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Subscriber only It s the bogeyman that s making Australians think twice about getting their COVID-19 jab - TTS blood clots. To date, 24 Australians out of the 2.1 million who have received the AstraZeneca jab have had a confirmed or suspected case and one, a 48-year-old woman, has died. Here we talk you through the condition, how to spot it, how it s treated and how small the risk actually is.
What is TTS? TTS is short for thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome a rare blood clotting condition that has been linked to AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine. It happens when small blood cells called platelets that help the blood clot fall below normal levels, a condition called thrombocytopenia.
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The University of Sydney in partnership with the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Australia has today launched the ARC Training Centre in Data Analytics for Resources and Environments (DARE), which has been funded under a five-year grant from the Australian Research Council.
Bringing together industry and government, as well as data scientists, geoscientists, hydrologists, and ecologists from across Australia, DARE is the first cohort-based data science PhD training program in Australia.
The aim of the Centre is to develop and deliver the skills and tools for Australia’s resource industries: to be expert users of data and models; to quantify, explain and understand uncertainty; and to make the best possible evidence-based decisions in stewarding the nation’s natural resources and environment.
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2021 Ciara Glennon Scholarship awarded
A second-year Law student with a passion for making a difference in climate change and sustainable development has been awarded this year’s Ciara Glennon Memorial Law Scholarship at The University of Western Australia.
Natalie Fretton, 23, of Subiacocompleted a Bachelor of Arts at UWA in 2019 and is now undertaking a postgraduate Juris Doctor degree.
After moving from her home town of Albany in 2017 to begin her studies at UWA, Natalie has supported herself with two part-time hospitality jobs.
“I am really honoured to be awarded this scholarship, and I look forward to representing the spirit of this award in both my personal and professional life,” she said.
Children can successfully comprehend and create novel human communication systems
May 21 2021
Researchers from The University of Western Australia have discovered children can successfully comprehend and create novel human communication systems.
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A team from UWA’s School of Psychological Science examined if children could create language-like communication systems using an experimental model similar to the game charades.
Children were asked to communicate a set of meanings to a partner but were not allowed to use conventional language.
Instead, they had to communicate either through gestures or through non-linguistic vocalizations – making sounds that are not words.