University of Wollongong

About: University of Wollongong is a education organization based out in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Graphene. The organization has 15674 authors who have published 46658 publications receiving 1197471 citations. The organization is also known as: UOW & Wollongong University.

International migration at the beginning of the twenty-first century: global trends and issues.

Abstract: This article seeks to provide an overview of some of the main trends and issues which are likely to shape international population mobility in the period ahead. (excerpt)

Lipopolysaccharide induction of indoleamine 2,3‐dioxygenase is mediated dominantly by an IFN‐γ‐independent mechanism

Abstract: Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the L-tryptophan-kynurenine pathway, which converts an essential amino acid, L-tryptophan, to N-formylkynurenine. It has been speculated that IFN-γ is a dominant IDO inducer in vivo. The present study used IFN-γ or TNF-α gene-disrupted mice and IFN-γ antibody-treated mice to demonstrate that lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced systemic IDO is largely dependent on TNF-α rather than IFN-γ. IFN-γ-independent IDO induction was also demonstrated in vitro with LPS-stimulated monocytic THP-1 cells. These findings clearly indicate that there is an IFN-γ-independent mechanism of IDO induction in addition to the IFN-γ-dependent mechanism.

Understanding barriers to leisure travel - tourist fears as a marketing basis

Abstract: The usefulness of investigating fears tourists associate with leisure travel as basis for strategic and operational marketing is investigated. Tourism-related fears are elicited from the tourism marketplace to gain insight into the precise risks today's tourists perceive. Heterogeneity of respondents with regard to these risk perceptions is investigated in the context of domestic and overseas travel. Distinctly different patterns of perceived risks emerge for different destination contexts as well as sub-segments of tourists. This knowledge could form a good basis for optimizing marketing communication messages to address tourists' concerns more effectively.