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Littering of a watercourse in north-west England
No full textThe deposition of litter and rubbish is an increasingly
significant environmental problem, with the dumping of
shopping trolleys in rivers and canals impacting on flora,
fauna and river management in some areas. The Mersey
Basin Campaign (MBC) identified Skelmersdale in the
north-west of England, and the River Tawd in particular, as
a ‘hot spot’ for the dumping of shopping trolleys. In this
study, methods for performing litter and shopping trolley
surveys were developed. A survey of the River Tawd was
performed during 2002, together with snapshot social
surveys of local adults and children. Comprehensive yet
simple methodologies to quantify and report litter and
trolley accumulation over time are reported. The study
successfully quantified the litter accumulation and
numbers of shopping trolleys in the commercial sector of
Skelmersdale and established the views of the local
population. Pedestrian litter was the most abundant type
identified, with the quantity of litter associating well with
the presence of urban features. The shopping trolley
survey identified local ‘hot spots’ and established the total
number of shopping trolleys along a 1250 m stretch of the
river. The first survey in April 2002 found 79 trolleys, which
increased to 105 by July 2002. The river would probably not
have been cleaned without the intervention of MBC,
emphasising the importance of community and voluntary
groups to the maintenance of local environmental quality.
The presence of shopping trolleys and general refuse in the
river presented a negative view of water quality to the
public, highlighting the importance of loss of visual
amenity as a perceived indicator of pollution. The study
also identifies the social and environmental impacts of
dumping shopping trolleys in watercourses and explains
why physical barriers were the most successful means of
reducing the dumping of trolleys
AFL Auskick and Deakin University: Supporting children of all abilities on the footy field
No full textAFL Auskick and Deakin University: Supporting children of all abilities on the footy fiel
The Magnificent Tree by N. Bland
No full textBland, Nick. The Magnificent Tree. Illus. Stephen Michael King. Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2013. Print.“Bonny and Pop were always bursting with ideas. Bonny’s ideas are clever yet simple, Pop’s are “big, brave and brilliant.” Nick Bland’s direct, down-to-earth text is constantly “set up” by Stephen King’s wildly inventive illustrations. Thus, when Bonny and Pop decide they wish to encourage the birds to stay nearby, they set about making a tree, each in their own way. Pop’s method is, as you may guess, big and brave, indeed his idea is so complex “it could not fit in his head all at once”. Bonny’s is simple- it basically fits into the palm of her hand. The results are fantastic, and simple, and “Just perfect.”This seems a simple story, but it has so much wit, gentleness and creativity in it, and so much to discover- both obvious and implied, that there are hours of pleasure in it.Each way of looking at life, Bonny’s or Pop’s, and each unique creation gives a text that is simple and clever and illustrations that are both bold and brave.This is the first time that the Australian author and illustrator have worked together. May the partnership continue.Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Andrea DeakinAndrea has been involved with books since she was class librarian in Primary School, Student Librarian in Grammar School, student librarian for the Education Faculty when she was a student, and school librarian in schools both in England and in Canada, except for the first two years in Canada where she arrived in 1959. When she retired from teaching ( English and History) she was invited to review in February 1971, and continued to review for press, radio, and finally on the Internet (Deakin Newsletter from Okanagan College) until she retired in 2011. Forty years seemed sufficient- although she still cannot keep her nose out of good children\u27s and YA fare
Vinyl Art #24, The Deviants PTOOFF!
No full textRICH DEAKIN pays tribute to the recently departed Mick Farren by way of his first, culture-defining rock ’n’ roll statement..
Public perceptions of, and responses to, desalination in Australia : a report on findings
No full textDesalination as a method of ensuring a rainfall independent source of potable water has become an increasingly favourable option for Australian governments, particularly over the last decade or so. This is especially true for metropolitan areas. The social acceptability of new sources of water, however, impacts on the readiness with which publics accept changed or augmented water supplies. Researchers at Deakin University, Victoria University and Murdoch University, with funding from the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA), have conducted a study of public attitudes to desalination in Australia. This report outlines the results of the 18 month project, which comprises three sections. The cornerstone of the project is a national survey (n=3077), conducted by Datacol Research. The second component of the study consists of focus groups in the vicinity of three existing or developing desalination plants: Wonthaggi (Victoria), Port Stanvac (South Australia), and Kwinana (Western Australia). The third component of the study presented in this report involves interviews with desalination scientists and other technical experts, in relation to their attitudes to communication with lay publics
Assignment1 of the DMRT1 gene to tammar wallaby chromosome 3p by fluorescence in situ hybridization
No full textN. El-Mogharbel, J. Deakin, E. Tsend-Ayush, A. Pask and J.A.M. Grave
Carbon Nexus at Deakin University: a globally unique carbon fiber and composite research facility in Australia
No full textCarbon Nexus, the new cutting-edge open-access carbon fiber and composites research facility at Deakin University, recently commenced operations. The two carbon fiber processing lines are allowing researchers to investigate new methods for manufacturing carbon fiber which can lower energy inputs, maximise output, and increase fiber performance. The lines are also enabling industrial partners to validate new technologies at industrial scale. With a focused research program driven by a cross-functional research team, Carbon Nexus aims to reduce the cost of producing carbon fiber and increase the rate of manufacturing composite parts
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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