Proceedings of the Symposium on the Surveillance of Engineering structures held from 14-15 November, 1983 at the University of Melbourne, Australia/ by Symposium on the Surveillance of Engineering Structures (1983 : Univ of Melbourne), University of Melbourne. Department of Surveying and Land Information

Age Related Macular Degeneration and Total Hip Replacement Due to Osteoarthritis or Fracture: Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. by Elaine W Chong, Yuanyuan Wang, Liubov D Robman, Khin Zaw Aung, Galina A Makeyeva, Graham G Giles, Stephen Graves, Flavia M Cicuttini, Robyn H Guymer

“…We evaluated the association between age-related macular degeneration and total hip replacement as proxy for severe osteoarthritis or fractured neck of femur in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. 20,744 participants had complete data on both age-related macular degeneration assessed from colour fundus photographs taken during 2003-2007 and total hip replacement. …”
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Building the resilience of agri-food systems to compounding shocks and stresses: A case study from Melbourne, Australia by Maureen Murphy, Rachel Carey, Leila Alexandra

“…The aims of this study in Melbourne, Australia, were to investigate how forest fire and pandemic shocks affected the agri-food system, to identify vulnerabilities in the system, and to explore opportunities to build resilience to future shocks and stresses.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted during 2020-21 with 41 key stakeholders from government, industry and civil society organizations.Results and discussionVulnerabilities identified in agri-food supply chains included geographic and corporate concentration, complex “just in time” supply chains, critical infrastructure and logistics, and workforce availability. …”
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Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage in male-male partnerships attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia by Eric P.F. Chow, Tiffany R. Phillips, Henry Bowesman, Jason J. Ong, Julien Tran, Ei T. Aung, Marcus Y. Chen, Christopher K. Fairley

“…We analyzed male-male partnerships attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Center between 2018 and 2019. …”
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Sexual Activities and Changes in Condom Use in Group Sex Events Among Female Sex Workers in Melbourne, Australia by Chen Lew, Chen Lew, Christopher K. Fairley, Christopher K. Fairley, Julien Tran, Julien Tran, Tiffany R. Phillips, Tiffany R. Phillips, Ei T. Aung, Ei T. Aung, Kate Maddaford, Marcus Y. Chen, Marcus Y. Chen, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Eric P. F. Chow, Eric P. F. Chow, Eric P. F. Chow

“…This study aimed to examine the typical number of group sex participants, sexual activities and condom use in group sex among FSWs attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey between May 1, 2019 and March 13, 2020 among FSWs in Melbourne. …”
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Smoking behavior among patients and staff: a snapshot from a major metropolitan hospital in Melbourne, Australia by Rahman MA, Wilson AM, Sanders R, Castle D, Daws K, Thompson DR, Ski CF, Matthews S, Wright C, Worrall-Carter L

“…Muhammad Aziz Rahman,1,2 Andrew M Wilson,2–4 Rhonda Sanders,3 David Castle,2–4 Karen Daws,3 David R Thompson,2 Chantal F Ski,2 Sarah Matthews,3 Christine Wright,2 Linda Worrall-Carter1–31St Vincent's Centre for Nursing Research (SVCNR), Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2The Cardiovascular Research Centre (CvRC), Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 3St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 4The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaBackground: A cross-sectional study was conducted to provide a snapshot of smoking behavior among staff and patients at a major metropolitan hospital in Melbourne.Methods: Patients and staff were surveyed using a questionnaire exploring demographics, nicotine dependence (Fagerstrom test), readiness to quit, and preference for smoking cessation options.Results: A total of 1496 people were screened within 2 hours; 1,301 participated (1,100 staff, 199 patients). …”
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Comparison of trauma management between two major trauma services in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Melbourne, Australia by Peter Cameron, Mark Fitzgerald, Arul Earnest, Mohammad Alsenani, Faisal A Alaklobi, Jane Ford, Waleed Hashem, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Ahmed Alenezi

“…The risk-adjusted length of stay was 4.4 days less at the Melbourne hospital (95% CI 3.95 days to 4.86 days, p<0.001). …”
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Effect of climate change and variability on extreme rainfall intensity–frequency–duration relationships: a case study of Melbourne by A. G. Yilmaz, I. Hossain, B. J. C. Perera

“…The methodology developed was successfully implemented using rainfall data from an observation station in Melbourne (Australia) for storm durations ranging from 6 min to 72 h. …”
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Immersive and Temporal Experiences in Historic Landscapes: Designing a Mobile Digital Guide for the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne by Hannah Lewi, Andrew Saniga, Wally Smith

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Children’s everyday lifeworlds out of school, in Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Singapore: Family, enrichment activities, and local communities by Nicola Yelland, Anita Kit-Wa Chan, Clare Bartholomaeus

“…In this article we draw on our adaptation of Sarah Pink’s (e.g. 2012) video re-enactment methodology for considering children’s out-of-school lifeworlds with Year 4 children (9 and 10 years old) in the global cities of Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Singapore. The data presented and discussed here was part of a larger Global Childhoods Project with children in the three global cities of Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Singapore. …”
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Trajectories of body mass index in adulthood and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study by Amalia Karahalios, Dallas R English, Roger L Milne, Graham G Giles, Pierre-Antoine Dugué, Brigid M Lynch, Allison M Hodge, Robert J MacInnis

“…We aimed to identify groups of individuals who followed specific group-based BMI trajectories across adulthood, using weight collected on three occasions and recalled data from early adulthood, and to examine associations with all-cause and cause-specific mortality.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Melbourne, Australia.Participants Adults (n=29 881) enrolled in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study, who were aged from 40 to 70 years between 1990 and 1994, and had BMI data for at least three time points.Outcome Deaths from any cause before 31 March 2017 and deaths from obesity-related cancers, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and other causes before 31 December 2013.Results We identified six group-based BMI trajectories: lower-normal stable (TR1), higher-normal stable (TR2), normal to overweight (TR3), chronic borderline obesity (TR4), normal to class I obesity (TR5) and overweight to class II obesity (TR6). …”
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Injecting drug use and related health behaviours in a small case series of East African migrants in Melbourne by Danielle Horyniak, Peter Higgs, Louisa Degenhardt, Shelley Cogger, Robert Power, Paul Dietze

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Locating Mobility: Practices of co-presence and the persistence of the postal metaphor in SMS/ MMS mobile phone customization in Melbourne by Larissa Hjorth

“…However, Melbourne demonstrates that customization can also occur inside the mobile phone. …”
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Carbon Footprint Reduction through Residential Building Stock Retrofit: A Metro Melbourne Suburb Case Study by Seongwon Seo, Greg Foliente

“…This research investigates environmentally and economically sustainable retrofit methods to reduce the carbon footprint of existing residential buildings in the City of Greater Dandenong as a case study in Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. By categorizing energy use into various building age brackets and dwelling types that align with changes in energy regulations, we identified various retrofit prototypes to achieve a targeted 6.5-star and 8-star energy efficiency rating (out of a maximum 10-star rating system). …”
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X-LAB: A very high-capacity X-band RF test stand facility at the University of Melbourne by Volpi Matteo, Giansiracusa Paul J., Sheehy Suzanne L., Rassoll Roger P., Taylor Geoffrey N., Pushkarna Paarangat, Dowd Rohan, Valerian Joel, Catalan-Lasheras Nuria, Cherrill Mark

“…The X-band Laboratory for Accelerators and Beams (X-LAB) has been commissioned at the University of Melbourne. One of the key projects within this laboratory involves re-homing half of the CERN high gradient X-band test stand, XBOX3, now known as Mel-BOX. …”
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The impact of three progressively introduced interventions on second wave daily COVID-19 case numbers in Melbourne, Australia by Allan Saul, Nick Scott, Tim Spelman, Brendan S. Crabb, Margaret Hellard

“…Abstract Background The city of Melbourne, Australia experienced two waves of the COVID-19 epidemic peaking, the first in March and a more substantial wave in July 2020. …”
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Respiratory management and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants: A comparison of practice between centres in Oxford and Melbourne by Sun, SZY, Zivanovic, S, Earnest, A, Roehr, C, Tan, K

String processing and information retrieval : 15th International Symposium, SPIRE 2008 Melbourne, Australia, November 2008 Proceedings / by SPIRE 2008 (2008 : Melbourne, Australia), Amir, Amihood, Turpin, Andrew, Moffat, Alistair

Asylum Seekers Living in the Australian Community: A Casework and Reception Approach, Asylum Seeker Project, Hotham Mission, Melbourne by Grant Mitchell, Sara Kirsner

“…Hotham Mission’s Asylum Seeker Project (ASP), a Melbourne-based non-governmental organization (NGO), is unique in Australia in its comprehensive work in housing and supporting asylum seekers in the community, particularly those released from detention. …”
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Improving subacute management of post concussion symptoms: a pilot study of the Melbourne Paediatric Concussion Scale parent report by Gavin A Davis‡, Vanessa C Rausa‡, Franz E Babl, Katie Davies, Michael Takagi, Alison Crichton, Audrey McKinlay, Nicholas Anderson, Stephen JC Hearps, Cathriona Clarke, Remy Pugh, Kevin Dunne, Peter Barnett, Vicki Anderson

“…Aim: To pilot a modification of the Post Concussion Symptom Inventory, the Melbourne Paediatric Concussion Scale (MPCS) and examine its clinical utility. …”
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