2008 Refereed publications
Alam, K. (2008). Cost-benefit analysis of restoring the Buriganga River, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 24 (4), 593-607.
Alam, K. & Marinova, D. (2008). Estimating the economic value of river restoration", Transformations, 16, Special Issue 39-40, 183-203.
Alam, K. & Robb, W. (2008). Issues of economic efficiencies of human service delivery in Australia, International Review of Business Research Papers. (Accepted)
Alam, K., Rolfe, J. & Donaghy, P. (2008). Assessing the cost-effectiveness of water quality interventions in South-east Queensland. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 15 (1), 30-40. ISSN 1448-6563.
Al Faris, R. & Khan, S. (2008). Sine Square Distribution - A new statistical model, Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 3(1), 163-173.
Asghar, M. N., Khan, S. & Mushtaq, S. (2008). Zero Discharge Management of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent. Journal of Environmental Management, 88(4), 1285-99.
Attwood, S. J., Maron. M., House, A. P. N. & Zammit, C. (2008) Do arthropod assemblages display globally consistent responses to intensified agricultural land use and management? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17, 585-599.
Basnet, B. B. (2008). Degree of Site Suitability Measurement in a GIS: The Effect of Various Standardisation Methods. In: Zhang, Jingxiong and Goodchilds, Michael, F. (eds.) Spatial Uncertainty. World Academic Press. ISBN 1-84626-170-8.
Bond, J. C., Lauretta, D. S., Tinney, C. G., Butler, R. P., Marcy, G. W., Jones, H. R. A., Carter, B. D., O'Toole, S. J. & Bailey, J. (2008). Beyond the iron peak: r- and s-process elemental abundances in stars with planets. The Astrophysical Journal, 682 (2), 1234-1247. ISSN 0004-637X.
Brodie, I.M. (2008). Hydrological analysis of single and dual storage systems for stormwater harvesting. Water Science and Technology, 58 (5), 1039-1046.
Brodie, I. & Rosewell, C.J. (2008) Using soil loss models to estimate suspended solids concentrations in stormwater runoff from pre-urban areas. Australian Journal of Water Resources, 12 (1), 49-60. ISSN 1324-1583.
Calbo, J. & Sabburg, J. (2008). Feature extraction from whole-sky ground-based images for cloud-type recognition. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25 (1), 3-14. ISSN 0739-0572.
Boddington M. & Dearnaley, J.D.W. (2008). Morphological and molecular identification of fungal endophytes from roots of Dendrobium speciosum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 14, 13-17.
Dorner, W., Porter, M. and Metzka, R. (2008) Are floods in part a form of land use externality? Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 8, 1-10. ISSN 1561-8633 (In Press)
Downie A.F., Le Brocque A.F. & Dearnaley, J.D.W. (2008) Molecular identification of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of the vulnerable Sophora fraseri (Fabaceae). Australasian Mycologist, 27, 57-65.
Dunn, P.K. (2008) Building-in quality rather than assessing quality afterwards: a technological solution to ensuring computational accuracy in learning materials. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 27 (1), 47-63. ISSN 0731-9258
Dunn, P. K. & Smyth, G. K. (2008). Evaluation of Tweedie exponential dispersion model densities by Fourier inversion. Statistics and Computing, 18 (1), 73-86. ISSN 0960-3174 (Print), 1573-1375 (Online)
Gibbings, P, Lidstone, J & Bruce, C. (2008). How do students experience problem-based learning in virtual space?', International Journal of Educational Research. (In Press)
Gibbings, P. & Brodie, L. (2008). Team-Based Learning Communities in Virtual Space', International Journal of Engineering Education, (In Press).
Gibbings, P. & Brodie, L. (2008). Assessment Strategy for an Engineering Problem-solving Course', International Journal of Engineering Education, 24 (1), 153-161.
Hafeez, M., Bouman, B.A.M., Giesen, N.D., Mushtaq, S., Vlek, P. & Khan S. (2008). Water reuse and cost-benefit of pumping at different spatial levels in a rice irrigation system in UPRIIS, Phillipines. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33 (1-2), 115-126.
Hammer, S., Star, C. & Green, W. (2008). Facing up to the challenge: why is it so hard to develop graduate attributes? Higher Education Research and Development. (In Press).
Hoque, Md. A., Aravinthan, V. & Pradhan, N. M. (2008) Evaluation of simultaneous storage and growth model to explain aerobic biodegradation of acetate. Research Journal of Biotechnology, Special issue, 274-281. ISSN 0973-6263.
Hoque, Md. A., Aravinthan, V. & Porter, Mark (2008) Respirometric and titrimetric techniques for monitoring aerobic biodegradation of surfactant. Research Journal of Biotechnology, Special issue, 399-405. ISSN 0973-6263.
Hoque, Z. & Khan, S. (2008). Performance of Preliminary Test Estimator under Linex Loss Function, Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods. (In Press).
Khan, S. (2008). Shrinkage estimators of intercept parameters of two simple regression models with suspected equal slopes - EMBARGOED UNTIL JAN. 2009. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 37 (2), 247-260. ISSN 0361-0926 (Print), 1532-415x (Online)
Khan, S. (2008). Optimal tolerance regions for future regression vector and residual sum of squares of multiple regression model with multivariate spherically contoured errors. Statistical Papers . ISSN 0932-5026 (In Press)
Khan, S. & Saleh, A K Md E (2008). Estimation of slope for linear regression model with uncertain prior information and Student-t error. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 37(16). (In Press).
Khan, S., Asghar, N. & Mushtaq, S. (2008). On-farm options for managing stream salinity in irrigation areas: An example from the Murray Darling Basin, Australia. Hydrology Research, 39 (2), 157–170.
Khan, S., Hafeez, M.M., Rana, T. & Mushtaq, S. (2008). Enhancing Water Productivity at the Irrigation System Level; A Geospatial Hydrology Application in the Yellow River Basin. Journal of Arid Environment, 72 (6), 1046-1063.
Khan, S., Mushtaq, S., Ahmad, A., & Hafeez, M. M. (2008). Trade-off Analysis for Restoring Environmental Flows Through Irrigation Demand Management. Australian Journal of Water Resources , 12(1), 1-20.
Khan, S., Mushtaq, S., Ahmad, A., Malano, H., Allan, C. & Davidson, B. (2008). Economic Evaluation of Managing Irrigation Demand for Improved River Flows. Australian Journal of Water Resources, 12 (2), 1-20.
Khan. S., Mushtaq, S., Hanjra, A. M. & Schaeffer, J. (2008). Estimating the potential costs and gains of an aquifer storage and recovery program in New South Wales, Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 95, 477-488.
Lawrence, J., Loch, B. I. & Galligan, L. (2008) Reframing e-assessment: building professional nursing and academic attributes in a first year nursing course - EMBARGOED UNTIL APRIL 2010. Learning, Media and Technology: Special issue: Reframing e-assessment: Adopting New Media and Adapting Old Frameworks, 33(3), 169-189. ISSN 1743-9884 (Print), 1743-9892 (Online).
Liu, X. (2008). Airborne LiDAR for DEM generation: some critical issues - EMBARGOED UNTIL 2009. Progress in Physical Geography, 32 (1), 31-49. ISSN 0309-1333 (Print), 1477-0296 (Online)
M. Arashi, S. M. M. Tabatabaey, & Khan, S. (2008). Estimation in multiple regression model with elliptically contoured errors under MLINEX loss, Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 3(1), 23-36.
Maraseni, T. N. (2008) Selection of non-timber forest species for community and private plantations in the high and low altitude areas of Makawanpur District, Nepal. Small-Scale Forestry, 7 (2), 151-161. ISSN 1873-7617 (Print), 1873-7854 (Online)
Maraseni, T. N. & Dargusch, P. (2008). Expanding woodland regeneration on marginal southern Queensland pastures using market-based instruments: a landowners' perspective. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 15, 104-112.
Maraseni, T. N. & Maroulis, J. (2008) Piggery: from environmental pollution to a climate change solution. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes, 43, 358-363. ISSN 0360-1234 (Print), 1532-4109 (Online)
Maraseni, T. N., Maroulis, J. & Cockfield, G. (2008). An estimation of willingness to pay for asparagus (Asparagus racemosus Willd.) collectors in Makawanpur District, Nepal. Journal of Forest Science, 54, 131-137. ISSN 1212-4834
Maraseni, T.N., Mathers, N.J., Harms, B., Cockfield, G., A. Apan, A. & Maroulis, J. (2008). Comparing and predicting soil carbon quantities under different land use systems on the Red Ferrosol soils of Southeast Queensland, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 63 (4), 250-257.
Marcy, G. W., Butler, R. P., Vogt, S. S., Fischer, D. A., Wright, J. T., Johnson, J. A., Tinney, C. G., Jones, H. R. A., Carter, B. D., Bailey, J., O'Toole, S. J. & Upadhyay, S. (2008). Exoplanet properties from Lick, Keck and AAT. Physica Scripta, T130, pp. 014001 (7pp). DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2008/T130/014001
McDougall, K.,
Liu, X., Basnet, B. B. & Apan, A. (2008). Evaluation of current DEM accuracy for Condamine Catchment. In: Li, Deren and Ge, Yong and Foody, Giles M, (eds.) Accuracy in geomatics. World Academic Press, Liverpool, England. ISBN 1-84626-171-6.
Memon, M., Khan, S., Yunus, R., Barr, R., & Memon, B. (2008). Meta-Analysis Of Laparoscopic And Open Distal Gastrectomy For Gastric Carcinoma, Journal of Surgical Endoscopy, 22(8), 1781-1789.
Mushtaq, S., Khan, S. & Hafeez, M. (2008). Evaluating the Impact of Fee Gui Shui on Agricultural Production: A Case of Zhanghe Irrigation System in China. Food Policy, 33 (6), 576-586.
Nanson. G. C., Price, D. M., Jones, B. G., Maroulis, J. C., Coleman, M., Bowman, H., Cohen, T. J. & Pietsch, T. (2008). Alluvial evidence for major climate and flow-regime changes during the Middle and Late Quaternary in eastern central Australia, Geomorphology, 101, 109-129.
Parisi, A., Sabburg, J., Turner, J. & Dunn, P. K. (2008) Cloud observations for the statistical evaluation of the UV index at Toowoomba, Australia. International Journal of Biometeorology, 52 (3), 159-166. ISSN 0020-7128 (Print), 1432-1254 (Online).
Parsons, D. (2008). Is There an Alternative to Exams? - Examination Stress in Engineering Courses, International Journal of Engineering Education, 24 (6), 1111-1118.
Rahman, A. & Khan, S. (2008). Prediction distribution for linear regression model with multivariate Student-t errors, Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 24(1), 35-48.
Reushle S. & Loch B. (2008). Conducting a Trial of Web Conferencing Software: Why, How and Perceptions from the Coalface. Turkish Online J. for Distance Education, 9(3), 19-28. ISSN 1302-6488.
Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O., Staneva, J., & Grawe, U. (2008). Assessing Water Renewal Time Scales for Marine Environments from Three Dimensional Modelling: A Case Study For Hervey Bay, Australia. Environmental Modelling and Software. 23(10), 1217-1228, 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.02.007.
Shi, G., Ribbe, J., Cai, W., and Cowan, T. (2008). Interpretation of Australian summer and winter rainfall projections. Geophysical Research Letters. 35, L02702, doi:10.1029/2007GL032436.
Shi, G., Cai, W., Cowan, T., Ribbe, J., Rotstayn, L., & Dix, M. (2008). Variability and trend of the northwest Western Australia Rainfall: observations and coupled climate modelling. Journal of Climate. 21, 2938-2959.
Skelly, M. B., Unruh, Y. C., Cameron, A. C., Barnes, J. R., Donati, J.-F., Lawson, W. A. & Carter, B. D. (2008) Doppler images and chromospheric variability of TWA 6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 385 (2), 708-718. ISSN 0035-8711
Star, C. & Hammer, S. (2008) Teaching generic skills: eroding the higher purpose of universities, or an opportunity for renewal? - EMBARGOED UNTIL DECEMBER 2009. Oxford Review of Education, 34 (2), 1-15. ISSN 0305-4985 (Print), 1465-3915 (Online)
Williams, A.A.J. & Stone, R.C. (2008) ‘An assessment of relationships between the Australian sub-tropical ridge, rainfall variability, and high latitude circulation patterns' International Journal of Climatology (In Press).
Wilson, I. R. G., Carter, B. D. & Waite, Ian A. (2008) Does a spin–orbit coupling between the Sun and the Jovian planets govern the solar cycle? Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 25 (2), 85-93. ISSN 1323-3580.
You, Y., Ribbe, J., Karstensen, J. & Church, J. (2008). Matthias Tomczak: a Distinguished Regional Oceanographer and Water-Mass Expert. Progress in Oceanography, 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.05.007.
You Y., Ribbe, J., Karstensen, J. & Church, J. (Editors), 2008. A New View of Water Masses After WOCE. A Special Edition for Professor Matthias Tomczak. Progress in Oceanography, Elsevier, United Kingdom.
Conference publications
Alam, K., (2008). An economic analysis of the public-private-community partnership: The case of solid waste management, In: Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference of Economists (ACE08), Gold Coast, The Economic Society of Australia, Queensland, Australia, 30 September - 3 October 2008.
Alam, K. & Robb, W. (2008). Models of public investment in human services in Australia: Issues of economic efficiency, Proceedings of the Annual London Conference on Money, Economics and Management, July 3-4, 2008, Imperial College, London. Published by World Business Institute, Melbourne.
Alam, K. & Robb, W. (2008). Emerging models of investment: The case of human service in Australia, Paper to be presented at the 10th West Lake International Conference on Small and Medium Business, October 25-27, Hangzhou, China.
Alam, K. & Shahiduzzaman, M. (2008). Inflation and food security: Some emerging issues in developing countries, In: Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference of Economists (ACE08), Gold Coast, The Economic Society of Australia, Queensland, Australia, 30 September - 3 October 2008.
Apan, A., Wells, N., Reardon-Smith, K., Richardson, L., McDougall, K., & Basnet, B. (2008). Predictive Mapping of Blackberry in the Condamine Catchment Using Logistic Regression and Spatial Analysis, Proceedings of the Queensland Spatial Conference 2008, 17-19 July 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 1-11.
Attwood, S.J. (2008). Communicating Conservation: The Case of Messiaen's Birds. BirdLife International World Conservation Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Conference proceedings (CD format).
Attwood, S.J. & Park, S.E. (2008). What has happened to Messiaen's Birds? International Conference of Messiaen Studies, Brisbane.
Attwood, S. J., Park, S. E., Maron, M., Collard, S. J., Robinson, D., Reardon-Smith, K. M. & Cockfield, G. (2008). Declining birds in Australian agricultural landscapes – potential lessons from the European agri-environment model. BirdLife International World Conservation Conference 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Conference proceedings (CD format).
McDougall, K., Liu, X., Basnet, B. & Apan, A. (2008). Digital Elevation Model Accuracy Requirements for Catchment Management, Proceedings of the Queensland Spatial Conference 2008, 17-19 July 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, pp. 1-9.
Boddington, M. & Dearnaley, J.D.W. (2008). Endophytic fungi associated with rainforest and non-rainforest flora in South East Queensland. International conference for plant biotic interactions, Brisbane, 27-29 March 2008.
Boddington, M., Kotiw, M. & Dearnaley, J.D.W. (2008). A screening method for the detection of fungi with potentially antimicrobial secondary metabolites. Australian Society of Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, 6-10 July 2008.
Brodie, I. (2008) Comparison of storage requirements for two different stormwater harvesting strategies. In: Stormwater 2008, 8-11 July 2008, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Campbell, G. & Phinn, S. (2008) The efficacy of band weighting schemes for improving the accuracy and precision of water quality parameters estimated from MERIS and MODIS image data. In: 14th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, 29 Sept - 03 Oct 2008, Darwin, Australia.
Cottrill, A., Ribbe, J. (2008). Decline of Queensland Rainfall. Proceedings 15th Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference. Publication No. 23. Geelong, Australia, 28-31 January.
Cottrill, A., Ribbe, J., Maron, M. (2008). A Detailed Proxy Rainfall Record from Lake Broadwater, Dalby, Southeast Queensland. Poster presented at the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering 4th Quaternary Dating Workshop, Sydney, 26-27 March.
Dearnaley, J.D.W., Downie A.F., Murray, A.J. & Le Brocque A.F. (2008). Molecular identification of mycorrhizal fungi in Australian threatened plant species. International conference for plant biotic interactions, Brisbane, 27-29 March 2008.
Faqih, A., Ribbe, J., Meinke, H. (2008). An Assessment of Rainfall Simulations for the Austral-Indonesian Region from the Climate Models. WMO Fourth International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-IV). Beijing, China, 20-25 October 2008, accepted paper.
Faqih, A., Ribbe, J. & Meinke, H. (2008). Interdecadal Variability of Regional Sea Surface Temperature and Rainfall in the Austral-Indonesian Region. WMO Fourth International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-IV). Beijing, China, 20-25 October, accepted paper.
Galligan, L., Loch, B. I. & Lawrence, J. (2008) An integrative approach to building professional attributes in a first year nursing course: description and preliminary analysis of academic numeracy. In: 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME 11), 6 - 13 July 2008, Monterry, Mexico, 15pp.
Gibbings, P, Lidstone, J. & Bruce, C, How do students experience problem-based learning in virtual space?, Proceedings of the 2008 AaeE Conference, Yeppoon (Submitted Paper).
Grawe, U., Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O. (2008). The inverse nature of an Australian bay, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-02290, Geophysical Research Abstracts. In: Proceedings of the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April. Vienna, Austria.
Grawe, U., Ribbe, J., Wolff, J.-O. (2008). Stability of an Australian inverse bay. Extended Abstract accepted. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Sea, August 25-29.
Jones, H. R. A., Butler, R. P., Wright, J. T., Marcy, G. W., Fischer, D. A., Vogt, S. S., Tinney, C. G., Carter, B. D., Johnson, J. A., McCarthy, C., &; Penny, A. J. (2008). A Catalogue of Nearby Exoplanets, Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics , Proceedings, ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference, Aveiro, Portugal, 11-15 September 2006. Ed: N.C. Santos, L. Pasquini, A.C.M. Correia, and M. Romanielleo. Garching, Germany, 2008 pp. 205-206.
Khan, S. & Hasan, Md M. (2008). Improved Meta Analysis Using Predicted Relative Risk, Proceedings of Recent Development on Statistical Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-34.
Loch B. & Reushle S. (2008). The practice of web conferencing: Where are we now? In Hello! Where are we now in the landscape of educational technology? Proceedings of ASCILITE Melbourne 2008, Nov 30-Dec 3, 562-571.
McDonald, J., Collins, P., Hingst, R. D., Kimmins, L., Lynch, B. & Star, C. (2008) Community learning: member's stories about their academic community of practice. In: HERDSA 2008 International Conference: Engaging Communities, July 1-4, Rotorua, New Zealand.
McDonald, J. & Star, C. (2008) The challenges of building an academic community of practice: an Australian case study. In: HERDSA Conference 2008: Engaging Communities, 1-4 July 2008, Rotorua, New Zealand. (In Press)
McDougall, K., Liu, X., Basnet, B. B. & Apan, A. (2008) Digital elevation model accuracy requirements for catchment management. In: Queensland Spatial Conference 2008, 17-19 July 2008, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
McDougall, K. (2008) Unlocking the potential of spatial information through data sharing - it's a two way street. In: Queensland Spatial Conference 2008, 17-19 July 2008, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Paudyal, D. R. & McDougall, K. (2008) Building spatial data infrastructure to support sustainable catchment management. In: Queensland Spatial Conference 2008, 17-19 July 2008, Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Paudyal, D.R., McDougall, K. & Apan, A. (2008) Spatial Data Infrastructure for Catchment Management: A Case Study of Condamine Catchment, Australia, Proceedings of XXVIII INCA International Congress, India.
Pretty, G. (June, 2008). Understanding, facilitating and networking "multiple layers" of people's sense of communities within a geographic context: Research and consultation methods. 2nd World Conference of Community Psychologists, Lisbon, Portugal.
Star, C. (July, 2008). Locating justice in a warming world: developing notions climate justice in the UK and the USA, Australasian Political Science Association Conference, Brisbane.