The Sydney eScholarship digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au:80 2013-05-20T20:06:40Z 2013-05-20T20:06:40Z Mackey, Damien Francis http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1632 2010-12-10T01:50:25Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Sothic star theory of the Egyptian calendar : a critical evaluation Authors: Mackey, Damien Francis Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1993-01-01T00:00:00Z Salah, Reem http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1940 2010-12-10T01:51:05Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Diglossia in literary translation : theory and practice Authors: Salah, Reem Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Beeston, Lee http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1941 2010-12-10T01:51:06Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Long term follow-up of the cognitive-behavioural, pain management programme, ADAPT Authors: Beeston, Lee Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Stewart, Katherine http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1187 2010-12-10T01:49:40Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Learning in a botanic garden : the excursion experiences of school students and their teachers Authors: Stewart, Katherine Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelly, Richard http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1185 2010-12-10T01:49:39Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Development of a large diameter ring shear apparatus and its use Authors: Kelly, Richard Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Harper, Melissa http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1174 2010-12-10T01:48:55Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: ways of the bushwalker : bushwalking in Australia, 1788 Authors: Harper, Melissa Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelly, Richard http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1173 2010-12-10T01:48:58Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Development of a large diameter ring shear apparatus and its use Authors: Kelly, Richard Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Clune, David http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2229 2010-12-10T01:51:28Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Labor government in New South Wales, 1941 to 1965 : a study in longevity in government Authors: Clune, David Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1990-01-01T00:00:00Z G��odall, Richard Leslie. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2233 2010-12-10T01:51:33Z 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Financial reporting for segments of business enterprises. Authors: G��odall, Richard Leslie. Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Witten, Geoffrey James http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2228 2010-12-10T01:51:32Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Comparative morphology and karyology of the Australian members of the family agamidae and their phylogenetic implications Authors: Witten, Geoffrey James Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Gibson, Robert R http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2232 2010-12-10T01:51:29Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Parsifal and homosexuality : a study of the reception of Parsifal as a homoerotic text Authors: Gibson, Robert R Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Lewis, Eleanor May http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2231 2010-12-10T01:51:30Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Contextualising Martin Berteau : new perspectives on his works for cello Authors: Lewis, Eleanor May Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Southorn, Neil http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2230 2010-12-10T01:51:31Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Impact of alternative grazing methods on soil quality for Central Tablelands grazing systems Authors: Southorn, Neil Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Hardy, Louise King, Lesley http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9095 2013-05-20T16:53:07Z 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

Title: Weight and weight related behaviours among NSW students from low SES and non-English speaking backgrounds: Secondary analysis of the NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey 2010 Authors: Hardy, Louise; King, Lesley Abstract: The 2010 SPANS survey showed that the prevalence of overweight and obesity among NSW school students has not increased since 2004, stabilizing at 22.8%. The findings reported in the SPANS Full Report also indicate that many children engage in a range of adverse weight related behaviours and that the prevalence of weight-related behaviours varied according to socioeconomic status (SES) and cultural background. The findings may have implications for policy regarding interventions among school aged children and the design of interventions for different sociodemographic groups. The purpose of the report is to undertake more detailed data analyses regarding socioeconomic and cultural variations in students’ health behaviours, in order to inform the NSW Ministry of Health, Local Health Districts (LHD) and other government and non-government stakeholders.

2013-05-20T00:00:00Z Hardy, Louise King, Lesley http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9094 2013-05-20T16:53:07Z 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

Title: Weight and weight related behaviours among NSW Kindergarten children Authors: Hardy, Louise; King, Lesley Abstract: The findings from the 2010 NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) show that the prevalence of combined overweight and obesity among Kindergarten children has significantly increased at a rate of 0.17% per annum between 2004 and 2010, from 17.7% to 18.7%, respectively. The rate of increase in combined overweight and obesity has been stronger among boys compared with girls (0.25% pa vs 0.10% pa, respectively). With one-in-five NSW children entering school overweight or obese there is a need for preventive interventions during early childhood and preschool years. The purpose of the report is to inform the NSW Ministry of Health on the weight status and associated behaviours of children in their first year of school.

2013-05-20T00:00:00Z Hardy, Louise http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9093 2013-05-20T16:53:07Z 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

Title: SPANS 2010: NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey: Executive Summary.  Authors: Hardy, Louise Abstract: The findings from the 2010 NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) show that the prevalence of combined overweight and obesity among Kindergarten children has significantly increased at a rate of 0.17% per annum between 2004 and 2010, from 17.7% to 18.7%, respectively. The rate of increase in combined overweight and obesity has been stronger among boys compared with girls (0.25% pa vs 0.10% pa, respectively). With one-in-five NSW children entering school overweight or obese there is a need for preventive interventions during early childhood and preschool years. The purpose of the report is to inform the NSW Ministry of Health on the weight status and associated behaviours of children in their first year of school.

2013-05-20T00:00:00Z Hardy, Louise King, Lesley Espinel, Paola Cosgrove, Carmen Bauman, Adrian http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9092 2013-05-20T16:53:07Z 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

Title: NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2010: Short Report.  Authors: Hardy, Louise; King, Lesley; Espinel, Paola; Cosgrove, Carmen; Bauman, Adrian Abstract: This short report comprises a summary of the full report. The NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) is conducted periodically by the NSW Ministry of Health to monitor weight and weight related behaviours of NSW school-aged children. SPANS surveys have been conducted in 1985, 1997, 2004 and 2010. Over this 25 year period, the survey has produced internationally significant evidence on childhood overweight and obesity and its determinants, which has proven useful to policy makers with a focus on population health.

2013-05-20T00:00:00Z Hardy, Louise King, Lesley Espinel, Paola Cosgrove, Carmen Bauman, Adrian http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9091 2013-05-20T16:53:06Z 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

Title: NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2010: Full Report. Authors: Hardy, Louise; King, Lesley; Espinel, Paola; Cosgrove, Carmen; Bauman, Adrian Abstract: NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey 2010 is the fourth in a series of monitoring surveys that have been conducted in NSW. The survey provides a comprehensive overview of weight and weight-related behaviours of school children in the state. The NSW Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2010 is the fourth in a series of school-based surveys of NSW school students which provides valuable trend information on weight status and associated behaviours of the NSW school-age population. The survey has been designed to update information provided by the 1985 Australian Health and Fitness survey (NSW cases) and previous NSW surveys of school children conducted in 1997 and 2004, and report on the trajectory of the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity and on key modifiable weight-related behaviours.

2013-05-20T00:00:00Z Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9090 2013-05-20T16:52:34Z 2013-05-19T00:00:00Z

Title: Inequality and growth Authors: Babones, Salvatore

2013-05-19T00:00:00Z Nguyen, Tuan Kiet http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9089 2013-05-20T16:52:51Z 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

Title: Efficiency Analysis and Experimental Study of Cooperative Behaviour of Shrimp Farmers Facing Wastewater Pollution in the Mekong River Delta Authors: Nguyen, Tuan Kiet Abstract: Shrimp farming is important to the Vietnamese economy in terms of national income, job creation and poverty alleviation. However, shrimp farming is generally technically inefficient and probably generates too much pollution. To encourage the sustainable development of the Vietnamese shrimp industry, there is a need to improve the productivity of shrimp farms and at the same time to reduce the wastewater pollution generated by shrimp farming. The thesis has two aims: (1) to estimate the efficiency of shrimp farms in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, with a particular focus on the productivity effects of pollution, and (2) to use experimental economics to investigate policies that could be used to mitigate the wastewater pollution impacting shrimp farms. Overall farmers are found to be inefficient, suggesting farmers are using more inputs than necessary to produce a given output level. Surprisingly, the average extensive (i.e., less capital-intensive) farm is found to be more efficient than the average intensive and semi- intensive (i.e., more capital-intensive) farms. Furthermore, downstream farms are found to be less efficient than upstream farms, suggesting that wastewater pollution influences shrimp farming productivity and results in a negative externality. Evidence from lab-based experiments suggests that the incentives provided by a monitoring and certification agency are not sufficient to promote the full cooperation of shrimp farmers to solve the wastewater pollution problem. However, full cooperation was achieved by providing farmers with an opportunity to communicate. In both cases, self-governance of shrimp farmers was found to be highly effective. The results suggest that community-based management is worthy of further investigation as a possible solution to sustainable development of the shrimp industry in Vietnam. "What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved – versus just having somebody in Washington ... make a rule." Elinor Ostrom (1933-2012) Description: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

2013-05-20T00:00:00Z Altenburg, Kirsty http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9088 2013-05-20T16:53:02Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Strathallan, near Braidwood, New South Wales : an historical investigation Authors: Altenburg, Kirsty Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Kamminga, Johan. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9087 2013-05-20T16:52:59Z 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Journey into the microcosms : a functional analysis of certain classes of prehistoric Australian stone tools Authors: Kamminga, Johan. Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1978-01-01T00:00:00Z Rangan, Anna Hector, Debra http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9086 2013-05-20T16:53:03Z 2013-05-20T00:00:00Z

Title: Consumption of fruit and vegetables by children in Australia and NSW: Results from National Surveys in 1995 and 2007. Monitoring Update. Authors: Rangan, Anna; Hector, Debra Abstract: Fruit and vegetables provide multiple health benefits in children and adults, including a likely role in the prevention of excess weight gain. As such, the promotion of fruit and vegetables is included as a core component of policies and programs to promote healthy eating and reduce obesity. In order to ascertain the effectiveness of promotional efforts, it is important to measure and report on levels of consumption of fruit and vegetables over time. This brief report provides detailed information on the levels of consumption of fruit and vegetables among children aged 2‐16 years, in Australia and in NSW. Data are derived from the two most recent national dietary surveys, the 1995 National Nutrition Survey (1995 NNS) and the 2007 Australian National Children Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (2007 Survey). The national surveys use detailed 24‐hour recall methods, enabling amounts of fruit and vegetables consumed as well as numbers of serves consumed to be reported.

2013-05-20T00:00:00Z Hector, Debra Hebden, Lana Innes-Hughes, Christine King, Lesley http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9085 2013-05-17T18:52:39Z 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z

Title: Update of the evidence base to support the review of the NSW Health Breastfeeding Policy (PD2006_012): A rapid appraisal.  Authors: Hector, Debra; Hebden, Lana; Innes-Hughes, Christine; King, Lesley Abstract: This report provides the findings from a rapid review and appraisal of the evidence base to support a review of the NSW Health Breastfeeding Policy Breastfeeding in NSW: Protection, Promotion and Support (PD2006_012, NSW Department of Health 2006). This Policy is currently being updated, particularly in consideration of the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010-2015 and the associated, forthcoming Implementation Plan. The development of the NSW Breastfeeding Policy in 2006 was strongly supported by the systematic evidence base that had accumulated at that time. This review therefore includes evidence since the previous evidence summaries, i.e. since 2005. Specifically, it appraises the evidence around the health benefits of breastfeeding, it identifies those sub-groups of the population that are most at risk of poorer breastfeeding practices (not breastfeeding at all, short duration of breastfeeding, low intensity (exclusivity) of breastfeeding), and it examines the evidence, particularly from systematic reviews, of the effectiveness of interventions to promote, encourage and support breastfeeding.

2013-05-17T00:00:00Z Hector, Debra Espinel, Paola King, Lesley http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9084 2013-05-17T18:52:38Z 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z

Title: Reducing the risk of chronic disease in older adults: A summary report to support obesity prevention planning in NSW.  Authors: Hector, Debra; Espinel, Paola; King, Lesley Abstract: This document is a summary of the information contained within a full report detailing the research evidence on the rationale, determinants and effective intervention approaches to reduce the prevalence of obesity and chronic disease among community-dwelling older adults, aged 55-74 years. It is designed specifically to contribute to the planning of programs and interventions for obesity and chronic disease prevention in NSW, Australia.

2013-05-17T00:00:00Z Innes-Hughes, Christine Thrift, Aaron Cosgrove, Carmen http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9083 2013-05-17T18:52:37Z 2013-05-17T00:00:00Z

Title: A further analysis of the weight status and dietary characteristics of people reporting food insecurity in NSW: NSW Population Health Survey data 2007 and 2008. Authors: Innes-Hughes, Christine; Thrift, Aaron; Cosgrove, Carmen Abstract: Food security refers to the ability to acquire appropriate and nutritious food on a regular and reliable basis. The NSW Population Health Survey uses a single item indicator of individual and household level food insecurity which measures financial access to food by asking the question “In the last 12 months, were there any times that you ran out of food and couldn’t afford to buy more?” The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between food insecurity and dietary habits in the NSW population, using data from the 2007 and 2008 NSW Population Health Surveys. Dietary habits of interest comprised the frequency of consumption of energy dense nutrient poor (EDNP) foods and drinks, as well as intake of fruit and vegetables. This study explores self reported data from the 2007 and 2008 New South Wales Population Health Surveys. Six dietary intake variables were included for this analysis based on their relevance to chronic disease and weight gain: vegetable intake, fruit intake, soft drink, hot chip, salty snacks and takeaway food consumption. Responses on these variables were dichotomised into ‘healthier’/’unhealthier’ categories.

2013-05-17T00:00:00Z Innes-Hughes, Christine Bowers, K King, Lesley Chapman, Kathy Eden, Barbara http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9082 2013-05-17T01:20:07Z 2013-05-16T00:00:00Z

Title: Food Security: The What, How, Why and Where to of Food Security in NSW. Discussion Paper Authors: Innes-Hughes, Christine; Bowers, K; King, Lesley; Chapman, Kathy; Eden, Barbara Abstract: This Discussion Paper considers food security in the context of food supply and access systems, and articulates how it links with food consumption patterns, weight and risk of chronic disease, in order to provide direction for research, policy and programs. The paper provides an overview of what is meant by the term ‘food security’, a summary of studies describing patterns of food insecurity in Australia, and strategies for promoting food security, with examples of programs. This synthesis also discusses the implications for research and programs in NSW. Importantly, it also seeks to clarify where there are or might be both common and divergent approaches to addressing food security and obesity and chronic disease prevention. Whilst there are known global and national influences on food security, this document mainly focuses on community, household and individual level food security.

2013-05-16T00:00:00Z Espinel, Paola Khambalia, Amina Cosgrove, Carmen Thrift, Aaron http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9078 2013-05-15T16:53:06Z 2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

Title: An Examination of the Demographic Characteristics and Dietary Intake of People Who Meet the Physical Activity Guidelines: NSW Population Health Survey Data 2007 Authors: Espinel, Paola; Khambalia, Amina; Cosgrove, Carmen; Thrift, Aaron Abstract: The purpose of this report is to examine the association between physical activity and dietary intake using self reported data from the 2007 NSW Population Health Survey. This report first investigates whether being physically active is associated with healthy dietary behaviours, and then describes the sociodemographic profile of physically active people who do not engage in healthy eating behaviours. Overall, results showed that older people, especially men, tend to do less physical activity compared to younger people, and that obese women were less likely to meet physical activity guidelines compared to healthy weight women. Those who reported a higher intake of fruits and vegetables and/or a lower consumption of soft drinks were more likely to meet the physical activity guidelines. Findings also indicate that among those meeting the physical activity guidelines, men were more likely to report a lower intake of vegetables and a higher consumption of soft drinks and takeaway foods compared to women. Among active people, young people were at a higher risk of unhealthy eating than older age groups. This study strongly supports the hypothesis that physical activity and dietary habits are correlated behaviours, which is consistent with other research findings. The gender and age differences in the association of these health behaviours suggest the value of targeting specific population groups for future interventions.

2013-05-15T00:00:00Z Espinel, Paola Innes-Hughes, Christine http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9077 2013-05-15T16:53:05Z 2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

Title: Apparent Consumption of Selected Foods and Household Food Expenditure. Authors: Espinel, Paola; Innes-Hughes, Christine Abstract: This report aims to describe trends in the apparent consumption of key core and non-core foods, food prices and household expenditure to understand population level dietary patterns. Findings indicate that Australians have made substantial changes in their diet in the past four decades. The observed trends in increasing apparent consumption of sugar in manufactured foods, and increased expenditure on takeaway food and snacks, are consistent with the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst Australian adults and children. Statistics on supply and demand of selected foods can provide an indication of consumer and industry trends, and contribute to a comprehensive system for monitoring population weight status.

2013-05-15T00:00:00Z Tsai, Chi-Hong http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9076 2013-05-15T16:53:01Z 2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

Title: A Longitudinal Study on the Linkage between Public Transport Demand and Land Use Characteristics: A Pseudo Panel Approach Authors: Tsai, Chi-Hong Abstract: This study applies a pseudo panel approach to analyse public transport demand in the Sydney Greater Metropolitan Area (SGMA). A public transport demand model is constructed to incorporate two factors that have been highlighted in the literature of travel behaviour but still under-researched, which are: (i) the temporal effect of demand adjustment; and (ii) the land use characteristics of the built environment. The research gaps in previous applied pseudo panel data research including estimation techniques and issues involved with the applications to public transport are identified and addressed in this study. The pseudo panel approach allows for the identification of long-term demand changes using repeated cross-sectional data, which are collected at an individual level with detailed travel-related information and geographical information. This study constructs static and dynamic pseudo panel data models to analyse public transport demand in terms of its associations with price, socio-economic factors,level of public transport service, and land use factors. The research findings identify the significant determinants of public transport demand in the SGMA, with a distinction between short-run and long-run demand elasticities. This suggests a timeframe of 2.13 years is required to reach the long-run demand equilibrium. The estimated demand elasticities are used to forecast demand for the SGMA with validated results supporting the applicability of the public transport model based on the pseudo panel data. The main contribution of this thesis is the identification of long-run public transport demand elasticities using a pseudo panel dataset created from existing repeated cross-sectional household travel survey data which uses more individual information than aggregate data. This approach enables a longitudinal analysis in the absence of genuine panel data, and this in turn provides important implications for urban public transport planning and policy formulation. Description: Doctor of Philosophy(PhD)

2013-05-15T00:00:00Z Innes-Hughes, Christine Hebden, Lana http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9075 2013-05-13T16:52:32Z 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z

Title: ‘Green’ and ‘Amber’ Foods: Analysing the Nutritional Content of Food and Beverage Products Registered with Healthy Kids Association. Authors: Innes-Hughes, Christine; Hebden, Lana Abstract: The Healthy Kids Association (HKA) is a NSW-based not-for profit, non-government, health promotion organisation offering a product registration scheme to support NSW schools in identifying and selecting healthier foods and beverages to sell from their school canteen.  This report describes the key nutritional characteristics of food and beverage products registered with the HKA (formerly the New South Wales School Canteen Association). Nutrient content data were obtained from the product nutrition information panels for each product, within popular product subcategories, registered as of October 2009. The level of key nutrients (including saturated fat, sugar, calcium and fibre) was identified and analysed in relation to the nutrient criteria threshold levels for green and amber products specified by the HKA. The results indicated that for most product subcategories, the nutrient content of products clustered just below the nutrient criteria thresholds for total energy, saturated fat, sodium and sugar, while the nutrient content for the positive nutrients (calcium and fibre) frequently clustered just above the thresholds. In addition, small package sizes were found to be common among products classified as amber. The distribution of key nutrients around the criteria thresholds suggests that products are formulated with reference to these thresholds, although manufacturers may also achieved the nutrient thresholds through smaller portion sizes. The potential of nutrient thresholds as levers to influence the nutritional profile of foods needs further research and industry dialogue.

2013-05-13T00:00:00Z Hebden, Lana http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9074 2013-05-13T16:52:31Z 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z

Title: Comparability of Dietary Measures Among NSW Children and Adolescents. Authors: Hebden, Lana Abstract: The measurement of lifestyle behaviours among child and adolescent populations is challenging. Over the past two decades, there have been at least six population-based surveys that have measured lifestyle and anthropometric factors among 13 population-based samples of children and adolescents in New South Wales (NSW). While these surveys have used different instruments and modes of administration, all have to some extent collected data on the same types of indicators (or variables) for assessing dietary intake and food related behaviours. This report collates estimates of the different dietary indicators used in population-based surveys conducted with young people in NSW between 1995 and 2010, and compares these estimates according to age group, survey methods, the different population survey questions, by age group and respondent (child versus parent). The results provide valuable information to guide the interpretation of population dietary surveillance data, and future decisions around population nutrition monitoring, in NSW.

2013-05-13T00:00:00Z Chau, Josephine http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9073 2013-05-13T16:52:31Z 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z

Title: Evidence Module: Workplace Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions. Authors: Chau, Josephine Abstract:  This evidence module synthesizes the findings and recommendations from multiple systematic reviews and reports to provide a summary of what works in workplace health promotion programs to physical activity, healthy diet or both, and prevent overweight and obesity.

2013-05-13T00:00:00Z Kelly B, Bridget Baur, Louise Bauman, Adrian King, Lesley Chapman, Kathy Smith, Ben http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9072 2013-05-13T16:52:30Z 2013-05-13T00:00:00Z

Title: Promoting Health and Nutrition Through Sport: Attitudes of the Junior Sporting Community Authors: Kelly B, Bridget; Baur, Louise; Bauman, Adrian; King, Lesley; Chapman, Kathy; Smith, Ben Abstract: Introduction: This study aimed to provide information on parents’, children’s and sporting officials’ attitudes to sponsorship arrangements, and their support of potential policy interventions to reorient sponsorship to be more health promoting. Methods: Sports clubs (n=20) known to have food and beverage sponsors in Sydney, Illawarra and Canberra/Queanbeyan were selected. Parents and children at sports clubs were recruited through convenience sampling by approaching those attending the sports club at the time of the survey and those children who had a signed consent form. Sports clubs were visited between May and November 2010. At each club, one sports club official, ten parents of players aged 5 to 14 years, and five children aged 10 to 14 years were surveyed. Results: The majority of sporting officials and parents were supportive of policies to restrict unhealthy food and beverage sponsorship of elite sport and children’s sports clubs. More than two-thirds of all children were able to correctly recall sponsors of their sports club and almost half could correctly name at least one sponsor of their favourite elite sports team. Most children thought that food and beverage companies sponsored sport to help out sports clubs and liked to return the favour to these sponsors by buying their products. Conclusion: Children’s high level of recall of food and beverage sponsors is concerning as this recall is likely to be linked to children’s product preferences and consumption behaviours. Alternative funding mechanisms are required to replace community and elite sport sponsorship from unhealthy food and beverage companies to reduce the promotional effects of this marketing on children’s food choices and eating behaviours.

2013-05-13T00:00:00Z Anderson, Edward Qian, Cheng http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9071 2013-05-09T16:52:20Z 2013-05-09T00:00:00Z

Title: Competing for contracts with buyer uncertainty: Choosing price and quality variables Authors: Anderson, Edward; Qian, Cheng Abstract: We model a situation in which a single firm evaluates competing suppliers and selects just one. Suppliers submit bids involving both price and quality variables. The buyer makes a choice which from the supplier's perspective appears to contain a stochastic element - for example the buyer may have information, which is not shared with the suppliers, and that gives one supplier an advantage in the final choice. We use a discrete choice model of buyer choice (e.g. multinomial logit). Our main result is that the supplier's choice of the quality variables is not affected by the competitive environment. Thus the suppliers compete only on price. We compare this with a second model in which the buyer's weighting on different quality variables is uncertain at the time bids are made.

2013-05-09T00:00:00Z Davey, Madeline Nell http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9070 2013-05-08T16:52:52Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Harbouring Discontent: World Heritage, the Great Barrier Reef and the Gladstone Port Development Authors: Davey, Madeline Nell Abstract: The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is facing unprecedented pressures from a range of inputs– one of the most prominent being industrial coastal development. Of these developments, none has more current significance than the Gladstone Port Development (GPD) in Gladstone Harbour at the southern end of the GBR in Queensland, Australia. The Port expansion includes the extension of an existing coal terminal, reclamation and development of new land and three gas processing plants on Curtis Island, plus associated dredging works. These developments are causing controversy globally because they are occurring within the GBR World Heritage Area (WHA). Gladstone Harbour was included within the original World Heritage Listing (WHL) as it met the criteria attributed to the entire GBR – natural environmental assets of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV); including turtles, dugongs, mangroves, seagrasses and coral. These environmental attributes are under serious threat with the GPD, causing a clash between development and conservation in Gladstone Harbour. Moreover, the WH listing for the entire GBR is at risk because of the rapid development of the export industry along the GBR coast. These developments have been allowed because they are occurring in the small percent of the WHA that is not managed by the Federal GBR Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA); rather jurisdiction of these coastal waters falls to the Queensland government. The GBR has long been regarded as epitomising ―best-practice‖ management standards for MPA because of management by the GBRMPA. However, the management ‗best-practice‘ title is now under threat. In this study discrepancies in boundaries and management practices between the GBRWHA and the GBR Marine Protected Area (MPA), come to the fore through the perspectives of high-user stakeholders - the fishers and conservationists/researchers of the region. The stakeholders provide localised insights into the OUV together with views about current management approaches. These perceptions were gathered throughout July 2012 using semi-structured interviews in Gladstone. Using these insights this study explores the way in which multiple interests collide – drawing out and questioning the role of state and federal government in regulating the space. Arguably, the management of the GPD should match the values embedded in the area‘s WH designation, granted in 1981. The extent to which this has happened is explored in this study. This study finds that the WHL of Gladstone Harbour remains significant for local user groups. While there are calls to redraw the GBRWHA it is critical to further understand how locals value the area and the WH listing before maps are re-drawn. The incorporation of stakeholder perceptions into environmental governance for marine habitats is essential to achieve better environmental and social outcomes. In this context, this study embraces a political ecology paradigm which provides a conceptual framework for an explanation of the GPD. Such an approach enables an explanation of the forces at work in the GPD - which allows environmental, political and economic factors to be intertwined into explanations and analysis. This overarching conceptual approach illustrates how multiple interests interact in a way which limits the efficacy of the existing environment governance framework

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Harris, Justin Andrew, Benjamin Kwok, Dorothy http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9069 2013-05-08T16:52:52Z 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Magazine approach during a signal for food depends on Pavlovian, not instrumental, conditioning Authors: Harris, Justin; Andrew, Benjamin; Kwok, Dorothy Abstract: In the conditioned magazine approach paradigm, rats are exposed to a contingent relationship between a conditioned stimulus (CS) and the delivery of food (the unconditioned stimulus, US). As the rats learn the CS-US association, they make frequent anticipatory head entries into the food magazine (the conditioned response, CR) during the CS. Conventionally, this is considered to be a Pavlovian paradigm because food is contingent on the CS and not on the performance of CRs during the CS. However, because magazine entries during the CS are reliably followed by food, the increase in frequency of those responses may involve adventitious (“superstitious”) instrumental conditioning. The existing evidence, from experiments using an omission schedule to eliminate the possibility of instrumental conditioning (Farwell & Ayres, 1979; Holland, 1979), is ambiguous: rats acquire magazine CRs despite the omission schedule, demonstrating that the response does not depend on instrumental conditioning, but the response rate is greatly depressed compared with that of rats trained on a yoked schedule, consistent with a contribution from instrumental conditioning under normal (non-omission) schedules. Here we describe experiments in which rats were trained on feature-positive or feature-negative type discriminations between trials that were reinforced on an omission schedule versus trials reinforced on a yoked schedule. The experiments show that the difference in responding between omission and yoked schedules is due to suppression of responding under the omission schedule rather than an elevation of responding under the yoked schedule. We conclude that magazine responses during the CS are largely or entirely Pavlovian CRs.

2013-04-01T00:00:00Z Fairbanks, George http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9068 2013-05-09T05:39:34Z 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Australian foreign policy and defence debate, 1931-1941 : a survey of Australian opinion and foreign policy and defence Authors: Fairbanks, George Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence, Sarah Jane http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9067 2013-05-08T16:52:44Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Inside out : the depiction of externality in Valerius Maximus Authors: Lawrence, Sarah Jane Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Frow, John http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9066 2013-05-06T16:52:34Z 2013-05-06T00:00:00Z

Title: Embodiment Authors: Frow, John Abstract: A critical account of the category of embodiment (draft of a book chapter)

2013-05-06T00:00:00Z Lupton, Deborah http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9065 2013-05-06T16:52:34Z 2013-05-06T00:00:00Z

Title: Infant embodiment and interembodiment Authors: Lupton, Deborah Abstract: This article brings together a range of research and scholarship from various disciplines which have investigated and theorised social and cultural aspects of infants’ bodies within the context of contemporary western societies. It begins with a theoretical overview of dominant concepts of infants’ bodies, including discussion of the concepts of the unfinished body, civility and the Self/Other binary opposition as well as that of interembodiment, drawn from the work of Merleau-Ponty. Then follows discussion of the pleasures and challenging aspects of interembodiment in relation to caregivers’ interactions with infants’ bodies, purity, danger and infant embodiment and lastly practices of surveilling the vulnerable, ‘at risk’ infant body.

2013-05-06T00:00:00Z Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9064 2013-05-06T16:52:29Z 2013-05-03T00:00:00Z

Title: Why are luxury car sales growing at record rates — in a recession? Authors: Babones, Salvatore

2013-05-03T00:00:00Z Lupton, Deborah http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9063 2013-05-05T16:52:35Z 2013-05-04T00:00:00Z

Title: The Commodification of Patient Opinion: the Digital Patient Experience Economy in the Age of Big Data Authors: Lupton, Deborah Abstract: As part of the digital health phenomenon, a plethora of interactive digital platforms have been established in recent years to elicit lay people’s experiences of illness and healthcare. The function of these platforms, as expressed on the main pages of their websites, is to provide the tools and forums whereby patients and caregivers, and in some cases medical practitioners, can share their experiences with others, benefit from the support and knowledge of other contributors and contribute to large aggregated data archives as part of developing better medical treatments and services and conducting medical research. However what may not always be readily apparent to the users of these platforms are the growing commercial uses by many of the platforms’ owners of the archives of the data they contribute. This article examines this phenomenon of what I term ‘the digital patient experience economy’. In so doing I discuss such aspects as prosumption, the phenomena of big data and metric assemblages, the discourse and ethic of sharing and the commercialisation of affective labour via such platforms. I argue that via these online platforms patients’ opinions and experiences may be expressed in more diverse and accessible forums than ever before, but simultaneously they have become exploited in novel ways.

2013-05-04T00:00:00Z Quinn, Fiona http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9062 2013-05-02T16:53:05Z 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Foreign Direct Investment Location Decision: A Contingency Model of the Foreign Direct Investment Location Decision-Making Process Authors: Quinn, Fiona Abstract: Despite considerable prior research into foreign direct investment (FDI) location decisions, our understanding of the processes underlying such decisions is still limited. Findings from work based in the economics and behavioral theories of the multinational enterprise (MNE) both acknowledge that FDI is not a point-of-time decision but a gradual process that yields important changes over its duration. However, these competing traditions both fall short when attempting to portray the actual process by which FDI location decisions are made by managers in MNEs. This gap has been recently attributed to two interrelated limitations. Firstly, level of analysis concerns have artificially separated managerial decision-making processes from the organizational and environmental structures within which they are made. Secondly, because of the complexity inherent in the FDI location decision environment, the study of these decisions has not taken contextual factors into consideration. This study addresses three important questions in order to build our understanding of the FDI location decision-making processes: (1) What are the decision-making processes that lead to FDI location choice? (2) What is the impact of contextual variables on FDI location decision-making processes at different levels of analysis, and are there any patterns of variation in decision processes under different decision conditions? (3) What factors drive final FDI location choice, and can a useful framework or theory be developed that links FDI location decision-making processes and context to drivers of FDI location choice? In order to address level of analysis concerns, the study places the manager at the center of the FDI location decision in modeling and in research, a strategy recommended by an emerging stream of behavioral-focused international business research (Aharoni, 2010; Buckley et al., 2007; Devinney, 2011). By examining FDI location decisions from the perspective of the managers who implement them, it is possible to clarify the nature of processes that lead to FDI location choice, and identify the impact of different elements of decision maker, firm and environmental context on such processes. The conceptual framework builds on Aharoni’s (1966) pivotal research while incorporating findings from broader behavioral managerial decision models and international business research. The framework is based on the assumption that FDI location decision-making processes and final choice are contingent upon interactions between the environmental, firm and decision maker context under which the decision is made. The research was undertaken in three phases. Phase 1 included a literature review that covered research on the MNE, internationalization, and decision making. The findings of the review identified key aspects of FDI location decision context and led to the development of an initial contingency framework of strategic decision making. Phase 2 consisted of an exploratory case study of twenty four FDI location decisions. The initial contingency framework developed during the literature review was used during this stage to identify the relationship between decision-making processes and contextual variables at the case decisions. By drawing on results from the exploratory research, an initial conceptual model and a set of propositions were developed. In Phase 3, twenty case studies were theoretically sampled from a pool of MNEs of varying size and parent-country nationality within the knowledge-based industries. The data collection and analysis followed a process, event-driven approach to case study research involving the mapping of key sequences of events as well as within- and cross-case analysis. The results identify the key elements of the decision process that explain FDI location behavior and develop a framework that links them together and makes them sensible. The four key elements of the FDI location decision that comprise the framework include: (i) the process, (ii) the context, (iii) patterns, and (iv) location. Research findings show the FDI location decision process as comprising of five broad stages, the content of each driven by a dynamic and evolving interpretation of maximum subjective expected utility. Utility preferences are identified as the consequence of shifting and opaque goals, founded upon imperfect information, operating in an environment marked by uncertainty. Five variations in the overall orientation of utility at case decisions, classified in the study as ‘decision rules,’ proved to be more useful predictors of decision-making behavior than traditional notions of bounded rationality seeking rent extraction and profitability. Decision processes were found to vary in five prototypical patterns, according to clusters of contextual variables that together moderated the level of decision-maker autonomy, hierarchical centralization, rule formalization, commitment to strategy, and politicization of the decision. Patterns are described as FDI location decision-making models, and proposed as an initial step towards the development of a taxonomy of FDI location decision-making processes. Because of the dynamic and staged nature of the process, findings showed that factors that were important at one stage of the decision were not as important at the next. As such, the task of identifying universal drivers of FDI location was deemed an unfeasible one. In place of universal drivers, the initiating force of the investment, the purpose of investment and information sources and networks are identified as the key context-specific determinants of location in FDI decisions. Bounded by uncertainty, chance, the dynamics of the process and decision-maker effects, each of these aspects of the decision served to limit the possible consideration set for investment, and formed the value basis and measures from which to select the most attractive location choice. Despite the contextual differences in these drivers, however, the study revealed a strong pattern that showed that the importance of specific location considerations differed in much the same way across case decisions. During the first stage of case decisions primarily strategic aspects of locations were considered; during the second, considerations relating to the system; operational concerns in the third; implementation concerns in the fourth; and added value factors in the final choice. How each of these concerns was interpreted to reach final location choice differed according to the drivers mentioned previously, although the patterns were the same. This study develops a contingency framework for examining the FDI location decision-making processes of MNEs under different operating conditions. By identifying the four key components of the FDI location decision, their interrelationships and many sources of variance, this thesis shows that despite its complexity, the FDI location decision is amenable to useful conceptual structuring. From an academic standpoint, the framework answers Aharoni’s most recent call to action in ‘Behavioral Elements in Foreign Direct Investment’ (2010) by developing a replicable structure within which to think about incorporating managerial decision models and context into the theory of the MNE. These findings enhance understandings of decision making at MNEs, reconcile a number of inconsistencies between opposing perspectives of MNE theory, and thereby update extant theory so that it has greater relevance in today’s diverse international business environment. From a managerial standpoint, the thesis helps managers to recognize the opportunities and limitations posed by different aspects of decision context so that they are able to tailor their FDI location decision strategies to best suit their needs. Finally, from the perspective of policy markers, research findings provide great support for the use of investment attraction schemes through the use of targeted location marketing and investment incentives.   Description: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

2012-06-01T00:00:00Z Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9061 2013-05-02T16:52:42Z 2013-04-26T00:00:00Z

Title: Exploding the debt threshold myth Authors: Babones, Salvatore

2013-04-26T00:00:00Z Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9059 2013-05-02T16:52:42Z 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

Title: "The rich don't always win" - but they usually do Authors: Babones, Salvatore

2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Babones, Salvatore http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9058 2013-05-02T16:52:42Z 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

Title: The squeezed middle: the title says it all Authors: Babones, Salvatore

2013-04-10T00:00:00Z Longman, J M Barraclough, F L Barclay, L M http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9057 2013-04-30T16:52:51Z 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

Title: Evaluation of the Nimbin Integrated Services Project Authors: Longman, J M; Barraclough, F L; Barclay, L M Abstract: This report is an evaluation of a Nurse Practitioner-led integrated service for mental health and drug and alcohol clients, in a small town in rural NSW.

2013-04-30T00:00:00Z Gruber, Stefan http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9056 2013-04-29T16:53:07Z 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Protecting China's cultural heritage : a legal and policy approach Authors: Gruber, Stefan Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cullen, Ben Sandford, 1964-1995 http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9055 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The cultural virus Authors: Cullen, Ben Sandford, 1964-1995 Description: This thesis was digitised for the purposes of Document Delivery. It is not available on open access and access is restricted. The item may be requested on Interlibrary Loan or viewed in the Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. If you are the author of this work and would like it to be made available on open access please contact the Sydney eScholarship Repository Coordinator - escholarship.info@sydney.edu.au

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