Miscellaneous Materials

Metabolic fitness as a predictor of injury risk in conditioned military trainees undertaking an arduous field training exercise

N. Meigh et al. — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 21:26:28 PST

Musculoskeletal injuries reduce the ability for military forces to train new personnel. Metabolic fitness has been used to predict injury risk in new Australian Army trainees. The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity of using metabolic fitness to determine injury risk in conditioned military trainees completing an arduous field training exercise.

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:26:24 PDT

Introduction

Michael Regan — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:26:23 PDT

Welcome to the Bond University Public Infrastructure Bulletin and Built Environment, edition 8. The Bulletin is published annually by the Institute of Sustainable Development & Architecture and is available in e-format on the Bond University website http://epublications.bond.edu.au/pib/. The website also has a link to the Bond University Working Paper Archive and contains copies of earlier editions of the Bulletin. Our present plan is to continue to offer the Bulletin annually and to progressively increase the number of contributions and refereed content. The Bulletin is one of the few journals that examines infrastructure in all its forms, including public policy, project finance, the economics of infrastructure investment and management, as well as subjects in the built environment including building design, construction and project management, complex project procurement and real property. The boundaries are never closed and we welcome contributions from all related subjects.

Making multi-disciplinary teaching work: A reflective analysis of teaching legal content to multi-disciplinary learners

Danielle Ireland-Piper — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:18:09 PDT

Evaluative and directive mediation: All mediators give advice

John Wade — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:27:57 PDT

Extract:
This short paper discusses:
- A working description of evaluative, advisory, challenge or directive mediation
- Degrees of information, opinion and advice
- The variety of factors which contribute to the conflicts between “types” of mediation
- The advantages of evaluative mediation
- The disadvantages of evaluative mediation
- Predictive conclusion

The edges of orthodoxy in mediation - You did what?

John Wade — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:20:22 PDT

Extract:
In 2008, the American Bar Association published Final Report – Task Force on Improving Mediation Quality. Interestingly, the task force '[a]fter determining that a national credentialing program was not feasible for the current [US] mediation market place' (compare Australia!), retreated to the less controversial and arguably less difficult topic of 'factors that define high quality mediation practice.' (ABA p2).

Art review: Edo-Kingyo's Coolness and the Night Aquarium Museum Lounge

Katrina A. Bramstedt — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:14:36 PDT

Extract:
As with circuses, aquariums have been the subject of concern for animal welfare experts (Tilikum, Katina, Corky, Kasatka, and Ulises v. SeaWorld 2011): Is captivity the best place for these animals? Are these settings merely entertainment venues? If they provide an educational experience for viewers, does the learning experience outweigh the risks to the animals? Could the education be gained by other modes? What are the elements of animal welfare in the setting of an aquarium? After viewing the Edo—Kingyo’s Coolness Tokyo art exhibit online using the creator’s YouTube video (Kimura 2011), the importance of all of these questions becomes apparent.

The perils of prenuptial financial agreements in Australia: Effectiveness and professional negligence

John Wade — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:39:55 PDT

Extract:
Legal practitioners in Australia who draft financial agreements before (s 90B; 90UB) or during a marriage or relationship (s 90C; 90UC) have a high risk of being guilty of professional negligence. Vigilance, protocols and expertise only reduce the risk; it is never eliminated. That is why a number of experienced and smart family lawyers in Australia will never draft pre-nuptial (s 90B; 90UB) or “during relationship” agreements. They send their clients to more naïve or risk-taking lawyers. In each case, the professional negligence and ineffective agreements lie dormant and hidden like hand grenades. The agreements will explode over say the 30 years which follow signing – either upon the separation of the signatory spouses, or the death of one, or a dramatic change of circumstances for better or worse of one of the spouses.

Teaching and learning workshop for coaches at mediation courses

John Wade — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:54:54 PDT

Extract:
The aim of this workshop is to provide a framework for a short teaching and learning course for people who are coaches in dispute resolution courses, especially mediation courses. The models used in this paper are based on theories and practices used at the former CDR Associates in Boulder Colorado, and at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, for the past 30 years. These, of course, walk in the footsteps of various ancient and modern educational theories and practices. Similar models can be used at any course involving “skills” teaching and learning.

Dispute Resolution Centre News Volume 36

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:36:28 PDT

This Newsletter contains: news and upcoming course information from the Dispute Resolution Centre; staff movements; ADR Bulletin articles by Bianca Keys and John Wade; recent activities