After heavy rains and flooding during early 2011 in the normally arid interior of Australia, melioidosis was diagnosed in 6 persons over a 4-month period. Although the precise global distribution of the causal bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei remains to be determined, this organism can clearly survive in harsh and even desert environments outside the wet tropics.

Forty-eight water samples (30 groundwater and 18 surface samples) were collected from the study region. Physical chemical examinations performed on to determine values of various variables. Several graphs, sheets, statistical measures, including sodium solubility percentage (SSP), absorption ratio (SAR), Piper’s diagram, used plot concentration principal ions chloride mass balance (CMB). The co...

Abstract Food system analysis in arid and semi-arid countries inevitably meets water availability as a major constraining food driver. Many such are net importers using subsidy systems, resources do not allow national self-sufficiency. As this leaves position of dependency on international markets, prices export bans, it is imperative that every domestic drop used efficiently. In addition, poli...

This paper explores the provision of adaptive hints based on attainment levels in the context of supporting the development of young adults’ ICT information processing skills. We describe the design of the LIBE VLE, particularly its personalisation and adaptation features, and a User Study undertaken with young adults at a vocational education centre. Using data collected through the LIBE VLE, ...