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Discrete particle modelling and analysis of complex particle-fluid flows Discrete particle modelling and analysis of complex particle-fluid flows

Discrete particle modelling and analysis of complex particle-fluid flows

This project aims to develop advanced theories and mathematical models to describe particle-fluid flows that are widely encountered in industries.
Particle scale studies of power mixing in bladed mixers Particle scale studies of power mixing in bladed mixers

Particle scale studies of power mixing in bladed mixers

Powder handling and processing are widely used in both conventional and modern industries but rarely reach more than 60% of design capacity because of poor fundamental understanding.
Satellite-based radio occultation for atmospheric sounding, weather forecasting and climate monitoring in the Australian region Satellite-based radio occultation for atmospheric sounding, weather forecasting and climate monitoring in the Australian region

Satellite-based radio occultation for atmospheric sounding, weather forecasting and climate monitoring in the Australian region

(USyd Admin) Multi-Dimensional, High-Speed Laser Imaging facility for fluids and combustion (USyd Admin) Multi-Dimensional, High-Speed Laser Imaging facility for fluids and combustion

(USyd Admin) Multi-Dimensional, High-Speed Laser Imaging facility for fluids and combustion

This proposal seeks to establish state-of-the-art, high-speed laser diagnostics facilities that provide Australian researchers with unique capabilities to make real-time and space-resolved measurements of reactive species and polluting particles in combustion systems. Probing the additional dimension of time is novel and essential in providing a breakthrough in current understanding of combustion science and hence facilitating model development and capacity to optimize the design and performance of emerging energy conversion devices. This is timely considering that clean combustion will remain a key contributor to meeting the challenges of a carbon-controlled world economy.
Building Political Community Building Political Community

Building Political Community

Affective Sources of Conflict and Cohesion.
Countering misconceptions in child sexual assault cases with expert evidence and judicial directions Countering misconceptions in child sexual assault cases with expert evidence and judicial directions

Countering misconceptions in child sexual assault cases with expert evidence and judicial directions

This is a joint project between UNSW and Charles Sturt University.
The return of the omniscient narrator in contemporary fiction: authorship and narrative authority in the new millennium The return of the omniscient narrator in contemporary fiction: authorship and narrative authority in the new millennium

The return of the omniscient narrator in contemporary fiction: authorship and narrative authority in the new millennium

In an age of relativism, some of the most important novelists today are reviving a narrative voice long considered an outmoded relic of 19th century fiction: the authoritative all-knowing omniscient narrator. This project delivers the first study of this significant trend in the history of the novel. It will classify new modes of omniscient narration; investigate how they have extended earlier postmodern experiments with novelistic form; and demonstrate how they manifest current anxieties about the cultural status of the novel in the new millenium. The outcome will be an important new method for the study of narrative fiction which can account for historical shifts in novelistic technique.
Evaluation of the inner city youth at risk project and the inner city assertive outreach service. Evaluation of the inner city youth at risk project and the inner city assertive outreach service.

Evaluation of the inner city youth at risk project and the inner city assertive outreach service.

Cognition and behaviour in motor neuron disease - James Burrell Cognition and behaviour in motor neuron disease - James Burrell

Cognition and behaviour in motor neuron disease - James Burrell

Environmental geodesy: variations of sea level and water storage in the Australian region Environmental geodesy: variations of sea level and water storage in the Australian region

Environmental geodesy: variations of sea level and water storage in the Australian region

Trends in Time: Work, Family and Social Policy in Australia 1992-2006 Trends in Time: Work, Family and Social Policy in Australia 1992-2006

Trends in Time: Work, Family and Social Policy in Australia 1992-2006

This project will contribute to the national priority goal of ?strengthening Australia?s social and economic fabric to help families and individuals live healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives?, within the National Research Priority of ?promoting good health and well being for all Australians?. It will provide sound new evidence for effective strategies fostering the policy goals of reducing stress on families, maintaining fertility and encouraging women into paid work. Identifying measures that most support men and women to balance work-family commitments, to spend adequate time with their children and social networks, and most facilitate female workforce participation, will promote national wellbeing.
Measurement of paddock scale pasture biomass using synthetic aperture radar remote sensing Measurement of paddock scale pasture biomass using synthetic aperture radar remote sensing

Measurement of paddock scale pasture biomass using synthetic aperture radar remote sensing

To maintain the long-term viability of livestock production, producers and land managers need access to regular, timely and accurate estimates of pasture biomass. Radar remote sensing has the capacity to consistently provide this information at the paddock, farm and catchment scale in a timely manner to assist in tactical and strategic decision making for sustainable pasture and livestock management. Economic analyses undertaken at the farm level have revealed the potential to double farm profit by increasing the utilization of pasture grown. In addition to the socio-economic benefits, the environmental benefits of sustainable land management are paramount in light of the current drought in Australia and the global climate change.
Mechanisms of induction and progression of childhood asthma: investigations in a mouse model Mechanisms of induction and progression of childhood asthma: investigations in a mouse model

Mechanisms of induction and progression of childhood asthma: investigations in a mouse model

Drunk, high or sober: How do alcohol and illicit drug prices affect young Australians' plans for Saturday night? Drunk, high or sober: How do alcohol and illicit drug prices affect young Australians' plans for Saturday night?

Drunk, high or sober: How do alcohol and illicit drug prices affect young Australians' plans for Saturday night?

Many young people regard alcohol and illicit drugs as part of the repertoire of products that facilitate socializing through intoxication. This has become a pressing public policy issue because the practice costs society dearly. Economic research supports increasing the price of alcohol to reduce harmful drinking; largely ignoring the possibility that alcohol will be replaced with illicit drugs. This project uses an innovative internet tool to canvass young Australians' responses to hypothetical changes in prices of alcoholic beverages, cannabis and ecstasy, to improve our understanding of policies designed to minimise harmful alcohol and illicit drug use.
Granular dynamics: characterization, modelling and application Granular dynamics: characterization, modelling and application

Granular dynamics: characterization, modelling and application

Granular materials are of utmost importance in many industries such as mining, agriculture, civil engineering and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Weathering Uncertainty: Climate Change 'Refugees' and International Law Weathering Uncertainty: Climate Change 'Refugees' and International Law

Weathering Uncertainty: Climate Change 'Refugees' and International Law

This is a UNSW project funded by the Australian Research Council
The Time of Our Lives: Time equity and the balancing of market and non-market production in the modern Australian population The Time of Our Lives: Time equity and the balancing of market and non-market production in the modern Australian population

The Time of Our Lives: Time equity and the balancing of market and non-market production in the modern Australian population

The central aim of this project is to improve understanding of how our society can financially support, care for and reproduce itself without creating or worsening social disadvantage. Using time-diary data, the project will examine the market and non-market production of men and women, rich and poor, and young and old, and the complex compounding interconnections between them. It will discover how they have been affected by demographic and policy change and the economic boom of the last fifteen years. It will advance theory and inform policy that will promote social inclusion and help Australia become a more equitable society in terms of employment, care, civic participation and leisure.
Sydney Institute of Marine Science Sydney Institute of Marine Science

Sydney Institute of Marine Science

SIMS
Australian Longitudinal Study of Heroin Dependence: A 10 year prospective cohort study of mortality, abstinence, criminality and psychiatric comorbidity among heroin users Australian Longitudinal Study of Heroin Dependence: A 10 year prospective cohort study of mortality, abstinence, criminality and psychiatric comorbidity among heroin users

Australian Longitudinal Study of Heroin Dependence: A 10 year prospective cohort study of mortality, abstinence, criminality and psychiatric comorbidity among heroin users

Group schema therapy for the treatment of co-occurring depression and opioid dependence. Group schema therapy for the treatment of co-occurring depression and opioid dependence.

Group schema therapy for the treatment of co-occurring depression and opioid dependence.

Pathways and choice in a diversifying social and affordable housing system.-AHURI Project 70615 Pathways and choice in a diversifying social and affordable housing system.-AHURI Project 70615

Pathways and choice in a diversifying social and affordable housing system.-AHURI Project 70615

Pathways and choice in a diversifying social and affordable housing System - AHURI Project 70615
Immigration Restriction and the Racial State, c. 1880 to the present Immigration Restriction and the Racial State, c. 1880 to the present

Immigration Restriction and the Racial State, c. 1880 to the present

This project is a collaboration between UNSW, Sydney University and the University of London.
Homelessness and services and system integration Homelessness and services and system integration

Homelessness and services and system integration

Robert Frank: Experimentation Across Film and Photography in Post-War America Robert Frank: Experimentation Across Film and Photography in Post-War America

Robert Frank: Experimentation Across Film and Photography in Post-War America

Robert Frank is one of the twentieth century s most important photographers. His 1958 book, The Americans, revolutionised post-War photography, offering a radically new approach to the nexus of photographic representation and national identity. Its depiction of alienation, deceptively casual compositional style and juxtaposition of images influenced generations of photographers, filmmakers and visual artists both within the US and abroad. Since then, Frank has produced a body of work that spans film, photography and writing. This study uses Frank s seminal cross-media experiments to rewrite the history of post-War film and photography not as the history of distinct and mutually exclusive forms but as a process of creative exchange.
Impact of Parental Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substance Use on Infant Development and Family Functioning Impact of Parental Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substance Use on Infant Development and Family Functioning

Impact of Parental Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Substance Use on Infant Development and Family Functioning

Triple B: Bumps, babies & beyond
Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) with Water into Hydrocarbon Fuels and Chemicals Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) with Water into Hydrocarbon Fuels and Chemicals

Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) with Water into Hydrocarbon Fuels and Chemicals

This project aims to develop a highly efficient photocatalytic process for converting CO2 into hydrocarbon fuels and high value-added chemicals. This new technology can reduce CO2 concentrations in the environment and provide a feasible mean to produce non-fossil fuels and industrial chemicals that society has to depend upon.
Evaluating communities of practice and social-professional networks: the development, design, testing, refinement, simulation and application of an evaluation framework Evaluating communities of practice and social-professional networks: the development, design, testing, refinement, simulation and application of an evaluation framework

Evaluating communities of practice and social-professional networks: the development, design, testing, refinement, simulation and application of an evaluation framework

Biofilm Factories Biofilm Factories

Biofilm Factories

Saving Energy with Biocatalysis - Energy efficient production of chemicals avoids high reaction temperatures and pressures. Nature's solution is catalysis by enzymes that operate at mild reaction conditions.
Flecainide in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a Neuroprotective Strategy Flecainide in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a Neuroprotective Strategy

Flecainide in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a Neuroprotective Strategy

This project will provide clinical trial information related to the potential neuroprotective properties of flecainide in motor neurone disease patients. A potential therapeutic response would provide impetus for a larger scale, multi-centre clinical trial. In addition to providing information about potential mechanisms of neurodegeneration and their treatment, new quantifiable measures will be further developed to objectively monitor MND patients in a clinical trials setting.
Exploring optimal anterior corneal surface refractive power profiles for correction of presbyopia through analysis of centre-near multifocal soft contact lens designs. Exploring optimal anterior corneal surface refractive power profiles for correction of presbyopia through analysis of centre-near multifocal soft contact lens designs.

Exploring optimal anterior corneal surface refractive power profiles for correction of presbyopia through analysis of centre-near multifocal soft contact lens designs.

Exploring optimal corneal surface profiles for correction of presbyopia
Dynamical regulation of hepatitis B virus infection by the immune system Dynamical regulation of hepatitis B virus infection by the immune system

Dynamical regulation of hepatitis B virus infection by the immune system

Chronic HBV infection in Australia is the cause of 10% of liver transplants in this country. This project will determine how the body's own immune processes help clear hepatitis B virus infection. Any lessons we can learn as to how the immune system so efficiently reduces this infection will assist in the development of therapies for chronically infected individuals.
Optimisation of membrane module design for CO2 removal Optimisation of membrane module design for CO2 removal

Optimisation of membrane module design for CO2 removal

CO2 needs to be removed to produce cleaner energy sources such as natural gas as well as to reduce emission from flue gases from power stations into the atmosphere.
Combining universal and targeted drug prevention approaches Combining universal and targeted drug prevention approaches

Combining universal and targeted drug prevention approaches

Multidisciplinary care and disease progression in motor neurone disease Multidisciplinary care and disease progression in motor neurone disease

Multidisciplinary care and disease progression in motor neurone disease

A novel strategy for preventing neurological disability due to chronic kidney disease A novel strategy for preventing neurological disability due to chronic kidney disease

A novel strategy for preventing neurological disability due to chronic kidney disease

Preventing neurological injury in kidney failure
Accelerating clean automotive innovation: Fundamental insights into alternative fuel combustion Accelerating clean automotive innovation: Fundamental insights into alternative fuel combustion

Accelerating clean automotive innovation: Fundamental insights into alternative fuel combustion

Alternative fuels such as renewable ethanol have much potential for a sustainable transportation future, yet engines are not optimised for these fuels, and engine design is hindered by the lack of understanding of key governing phenomena. The phenomenon of engine knock stands out as it is fuel-specific and limits the efficiency of spark-ignition engines yet sufficiently accurate multi-dimensional models of knock do not yet exist. The aim of the project is to develop fundamental understanding and computational models for knock: this will be achieved using detailed first-principles simulations and data from fundamental engine experiments. The outcomes will accelerate the development of cleaner and more efficient alternatively-fuelled engines.
Can an anti-HIV gene in blood stem cells protect from immune depletion by HIV? Can an anti-HIV gene in blood stem cells protect from immune depletion by HIV?

Can an anti-HIV gene in blood stem cells protect from immune depletion by HIV?

Our aim is to mathematically model the impact a new cell-delivered anti-HIV gene therapy can have in suppressing HIV and in protecting the immune system from depletion. It is significant because for the first time a model will be generated describing the important steps in production of CD4+ T cells from their blood stem cells. We will describe how this system is perturbed by HIV and the impact of the anti-HIV gene. This is of considerable interest since an individual who had their blood stem cells replaced by stem cells lacking our anti- HIV target was cured of HIV. It is innovative because the mathematical modelling will direct the associated laboratory work, so that maximal accuracy of the model predictions can be achieved.
EBCRC Project 4.21: Biofilm applications EBCRC Project 4.21: Biofilm applications

EBCRC Project 4.21: Biofilm applications

Biofilms cause major problems in industrial and clinical settings, while standard antimicrobials and antibiotics are mostly inefficient against biofilms.
Transforming industrial waste into valuable carbons for iron-carbon alloys: Fundamental investigations of structure, impurity reactions and carbon dissolution Transforming industrial waste into valuable carbons for iron-carbon alloys: Fundamental investigations of structure, impurity reactions and carbon dissolution

Transforming industrial waste into valuable carbons for iron-carbon alloys: Fundamental investigations of structure, impurity reactions and carbon dissolution

This project will develop the innovative science for recycling end-of-life industrial components as carbon resources for ferrous alloys.
Near real-time identification of patient safety incidents reported by health professionals. Near real-time identification of patient safety incidents reported by health professionals.

Near real-time identification of patient safety incidents reported by health professionals.

Ten percent of admissions to Australian hospitals are associated with harm to patients. Reporting of patient safety incidents is now widespread. Current methods, which rely upon humans to manually review incident reports, do not permit timely detection of safety problems and can no longer keep up with the growing volume. This study will be the first internationally to automate the monitoring of incident reports. The outcomes have broad and immediate potential to improve the monitoring of incidents on a local, national and international scale.
Anti-leukeamia activity of metabolically stable sphingosine analogues.Top-Up Scholarship for Hamish Toop. Anti-leukeamia activity of metabolically stable sphingosine analogues.Top-Up Scholarship for Hamish Toop.

Anti-leukeamia activity of metabolically stable sphingosine analogues.Top-Up Scholarship for Hamish Toop.

A controlled study of bilateral electroconvulsive therapy A controlled study of bilateral electroconvulsive therapy

A controlled study of bilateral electroconvulsive therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for depression, used in Australia and throughout the world to treat severe depression that has not responded to other treatments. Despite clear evidence of its effectiveness as a treatment, the use of ECT is limited by concerns over memory side effects. This study evaluates a new approach to ECT that has the potential to preserve its effectiveness, while greatly reducing effects on memory.
Implementing metropolitan planning strategies: taking into account local level housing demand Implementing metropolitan planning strategies: taking into account local level housing demand

Implementing metropolitan planning strategies: taking into account local level housing demand

Australia?s mainland state capital cities have recently published metropolitan plans to guide their future direction and growth. Housing requirements remain couched in supply-side terms: as target numbers and expectations that the market will provide. However, market dynamics rarely conform to the certainty captured by trajectories, highlighting that supply is only one side of the equation. By developing an innovative, yet policy-focused, approach to submarket level assessment of the drivers and outcomes of housing demand, this research will provide an evidence-based framework to help government, planners, community stakeholders and developers better understand, and work within, the realities of local housing market dynamics.
Maximum entropy methods for Bayesian analysis in chemistry Maximum entropy methods for Bayesian analysis in chemistry

Maximum entropy methods for Bayesian analysis in chemistry

The project will develop a robust approach to use maximum entropy methods to model likelihood functions for a Bayesian analysis of chemical data. This will allow values and confidence intervals to be obtained from chemical measurements that are better (more statistically valid) than those obtained by present methods. The new approach will be applied to important current problems in chemical measurement: the uncertainty of atomic weights of elements, limits on the detection of illegal drugs, and for sports drug testing.
Mobility and Location Information providing Social Equality for Blind and Vision Impaired persons Mobility and Location Information providing Social Equality for Blind and Vision Impaired persons

Mobility and Location Information providing Social Equality for Blind and Vision Impaired persons

Understanding biological nitrogen fixation: an investigation of multi-electron reduction catalysis at novel iron-sulfur clusters Understanding biological nitrogen fixation: an investigation of multi-electron reduction catalysis at novel iron-sulfur clusters

Understanding biological nitrogen fixation: an investigation of multi-electron reduction catalysis at novel iron-sulfur clusters

Multi-electron reduction catalysis for a sustainable future
Can parents teach their children to drink alcohol responsibly? Or, is one drop a drop too many? Can parents teach their children to drink alcohol responsibly? Or, is one drop a drop too many?

Can parents teach their children to drink alcohol responsibly? Or, is one drop a drop too many?

Parents can positively influence their children s alcohol use. One strategy they use is to provide their children with alcohol, believing it is the best way to teach their children how to drink responsibly. The impact of parental supply is not well understood and may be unintentionally harmful. This study will research the consequences of parental supply within the broader context of parent, child and peer relationships. It will help to determine how parental supply influences the different patterns of adolescent alcohol consumption over time, providing essential information to help parents prevent alcohol misuse in their children. Parents can play a pivotal role in prevention of alcohol misuse, but at present we don t know exactly how.
Social and Cultural Resilience and Emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Mothers in prison (SCREAM) Social and Cultural Resilience and Emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Mothers in prison (SCREAM)

Social and Cultural Resilience and Emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Mothers in prison (SCREAM)

The stabilization of lifted jet flames in hot oxidiser The stabilization of lifted jet flames in hot oxidiser

The stabilization of lifted jet flames in hot oxidiser

The aim of the project is to reveal the mechanisms of the stabilisation of lifted jet flames in hot oxidiser. Such flames occur in several important combustion devices, notably diesel engines. When fuel is delivered into an environment of oxidiser at high velocity, the flame may be detached, or 'lifted' from the delivery nozzle. In diesel engines, lift-off is a crucial factor determining harmful emissions. However, the fundamental phenomenology of the stabilisation of lifted flames is not yet understood. Using detailed direct numerical simulations, we aim to discover how lifted flames are stabilised in hot oxidiser and determine how the stabilisation mechanism depends on key fluid-dynamic, thermodynamic, and chemical kinetic parameters.
Environmental genomics and novel bioactives from microbial communities on living marine surfaces Environmental genomics and novel bioactives from microbial communities on living marine surfaces

Environmental genomics and novel bioactives from microbial communities on living marine surfaces

In an Australian Marine Environment
Ultrasound, embodiment and abortion: An analysis of foetal imaging and the ethics of the selective termination of pregnancy. Ultrasound, embodiment and abortion: An analysis of foetal imaging and the ethics of the selective termination of pregnancy.

Ultrasound, embodiment and abortion: An analysis of foetal imaging and the ethics of the selective termination of pregnancy.

ARC, Discovery 2011-2014
Volatile Organic Compound removal from indoor air environments by an integrated photocatalytic/filtration system Volatile Organic Compound removal from indoor air environments by an integrated photocatalytic/filtration system

Volatile Organic Compound removal from indoor air environments by an integrated photocatalytic/filtration system

This project seeks to develop an integrated photocatalytic filtration unit for improving air quality in indoor environments, with an emphasis on aircraft cabins.
Reducing the health, social and economic burden of injecting drug use in Australia Reducing the health, social and economic burden of injecting drug use in Australia

Reducing the health, social and economic burden of injecting drug use in Australia

Centre for Research Exellence in Injecting Drug Use (CREIDU)
Immunomodulation of neuropathic pain due to peripheral nerve injury or spinal cord injury Immunomodulation of neuropathic pain due to peripheral nerve injury or spinal cord injury

Immunomodulation of neuropathic pain due to peripheral nerve injury or spinal cord injury

OSMR
Patient Safety: enabling and supporting change for a safer and more effective health system Patient Safety: enabling and supporting change for a safer and more effective health system

Patient Safety: enabling and supporting change for a safer and more effective health system

Internationally, patient safety is a growing concern. Patient harm occurs in 10% of hospital admissions. A million adverse events occur in general practice each year in Australia. Overseas data reports that patients receive recommended care only 50% of the time. We will significantly advance this work by investigating how and why this occurs, with a focus on the roles of teamwork, safe medication use and the application of information technology to support improved decision-making.
The role of proinflammatory interleukin-17 (IL-17) and IL-17-producing T cells in neuropathic pain The role of proinflammatory interleukin-17 (IL-17) and IL-17-producing T cells in neuropathic pain

The role of proinflammatory interleukin-17 (IL-17) and IL-17-producing T cells in neuropathic pain

Peripheral nerve injury often results in persistent and debilitating neuropathic pain. My overall objective is to understand the immunological mechanisms responsible for such pain. I plan to test the hypothesis that the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-17 promotes neuroinflammation and contributes to increased pain sensitivity after nerve injury. This study promises to enhance our understanding of neuroimmune activation in neuropathic pain and offers new opportunities for pain management.
Our Island Home: the shifting map of Australian literature Our Island Home: the shifting map of Australian literature

Our Island Home: the shifting map of Australian literature

This project will show how Australia's unique status as an island continent has shaped Australian literature. Key questions posed are: How was the colonial cartography of the Australian mainland and islands represented in literature? Why did Australia increasingly identify as an island rather than a continent from the 1940s? How did this shift in emphasis re-form Australian literature? How do these fluctuations position Australian literature at this second great era of globalisation? As the first major study of Australia?s literary islands the project will provide new paradigms for reading Australian literature and for recognising its potential in the global context.
Particle scale modelling and analysis of the multiphase flows in coal preparation Particle scale modelling and analysis of the multiphase flows in coal preparation

Particle scale modelling and analysis of the multiphase flows in coal preparation

All run-of-mine coal must go through coal preparation before transporting to market.
Health Systems Improvement through "In Silico" simulation experiments Health Systems Improvement through "In Silico" simulation experiments

Health Systems Improvement through "In Silico" simulation experiments

Novel Atomic Level Investigations of High Temperature Surface Thermodynamics of molten steel Novel Atomic Level Investigations of High Temperature Surface Thermodynamics of molten steel

Novel Atomic Level Investigations of High Temperature Surface Thermodynamics of molten steel

The overall goal of this project is to advance the fundamental understanding of impurity reactions in high temperature steelmaking, and to open novel avenues for atomic level process control and scientific discoveries in the field.
Entertainment rights in the age of the franchise: a reappraisal of personality rights under Australian intellectual property laws Entertainment rights in the age of the franchise: a reappraisal of personality rights under Australian intellectual property laws

Entertainment rights in the age of the franchise: a reappraisal of personality rights under Australian intellectual property laws

Governing the Compact City: The Role and Effectiveness of Strata Management in Higher Density Residential Developments Governing the Compact City: The Role and Effectiveness of Strata Management in Higher Density Residential Developments

Governing the Compact City: The Role and Effectiveness of Strata Management in Higher Density Residential Developments

Governing the Compact City: The Role and Effectiveness of Strata Management in Higher Density Residential Developments
Technical support, server activation & access, disk storage Technical support, server activation & access, disk storage

Technical support, server activation & access, disk storage

Altered Myelin Sphingolipid Homeostasis in Alzheimer's Disease Altered Myelin Sphingolipid Homeostasis in Alzheimer's Disease

Altered Myelin Sphingolipid Homeostasis in Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer?s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, and its incidence is rising as the population ages. This project will provide a detailed analysis and explanation for the loss of particular lipid (fat) molecules that are essential for myelin integrity, in the brains of AD patients. Myelin is the insulating layer that surrounds brain cells, facilitating the transmission of electrical signals. This research will improve our understanding of how brain functions are impaired in AD.
Imaging genetics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Adjudicating neurocognitive endophenotypes Imaging genetics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Adjudicating neurocognitive endophenotypes

Imaging genetics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Adjudicating neurocognitive endophenotypes

Development of High Performance Nanocomposite Filtration Membranes: Fabrication and Fouling Mechanisms Development of High Performance Nanocomposite Filtration Membranes: Fabrication and Fouling Mechanisms

Development of High Performance Nanocomposite Filtration Membranes: Fabrication and Fouling Mechanisms

A new generation of low fouling and self-cleaning nanocomposite membranes will be created, which have the added capacity of degrading micropollutants of public health concern.
Advancing understanding of health professionals' work and communication patterns and the effectiveness of work reform initiatives. Advancing understanding of health professionals' work and communication patterns and the effectiveness of work reform initiatives.

Advancing understanding of health professionals' work and communication patterns and the effectiveness of work reform initiatives.

A Sham-controlled Study of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as a Treatment for Depression A Sham-controlled Study of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as a Treatment for Depression

A Sham-controlled Study of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as a Treatment for Depression

This study tests the effectiveness and safety of a potential new treatment for depression, which involves mild stimulation of the brain, given through pads placed on the scalp. There is no anaesthetic or seizure and the treatment is painless. The treatment is given on an outpatient basis, three times per week, for 10 sessions, each session taking approximately half an hour. If found to be effective and safe, this new treatment could be an alternative to antidepressant medication.
Project # 9b - Advanced Control (process data and regulation approaches) - Breakthrough Technology for Primary Aluminium Project # 9b - Advanced Control (process data and regulation approaches) - Breakthrough Technology for Primary Aluminium

Project # 9b - Advanced Control (process data and regulation approaches) - Breakthrough Technology for Primary Aluminium

A national comparative analysis of child, family and services factors contributing to successful and unsuccessful reunification outcomes in out-of-home care. A national comparative analysis of child, family and services factors contributing to successful and unsuccessful reunification outcomes in out-of-home care.

A national comparative analysis of child, family and services factors contributing to successful and unsuccessful reunification outcomes in out-of-home care.

Robust new chemistries for Heterocycles. Robust new chemistries for Heterocycles.

Robust new chemistries for Heterocycles.

A population-based family study of follicular lymphoma A population-based family study of follicular lymphoma

A population-based family study of follicular lymphoma

Model studies of transport and solidification phenomena in blast furnace hearth Model studies of transport and solidification phenomena in blast furnace hearth

Model studies of transport and solidification phenomena in blast furnace hearth

Blast furnace ironmaking is a key operation in the steel industry which, with an annual turnover of around $11 billion, is the largest manufacturing sector in Australia.
Working while breastfeeding: best practice strategies for workplaces and childcare centres. Working while breastfeeding: best practice strategies for workplaces and childcare centres.

Working while breastfeeding: best practice strategies for workplaces and childcare centres.

Public and Proprietary Knowledge in Biotechnology: An Historical and Sociological Analysis of First Generation Recombinant DNA Pharmaceuticals Development Public and Proprietary Knowledge in Biotechnology: An Historical and Sociological Analysis of First Generation Recombinant DNA Pharmaceuticals Development

Public and Proprietary Knowledge in Biotechnology: An Historical and Sociological Analysis of First Generation Recombinant DNA Pharmaceuticals Development

Smart bio-mimetic self-assembled gels for biomedical applications Smart bio-mimetic self-assembled gels for biomedical applications

Smart bio-mimetic self-assembled gels for biomedical applications

Self-assembled gels are a new class of materials that have been shown to have applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery. In this project we will synthesise a new family of low molecular-mass organic gellators that form biologically active self-assembled gels, potentially inhibiting cell division and mobility of cancer cells. Our gels will incorporate two unique features; that is the ability to bind and sense small anions and the incorporation of heterogenous groups to study synergistic effects in their biological function. We will look extensively at the interaction between these gels and cancerous cells in vitro, using an array of advanced molecular and multi-dimensional imaging techniques.
Fuel stratification to enable higher load operation in homogeneous charge compression ignition engines Fuel stratification to enable higher load operation in homogeneous charge compression ignition engines

Fuel stratification to enable higher load operation in homogeneous charge compression ignition engines

The project will contribute fundamental knowledge towards the development of the clean and highly efficient homogeneous charge compression ignition engine concept. We aim to reduce problematic high rates of heat release at high load that are a crucial factor preventing the commercialisation of these engines. We will use fuel stratification to avoid the simultaneous ignition of the entire charge and reduce the rate of heat release. The use of renewable fuels will lead to further emissions reductions. Combining advanced modelling with experiments in optically accessible engines will enable the fundamentals of stratified ignition to be studied and understood as well as guiding the search for the optimal fuel stratification approach.
iNvestigate: online patient simulations for education in the rational use of investigations. iNvestigate: online patient simulations for education in the rational use of investigations.

iNvestigate: online patient simulations for education in the rational use of investigations.

Imaging genetics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: shared neurocognitive endophenotypes Imaging genetics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: shared neurocognitive endophenotypes

Imaging genetics in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: shared neurocognitive endophenotypes

Endophenotypes across the psychosis spectrum
Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge

Anti-Terror Laws and the Democratic Challenge

This is a Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law project funded by the Australian Research Council
Granular dynamics: theories, modelling and simulation Granular dynamics: theories, modelling and simulation

Granular dynamics: theories, modelling and simulation

This project aims to develop theories and mathematical models to describe the dynamics of granular materials and a comprehensive understanding of the underlying physics.
The Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System: Improving safety and quality of maternity care in Australia The Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System: Improving safety and quality of maternity care in Australia

The Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System: Improving safety and quality of maternity care in Australia

There is currently no Australian system of monitoring severe complications of pregnancy. Many of these complications are rare, making them difficult to study and limiting knowledge as to their true frequency, cause and best treatment. We intend to introduce a national reporting system- Australian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System which would provide the research structure to study these rare conditions, thus aiming to improve the safety & quality of maternity care provided in Australia.
Multiscale modelling and analysis of complex particulate and multiphase flow Multiscale modelling and analysis of complex particulate and multiphase flow

Multiscale modelling and analysis of complex particulate and multiphase flow

This project aims to develop advanced theories and mathematical models to describe particulate and multiphase flows that are widely encountered in both industry and nature.
Strengthening organisational performance through accreditation research: the ACCREDIT project Strengthening organisational performance through accreditation research: the ACCREDIT project

Strengthening organisational performance through accreditation research: the ACCREDIT project

Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Housing Estate Regeneration in NSW Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Housing Estate Regeneration in NSW

Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Housing Estate Regeneration in NSW

Translational Cancer Research Network (TCRN). Translational Cancer Research Network (TCRN).

Translational Cancer Research Network (TCRN).

A translational cancer research program funded by the Cancer Institute NSW.
Using a biosocial approach to advance pandemic influenza control. Using a biosocial approach to advance pandemic influenza control.

Using a biosocial approach to advance pandemic influenza control.

ARC, Discovery 2011-1013
Evaluation of the Self-Directed Support Pilot for Children and Young Adults with a Physical Disability Evaluation of the Self-Directed Support Pilot for Children and Young Adults with a Physical Disability

Evaluation of the Self-Directed Support Pilot for Children and Young Adults with a Physical Disability

Neural aspects of human muscle fatigue Neural aspects of human muscle fatigue

Neural aspects of human muscle fatigue

Muscle fatigue is common after exercise in healthy people. In many tasks, multiple muscles are used and some become more fatigued than others. This means that the nervous system must often coordinate fatigued muscles (which produce less force) with unfatigued muscles. Failure of coordination is likely to lead to poor performance and injury. We will investigate how fatigue of one muscle alters the way the brain controls other muscles that are engaged in the same task or in unrelated tasks.
Suspect sciences: Enhancing emerging identification technologies and forensic expertise Suspect sciences: Enhancing emerging identification technologies and forensic expertise

Suspect sciences: Enhancing emerging identification technologies and forensic expertise

Suspect sciences: Enhancing emerging identification technologies and forensic expertise.
Optimising Fouling Control in Membrane Bioreactors Optimising Fouling Control in Membrane Bioreactors

Optimising Fouling Control in Membrane Bioreactors

Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) are a potential means of producing energy from wastewater while producing a source of cleaner water for discharge or reuse.
Mechanism of action of an anti-inflammatory compound which targets alternatively activated macrophages Mechanism of action of an anti-inflammatory compound which targets alternatively activated macrophages

Mechanism of action of an anti-inflammatory compound which targets alternatively activated macrophages

Photochemical upconversion for third generation photovoltaic devices. Photochemical upconversion for third generation photovoltaic devices.

Photochemical upconversion for third generation photovoltaic devices.

Roles for quorum sensing and biofilm formation by Vibrio cholerae in resistance to protozoan grazing Roles for quorum sensing and biofilm formation by Vibrio cholerae in resistance to protozoan grazing

Roles for quorum sensing and biofilm formation by Vibrio cholerae in resistance to protozoan grazing

This research will benefit Australia through an increased fundamental understanding of how our model bacterium,Vibrio cholerae, survives in the environment.
Centre for research excellence in E-health Centre for research excellence in E-health

Centre for research excellence in E-health

AUSSPRINT:Australian study of the effects of strict potassium restriction on neuropathy in chronic kidney disease. AUSSPRINT:Australian study of the effects of strict potassium restriction on neuropathy in chronic kidney disease.

AUSSPRINT:Australian study of the effects of strict potassium restriction on neuropathy in chronic kidney disease.

Reimagining the Cultural Archetype of the Fall in Modernist Poetry Reimagining the Cultural Archetype of the Fall in Modernist Poetry

Reimagining the Cultural Archetype of the Fall in Modernist Poetry

This project will be the first major investigation of the poetics of the Fall in modernism. It will show how the need to conceive modern life as fallen, and the painful inability to offer salvation, determined the development of modernist poetry.
Simulated Learning Environment (SLE) - Exercise Physiology Curriculum Report Simulated Learning Environment (SLE) - Exercise Physiology Curriculum Report

Simulated Learning Environment (SLE) - Exercise Physiology Curriculum Report

Multiscale modelling of the transport phenomena of liquid iron and slag in ironmaking blast furnace Multiscale modelling of the transport phenomena of liquid iron and slag in ironmaking blast furnace

Multiscale modelling of the transport phenomena of liquid iron and slag in ironmaking blast furnace

Blast furnace ironmaking is a key operation in the steel industry which, with an annual turnover around $11 billion, is a significant manufacturing sector in Australia.
Molecular studies on colorectal cancer and drug therapy evaluation Molecular studies on colorectal cancer and drug therapy evaluation

Molecular studies on colorectal cancer and drug therapy evaluation

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