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Deep_Time_Detectives_Palaeoecology_Report
No full textThis file is a supplemental palaeoecology report that you may choose to provide to your students as part of the Deep Time Detectives program. Full details on how to use these reports, including teaching notes on interpretation, are available in the Teacher Resource Booklet.Deep Time Detectives: Discover, Analyse, Interpret. © 2025 by Stannard, G.L., E. Mein, L. Ahoy, M.W. Moore, R. Patrick and V. Weisbecker 2025 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/</p
Manifestations of Neo-Ottomanism and the Blue Homeland during the Era of the Justice and Development Party
No full textSubmitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.</p
Taraxacum F.H.Wigg. (Cichorieae) in Australia: The story of systematic research on the island continent in the last four decades
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Essays on Demographic Effects on Mutual Fund Flows
No full textSubmitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.</p
The buffering effects of mindfulness and organizational support on the mental health of hospital pharmacists in high-workload environments
No full textThe present research aims to explore the impact of workload on the mental well-being of hospital pharmacists, focusing on the mediating roles of mindfulness and perceived organizational support (POS). Utilizing a cross-sectional design, data were collected from 411 hospital pharmacists in Punjab, Pakistan, during July-September 2023 via stratified sampling. Mental well-being was assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the workload was assessed by the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX), mindfulness using the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire-Short Form (FFMQ-SF), and POS using a modified version of the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (SPOS). Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed to validate the measurement model, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the constructs involved. Further, the study utilized the PROCESS macro within SPSS (v28) to conduct mediation analysis, evaluating both direct and indirect effects of workload on mental well-being through the proposed mediators. The findings revealed a significant negative influence of workload on the participants' mental well-being (β = - 0.472, p </p
Assessment of Inbreeding under Genomic Selection in Australian Dairy Cattle
No full textA thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy [to the School of Applied Systems Biology], La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.</p
Digital futures in mind: Why lived experience collaboration must guide digital mental health technologies
No full textDigital mental health technologies and services are here. More are coming. Such technologies and services present both risks and opportunities. At their best, they may enhance the most humane, communal and caring parts of our social systems and communities. At their worst, they may reinforce reductionist approaches to distress and crisis, increase surveillance and control, as well as extracting data and wealth from people seeking care. In this paper, we argue that lived experience-led governance and collaborative development of these technologies and services will enhance the best opportunities and mitigate against the biggest risks. This paper provides a commentary emerging from work by authors with lived experience, and those without, that explored accountability in digital mental health technologies and services. The commentary offers guidance to anyone interested in supporting lived experience-led, and collaborative governance of, digital mental health technologies. This guidance, drawing on interdisciplinary and lived experience-led research and grey literature, assists readers in understanding why collaboration should take place, when, where and with whom, on what issues this could start, and how collaborators should approach this.</p
Perspectives on graduate teacher ‘readiness’ from principals of ‘hard-to-staff’ Australian schools
No full textAgainst a background of teacher shortages, Australian policy prioritises ‘classroom readiness’ as a quality indicator. This paper presents an alternative view from principals of nine (9) schools defined as ‘hard to staff’. Evoking a Discourse that we named Teaching as a professional calling, these principals defined graduate teacher readiness in terms of a moral purpose, enacted in their specific school contexts through relational care practices. Findings suggest the importance of school contexts and principals' perspectives in shaping what constitutes ‘readiness’. They also point to the value of embedding situated professional ethics in teacher education to prepare graduates for diverse contexts.</p
Real-world implementation of geriatric assessment in cancer care among older adults: the role of implementation science frameworks
No full textPurpose of review: The evidence supporting geriatric assessment (GA) in cancer care is well established, and GA is recommended by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the International Society of Geriatric Oncology, and other oncology bodies. However, effective implementation of GA remains inadequate. Using selected papers indexed in Medline from the most recent 18 months to July 2024, including two outstanding interest papers, this review aimed to describe enablers and barriers to GA implementation in oncology and contrasts implementation with and without an implementation science framework. Finally, we make recommendations on applying an implementation science framework to facilitate integrating GA in oncology. Recent findings: Implementation science frameworks have been widely employed in health services research, but their use in geriatric oncology, particularly to guide GA implementation and evaluation, is limited. Lack of time in busy practices coupled with workforce shortages adds to the challenges of GA implementation and adoption. A variety of screening and assessment tools such as the G8, electronic rapid fitness assessment, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group are often used in lieu of geriatrician review and to streamline GA. When effectively implemented in oncology, GA informs care and treatment decisions for improved outcomes. Summary: Despite the benefits for older adults, embedding GA into routine clinical practice is critical yet not common practice. The variety of available GA tools, logistics, and individual beliefs are some of the identified barriers to GA adoption in oncology. Enablers include organization readiness, adaptability, communication, and the use of multidisciplinary teams. Further research is needed to examine how implementation science frameworks could provide guidance and structure for successful GA implementation in oncology.</p
Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago
No full textHumans emerged across Africa shortly before 300 thousand years ago (ka)1–3. Although this pan-African evolutionary process implicates diverse environments in the human story, the role of tropical forests remains poorly understood. Here we report a clear association between late Middle Pleistocene material culture and a wet tropical forest in southern Côte d’Ivoire, a region of present-day rainforest. Twinned optically stimulated luminescence and electron spin resonance dating methods constrain the onset of human occupations at Bété I to around 150 ka, linking them with Homo sapiens. Plant wax biomarker, stable isotope, phytolith and pollen analyses of associated sediments all point to a wet forest environment. The results represent the oldest yet known clear association between humans and this habitat type. The secure attribution of stone tool assemblages with the wet forest environment demonstrates that Africa’s forests were not a major ecological barrier for H. sapiens as early as around 150 ka.</p