Observations on Central Australian Totemism

Observations on impulse conduction along central axons.

This note calls attention to the facts that (i) the conduction velocities of central axons may not be predicted on the basis of diameter alone, (ii) that such structure-function relations as do exist may not be invariant. Data are presented which indicate that conduction velocities of rabbit callosal axons vary with the history of impulse conduction along the fiber. Increases and decreases of c...

Recent Observations on Australian Bat Lyssavirus Tropism and Viral Entry

Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) is a recently emerged rhabdovirus of the genus lyssavirus considered endemic in Australian bat populations that causes a neurological disease in people indistinguishable from clinical rabies. There are two distinct variants of ABLV, one that circulates in frugivorous bats (genus Pteropus) and the other in insectivorous microbats (genus Saccolaimus). Three fatal ...

Observations on the Nutrition of Maggots of Australian Blow-flies

Central Australian MVE update, 2001.

The Central Australian public health network became aware of 2 cases of Murray Valley encephalitis during February to March, 2001. Both cases were noted following reports of MVE virus activity in sentinel chicken flocks throughout the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia, similar activity in western New South Wales and evidence of sequential north-south spread of virus activity in...

Lateral formants in three central australian languages

This study examines dental, alveolar, retroflex and palatal lateral formants. Data are taken from three languages of Central Australia: Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara and Warlpiri. Results show that in relation to the alveolar lateral, the dental has a lower F1 and a higher F4; the retroflex has lower F3 and F4 and slightly higher F2; and the palatal has lower F1 and higher F2, F3 and F4. These resul...