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Uniken
Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 433 (No. 12 of 1997)
Fix this textFortnightly
Fix this text1 August 1997
Fix this textStudy helps former
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Fix this textStudent Guild intiative for
Fix this textSydney Children’s Hospital
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Fix this textCourse fills gap on
Fix this textModern Italian history
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Fix this textResearchers hone
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Fix this textpancreas disease
Fix this textBy Jane Mundy
Fix this textResearchers at UNSW and the Prince
Fix this textof Wales Hospital are closer to iden-
Fix this texttifying the elusive factor that triggers
Fix this textthe development of alcoholic pancreatitis,
Fix this texta potentially fatal condition which occurs
Fix this textin the major digestive organ of around five
Fix this textper cent of heavy drinkers.
Fix this textAccording to the Head of the Pancreatic
Fix this textResearch Unit (PRU), Associate Professor
Fix this textJeremy Wilson, alcoholic pancreatitis is a
Fix this textbadly neglected complication of alcohol-
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Fix this textIt is also a very costly one in terms of
Fix this textpublic health expenditure, with treatment
Fix this textof the most severe cases running to
Fix this textSUSISO,OOO (roughly the cost of a liver
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Fix this textThe PRU, set up in 1984 within the Depart-
Fix this textment of Gastroenterology at Prince of
Fix this textWales Hospital, is the only pancreas re-
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Fix this textone in the world devoted exclusively to the
Fix this textdamaging effects of alcohol.
Fix this textTogether with Professor Ron Pirola (Head
Fix this textof the Department of Gastroenterology,
Fix this textPOW), Professor Geoff McCaughan (Staff
Fix this textHepatologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital),
Fix this textDr Paul Haber (research fellow), Mr Corey
Fix this textMoran (research assistant) and Dr Minoti
Fix this textApte (postgraduate student and scientific
Fix this textofficer). Professor Wilson has received a
Fix this textfurther grant of almost $60,000 from the
Fix this textNH&MRC for the continuation of their
Fix this textwork through 1997.
Fix this textPancreatitis is the condition caused when
Fix this textlysosomal enzymes (responsible for clean-
Fix this texting up cells and keeping them healthy)
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Fix this textstill in the pancreas. This causes them to
Fix this text“lose the plot”, gobbling up the cells of the
Fix this textpancreas itself (a process known as autodi-
Fix this textgestion) instead of moving to the bowel in
Fix this textthe normal way to aid digestion.
Fix this textAs the pancreatic tissue is progressively
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Fix this textabdominal pain, vomiting, weight loss,
Fix this textmalabsorption and diabetes.
Fix this textApproximately half the patients with alco-
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Fix this textonset of the disease, but only one fifth of
Fix this textthis mortality is due to the disease - the
Fix this textrest is due to the effects of alcohol or smok-
Fix this texting on other organs such as the liver and
Fix this textthe respiratory and digestive systems, car-
Fix this textdiovascular disease and malignancy.
Fix this textProfessor Wilson and his team are studying
Fix this textthe process of autodigestion, using labora-
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Fix this textThey suspect that whatever triggers the re-
Fix this textaction may be linked to the reason why
Fix this textsome people who drink excessively are
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Fix this textothers are not.
Fix this textSo far many theories have been tested and
Fix this textdisproven, including diet, patterns of
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Fix this textreditary factors, and the presence of high
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Fix this textHowever, some critical discoveries have
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Fix this textaccording to Professor Wilson, “have set
Fix this textthe world back on its heels”.
Fix this text“For example, we now know a great deal
Fix this textabout the toxic effects of alcohol on the
Fix this textpancreas,” he said. “We know that alco-
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Fix this textenzyme in the pancreas, and that ‘leaky’
Fix this textmembranes surrounding the compart-
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Fix this textwithin each cell enable the digestive en-
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Fix this textContinued on page 8
Fix this textThe resume that is most likely to succeed
Fix this textA hint of personal trumpet blowing is
Fix this textone of three resume techniques
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Fix this textDr Bright is conducting the study with Ms
Fix this textJoanne Earl and Dr Austin Adams from
Fix this textUNSW’s School of Psychology. Their study
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Fix this textTipson resume preparation ansmg from
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Fix this text• resumes prepared by a recruitment
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Fix this text• employment experience and work his-
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Fix this text• candidates should include a competency
Fix this textstatement. The study sample stated: “Ener-
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Fix this text“I didn’t believe anyone was going to fall
Fix this textfor the competency statements,” Dr Bright
Fix this textsaid. "They really seemed a bit over the
Fix this texttop, something 1 thought was unlikely to
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Fix this textBut Dr Bright found when good job candi-
Fix this textdates included a competency statement in
Fix this texttheir resume, the likelihood of them win-
Fix this textning an interview rose from 80 or 90 per
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Fix this textExplaining or failing to explain career gaps
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Fix this textRecruiters preferred a prose style for
Fix this textresumes written by the applicant, but pre-
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Fix this textDr Bright’s study included two stages, with
Fix this textthe first considering the impact of different
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Fix this textthe inclusion of competency and career ob-
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Fix this textIn the first part of the study 19 human re-
Fix this textsource managers and 19 first year
Fix this textundergraduates rated the resumes, judging
Fix this textthe suitability of candidates from a copy of
Fix this texta job advertisement. All candidates were
Fix this textreal applicants for the job, and all had the
Fix this textsame academic qualifications, career his-
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Fix this textResumes fitted three styles: candidate and
Fix this textagency written, text presented in continuous
Fix this textprose or bullet form, and descriptions of
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Fix this textThe second study involved circulating four
Fix this textstyles of resumi for each of the best and
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Fix this textjob as a sales analyst with a pharmaceutical
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Fix this textIn each group of four, one resume con-
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Fix this textInside
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Fix this textSolar energy feature 6 & 7
Fix this textIdentifying the elusive factor that triggers the development of alcoholic
Fix this textpancreatitis . . . (left to right): Dr Paul Haber, Mr Corey Moran, Associate Professor
Fix this textRon Pirola and Dr Minoti Apte. (Seated): Dr Jeremy Wilson.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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