Recently there has been a surge in research pertaining to the physical and chemical properties of gold nanoclusters. Unlike supported particles of larger sizes, or extended solid surfaces1,2 small metal clusters adsorbed on support materials were found to exhibit unique properties that originate from the highly reduced dimensions of the individual metal aggregates.3-8 In particular we note here...

Nursing’s ageing workforce is the subject of increasing discussion and debate (Watson 2005, Lavoie-Tremblay et al. 2006). There are expectations of widespread retirements in the near future (Eley et al. 2007) and many areas and nursing specialties are threatened by the expected loss of large numbers of their workforce to retirement. This threat is true for clinical nurses (Halcomb et al. 2008),...

Mental health service delivery to rural and remote communities can be significantly impeded by the tyranny of distance. In Australia, rural and remote mental health services are characterized by limited resources stretched across geographically large and socio-economically disadvantaged regions (Inder et al., 2012; Thomas et al., 2012). Internationally, rural and remote area mental health workf...

In their recent article Overman et al. (5) present data on the sensitivity of Granada agar (7). These data are similar to those presented by the same authors in a poster with the same title (D. D. Eley, S. B. Overman, B. E. Jacobs, and J. A. Ribes, Abstr. 100th Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., abstr. C-238, 2000). In the poster they reported a sensitivity of 60% and in the article they reported ...

Cultivating and Nurturing a Successful Organizational Stressmanagement Program: Mission of Unlimited Possibilities Christine L. Eley, MS; Katherine E. Harris, MS, PHR, DASPR; Barbara Hudak, MS, BSN, RN; Lynne E. Hulvey, MSN, RN; Susan K. Launder, MSN, RN, OCN Background: Organizations that value their employees and appreciate their contributions strive to create a supportive work environment. L...

Objective Evaluate changes in specialty areas nurses’ knowledge and perceptions of a consolidated electronic medical record (EMR) system before and after implementation. Design A survey deployed pre‐ and six months post‐implementation of ‘The Viewer’. Setting Regional Hospital and Health Service, Queensland. Subjects Nurses working in specialist areas including community health, palliative care...

Despite the existence of web based community directories information about local health services in rural Queensland is reported by service providers to be poor. A survey in four towns determined directory community use for health information. Although 60% of town residents use the internet, only 20% were aware of the existence of their town’s community directory and less than 10% used it for h...

This study examines the kinetics of selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen over a bimetallic copper-cerium nanoparticle catalyst in a tubular fixed-bed reactor. Transmission electron microscopy results showed that the catalyst containing copper and cerium is well dispersed and presents in the form of nano-sized particles. The formation of CuO/CeO2 active sites was confirmed by Fou...

A 3-year-old, male neutered Miniature Dachshund was presented for investigation of an acute onset, slowly progressive ataxia of 2 months’ duration. Serum titers for Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum evaluated before referral were negative. General physical examination was within normal limits. Neurological examination identified a “bouncy” generalized ataxia with exaggerated movements of a...

The relationship between grammatical and lexical development was compared in 233 English and 233 Italian children between 18 and 30 months of age, matched for age, gender, and vocabulary size on the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDI). Four different measures of Mean Length of Utterance were applied to the three longest utterances reported by parents, and to corrected/expanded...