Jim Mcfarlane
School of Environmental & Rural Science
University of New England
Australia
Biography
Researcher at University of New England
Research Interest
My research interests are primarily in the area of agricultural and regional economics. They include the application of economic principles and models to measure the structure of an economy; impact assessment and the effects from technological change, marketing programs, and government policies; production economics; value chain analysis; wine economics. My PhD is on the economic impacts of the wine industry in the Central West of NSW.
Publications
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Pringle JM, Efthimiadis J, Howlett PC, Efthimiadis J, MacFarlane DR, Chaplin AB, Hall SB, Officer DL, Wallace GG, Forsyth M. Electrochemical synthesis of polypyrrole in ionic liquids. Polymer. 2004 Mar 31;45(5):1447-53.
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Duffield JA, Vuocolo T, Tellam R, McFarlane JR, Kauter KG, Muhlhausler BS, McMillen IC. Intrauterine growth restriction and the sex specific programming of leptin and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) mRNA expression in visceral fat in the lamb. Pediatric Research. 2009 Jul 1;66(1):59-65.
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Yuen BS, Owens PC, McFarlane JR, Symonds ME, Edwards LJ, Kauter KG, McMillen IC. Circulating leptin concentrations are positively related to leptin messenger RNA expression in the adipose tissue of fetal sheep in the pregnant ewe fed at or below maintenance energy requirements during late gestation. Biology of Reproduction. 2002 Sep 1;67(3):911-6.
