The prediction of sleep/wake behaviour based on physiological and social factors. The prevalence of shiftwork has increased in Australia over the last few decades. Shiftworkers obtain less sleep, have greater difficulty maintaining good relationships, have poorer health, and are more likely to be injured at work than others. Using the largest dataset of its kind, we will substantially contribute to understanding the relationships between work hours, sleep, performance and safety. Ultimately, the ....The prediction of sleep/wake behaviour based on physiological and social factors. The prevalence of shiftwork has increased in Australia over the last few decades. Shiftworkers obtain less sleep, have greater difficulty maintaining good relationships, have poorer health, and are more likely to be injured at work than others. Using the largest dataset of its kind, we will substantially contribute to understanding the relationships between work hours, sleep, performance and safety. Ultimately, the project will answer a question critical to workplace safety - how much time off between shifts is needed to be alert and safe at work? The project will also produce tools to help industry design fatigue-friendly rosters, improving the safety, productivity and general well-being of shiftworkers in Australia and overseas.Read moreRead less
Three-dimensional magnetotelluric and controlled-source electromagnetic modelling and inversion in isotropic and anisotropic media with Gaussian Quadrature Grids. Electromagnetic methods are widely used by geophysicists in many applications, including mineral, petroleum and geothermal exploration, environmental and groundwater characterisation, and in imaging of Earth and other planets. Large data-sets are routinely collected, but to interpret these carefully we need efficient computer modellin ....Three-dimensional magnetotelluric and controlled-source electromagnetic modelling and inversion in isotropic and anisotropic media with Gaussian Quadrature Grids. Electromagnetic methods are widely used by geophysicists in many applications, including mineral, petroleum and geothermal exploration, environmental and groundwater characterisation, and in imaging of Earth and other planets. Large data-sets are routinely collected, but to interpret these carefully we need efficient computer modelling tools that incorporate the complexity of the subsurface. We will develop a new computer algorithm that uses an innovative approach to model the Earth in three dimensions. Computer codes will be available through the national AuScope infrastructure facilities, so that researchers will have free access to algorithms, largely for the first time, to better interpret their data.Read moreRead less