The index of national trust improved, and a photo exhibition was organized in the National Gallery. The photographic and critical material collected in 1955 is now collected in a form suitable for publication as a book. with SOMMERLAD and LINDSAY—The National Trusts of Australia.
ENGLISH
A survey of some recurring emphases in Australian poetry under the headings: (a) the romance of nature and natural things, (b) the creation of folk heroes, (c) the doctrine of the "noble savage", (d ) The use of poetry as a kind of prophecy.
FINE ARTS
This long summary article has been completed and submitted to the editor of Historical Studies. This article (a sub-chapter of Chapter V of thc Survey of the Humanities in Australia) has been completed and is now in the hands of the editor.
FRENCH
Miss Lancaster's encpiiry deals not only with the theme of adventure, but with its influence on action, style, and form in the 18th-century novel. The purpose of this research is to define the relationship between Gid and his characters by comparing his autobiographical and fictional works.
GERMANIC LANGUAGES
The aim of the project was to analyze the nature and structure of Brecht's dramatic achievement. Most of these have already been studied, and the writing of the diploma thesis is about to begin.
HISTORY
AUSTRALIAN HISTORY (1) The Papers of Alfred Deakin
Work continued on a study of Deakin's career in the early Commonwealth. 2) Australia and the United Nations. Due to a breakdown in publishing arrangements, manuscripts were returned to the authors for revision in light of developments in 1955-7.
ENGLISH, EUROPEAN AND ASIAN HISTORY (1) Francis Place and London Radicalism
An article still awaiting publication has already been written in collaboration with Mr Peter Balmford which sets out the nature of the method used to assign dates to houses in such an area; the method mainly involves the use of tax books, directories, municipal electoral rolls and title searches, used in combination with materials of the kind already used for such purposes. Examination of material available in the Fisher Library and in the public libraries of New South Wales and Victoria is almost complete.
HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
This work was reported last year under the more general title "Modern Positivism and Classical Physics" and is still in progress.
MATHEMATICS
This Nusselt number has been determined in terms of the third-order terms of the Reynolds number. Further extensions of the approach discussed in (a) have been made to the case of slow forced convection of a viscous fluid past a heated circular cylinder.
PHILOSOPHY
The appeal of psychotherapists' concrete writing, as opposed to the abstractions of ethics, often leads to skepticism about morality. The writer is interested in finding out what a writer of this type does today about the concept of matter.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (1) The Picture of Asia in Australian School Texts
POLITICAL SCIENCE (5) The Federal Cabinet in Australia
PSYCHOLOGY
The purpose is to study the variation among well-qualified interviewers in the use of different explanatory concepts and to relate the results to issues of interviewer training. It is intended to sample normal EEGs in the resting phase and the following questions chosen to produce particular changes in the alpha rhythm of the electroencephalogram.
RUSSIAN
Employee: Igor Mczhakov-Korjakin Work for M.A. 10) Observations on syllabification and hyphenation in Russian Worker: W. 11) Boris Pasternak's My Sister, Life, an aesthetic analysis Worker: Nina Christescn. AGUSIIT, IRENE An inquiry into the concept of freedom as understood in the common Russian people represented in the works of Lcskov and Nekrasov.
SEMITIC STUDIES
STATISTICS
THEORY OF PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
At the same time, the solution of the difference equation strictly approaches that of the differential equation. The work is extended to the investigation of the efficiency of the two-dimensional random walk in the solution of the Laplace equation.
SOCIAL STUDIES
DENTAL SCIENCE
The aim of this project was to investigate bone healing in the thc cavity after apicectomy surgery in the anterior part of the human maxilla. The relationship of mandibular movement with abnormal conditions of the temporomandibular joint has been studied in more detail.
COMMERCE
This project is a continuation of the work done in previous years, where the intention was to make a current study of the Indonesian economy. This project has been completed and the material is being prepared for publication as a book dealing with the rural economy of Victoria.
ECONOMIC HISTORY
A study of the growth and organization of the leather industry in England from about 1560 to the end of the seventeenth century. A study of the role of the overseas shipping industry in Australia's economic development, including an analysis of shipping lanes, port arrangements, cargo, operating costs, and industry organization and ownership.
ECONOMICS
The results appear in the first issue of the Institute's new journal, The National Institute Economic Review. The objectives are: (1) to analyze the structure of legislative control of monopolies and restrictive practices in the UK.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Policies to link economic growth in the United States to economic growth in the rest of the world.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
EDUCATION
- PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
- HISTORY OF EDUCATION
- COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
- PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION
- MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENT I N EDUCATION (34) The Aspirations, Adjustments, and Achievements of Catholic
- SURVEYS OF EDUCATION
The data has been collected and writing of the first draft of the manuscript is underway. The colonial high school curriculum therefore became an amalgam of aristocratic and middle class elements.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
An experiment using physical education students in three matched groups, measuring the strength of the quadriceps extensors by means of a spring balance dynamometer showed no significant differences in the two types of training. There were no significant differences between the right and left legs, either in overall strength or in response to exercise.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
- STRUCTURES (1) Plastic Behaviour of Triangulated Trusses
- ELASTICITY (5) Elastic Properties of Ferrite and Cementite
- HYDRAULICS
- SOIL MECHANICS
- AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING (14) Tractor Testing
The work has continued since 1957 and is complete, although further elaboration of the theoretical treatment will be attempted. A secondary problem of surf beach erosion in Lome was investigated during the year.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Most of the work was based on the LC transformer feedback circuit with both the common base and common emitter configurations. The results achieved are a significant increase in the efficiency of line time bases and a simplification of the entire deflection circuit without loss of performance.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MACHINE TOOLS (1) Geometric Analysis of Engineering Designs
A strain gauge dynamometer for measuring the cutting forces has been designed and is being built in the Engineering Workshops. A single tool fly cutter will be used and the depths of cut taken will bc of the same order as those used in grinding.
APPLIED MECHANICS (4) Oil Pressure in Journal Bearings
The stress in the work material will be determined from measurements of the curvature of the workpieces as thin layers are successively removed - either by etching or electropolishing. The purpose of this project is to build equipment to investigate the following topics:. ii) free surface condensation and rc evaporation processes in an accumulator tank. iii) rational design of condensation nozzles and other fittings.
METALLURGY AND BAILLIEU LABORATORY
- BROWN COAL CHAR
- CHEMICAL METALLURGY (4) Dissociation Equilibria of Metal Sulphates
- MECHANICAL METALLURGY
- PHYSICAL METALLURGY (12) Solid Solution of Mercury in Lead
A study of the effect of nickel on fire test processes has continued from 1957 and is nearing completion. The effect has been investigated using elastic limit and resistivity measurements and microscopic methods.
MINING
MINERAL CONCENTRATION
This project was completed during the year, and the thesis was submitted for review by the first-named employee. The influence of the commercial flocculant Separan 2610 on the electrokinetic potential of quartz was studied, as well as the influence of this polymer on the sedimentation of silica cellulose.
MINING
It has been determined that under these conditions pitchblende reacts readily on anionic collectors of the carboxylate type, but only in a limited manner on sulfate or sulfonate collectors. Electrokinetic measurements were made by the current potential technique, and subsidence measurements were made in Pyrcx glass cylinders.
INVESTIGATIONS I N CO-OPERATION WITH INDUSTRY Work of this nature has continued. Major projects include the
Field trials with the paper chromatographic method for estimating gold have shown that the method is simple and reliable.
SURVEYING
GEODESY
ENGINEERING SURVEYING
The use of parameter 1 makes it possible to develop very simple exact expressions for both Cartesian and polar coordinates, for curvature, for displacement distance and for the position of the point of tangency between circular curve and displaced x-axis.
This inquiry included a study of the problems associated with the implementation of a policy of decentralization of industry and population in the state of Victoria. A study of the financing of agricultural operations in Australia, with special reference to the legal problems of security, etc.
CRIMINOLOGY
This work culminated in a typescript report on the subject which Mr. Justice Barry sent in February, 1959, to the Department of Social Welfare for use in the Second United States Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders.
ANATOMY
- NERVOUS SYSTEM (1) Central Nervous System
- HISTOCHEMISTRY (7) The Chemistry of Neural Induction
- PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
- HISTORY OF ANATOMY (9) History of Anatomy
- EMBRYOLOGY (10) The Developing Circulation in the Kidney
- GROSS ANATOMY (11) Coraco-Clavicular Joints
Later that year he was elected a member of the Societe Internationale d'Histoire de la Medecine. SUNDERLAND, S.— The Tentorial Notch and Complications Caused by Hernias of the Brain Through This Aperture.
BACTERIOLOGY
- CHEMOTHERAPY (1) New Anti-tuberculous Agents
- IMMUNOLOGY
- MEDICAL
- MICROBIAL GENETICS Genetic Recombination in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- MICROBIAL METABOLISM (21) A New Intermediate in Tryptophan Biosynthesis
- VIROLOGY (26) The Multiplication of Influenza Virus
- MISCELLANEOUS (28) Salmonella Organisms in Bonemeal
The emphasis of the work in the general laboratory continues to shift to the intestinal infections. MCDOUGALL, BARBARA and GIBSON, F.— Thc Effect of the Isomers of Chloramphenicol on Growth and Indole Synthesis by Escherichia coli 7-4.
BIOCHEMISTRY
- ENDOCRINOLOGY (1) Enzymes of the Endocrine Glands
- PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (INCLUDING RESPIRATORY PIGMENTS)
- METABOLISM
- PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY (12) Investigations on the Proteins of Wheat
- CHEMISTRY OF THE LIPIDS (13) Phospholipids
- CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
- NUTRITION
The aim of the work is to determine the intracellular site for and mechanism of the deamination and oxidation of amino acids in the liver. As a necessary preparation for the study of the [beta]-glucanases of Aspergillus niger, a separation procedure using column chromatography has been developed.
MEDICINE
The conclusions based on this stage are:. i) The presence or absence of cough and sputum is closely related to smoking habits, but not to the severity of asbestos exposure. ii) No significant difference in ventilation capacity was found between the groups of workers in this study with moderate, little or no exposure to asbestos. iii). The reproducibility of the test was investigated in these groups and in patients with lung disease.
OBSTETRICS (1) Hypertension in Pregnancy
The investigation of the etiology of prematurity is carried out with special emphasis on preventable factors. the effectiveness of Relaxin in preventing premature birth is being studied in clinical trials. Changes in the fetal heart were associated with fluid color and consistency and fetal outcome.
NEO-NATAL PAEDIATRICS (17) Leukaemia in Childhood
This is a study carried out at the Royal Women's Hospital of the number, type and incidence of congenital malformations in infants born at the hospital from 1 January 1955 to 30 December 1957. Its main purpose is to assess the risk or frequency of congenital malformations in the child born from such a pregnancy.
GYNAECOLOGY (20) Pelvic Tuberculosis in the Female
O B S T E T R I C S EN D G I N A E C O L O G I 183 The thesis was about the effects of pregnancy on women with high blood pressure and on their babies. The following conclusions were drawn:. i) High blood pressure and pregnancy are not dangerous for the mother.
PATHOLOGY
- COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY (16) Diseases of Domestic Animals
- EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES (19) Effect of Cortisone on Bone
- CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS (39) Action of Cytotoxic Substances on the Liver
- HISTORICAL SURVEY
In some of these cases, the areas of "spot loss" were in the breast tissue itself. A study of the relative carcinogenicity of lignite and black coal tars has been completed.
PHARMACOLOGY
GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY (1) Ionic Discrimination in Muscle
This should allow an accurate estimate of the speed of movement of this ion across the membrane. I n vilro experiments on the exchange rate of Lr across the red cell membrane have also been performed.
