Peter Mühlhäusler is the Foundation Professor of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide, and Supernumerary Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He has taught at the Technical University of Berlin and in the University of Oxford. He is an active researcher in several areas of linguistics, including ecolinguistics, language planning, and language policy and language contact in the Australian-Pac...

AIMS (1) To model the process of use and usability of pH strips (2) to identify, through simulation studies, the likelihood of misreading pH strips, and to assess professional's acceptance, trust and perceived usability of pH strips. METHODS This study was undertaken in four phases and used a mixed method approach (an audit, a semi-structured interview, a survey and simulation study). The thr...

BACKGROUND Prior to 1999 students entering our MBBS course were selected on academic performance alone. We have now evaluated the impact on the demographics of subsequent cohorts of our standard entry students (those entering directly from high school) of the addition to the selection process of an aptitude test (UMAT), a highly structured interview and a rural incentive program. METHODS Stud...

Risk factors: Baseline assessment and follow up were carried out by face to face diagnostic interviews and questionnaires administered by a trained assessor. At baseline, presence of eating disorder was confirmed (Structured Interview for DSM-III Personality Disorders; Eating Disorders Inventory) and current and lifetime psychiatric disorders assessed (Hopkins Symptom Checklist-90). Follow up i...