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Roman Catholicism: A Communication Quandary, Angela Coco

Angela Coco

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Modelling Stress Constructs With Biomarkers: The Importance Of The Measurment Model, Joanne Bradbury

Joanne Bradbury

Background The transactional model of stress describes a psychological and physiological stress response that is elicited when an environmental demand is perceived to out-weigh the ability to cope with the demand. With perception at its core, this theory explains large variances in human stress responses. A frequently cited measure of stress perception is the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). A two-step approach to structural equation modelling (SEM) necessitates that a valid measurement model for stress be first established through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and then the impact of stress on the biomarkers be assessed. Methods The aims of this study were …

Walking With Refugees: An Educational Field Trip To Rocky Creek Dam, Angela Coco, Brad Shipway, Robert Lingard, Mendes Leandro

Angela Coco

Walking with Refugees: an education field trip to Rocky Creek Dam was devised and conducted by Leandro Mendes of North Coast Settlement Services in collaboration with Southern Cross University researchers, Angela Coco, Brad Shipway and Robert Lingard, and Barb Jensen from Rous Water. The event was funded by the St Vincent de Paul Society and took place on 29 June, 2013. Settlers (previously refugees), members of the organising groups and experienced students participated in this social and educational outing. Sixty-one participants travelled by bus from the Lismore CBD to the Dam. A further 11 people used private transport. The day’s …

Repertoire, Performance, Implementation And Standardisation In Music For Formal Dance Performance On Cruise Ships, David Cashman

David Cashman

One of the many forms of musical performance aboard cruise ships is that accompanying formal dance, or “Strict Tempo Ballroom” performance. Formal dance is an important aspect of the traditional cruise ship tourism product, with links to the “glory days” of passenger shipping, media images that are used to create desire for cruise ship consumption. Such performance occurs using a compact version of a traditional big band at some stage on nearly every cruise ship. Repertoire ranges from standard 1930s big band hits to 1960s and 70s film music and 70s funk. The cruise industry realises formal dance music in …

Assessing Progress In The Roof Over Our Heads Venture, Angela Coco, Louise Horstmanshof

Angela Coco

Executive Summary This report furnishes a progress evaluation of the cross disciplinary Roof over our Head venture initiated in the School of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS) in 2010. The venture was suggested by Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Coyle as a means of building upon Social Science research being undertaken in the School by Doctors Sandy Darab and Yvonne Hartman. Researchers from the Media Program, Dr Grayson Cooke and Assoc. Prof. Coyle, and Arts, Doctors Moya Costello and Janie Conway-Herron put forth project proposals which were incrementally developed throughout 2011. Roof over our Heads (henceforward Roof) aimed to develop research to …

Kellerman: Expanded: A Live Audio-Visual Performance In The Whitsundays, Grayson Cooke

Grayson Cooke

‘Kellerman: EXPANDED’ was a live audio-visual performance and improvisation, specially produced for the Seventh International Small island Cultures Conference in the Whitsundays (June 2011). It was a ‘live cinema’ remix project, in which footage from films featuring and about Australian champion swimmer and silent film star Annette Kellerman was mixed live against a soundtrack made up of songs about the Whitsundays and tracks by sound artist Mike Cooper. Annette Kellerman was an Australian performer who achieved fame as a synchronised swimmer in the London and New York Hippodromes in the 1910s and, later, as a silent film star. She spent …

Supply-Side Evolution Of Caravanning In Australia: An Historical Analysis Of Caravan Manufacturing And Caravan Parks, Rod Caldicott

Rod Caldicott

This exploratory study reviewed internal and external supply-side elements of caravanning in Australia, an area largely overlooked to date in the demand-side focused literature. More specifically, it investigated how caravan parks have developed over the passage of time and what role the caravan manufacturing sector (external element) and the park-based site-mix options (internal element) have had in shaping that development.

In 2011, the caravanning industry is only a mere shadow of its former glory days of the mid seventies, as recognised within its own national peak body, the Caravan, Recreational Vehicle and Accommodation Industry of Australia (CRVA), despite the current …

Functional Review Of Multi-Faith Services, Angela Coco

Angela Coco

A review of Chaplaincy Services at Southern Cross University (SCU) in 2004 resulted in the institution of The Multi-Faith Centre (MFC) and its guiding body, the Interfaith Advisory Committee (IFAC) in 2005. Since then the role of the Lismore Pastoral Care Coordinator has expanded as SCU campuses have grown and additional Pastoral Care Coordinators have been appointed to Coffs Harbour and Tweed Gold Coast campuses. This report outlines the ways the changing profile of SCU’s campuses and student population has implications for the provision of multi-faith resources and services. In the past year, IFAC has used a series of research …