University Of Canberra Research Articles

Quality-of-Life in Achilles Tendinopathy: An Exploratory Study.

This research aimed to explore the quality-of-life and experiences of people with Achilles tendinopathy. This mixed-methods research used the 8-dimension Assessment of Quality-of-Life (AQoL-8D), focus groups and grounded theory analysis. AQoL-8D scores were compared with population normative scores. In focus groups, participants discussed their experiences with Achilles tendinopathy. An online survey was completed, followed by focus groups and interviews held at the University of Canberra. Adults with Achilles tendon pain were eligible to participate in the online survey, which was distributed through email and social media. Complete survey responses were obtained from 92 individuals, and 11 individuals participated in focus groups and interviews. AQoL-8D scores were significantly lower in those with Achilles tendinopathy (79 ± 11 vs 81 ± 13). AQoL-8Ds of mental health, pain, senses, and the physical "super dimension" were also significantly lower. The difference exceeded the AQoL-8D minimum clinically important difference of 6% only for the pain dimension. Themes identified included adapting lifestyles, living with the condition, changes in mental and social well-being, conflict with identity, frustration, and individual experiences. Achilles tendinopathy is associated with a lower quality-of-life score, but on average, the difference does not exceed the minimum clinically important difference. In focus groups, some individuals described profound impacts on their life. This discrepancy likely reflects the variability of the impact across individuals. For some people, the effect is minimal, yet for those who tie their identity and social activities to fitness and physical activity, the effect can be profound.

New approaches to zoology: Plenary 4

Following the fourth session of the forum, we held a question and answer session facilitated by Paul Willis. The presentations covered by this plenary session were: What can we do with poo: genetic analysis of scat samples to inform the conversation Tasmanian Devil? (Catherine Grueber et al. University of Sydney)Probing the sex life of the dragon. (Arthur Georges, University of Canberra)Secrets from beyond extinction; unlocking the thylacine genome. (Andrew Pask, University of Melbourne)The Oz Mammals genomics initiative: developing resources for mammal conservation. (Mark Eldridge et al. Australian Museum)

Engaging with Indigenous Research Methodologies: The Centrality of Country, Positionality and Community Need

The articles in this special themed section are derived from presentations delivered at a series of symposia exploring Indigenous research methodologies held at the University of Canberra in 2016–1...

Fake News Content Shaping the COVID-19 Pandemic Fear: Virus Anxiety, Emotional Contagion, and Responsible Media Reporting

Employing recent research results covering fake news content shaping the COVID-19 pandemic fear, and building our argument by drawing on data collected from Gallup, GlobalWebIndex, Knight Foundation, Ofcom, Pew Research Center, Public Knowledge, Statista, and University of Canberra, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding the relationship between virus anxiety, emotional contagion, and responsible media reporting Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the collected data

Scaring Ourselves to Death in the Time of COVID-19: Pandemic Awareness, Virus Anxiety, and Contagious Fear

Using and replicating data from GlobalWebIndex, Pew Research Center, Public Knowledge, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Canberra, and WHO, authors performed analyses and made estimates regarding the primary harms of misinformation related to COVID-19. The results of a study based on data collected from 3,400 respondents provide support for author´s research model.

Threat Perceptions of COVID-19 Pandemic: News Discernment, Media Exaggeration, and Misleading Information

The purpose of this study was to empirically examine threat perceptions of COVID-19 pandemic Building my argument by drawing on data collected from Kantar, Pew Research Center, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Statista, and University of Canberra, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding the relationship between news discernment, media exaggeration, and misleading information The structural equation modeling technique was used to test the research model

Viral Panic and Contagious Fear in Scary Times: The Proliferation of COVID-19 Misinformation and Fake News

The aim of this paper is to synthesize and analyze existing evidence on the proliferation of COVID-19 misinformation and fake news Using and replicating data from Gallup, Knight Foundation, Ofcom, Pew Research Center, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and University of Canberra, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding constant exposure to mainstream journalism and social media coverage of COVID-19 pandemic Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling

A new suite: The process of knowing through poetry

This critical/creative work responds to a call from Krauth and Watkins for amore radical form of the scholarly paper. Its hybrid form presents poems written in response to events at the second Poetry on the Move festival at the University of Canberra in 2016. Key ideas about the intersections betweenpoetry and knowledge from David McCooey and William Carlos Williams areconsidered together with readings and discussions by poets Tusiata Avia and Simon Armitage. The article charts writing experiences, tracking the drafts andthe editing process for ways in which my festival-inspired poems reflect on the intersections between poetry and knowledge, knowing and unknowing. Specifically, the poems concern the topics of knowing and observing the world; knowing memory and integrating the past with the present; and knowing the body. They embrace embodiment, imagination and biography, conscious of antagonisms between memory and the present. In this article, I problematise the use of the noun knowledge as opposed to the verb knowing and demonstrate that the former is unnecessarily privileged. I argue that articulating the full scope of poetry composition from inspiration to the final stages of editing demonstrates that artistic knowledge is best defined as a process of knowing. It is my contention that poets do demonstrate the knowledge of how to make things, as identified by Aristotle (1954); and alsothat we show ‘knowing as a process of inquiry’ (Johnson 2010). In doing so, we offer readers ‘new ways of knowing and doing’ (Webb 2012, my emphasis). At the same time, our own new work, as I demonstrate here, responds to knowledge as ‘a living current’ (Williams 1923), an active state characterised by the verb ‘to know’.

Six groundings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander story in the Australian creative writing classroom: Part 2

‘All Australian children deserve to know the country that they share through the stories that Aboriginal people can tell them,’ write Gladys Idjirrimoonra Milroy and Jill Milroy (2008: 42). If country and story, place and voice are intertwined, it is vital that we make space in Australian creative writing classrooms for the reading and writing of Australian Indigenous story. What principles and questions can allow us to begin? We propose six groundings for this work: 1. Indigenous story is literary history, literary history is creative power. 2. We do culture together: culture becomes in collaboration, conscious or unconscious. 3. There is no such thing as Indigenous story, and yet it can be performed and known. 4. Country speaks, to our conceptions of voice and point of view. 5. History and memory are written in the land and on the body in bodies of practice. 6. Story transmits narrative responsibility. Narrative responsibility requires fierce _listening_. This two-part paper discusses each of these groundings as orienting and motivating principles for work we do as teachers of introductory creative writing units at the University of Canberra. Part 1 discussed the first three groundings and was published in TEXT Vol 21, No 2, October 2017. Part 2 discusses the remaining three groundings.

Educational impact of replacing on-campus courses with cross-institutional arrangements: a language programme case study

ABSTRACT This paper presents a case study of the cross-institutional arrangements for Japanese language education between two universities in Canberra, Australia (University of Canberra and The Australian National University), investigating the effects of replacing on-campus course delivery with cross-institutional arrangements. It closely follows the cross-institutional enrolments in Japanese language over three and a half years, and, together with other relevant data, analyses the impact of these arrangements on students’ choices. The analyses reveal that the number of Japanese language learners in the region decreased substantially; and the number of University of Canberra students who chose to start Japanese as part of their degrees in decreased to one tenth of the 2016 figure. This paper then discusses potential educational and social impacts of this reduced number of Japanese language learners.

Uncharted waters: Next-generation sequencing and machine learning software allow forensic science to expand into phenotype prediction from DNA samples.

Forensic molecular biology is entering uncharted waters with ethical and legal shallows to navigate. Next‐generation sequencing and other technologies now enable determination of phenotypic characteristics and thereby ethnic and racial profiling from recovered DNA samples from crime scenes, which represents a major new frontier for forensic science. At the same time, two traditional areas of forensic biology—DNA profiling and entomology to establish the time of death—have also made major advances based on these new sequencing technologies. It also has allowed forensic biology to expand into new terrains such as the illegal trafficking of rhinoceros horns and elephant tusks. > MPS has now further improved the accuracy and power of DNA typing Until around a decade ago, the two principle areas of forensic biology were DNA profiling and entomology. In some countries, palynology was also used to analyse pollen and spores so as to track where a suspect or objects from a crime scene had been before the crime. Now, the availability of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) or next‐generation sequencing (NGS) is driving genuinely new developments in forensic molecular biology. Another emerging area is the analysis of epigenetic markers on DNA samples, which can potentially yield valuable information about the age and lifestyle of suspects. “The most notable recent development is the widespread adoption of MPS or NGS for forensic purposes”, said Dennis McNevin from the Forensic Genetics department at the University of Canberra, Australia. “This has been driven by the availability of what I would call ‘forensically mature’ benchtop MPS platforms”. As a single targeted assay can cover the whole genome from field DNA samples, NGS has also enhanced traditional DNA profiling to identify suspects against a database. DNA profiling was first used in 1985 in an immigration test case by its inventor Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester, UK …

Kunzea Oil: A Future Solution for Hair Loss?

Modern Approaches in Drug Designing Kunzea Oil: A Future Solution for Hair Loss? Thomas J*, Kosari S and Naunton M Department of Pharmacy & Health, University of Canberra, Australia *Corresponding author: Jackson Thomas, Department of Pharmacy & Health, University of Canberra, Australia Submission: December 12, 2017; Published: January 29, 2018 DOI: 10.31031/MADD.2018.01.000521 ISSN : 2576-9170Volume1 Issue5

The Duterte Reader: Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte’s Early Presidency ed. by Nicole Curato

Reviewed by: The Duterte Reader: Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte’s Early Presidency ed. by Nicole Curato Arjan P. Aguirre nicole curato, ed. The Duterte Reader: Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte’s Early Presidency Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2017. 348 pages. Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s meteoric rise to the presidency in 2016 has undeniably left many scholars on Philippine politics dumbfounded. Duterte’s campaign departed from traditional campaign methods that had proven effective in getting popular, wealthy, and dynastic personalities elected. His presidential campaign was exceptionally focused in using social media as a tool in influencing people’s perceptions and opinions. It attained the rare feat not only of successfully mobilizing voters in a highly fragmented area such as the island of Mindanao but also in garnering support from people of different backgrounds, religions, economic statuses, ideologies, and so on. His assumption of power was filled with so much controversy and anxiety. The first months of his administration saw the institutionalization of some of the most divisive policies—the drug war, Ferdinand Marcos’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery)—the Philippines has ever seen in recent decades. His presidency has been heavily criticized for normalizing political improprieties (e.g., public cussing, indecent jokes), appropriating populist tendencies (e.g., antagonizing “yellow” forces, fostering public paranoia), and undermining political institutions (e.g., persecuting the opposition, vilifying media institutions, tolerating the proliferation of fake news), among many things. From these ongoing discussions, A Duterte Reader: Critical Essays on Rodrigo Duterte’s Early Presidency gives an overview of how contemporary interlocutors think about the emerging insights, realizations, articulations, and narratives regarding Duterte and his presidency. Drawing from the perspectives of academics, activists, and journalists, this reader offers one of the most comprehensive examinations and critical interrogations of the Duterte presidency: the man and the myth as well as the institutions and dynamics surrounding his administration and the outcomes thus far. This compilation of essays tackles how and why Duterte’s phenomenal rise to national prominence disrupts and perpetuates elite democracy in the Philippines (4). The editor, Nicole Curato, is a sociologist and a recipient of the Australia Research Council’s Discovery Early Career [End Page 542] Research Fellowship at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. As Curato explains, The Duterte Reader can be arranged according to the following themes: (1) electoral insurgency and the inevitable rise of Duterte, (2) the liberal ideas and illiberal fantasies of his regime, and (3) crass politics and spectacle-driven publics that emerged in his presidency (4–5). This thematization aims to capture the elusive understanding about the person behind Duterte, the institutions and structures that work around him and his supporters in the government, the myths that reinforce the articulation of his visions for the country, the messy and unstable dynamics that complicate the political situation in his regime, and the enigmatic outcomes of his rule that further divide the public. Expounding on the first theme, electoral insurgency and the inevitable rise of Duterte, are the essays of Carmel Abao, Jesse Altez, Cleve Arguelles, Kloyde Caday, Ronald Holmes, Anna Pertierra, and Julio Teehankee. They discuss how and why Duterte’s rise to power disrupts Philippine electoral politics and perpetuates elitist politics. The book offers insights about the following factors that influenced Duterte’s come-from-behind victory in 2016 and the widespread popularity that he currently enjoys: activating populist tendencies (305–10); sustaining deep connection with the general public (58); continuing efforts to undermine the dominant EDSA People Power narrative (265); promoting the emergence of a post-EDSA narrative (50–53); promising inclusive politics for the diverse peoples of Mindanao (111); and appropriating melodrama in politics (222). These essays present the earliest and most wide-ranging analyses to date of the Duterte campaign, with its multifaceted operation and the gargantuan political support during the incipient stage of his presidency. Abao’s essay, for example, articulates the populist tendencies of the Duterte regime by focusing on the antagonistic pairing of populism with pluralism. Duterte’s populism is attributed to his ability to exploit the growing cynicism and disillusionment of the...

El perenne enfrentamiento entre intimidad y conciencia en Rosas Artificiales de Gabriel García Márquez

Este documento es parte de un proyecto de investigación más amplio patrocinado por la Universidad de Canberra sobre el tema general de análisis e interpretación de historias literarias cortas. Uno de los elementos clave en la interpretación de una historia se define en la manera como el autor estructura su argumento. El acercamiento sobre cómo desarrollar el tema del cuento depende en gran medida sobre cómo el escritor estructura la acción de la historia.Esta forma es el resultado de un proceso de concentración que no permite disipación o extensión y en el cual los elementos realmente significativos se están perfeccionando. Debido a este proceso de concentración de tiempo, narrativa y ajuste, el autor logra encapsular sin retrasos o distracciones una acción simple o un acontecimiento cuyo argumento tiene bastante intensidad para ser tomado como una síntesis significativa. Debido a su longitud, un cuento implica una estructura, cuya característica esencial debe ser de forma significativa y autónoma.

Hydrogeological Landscapes framework: a biophysical approach to landscape characterisation and salinity hazard assessment

In Australia, salinity has the potential to affect up to 17million hectares of agricultural and pastoral land. For many degraded sites, biophysical hazards are often poorly understood and consequently poorly managed. Attempts to remediate areas affected by salinity have met with varying degrees of success. The New South Wales (NSW) Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of Canberra and Geoscience Australia have collaborated to develop a biophysical expert-based approach for the assessment and management of salinity within landscapes. The Hydrogeological Landscape (HGL) framework provides a structure for understanding how salinity manifests in the landscape, how differences in salinity are expressed across the landscape and how salinity may best be managed. The HGL framework merges the flow dynamics of the groundwater flow system with the landscape elements of the soil landscape or regolith landform approaches. This is the first approach to specifically address all three manifestations of salinity: land salinity, in-stream salt load and in-stream salt concentration. The HGL framework methodology recognises the interplay between surface and subsurface flow systems, as well as the capacity for water to interact with salt stores in the landscape, and identifies biophysical landscape characteristics (e.g. amount and type of vegetation cover, typical land use practice) that affect these interactions. The HGL framework is an expert system that integrates the spatial variability of landscape characteristics and salinity processes to produce a salinity hazard assessment for any given area.

A forewing of the Jurassic dragonfly Austroprotolindenia jurassica Beattie & Nel (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Talbragar Fish Bed, New South Wales, Australia

Nel, A., Frese, M., McLean, G. & Beattie R., May 2017. A forewing of the Jurassic dragonfly Austroprotolindenia jurassica from the Talbragar Fish Bed, New South Wales, Australia. Alcheringa 41, 532–535. ISSN 0311-5518.The discovery of a well-preserved dragonfly forewing in the Upper Jurassic Talbragar Fish Bed near Gulgong and attributed to Austroprotolindenia jurassica Beattie & Nel allows this taxon to be placed in Protolindeniidae. It extends the palaeogeographical distribution of this family, previously known only from the Jurassic of Europe, to Australia.André Nel [anel@mnhn.fr], CNRS UMR 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France; Michael Frese [michael.frese@canberra.edu.au], University of Canberra, Institute for Applied Ecology and Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, Bruce, ACT 2601, Australia; Graham McLean [mcleangg@bigpond.com], The Australian Museum, 1 William St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia; Robert Beattie [rgbeattie@bigpond.com], The Australian Museum, 1 William St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.

Editorial 14.3

Welcome to the final edition of the Journal of University Learning and Teaching Practice for 2017. We would like to acknowledge the significant contributions of our five Associate Editors - Dr Peter Copeman, University of Canberra, Dr Jo-Anne Kelder, University of Tasmania, Dr Tracey Kuit, University of Wollongong, Dr Morag McFadyen, Robert Gordon University, and Dr Vikki Pollard, Deakin University. The first two papers in this issue focus explicitly on assessment activities. In the first paper, Houston and Thompson describe and evaluate an assessment design that aimed to integrate formative assessment with summative assessment in a capstone paramedic subject. The assessment design provided students with feedback tailored to their unique learning needs. Students perceived this assessment as valuable and effective as well as promoting their readiness to practice. In the second paper Braun compares online and in class presentation assessments exploring student perceptions and academic performance with regard to these two assessment modes. This comparison identified that there was no significant difference between the two modes and there is a suggestion that online presentations might even be favoured by students.

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Sustainable Agriculture Research, Vol. 6, No. 2

Sustainable Agriculture Research wishes to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Their help and contributions in maintaining the quality of the journal are greatly appreciated.Sustainable Agriculture Research is recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at http://www.ccsenet.org/reviewer and e-mail the completed application form to sar@ccsenet.org. Reviewers for Volume 6, Number 2Aftab Alam, Vice President Agriculture (R&D), Edenworks Inc. New York, United StatesAhmed Ghannam, University of Strasbourg, FranceAnchal Dass, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), IndiaBed Mani Dahal, Kathmandu University, NepalBernard Palmer Kfuban Yerima, University of Dschang, CameroonBeye Amadou Moustapha, Rice Research Center, Cote d'IvoireDariusz Kulus, University of Technology and Life Sciences, PolandGunnar Bengtsson, SwedenInder Pal Singh, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University (GADVASU), IndiaJoanna Henryks, University of Canberra, AustraliaJose Antonio Alburquerque, Spanish National Research Council (CEBAS-CSIC), SpainJunjie Xu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United StatesKatarzyna Panasiewicz, Pozna? University of Life Sciences, Department of Agronomy, PolandManuel Teles Oliveira, University Tras os Montes Alto Douro (UTAD), PortugalMohammad Valipour, Payame Noor University, IranRam Niwas, District Institute of Rural Development, IndiaShengfei Zhou, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United StatesSilviu Beciu, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest, RomaniaStefano Marino, University of Molise, ItalyVishwambhar Prasad Sati, Government KRG Post Graduate College, India

An integrated mHealth model for type 2 diabetes patients using mobile tablet devices

DIABETES PATIENTS USING MOBILE TABLET DEVICES Sora Park, PhD, Sally Burford, PhD, Leif Hanlen, PhD, Paresh Dawda, MBBS/DRCOG, Paul Dugdale, PhD/FAFPHM, Christopher Nolan, MBBS/PhD, John Burns, Adjunct Professor News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia; Data61, University of Canberra, Australian National University, ACT, Australia; Ochre Health Medical Centre, ACT, Australia; College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University, ACT, Australia; College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University, Canberra Hospital, ACT, Australia; University of Canberra, ACT, Australia Corresponding Author: sora.park@canberra.edu.au

Editorial 13.3

Welcome to the third edition of the Journal of University Learning and Teaching Practice for 2016. It is also the first edition that we are assuming the role of Lead Editors, having served as Associate Editors for 3 years. We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Professor Romy Lawson over the past 3 years and wish her every success in her new role. We would also like to welcome to the Editorial Team our five new Associate Editors - Dr Peter Copeman, University of Canberra, Dr Jo-Anne Kelder, University of Tasmania, Dr Tracey Kuit, University of Wollongong, Dr Morag McFadyen, Robert Gordon University, and Dr Vikki Pollard, Deakin University.