115 research outputs found
Interview: Shane Homan (Monash University)
No full textShane Homan is Associate Professor in media and cultural studies at Monash University, Australia. With a PhD from Macquarie University (1999), he has also taught at the Universities of Western Sydney and Newcastle. His research and publications in popular music studies over the past decade have mainly focused on the Australian and global music industries and cultural industries policy, but also youth and popular music. He is the author of The Mayor's a square: live music and law and order in..
Interview: Shane Homan (Monash University)
No full textShane Homan is Associate Professor in media and cultural studies at Monash University, Australia. With a PhD from Macquarie University (1999), he has also taught at the Universities of Western Sydney and Newcastle. His research and publications in popular music studies over the past decade have mainly focused on the Australian and global music industries and cultural industries policy, but also youth and popular music. He is the author of The Mayor's a square: live music and law and order in..
Insect Pest Management for the Home Vegetable Garden: A guide to Reducing Insecticide Use
No full textBulletin no. 740 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension System, 1992-07-01. Author(s): Homan, H. W. ; Bechinski, E. J
Integrated pest management guide to wireworms in potatoes
No full textBulletin no. 760 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension System, 1994-02-01. Author(s): Bechinski, E. J.; Sandvol, L. E.; Carpenter, G. P.; Homan, H. W
The impact of lifestyle factors on reproductive performance in the general population and those undergoing infertility treatment: a review
No full text© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: [email protected] evidence-based review focuses on the impact of potentially modifiable, non-communicable lifestyle factors on reproductive performance in the general population and the infertile population undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. The impact of several lifestyle factors including; age, weight, smoking, diet, exercise, psychological stress, caffeine consumption, alcohol consumption and exposure to environmental pollutants are included in the review. The databases of Medline, PubMed and Cinahl were searched to identify relevant publications. There is strong evidence that age, weight and smoking impact on general health and adversely on reproductive performance. However there is a need for further research focusing specifically on the relationship between diet and various levels of exercise on reproductive performance. There are several other factors such as psychological stress, caffeine consumption, alcohol consumption and exposure to environmental pollutants that have been implicated but the evidence is equivocal. It is concluded that lifestyle modification can assist couples to conceive spontaneously or optimize their chances of conception with ART treatment.G.F. Homan, M. Davies and R. Norma
The Pauline traditions in the acts of apostles
No full textPart I. The theme of Pauline tradition is mentioned by Barrett and Schenke, and further, Roloff and Plamacher indicate traditional material behind the image of Paul in Acts, part of which is analyzed by burchard and Loning (ch.l). The date of Acts is placed at the end of the first century and the author confronted Jewish Christianity crossed with Gnosticism (ch.2), Historical criticism, form criticism and redaction criticism are methodological principles for our investigation. Any source theories are problematical. However, the author utilized traditional material in depiction of Paul in Acts, namely, the Pauline traditions, which are parallel to the Pauline Epistles, the Pauline legends, which are parallel to the miracle stories in the synoptic tradition, and the local community traditions (ch.5).Part II. Paul's background in Acts (Jewish, Hellenistic and Roman) is based on the Pauline traditions. Judaizing and anti-Jewish tendencies are seen in it (ch.4), Paul's pre-conversion period is also based on the Pauline traditions, but coloured with Judaizing tendencies (ch.3). Paul's conversion and call are due to traditional material, out modified with literary devices. Anti-gnostic tendencies can be traced behind it (ch.6). The earliest years after conversion and call are based on tradition; however, it is dominated by anti-Jewish tendencies (ch.7). The first missionary journey is not totally a "model” journey, but two parts of it are based on the Pauline traditions respectively together with the Pauline legends. But the author arranged them in order to make a circular journey. Judaizing tendencies and ambivalent anti-Jewish tendencies are seen in it (ch.8). In the second missionary journey, in contrast to the first one, the local community traditions are employed together with the Pauline traditions and the Pauline legends. Judaizing tendencies are seen in it (ch.9). The Pauline traditions, the Pauline legends and the local community traditions are utilized in the depiction of the third missionary journey. Apologetic tendencies against syncretism and paganism are seen in it (ch.lO). The image of Paul in Acts is not only based on traditional material but also transformed by the author in order to defend the legitimacy of the Gentile mission under anti-Pauline attacks. Acts is governed by rhetorical Peripatetic historiography (ch.11)
An analytic semigroup approach to convolution Volterra equations
No full textInformation Technology and System
Revisiting the relativistic ejection event in XTE J1550-564 during the 1998 outburst
No full textWe revisit the discovery outburst of the X-ray transient XTE J1550−564 during which relativistic jets were observed in 1998 September, and review the radio images obtained with the Australian Long Baseline Array, and light curves obtained with the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope and the Australia Telescope Compact Array. Based on Hi spectra, we constrain the source distance to between 3.3 and 4.9 kpc. The radio images, taken some 2 d apart, show the evolution of an ejection event. The apparent separation velocity of the two outermost ejecta is at least 1.3c and may be as large as 1.9c; when relativistic effects are taken into account, the inferred true velocity is ≥ 0.8c. The flux densities appear to peak simultaneously during the outburst, with a rather flat (although still optically thin) spectral index of −0.2
Influence of processing on performance and durability of a reversal tolerant anode for a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)
No full textWhen no hydrogen is able to reach the Pt/C catalyst in the anode of an operating Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), the potentials of the cathode and anode will be reversed. During this fuel cell reversal, the potential of the anode rises and the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) and Carbon Oxidation Reaction (COR) will occur. Applying an OER catalyst to the anode prevents the COR to destroy the anode. Therefore, a reversal tolerant anode (RTA) is created. In this research, the RTA was made by the introduction of an OER catalyst (IrOx supported on TiOx) to the anode. Electrochemical investigations on the RTA were done with a Rotating Disc Electrode (RDE), which allowed applying potentials on the RTA that occur during fuel cell reversal. However, these potentials on an OER catalyst with a RDE set-up is known to be troublesome. This can be devoted to the formation of oxygen bubbles, which are hard to evacuate in a RDE set-up and block reactant. Therefore, a special accelerated stress test (AST) has been developed in this research to diminish the effects of oxygen bubbles. This AST was used to investigate the effects of different processing techniques on the RTA performance and durability at fuel cell reversal potentials. Pt/C and IrOx/TiOx particles could be differentiated into bigger and smaller particles on the micrometer scale based on different ball milling times used during processing. This was confirmed by laser diffraction measurements, which supplied information on the particle size distribution (PSD). Besides, differences in the catalyst layer structure were confirmed by a laser microscope. In the AST, it was found that the activity towards the OER was higher for smaller particles, which could be explained by the increased surface area. It was found for all samples in the AST that there was loss of OER activity and Electrochemical Surface Area (ECSA) of Pt. Impedance spectroscopy, XPS and SEM/EDS showed that these losses could highly probable be devoted to the decrease of the ionomer content. Finally, to mimic real fuel cell reversal conditions in a RDE set-up, adjusted chronopotentiometry measurements were developed and applied. It was found that the higher OER active smaller particles had a worse tolerance against fuel cell reversal than the bigger particles.Materials Science and Engineerin
Design of trials for interrupting the transmission of endemic pathogens
No full textBackground: Many interventions against infectious diseases have geographically diffuse effects. This leads to contamination between arms in cluster-randomized trials (CRTs). Pathogen elimination is the goal of many intervention programs against infectious agents, but contamination means that standard CRT designs and analyses do not provide inferences about the potential of interventions to interrupt pathogen transmission at maximum scale-up. Methods: A generic model of disease transmission was used to simulate infections in stepped wedge cluster-randomized trials (SWCRTs) of a transmission-reducing intervention, where the intervention has spatially diffuse effects. Simulations of such trials were then used to examine the potential of such designs for providing generalizable causal inferences about the impact of such interventions, including measurements of the contamination effects. The simulations were applied to the geography of Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya, the site of the SolarMal trial on the use of odor-baited mosquito traps to eliminate Plasmodium falciparum malaria. These were used to compare variants in the proposed SWCRT designs for the SolarMal trial. Results: Measures of contamination effects were found that could be assessed in the simulated trials. Inspired by analyses of trials of insecticide-treated nets against malaria when applied to the geography of the SolarMal trial, these measures were found to be robust to different variants of SWCRT design. Analyses of the likely extent of contamination effects supported the choice of cluster size for the trial. Conclusions: The SWCRT is an appropriate design for trials that assess the feasibility of local elimination of a pathogen. The effects of incomplete coverage can be estimated by analyzing the extent of contamination between arms in such trials, and the estimates also support inferences about causality. The SolarMal example illustrates how generic transmission models incorporating spatial smoothing can be used to simulate such trials for a power calculation and optimization of cluster size and randomization strategies. The approach is applicable to a range of infectious diseases transmitted via environmental reservoirs or via arthropod vectors.</p
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