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On Thurs 2nd May at 9pm on CapeTalk we speak to Record Company Executive Peter Lacey
Peter Lacey is a successful entrepreneur who comes from a background in the entertainment software industry, having successfully built S.A’s largest independent entertainment software company, Vision Software, before selling it to Electronic Arts (EA) and running the African division for four years.
Planning for healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southeast of England: a system dynamics modelling approach
Discussion We successfully developed an SD model based on the SEIR framework, calibrated to local ICPs using locally sourced data. Model outputs included critical information that clinicians and health system leaders’ activity sought throughout the pandemic. These outputs encompassed metrics such as, number of community cases, new admissions to hospitals, acute hospital bed requirements by type (general acute, CPAP, ICU), discharge pathways and deaths in hospitals.
Use of System Dynamics Modelling for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health Practice
Main Finding We have described an SD simulation model for the population of Kent in southeast England, showing the impacts of a range of prevention interventions on life expectancy, the prevalence of long-term conditions, healthcare utilisation and cost. The model was initialised from 2012 and closely matches the historical data up till 2018. Of the 13 evidence-based prevention interventions that were simulated, 5 were applied to children and young people and 8 to the adult section.
'The pressure can be a lot': The program giving new parents a helping hand with mental health
When Darwin mother Amy Hetherington gave birth to her first child, she said the pressure and fear of not living up to being a good mother was overwhelming.
He's not a big name yet, but this Darwin rapper is on the bill with the best for the Indigenous music awards
From the day he picked up a microphone at 12 years old and performed before 600 people at his Adelaide boarding school, Jacob Nichaloff felt comfortable on stage. Key points: The NT-born rapper is nominated for a top Indigenous music awards Indigenous artists across the country are nominated in seven categories The awards are to be broadcast because of COVID-19 concerns "It got me in," said the now 23-year-old Northern Territory-born rapper known as J-MILLA.
Push to recruit Aboriginal men to work as health professionals in Indigenous communities
Growing up on the Tiwi Islands, Jahdai Vigona said he became passionate about improving the lives of Aboriginal people. Key points: Twenty Aboriginal men have attended a workshop on delivering health outcomes in Indigenous communities NT health agencies want to recruit more Aboriginal men More training workshops are planned "I'm doing something that I love. I'm giving back to my community, my people, and I am working towards something that's bigger than me," the 20-year-old health researcher said.
Aboriginal war hero Frederick Prentice recognised 105 years after his bravery on the Western Front
In 1915, Australia's Defence Act prohibited "men not of substantial European origin" from enlisting to fight in World War I.
Darwin Street Art Festival expands to suburbs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs
Two street artists have painted a three-storey mural depicting a Larrakia woman holding a powerful python in the back streets of the Darwin suburb of Nightcliff.
Man loses toes after stepping on crocodile's head south of Darwin
A man who lost two toes in a crocodile attack south of Darwin says he stepped on the animal's head thinking it was a log. Key points: Leroy Daly, 28, was attacked on Tuesday afternoon He said the attack happened in water that "wasn't even above my knees" The man is in a stable condition at Royal Darwin Hospital Leroy Daly, 28, who lives in the town of Adelaide River, about 112 kilometres south of Darwin, said he was shooting magpie geese with his family before the attack on Tuesday afternoon.
Gunybi stripped apart a water tank and pushed forward an art movement
With the help of an angle grinder, Yolngu artist Gunybi Ganambarr pulled apart an old water tank in his remote Arnhem Land home and reassembled it into striking etched artworks — something critics are labelling "revolutionary".
National Indigenous Fashion Awards celebrate First Nations fashion designers
A winner of the National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA) believes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fashion is set to be recognised internationally.
Fierce competition between NT mother and son ahead of national clay shooting championships
For Darwin mother Tania Harris and her 14-year-old son Les, clay target shooting is not just a sport but a way of life. Key points: A Darwin mother and son will compete in the national championships Tania Harris says the sport requires focus and a clear head There are shooting clubs across the Territory And even though they will be competing in different divisions at national championships in Wagga Wagga in New South Wales in October, the rivalry between them is fierce.
Funding dispute shuts vulnerable Territorians out of Aboriginal health clinics across Darwin
Thousands of Aboriginal people from the Northern Territory's remote communities will no longer be eligible for culturally appropriate treatment at Darwin's largest Aboriginal controlled health service from July.
Skeleton of the world's largest species set for display in Darwin after being stored for 22 years
Forty-one years ago, one of the biggest creatures on earth beached and died in a mangrove forest on the Northern Territory coast north-east of Darwin.
Armed with a bright green beetle, these Darwin children are weeding out a serious ecological threat Original
Budding young entrepreneurs Jack Barker and his sister Kelly have come up with a unique plan to tackle the spread of one of northern Australia's most serious weeds — and make some money while doing it.
For decades it was named after an English baron. Now this Darwin beach has a Larrakia name
For many decades, a popular stretch of sand on the edge of Darwin's CBD was named after a cattle baron from England. Key points: The renaming is part of a government push to better recognise traditional owners International company Vestey Brothers built an abattoir on the cliffs overlooking the beach in 1914 There have been calls to change the name for many years But Vesteys Beach has now officially changed to Bundilla Beach to acknowledge Darwin's traditional owners, the Larrakia people.
A 2-year prospective study of injuries and illness in an elite national junior tennis program
Performance success or failure is influenced by weeks lost to injury and illness in elite Australian track and field athletes: a 5-year prospective study
A 2-year prospective study of injuries and illness in an elite national junior tennis program
ABSTRACT Objectives: Injury and illness in elite national tennis programs can limit players’ current and future performance. This study aimed to prospectively examine injuries and illnesses in an Irish elite national junior tennis program over 2 years. Methods: All injuries and illnesses that led to missed tennis training and match play in the Irish national junior tennis program (n = 82) over 2 years were collected in a prospective cohort study.
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