Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology Research Articles

Opening statement

Interested Australian universities with Interior Design/Interior Architecture degrees held an inaugural meeting in Sydney in 1996 to elicit interest in an association to advocate Interior Design/Interior Architecture education and research. In 1997 IDEA was formalised to encourage and support excellence in the discipline. This is the Inaugural publication of the annual ‘IDEA Referred Design Scheme’, one of the activities the IDEA committee promotes. Participating universities include: Curtin University of Technology, Queensland College of Art, Queensland University of Technology, Northern Territory University, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, University of New South Wales, University of South Australia and the University of Technology Sydney.

Does Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) reduce colorectal adenoma (CRA) recurrence: protocol of a registry-based, cohort study and a qualitative interview

IntroductionColorectal adenoma (CRA) is a precancerous lesion for colorectal cancer. Endoscopic resection is the first-line treatment for CRA. However, CRA recurrence rate is high. This proposed study aims to determine...

Students as co-creators of an Aboriginal & Torres Strait heritage garden and interactive maps

Over the last decade in response to the Universities Australia National Best Practice Framework for Indigenous Cultural Competency (2011), Australian Higher Education curricula have become increasingly permeable to First Nations ways of knowing being and doing. Online Campus Floras ("Turning campus grounds into botanical learning and teaching spaces,"Quinnell, The University of Sydney, 2020) can offer valuable teaching resources for biology and for experiential place-based learning beyond biology (e.g., in ecology, human geography, storytelling) as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage walking trails (Muecke & Eadie, 2020), and as portals to translate intergenerational knowledge by offering cultural, experiential learning for everyone (Muecke & Eadie, 2020). Partnerships between schools, two Australian universities (one in Brisbane and one in Sydney) and respectful working practices with First Nations knowledge holders in use of co-designed citizenship science projects to create, curate and disseminate location and information about Indigenous Knowings in plants by incorporating learning objects (photos, videos) derived from observations of campus flora at a university in Brisbane, Queensland, is the first of its kind to create a distinctive learning environment celebrating co-creation alongside Indigenous Knowings in curriculum via use of technology. The value of outdoor learning in the context of First Nations’ cultural connections to the living worlds is well-documented, with most botanical gardens and universities offering Aboriginal heritage trails (e.g., Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology("RMIT Keelbundoora scarred trees and heritage trail," 2020), Murdoch University ("Murdoch University: Ngoolak, Poolgala and Koorloo Walk Trail," 2020), Monash University ("Monash University:Aboriginal Trail," 2020)), The University of Sydney (“Patyegarang Language Trail, 2016). In addition, citizen science approaches offered the means for students and knowledge experts to collaborate in an online environment whilst working outdoors (e.g., Pettit et al., 2014; Struwe et al., 2014). Citizen science applications like iNaturalist App, resolve the challenges for collaborators (students and knowledge experts) when unable to physically meet due to remote locations and COVID-19 restrictions, to meet online and work in equal partnership to develop their digital literacies and resources. Here, First Nations plant knowledge was gathered in partnership from an external Indigenous plants/garden local consultant for Brisbane with students from our school collaborators via regular guidance and consultation. Learning objects (i.e. plants, yarning circles, native beehives) were crafted into a virtual educational tour using an online mapping system iNaturalist App to facilitate blended learning experiences. Students follow up by participating in development of appropriate inclusion of this information in the curriculum. Use of these online resources can widen participation outcomes and deeply embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into school and university curricula leading to preservation and promotion of Indigenous Knowings both to a national and international audience. Permission to disseminate and share this information as a teaching resource between First Nations, participating schools and the two participating universities was secured. Implications for further practice include co-creation and development of online Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander heritage walking trails at other universities, linking to local and national botanical gardens and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resource websites.

How to Conduct and Publish Open Science in Management Research

Serious misconduct cases have shattered public trust in business research. Multiple scholars have already discussed how to overcome the credibility crisis and restore public trust in research. Hereby, they highlighted the importance of open science practices, especially in empirical and experimental research, to ensure rigor and ethical conduct through transparency and replicability. This symposium takes up this notion by showing participants how to conduct and publish open science in management research. First, Gernot Pruschak starts the symposium by introducing the theme and the presenters and providing a short motivation for the need of open science practices in empirical and experimental management research. Second, Andrew Timming highlights the needs for registered reports and presents advice on how to generate and submit registered reports to management journals. Third, Roman Briker introduces the participants to study pre- registration at the Open Science Framework and AsPredicted.org. Fourth, Christian Hopp highlights the necessity of conducting replication studies and exemplarily shows how to conduct a replication study combining experimental and empirical methods. Fifth, Nicolas Bastardoz gives insights into the editorial view on publishing registered reports and replication studies in top management journals. Hereby, he shares advice for authors on which types of replication studies editors seek and why they are important for journals and scientific stakeholders. Sixth, Jermain Kaminski discusses data sharing among management researchers and explains how research data can be openly shared. Registered Reports for Management Journals Presenter: Andrew Timming; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology U. Study Preregistration at AsPredicted.org and OSF Presenter: Roman Briker; Maastricht U. Publishing Replication Studies in Top Management Journals Presenter: Christian Hopp; Bern U. of Applied Sciences Editor's Perspective on Publishing Rigor Replication Studies Presenter: Nicolas Bastardoz; KU Leuven Open Research Data Sharing in Management Research Presenter: Jermain Christopher Kaminski; Maastricht U., School of Business & Economics

NH3 Prospects in Combustion Engines and Fuel Cells for Commercial Aviation by 2030

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTNH3 Prospects in Combustion Engines and Fuel Cells for Commercial Aviation by 2030Alberto Boretti*Alberto BorettiIndependent Scientist, Johnsonville Road, Johnsonville, Wellington 6037, New Zealand*[email protected]More by Alberto Borettihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3374-0238 and Stefania CastellettoStefania CastellettoSchool of Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Bundoora 3083, Victoria AustraliaMore by Stefania Castellettohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8675-2291Cite this: ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 8, 2557–2564Publication Date (Web):July 13, 2022Publication History Received28 April 2022Accepted29 June 2022Published online13 July 2022Published inissue 12 August 2022https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00994Copyright © 2022 American Chemical SocietyRIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views2128Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (3 MB) Get e-AlertsSUBJECTS:Batteries,Energy,Fluorescence spectroscopy,Fuels,Redox reactions Get e-Alerts

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Road Less Traveled

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and a Road Less Traveled

Feasibility of self-administered acupressure for allergic rhinitis: a pilot randomized controlled trial and lessons learnt for future studies.

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is an immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated inflammatory condition that is highly prevalent worldwide. The aim of this pilot trial was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of self-administered acupressure for AR. A randomized, single-blind, non-specific controlled clinical trial was conducted at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, Australia. Fifteen AR patients were randomized into two groups: self-administered acupressure at five specific acupressure (SA) points or five non-specific acupressure (NSA) points (1 min/point, twice a day), and treated for 4 weeks with an 8-week follow-up period. The primary outcome was the change in 7-point scale symptom severity. Secondary outcomes included the rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire and standardized activities (RQLQs), medication usage, adverse events and participants' opinions of the blinding method. The Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 26 was used for data analyses. Fourteen participants completed the study and no major adverse events were reported. No statistically significant differences between SA and NSA groups were identified in 7-point scale symptom severity scores, RQLQs or medication usage. However, participants in the SA group believed that SA was useful for AR and recommended it for self-care. The credibility of the blinding method was successful. No adverse effects were considered to be related to the intervention. Acupressure is feasible and appears to be safe for self-administration by AR sufferers. Experience from this pilot study has guided minor amendments to the protocol. A large-scale randomized controlled trial is warranted to further investigate the efficacy and safety of self-administered acupressure for the management of AR.

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review:Double-blind• Conference submission management system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmame2020• Number of submissions received: 31• Number of submissions sent for review: 21• Number of submissions accepted:10• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 47.62%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2 to 3• Total number of reviewers involved: 15• Any additional info on review process: We have first theme review on submissions… If the manuscripts are up to the first review standard, it will enter the second step—being reviewed by technical committees. As CMAME2020 technical committees, our reviewer will carefully check if this paper conforms to conference topic… The reviewers will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of manuscripts, contributions, and the potential impacts of the paper, while the innovation in the paper contents is necessary for CMAME acceptance. If the paper is weak…our reviewer will make suggestions for improvement and publication alternatives. We will contrast the similarity on submissions and published paper, if the similarity is up to 35%, the paper will be rejected for duplicate publication.• Contact person for queries: John Mo, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, john.mo@rmit.edu.au

Preface

2021 The 7th International Conference on Digital Manufacturing and Automation (ICDMA 2021) was held from May 10-12, 2021 with workshop of 2021 6th International Conference on Mechanical and Electronics Engineering. Our attendees safty would be the highest priority, some participants are now facing travel restrictions and may have to cancel their schedule because of COVID-19. According to this situation, the conference is available to use all social media methods, such as online/video presentation, etc, except the regular presentation types (oral & poster).The conference is co-sponsored by National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, Science and Engineering Institute. It aims to bring together researchers, developers, and users in both industry and academia in the world for sharing state-of-art results, for exploring new areas of research and development, and to discuss emerging issues on digital manufacturing and automation. As is well known to us all, digital manufacturing and automation technology plays a more and more important role in industry advancing now, The conference is aimed at reporting up-to-the-minute innovations and developments, brought together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. For conference online, three keynote speakers were invited to give the keynote speeches on May 11, 2021.This proceeding including 12 papers in two chapters of material design and optimization and industrial automation and manufacturing, the authors are from varies countries, hope those papers can help you to gain something and promote the development of Digital Manufacturing and Automation and Mechanical and Electronics Engineering. The conference received 23 submissions, and every paper was reviewed by in two roundsFor the success helding of ICDMA 2021, we would like to express our appreciation to all the reviewer's review works and their support, all the conference website editor and committee members' hard works. It very nice to have you worked for conference ICDMA 2021. The conference would welcome to your join for next conference series.At last, wish you could get something from our conference and conference proceedings!!Conference Committees, Peer Review Statement, are available in this pdf

The role of technology in assessment, documentation, and tracking of clinical competencies in radiography education

The role of technology in assessment, documentation, and tracking of clinical competencies in radiography education

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review: Single-blind/Double-blind/Triple-blind/Open/Other (please describe) Double-blind • Conference submission management system: http://confsys.iconf.org/submission • Number of submissions received: 83 • Number of submissions sent for review: 72 • Number of submissions accepted: 35 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 48.6% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2-3 • Total number of reviewers involved: 41 • Any additional info on review process: If the author is going to publish the paper, first we will review whether the paper theme conforms to conference topic or not…whether the author does the mult-submission / published the paper before or not…Then conference reviewers will do the deep review on research contents and evaluate if the submission can be accepted. • Contact person for queries Prof. John Mo Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia Email: john.mo@rmit.edu.au

The geometric mean is a superior frequency response averaging method for human body vibration

The frequency response data of human body vibration are often used for standardisation, design of transport vehicles and occupational health and safety measures. This article shows that the commonly used methods of averaging frequency response spectra, such as arithmetic averaging in the complex or magnitude domain and median averaging, are not as suitable as the less commonly used geometric averaging in the complex domain. This is because it is necessary to minimise the deviation of the measured values about the mean value and to minimise the bias from the true mean value due to noise, distortion and nonlinearity. Practitioner summary: For averaging frequency response spectra, it is necessary to minimise the bias from the true mean value. This research shows that the commonly used averaging methods, such as arithmetic averaging in the complex or magnitude domain and the median, are not as suitable as geometric averaging in the complex domain. Abbreviations: H1 Estimator: frequency response function estimation method using the cross-spectrum of the output with the input divided by the auto-spectrum of the input; ISO: International Organization for Standardization; NHK: Nippon Hatsujo Kabushiki Kaisha; PCB: PCB Group ("PCB" is abbreviation for "PicoCoulomB"); RMIT: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; r.m.s.: root mean square

Interview with Professor Belinda Tynan: A journey through distance education

For this special issue, we have had the privilege to speak to Professor Belinda Tynan. She is the vice-President of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), has held the post of Vice-Chancellor at the Open University of the United Kingdom and represents Australia at the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Board of Governors. She has been the Executive Committee President of the European Distance Education Network (EDEN) and in FutureLearn, the MOOC platform at the Open University as wel...

How bumblebees mind the gap

Lying on the ground, gazing through stalks of grass on a warm summer's day is the only way to truly appreciate the world from a bumblebee's perspective. As the intrepid foragers close in on tempting clover flowers they must negotiate a flight path cluttered with vegetation. ‘Looking for a gap and assessing whether you can pass through is a fundamental step to traversing cluttered environments’, says Sridhar Ravi from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. Intrigued by the bumblebee's ability to assess whether a gap is passable, Ravi and Martin Egelhaaf from Bielefeld University, Germany, set out to discover how bumblebees gauge the width of an opening so effectively.‘We wanted to uncover the most elemental aspects of locomotion through a cluttered environment’, says Ravi, who built a 1.5 m long tunnel on a bee's scale for the insects to fly along, lined with randomly chequered wallpaper, so that they could keep track of how far and fast they had flown. Having previously investigated how bumblebees react to individual obstacles, Ravi, Tim Siesenop and Lea-Sophie Manz positioned a 5 cm wide gate 90 cm along the flight path, with a second randomly chequered wall located behind it – at distances ranging from 55 cm to tight against the gate – to see how the bees approached the aperture as the view through it altered. Filming and then analysing the bees’ approaches with Olivier Bertrand, Charlotte Doussot and Alex Fisher, Ravi and Englehaaf realised that the insects flew at a consistent average speed of 0.7 m s−1 until they neared the aperture. Then, they began weaving to and fro, zig-zagging only once when the rear wall was distant. However, as the distance between the gate and rear wall narrowed, the approaching bees slowed more, in addition to weaving increasingly from side to side, with the bees that were faced with a blocked gate frantically zig-zagging from side to side until the team removed the obstruction, allowing them to pass.Knowing that bees track the angle spanned by an object on the retina to estimate its size during an approach, the team realised that the insects began slowing when the gate spanned 35 deg of the insect's retina. They also suspect that the weaving insects assess the width of the gap by analysing how it moves relative to the rear obstacle to determine whether or not they can pass with ease. ‘This is akin to us closing one of our eyes and moving our head sideways’, says Ravi. In addition, as the distance between the gate and rear wall became increasingly narrow, the bees began zig-zagging to and fro faster to increase the apparent movement between the two, ‘which is likely to give them higher confidence in their depth estimation’, says Ravi. He also suspects that the insects are essentially ‘hesitating’ when they spend more time contemplating the most obstructed passages, to allow themselves time to assess whether they can negotiate a particularly tight manoeuvre safely.‘It's always surprising to witness the exceptional flying capacity of bees’, says Ravi, who admits admiring the insect's precision and wants to learn more about the cues that bumblebees heed when minding the gap.

Setting up salinity gradient in an experimental solar pond (SGSP)

This paper describes the practical experience gained from setting up salinity gradient in a MgCl solar pond at Bundoora East campus of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, Australia. This involves using saturated brine to establish the lower thermal storage (or convective) zone (LCZ) as well as the middle insulating layer in which the salinity decreases with height. This non-convective zone (NCZ) is protected from mixings caused by the wind and the destabilising effects of diurnal variation of the ambient temperature by an upper convicting layer (UCZ). In this top layer (UCZ) both the temperature and salinity are uniform. These properties increase with depth in the (NCZ). Density and temperature usually assume their maximum values at the interface between the NCZ and the lower convective zone (LCZ). Both these properties are usually constant in the (LCZ).

Institutional approaches for building intercultural understanding into the curriculum: an Australian perspective

Australia is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Since World War II, seven million immigrants from more than 150 countries have settled in Australia. Since that time, Federal governmental changes to its policies on immigration has recognized the importance of cultural diversity in its population. Educational institutions have also responded by initiating a variety of strategies and developing curricula aimed at achieving equitable education and social outcomes and promote the acceptance of people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. This paper first examines how Australia has developed policy that has enabled education to become its third largest export market worth more than AUD$18 billion in 2014–2015. It focuses on some of the state and federal government policies that have encouraged the internationalization within the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors and then gives an overview of some of the institutional strategies and policies that have been implemented at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) at university level and geospatial science undergraduate discipline level. A range of challenges at the governmental, institutional and discipline level faced by those individual academics wishing to incorporate internationalization into their respective curricula are investigated.

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Book Review: From Jesus to the Internet: A History of Christianity and Media by Peter Horsfield

From Jesus to the Internet: A History of Christianity and Media. Peter Horsfield. Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. 322 pp. $105 hbk. $34.95 pbk.Media scholars have long understood that the development of movable type enabled the Protestant Reformation, but broader historical scholarship on the role of media in the two millennia of Christianity has been episodic at best. That is, until now. With From Jesus to the Internet, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Communication Professor Peter Horsfield explains how media have facilitated transformations in Christianity, from the oral ministry of Jesus and his disciples to the social media use of today's churches. Horsfield's compelling and nuanced scholarship of integration traces the evolution of Christianity from an oral Jewish movement in the 1st century through epochs dominated by written, printed, electronic, and now digital media to become the world's largest religious faith with 2.2 billion followers. But adjusting to centuries of economic, legal, political, and media conditions changed Christianity's character. While what presents itself as Christianity is a remarkably robust, adaptable, and energetic phenomenon, capable of significant good but also immense evil, Horsfield observes, it has very little connection with the character, self-understanding, and mission of the Jewish Galilean man called Jesus.Neither Jesus nor his disciples left written records of their ministries, so most of what we know about Jesus comes from the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, all of which were written at least 40 years after the Romans crucified Jesus. Following the work of New Testament scholars John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg, Horsfield describes Jesus as lower class and illiterate, a charismatic Jewish preacher who associated with social outcasts and told stories and parables that challenged the well to do with messages of a righteous God who cared about justice for everyone. Parables and sayings of Jesus were circulated orally and ultimately recorded, but the Gospels appeared well after Paul claimed apostolic authority through visions of Christ and wrote letters that promoted a Hellenized Christianity which were copied and circulated among congregations. Indeed, the Gospels adapted Paul's perspective in framing the ministry of Jesus in terms of the Lord Jesus Christ, a Hellenistic title conceived to appeal to privileged citizens of the Roman Empire.Writing changed everything. Church leadership required literacy, turning what began as an inclusive movement among the underprivileged into an institution of hierarchy. The canon of authorized scriptures favored male leadership. The increasing use of Latin in the West solidified political and social power among a small educated elite, who protected their position and wealth through systems of secrecy, intimidation, and violence. …

Sensoria Special Edition on Sexual Orientation and Gender: Editorial

This Special Edition of Sensoria: A Journal of Mind, Brain, and Culture presents a series of integrated papers that address the intersection of gender and sexual orientation. We have had the privilege to work with a high quality panel of contributors to this special edition, to whom we are grateful for their support and time. Finally, the high quality of the articles published in this special edition of Sensoria would not have been possible without our expert panel of international reviewers. Their generous contributions have helped improve the quality of the work that we are able to present to you. We would like to acknowledge the following reviewers: Fiona Barlow (University of Queensland, AUS), Thekla Morgenroth (University of Exeter, UK), Rose Ferguson (Australian Catholic University, AUS), Yasin Koc (University of Sussex, UK), Jodie Chapman (Monash University, AUS), Leah Kaufmann (Australian Catholic University, AUS), Todd Morrison (University of Saskatchewan, CAN), Shaun Pichler (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUS), and Christopher Hunt (University of Trieste, ITA). We also extend our thanks to those who chose to remain anonymous in reviewing articles included in this special edition.

Private Higher Education in Greece: Protests Against Recognition

Christopher Ziguras is senior research fellow in the Globalism Institute at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Address: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia. E-mail: christopher.ziguras@rmit.edu.au. Grant McBurnie is executive officer in Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Address: Monash University 3800, Australia. E-mail: grant.mcburnie@adm .monash.edu.au.