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Introduction - Doing Rural Cultural Studies, Clifton Evers, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray, Emily Potter Jan 2010

Introduction - Doing Rural Cultural Studies, Clifton Evers, Andrew W. Gorman-Murray, Emily Potter

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

In 2008, a themed section of Australian Humanities Review began the task of establishing the emerging field of ‘Rural Cultural Studies’. As the editors pointed out, ‘contemporary cultural studies researchers internationally and in Australia have been massively biased towards urban popular cultures’.


Beliefs And Beyond: What Can We Learn From Qualitative Studies Of Lay People's Understandings Of Cancer Risk?, Wendy Lipworth, Heather M. Davey, Stacy M. Carter, Claire Hooker, Wendy Hu Jan 2010

Beliefs And Beyond: What Can We Learn From Qualitative Studies Of Lay People's Understandings Of Cancer Risk?, Wendy Lipworth, Heather M. Davey, Stacy M. Carter, Claire Hooker, Wendy Hu

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Background  Clinicians and public health professionals are centrally concerned with mediating risk. However, people often resist the risk-related information that is communicated to them by experts, or have their own models of risk that conflict with expert views. Quantitative studies have clearly demonstrated the importance of health beliefs and various cognitive and emotional processes in shaping risk perception. More recently, a growing body of qualitative research has emerged, exploring lay conceptualizations, experiences and constructions of cancer risk. To date, this literature has not been synthesized. Objective  We report the findings of a synthesis of qualitative literature regarding the ways in …


Esi-Ms And Thermal Melting Studies Of Nanoscale Platinum(Ii) Metallomacrocycles With Dna, Margaret M. Harding, Louis M. Rendina, David Schilter, Thitima Urathamakul, Jennifer L. Beck Jan 2010

Esi-Ms And Thermal Melting Studies Of Nanoscale Platinum(Ii) Metallomacrocycles With Dna, Margaret M. Harding, Louis M. Rendina, David Schilter, Thitima Urathamakul, Jennifer L. Beck

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The hydrophilic, long-chain diamine PEGda (O,O′-bis(2-aminoethyl)octadeca(ethylene glycol)), when complexed with cis-protected Pt(II) ions afforded water-soluble complexes of the type [Pt(N,N)(PEGda)](NO3)2 (N,N = N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,2-diaminoethane (tmeda), 1,2-diaminoethane (en), and 2,2′-bipyridine (2,2′-bipy)) featuring unusual 62-membered chelate rings. Equimolar mixtures containing either the 16-mer duplex DNA D2 or the single-stranded D2a and [Pt(N,N)(PEGda)]2+ were analyzed by negative-ion ESI-MS. Analysis of D2-Pt(II) mixtures showed the formation of 1:1 adducts of [Pt(en)(PEGda)]2+, [Pt(tmeda)(PEGda)]2+ and the previously-described metallomacrocycle [Pt2(2,2′-bipy)2{4,4′-bipy(CH2)44,4′-bipy}2]8+ with D2; the dinuclear species bound to D2 most strongly, consistent with its greater charge and aromatic surface area. D2 formed 1:2 complexes with the acyclic species [Pt(2,2′-bipy)(Mebipy)2]4+ …


Hydration Dependent Studies Of Highly Aligned Multilayer Lipid Membranes By Neutron Scattering , Marcus Trapp, Thomas Gutberlet, Fanni Juranyi, T Unruh, Bruno Demé, Moeava Tehei, Judith Peters Jan 2010

Hydration Dependent Studies Of Highly Aligned Multilayer Lipid Membranes By Neutron Scattering , Marcus Trapp, Thomas Gutberlet, Fanni Juranyi, T Unruh, Bruno Demé, Moeava Tehei, Judith Peters

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

We investigated molecular motions on a picoseconds timescale of 1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn- Glycero-3-Phosphocholine (DMPC) model membranes as a function of hydration by using elastic and quasielastic neutron scattering. Two different hydrations corresponding to approximately nine and twelve water molecules per lipid were studied, the latter being the fully hydrated state. In our study we focused on head group motions by using chain deuterated lipids. Information on in-plane and out-of-plane motions could be extracted by using solid supported DMPC multilayers. Our studies confirm and complete former investigations by K¨onig et al. and Rheinst¨adter et al. who describe the dynamics of lipidmembranes, but did …


Phytochemical Investigations Of Stemona Curtisii And Synthetic Studies On Stemocurtisine Alkaloids, Sukanda Chaiyong, Araya Jatisatienr, Pitchaya Mungkornasawakul, Thanapat Sastraruji, Stephen G. Pyne, Alison T. Ung, Thitima Urathamakul, Wilford Lie Jan 2010

Phytochemical Investigations Of Stemona Curtisii And Synthetic Studies On Stemocurtisine Alkaloids, Sukanda Chaiyong, Araya Jatisatienr, Pitchaya Mungkornasawakul, Thanapat Sastraruji, Stephen G. Pyne, Alison T. Ung, Thitima Urathamakul, Wilford Lie

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The isolation of two new Stemona alkaloids, 1-hydroxyprotostemonine and stemocurtisine N-oxide, and a new benzofuran, stemofuran L, from the root extracts of Stemona curtisii is reported. The major known alkaloids from this plant extract, stemocurtisine, stemocurtisinol, and oxyprotostemonine, were also isolated along with oxystemokerrine N-oxide. The nonalkaloid components of this extract included a new benzofuran derivative, stemofuran L, the known stemofurans F, J, and K, dihydro-γ-tocopherol, and stigmasterol. Stemocurtisine and stemocurtisinol were converted to their respective N-oxides by oxidation. Stemocurtisine was converted to a tetracyclic derivative by oxidative cleavage of the γ-butyrolactone ring, while stemocurtisinol gave a novel lactam derivative …


Quasielastic And Elastic Scattering Studies Of Aligned Dmpc Multilayers At Different Hydrations, Marcus Trapp, Thomas Gutberlet, Fanni Juranyi, Moeava Tehei, Lambert Van Eijck, T Unruh, Judith Peters Jan 2010

Quasielastic And Elastic Scattering Studies Of Aligned Dmpc Multilayers At Different Hydrations, Marcus Trapp, Thomas Gutberlet, Fanni Juranyi, Moeava Tehei, Lambert Van Eijck, T Unruh, Judith Peters

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Lipid model membranes such as 1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosphocholine (DMPC) serve as role models for their more complex counterparts in biological systems. Quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) [1-3], inelastic neutron scattering (INS) [4] and neutron spin echo spectroscopy (NSE) [5] have been employed to study local as well as collective dynamics of these membranes on a ps-ns time scale. Most of these studies lack a systematic investigation of the behavior of the model membranes in dependence on their hydration. We now started a detailed investigation of hydration effect on model membrane systems. The complexity of the dynamics can be further reduced by selective deuteration, …


Early Years Studies, Edward Melhuish Jan 2010

Early Years Studies, Edward Melhuish

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Keynote address at the MRC Population Health Sciences Research Network/MRC Methodology Research Panel Workshop, 21 January 2010, London, United Kingdom


Cinematic Hooks For Korean Studies: Using The ‘Apache’ Framework For Inspiring Students About Korea In And Through Film, Brian M. Yecies, Ben Goldsmith Jan 2010

Cinematic Hooks For Korean Studies: Using The ‘Apache’ Framework For Inspiring Students About Korea In And Through Film, Brian M. Yecies, Ben Goldsmith

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

Developing awareness of and maintaining interest in Korea and Korean culture for non-language secondary and tertiary students continues to challenge educators in Australia. A lack of appropriate and accessible creative and cultural materials is a key factor contributing to this challenge. In light of changes made to ‘fair use’ guidelines for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the United States in July 2010, and in order to prepare for a time in the near future when Australian copyright regulations might follow suit, this article offers a framework for utilizing film and digital media contents in the classroom. Case studies of …


Travelling Partners: Using Literary Studies To Support Creative Writing About Real Spaces, Joshua M. Lobb Jan 2010

Travelling Partners: Using Literary Studies To Support Creative Writing About Real Spaces, Joshua M. Lobb

Faculty of Creative Arts - Papers (Archive)

This paper investigates the ways in which literary studies and critical theory can be used to provide writers with productive creative models for representing ‘real spaces’: that is, the incorporation of real locations within a creative work. Many new creative writing students begin with the premise ‘write what you know’, but often overlook the implications of including the names of real places in their work—whether it be Paris, Paddington Station or Prahran. The paper argues that the examination of existing creative work allows writers to understand the practical and the political ramifications of this activity. The paper will outline the …