The University of Wollongong Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health was formed in 2013 following an organisational restructure. It comprised an amalgamation of the former Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences.This series is followed by SMAH Papers: Part B. Related series: Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive); Graduate School of Medicine - Papers (Archive); Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sicences - Papers (Archive).

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Papers from 2015

Trends in evapotranspiration and streamflow following wildfire in resprouting eucalypt forests, Rachael H. Nolan, Patrick N. J Lane, Richard Benyon, Ross A. Bradstock, and Patrick J. Mitchell

Population characteristics and management of the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) in high-quality habitat in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Melinda A. Norton, Alison Prentice, Juliet Dingle, Kris French, and Andrew W. Claridge

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Can variations in body morphology explain gender-related differences in heat loss?, Sean Notley, Joonhee Park, Kyoko Tagami, Norikazu Ohnishi, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

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Individual differences in thermoeffector function in the heat: morphological variations help determine effector activation, Sean Notley, Joonhee Park, Kyoko Tagami, Norikazu Ohnishi, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

The utility of heart rate and minute ventilation as predictors of whole-body metabolic rate during occupational simulations involving load carriage, Sean Notley, Gregory E. Peoples, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

Adult obstructive sleep apnoea and the larynx, Daniel Novakovic and Stuart MacKay

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Bioactive glycosides from the African medicinal plant Boerhavia erecta L., Ari Satia Nugraha, Adama Hilou, Nicholas Vandegraaff, David I. Rhodes, Rachada Haritakun, and Paul A. Keller

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3806 Ma Isua rhyolites and dacites affected by low temperature Eoarchaean surficial alteration: Earth's earliest weathering, Allen Phillip Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Allan Chivas, Clark R. L Friend, Xiao-Ming Liu, and Florian Dux

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Proposal for a continent 'Itsaqia' amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record, Allen Phillip Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, and Clark R. L Friend

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Mesoarchaean collision of Kapisilik terrane 3070Ma juvenile arc rocks and >3600Ma Isukasia terrane continental crust (Greenland), Allen Phillip Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Clark R. L Friend, Keewook Yi, and Seung Ryeol Lee

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Toxicity of fuel-contaminated soil to antarctic moss and terrestrial algae, Anna Nydahl, Catherine K. King, Jane Wasley, Dianne F. Jolley, and Sharon A. Robinson

Response of soil nitrous oxide flux to nitrogen fertiliser application and legume rotation in a semi-arid climate, identified by smoothing spline models, Sally Jane Officer, Frances A. Phillips, Gavin Kearney, Roger Armstrong, John Graham, and Debra Partington

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Pharmacokinetics in neonatal prescribing: evidence base, paradigms and the future, Kate O'Hara, Ian M. R Wright, Jennifer J. Schneider, Alison L. Jones, and Jennifer H. Martin

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Postural influences on sweating: exploring the effects of gravity and pressure, Norikazu Ohnishi, Sean Notley, Joonhee Park, Kyoko Tagami, Catriona A. Burdon, Elizabeth A. Taylor, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

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Ecological implications of fine-scale fire patchiness and severity in tropical savannas of Northern Australia, Sofia L. J Oliveira, Manuel L. Campagnolo, Owen F. Price, Andrew C. Edwards, Jeremy Russell-Smith, and Jose M. C Pereira

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Towards more robust chronologies of coastal progradation: optically stimulated luminescence ages for the coastal plain at Moruya, south-eastern Australia, Thomas Oliver, Amy J. Dougherty, Luke Gliganic, and Colin D. Woodroffe

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The Australian Medical Schools Assessment Collaboration: benchmarking the preclinical performance of medical students, Deborah A. O'Mara, Ben Canny, Imogene P. Rothnie, Ian Wilson, John Barnard, and Llewelyn Davies

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Body size mediated effects of multiple abiotic stressors on the growth and social behaviour of an estuarine fish, Australian Bass (Macquaria novemaculeata), Kaitlyn M. O'Mara and Marian Y. L Wong

The Balint group experience for medical students: a pilot project, Sheila M. O'Neill, Kirsty Foster, and Alexa Gilbert-Obrart

Experiences of stigma and discrimination among people with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study, Claire O'Reilly, Timothy Chen, D Paul, R McCahon, S Shankar, Alan Rosen, and J Ye

B. Demmig-Adams, G. Garab, W. Adams III, Govindjee (eds.): Non-photochemical quenching and energy dissipation in plants algae and cyanobacteria. Advances in photosynthesis, and respiration series. Springer, Dordrecht, 2014, ISBN 978-94-017-9031-4, Barry Osmond

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The imprint of stratospheric transport on column-averaged methane, A Ostler, Ralf Sussmann, P K. Patra, Paul O. Wennberg, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David W. T Griffith, Thomas Blumenstock, Frank Hase, Rigel Kivi, Thorsten Warneke, Zhiting Wang, M de Maziere, John Robinson, and H Ohyama

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A comparison of HONO budgets for two measurement heights at a field station within the boreal forest in Finland, R Oswald, M Ermel, K Hens, A Novelli, H G. Ouwersloot, P Paasonen, T Petaja, M Sipila, P Keronen, J Back, R Konigstedt, Z. Hosaynali Beygi, H Fischer, B Bohn, Dagmar C. Kubistin, H Harder, M Martinez, Jonathan Williams, T Hoffmann, I Trebs, and M Sorgel

Carotid ultrasound pulsatility indices and cardiovascular risk in Australian women, Justin A. Oughton, Stephen Rose, Graham Galloway, Soo Keat Khoo, Sheila M. O'Neill, and Alan Coulthard

Anaesthesia priorities for Australian and New Zealand medical school curricula: a Delphi consensus of academic anaesthetists, Matthew J. Overton and Natalie Smith

Neurocognitive recovery after hospital-treated deliberate self-poisoning with central nervous system depressant drugs: a longitudinal cohort study, Stewart O. C Oxley, Tharaka L. Dassanayake, Gregory L. Carter, Ian Whyte, Alison L. Jones, Gavin Cooper, and Patricia Michie

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Australian overview of best practices in recovery and rehabilitation services for people with Schizophrenia, Nagesh B. Pai

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Beyond symptom control: what has been achieved and where to go next?, Nagesh B. Pai

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Domain of cognition - in Schizophrenia and mood disorders - are they relevant?, Nagesh B. Pai

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Skilled yet lost? Challenges of international medical graduates in psychiatry: Australian perspective, Nagesh B. Pai and Vikas Garg

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Negative symptoms in schizophrenia: The prevailing challenges, Nagesh B. Pai and Shae-Leigh C. Vella

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Evaluation of assessment in the context of work-based learning: qualitative perspectives of new graduates, Claire Palermo, Alexandra Chung, Eleanor Beck, Susan Ash, Sandra Capra, Helen Truby, and Brian Jolly

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Two mechanisms coordinate replication termination by the Escherichia coli Tus-Ter complex, Manjula Pandey, Mohamed M. Elshenawy, Slobodan Jergic, Masateru Takahashi, Nicholas E. Dixon, Samir M. Hamdan, and Smita S. Patel

Two phosphaalkene radical cations with inverse spin density distributions, Xiaobo Pan, Xingyong Wang, Zaichao Zhang, and Xinping Wang

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Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH4 data and associated uncertainties, Robert J. Parker, Hartmut Boesch, K Byckling, A J. Webb, Paul I. Palmer, L Feng, P Bergamaschi, Frédéric Chevallier, Justus Notholt, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Thorsten Warneke, Frank Hase, Ralf Sussmann, S Kawakami, Rigel Kivi, David W. T Griffith, and Voltaire A. Velazco

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Creating institutional connections and a sense of belonging through cultural awareness and competence, Dominique R. Parrish

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Progressing institutional quality assurance and accreditation of higher education programmes, Dominique R. Parrish

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The relevance of emotional intelligence for leadership in a higher education context, Dominique R. Parrish

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Can Report Templates Aid Student Learning in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Classes?, Clare Paton-Walsh

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Compartmental changes in the body-fluid contributions to the plasma volume restoration during recovery from dehydration following heat acclimation, Mark J. Patterson, Jodie M. Stocks, and Nigel A.S. Taylor

Prevalence of FOB testing in eastern-Australian general practice patients: what has a national bowel cancer screening program delivered?, Christine L. Paul, Mariko L. Carey, Grant Russell, Cate D'Este, Rob W. Sanson-Fisher, and Nicholas Arnold Zwar

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No nursing homes': General Practitioner attitudes to residential aged care facility visiting, Russell W. Pearson, Eniko Uvary, Andrew D. Bonney, Judy Mullan, and Bridget R. Dijkmans-Hadley

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Using recreation to create a therapeutic milieu that works for mental health consumers, Shane Pegg, Lorna Moxham, Dana J. Perlman, Susan Liersch, Christopher F. Patterson, Renee M. Brighton, and Ellie K. Taylor

Effect of a computer-guided, quality improvement program for cardiovascular disease risk management in primary health care: The treatment of cardiovascular risk using electronic decision support cluster-randomized trial, David Peiris, Tim Usherwood, Kathryn S. Panaretto, M G. Harris, Jennifer Hunt, Julie Redfern, Nicholas Arnold Zwar, Stephen Colagiuri, Noel Hayman, Serigne Lo, Bindu Patel, Marilyn Lyford, Stephen MacMahon, Bruce Neal, David R. Sullivan, Alan Cass, Rod Jackson, and Anushka Dr Anushka Patel

Interactive effects of climate change and fire on metapopulation viability of a forest-dependent frog in south-eastern Australia, Trent D. Penman, David A. Keith, Jane Elith, Michael J. Mahony, Reid Tingley, John B. Baumgartner, and Tracey J. Regan

Reducing the risk of house loss due to wildfires, Trent D. Penman, Ann E. Nicholson, Ross A. Bradstock, Luke Collins, Sandra H. Penman, and Owen F. Price

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Recovery camp: enhancing the professional learning of future professionals, Dana J. Perlman, Lorna Moxham, Shane Pegg, Susan Liersch, Renee M. Brighton, Christopher F. Patterson, and Ellie K. Taylor

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Nursing students' experiences of clinical placement in community settings: a qualitative study, Kathleen Peters, Susan McInnes, and Elizabeth J. Halcomb

Origins of quaternary coastal dune sheets in San Francisco and Monterey bay, Central California Coast, U.S.A.: reflecting contrasts in shelf depocenters and coastal neotectonics, Curt D. Peterson, Errol Stock, Jack Meyer, Philip Kaijankoski, and David M. Price

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Dissociation of proton-bound complexes reveals geometry and arrangement of double bonds in unsaturated lipids, Huong T. Pham, Matthew Prendergast, Christopher W. Dunstan, Adam J. Trevitt, Todd W. Mitchell, Ryan Julian, and Stephen J. Blanksby

Location, Location, Location: A viewshed analysis of heiau spatial and temporal relationships in leeward Kohala, Hawai'i, Natasha Phillips, Thegn N. Ladefoged, Blair W. McPhee, and Gregory P. Asner

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Geomorphology and evolution of the late Pleistocene to Holocene fluvial system in the south-eastern Llanos de Moxos, Bolivian Amazon, Anna Plotzki, Jan-Hendrik May, Frank Preusser, B Roesti, Sebastian Denier, Umberto Lombardo, and Heinz Veit

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Impact of physical and psychological factors on health-related quality of life in adult patients with liver cirrhosis: a systematic review protocol, Suzanne J. Polis and Ritin S. Fernandez

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Emissions from prescribed fires in temperate forest in south-east Australia: implications for carbon accounting, M Possell, Meaghan Jenkins, Tina L. Bell, and Mark A. Adams

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Huge fires are burning northern Australia every year: it's time to get them under control, Owen F. Price

Potential role of ignition management in reducing unplanned burning in Arnhem Land, Australia, Owen F. Price

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An empirical wildfire risk analysis: the probability of a fire spreading to the urban interface in Sydney, Australia, Owen F. Price, Rittick Borah, Ross A. Bradstock, and Trent D. Penman

Global patterns in fire leverage: the response of annual area burnt to previous fire, Owen F. Price, Juli G. Pausas, Navashni Govender, Mike Flannigan, Paulo M. Fernandes, Matthew L. Brooks, and Rebecca Bliege Bird

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Biogeographical variation in the potential effectiveness of prescribed fire in south-eastern Australia, Owen F. Price, Trent D. Penman, Ross A. Bradstock, Mathias M. Boer, and Hamish Clarke

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A review of the nutrient composition of selected Rubus berries, Yasmine Probst

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Key players of the Australian food composition program, Yasmine Probst

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An overview of the influential developments and stakeholders within the food composition program of Australia, Yasmine Probst and Judy Cunningham

mHealth diet and nutrition guidance, Yasmine Probst, Duc Thanh Nguyen, Megan Rollo, and Wanqing Li

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Dietary assessment on a mobile phone using image processing and pattern recognition techniques: Algorithm design and system prototyping, Yasmine Probst, Duc Thanh Nguyen, Minh Khoi Tran, and Wanqing Li

Progress of food-based dietary guidelines around the globe, Yasmine Probst, Rebecca L. Thorne, and Jane E. O'Shea

A review and meta-analysis of the effects of multiple abiotic stressors on marine embryos and larvae, Rachel Przeslawski, Maria Byrne, and Camille Mellin

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Activation of the P2X7 receptor induces the rapid shedding of CD23 from human and murine B cells, Aleta Pupovac, Nicholas J. Geraghty, Debbie Watson, and Ronald Sluyter

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Renal stones First steps and keys to reducing recurrence, Zainul Qadri, Maureen A. Lonergan, and Kelly Lambert

Proteome changes induced by laser in diabetic retinopathy, Godfrey J. Quin, Brian Lyons, Alice CL Len, Michele C. Madigan, and Mark C. Gillies

Aboriginal bush foods: a major phloroglucinol from Crimson Bottlebrush flowers (Callistemon citrinus, Myrtaceae) displays strong antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activity, Niko S. Radulovic, Pavle J. Randjelovic, Nikola M. Stojanovic, Nevenka D. Cakic, Goran A. Bogdanovic, and Ana Zivanovic

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An analysis of 75 English language online articles on the 'G8 dementia summit', Shibley Rahman, Kate Swaffer, Peter Gordon, and Facundo Manes

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Who were the biggest winners and losers of the 'G8 dementia summit'? An online survey, Shibley Rahman, Kate Swaffer, Peter Gordon, and Facundo Manes

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Would future NHS dementia care easily lend itself to private markets?, Shibley Rahman, Kate Swaffer, Peter Gordon, and Facundo Manes

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Specialist nurses should form part of the post-diagnostic care and support network for living well with dementia, Shibley Rahman, Kate Swaffer, Peter Gordon, Facundo Manes, and Jane Marsters

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Antibacterial properties of 3-(phenylsulfonyl)-2-pyrazinecarbonitrile, Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Elamparithi Jayamani, Hiwa Majed, Annie L. Conery, Wooseong Kim, Bumsup Kwon, Beth Fuchs, Michael J. Kelso, Frederik M. Ausubel, and Eleftherios Mylonakis

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Frontiers in nucleic acid nanotechnology, Stephen Frederick Ralph

Use of romiplostim in patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura during perioperative period, Raj Ramakrishna, Ata Rehman, Subasiri Ramakrishna, William Alexander, and Wilfred W. Yeo

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Alkaloids from the roots of Stemona javanica (Kunth) Engl. (Stemonaceae) and their anti-malarial, acetylcholinesterase inhibitory and cytotoxic activities, Rosdayati Alino Ramli, Pratiwi Pudjiastuti, Tjitjik S. Tjahjandaric, Wilford Lie, Roonglawan Rattanajak, Sumalee Kamchonwongapaisan, and Stephen G. Pyne

Proteolytic processing of the cilium adhesin MHJ_0194 (P123J) in Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae generates a functionally diverse array of cleavage fragments that bind multiple host molecules, Benjamin Raymond, Cheryl Jenkins, Lisa M. Seymour, Jessica Tacchi, Michael Widjaja, Veronica M. Jarocki, Ania T. Deutscher, Lynne Turnbull, Cynthia B. Whitchurch, Matthew P. Padula, and Steven P. Djordjevic

Field measurement of beef pen manure methane and nitrous oxide reveals a surprise for inventory calculations, Matthew R. Redding, J Devereux, Frances A. Phillips, R Lewis, Travis A. Naylor, T Kearton, C J. Hill, and S Weidemann

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Rules of attraction: enticing pelagic fish to mid-water remote underwater video systems (RUVS), Matthew Rees, Nathan A. Knott, G V. Fenech, and Andrew R. Davis

Hydrological change in the Coorong estuary, Australia, past and present: evidence from fossil invertebrate and algal assemblages, Jessica M. Reeves, Deborah Haynes, Adriana García, and Peter Gell

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The impact of sediment bioturbation by secondary organisms on metal bioavailability, bioaccumulation and toxicity to target organisms in benthic bioassays: implications for sediment quality assessment, Timothy Remaili, Stuart L. Simpson, Elvio D. Amato, David A. Spadaro, Chad V. Jarolimek, and Dianne F. Jolley

A semi-mechanistic model for predicting the moisture content of fine litter, Victor Resco de Dios, Aaron Fellows, Rachael H. Nolan, Mathias M. Boer, Ross A. Bradstock, Francisco Domingo, and Michel Goulden

I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien; I'm a French doctor in New South Wales!, Lionel Reyftmann

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A diverse assemblage of reef corals thriving in a dynamic intertidal reef setting (Bonaparte archipelago, Kimberley, Australia), Zoe T. Richards, Rodrigo A. Garcia, Carden C. Wallace, Natalie Rosser, and Paul R. Muir

Lower activity levels are related to higher plantar pressures in overweight children, Diane L. Riddiford-Harland, Julie R. Steele, Dylan P. Cliff, Anthony D. Okely, Philip J. Morgan, Rachel A. Jones, and Louise A. Baur

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Teaching telehealth consultation skills, Helen Rienits, Greg Teuss, and Andrew D. Bonney

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Varying levels of clonality and ploidy create barriers to gene flow and challenges for conservation of an Australian arid-zone ecosystem engineer, Acacia loderi, David G. Roberts, Cairo Forrest, Andrew J. Denham, and David J. Ayre

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Optical dating in archaeology: thirty years in retrospect and grand challenges for the future, Richard G. Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs, Bo Li, Nathan Jankowski, Alastair C. Cunningham, and Anatoly B. Rosenfeld

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Dating techniques: illuminating the past, Richard G. Roberts and Olav B. Lian

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Regulation of mutagenic DNA polymerase V activation in space and time, Andrew Robinson, John P. Mcdonald, Victor E. A Caldas, Meghna Patel, Elizabeth A. Wood, Christiaan M. Punter, Harshad Ghodke, Michael M. Cox, Roger Woodgate, Myron F. Goodman, and Antoine M. van Oijen

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Not just about sunburn - the ozone hole's profound effect on climate has significant implications for Southern Hemisphere ecosystems, Sharon A. Robinson and David J. Erickson

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Criteria for assessing the quality of Middle Pleistocene to Holocene vertebrate fossil ages, Marta Rodríguez-Reya, Salvador Herrando-Péreza, Richard Gillespie, Zenobia Jacobs, Frédérik Saltréa, Barry W. Brook, Gavin J. Prideaux, Richard G. Roberts, Alan Cooper, John Alroy, Gifford H. Miller, Michael I. Bird, Chris N. Johnson, Nicholas Beeton, Christian Turney, and Corey J. A Bradshaw

Asynchronous spawning in sympatric populations of a hard coral reveals cryptic species and ancient genetic lineages, Natalie Rosser

Assessment of neuromuscular function using percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, Vianney Rozand, Sidney Grospretre, Paul J. Stapley, and Romuald Lepers

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Urban water governance failure and local strategies for overcoming water shortages in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Richard Rugemalila and Leah Maree Gibbs

Challenges to providing fetal anomaly testing in a cross-cultural environment: experiences of practitioners caring for Aboriginal women, Alice R. Rumbold, Kayli J. Wild, Elaine Lawurrpa Maypilama, Sue V. Kildea, Lesley M. Barclay, Euan M. Wallace, and Jacqueline A. Boyle

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Health literacy and patient comprehension in the pre-anaesthetics consultation, Michael J. Russell, Judy Mullan, and Timothy Billington

Assessing and managing suicidal patients in the emergency department, Christopher Ryan, Matthew Large, Robert Gribble, Matthew D. Macfarlane, Ralf Ilchef, and Tad Tietze