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Displaying from Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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November 2011
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Wednesday 23 |
8:45 - SYMPOSIUM - WA Synchrotron Symposium - * HEALTH * INDUSTRY * BASIC RESEARCH * : One-day meeting for interested, new and experienced synchrotron users.
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What research can be performed at a synchrotron? What are WA scientists achieving at synchrotrons? What opportunities are there for cutting edge research in MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, and for WA's INDUSTRY?
This one-day symposium, 23rd November at UWA's University Club, is suited for (...)
The Centre for Research Excellence in Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing invites staff, students and members of the public to attend a seminar.Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson is presenting Bodies that Matter: Performing White Possession on the Beach, and Associate Professor Len Collard is presenting (...)
You are cordially invited to attend a book launch with Professor Chetan Ghate, our next Growth Zone Visitor.
Professor Ghate will give an overview of his book, The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy, and Indian reforms. He will discuss India’s remarkable economic growth and key (...)
Glenn Cook will describe the activities of the Bureau of Meteorology in WA, in the WA Regional Office in Perth, and in particular in the WA Climate Services Centre (CSC).
His talk will focus on the Data Services, Climate Monitoring, and Climate
Forecasting roles of the WA CSC, whi (...)
Peter Eastwood holds appointments as a NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, a Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia, and an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University of Technology. He received his undergraduate degree from Lock Haven University in (...)
18:30 - PUBLIC LECTURE - WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR WORKPLACES? : A roundtable discussion on employee wellbeing in comtemporary Australian workplaces
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There are some worrying signs that many contemporary Australian workplaces are having a negative impact on the wellbeing of employees, the health system and the ‘bottom line’. In 2010, the Productivity Commission reported that 42% of all upheld stress related compensation claims were as a (...)
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Thursday 24 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - CMCA Seminar Series - Todays Forecast: Be prepared for �An Influx� of clones!� : T cells are the shock troops of the human immune system –
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T cells are the shock troops of the human immune system – they can be ordered to kill what they recognise. Remarkably nearly every T cell is uniquely different to each other due to mutations that occur during the synthesis of their T cell receptor (TCR). It is the highly specific binding of a T (...)
19:00 - EVENT - Kathy Kelly : The Cost of War and the Price of Peace
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Kathy Kelly has been nominated three times for
The Nobel Peace Prize. Kathy is one of the most respected leaders in the American peace movement, having invested her life in search of non-military solutions to end wars, often at great personal cost.
Kathy has lived in war zones, sharing (...)
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Monday 28 |
This course is designed for those who have no previous experience of R or similar programming style packages.
A basic course outline is given here:
Introduction to R: How to install R on your computer; basic R commands, how to use and understand the R help pages.
Data: Reading in data and data (...)
14:00 - EVENT - UWA Staff Retreat : Two days of reflective space
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The retreat this year will be on the Muresk campus of Curtin University. This is a spacious farm/bush property with ample room for walking and resting. It has also has a swimming pool.
In our retreats we seek to create an environment of quiet, trust and collegiality in which things (...)
16:00 - CONFERENCE - Liver Down Under 2011 Conference : International conference on liver development, disease and regeneration
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we invite you to participate in the inaugural Liver Down Under Conference, being held from Monday 28th November to Friday 2nd December 2011 in Perth, WA.
This conference will be a major international meeting on Liver Research to be held in Australia and has (...)
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Wednesday 30 |
The course is designed for people with knowledge of basic statistics who want to learn more about designing and analysing experiments. It will cover material ranging from a review of simple one-way ANOVA, to more complex designs and analyses including crossed and nested factors with fixed and (...)
Few species can exist without interacting with others. When one species, such as the human species today, multiplies quickly it inevitably interferes with the food or water supply of others and encroaches on their habitats. By doing so it may damage or destroy some of the very relationships on (...)
Professor Nicholas Cook is a world leading music scholar with an eclectic range of interests from aesthetics and analysis to psychology and pop. In this lecture, he examines the use of music to create affective values, constructions of identity and community.
His paper argues for a (...)
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December 2011
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Thursday 01 |
Intended Audience:
Those who are engaged in postgraduate supervision and who want to reflect upon, develop and refine their current conceptions and practice of supervision. This workshop not only provides grounding in the Graduate Research School's guidelines, policies and procedures for the (...)
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Monday 05 |
This is an intensive five-day unit on the theory and practice of analysis of large sets of linked administrative health data at an introductory to intermediate level.
Rapid growth in data linkage projects has led to a shortfall in analyst skills.
Some researchers understand (...)
8:30 - CONFERENCE - Introduction to Natural Gas Processing workshop : The following subjects will be covered: physical properties, phase equilibria and vapour liquid equilibrium calculations, water hydrocarbon systems, gas transport, acid gas treating/sweetening, dew point control and natural gas liquids recovery.
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The full workshop consists of two related courses (Workshop 1: Introduction to Natural Gas Processing and Workshop 2: LNG Production) that review the physical, chemical and engineering principles used to understand the processing of natural gas and its by-products, the principles and operation of (...)
16:30 - PRESENTATION - Developmental Coordination Disorder and Internalizing Problems in Children: Toward a Unified Theoretical Framework
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Dr. Cairney is the inaugural holder of the McMaster Family Medicine Professorship in Child Health Research, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry and Behaviour Neuroscience. He is the Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine and an (...)
16:30 - EVENT - SPH Information Sessions - Postgraduate courses : Find out if a course in population health, nursing or social work is for you!
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Come along to the School of Population Health Postgraduate Course information sessions. We'll present information about the degrees below and will have course experts on hand to answer all your questions.
- Master of Health Professional Education (4.30pm) - Empower yourself as an (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Privacy and Consent in a Post Individual World : Lecture by UWA Fulbright Senior Special 2011 Professor Mike Joyner
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Over the last 50 years ethical issues associated with medical research have focussed on how individuals are informed and give consent for participation in experimental studies. They have also focussed on how the participant's privacy is protected. Parellel efforts to address privacy and consent (...)
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