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Research Reports: (1979) UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Research Report 1979 University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria 3052 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Research Report 1979 University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria 3052 I t A summary of research activities and investigations, including published contributions to science and literature, during thc research year, January' 1 to December 31, 1979. CONTENTS Reports from departments connected with faculties are placed in alpha­ betical order under faculty headings. Each faculty area commences with a general introduction on research activities in that faculty, prepared by the relevant Dean. Reports from units not connected with faculties then follow. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY—Dean's Introduction 1 Agriculture and Forestry 2 ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND TOWN & REGIONAL PLANNING—Dean's Introduction 11 Architecture and Building 12 Town and Regional Planning 15 ARTS—Dean's Introduction 18 Classical Studies 19 Criminology 21 East Asian Studies 22 English 23 Fine Arts 26 French 28 Geography 30 Germanic Studies 33 History 34 History and Philosophy ofScience 38 Indian Studies 40 Indonesian and Malayan Studies 42 Italian 43 Middle Eastern Studies 44 Philosophy 46 Political Science 49 Psychology 52 Russian 58 The Horwood Language Centre 59 DENTAL SCIENCE—Dean's Introduction 60 Conservative Dentistry 62 Dental Medicine and Surgery 64 Dental Prosthetics 66 ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE—Dean's Introduction 67 Accounting 68 Economic History 69 Economic Research 71 Economics 72 Graduate School of Business Administration 76 Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 78 Legal Studies 81 Regional and Urban Economic Studies 82 EDUCATION—Dean's Introduction 83 Education 84 Centre for the Study of Higher Education 95 ENGINEERING—Dean's Introduction 97 Chemical Engineering 98 Civil Engineering 101 Electrical Engineering 106 Industrial Science 109 Mechanical Engineering 110 Mining and Metallurgy 116 Surveying 119 LAW—Dean's Introduction 120 Law 121 MEDICINE—Dean's Introduction 125 Anatomy 126 Biochemistry 128 Community Health 133 Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 134 Medical Biology (Walter and Eliza Halllnstitute) 136 Medical History 143 Medicine (Austin Hospital and Repatriation General Hospital) 144 Medicine (Dept. of the James Stewart Professor, Royal Melbourne Hospital) 155 Medicine (St Vincent's Hospital) 161 Microbiology 165 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 168 Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Mercy and Austin Hospitals) 170 Ophthalmology 172 Otolaryngology 174 Paediatrics 176 Pathology 181 Pathology (Austin Hospital) 183 Pharmacology 184 Physiology 187 Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine 190 Psychiatry 194 Radiology 199 Surgery (Austin Hospital and Repatriation General Hospital) 200 Surgery (Dept. of The James Stewart Professor, Royal Melbourne Hospital) 203 Surgery (Dept. of The Hugh Devine Professor, St Vincent's Hospital) 206 MUSIC—Dean's Introduction 209 Music 210 SCIENCE—Dean's Introduction 212 Botany 214 Chemistry 222 Computer Science 229 Genetics 230 Geology 233 Human Movement Studies 237 Mathematics 238 Meteorology 245 Optometry 248 Physics 251 R.A.A.F. Academy—Chemistry 259 —Mathematics 259 —Physics 259 Statistics 262 Zoology 264 VETERINARY SCIENCE—Dean's Introduction 269 Veterinary Clinical Sciences 270 Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences 272 Veterinary Preclinical Sciences 275 Centre for Environmental Studies 277 Social Studies 281 Archives 283 The Library 284 Student Health Service 285 University Assembly 286 ABBREVIATIONS The abbreviations of the titles of journals used in the lists of Published Work are based on those given in World List of Scientific Periodicals published in the years 1900-1960 (4th ed., 1963). INTRODUCTION In this Research Report for 1979, projects in progress are listed, together with publications, theses completed and in progress, and major grants received. Deans of faculties have been invited to write introductory' notes to the research activities listed for their faculties. In common with other Australian universities the University of Melbourne has to husband its resources in these difficult times. The funds devoted to "research only" activities (as distinct from "teaching and research" activities, in the definitions of the Tertiary Education Commission), have slowly increased, but the increment between 1978 and 1979 - from $11,1 12,242 to $ 11,408,834-was smaller than anyannual increase since 1975. Less support was received from the Australian Research Grants Committee and from State instrumentalities, but these reductions were more than offset by increases in funds made available from the National Health and Medical Research Council and from other Commonwealth sources, including the Department of Productivity and the National Energy Research Development and Demonstra­ tion Council. These new avenues of support for applied research are very' welcome, but it remains extremely difficult to marshal sufficient resources for adequate levels of activity in basic research. Research training, for long a major academic commitment ofthe University, continued to expand slightly despite strict University control of total numbers enrolled. The proportion ofthe "student load" enrolled for higher degrees increased from 19-3 per cent in 1978 to 19 9percent in 1979. Particularly notable was a substantial increase in Ph.D. enrolments in Arts disciplines, continuing a steady growth of numbers in the previous decade. Ph.D. enrolments in science disciplines have also grown since 1975, after an earlier decline. Thc University continued in 1979 to enrol a greater proportion of its higher degree students for research degrees (rather than for course-work awards) than is the case in most other Australian universities. The lists of theses in this Report give an impressive indication of thc contribution of postgraduate students to the University's- research activities as a whole. The University's Committee on Research and Graduate Studies distributed S2-7 million in support of research in 1979. About half thc total was distributed to departments, on the basis of their level of research activity; about SI 50,000 was allocated in support of individual projects with special needs; and 5430,000 was spent on research fellowships open to international com­ petition, and in assisting departments to bring visiting scholars to participate in research activities of the University. Thc importance, to the University and to the nation, of maintaining international links of all kinds in the world of research and scholarship, and of maintaining inter­ national standards in recruiting, cannot be overstresscd. When the number of Commonwealth Postgraduate Awards available for 1979 was reduced, the University decided to raise the number of University of Melbourne Postgraduate Awards offered to 70, making 170 awards in total for the year. This increased the total cost of post­ graduate and travelling scholarships offered by the Committee to more lhan S620,000. Thc research activities of thc University are extremely varied, and so are the circumstances in which particular groups and individuals undertake the pursuit of knowledge and discovery. In fostering research creativity thc University, and in particular the Committee on Research and Graduate Studies, has to balance the not readily reconcilable aims of assisting excellence on the one hand while encouraging areas in need of development on the other. A similar balance is of course required in national research policies, if distortions ofthe national research effort are to be avoided. J. R. Poynter Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) 30th September, 1980. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY Dean's Report The School of Agriculture and Forestry has been recognized as a School because of its multi-disciplinary nature. This has stimulated co-operative and cross-disciplinary research programmes which not only produce hybrid vigour but tend to avoid thc danger of over- specialized research cells. This is illustrated by the major problem of soil salinity in which three sections ofthe School have active programmes with cross-supervision and sharing of faci 1 ities. The School of Agriculture and Forestry' has one ofthe highest ratios of postgraduate to under­ graduate student enrolments in the University. The School also has a very high level of external research grants, from the ARGC, Reserve Bank, agricultural industry research funds (Meat, Pig, Wool. Wheat, Oil Seeds, etc.). State Departments (Fisheries and Wildlife, Soil Conservation Authority, etc.), Australian Extension Services, Education Research and Development, various industry corporations, and a number of major private industries. ln 1979, with a total staff of 40, thc School had 61 research topics in progress, 50 papers, articles, books or chapters of books were published, 6 Ph.Ds and 12 Masters degrees were passed, and 22 Ph.Ds and 45 Masters degrees were in progress. We have had the stimulus of two Senior Research Associates, a Senior Research Fellow and 7 Research Fellows, who have contributed by their personal research and leadership to the most critical evaluation of our research programmes and philosophies. The Faculty's Mount Derrimut field station, together with the Parkville facilities, provides a range of laboratories, controlled environments, glass and animal houses. In addition, the 300 ha farm at Mount Derrimut and the 200 ha demonstration and research forest al Mt. Disappoint­ ment enable us to maintain both short and long term field trials. 1 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY A. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH
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