotonal Species: Bird Communities Across A Natural Edge In Southeastern Australia, Jack Baker, Kris French, Robert Whelan
The Edge Effect And Ecotonal Species: Bird Communities Across A Natural Edge In Southeastern Australia, Jack Baker, Kris French, Robert Whelan
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Ecotones have been considered as unique environments, and the concepts of edge effect and ecotonal species have been widely used, especially in avian community ecology. We studied the patterns of bird densities across heath-wood edges at replicated sites in three locations in southeastern Australia. Multivariate analysis showed that the bird community in the ecotone was intermediate between the heath and wood communities, indicating that the ecotone contained a mixing of species rather than a unique bird community. ANOVA showed a modest increase in bird density at the wood side of the ecotone, which may be partly due to sampling biases …