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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 229 (No. 9 of 1987)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the Public Affairs Unit
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post - Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text12 June 1987
Fix this textAvoid heat stress
Fix this textin early stages of pregnancy
Fix this textWomen trying to become preg-
Fix this textnant, unsure if they are pregnant,
Fix this textor who are in the early stages of
Fix this textpregnancy (up to eight weeks)
Fix this textshould avoid heat stress.
Fix this textJoint research by a team from
Fix this textUNSW and the University of
Fix this textSydney gives strong reason to
Fix this textbelieve that rises in core body
Fix this texttemperatures exceeding two degrees
Fix this textCelsius may be responsibile for
Fix this textmany cases of learning deficits,
Fix this textslow learning and mental retarda-
Fix this texttion.
Fix this textSenior Lecturer in Anatomy at
Fix this textUNSW, Dr Murray Smith, who with
Fix this textdoctoral candidate, Mr Jeffrey
Fix this textUpfold, has been examining the
Fix this texteffects of heat stress on guinea-pig
Fix this textembryos, as their part of a wider
Fix this textproject being conducted by Profes-
Fix this textsor Marshall Edwards of the Univer-
Fix this textsity of Sydney’s Veterinary School,
Fix this textsays that ‘there are no absolutes
Fix this textwhen you talk of heat stress. The
Fix this texteffects are very varied, from the
Fix this textinsidious to lethal’.
Fix this textHe points out, however, that in
Fix this textthe early stages of pregnancy the
Fix this textbrain undergoes rapid development
Fix this textwhich is associated with ‘prolific
Fix this textcell division’ and he and Mr Upfold
Fix this texthave found considerable cell death
Fix this textin brains subjected to heat stress.
Fix this textA consequent reduction in the
Fix this textsize of both the brain and cells
Fix this textwithin the brain is found in the off-
Fix this textspring of heat-stressed mothers.
Fix this textFinancial constraints have
Fix this textlimited the team’s study to sensory
Fix this textareas of the brain but Dr Smith
Fix this textsays that there is no reason to
Fix this textassume that motor areas remain
Fix this textundamaged by heat stress.
Fix this text‘Mental retardation’, he says,
Fix this text‘may affect up to three per cent of
Fix this textthe population and at least 20 per
Fix this textcent of these cases have an
Fix this textunknown cause.’ He suggests
Fix this textmaternal hyperthermia (rises in the
Fix this textbody’s core temperature) during
Fix this textthe early stages of pregnancy may
Fix this textbe a contributing factor.
Fix this textHyperthermia can be caused by
Fix this textfebrile (fever-producing) illness,
Fix this textdrug side-effects, saunas, exercise
Fix this textand working in hot, humid environ-
Fix this textments.
Fix this textOne English researcher, says Dr
Fix this textSmith, found that women working
Fix this textin laundries and subject to rapid
Fix this textrises in body temperature while
Fix this textpregnant, bore children with an
Fix this textabnormally high rate of learning
Fix this textdifficulties.
Fix this text‘Fun runs’ which are becoming
Fix this textincreasingly popular with women as
Fix this textwell as men, can raise the body’s
Fix this textcore temperature significantly, Dr
Fix this textSmith says. The UNSW team, pre-
Fix this textsenting their findings at the First
Fix this textWorld Conference on Heat Stress,
Fix this textorganized by the Menzies Founda-
Fix this texttion recently at the Sydney Hilton,
Fix this textheard one contributor refer to the
Fix this text‘microclimate’ created below the
Fix this textneck by a mass of people running
Fix this texttogether. Jogging in a group raises
Fix this textbody heat significantly more than
Fix this textjogging solo.
Fix this textIt may seem however, from the
Fix this textUNSW research on guinea-pigs, that
Fix this textindividual ‘mothers’ have different
Fix this textcapacities to dissipate heat effec-
Fix this texttively. Of the guinea-pig embryos
Fix this textexamined by Dr Smith and Mr
Fix this textUpfold after their mothers had
Fix this textbeen exposed to apparently the
Fix this textsame degree of hyperthermia, some
Fix this textshowed more brain cell death than
Fix this textothers. ‘However, the point is’,
Fix this textDr Smith says, ‘you can’t plug a
Fix this textpregnant women into a switch and
Fix this textsay - you’re a good heat dissipator.
Fix this textIt’ll be all right for you to do a hard
Fix this textaerobics class or a 12km run.
Fix this text‘Given the fact that society
Fix this textshows so little concern for people
Fix this textwith any sort of handicap’, says
Fix this textDr Smith, ‘it is imperative that
Fix this textwomen not expose themselves to
Fix this textrisk’. And the evidence of his
Fix this textresearch group, backed up by retro-
Fix this textspective studies of mothers of
Fix this textchildren with learning difficulties,
Fix this textsuggests that hyperthermia creates
Fix this textreal risks of congenital anomaly.
Fix this textSo far, only serial sections of
Fix this textthe 21-day old embryonic brain
Fix this texthave been studied by the team.
Fix this text‘Counting cells is a very tedious and
Fix this texttime-consuming business even with
Fix this texta computer’, says Dr Smith, adding
Fix this textthat finance for research into
Fix this texthyperthermia has been hard to
Fix this textobtain. ‘lt has taken 20 years of
Fix this textwork by Professor Edwards to
Fix this textpersuade people that heat is a
Fix this textteratogenic agent (can produce
Fix this textabnormal development of congen-
Fix this textital anomalies).’
Fix this textOver the last three years,
Fix this texthowever, the team’s research has
Fix this textbeen given new momentum by
Fix this textcomputer-aided techniques which
Fix this textmake it possible to count and
Fix this textmap accurately the cells that are
Fix this textdying. These techniques have also
Fix this textallowed cells in the newborn of
Fix this textwomen who suffered heat stress
Fix this textearly in pregnancy to be studied.
Fix this textResults showed the cells to be
Fix this textsignificantly smaller than normal.
Fix this textInterestingly, these cells do not
Fix this textmature until several cell cycles
Fix this textfollowing the heat application,
Fix this textindicating alterations in the genetic
Fix this textexpression must exist.
Fix this textUNSW Chancellor receives
Fix this texttop award in Honours list
Fix this textThe Chancellor of UNSW, Mr
Fix this textJustice Gordon Samuels, was one
Fix this textof eight recipients of the highest
Fix this textaward from the Queen’s Birthday
Fix this textHonours List the Companion
Fix this textof the Order of Australia (AC).
Fix this textMr Justice Samuels, a Judge of
Fix this textthe Supreme Court of NSW since
Fix this text1972, received the honour for
Fix this textservices to learning, the community
Fix this textand the law.
Fix this textHe told UNIKEN that it ‘was
Fix this textvery much an acknowledgement of
Fix this textUNSW as anything else. I am
Fix this textpersonally very honoured and more
Fix this textthan pleasantly surprised’.
Fix this textMr Justice Samuels says he has
Fix this textalways regarded himself as an
Fix this textAustralian since he arrived in
Fix this textAustralia from England in 1949. He
Fix this textsays his father’s family actually
Fix this textlived in Australia since the 1880 s
Fix this textand it was only through a family
Fix this textmarriage that he was brought up in
Fix this textEngland. ‘lt’s really been an easy
Fix this textmigration for me.’
Fix this textMr Justice Samuels has been
Fix this textChancellor at UNSW since January
Fix this text1976 and his present two-year term
Fix this textexpires at the next University
Fix this textCouncil meeting to be held in July.
Fix this textHe says he will be standing for
Fix this textre-election.
Fix this textHe has been involved with the
Fix this textUniversity since 1969 when he
Fix this textbecame a Member of the University
Fix this textCouncil. *'
Fix this textMr Justice Samuels was educated
Fix this textat the University of Oxford and
Fix this textpractised law in England before
Fix this textbeing admitted to the NSW Bar in
Fix this text1952.
Fix this textAnnual Report 1986 released
Fix this textIn the Annual Report of UNSW
Fix this textfor 1986, just released, the Vice-
Fix this textChancellor, Professor Michael Birt,
Fix this textsays that while the Government has
Fix this textattempted to increase and broaden
Fix this textthe base for participation in higher
Fix this texteducation, it has practised increased
Fix this textbudgetary austerity at the same
Fix this texttime. Professor Birt says that total
Fix this textgovernment outlay on higher
Fix this texteducation has remained virtually
Fix this textunchanged in real terms over the
Fix this textlast decade (currently standing at
Fix this textabout 52.1 billion) while the
Fix this textnumber of students has increased
Fix this textby about one-third.
Fix this textHe says the consequences of
Fix this textthese changes in resource levels has
Fix this textbeen considerable and points out
Fix this textthat operating grants have declined
Fix this textby eight per cent while staff/
Fix this textstudent ratios have deteriorated by
Fix this textabout 11 per cent. Professor Birt
Fix this textsays the Government has recog-
Fix this textnized the danger of failing to meet
Fix this textthe objective of maintaining high
Fix this textquality with falling real income and
Fix this textresponded by introducing, for
Fix this text1987, an administration charge of
Fix this text$250 per higher education student
Fix this textin order to increase the funds
Fix this textavailable to the sector in the years
Fix this textahead.
Fix this textThe Vice-Chancellor also points
Fix this textout a shift towards science-based
Fix this textenrolments in the 1980 s. The
Fix this text1980 s saw the University experienc-
Fix this texting a resurgence in demand for
Fix this textundergraduate courses in science-
Fix this textbased faculties (Applied Science,
Fix this textBiological Science, Engineering and
Fix this textScience) which made up 39.1 per
Fix this textcent of enrolments in 1986 com-
Fix this textpared with 35.7 per cent in 1980’,
Fix this texthe says. ‘During the same period,
Fix this textthe units offering commerce and
Fix this textmanagement courses (Faculty of
Fix this textCommerce) experienced a slight but
Fix this textconstant decline in undergraduate
Fix this textenrolments, from 15.7 per cent in
Fix this text1980 to 13.9 per cent in 1986.’
Fix this textFinance income reduced
Fix this textIn his analysis of the financial
Fix this textsituation of UNSW, Pro-Vice-
Fix this textChancellor, Professor Jarlath
Fix this textRonayne, reports that the Univer-
Fix this textsity’s income fell by just over one
Fix this textper cent in real terms between 1985
Fix this textand 1986. He says the proportion
Fix this textof the total provided by the
Fix this textCommonwealth Tertiary Education
Fix this textCommission (CTEC) fell by about
Fix this textthe same amount.
Fix this textProfessor Ronayne says that in
Fix this text1986 the University’s income
Fix this textexceeded expenditure by only
Fix this text$368,845, some $6.4 million less
Fix this textthan the corresponding sum in
Fix this text1985.
Fix this textProfessor Ronayne also noted
Fix this textthat as in 1985, various legislative
Fix this textrequirements had placed consider-
Fix this textable cost pressures on the Univer-
Fix this textsity. He says the University has
Fix this textcontinued its policies with regard
Fix this textto equal employment opportunity,
Fix this textoccupational health and safety,
Fix this textanimal welfare and workers’
Fix this textcompensation.
Fix this textOther major points in the
Fix this textfinancial report:
Fix this text• Expenditure in 1986 totalled
Fix this text$219.10 million ($195.50 million
Fix this textin 1985), the largest amount being
Fix this text$140.02 million from the General
Fix this textRecurrent Fund ($130.53 million
Fix this textin 1985);
Fix this text• In 1986, $8,367,580 was paid
Fix this textdirectly to the State Superannua-
Fix this texttion Fund (which was closed to
Fix this textnew contributors from 1 July
Fix this text1985) and a further $1,664,605
Fix this textwas transferred to the provision
Fix this textaccount;
Fix this text• $2.19 million was earmarked for
Fix this textmgjor equipment from the $7.58
Fix this textmillion equipment grant with one
Fix this textof the mgjor items purchased in
Fix this text1986 being an analytical photo-
Fix this textgrammatic stereo plotter, costing
Fix this text$186,000.
Fix this textInnovative academic enterprise
Fix this textChancellor
Fix this textThe Chancellor, Mr Justice
Fix this textGordon Samuels, in his review out-
Fix this textlines what he describes as an
Fix this text‘innovative academic enterprise’
Fix this textthe University College, Australian
Fix this textDefence Force Academy.
Fix this textContinued on page 5
Fix this textLooking at computer graphics from a reconstruction of the brain of the guinea pig
Fix this textand the various examples of heat stress it has undergone are researchers Dr Murray
Fix this textSmith (right) and Mr Jeffrey Upfold.
Fix this textWomen trying to become pregnant or in the early stages of
Fix this textpregnancy should be aware that 'fun runs' can raise the body's
Fix this textcore temperature significantly, says Dr Smith.
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
Fix this textA reconstruction of the ventricle of the
Fix this textembryonic brain of the guinea pig with
Fix this textthe dark overlay showing areas of cell
Fix this textdeath after maternal heat stress (rep-
Fix this textresentative of a 6-week developing
Fix this texthuman).
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
Fix this textA photomicrograph of the developing cortex with the black
Fix this textdots representing cell death in a guinea pig (representative of a
Fix this text6-week developing human).
Fix this textCourtesy: Dr Murray Smith
Fix this textCourtesy: Dr Murray Smith
Fix this textUNSW Chancellor, Mr Justice Gordon
Fix this textSamuels ... awarded an AC.
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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