Conference Handbook Program and Abstracts

The Fourth Chilean Graduate Conference in Australia

Applying advanced knowledge to ledge to enhance Chile’s development 13–14 October 2016 The University of Queensland

Conference Handbook Program and Abstracts

Conference handbook: program and abstracts for the 4th Chilean Graduate Conference in Australia, held on 13th and 14th October 2016 at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. ISBN: 978-0-646-96351-8 Digital version only. Think before you print! The 4th Chilean Graduate Conference Advanced Knowledge to Enhance Chile’s Development, is supported by the Australian Government through the Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The 4CGC conference graphic design and logo by Carlos Bustamante. Photos by Unsplash and The University of Queensland. Cloud words copyright © 2016 Tagxedo - www.tagxedo.com Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorised without prior written permission from the copyright holder provided the source is fully acknowledged.

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The 4th Chilean Graduate Conference in Australia is sponsored by

ChileGlobal RED DE TALENTOS

With partner collaboration of Embajada de Chile en Australia

DICOEX

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

UQU INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT

Dirección para la Comunidad de Chilenos en el Exterior

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4th Chilean Graduate Conference in Australia Organising Committee Carlos Bustamante (University of Queensland), Chair of the organising committee Pia Lois (University of Queensland), Director of the Academic Committee. Jenniffer Garcia (University of Queensland), Director of the Marketing Committee Orlando Flores (University of Queensland), Director of the Financial Committee Edith Elgueta-Cancino (University of Queensland), Director of the Programme Committee The Academic Committee aimed to provide to the Chilean researchers in Australia, the best possible experience when submitting, presenting and communicating their work. Domingo Jullian, (University of New South Wales) Felipe Zúñiga (University of Queensland) Alicia Guerrero (University of New South Wales) José A. Quinteros (University of Melbourne) Carolina González (University of Queensland) Marcela González (University of Melbourne) The Financial Committee had the responsibility of fundraising for the successful development of the conference and for the execution and control of expenditures. Romina Cayumil (University of New South Wales) Felipe Zúñiga (University of Queensland) Nicole Iturrieta (University of Melbourne) Edith Elgueta-Cancino (University of Queensland) Felipe Maldonado (Australian National University) Verónica Martinez (University of Queensland) Daniela Opitz (University of New South Wales) Hernán Cáceres (University of Queensland) The Marketing Committee, was responsible of design, development and support of all our communication platforms as well as the relationship with media. Chantal Márquez (University of New South Wales) Carolina Muñoz (University of Melbourne) The Programme Committee was responsible for planning and development of keynote presentations, plenary sessions and workshops during the conference. Karla Gambetta (University of Melbourne) Kimie Suzuki (University of New South Wales) Elisabet Andres-García (University of Queensland) Alvaro Flores (Australian National University) Guillermo Pozo (University of Queensland)

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Welcome! It gives us great pleasure to have you here in the 4th Chilean Graduate Conference in Australia (4CGC). Following the resounding success of last year in Melbourne, the 4CGC is once now embarking on the first one made in Brisbane. The theme of the conference is ‘Applying advanced knowledge to enhance Chile’s development’, and will showcase postgraduate students and early career researchers to share their research projects with their fellows. We aimed to attract students, academics, professionals and entrepreneurs who are developing activities in Australia and share experiences, goals and visions regarding the relationship of Chile and Australia, in addition to discussing the role of progress in economic and social development of human capital in Chile. Our Organising Committee has invited renowned Australian and Chilean leaders to produce a program of wide appeal, promising to satisfy three key strategic areas of interest across our society: marketing and innovation in research, industry, and academy The 4CGC and student travel awards, would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank the Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR), Chile Global (Fundación Imagen de Chile), CSIRO Chile, UQ Advantage Office, Duratray, ARC (UNSW), GSA (University of Melbourne), APS (University of Queensland), UQ Union, Embajada de Chile en Australia, DICOEX (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Gobierno de Chile), Pro-Chile (Oficina Australia) and the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (University of Queensland) for their generous contributions towards this year’s conference. I would also like to extend a huge thank you to the entire Executive Committee, and all people involved in this conference for all their hard work putting this event together. I am lucky to have such a supportive and tireless team to work with, and have greatly appreciated their willingness to go above and beyond what is expected of them. For those of you who are experiencing the CGC for the first time, I encourage you to meet new people and make the most of this event by establishing contacts and forging new friends. Take advantage of the great networking session that we have prepared. I hope you all have a wonderful time at the 4CGC enjoing all that Brisbane has to offerr! Brisbane, 13th October 2016

Dr Carlos Bustamante Chair, Organising Committee

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From the Ambassador of Chile in Australia Dear Chilean students, researchers, professionals and friends of Chile, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to The 4th Chilean Graduate Conference in Australia. I wanted to be there with you, but exactly on the same dates Chile’s Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs will be in Canberra for a round of Political Consultations with Australia. The Embassy of Chile represents the Chilean Government’s interests in all aspects of bilateral relations with Australia, on political, economic, trade, social, educational, cultural and cooperation issues. Daniel Carvallo Cepernic Ambassador of Chile Canberra, Australia

Chile and Australia are like minded countries that next December will celebrate 71 years of fruitful diplomatic relations and we look forward to ever growing links in the next decades, including in the higher education area, which is crucial for our future prosperity. We have countless important experiences to share and things to learn from each other. The Chilean Graduate Conference is a unique gathering and networking opportunity for all Chilean students in Australia. So far, no other Latin American country has organized such an event that benefits all participants in a tangible way, now and into the future. This year’s central topic touches at the core of Chile’s current dilemma. When an economic development model based on commodities is approaching its limits, the answer to achieve further growth can be found through the advanced knowledge and innovation that only increased human capital can provide. Therefore, it is crucial that all key players, from in academia, government and the business communities, engage in a rich discussion to solve that dilemma. The Embassy of Chile keenly supports the 4th Chilean Graduate Conference in Australia –being held for the first time in Brisbane, Queensland– and warmly wishes all participants a memorable and fruitful experience, both for their personal improvement and for the progress of our Motherland. I warmly wish you all a fully successful Conference!

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Our keynote speakers: an overview

Dr Andrés Zahler Head, Innovation Division. Ministry for the Economy, Development and Tourism, Chile

Dr Hans Richter Vice Chancellor of Research & Development, Universidad Austral de Chile

Dr Zahler is an economist and Master in Applied Macroeconomics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, PhD in public policies and MSc in public administration and international development at Harvard University. Dr Zahler has been advisor of the World Bank, consultant African Development Bank and Fellow of Growth Lab at the Center for International Development of Harvard University. He has been advisor of Chilean Ministry of Finance in macro-economy, innovation, environment and taxes. He was a Chilean Presidency’s advisor on public policies and is a current member of the Chilean National Council of Innovation for Development (CNID). His research is focused on public policies for innovation and development and is currently holding the position of Chief at Innovation Office, Ministry of Economy.

Dr Hans Richter is a full Professor & chairman at the Institute of Anatomy, Histology & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Austral de Chile. He is the principal investigator at Laboratory of Developmental Chronobiology, interested in developmental aspects of chronobiology as well as fetal programming of adult disease and their probable underlying mechanisms: chromatin remodeling, inflammation and oxidative stress. Dr Richter obtained his PhD in Cell & Molecular Biology at Universidad Austral, Chile and continued his research career with a postdoctoral senior fellowship at the Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK. He has been an expert advisor for Postgraduate Studies, Comisión Nacional de Acreditación (CNA, Chile) and was a member of the study group in Biomedicine (Medicine G1), nominated by the Superior Council for Science & Technology (FONDECYT) Chile. Dr Richter is also the Vice President, Research Advisory Board of the Chilean Universities Chancellors Council (CRUCh).

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Workshop I Career development Context: The development of strategies and practical tools to orientate a future career is not usually part of any Research Higher Degree (RHD) program. Often, this information is complementary and it varies between research fields and institutions. Also, RHD students have only few opportunities to communicate their work with a variety of audiences within their enrolling organisations. As a result, they may graduate with no formal training or experience in a skill that is critical to a successful career, whether it is in research or industry. English as a second language presents an extra challenge for students and researchers to communicate their work. This workshop aims to aid the knowledge and development of the necessary skills to succeed in the real world Objectives: 1. To provide information and tools to develop a successful career after a research higher degree program 2. To develop practical skills, to increase confidence in front of an audience or job interview and to promote cross discipline collaboration. Outcomes • Improve effective communication skills • Translate scientific jargon to plain language • Articulate the benefit of research as it applies to various audiences • Present tips and tricks for oral presentations/interviews with English as second language. Structure Section I: “Tips and trick to develop a successful academic career in Chile and around the world”. Interactive panel with invited speakers: Dr Rodrigo Suarez, PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Chile, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland: Life after your PhD, tips to survive in the academic jungle. Dr Hans Richter, Vice Chancellor of Research & Development, Universidad Austral de Chile: Looking for academic/research positions in Chile: the role of the academic, governmental and private sectors. Section II: “Improving communication skills for a successful career”. Practical workshop Dr David MacDonald, Lecturer and research scientist in the Division of Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland. Introductory Lecture: communication This lecture aims to outline goals and objectives of the programme and types of learning activities involved, establish facilitator and participant expectations, discuss participants previous experiences in oral communication, discuss benefits of skilled oral communication, discuss what commonly limits participation in oral communication, discuss what constructive feedback is and how it can “make or break” communication ability, and develop strategies to overcome obstacles to succeed in communication. Development Session This session considers a series of activities of progressive duration and complexity to decrease resistance and associated stress in preparation for and during oral communication. During this session, participants will also receive instruction on the basic framework of an oral presentation and verbal / non-verbal elements of communication. The goal is to provide each participant with some positive experience in oral communication, and for each participant to receive individualised constructive feedback to enable ongoing development.

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Workshop II Entrepreneurship/Innovation and Marketing Context: Students usually do not have many opportunities to analyse strategies to allow minimising the existing gap between the potential and real opportunities for advanced human capital employability, considering they work as a contribution in the development of Chile. The possibilities of find jobs or develop independent projects can be limited in the current context of the Chilean society. Therefore, in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, improvement of Chilean advanced human capital skills for its further application in Chile is a relevant task. Thus, this workshop aims to support and aid the Chilean students with additional knowledge and advices to improve their skills of entrepreneurship development. Objectives: Orientation to create entrepreneurships (star-up) and innovation projects in Industry & Academy. Outcomes: • Knowledge and Skills for an effective networking. • Knowledge about alternatives of entrepreneurship funding in Chile and Australia for Chilean people. Structure: Section I: “Pitching research”. Interactive lecture. Dr Robert Faff, Professor of Finance and Director of Research at the UQ Business School. This lecture aims to overcome the two biggest obstacles impeding any research project – starting it and finishing it. Moreover, by definition, the latter is only an issue if you manage to successfully negotiate the former. Hence, “pitching research” is all about making a sound start. But, in order to start a research project “with purpose”, you need to have a good grasp of where it is you are heading! So, how can you know with any confidence that you have identified a good/worthwhile research topic? More to the point, how can you figure this out very early in the planning process so that you avoid unduly wasting precious time and resources on something that (sadly) might ultimately be seen as a “flimsy” addition to the relevant literature? Section II: “Entrepreneurship and innovation: examples, advices and evidence”. Interactive panel. Experts in entrepreneurship and innovation will lead a conversation and give advice from different origins Industry and government. Mr Marcelo Medel, Managing Director, DURATRAY International. Mr Mauro Mezzano, co-Founder of Vantaz, Industrial Engineer and MBA: Basic approaches for entrepreneurships. Dr Andrés Zalher, Chief of Innovation Department, Ministry of Economy, Chilean Government: Opportunities for entrepreneurship.

Chile Global - COALAR Networking Night Friday 14th October 2016, 7.30 pm River Room, Stamford Plaza Hotel, Brisbane CBD An evening to wind up the conference, build relationships with potential research partners, employees, employers, potential referral sources and form professional relationships that may boost your future business and employment prospects. This will be a casual event where the attendees will have the opportunity to meet and interact in a more informal context to share interests and ideas.

The Council on Australia Latin America Relations was established by the Australian Government in 2001 to enhance Australia’s economic, political and social relations with Latin America. Contact us Phone: +612 6261 3334 Fax: +612 6261 3629 Email: [email protected] COALAR Secretariat Americas and Africa Division Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade John McEwen Crescent, BARTON ACT 0221

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Thematic Index Academy: Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences Efficacy of commercial vaccines for highly pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Indonesia: a systematic review ............................................................................................................................38 Academy: Biological Sciences: Microbiology Visualising HIV-1 uncoating in virus-like particles at the single-particle level .........................33 Academy: Biological Sciences: Physiology The fat, the thin and the furry: strategies to keep warm in Antarctic seals ................................29 Academy: Built Environment and Design: Architecture Sensory Detectives Project: an exploration of possibilities of visualisation of micro-climatic phenomena through an artistic installation .................................................................................. 33 Academy: Built Environment and Design: Urban and Regional Planning Integrating bushfire risk management into urban planning ....................................................... 28 Academy: Chemical Sciences: Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry Design of a potent cyclic peptide as a possible treatment for inflammatory bowel disease .....25 Academy: Education Curriculum and pedagogical change in higher education: A biographical approach ..............22 Academy: Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy Raising cross-cultural awareness through computer-mediated communication: an exploratory study in the Chilean context ........................................................................................28 Academy: Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy Perceptions of Chilean EFL teachers towards the teaching of EFL to students with learning disabilities: a research proposal in the Chilean educational context ..........................................32 Academy: Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy The relationship between EFL teachers’ teaching styles, their beliefs about learning achievement and students’ performance in EFL: a research proposal in the Chilean educational context ............................................................................................................................36 Academy: Education: Education Systems The contextual impact of adjusted voucher system: the case of Chilean education ..................37 Academy: Engineering Review of the state-of-the-art in caveability prediction ................................................................37 Academy: Engineering: Civil Engineering Is evapotranspiration Increasing? An assessment of the concurrency in evapotranspiration trends across multiple global datasets .............................................................................................14 Academy: Engineering: Mechanical Engineering A systematic parametric study of porous media combustion-based thermophotovoltaic energy conversion ...............................................................................................................................26 Academy: Language: Linguistics Innovations vs. traditions in language education: A case of Japanese heritage language instruction in Chile ............................................................................................................................17 Academy: Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services Differing effects of two isocaloric exercise programs on metabolic profile and skeletal muscle extracelular matrix in obese mice ....................................................................................................16

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Academy: Medical and Health Sciences: Neurosciences Fighting Parkinson’s disease ..............................................................................................................21 Academy: Medical and Health Sciences: Neurosciences Fast electroencephalographic oscillations for the localisation of the seizure focus using EEG and fMRI .............................................................................................................................................38 Academy: Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services Partner notification for syphilis in Chile: Policy status ................................................................16 Academy: Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services The significance of cultural differences in a multicultural and disadvantaged community: a secondary qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions .....................................25 Academy: Physical Sciences: Astronomical and Space Sciences Measuring the distance to the coolest stars in the universe ..........................................................35 Academy: Psychology and Cognitive Sciences: Psychology Challenges of engaging parents in parenting interventions: considerations from Public Health ...................................................................................................................................................27 Industry: Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences: Animal Production Assessing and addressing the welfare of extensively managed ewes ............................................33 Industry: Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences: Animal Production  Analysis of the effect of increasing rates of nitrate and 3-Nitrooxypropanol on in vitro methane emissions of a pasture based substrate ............................................................................21 Industry: Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences: Veterinary Sciences Optimisation of cell culture methods for growth of infectious bronchitis virus in CEK cells and their potential to yield a more efficient alternative for vaccine production .......................36 Industry: Engineering: Materials Engineering Developing new alloys for high temperature applications in aggressive environments ............30 Industry: Engineering: Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Integrated assessment to quantify size based grade engineering operational strategies and economic impact .................................................................................................................................23 Industry: Engineering: Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Geometallurgy: a step towards a new mining cycle .......................................................................30 Industry: Information And Computing Sciences: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing Aggregation platform of blog posts information for travel sector ................................................22 Industry: Information And Computing Sciences: Computation Theory and Mathematics On the effects of popularity signals in online markets ..................................................................31 Industry: Mathematical Sciences: Applied Mathematics Assortment optimization under different models of customer choice .........................................14 Industry: Studies in Human Society: Policy and Administration New challenges for Chile’s urban governance: The case of PPPs in the development of highways ..............................................................................................................................................24 Industry: Studies in Human Society: Policy and Administration Ex-post evaluation of social infrastructure public-private partnership projects: a “project success” approach ...............................................................................................................................35 Marketing and Innovation in Research: Engineering: Materials Engineering Urban Mining: Recycling of electronic waste for the recovery of value-added materials ........23

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Marketing and Innovation in Research: Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services Cost-effectiveness of using oral health professionals to provide oral hygiene services in Victorian’s residential aged care residents compared to the current practice that uses non oral health manpower ........................................................................................................................34 Marketing and Innovation in Research: Medical and Health Sciences: Neurosciences Training the Brain ..............................................................................................................................26 Marketing and Innovation in Research: Technology: Computer Hardware MadSensors Project: Sensor Networks ............................................................................................39 Marketing and Innovation in Research: Veterinary Sciences: Animal Production A rumen bolus is a useful tool to monitor core body temperature in lactating dairy cows in a sub-tropical summer .......................................................................................................................15

Poster Presentations Abstracts

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Academy Engineering: Civil Engineering Is evapotranspiration Increasing? An assessment of the concurrency in evapotranspiration trends across multiple global datasets Alfonso Anabalón, University of New South Wales. [email protected]

While a broad consensus exists that temperatures are increasing, there is uncertainty surrounding the direction of change manifested in actual evapotranspiration (ET) data worldwide. This study assesses and compares trends in ET across the land surface using 9 widely used global datasets, between 2003 and 2012. To identify the reasons behind the agreement and disagreement of trends, their spatial distribution, concurrence, correlation and similitude are estimated. The results showed that the global average trend in ET is 0.32 mm month-1year-1, and in 19.4% of the land surface most of the datasets did not present significant trends (α = 0.05). However, the difference of the trends between the datasets is alarmingly high. In only 2.3% of the land surface the significant trends presented the same direction in more than 80% of the datasets, mostly concentrated in Eastern Australia and Southern USA. The significant trends of datasets using different base variables were found to be weakly correlated and highly divergent in their spatial distribution and direction. No single dataset was found to be sufficiently similar to another to offer a fair representation of its trends. Therefore, the significance and direction of the trends in one dataset cannot be predicted based on the results of another. In a mobile 10-year trend analysis from 1979 to 2015, high concurrence in the significant trends throughout the datasets was found to be rare for each time period. Some regions were greatly prone to revert the direction of their significant trends, making them more sensitive to the period on which the analysis is done. This study shows high inconsistencies in the location and direction of significant ET trends throughout the datasets, implying that the results of any water balance study aiming to infer hydrological change over time, as climate change studies, could be highly sensitive to the selection of the ET dataset. Alfonso is a Hydraulic Civil Engineer (Universidad de Chile). He also has studies on Mining Management and Applied Hydrogeology. His professional work has been focused on numerical and field hydrogeology, and stochastic hydrology and water balances for mining projects. Currently he is studying a Master of Engineering at UNSW.

Industry Mathematical Sciences: Applied Mathematics Assortment optimization under different models of customer choice Alvaro Flores, Australian National University. [email protected]

Revenue management is an extensive area of research nowadays, with applications across every industry. In the centre of this area lays the assortment problem, which amounts to find a subset of products to offer in order to maximize revenue, given that customers follow certain model of choice. In this poster presentation, we do an overview of classical choice models and strategies to solve the assortment problem under these models, and general intuition on where and why this problems arise naturally. Also, we shed some light on new upcoming models to represent customer choice that extend the previous classic models already presented. Here we present insights on how the assortment problem can be solved even when adding more complexity, for example: capacity constraint, where we restrict the number of products that can be shown; and position bias, where besides choosing which products we offer, we also need to assign them to a position, which has an inherent tendency to be selected. Alvaro is a PhD student at ANU, at the Research School of Computer Science. He is a Mathematician with an MSc in Operations Management at University of Chile. He worked in Machine Learning previously but his current research interests are now revenue management under different models of customer choice.

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Marketing and Innovation in Research Veterinary Sciences: Animal Production A rumen bolus is a useful tool to monitor core body temperature in lactating dairy cows in a sub-tropical summer Paula González-Rivas¹, M. Sullivan², J.J. Cottrell¹, B.J. Leury¹, J. B. Gaughan², and F.R. Dunshea¹ 1 Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne. 2 School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland. [email protected]

The ability to vary body temperature is a common thermoregulatory response in mammals and rumen boluses may allow frequent monitoring of such variations during heat stress episodes. Twenty four Holstein Friesian lactating dairy cows were fed either a total mixed ration plus wheat (TMRW), TMR plus Bioprotect, a starch binding agent (TMRB), or TMR plus Corn (TMRC). The only difference between diets was the type of grain contained in the TMR. Cows had ad libitum access to water and feed in shaded pens at the University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Dairy research facilities (27.4986° S, 153.0155° E, 89 m elevation), during 29 days in summer 2015. Rumen temperature (RuT) was recorded over 15 d at 20 min interval using transponder rumen boluses (RFID transmitters; Smartstock, USA) placed in the ventral sac of the rumen. Rectal temperature (RT) was measured once every four days in the morning (0700–1000 h) and the temperature humidity index (THI) was calculated from an on-site weather station. Data were analysed using the restricted maximum likelihood (REML) and Pearson correlation analysis procedure for GenStat V15. Treatment groups were considered statistically different at P ≤ 0.05. Average THI during the experimental days was 72.4 ± 2.0 (mean ± SD) with 76 % of the days having THI ≥ 72 which is the critical THI threshold for dairy cows. TMRC fed cows had lower RT than TMRW and TMRB (38.8 vs 39.1 and 39.1° C respectively; P 30 GMT), and prevented viral shedding and mortality up to 100% 14-dpc with vaccine-homologous clade viruses. These seeds, however, showed limited potency against new dominant

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duck-origin clade 2.3.2 in chickens (50% sero-protected), and null in ducks. Surprisingly, only ducks (67%) survived the viral challenge. The vaccine efficacy against new circulating viruses seems limited, while the assessment of new vaccine seeds remains incomplete. Continuous re-evaluation of vaccine efficacy is warranted, in prospects of enhanced control of zoonotic H5N1 in Indonesia. Vaccine efficacy against zoonotic diseases is a hot topic as 70% of the emergent human diseases have animal origin. This study highlights the limited assessment of avian flu vaccines which are the first barrier to prevent a human pandemic event that might be catastrophic. This review will inform mathematical models that will explore the effectiveness of vaccine interventions in areas of high density of poultry in developing countries. Juan Pablo is PhD student at The Melbourne School of Population and Global Health in The University of Melbourne. He is a Veterinarian graduated from Universidad de Chile and holds a Master of Epidemiology from The University of Melbourne. Juan Pablo has a specialist interest in health issues that emerge at the animal-human interface. His current research explores the spread of avian influenza facilitated by human activities. 

Marketing and Innovation in Research MadSensors Project: Sensor Networks

Technology: Computer Hardware

José Zorrilla, The University of Sydney. [email protected]

During the last two years the market has been invaded with smart devices; this revolutionary and pervasive technology is called the “Internet of Things”. The first versions of all these devices work without any communication with other devices, completely isolated and without a central computer. On the other hand, devices with communication capabilities have been developed using private protocols, thus making integration with devices from different brands impossible. This project develops the idea of a wireless sensor network based on small devices using an open protocol. The network is deployed in all the rooms of a house or office, and the devices are capable of sensing temperature, light and movement. The devices send the information to a central computer or main controller. This controller stores all the data and at the same time learns the normal status of the place by detecting patterns. The current project status is a set of prototype devices capable of establishing the network and then sensing multiple physical or environmental parameters. The system has a web interface to show the main status, graphs and variables. It uses an open protocol that allows connection to devices from different brands, and also new sensors which extend its capabilities to other areas like home security, aged care, smart agro, industrial security, process monitoring, energy efficiency and eHealth. Currently this technology is being applied in the industry to make the variables of complex systems and processes visible, thus facilitating improvements in productivity and the reduction of operational costs. José is an Information Technologies engineer from the University of Santiago, Chile and Master in Professional Engineering (Software) of the University of Sydney. As an Architect in Technology He designed the IT platform for the Project Radomiro Tomic II of CODELCO Chile. He is Co-Founder of X-Red.Com and Internetdelascosas.cl.

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Index of presenting authors Albornoz-Balmaceda, Eduardo; 21 Alvarez Hess, Pablo; 21 Anabalón, Alfonso; 14 Aracena, Claudio; 22 Berrios, Violeta; 22 Carrasco, Cristian; 23 Cayumil, Romina; 23 Cerda, Denisse; 24 Cobos Cáceres, Claudia; 25 Crespo, Jorge; 25 Elgueta-Cancino, Edith; 26 Flores, Alvaro; 14 Gentillon, Philippe; 26 González, Carolina; 27 González, Tiare; 28 González Mathiesen, M. Constanza; 28 González-Rivas, Paula; 15 Guerrero, Alicia; 28 Iturrieta-Guaita, Nicole; 15

Jullian, Domingo; 30 Lois Morales, Pia; 30 Maldonado Caro, Felipe 31 Márquez Badilla, Chantal; 31 Martinez-Huenchullan, Sergio; 16 Meza Sánchez, Rodrigo; 32 Moya, Rafael; 33 Muñoz, Carolina; 33 Münzenmayer, Melisa; 34 Naranjo Escobar, Francisco; 17 Oliveros, José; 35 Opitz, Daniela; 35 Pinilla-Portiño, Nykoll; 36 Quinteros, José; 36 Rojas, Jorge; 37 Suzuki Morales, Kimie; 37 Urriola Yaksic, Javier; 38 Villanueva Cabezas, Juan Pablo; 38 Zorrilla, José; 39

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