Curtin University

Intent vs. implementation: the challenge of inclusive playspaces in Australian local government

Background Children with disabilities have been found to encounter significant barriers to meaningful access to public playspaces, resulting in unequal play opportunities. This inequity can profoundly affect child development, health and well-being. In the Australian context, loc...

Micro to nano-scale insights into a passive biomineralization pathway for developing a gate-to-gate carbon-negative bio-hybrid composite from lithium slag

Abstract The urgent need to decarbonize concrete is hindered by the scarcity of conventional supplementary cementitious materials. Here, we report a novel, passive biomineralization pathway to transform lithium slag into a functional carbon‑negative bio‑hybrid composite for susta...

Care, competence, or control? The evolution of parental supervision tools on social media platforms: A cross-platform comparison

Interaction with social media constitutes a significant part of children’s online experiences, with the potential for both positive and negative experiences. Social media platforms provide parental “supervision tools” as a mechanism for balancing children’s autonomy with safeguar...

Characterising the Beyond 50 Cohort: Preliminary Exploration of Physical and Psychosocial Health Factors and Substance Use Among a Cohort of Community Dwelling Adults Aged 50–70 Years

ABSTRACT Introduction Older adults exhibit unique risks associated with poor mental health and substance use. The Beyond 50 study is a longitudinal cohort investigating the determinants of healthy ageing, including relationships between physical and psychosocial health and substa...

Charge‐Redistribution‐Driven Dual‐Single‐Atom Catalysts on MXene for Hydrogen Evolution

ABSTRACT The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) exhibits pH‐ and electrolyte‐dependent pathways, imposing intrinsic challenges on the development of catalysts that operate efficiently across wide pH conditions and in seawater electrolysis. Here, we report a dual‐single‐atom cataly...

Issues in the clinical assessment and management of people living with motor neurone disease (MND): a survey of Australian healthcare professionals

Objective: To inform the development of the Australian MND Guideline, this study aimed to identify challenges Australian healthcare professionals (HCPs) face in the clinical assessment and management of people living with MND (plwMND) including where practice varies from evidence...

Quantifying the effects of prospective memory and ongoing task difficulty on capacity sharing and cognitive control

This study examines how individuals adapt to varying levels of prospective memory (PM) and ongoing-task difficulty in a cognitively demanding task environment. PM - the ability to remember and execute delayed intentions while engaged in other tasks - depends on flexible allocatio...

Predictive Value of Imaging Indicators for Disease Progression in Acute Stanford Type B Aortic Intramural Hematoma Without Ulcer-like Lesions

PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical outcomes of acute Stanford type B intramural hematoma (TBIMH) without ulcer-like lesions following medical management and to identify predictors of disease progression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on patients...

Interrogating Australia-Africa academic partnerships: does marginality create space to rethink and innovate practice?

This article interrogates contexts for and practices of academic partnership between Australia and Africa. This relationship sits at the margins of scholarship on global North–South dynamics, reflecting relatively limited empirical engagement as well as the ambiguous geopolitical...

Concurrent Associations Between the OMNI Rating of Perceived Exertion and Measures of Monitoring Training Load in Non-Elite Adolescent Team Sport Athletes

This study aimed to investigate associations between training load (TL) calculated using the OMNI rating of perceived exertion scale (OMNI-RPE) and heart rate (HR) and velocity-derived measures of TL in non-elite adolescent team sport athletes. Fifty-four athletes participated in...

The pharmacogGENEtics in Youth Depression (GENE-YD) study for personalizing antidepressant pharmacotherapy for young Western Australians – A feasibility study

Abstract Pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing to guide antidepressant prescribing is becoming increasingly available. However, its uptake into routine psychiatric practice for young people remains limited due to insufficient youth-specific evidence and uncertainty regarding optimal tria...

Exploring in-service Chinese as a second language teachers’ cognition and stated practices in teaching intercultural communicative competence

Abstract The cultivation of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) has become an increasingly important objective in language education. The rapid global expansion of Chinese as a second language (CSL) education has highlighted a gap in research on how in-service CSL teache...