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Narrating the Life of a Subverted Saint: Kazantzakis' initial title for 'Zorba' and the parody of a genre
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2009)This paper attempts a generic comparison between Kazantzakis’ most celebrated novel and the medieval genre of hagiography. With references to the original Life of Alexis and to other canonical hagiographical texts I ... -
Narrative Strategies in the Fictive Diary: Reader-Response Theory and the Grossmiths' "The Diary of a Nobody". [abstract].
(2006)This paper argues that the English mock-diary emerged definitively in the late-Victorian years, when a flood of pompous, self-regarding diaries and memoirs finally drew the attention of satirists. The best and most enduring ... -
The National Eye Survey of Trinidad and Tobago (NESTT): Rationale, Objectives and Methodology
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-20)Purpose: This paper describes the rationale, study design and procedures of the National Eye Survey of Trinidad and Tobago (NESTT). The main objective of this survey is to obtain prevalence estimates of vision impairment ... -
The national QAAMS Program - a practical example of PoCT working in the community
(Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists, 2010)The Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) Program is the largest and longest-standing national point-of-care testing (PoCT) program in Australia. With a focus on PoCT for ... -
'The needs of strangers': understanding social determinants of mental illness
(Social Alternatives, 2008)This article explores the social determinants of mental illness in order to stimulate debate and advocate for improved services, and greater understanding and acceptance for people with serious mental illness in their ... -
The Needs of Strangers: Understanding Determinants of Mental Health.
(Social Alternatives, 2008)This article explores the social determinants of mental illness in order to stimulate debate and advocate for improved services, and greater understanding and acceptance for people with serious mental illness in their ... -
Negative Events, Positive Outcomes: Improving Labour Force Outcomes via Tertiary Study for Individuals with Disability and Chronic Illness
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2012)"The economic appraisal often displayed by organisations in the assessment of their staff, at times crosses ethical and legal boundaries and evaluates personal characteristics of workers which are not relevant to their ... -
Neighbourhood Life, Social Capital and Perceptions of Safety in the Western Suburbs of Adelaide
(2007)In this paper we report on a South Australian study of perceptions of safety and aspects of neighbourhood life including social capital which involved the analysis of 2400 self-completed questionnaires. A path analysis ... -
Neighbourhood regeneration: facilitating community involvement
(Taylor and Francis, 2003)In this paper, the courses of action taken to facilitate residents’ participation, in developing community action plans, in two Australian public housing estate regeneration projects are examined. The findings are placed ... -
Neighbourhood, Disorder, Safety and Reputation and the Built Environment: Perceptions of Low Income Individuals and Relevance for Health
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2016-03-21)Studies have consistently shown that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods is associated with poor health. There is also some evidence that low income individuals may benefit from living in more advantaged neighbourhoods. ... -
Networking: the Human Factor in Knowledge Exchange
(Primary Health Care Research and Information Service, 2011)Evidence-influenced policy has become the 'gold standard' which compels a wide variety of researchers, research funders and policy makers, from very different organisational contexts, to share or exchange knowledge. ... -
Neuroretinitis following bull ant sting
(BMJ Group, 2012)Cat scratch disease causes the majority of cases of neuroretinitis. Neuroretinitis is characterised by clinical features of papillitis, macular oedema and macular star. We report a case study of infection with Bartonella ... -
“Never mind the logic, give me the numbers”: Former Australian health ministers’ perspectives on the social determinants of health
(Elsevier, 2013-04-03)The articulation of strong evidence and moral arguments about the importance of social determinants of health (SDH) and health equity has not led to commensurate action to address them. Policy windows open when, simultaneously, ... -
Never to return: migration and old age in Venezis’s “The State of Virginia”
(Flinders University Department of Language Studies - Modern Greek, 2013-06)This paper discusses Ilias Venezis’s short story “The State of Virginia” with special emphasis on the themes of migration and old age. Published in 1954, in the aftermath of WWII and the Greek Civil War, “The State of ... -
New apprenticeships: An unheralded Labour Market Program
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The new child labour? The part-time student workforce in Australia
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2002)This paper reports on the findings about part-time school students’ working from a research project, in two Australian States, into school students’ experiences in workplaces. The findings, from a survey and case studies, ... -
A new climate for Indigenous health
(Primary Health Care Research & Information Service, 2008-10)The Apology to the Stolen Generation set the tone for a new and vigorous approach to achieving health equity for Indigenous people. The symbolic impact of the Apology was reinforced and given practical direction by the ... -
The New Democracy Government and the Continuing Struggle for Modernisation, 2004-2007
(Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek, 2009)The government led by Konstantinos Karamanlis from March 2004 continued the modernising task of those led by Kostas Simitis, while differing in language and emphasis. Most of its achievements were in the spheres of financial ... -
A new estimate of casual employment?
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2001)"Researchers at the Productivity Commission have challenged the standard ABS estimates of casual employment in Australia. Using information drawn from the recent Forms of Employment Survey, they propose a new, drastically-reduced ... -
A new estimate of casual employment? Reply
(National Institute of Labour Studies, 2001)"We have not produced an alternative estimate of casual employment. Rather, we have analysed a new measure published by the ABS, which shows that 17.7 per cent of employed persons had a casual contract in August 1998. This ...