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The Impact of Securitisation on Access to Asylum in the European Union
(2019-11-28)Approximately one million people used the Mediterranean Sea routes to reach the European Union (EU) and seek asylum in 2015. The vast majority of these people used the eastern Mediterranean route from Turkey to EU member ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Improving feeding practices and intakes among patients who have undergone surgery using a knowledge translation approach
(2019-11-28)A convincing body of evidence exists supporting the reintroduction of liquids and solids within 24 hours after surgery. This practice is defined as early oral feeding and has been associated with faster recovery of ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
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 -
Quadriceps muscle strength and body mass index are associated with estimates of physical activity post-heart transplantation
(2019-11-28)When we stop and think about what is truly important in life, most of us would say that it is quality time spent with family and friends and the ability to do what we enjoy. This is also the primary goal for those with ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
'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 -
Generation of a Novel Multiphasic Bone-Ligament-Bone Construct for Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament Reconstruction
(2019-11-22)Background: Scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL) tears are a common wrist injury in young and active patients with suboptimal outcomes after surgical repair. While bone-ligament-bone (BLB) constructs have been ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
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 -
Structure Engineering towards High-Performance Electrodes for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
(2019-11-22)Major concerns about the effects of increasing fossil fuel consumption on the environment and energy security have prompted the development of sustainable and environmentally-friendly energy conversion and storage technologies ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
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 -
Changes in Platelet Aggregation and Activation in Patients Undergoing Interventional Neuroradiology Procedures: Can Point-Of-Care Devices Assist in Predicting Complications?
(2019-11-12)Introduction/Aims: Patients undergoing interventional neuroradiology (IVN) procedures to treat intracranial aneurysms experience a minor, but potentially life threatening risk of thromboembolic or haemorrhagic complications. ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
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