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Groundwater resources in Queensland (Australia) have been depleting in many aquifers for the last 100 years and natural recharge processes are not replenishing these resources at the rate of extraction. At the same time, the need to address carbon emissions to reach global climate-change targets is becoming increasingly recognised. Plentiful deep fresh groundwater is available but is difficult, and typically uneconomical, to access due to the high costs of borehole drilling and completion. The emerging concept of ‘enhanced water recovery’ (EWR) hypothesises that carbon dioxide (CO2) injection into the deep aquifers will increase pressure, making groundwater more easily available at shallower depths across a broad region while simultaneously contributing to a reduction in CO2 emissions. One example where this has been proposed is in the Great Artesian Basin’s Surat Basin in Queensland. The findings from a series of focus groups held with different stakeholders, including agricultural producers, rural residents, and urban residents, demonstrate how different groups perceived the risks and benefits of injecting CO2 as part of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) process to raise borehole water levels. The paper discusses the trade-offs that the different stakeholder groups found more acceptable. The significance of this research is that it will be the first to publish public responses to an emerging technology that has the potential to provide multiple benefits in terms of climate-change mitigation and groundwater use.

While academics can do more to communicate the key messages of their research, the organisational cultures and information infrastructure of policy-related work units also play a large part in influencing the extent of research uptake in government agencies. Data from a large Australian survey (N 2084) of policy-related officials in government agencies is examined to provide insights into how certain preferences, constraints and organisational factors influence the ways in which policy personnel seek out and use academic social research.

This paper reports results from a survey of academic social scientists in Australian universities on their research engagement experience with industry and government partners and end-users of research. The results highlight that while academics report a range of benefits arising from research collaborations, there are also significant impediments to research translation and uptake, including organisational processes within universities. Using the scale of research utilisation, we examine research transfer and uptake and explore a range of variables to understand factors influencing the use of academic social science research by policy makers and practitioners.

Several approaches exist for quantitative assessment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP). While useful, each has some limitations. This study evaluated non-invasive, in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) of Meissner Corpuscles (MCs) as a measure of HIV-DSP. Forty-eight adults (29 HIV-infected, 19 controls) underwent RCM of MC density (MCs/mm2) at the arch, fingertip and thenar eminence (TE), ankle skin biopsy to measure epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD), electrophysiologic studies, and tactile, vibration and thermal threshold testing. HIV+ subjects were clinically categorized as having DSP signs or no signs. MC densities were lower in HIV+ subjects with DSP signs than in controls (arch, p = 0.0003; fingertip, p < 0.0001; TE, p = 0.0002). Tactile thresholds in the TE and foot were worse in HIV-DSP than in controls, but in this mild DSP cohort, sural amplitudes, ENFD and vibration and thermal thresholds didn't differ significantly from controls. Fingertip MC densities and tactile thresholds at the foot were also lower in HIV+ subjects without DSP signs than in controls. Other sensory measures were not significantly different in HIV+ subjects without DSP signs than in controls. MC density correlated inversely with tactile thresholds at each imaging location. The results suggest that RCM of MC density complements existing sensory DSP measures and discriminates mild HIV-DSP from controls at a stage when sural amplitudes do not. Further studies are required to determine whether RCM of MC density can establish quantitative changes in DSP, in response to treatment or disease progression.

Several approaches exist for quantitative assessment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP). While useful, each has some limitations. This study evaluated non-invasive, in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) of Meissner corpuscles (MCs) as a measure of HIV-DSP. Forty-eight adults (29 HIV-infected, 19 controls) underwent RCM of MC density (MCs/mm 2 ) at the arch, fingertip, and thenar eminence (TE); ankle skin biopsy to measure epidermal nerve fiber density (ENFD); electrophysiologic studies; and tactile, vibration, and thermal threshold testing. HIV+ subjects were clinically categorized as having DSP signs or no signs. MC densities were lower in HIV+ subjects with DSP signs than in controls (arch, p  = 0.0003; fingertip, p  < 0.0001; TE, p  = 0.0002). Tactile thresholds in the TE and foot were worse in HIV-DSP than in controls, but in this mild DSP cohort, sural amplitudes, ENFD, and vibration and thermal thresholds did not differ significantly from controls. Fingertip MC densities and tactile thresholds at the foot were also lower in HIV+ subjects without DSP signs than in controls. Other sensory measures were not significantly different in HIV+ subjects without DSP signs than in controls. MC density correlated inversely with tactile thresholds at each imaging location. The results suggest that RCM of MC density complements existing sensory DSP measures and discriminates mild HIV-DSP from controls at a stage when sural amplitudes do not. Further studies are required to determine whether RCM of MC density can establish quantitative changes in DSP, in response to treatment or disease progression.

Public innovation through collaboration and design, edited by Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing, is reviewed.

The formulation and initiation of alternative education programs is a common phenomenon in public school districts. And, their short duration is also common. This study was an institutional-political analysis of how one school district was able to initiate, sustain, and then expand an alternative education program, a Spanish immersion program, across three levels of schooling, across a thirteen-year time span, and during a period of declining resources. The theoretical bases for the conceptual framework were derived primarily from institutional theories of organizations and from theories of policy making and its stages. The framework consisted of joining the macro-structural and the micro-political levels of institutional theories. A qualitative, retrospective case study strategy was used to study district decision making. Extensive semi-structured interviews with district personnel and parents of students in the district, as well as an examination of district documents and newspaper articles, were the primary data sources used for this study. Conclusions of this study at the macro-structural level highlight the importance of isomorphism to program acceptance and the importance of shared values and beliefs to institutionalization. At the micro-political level, the importance of support from all constituent groups and the necessity of buy-in by those charged with directly implementing a new program were the primary conclusions.

[Bob Shea], a New Hampshire native who grew up in Manchester and received his degree in drama from the University of New Hampshire, is the inspiring force at the Palace today. He said he has great hopes for the theater's potential and for the arts in his home state. First opened in 1915 by a wealthy Greek entrepreneur, the Palace was a hallmark theater. From the 1930s through the 1970s, the Palace served as a Vaudeville house, a movie theater, a warehouse for the federal market and a study hall for New Hampshire College. The Palace Theater hopes to expand in the future and start a troupe that would perform throughout New Hampshire. The Palace also hopes to expand its audience in Manchester.

Because of the persistence of a core of citizens who sensed the potential of the Belknap Mill and banded together, the Belknap Mill was spared from the wrecker's ball. Saved along with it was the Busiel Mill, which can be seen from the windows of the Belknap. Some $250,000 was granted by the government, and another $250,000 matched by the community to restore the Belknap Mill. After much struggle and effort, the Belknap Mill was designated the \"Meeting House of New Hampshire\" in 1976, as a part of the Bicentennial celebration, and in 1981 the Belknap Mill Society was given a national honor award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Hung on one of the walls of the third floor is \"The Mill Quilt,\" a massive quilt which was handmade and donated by the Belknap Quilter's Guild in 1982. The Quilter's Guild is one of the many special interest groups the Belknap Mill Society supports. \"The different pieces of the quilt represent the losers of the Logo Contest for the guild. The pieces were submitted and then pieced together,\" explained [Judith Buswell],\" We have a lot of support for special interest groups and promote their unique interests. For instance, we have the Belknap Mill Artists' Loft, which does live figure drawing Tuesday nights.\"