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Integrating climate change and planetary health into medical education in Australia and New Zealand
No full textMedical educators from medical schools across Australia and New Zealand formed a Working Group on Climate Change and Health in 2017.(1) The Group also included representatives of both national Medical Student Associations. The purpose was to develop learning resources about the human health impacts of climate change and encourage use in medical curricula. Five broad areas of learning were identified to inform graduate outcome statements and learning objectives aligning medical student education with the provision of environmentally sustainable health care:1. The principles of human-induced climate change and how this relates to the environmental determinants of health2. The impact of climate change on health3. The impact of climate change on the health system4. The environmental impact of the health sector and what comprises environmentally sustainable healthcare5. Creating change, both intra- and intersectorally, through advocacy and leadershi
A Preliminary Analysis of Self-Efficacy Relationships With General and Job-Specific Fitness in Law Enforcement Officers
No full textGeneral and job-specific fitness may decline in law enforcement officers during their careers. Exercise self-efficacy (individual’s belief in ability to perform exercise) may present as one reason why an officer’s fitness declines and could relate to the officer’s general and job-specific fitness. Archival data from 60 officers (48 men, 12 women) were analyzed. A 6-item questionnaire measured coping (ability to adapt) and scheduling (ability to manage and schedule) self-efficacy. The items were assessed on a scale of 0 (not confident) to 100 (completely confident). General fitness tests included resting heart rate, blood pressure, skeletal muscle mass and fat mass percentage (FM%), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), sit-and-reach, grip strength, 60-s push-ups, 60-s sit-ups, and YMCA step test recovery heart rate. Job-specific fitness was measured by a 99-yard obstacle course (99OC), body drag, 6-foot chain link fence climb (CLF), 6-foot solid wall climb (SW), and 500-yard run. Partial correlations controlling for sex and age calculated relationships between self-efficacy with fitness (p , 0.05). Coping self-efficacy had small-to-moderate negative relationships with FM%, WHR, 99OC, CLF, and SW (p # 0.047). Both coping and scheduling self-efficacy had small-to-large positive relationships with push-ups and sit-ups (p # 0.040). Higher confidence in the ability to overcome exercise participation challenges related to lower BF% and WHR, and faster 99OC, CLF, and SW performance in officers. Officers confident in their ability to overcome exercise participation challenges and schedule exercise performed more push-ups and sit-ups. Providing strategies for officers to overcome challenges and manage their exercise schedules could benefit body adiposity, muscular endurance, and select job tasks
Blu-ray: Audio Commentary for Andrzej Zulawski's 'Possession' (1981)
No full textDirector: Andrzej Żuławski Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz BennentA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behaviour after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something far more sinister.Special Features A new Producer approved 4K restoration presented in HDR with Dolby VisionDual format 3 disc edition including 1 UHD and 2 Blu-rays with main feature and bonus features on both formatsThe North American Re-edit: newly restored from an archive printNew Audio Commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Alison TaylorAudio Commentary by Director Andrzej Żuławski moderated by Daniel BirdAudio Commentary by Frederic Tuten moderated by Daniel BirdNew Audio Commentary by Daniel Bird and Manuela Lazic (The North American Re-edit)The Horror of Normality: Guillermo del Toro on PossessionThe Shadow We Carry: Kat Ellinger on PossessionRepossessed: The Film’s UK and US ReceptionAndrzej Żuławski: Director: archive documentaryA Divided City: The Berlin locationsThe Sounds of Possession: an interview with Composer Andrzej KorzynskiOur Friend in the West: an interview with Producer Christian FerryBasha: a featurette on poster artist Barbara ‘Basha’ BaranowskaThe Other Side of The Wall: The Making of PossessionArchive interview with Andrzej ŻuławskiDeleted ScenesTheatrical TrailerLimited Edition ContentsRigid slipcase with Basha’s original theatrical artwork220-page hardback book with new essays by Daniel Bird, Elena Lazic and Alison Taylor, ‘The Creature: Preliminary Sketches’, ‘Filming Possession’, ‘The Poster of Possession’, pressbook feature, archive articles and interviews and Behind the Scenes gallery211-page original shooting script book with notes by Andrzej Żuławski and Frederic Tuten6 collectors' art cards </p
Submission in response to Foreign Investment Framework Reforms – Discussion Paper, 31 Oct 2025
Get PDFI argue that Treasury should prioritise targeted reform of the “associates or influence” capture rules for sensitive activities , particularly processing and refining of critical minerals, rare-earths value chains and dual-use technologies. The reform should be combined with streamlined guarantees for objectively low-risk investments. The recent assumption of operational control over Nexperia (a major semiconductor firm owned by the Chinese corporation Wingtech, which is listed on the United States Department of Commerce’s Entity List for technology export control purposes) by the Government of the Netherlands underscores the strategic implications of indirect ownership and influence in sensitive sectors. Nexperia’s example also illustrates how opaque corporate structures can mask strategic influence and why reform in this area is now urgen
Breaking down barriers: A qualitative study of the influence of clinical space design on teamwork
No full textBackgroundDelivery of safe maternity care requires not only individual competence but collective team work, influenced by knowledge, team culture and physical working spaces. The ideal layout for a birthing unit is not known, but deliberate changes to the built environment can influence patient care.AimsTo explore the impact of creation of an open ‘hub’ on maternity team culture in a tertiary birthing unit and how physical changes to the environment shape values and practice.Materials and MethodsSemi-structured interviews of members of the interprofessional team in a tertiary birth suite were performed and analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsSeventeen healthcare workers participated in interviews. Themes included: (i) enhanced psychological safety; (ii) impacts on teamwork; (iii) unintended consequences; and (iv) future directions for team cohesion and collaboration.ConclusionsChanges to the built environment can impact team work. This qualitative study identified benefits and unintended consequences to removing a wall, creating a maternity hub. Individuals, departmental leadership, and hospital executives should consider how changes to the built environment can be an effective and efficient way to shape teamwork and organisational culture
Spinal mobilisation and manipulation for paediatric populations
Get PDFSpinal manipulation of infants and children is a global concern. The International Federation of Manual and Musculoskeletal Physical Therapists (IFOMPT) and the International Organisation of Physiotherapists in Paediatrics (IOPTP) started a task force in 2020 to develop a position statement on the safe and effective use of manipulation and mobilisation in the paediatric population. We used a three-step guideline process including literature reviews, a Delphi study of experts in the field and an evidence-to-decision analysis
Submission of the Australian Discrimination Law Experts Group in response to the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department Review of the Disability Discrimination Act
No full textThis submission focuses on key questions raised in the Disability Discrimination Act Review Issues Paper (‘the Issues Paper’) released in August 2025 by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, regarding amending the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)
Do Jockeys “Look to” or “Rest on” Their Laurels After a Sequence of Winning Rides?
Get PDFWe use Australian Thoroughbred racing data, including situational variables, to examine when a sequence of winning rides for a jockey initiates psychological momentum (PM) that makes a win on the next ride more or less likely, other things equal. Of the 42% of jockeys that exhibit PM, we find positive PM is much more common (80%) than negative PM; PM is more often precipitated by the first than the second win in the sequence; and the duration of PM is only a single ride in 90% of cases. The later the precipitating win in the sequence the more intense the PM generated. We find no evidence that PM is related to age, gender, or general riding ability. Although a broad strategy of betting on momentum-prone jockeys would result in losses, a more selective wagering strategy exploiting knowledge of when the PM is precipitated and its intensity, could generate a positive profit
