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Perceptions of Workload: A Qualitative Exploration of School Well-being Professionals in Queensland
No full textSchool psychologists, counsellors, and guidance officers—collectively referred to as school well-being professionals (SWBPs)—play a critical role in supporting student mental health and positive educational outcomes. However, increasing student needs, expanding policy expectations, and systemic pressures have intensified demands on this workforce. This study explores how SWBPs in Queensland perceive and experience their workload and the emotional demands within complex educational contexts. Using thematic analysis and drawing on qualitative data from a larger mixed-methods study, open-ended survey responses from practising SWBPs were examined. Findings reveal widespread perceptions of high and often unsustainable workloads, long hours, competing demands, and limited capacity for preventative work. Role-based differences contributed to perceived inequities, while emotional labour and exposure to student trauma heightened risks of burnout and attrition. These results highlight the need for systemic reforms, clearer role expectations, and stronger organisational supports to sustain the SWBP workforce and ensure equitable student access to well-being services
Skillmatics: toying with technology for growth
No full textThe case is developed primarily on the interview conducted with Mr Dhvanil Sheth, founder and CEO of Skillmatics. Case writers have also extensively explored secondary sources like published research articles, news articles and market research reports.
Skillmatics, an Indian toy brand, was among the leading educational toy companies selling in online and offline categories for the North American and Indian markets. The company had successfully achieved over 56.8m to $600m), Sheth had to make multiple strategic choices: should he continue to focus on the current target segment and geography, or look at new target segments and new geographies? To be able to compete in multiple products/markets to achieve his growth targets, how could he effectively integrate AI to create a sustainable business model?
This case is suitable for undergraduate, first-year and second-year MBA students. It can be taught as part of both core and elective courses in business model innovation, entrepreneurship, product management and digital marketing. The case is designed to facilitate engaging discussion in a class of 20–50 students. The instructor may choose to adopt interactive online tools to administer the case via an online mode of delivery. For better discussions, during online class discussions, the instructor may use the breakout sessions functionality of the online meeting platforms
Advancements and challenges in printed thermoelectrics
No full textPrinted thermoelectric materials have emerged as promising candidates for large-scale manufacturing due to their low cost, design flexibility, and tunable microstructures. Advances in ink formulation, printable materials, and printing technologies have enabled the fabrication of a wide range of organic, inorganic, and hybrid thermoelectric materials and devices. Despite these advances, challenges remain, including achieving optimal ink rheology, attaining a high thermoelectric figure of merit, maintaining microstructural uniformity, and ensuring stable generator performance after printing. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in printed thermoelectric materials and devices. It begins by introducing the fundamentals of the thermoelectric effect, key ink properties, and strategies for ink optimization. The discussion then shifts to material performance across various printing techniques and material classes, outlining approaches for further enhancement. Additional factors, such as post-treatment processes, substrate selection, and electrode design are also explored. Finally, practical applications, including sensors, coolers, energy harvesters, and biomedical devices, are highlighted. By linking ink formulation and device engineering with real-world applications, this review offers a roadmap for advancing the development and deployment of printed thermoelectric technologies
The HIV response at Resilience During an Inflection Point: Resilience, Innovation and Equity
No full textWorld AIDS Day 2025 arrives at a critical inflection point for the global HIV response. Four decades of scientific progress have transformed HIV into a manageable chronic condition, yet funding contractions, widening inequities, and persistent stigma threaten progress towards epidemic control. This review of the Special Collection highlights emerging challenges and opportunities across prevention, care, and social contexts, with a focus on resilience. Digital innovation, accelerated by COVID-19, is reshaping HIV service delivery through telehealth, remote engagement, and online research platforms. Studies of PrEP use across the Asia–Pacific region reveal cyclical patterns of prevention, varying preferences for long-acting and oral formulations, and the centrality of person-centred approaches. Other papers examine sexual satisfaction among people living with HIV, showing the ongoing influence of stigma even in the era of U=U (Undetectable equals untransmittable). Several contributions highlight enduring social and gendered inequities, including stigma among healthcare workers and gaps in menopause, reproductive health, and psychosocial care for women living with HIV. Evidence from humanitarian settings demonstrates how climate-related crises heighten HIV vulnerabilities, while peer-led navigation models illustrate community resilience. These papers underscore the need to integrate scientific innovation with equity, community leadership, and sustained solidarity as the global HIV movement adapts to a rapidly changing landscape
Interannual and Intraseasonal Variability in the Southern Hemisphere
No full textThis chapter discusses the major features of intraseasonal (weekly to three-monthly) and interannual (year-to-year) variability in the Southern Hemisphere’s atmospheric circulation and their relationship with large-scale modes of variability such as the Madden–Julian Oscillation, El Niño Southern Oscillation, the Indian Ocean Dipole, and the Southern Annular Mode. The interactions between these modes of variability are also explored. Teleconnections to regional large-scale temperature and precipitation variability in the Southern Hemisphere are summarised. While the focus of this chapter is large-scale drivers and circulation patterns, we also briefly discuss regional processes occurring on interannual timescales (such as subtropical dipole modes) and associated impacts. Finally, a brief summary of observed trends and projected future changes to these modes is presented, as well as current challenges and research gaps
Vulnerability Analysis of Construction Safety System for Tropical Island Building Projects Based on GV-IB Model
Full text linkThe unique natural environment and climate of tropical island regions present significant challenges to construction. Under these variable natural conditions and complex construction processes, identifying and analyzing potential risks that could lead to vulnerabilities in construction safety systems and clarifying their transmission pathways remains a pressing issue. To fill this research gap, a GV-IB model for vulnerability analysis of construction safety systems in tropical island building projects (CSSTIBPs) was established. This model constructs a vulnerability analysis index system for tropical island construction safety systems based on the Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) and Vulnerability Scoping Diagram (VSD), considering exposure, sensitivity, and adaptability. By combining the artificial fish swarm algorithm with the K2 algorithm and the EM algorithm, an Improved Bayesian Network (IBN) is constructed to analyze and infer the influencing factors and disaster chains of vulnerability in tropical island construction safety systems. The IBN can effectively overcome the dependence on node order and data gaps in traditional Bayesian Network construction methods. The effectiveness of the model is verified by analyzing Hainan Island, China. The research results show that (a) The IBN stability verification showed an Area Under ROC Curve (AUC) of 0.783 > 0.7, indicating high effectiveness in identifying vulnerability factors. (b) Within the vulnerability measurement nodes of the CSSTIBPs, the influence on the system decreases in the following order is exposure (0.41), sensitivity (0.31), and adaptability (0.03). (c) Emergency response time, safety training, hazard identification time, accident response time, and duration of severe weather are key factors affecting the vulnerability of CSSTIBPs
Towards a Critical Pedagogy of Forest Intelligence. Introducing the Forest Art Intelligence (FAI) Project
No full textIn an era of accelerating ecological degradation, how might experimental art practices help audiences foster deeper, more empathetic engagement with the intelligence of living systems? This paper explores the potential of contemporary art, when aligned with ecological science, to reframe forest regeneration as a site of aesthetic and ethical inquiry — by regarding the forest as a primary composer within artistic and ecological frameworks. It asks: how might this approach underpin a novel form of “Critical Forest Pedagogy” capable of deepening our understanding of the collective natural intelligence of the living world and encouraging long-term conservation?
To test these ideas, a new art-science project, Forest Art Intelligence, was initiated, framing a regenerating forest as an evolving, living artwork. Because forests evolve through stages mediated by life, death, regeneration and human influence, those stages of growth can also be framed as “process art”—a practice that values each stage of an artwork’s transformation. Collectively therefore this approach proposes a form of art-led “Critical Forest Pedagogy” suited to engaging communities traditionally unaligned with conservation, while remaining relevant to ecologically cognate audiences. It further asks whether this framing might promote a rethinking of restrictive, human-centred definitions of intelligence that underpin generative AI
SPACE: A Case Study on Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in Online Social Work Placements
No full textSocial work education has had to reassess its approach to online teaching and technology in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequential normalising of working from home and flexible work arrangements in some industries. However, despite the potential benefits offered by online placement modalities, there remains deeply held scepticism and concerns about the quality of online learning experiences Utilising principles of cooperative inquiry, this article examines social work students’ experiences of online placements by drawing from a collaborative model known as the “Supporting Placement through online Access and Community Engagement” (SPACE) Project. Despite students’ initial perceptions of online learning experiences being inferior to face-to-face placement, no significant difference in their capacity to demonstrate the required learning outcomes was found between the two modalities. Students reported that a well-structured placement program, student-informed learning goals, access to good supervision, flexible work arrangements, and focus on creating a diverse peer community were enablers of good placement outcomes, irrespective of whether placement was offered online or face-to-face. The flexibility offered by online placements was seen as positive for those who would otherwise face barriers to participation owing to childcare, work, mental health, or other familial and cultural commitments
Supporting the recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing and midwifery academics – a scoping review
No full textAim
To synthesise global evidence on strategies that support the recruitment and retention of First Nations nursing and midwifery academics.
Background
The representation of First Nations people in nursing and midwifery academia is essential for culturally safe healthcare education and addressing systemic inequities. Despite various initiatives, challenges persist in attracting and retaining First Nations academics in these fields.
Design
A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework and reported in line with PRISMA-ScR guidelines.
Methods
A comprehensive search was conducted across six databases (Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Emcare and PubMed) using terms related to Indigenous identity, academic workforce and nursing/midwifery. Studies were included if they addressed recruitment or retention of First Nations nursing and midwifery academics. The research team collaboratively extracted data to identify patterns and map key themes across the studies.
Results
Four studies met the inclusion criteria, representing Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S.A. Seven key themes emerged: (1) publicly stated commitments to change, (2) curriculum-community-university partnerships, (3) defined academic pathways, (4) inclusive and culturally safe work environments, (5) mentorship and allyship, (6) supportive leadership and (7) institutional policy reform. Australian-specific research was limited despite the global relevance of the issue.
Conclusions
Creating culturally safe, inclusive academic environments is critical to strengthening the First Nations academic workforce. Key strategies include leadership development, mentorship, institutional accountability and systemic reform. Addressing these areas is vital for improving recruitment and retention and advancing health equity outcomes
Asteroseismic detection of a predominantly toroidal magnetic field in the deep interior of the main-sequence F star KIC 9244992
No full textAn asteroseismic analysis has revealed a magnetic field in the deep interior of a slowly rotating main-sequence F star KIC 9244992, which was observed by the Kepler spacecraft for 4 yr. The star shows clear asymmetry of frequency splittings of highorder dipolar gravity modes, which cannot be explained by rotation alone, but are fully consistent with a model with rotation, a magnetic field, and a discontinuous structure (glitch). Careful examination of the frequency dependence of the asymmetry allows us to put constraints on not only the radial component of the magnetic field but also its azimuthal (toroidal) component. The lower bounds of the root mean squares of the radial and azimuthal components in the radiative region within 50 per cent in radius, which have the highest sensitivity in the layers just outside the convective core with a steep gradient of chemical compositions, are estimated to be Bmin r = 3.5 ± 0.1 kG and Bmin φ = 92 ± 7 kG, respectively. The much stronger azimuthal component than the radial one is consistent with the significant contribution of the differential rotation, although the star has almost uniform rotation at present. The estimated field strengths are too strong to be explained by dynamo mechanisms in the radiative zone associated with the magnetic Tayler instability. The aspherical glitch is found to be located in the innermost radiative layers where there is a steep gradient of chemical composition. The first detection of magnetic fields in the deep interior of a main-sequence star sheds new light on the problem of stellar magnetism, for which there remain many uncertainties