http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/services/Feed ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12688 The title The New Science of Exercise requires a little explanation. This is an era where exercise physiology appears the domain of anyone and everyone including physiologists, the trainer of the successful Wallabies of the 1991 World Cup, the veterinarian selling steroids to the owners of greyhounds, racehorses and putative Olympic champions, the media and the public at large. Given this societal mix of experts there is a growing public ethic of muddled information which demands a scientific body of excellence to provide advice based on good research concerning an explosion of novel questions. Such questions constitute the New Science of Exercise, which ideally demands a multi-disciplinary approach in a novel laboratory setting, namely, the community. But where does the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society stand in relation to this need? 2013-05-16T03:33:48.885Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:12836 This paper evaluates an algorithm for solving network flow optimization problems with quadratic cost functions. Strategies for fast implementation are discussed and the results of extensive numerical tests are given. The performance of the algorithm measured by CPU time is compared with that of the convex simplex method specialized for quadratic network programming. Performance of the two methods is analysed with respect to network size and density, and other parameters of interest. The algorithm is shown to perform significantly better on the majority of problems. We also show how the algorithm may be used to solve non-linear convex network optimization problems by the use of sequential quadratic programming. 2013-05-01T04:14:15.189Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2616 Examines operating system support for persistent systems that execute on conventional hardware architectures. The focus of the paper is to examine the inadequacies of traditional operating systems as vehicles for the construction of persistent systems. The authors concentrate on four major areas, namely addressing, stability and resilience, process management and protection. They examine the consequences of making the operating system kernel itself persistent. They conclude by outlining the requirements which must be met by future operating systems designed to support orthogonal persistence. 2010-04-27T07:00:00.123Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:781 Educational reforms and legislative initiatives in Australia and internationally during the late 1980s imposed new political solutions on to the problems experienced in educational settings. This paper aims to explore the significance of education to politics, through a brief history and reference to comparative studies. While schools in western democracies have always operated within a political context, the paper argues that the radical conservatism of the 1990s makes it even more important that educators take on an assertive policy role. One possibility is identified through reference to a research-based procedure identified as 'pragmatic policy development'. Educational reforms and legislative initiatives in Australia and internationally during the late 1980s imposed new political solutions on to problems experienced in educational settings. This paper aims to explore the significance of education to politics in a historical and comparative way, with particular reference to the link between education and political economy. The paper argues that schools in western democracies have always operated in a political context but, in this period of radical conservatism, there is a need to assert the role of educators in the policy process. The paper concludes by presenting a strategy for ensuring this role, a procedure identified as 'pragmatic policy development'. 2010-04-27T06:49:19.674Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2038 2010-04-27T06:20:57.064Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2622 The MONADS distributed shared memory (DSM) consists of a single, very large, paged virtual memory space distributed across an arbitrary number of discrete nodes connected to a network. Each node acts as a server for the virtual memory pages stored at that node. The key to transparent access to the pages of the modules stored in the DSM is the use of structured addresses containing embedded location information. There is a problem with allowing modules to be moved because the location information, embedded in the addresses used to access the data in them, does not describe the correct storage location. This paper reviews an initial solution to the problem of accessing pages from moved modules. The required sequence of operations represents a significant, and usually unnecessary system overhead, since most page retrievals involve locally stored pages. An alternate solution to the problem is presented. This solution allows most page accesses, both local or remote and from moved or unmoved modules, to occur without unnecessary overheads. 2010-04-27T06:19:01.956Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2629 The paper describes Grasshopper, an operating system designed to provide generic mechanisms capable of being tailored to support a wide range of persistence paradigms. A constraint placed on this design is that the system must be implementable on conventional architectures which support paged virtual memory. The basic system abstractions relating to addressing environments, processes, and protection are described. It is shown that these provide explicit support for distributed persistent objects and processes, stability, and access control. At the same time the system provides the flexibility to allow user implementation of alternative object management techniques. 2010-04-27T06:19:01.066Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2079 An international effort is under way to measure and assess the nature of imposed political reforms to education systems. Education is changing in relation to new structures and practices brought about during the process of reform at the school level. This paper investigates policy analysis of national reform in Australia, and in various states of Australia. While the paper highlights inadequacies in the educational policy process in Australia and notes the neo-politicization of educational decision-making, it also provides an argument about the roles teachers, administrators, and educational researchers (and combinations of these) play in helping communities make sense of and contribute to schooling. Sections detail the Australian policy landscape, national policy as intervention, policy development for a national curriculum, national policy and teachers' work, and pragmatic policy development. 2010-04-27T06:08:43.800Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2093 The intention of this chapter is to demonstrate that policies are documents which teachers can pick up, read, interpret and apply in a very proactive and constructive process of contributing to the improvement of education. Though it does not always seem obvious, educational policy has immediate and far-reaching implications for teachers' careers and those who do not keep in touch with contemporary reforms might well jeopardize their prospects for promotion. 2010-04-27T06:08:33.021Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2096 Most students of educational administration, as they enter the final stages of their studies, may begin to wonder how the results of their research can be disseminated. While a range of possibilities certainly exist, some are more feasible than others and some are more suited to specific types of graduate study than are others. This paper provides a first-hand description, based on a real life experience, of how the transition from post-graduate study and research to educational publishing may occur. 2010-04-27T06:08:32.901Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2095 Planning an appropriate and relevant lesson, for pre-schoolers, primary or secondary students, is one of the hardest challenges teachers face. Even when there are detailed syllabi and strong centralized control over subject matter, as in all state education systems in Australia, it is the teacher's job to make it all work. The reality, whatever the external context, is that teachers can and do exercise significant influence over the curriculum and have the major say in what happens within their own classrooms. This situation offers great rewards to those teachers who adopt a lesson-planning strategy of research, reflection, and negotiation. The alternative is to 'teach' in classrooms clogged by tedium and mediocrity. 2010-04-27T06:08:28.740Z ]]> http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:2092 In this chapter we will concentrate on the appropriateness of teachers-as-researchers and the potential of specific research methodologies teachers can adopt to improve their practice. Following a brief review of historical trends in educational research, we will explore a number of contemporary issues so that you can decide your future research role, and follow-up with a few examples from recent studies. 2010-04-27T06:08:27.520Z ]]>