Griffith Research Online: Recent submissions
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Foreign tick smuggling rickettsia evades Australian border control (Letter)
(Medical Journal of Australia, 2018)Tick‐borne infectious diseases, including rickettsial infections, acquired in Australia or after international travel remain a diagnostic challenge.1JOURNAL ARTICLE -
'One Health' solutions for ticks and tick-borne diseases, and rickettsial pathogens of humans, domestic animals and wildlife (Editorial)
(Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2018)One of the causes increasing the threat of vector-borne diseases in humans and livestock are emerging infectious diseases of wildlife (Cunningham et al., 2017; Daszek et al., 2000; Titcomb et al., 2017). These emerging ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Performance evaluation of five commercial assays in assessing seroprevalence of HEV antibodies among blood donors
(Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2018)Introduction. Although hepatitis E virus (HEV) is mainly transmitted via the faecal–oral route, the rate of HEV transmission via blood donation is on the rise. However, the seroprevalence of HEV among blood donors is not ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Comparative Evaluation of Environmental Flow Assessment Techniques: Best Practice Framework
(1998)This report is one of four arising from the project ‘Comparative Evaluation of Environmental Flow Assessment Techniques' funded by Environment Australia, the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation ...REPORT -
Some Notes on the Use of Voice-Over
(The New Soundtrack, 2018)In his book of essays, Consciousness and the Novel, David Lodge devoted a section to the limitations of film.JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Threatened fishes of the world: Pseudomugil mellis Allen & Ivantsoff, 1982 (Pseudomugilidae)
(Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1995)Common name: Honey blue-eye (E, F). Conservation status: Vulnerable (Australian Society for Fish Biology's 1991 list of Australian threatened fishes). Identification: D IV to VI + 7 or 8, A 11, 8 to 1110, P 12 or 13, V ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Publisher Correction: Human CD45 is an F-component-specifc receptor for the staphylococcal toxin Panton–Valentine leukocidin
(Nature Microbiology, 2018)In the version of this Article originally published, the name of author Robert Jan Lebbink was coded wrongly, resulting in it being incorrect when exported to citation databases. This has now been corrected, though no ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Improved Management of Exotic Aquatic Fauna: Research and Development for Australian Rivers
(1995)This report presents the findings of a project to review R&D requirements concerning exotic aquatic biota and their significance in the improved management and monitoring of Australian inland waters. The review forms part ...REPORT -
Avi Brisman, Eamonn Carrabine and Nigel South (eds): The Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory and Concepts (Book review)
(Critical Criminology, 2019)Edited criminology ‘companions’, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, handbooks and textbooks, produced by Routledge are not uncommon, and this means that there is serious competition in the same marketplace to entice students ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
The feeding ecology of freshwater fishes in two rivers of the Australian wet tropics
(Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1995)The fish fauna of the Mulgrave and South Johnstone rivers is diverse relative to other Australian rivers and this study examines the diets of many of the resident fish species. Most species were small (< 200 g), and although ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Utility of the superficial radial nerve as donor for grafting of ipsilateral forearm nerve defects (Letter)
(Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), 2019)Nerve trauma is an uncommon injury that can result in a marked deficit in upper extremity function (Lundborg and Rosen, 2007). Repair of a cut nerve requires tension-free approximation with microsurgical epiperineural ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Species richness and spatial variation in fish assemblage structure in two rivers of the Wet Tropics of northern Queensland, Australia
(Environmental Biology of Fishes, 1995)Fish assemblages were sampled at 22 sites within the Mulgrave and South Johnstone Rivers of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, north Queensland. Flow regimes of these rivers are highly predictable, by Australian standards, ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
The Effects of Agricultural Land use and Cotton Production on Tributaries of the Darling River, Australia
(GeoJournal, 1996)Intensive agricultural development in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia, has been achieved at a high cost to the natural environment. This paper assess the hydrological, water quality and ecological changes which have ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
The Effects of a Chronic Application of Chlorpyrifos on the Macroinvertebrate Fauna in an Outdoor Artificial Stream System: Species Responses
(Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 1995)An outdoor artificial stream system was used to examine the effects of a chronic application of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos on the invertebrate fauna of the system. Two replicate streams received chlorpyrifos ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Overcoming methodological challenges in prevalence studies in developing contexts with vulnerable children
(International Social Work, 2018)Social work research concerns itself with vulnerable populations. Methodological challenges including accessing vulnerable populations are especially acute in developing countries where systematized data is often lacking. ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Social marketing partnerships: Evolution, scope and substance
(Marketing Theory, 2019)The popularity and benefits of social marketing partnerships accord partnerships as the 5th ‘P’ of the social marketing mix and an essential element of interventions. Yet the scope and substance of partnerships within ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Children's healthcare nurses should receive education in discussing intimate partner violence with new mothers
(Evidence-Based Nursing, 2018)Implications for practice and research: Timely identification of women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) can lead to early intervention and support to reduce the adverse impact of exposure on maternal and infant ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Consumer Perspectives of Safewards Impact in Acute Inpatient Mental Health Wards in Victoria, Australia
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019)Background: Inpatient mental health wards are reported by many consumers to be custodial, unsafe, and lacking in therapeutic relationships. These consumer experiences are concerning, given international policy directives ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
Directions for research on gender imbalance in the IT profession
(European Journal of Information Systems, 2019)There is a significant shortage of expert Information Technology (IT) personnel in Europe and elsewhere and a marked under-representation of women in the field. This paper identifies important gaps in research on gender ...JOURNAL ARTICLE -
The Systematic Bias of Ingestible Core Temperature Sensors Requires a Correction by Linear Regression
(Frontiers in Physiology, 2017)An accurate measure of core body temperature is critical for monitoring individuals, groups and teams undertaking physical activity in situations of high heat stress or prolonged cold exposure. This study examined the range ...JOURNAL ARTICLE