The kinetic aspects of the process were investigated and the relative affinities of some amino acids for the uptake process were determined. Therefore, the use of a more convenient system – segmental uptake – has been found to provide useful information on the mechanism of absorption in the intact animal.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
A series of tests on agricultural tractor tires were analyzed, with particular attention to statistical analysis of the data. Topographical details, current water storages and water requirements were recorded, together with relevant details of the farm enterprise and management.
PHYSIOGRAPHY AND LAND USE
PHYSIOLOGY OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS (12) Sheep Nutrition
PLANT BREEDING
ELIZABETH BOYLE COLDICUTT, M.Sc, Dip.Ed. 1) History of the Australian Architectural Worker: D. Work continued on this project, previously undertaken by Robin Boyd. A summary of the buildings and their data with a sketch of the architect's personality was prepared.
CLASSICAL STUDIES
This article has been completed and will be published in the Quarterly Bulletin of the National Gallery of Victoria. Most of the material for this Festschrift is now in the hands of the editor.
FRENCH
The eighteenth century presents some interesting problems, for it was a period when ideas as such were a constant preoccupation of writers, and these ideas were marked by curious contradictions, such as excessive rationalism and the revival of occultism. name the sentimental current that would be so important to the romantic movement. Patricia Lancaster is trying to discover how this multiplicity of 'prompts' became compatible with the evolution of that prose style which is one of the glories of the eighteenth century.
GERMANIC LANGUAGES
This thesis, now completed, is divided into three chapters, the first of which deals with the sources Stifter used as the basis for both versions of the novel. The introduction discusses the place of drama in Barlach's work and the theme common to all his dramas: the position of man and his relationship to God.
13) Novalis (1772-1801)
14) The Leycester Novels of Mrs Bosboom-Toussaint
The first chapter examines the influence of Baudelaire, Rimbaud and Corbiere on an early poem, the second chapter examines the influence of Rilke on a later poem. Chapters three and four investigate the influence of several Chinese poets, particularly Po Chii I.
HISTORY
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY (1) Tom Roberts and Alfred Deakin
2) The Papers of Alfred Deakin
A. thesis in progress
A collection has been made of the work relating to the development of the concept of 'caloric' as it was understood towards the beginning of the nineteenth century. The current goal is a development of the number system based on the two fundamental operations of counting and measuring.
PHILOSOPHY
This study of the nature of morality and the verification of moral judgments is now complete and has been submitted for publication in book form. The author is now a professor at Canberra University College, but this work dates entirely from his time in Melbourne.
10) Formal Systems
The main innovation in this monograph is the claim that Berkeley's theory of the relation between sight and type is independent of his philosophical idealism.
11) Psychology and Ethics
There is also general criticism of his methodology, and in particular of his theory of re-enactment. The author is now a lecturer at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, but is a registered Ph.D. student from the University of Melbourne).
POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (1) Political and Economic Developments in Malaya
POLITICAL SCIENCE (2) The Federal Cabinet in Australia
Results will be compared with those reported from a factor analysis of the same data by Wilma A. 4) The effect of varied patterns of stimulus presentation on preconditioning in the hooded rat. The purpose of this project, which is still ongoing, is to determine the relationship between home and school background to the changes in attitudes toward work that occur during the first six months of work.
RUSSIAN
LITERARY (1) Man in Dostoevsky and in Berdyaev
LINGUISTIC (10) Accent and Intonation in Serbo-Croatian
SEMITIC STUDIES
APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL METHODS
The results of the assays, taken as a whole, constituted a non-orthogonal experiment arranged in randomized blocks, with a possible covariance effect due to different amounts of the complexes used in different assays. The results of several experiments on changes in the electrical activity of muscle cells due to changes in the ionic content of the environment have been analyzed.
14) Tractor Tyre Studies
Shulman (Department of Pharmacology) Worker: Alison G. Several series of six-point assays were performed on frog rectus muscle responses to acetylcholine associated with various organometallic complexes. The analysis of variance indicated that there were real differences between the different metals used in the assays, but no dose-response effect within a particular metal could be detected.
15) Blood-plasma Levels in Parturition
18) Timber Volume Tables
A visit was made to Indonesia and the results of the visit were written up. Gilder A preliminary study of the impact of innovation in the Australian economy has been undertaken.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
HISTORY OF EDUCATION
With the introduction of the subject, History of Australian Edu- ''cation, in the second year of the course for the B.Ed., and the increase. in the number of research students, the preparation of this bibliography has become a necessity. These tables are essential to the study of trends in the high school curriculum in general and the liberal education curriculum in particular.
Ed, thesis commenced
The publication of reports on the two investigations gave rise to many comments in the press and on the radio. This is an attempt to prepare a plan for the training of staff in child care institutions.
EDUCATIONAL SURVEYS
The remaining parts deal more specifically with Catholic education: Part I. I with Catholic schools as part of the nineteenth-century governmental system—their development (chap. To explain fully the development that took place within the schools themselves—in the curriculum (chap.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
HYDRAULICS
A commercial flexible liquid jet pump was tested with different water pressures, suction heights, inlet heads and nozzle-diffuser inlet bases for four different nozzle diameters.
SOIL MECHANICS
This study relates to the location of the proposed King Street Bridge over the Yarra River. A complete foundation study is being produced for the entire area to assist in the design of foundations for residential buildings (brick construction) and some larger structures.
ELASTICITY (10) Stress Distribution in Shrunk Connections
Presented in the thesis is a general mathematical analysis of the behavior of a stiffener with initial curvature and end eccentricities. The Governor's gain has been increased and work is progressing to create greater stabilization.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The experimental results are now being interpreted by N. Rieger who is preparing a thesis for presentation for the degree of M.Eng.Sc. Vasey presented at the Institution of Engineers Australia Melbourne Branch, September 1956. An electrical analogue for stress analysis of frame structures loaded in the plastic range.
METALLURGY AND BAILLIEU LABORATORY
- BROWN COAL CHAR (1) Foundry Testing of Brown Coal Briquette Char
- CHEMICAL METALLURGY (4) Use of the Hotspot Cathode in Titanium Extraction
- MECHANICAL METALLURGY (10) Testing Lubricants for High Speed Wire Drawing
- PHYSICAL METALLURGY (12) Production and Properties of Pure Silicon
- METAL PHYSICS (17) Mechanism of Fatigue Failure of Metals
- INDUSTRIAL INVESTIGATION
CHEMICAL METALLURGY (4) Use of the hotspot cathode in titanium extraction (4) Use of the hotspot cathode in titanium extraction. The aim of the work has been to gain an understanding of the mechanism for fatigue failure in metals.
MINING
- MINERAL CONCENTRATION
- LEACHING
- MINING
- INVESTIGATIONS I N CO-OPERATION WITH INDUSTRY In co-operation with the Broken H i l l Proprietary Company inves-
Of the measurements reported in the literature, this time dependence of the capacitance was observed in only one case. 2) Flotation characteristics of non-sulphide minerals, with special emphasis on uranium-bearing minerals. Work on the main project started at the end of the period under review.
SURVEYING
FIELD ASTRONOMY
GEODESY (2) Adjustment of Redundant Trilaterarion
This project, which involves a critical examination of the law of the federal jurisdiction, continued during the year. Work continued on this project, which includes a translation of the text of the leges with commentary.
CRIMINOLOGY
As indicated above, the Chairman of this Department was Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Juvenile Crime appointed by the Chief Secretary. Morris, (Mrs) Micheline Dewdney and V. Early in 1957, in collaboration with the Victorian Police, a general investigation into the problem of the illegal user of motor vehicles in Victoria was started.
ANATOMY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
1) Nervous System
- CHILD GROWTH STUDY (2) Child Growth Study
- HISTOCHEMISTRY (3) Histochemistry
- PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (4) Physical Anthropology
- HISTORY OF ANATOMY (5) History of Anatomy
In presumptive neural and presumptive mesodermal epiblasts, it is concentrated in the dorsal zone of the cytoplasm. The manuscript, in book form, has been completed and is now in the hands of the publisher.
BACTERIOLOGY
CHEMOTHERAPY
The rate of absorption of a series of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the small intestine of the rat was investigated. The uptake rate was found to be greatly influenced by the lipoid solubility of the derivatives.
MEDICAL
Although the disease has been officially notifiable since 1937, it is evident that many cases go unreported and that official figures do not provide a reliable record of the incidence of the disease. Of seventy-eight specimens, thirty-nine were completely negative; in fourteen of the thirty-nine which were positive, non-viable bacilli were found by microscopic examination.
15) Epidemiology of Shigellosis in a Mental Institution
MISCELLANEOUS
In this regard, a differential study of the cysteinyl-tyrosinase component of the thyroid proteolytic system was performed. Studies on I1 3 1 uptake and PBI levels have been performed as indicators of the availability of this source of iodine to the thyroid.
5) Studies on Secretin
CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
The suitability of various media for the isolation of whole cells from animal tissues has been investigated (previous report section). Endogenous respiration of isolated cells was investigated in relation to the isolation procedure.
PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (INCLUDING RESPIRATORY PIGMENTS)
The ascorbic acid oxidase activity of cytochrome c preparations has been shown to vary with the nature of the impurities. Work on the carrier process involved in amino acid accumulation by carrot slices has continued.
NUTRITION
Free hexosaminc could not be detected in the blood of any of the patients studied prior to intravenous injection. However, in patients suffering from kidney disease, there was a delay in the return of blood levels to normal.
16) Lysine in the Urine During Pregnancy
This is a study being conducted at the Royal Women's Hospital into the number, type and incidence of congenital malformations in babies born at the hospital from 1 January 1956 to 30 December 1957. Five hundred consecutive cases occurring at the Royal Women's Hospitalized patients were analyzed for their symptoms and signs.
PATHOLOGY
COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY (18) Diseases of Domestic Animals
In addition to occasional cases of various diseases, there were opportunities to observe some epidemics of infectious diseases of domestic animals and various groups of conditions in which individuals were specific.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Research into the effect of butter yellow (p-dimethylamino-azobenzine) on liver cells has continued. The site of action of the dye has been shown to be in the small grain protein and soluble protein fractions.
CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY (32) Enzyme Studies in Liver Cells
A continuation of the study of methods to develop fatty changes in the liver of rats has resulted in the development of appropriate diets. General pharmacology includes the study of the effect of chemical changes in the environment on the basic properties of living cells.
GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY
Although much valuable data has been obtained, the nature of the resting potential still seems to remain a mystery. An investigation was carried out to relate ion shifts in muscle to the metabolic status of the tissue.
APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY (5) Chlorpromazine Toxicity
Investigation into the factors involved in the relationship between sodium balance and saliva N a+: K+ in the sheep was continued. Butazolidin was found to inhibit the release of histamine and S.R.S. The mechanism of action of cortisone in this condition is now being investigated.
BOTANY
PALAEOBOTANY (1) Palaeobotanical Investigations
MYCOLOGY
- INORGANIC AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Victorian Forestry Commission: One of the workers on Project 3 is an officer of this Commission stationed in the Department. The physico-chemical interests of the Department achieve a better balance through the initiation of work on the electrochemistry of solutions.
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL REACTIVITY (1) The Oxidation of Metallic Sulphides
