Recent developments in virology by Australian researchers

A genome-wide scan to detect signatures of recent selection in Australian Merino sheep

Domestication and selection are processes that conserve the pattern of genetic diversities between and within populations. Identification of genomic regions that are targets of selection for phenotypic traits is one of the main aims of research in animal genetics. An approach for identifying divergently selected regions of the genome is to compare FST values among loci to estimate the genetic v...

An Analysis of Recent Developments in Countries with Islamic Awakening

Having mentioned some of major achievements by Islamic awakening, the author has studied developments in countries where Islamic awakening has occurred including Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain as case studies. Finally he has covered Syria's developments in detail and has compared its developments with other countries with respect to Islamic awakening. He has concluded that unlike claims by western co...

Recent Developments in Australian Abortion Law: Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory

Similarity : generalizations , applications and open problems

This Special Issue of the Journal of EngineeringMathematics focuses on recent theoretical and applied developments in Similarity, including asymptotic/numerical similarity and associated software. In particular, it is devoted to papers by leading researchers who apply similarity analysis to engineering and biological problems (asymptotics involving similarity solutions), develop significant ext...

It Takes Two to Tango: Customization and Standardization as Colluding Logics in Healthcare; Comment on “(Re) Making the Procrustean Bed Standardization and Customization as Competing Logics in Healthcare”

The healthcare context is characterized with new developments, technologies, ideas and expectations that are continually reshaping the frontline of care delivery. Mannion and Exworthy identify two key factors driving this complexity, ‘standardization’ and ‘customization,’ and their apparent resulting paradox to be negotiated by healthcare professionals, managers and policy makers. However, whil...