Planning, implementation and effectiveness in Indigenous health reform

The Planning, Implementation and Effectiveness in Indigenous Health Reform (PIE) project, funded by the Lowitja Institute and the Australian Research Council, carried out by the University of Melbourne, arose from concerns by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that despite the importance of participation and investment in collaborative governance, little research focused on capturing current practice and identifying best practice is being done. The advent of the National Indigenous Reform Agreement (NIRA) and the Indigenous Health National Partnership Agreements (IHNPAs) has led to further development/application of collaborative approaches to governance through committees and forums at national, State and regional levels. The activities associated with these committees and forums are referred to throughout this report as collaborative governance. This report focuses on building the evidence base around best practice based on case studies of collaborative governance in relation to the NIRA. A policy brief highlighting the policy recommendations of this report is also available

The removal of metallic contaminants from water

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Optimising the nesting of aerospace components on carbon fibre

Nesting is a process where shapes are orientated and located on a parent substrate. Effective nesting packs the parts optimally and maximizes the remnant on the substrate. The paper describes how Simulated Annealing was made to operate effectively as the optimisation process on aerospace components. Key issues affecting the use of Simulated Annealing are described. The methods described were integrated into a software package and applied to the Aerospace Industry. The method operated in real time and produce quality nesting solutions

A method for optimising the nesting of multiple, highly complex shapes using a modified simulated annealing algorithm

Nesting is a process where shapes are orientated and located optimally on a parent substrate. Effective nesting packs the parts optimally and maximises the remnant on the substrate. This article describes how simulated annealing (SA) was made to operate effectively as the optimisation process. Key issues affecting the use of SA are described. The methods described were integrated into a software package and applied to the aerospace and steel industries. This method operated in real-time and produced quality nesting solutions

An examination of conventional and reverse swing of a cricket ball

Mechanisms giving rise to swing and reverse swing of a cricket ball will be identified. The paper explains how transverse force directions may be deduced from observed wake directions and explains how Reynolds number similarity can be used with low velocity smoke trails equivalent to visualise high-speed bowling

A longing just to be: British Muslim negotiations of belonging and identity in the multicultural 'Real'

© 2015 Dr. Camille La BrooyThis thesis explores how young Muslims in Britain are negotiating belonging and difference in light of the so-called ‘failure’ of multiculturalism in Europe, a fate that has been linked to their supposed failed integration. It has been suggested that the continued existence of radically different practices by Muslims highlights an ‘illiberality’ about multiculturalism, since the latter is alleged to license these practices. The thesis presents findings of content and critical discourse analyses of 503 articles from national newspapers in Britain examining the media’s representations of Muslims around the period of the London bombings, together with interviews undertaken with 40 British Muslim youths – 30 in 2008 and 10 in 2015. It is argued that while Muslim ‘differences’ are recognised, their negative representation signifies that there exist limits to what can be tolerated in multicultural states. It is argued that the alleged failure of multiculturalism is a reflection of multiculturalism’s inherent liberality rather than illiberality. The fact that (perceived) radical difference beyond the spaces allotted by liberalism cannot be tolerated represents the failure of multiculturalism

The research-policy-deliberation nexus: a case study approach

BACKGROUND: Decision-makers tend to make connections with researchers far too late in the game of public policy, expecting to find a retail store in which researchers are busy filling shop-front shelves with a comprehensive set of all possible relevant studies that a decision-maker might some day drop by to purchase. This linear type of relation between research and policy needs to be replaced by a more interactive model that facilitates both researchers obtaining a better understanding of policy processes and policymakers being more aware and involved in the conceptualisation and conduct of research. This paper explores the role of governance in facilitating the research-policy nexus, testing a typology of research utilisation based on Murray's (Soc Policy Society 10(4):459-70, 2011) analysis that considers various degrees of researcher-policymaker deliberation in decision-making processes. The projects were all part of various evaluation efforts carried out by the researchers to explore the use of governance in health promotion activities. METHODS: Three case studies were chosen to provide some specific examples that illustrate each level of Murray's typology. The examples involve intersectoral health promotion collaborations that combine evidence-based research in health policy initiatives with various levels of researcher involvement. For all three projects, interview data was collated in the same way, coded thematically and analysed to consider the relationship between researchers and policymakers. RESULTS: Comparing the three models and their applicability to health promotion interventions, it could be observed that all programmes demonstrated successful examples of research translation. Strong governance imperatives structuring relationships led to more successful outcomes, whereby research was successfully translated into a public policy initiative that also led to improved health outcomes. The key idea across all of these models was that strong governance arrangements mitigated some of the barriers evidenced by the varying degrees of deliberation and researcher involvement in processes. CONCLUSIONS: The paper demonstrates that successful research utilisation is related to strong governance agendas and that early and ongoing involvement of relevant decision-makers and researchers in the governance processes, that is both the conceptualisation and conduct of a study, tend to be the best predictors of success