role of Evidence Act in admissibility of expert evidence of mental disorder in criminal law, New South WalesThe Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) (hereafter EA) commenced on 1 September 1995. The Act sought to clarify and reform complex rules of evidence including the rules relating to the admissibility...
Circumcision has a wide array of potential benefits over the lifetime of males, and relatively few risks. Up to one in three males worldwide, if not circumcised, may suffer a medical condition caused by their foreskin [1–3]. In contrast, the risks of the procedure itself are less than ...
This study was conducted at a Tasmanian devil breeding facility located in NSW, Australia. The facility consists of 12 managed environmental enclosures (MEEs) and eight intensive enclosures built over 25 hectares. In MEEs, Tasmanian devils are housed at a density of approximately 2.67 devils/hec...
Here, the act of dominance is conveyed by maiming defeated enemies, depriving them of their right hands, hampering their capacity to carry out future attacks and essential daily-life activities. The likelihood that hands were taken from captives is low, since this would limit their potential as...
The enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11βHSD1) converts inactive cortisone into active cortisol in insulin target tissues. In people with type 2 diabetes, skeletal muscle (SkM) 11βHSD1 is upregulated by the potent glucocorticoid dexameth
‘Digital Services Act’ to encourage more transparency around advertising through platforms and bans certain types of targeted advertising [80]. In Singapore, the voluntary ‘Healthier Dining Programme’ [81] allows food and beverage companies that operate solely on digital platforms to apply to get...
NSW (represented by Robyn Yates and Susan Wright), and other stakeholder organisations including the NSW Primary Principals’ Association, NSW Teachers Federation, Independent Education Union NSW/ACT, Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of NSW, Council of Catholic School Parents, NSW Parents...
The Court Information Act 2010 (NSW) attempts to achieve transparency and accountability under the framework of an 'open justice' system. The Act aims to make cKatherine BiberSocial Science Electronic Publishing, `Evidence from the Archive: Implementing the Court Information Act in NSW', Sydney ...
(e.g. high expression, evolutionary conservation). Elevated evolutionary conservation in the exons of CLC genes would appear to support their functionality as a mature RNA transcript, in contrast to the act of their transcription alone58. Another intriguing observation has been the colocalisation of...
While functional investigations into the role of HPV in the initiation of GB were outside the scope of this preliminary analysis, we hypothesise that the virus might act as a contributing factor in gliomagenesis. Additional genetic alterations are likely necessary for HPV-related tumorigenesis, potent...