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Australian Society (australian + society)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Medical Sciences58%
Humanities and Social Sciences17%

Selected Abstracts

Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine, 2003

INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, Issue 6 2004
Article first published online: 24 JUN 200
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Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine, 2001

INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, Issue 5-6 2002
Article first published online: 27 MAY 200
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Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine, 2000

INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, Issue 4 2002
Article first published online: 27 MAY 200
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ASBMB and FAOBMB Inc.: Present status and future opportunities

IUBMB LIFE, Issue 7 2010
John de Jersey
Past and present relationships of three biochemistry and molecular biology organizations: the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB); and the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are discussed. The future of these organizations, particularly FAOBMB, is then considered in the light of factors behind their current status and likely future effects of globalization, growth in Asia, changes in disciplinary focus and contribution to global issues. © 2010 IUBMB IUBMB Life 62(7): 483,485, 2010 [source]

The history of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

IUBMB LIFE, Issue 7 2010
Liana Friedman
Abstract The Australian Biochemical Society was established in 1955 and has played a crucial role in nurturing science in Australia. In 1990, the Society underwent a name change to become the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Today, the majority of ASBMB's members (1,000) work in universities and research institutes, although many also come from industry, hospitals, and government agencies. The Society is also strongly supported by its Sustaining Members, which are science-related companies and other commercial entities. © 2010 IUBMB IUBMB Life 62(7): 486,491, 2010 [source]

The tammar wallaby: A model to examine endocrine and local control of lactation

IUBMB LIFE, Issue 3 2007
Amelia J. Brennan
Abstract WORTH A SECOND LOOK From time to time we republish review articles from the Australian Biochemist, the magazine of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc. This exposes these excellent reviews to a much wider and different readership. Here we republish a review on the tammar wallaby that originally appeared in the Australian Biochemist, volume 57, no. 2, August 2006. We are most grateful for the permission of the authors and of Rebecca Lew, the Editor of the Australian Biochemist, to republish the review. Dr Lew is also an IUBMB Life Editor. Marsupials, such as the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), have adopted a reproductive strategy that is very different to eutherians. Both the rate of production and the composition of milk changes progressively during the lactation cycle to meet the nutritional demands of an altricial young. The tammar therefore provides a valuable model to study changes in milk composition, and in particular the genes that code for proteins secreted in the milk, to more accurately assess the role of gene products regulating either development of the young or mammary function. IUBMB Life, 59: 146-150, 2007 [source]

Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, Issue 2 2006
Position Statement No. 13 Delirium in Older People
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Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine Position Statement No. 7 Immunisation of Older People Revised 2004

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, Issue 1 2005
Article first published online: 4 MAR 200
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Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine Position Statement No. 10: Residential Aged Care from the Geriatrician's Perspective

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, Issue 1 2002
Article first published online: 5 DEC 200
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Letter to the President of the Australian Society of Endodontology

AUSTRALIAN ENDODONTIC JOURNAL, Issue 3 2006
Mark O'Sullivan
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The Australian experience of deinstitutionalization: interaction of Australian culture with the development and reform of its mental health services

ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 2006
A. Rosen
Objective:, To describe the Australian experience of deinstitutionalization of the Australian National Mental Health Strategy in the context of the history of mental health services in Australia, and of Australian culture. Method:, The development of Australian Mental Health Services is described with reference to developments in both psychiatric intervention research and Australian culture. The effects and achievements of national mental health reforms are described and critically examined. Results:, The relationship in Australia between the development of mental health services and the development of Australian society includes the stories of colonization, gold rushes, suppression of indigenous peoples' rights, incarceration of mentally ill people, and incompatible state service systems. Mental health services required reform to provide consistent services and support for full citizenship and rights for such individuals who are still on the margins of society. Recent national developments in service models and service system research have been driven by the Australian National Mental Health Strategy. The translation of national policy into state/territory mental health service systems has led to a ,natural' experiment between states. Differing funding and implementation strategies between states have developed services with particular strengths and limitations. Conclusion:, The effects of competition for limited resources between core mental health service delivery and the shift to a population-based public health approach (to prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health), leaves our services vulnerable to doing neither particularly well. The recent loss of momentum of these reforms, due to failure of governments to continue to drive and fund them adequately, is causing the erosion of their considerable achievements. [source]

Factors Affecting Australia's Refugee Policy: The Case of the Kosovars

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, Issue 2 2001
Jackie King
This article seeks to explain Australia's refugee policy and to identify the various objectives and factors that influence the development of that policy. Australia's refugee programme seeks to: provide a humanitarian response and protection to individual refugees; participate responsibly in the international community; honour its Convention obligations; further the interests of the people of Australia; meet high standards of administration and; acknowledge as much as possible changes in refugee populations. In fulfilling these objectives, Australian governments must weigh and balance various competing factors. These include: humanitarian responsibility, international obligations, social, political, economic and foreign policy factors, as well as efficient administration. In balancing the relative importance of these factors, the Federal government hopes to fulfil all its refugee and humanitarian objectives. However, the pluralistic nature of Australian society and the often conflicting ideals associated with protection of Australia's interests and the preservation of the rights of refugees, means that fulfilment of these objectives is difficult. This article examines the Australian government's response to the Kosovar conflict, to assess the relative success Australia had in fulfilling its refugee policy objectives and identifying the various factors that produced the final result. [source]

"Seeing the Baby": Pleasures and Dilemmas of Ultrasound Technologies for Primiparous Australian Women

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY QUARTERLY, Issue 1 2004
Gillian Harris
The practice of obstetric ultrasound scans has undergone significant expansion in the last two decades and is now a standard part of many women's antenatal care in Australia as elsewhere. This article reviews recent evidence about the value of obstetric ultrasound, summarizing debates and contradictions in research literature and practitioner guidelines. Pregnant women's interpretations of the significance of ultrasound are examined through multiple interviews with 34 study participants. We find that ultrasound has become an integral part of women's embodied experience of pregnancy, with its own pleasures and dilemmas. The increasing use the technology has augmented the role of scientific biomedicine in the government of pregnancy. This must be understood in the light of trends toward individualized risk management in which the pregnant woman increasingly takes responsibility for the successful outcome of the pregnancy, in a context where pregnancy is discursively constructed as a risky domain of gendered experience in contemporary Australian society, [discourse, obstetric ultrasound, embodiment, pregnancy, feminist] [source]

Australian baby boomers' expectations and plans for their old age

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, Issue 1 2006
Susan Quine
The ageing of Australia's 5.5 million baby boomers (born 1946,1965) will significantly change Australian society, yet it is unclear what is known about the expectations and plans of this cohort for their retirement and old age. This paper provides a first step by reviewing the Australian literature, focusing on the areas of health, housing, work and income, and responsibility. Information from the peer-reviewed literature and the Internet published during 1996,2005 was reviewed. One hundred ninety-five Australian references were retrieved, of which only 94 were relevant. The review identified that, despite agreement about the significance of baby boomer's ageing, empirical work directly addressing the research topics was rare. In particular, there was little coverage of baby boomers' ascription of responsibility for their welfare in older age. If policies are to be effective, empirical research obtaining information directly from baby boomers is required to fill the gaps identified through this review. [source]

Is the health of young unemployed Australians worse in times of low unemployment?

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Issue 1 2009
Justin Newton Scanlan
Abstract Objective: To compare the health of young unemployed Australians during a period of low unemployment (April 2007: rate 4.4%) against published Australian norms for 18,24 year olds and unemployed people during a time of higher unemployment (February 1995 to January 1996: rate 8.1% to 8.9%). Methods: Two hundred and fifty-one unemployed 18,25 year olds residing in New South Wales completed the SF36 Health Survey version 2 (SF36v2) during a time of low unemployment. SF36v2 subscale and component summary scores were compared with published norms for 18,24 year olds and for unemployed persons during a time of higher unemployment. Results: Young unemployed people during a period of low unemployment reported poorer health in all areas when compared with age-matched norms and poorer psychological health when compared with the published norms for unemployed people from a time when unemployment rates were higher. Conclusions: The health of young unemployed individuals during a time of low unemployment was poor when compared to both the general population and to unemployed people during a time of higher unemployment. Implications: Public health interventions must focus on improving the health of young unemployed people to support their engagement with and contribution to Australian society. [source]

Snuggles, Cuddles and Sexuality: An(other) Anthropological Interpretation of May Gibbs's Snugglepot and Cuddlepie,

THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Issue 3 2003
Chris Eipper
This paper offers an interpretation of May Gibbs's classic illustrated children's story, The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Its inspiration was Annette Hamilton's 1975 anthropological analysis, ,Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: happy families in Australian society'. Rather than effacing that account, my reinterpretation draws on and augments it, even as it turns it ,inside out'. The paper argues that stories acquire mythic status by magnetising interpretation. In suggesting that questions of subjectivity, identity and sublimated obsession are central concerns of May Gibbs's story, it directs our attention to the authoring of culture, its creation, transmission and transformation. The ,Mother of the Gumnuts' emerges from her recurring depictions of kinship and friendship, marriage and adoption, twinship and mirroring, androgyny, ambiguity and ambivalence, as queerly contemporary. If the approach advocated here is correct, such a revelation (and the sense we make of its significance) will not only complicate, but also enhance, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie's enduring appeal and emblematic status as a national icon. [source]