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Developing A Decision Aid For Drivers Living With Dementia: Supporting Consumers And Carers In The Process Of Making Decisions About Driving Retirement, Catherine L. Andrew, John Carmody, Kate L. Lewis, Victoria Traynor, Don Iverson Jan 2013

Developing A Decision Aid For Drivers Living With Dementia: Supporting Consumers And Carers In The Process Of Making Decisions About Driving Retirement, Catherine L. Andrew, John Carmody, Kate L. Lewis, Victoria Traynor, Don Iverson

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Abstract of paper that presented at the Occupational Therapy Australia, 25th National Conference and Exhibition, 24-26 July 2013, Adelaide Convention Centre.


The Drivers Of Effectiveness Of Prescribed Fire Treatment, Owen Francis Price Jan 2012

The Drivers Of Effectiveness Of Prescribed Fire Treatment, Owen Francis Price

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Prescribed burning for fuel reduction is a major strategy for reducing the risk from unplanned fire. Although there are theoretical studies suggesting that prescribed fire has a strong negative influence on the subsequent area of unplanned fire (so-called leverage), many empirical studies find a more modest influence. Here, I develop a series of simulations to explore the landscape drivers of leverage. Leverage declines with treatment level in a nonlinear, "decay" relationship, implying diminishing effectiveness. The spatial configuration of the prescribed fire treatment has a major effect: long linear (gridded) barriers are far more effective than patch barriers, but gaps in …