Do 'informed' or 'expert' patients challenge dominant traditions in biomedicine or simply adopt these as conventional ways of thinking about body shape and size, illness and health? This paper examines this question in relation to the use of the weight-loss drug Xenical by participants in an...

In this paper, a new method is presented for quantifying dependence in output among wind farms connected to an electricity grid. Overall stability of a grid is an important consideration. If output of wind farms is highly correlated, serious stress can be placed on the local infrastructure and...

Background Evidence shows incapacity benefit claimants (those off sick 26 weeks) are at greatest risk of long-term job loss. Aim To develop a screening tool to select those at risk of job loss, defined as failure to return to work among those off sick. The screening tool was for use in the Job...

In 2000, the Howard Liberal-National Coalition Government enacted the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act. This Act exempted employee records from privacy protection, and was justified by the Government on the ground that employee records protection was better addressed under workplace...