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Out of Focus and Into the Frame: Information Skills Benchmarking at the University of Queensland Library
This paper describes the University of Queensland Library's 1999 Information Skills benchmarking project. Particular reference is made to focus group methodology and findings. Customer based criteria for the design, and redesign, of Information Skills Programs in academic libraries are discussed
Developing collaborative partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse families during the IEP process
Family participation in the special education process has been federally mandated for 40 years, and educators recognize that effective collaboration with their students’ families leads to improved academic and social outcomes for students. However, while some family-school relationships are positive and collaborative, many are not, particularly for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) families. This article provides practice guidelines based in research for teachers who seek to improve their practices when working with CLD families who have children served by special education
Electronic decision support systems at point of care: trusting the deus ex machina
The document attached has been archived with permission from the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Justin J Beilby, Andre J Duszynski, Anne Wilson and Deborah A Turnbul
First year student expectations: Results from a university-wide student survey
Although much has been written on the first-year experience of students at higher education institutions, less attention has been directed to the expectations of students when they enter an institution for the first time. This paper provides additional insights into the expectations of students at an Australian university and highlights areas in which students’ expectations may not necessarily align with the realities of common university practices. By providing opportunities for students to articulate their expectations, staff are able to use the responses for a constructive dialogue and work towards a more positive alignment between perceived expectations and levels of student satisfaction with their experience.Geoffrey Crisp, Edward Palmer, Deborah Turnbull, Ted Nettelbeck, Lynn Ward, Amanda LeCouteur, Aspa Sarris, Peter Strelan, and Luke Schneide
Viscoelasticity and metastability limit in supercooled liquids
A supercooled liquid is said to have a kinetic spinodal if a temperature Tsp
exists below which the liquid relaxation time exceeds the crystal nucleation
time. We revisit classical nucleation theory taking into account the
viscoelastic response of the liquid to the formation of crystal nuclei and find
that the kinetic spinodal is strongly influenced by elastic effects. We
introduce a dimensionless parameter \lambda, which is essentially the ratio
between the infinite frequency shear modulus and the enthalpy of fusion of the
crystal. In systems where \lambda is larger than a critical value \lambda_c the
metastability limit is totally suppressed, independently of the surface
tension. On the other hand, if \lambda < \lambda_c a kinetic spinodal is
present and the time needed to experimentally observe it scales as
exp[\omega/(\lambda_c-\lambda)^2], where \omega is roughly the ratio between
surface tension and enthalpy of fusion
Magnetothermal transport in the spin-1/2 chains of copper pyrazine dinitrate
We present experiments on the thermal transport in the spin-1/2 chain
compound copper pyrazine dinitrate Cu(C_4 H_4 N_2)(NO_3)_2. The heat
conductivity shows a surprisingly strong dependence on the applied magnetic
field B, characterized at low temperatures by two main features. The first one
appearing at low B is a characteristic dip located at mu_B B ~ k_B T, that may
arise from Umklapp scattering. The second one is a plateau-like feature in the
quantum critical regime, mu_B |B-B_c| < k_B T, where B_c is the saturation
field at T=0. The latter feature clearly points towards a momentum and field
independent mean free path of the spin excitations, contrary to theoretical
expectations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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