Intensive agricultural practices in farming systems in eastern Australia have been identified as a contributor to the poor runoff water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). A field investigation was carried out to measure the off-farm water quality and productivity in a coastal farming system in northeastern Australia. Two vegetable crops (capsicum and zucchini) were grown in summer 2...

Cholesterol crystal embolisation is a frequently underdiagnosed condition. While coronary catheterisation is safe and commonly performed, the reported patient developed very painful trash feet after undergoing this routine procedure. Ulceration and gangrene occurred after catheter manipulation during cardiac angiography, which caused occlusion of the small arteries in his feet. The triad of pai...

Preference is the primary dimension underlying odor perception. Therefore, to understand odor perception it is necessary to understand odor preferences. We propose that preference for an odor is determined by preferences for all objects and/or entities associated with that odor (extending Palmer and Schloss’s (2010) Ecological Valence Theory of color preferences to odor preferences). Odor prefe...