http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/services/Feed ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12834 We describe a new algorithm for solving separable quadratic cost network programming problems and compare its performance with that of the convex simplex method for networks. 2013-05-01T04:04:04.717Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12719 This was the second of two public forums associated with the International Congress on Drugs in Sport hosted by the Hunter Academy of Sport. It was held at 8 p.m., Wednesday, 23rd August, 1989, in the David Maddison Building Main Lecture Theatre adjacent to the Royal Newcastle Hospital, and was attended by some 200 members of the public as well as by Congress delegates (in the panel and audience), in full accord with public participation and indeed, entertainment. It was a brilliant evening. As Section Editor I feel the Hypothetical verv precisely revealed many of the pragmatic dilemmas facing those in modern Australian Society who deal with sport, whether they be athlete, coach, administrator, scientist, or those who are concerned with the health of the athlete. In short, the Hypothetical defined The Problem. 2013-03-28T00:17:13.521Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12718 This was the first of two public forums programmed for the International Congress on Drugs in Sport hosted by the Hunter Academy of Sport. It was held at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 22 August 1989, in the David Maddison Main Lecture Theatre adjacent to the Royal Newcastle Hospital. The audience of some 220 people included the Congress delegates. Admission was free. The Academy felt that should an International Congress be promoted by a Hunter institution with a view to extracting recommendations for government, there should be an opportunity for the Hunter public to attend, listen to, discuss points with, and ask questions of international, Australian, and regional experts drawn from the athletes themselves, coaches, sport administrators, science, medicine, philosophy and politics. The Academy also felt that it was important to document the debate, and present the information back to the public. The evening was therefore recorded on tape, and this document is a transcript of those tapes, edited only to remove some of the redundancies of free discourse. The natural informality of speakers has otherwise been retained to provide realism and entertainment. 2013-03-28T00:16:20.787Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12707 Whether the olympic Games will survive the onslaught of drug abuse which continues to taint them has come to constitute a major issue within the world of sport, making the future and social value of sport itself, uncertain. 2013-03-26T22:20:25.171Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12706 The general thrust of this book discusses the ancient conundrum of whether athletes should take drugs, why do they take them, and what detrimental effects on health do they risk in the pursuit of a winning edge. In this context the act of taking performance-boosting aids raises other issues. What is fair and unfair play? If an athlete has an inherent health defect, what actions are permissible to allow him/her to compete from an equal psychological and physiological base? 2013-03-26T21:53:55.818Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12678 In four ballet schools in the Newcastle region of NSW, Australia, the prevalence of menstrual dysfunction was examined in relation to changes in cardiorespiratory, endocrine and metabolic function. Thirty four dancers (mean age 15.4 plus/minus 0.4 yr) and 31 non-dancers (mean age 15.5 plus/minus 0.7 yr) were investigated by: 1) questionnaire; 2) a test to determine peak exercise oxygen uptake; and 3) a prolonged exercise test (conducted at days 1-6 of the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, or more than 90 days from the preceding menses, in amenorrhoeics). 71 per cent of the dancers, including one primary and two secondary amenorrhoeics, reported menstrual irregularity, compared to 19 per cent of the non-dancers (p less than 0.001). 47 per cent of the dancers had a measured cycle length of greater than 38 days, compared to 3 per cent of the non-dancers (p less than 0.001). Cardiorespiratory function was not notably different between the two groups, however the endocrine profiles were clearly different. The hormone levels suggest that the hypothalamus and pituitary functionally respond to the lower E2 levels, and, by increasing gonadotrophin production, elevate T and P production, but not E2. The menstrual irregularity of the teenage ballet dancer is therefore possibly due to the changing E2/T ratio secondary to a block in the conversion process of androgen to oestrogen within the ovary. 2013-03-21T22:34:09.133Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12677 This book presents a contemporary statement of the facts, arguments and decisions which are shaping policy concerning drug-taking in sport, based on the proceedings of the first Congress on the Socio-Ethical and Medical Aspects of Drugs in Sport held at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales in 1989. "The drug controversy in sport" contains contributions of a political, philosophical, scientific and medical nature by athletes and experts distinguished internationally in their respective fields. The examination of this complex and highly controversial problem from a number of angles provides a valuable basis from which to examine the policy being developed by the International Olympic Committee. The outcome of this policy will determine the behaviour of all those involved in current and future Olympic sports, as well as for non-Olympic sports. 2013-03-21T22:24:21.166Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2732 2013-03-04T21:30:13.534Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2032 This paper explores the development of a professional doctorate at the University of Newcastle during 1989 and 1990. The introduction of a coursework and thesis Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) was seen to be an effective way of assisting teachers to improve their professional standing in this era of merit selection and comparative assessment as it provides the options of effective part-time study linked to relevant content. The first candidates begin in 1991 in two courses on Educational Administration. These courses have been developed as a team exercise and contain group assessment procedures. 2010-04-27T06:21:17.244Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2033 Similarities occur in recent research on the reactions of schools in England and New South Wales to the imposed political reforms embodies in the Education Reform Act (England) and the Education reform Act No. 8 (New South Wales). Theoretical and methodological touchstone is evident in the common strategies and commensurate epistemic stance of both projects. The conclusions drawn reflect a common assessment of policy as interpreted, contextualised and transformed by the practitioners, what the Hunter project depicts as culturally-defined problem solving which reflects a process of principled pragmatism. 2010-04-27T06:21:05.139Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2044 2010-04-27T06:21:01.014Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2035 2010-04-27T06:20:54.173Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2053 Educational reforms and legislative initiatives in Australia and internationally during the late 1980s have imposed new political solutions on to the problems being experienced in school settings. In Australia, during the 1990s, the NSW government's School Centred Education [SCE] report is just one example of the international trend towards the ministerialisation of education policy-making. This paper aims to explore the experiences of key personnel active in the management and leadership of the SCE initiatives. The paper will explore this context through recent and emerging research data which offers new insights into the nature of solutions already in the process of development in New South Wales and offer some contrasts on the national level. The data is based on a sequence of research projects. The intent of these projects is to develop a cultural mapping of the policy process through exploring the juxtaposition of the intent and implementation of political reforms. The data collected so far portrays a situation identified as "pragmatic policy development". The paper will conclude by providing an analysis of the effects of domination/liberation in contemporary policy which targets the sites, structures and legitimation of power, and the actors' "spaces for freedom". 2010-04-27T06:20:45.934Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2051 2010-04-27T06:20:43.324Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2049 2010-04-27T06:20:38.944Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2050 2010-04-27T06:20:34.647Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2623 In this paper we describe the implementation of a local area network of experimental capability-based computers. The architecture of these computers is unusual in supporting a persistent virtual memory with a very large address size, eliminating the need for a separate file store. Because the network extends this architecture by providing a global virtual memory with addressing unique across the network, the use of the network is fully transparent and existing software does not need to be modified in order to make use of remote facilities. 2010-04-27T06:19:03.466Z ]]>