Victoria University

An empirical investigation of the pathways model of problem gambling and the UPPS-P

Abstract While impulsivity is recognised as a central aetiological factor of problem gambling within the pathways model, limited research has examined the different dimensions of this trait and the three gambling sub-types contained within this model. Thus, the current study aime...

Estimating the Heritability of Intelligence with a Nuclear Twin Family Design

Intelligence, and the favorable life outcomes with which it is associated, are not shared equally between individuals or groups. In an endeavor to better understand the inequality, behavioral genetics (BG) have employed the classical twin design (CTD) to apportion the variability...

Dominance feminism, intersectionality and why the popular understanding of women’s separate sporting spaces is a step in the wrong direction

Gender critical feminists (hereafter GCs) are winning the political battle that has been fought over the last eight years about the provision of separate sporting spaces for females – there is an accelerating trend of international, national and local sporting organizations exclu...

Balancing training load, rest and musculoskeletal injury risk: a mathematical modelling study in Thoroughbred racehorses

Abstract Musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) in Thoroughbred racehorses are a leading cause of death and premature retirement, and are heavily influenced by training practices. Greater distances of high-speed galloping accumulated during racing campaigns are associated with MSI. Bone...

Sartans and Bisartans: Expanding Therapeutic Horizons Through Broad Receptor Interactions and Repurposing Potential

Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), also known as sartans, are a family of highly selective angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists commonly prescribed to individuals with hypertension, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. Additionally, the discovery and facile synthes...

Q Quantum Theory III-B: Quantum Gravity -- Quantum and Ultraviolet Structure

Part III-A defines Q gravity through a single full $A=OP$ response field on a physical Minkowski reference spacetime. This companion develops its finite-order quantum structure as one Batalin--Vilkovisky (BV)/contact theory. In the minimal metric-coupled branch the local orientat...

Q Quantum Theory III-A: Quantum Gravity -- Foundations -- Whole-Q Sources, Deformation Geometry, Collective Dressing, and the Metric Branch

Q Quantum Theory takes the complete quantum object Q as the primitive physical entity. This paper develops its gravitational foundation. In the local representation $Q=\sqrt{\rho}\,e^{i\theta}Z$, the complete Q state carries energy--momentum, stress, spin and orientation structur...

Q Quantum Theory III-A: Quantum Gravity -- Foundations -- Whole-Q Sources, Deformation Geometry, Collective Dressing, and the Metric Branch

Q Quantum Theory takes the complete quantum object Q as the primitive physical entity. This paper develops its gravitational foundation. In the local representation $Q=\sqrt{\rho}\,e^{i\theta}Z$, the complete Q state carries energy--momentum, stress, spin and orientation structur...

Evaluating Kelp Feedstock for Alginate-Based Materials: Physicochemical Characterization of Sodium Alginate and Aquaculture Considerations

Abstract Cultivated kelps are a scalable marine feedstock for renewable polymers, but regional aquaculture supply chains lack engineering benchmarks for the alginate yield and quality. Here, we apply a lower-hazard citrate-based process to quantify bioplastics-relevant alginate m...

Structural stigma and LGBTQ+ youth mental health in the United States

Structural stigma, or systemic barriers to equity for minoritized populations, has been shown to have negative consequences on LGBTQ+ youth’s mental health. Most research has focused on stigma at the national or state level, limiting understanding of how local institutions and en...

The feasibility of a tailored follow-up service for people living with stroke via a registry-based randomised controlled trial (A-LISTS)

After stroke, people report ongoing health challenges to national registries without any follow-up. We aimed to assess the feasibility of a co-designed, registry-initiated, follow-up service provided by hospitals and tailored for people reporting health-related challenges between...

Alzheimer’s disease classification using dynamic geometric pattern map: A novel image representation of EEG signals

Electroencephalography (EEG) offers a non-invasive and low-cost basis for computer-aided dementia detection, but existing systems face limitations: data-dependent feature representations, deep models that process channels independently and discard inter-channel spatial topology,...

Integrating bioplastics into waste management: barriers and pathways to a circular economy

Bioplastics have emerged as promising alternatives to conventional fossil-based plastics because of their potential to reduce dependence on non-renewable resources and support the transition towards a circular economy. However, their environmental sustainability is determined not...

AI Governance Frameworks for Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Systems: Integrating Trust, Compliance, and Secure Data Architectures

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems now process personal and organizational data at a scale that outpaces the legal and technical mechanisms designed to protect it. This article examines how governance frameworks can be structured to reconcile three objectives that are often tre...

β‐hydroxy‐β‐methylbutyrate improves fast‐twitch muscle function, histopathology and mitochondrial respiration in the D2.mdx dystrophic mouse

Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe inherited muscle disorder caused by mutations that eliminate the protein, dystrophin, resulting in disrupted protein homeostasis, mitochondrial dysfunction, chronic inflammation and progressive muscle degeneration. The leucin...

Combining Implementation and Data Sciences to Accelerate Evidence Integration into Healthcare – ImpleMATE

Background The translation of research evidence into routine healthcare practice is often slow and inconsistent, even timely implementation can significantly improve patient outcomes. While implementation science offers strategies to close this gap, current approaches are frequen...

Human balance as a resonance-governed system: targeted modal attenuation via passive mass coupling

Human postural control during quiet standing has often been modelled as a lightly damped dynamical system in which low-frequency modes contribute to sway behaviour. Reduced effective damping may increase amplification of these modes, potentially contributing to instability. In en...

Evaluate the thermal performance of green roofs as an urban heat island mitigation strategy under arid climate conditions in Bahrain

Purpose This study aims to evaluate the thermal performance of green roofs as an urban heat island mitigation strategy under arid coastal climate conditions by using Bahrain as a case study. Design/methodology/approach A scenario-based parametric simulation study was conducted us...

Firm‐Level Climate Risk and Stock Price Crash: Does Investor Attention or Sentiment Matter?

ABSTRACT This study moves beyond traditional crash‐risk channels focused on managerial bad‐news hoarding to examine how firm‐level climate risk translates into stock price crashes through investor behaviour. Using a novel text‐based measure of climate exposure extracted from earn...

Proliferative Sparganosis Due to Spirometra mansoni in a Dog: A Detailed Diagnostic Picture

ABSTRACT A young Blue Heeler presented for abdominal distension and weight gain, without a history of raw feeding or travel outside the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Abdominal ultrasound noted innumerable small anechoic oval cystic structures scattered throug...