The University of Melbourne

The Past, Present, and Future of Online Biodiversity Knowledge Systems

In recent decades, the availability and accessibility of biodiversity data and the profusion of portals, tools, and platforms through which to utilize them have increased rapidly. This reflects the extensive variety of challenges biodiversity data are being used to address and th...

Morphogenesis of street networks in informal settlements: Building/plotting/extending/gridding

Abstract This paper articulates an urban design logic of informal settlement. While there are many different morphological outcomes of informal settlement processes, there are common patterns of expansion, intensification, and design of public space networks. Unlike formal urban...

Mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE): genetics, mechanisms and precision therapy

Mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE) is a recently defined malformation of cortical development that is an important cause of childhood-onset drug-resistant epilepsy. Clinically, the epilepsies associated with MOGHE are h...

Inspiration or instigation? Bidirectional links between body-focused content, body image, and disordered eating urges

Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), we examined the bidirectional relationship between body-focused inspiration content and body image and disordered eating urges, as well as the potential moderating effect of gender on these relationships. Undergraduate men and women (n...

When the map is not the territory: a duoethnographic inquiry into language portraits, ideology, and researcher reflexivity

Language portraits are now a routine tool in multilingual identity research. Their conventions have been examined critically within the field, yet the flatter version that circulates in many applied uses has received less of the scrutiny applied to other research instruments. In...

Resistant starch as a dietary strategy for metabolic and gut health: Implications for Asia-Pacific populations.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Metabolic diseases are rising rapidly across the Asia-Pacific region as traditional diets are displaced by refined, low-fibre foods. Resistant starch (RS) is a fermentable dietary component that modulates gut microbial activity and short-chain fatty aci...

Building the toolkit to address malaria resurgence and radical cure of vivax malaria in Ethiopia: a meeting report

Abstract Ethiopia has experienced a substantial resurgence in malaria in recent years, with increasing case numbers and a growing contribution of Plasmodium vivax in several regions. At the same time, new evidence supporting improved radical cure strategies, including high-dose p...