Site information - about the author

Name and address

Paul Henry Golding

Unit 10 Laurel Springs, 18 Doolan Street, Nambour QLD 4560, Australia

Occupation

Retired electronics engineer

Proessional Qualifications

Certificate of Technology in Electronics, Swinburne, 1976

Associate Diploma of Applied Science in Scientific Instrumentation, Canberra Institute of Technology, 1993

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering, University of Canberra, 1998

Professional Experience

1972 - 1988 : 16 years with Telecom Australia, including 10 years as instruments officer with large laboratory, responsible for instrumentation quality control, at a level of Senior Technical Officer.

1988 - 2002: Periods of employment with Civil Aviation Authority, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australian Institute of Sport, CSIRO.

Areas of work included:

• Laboratory Quality Control
• Calibration of Laboratory Standards
• Data and Error Analysis
• Data Acquisition and Control
• Design, Construction and Maintenance of Laboratory Instrumentation

Medical

Autism - Asperger’s Syndrome (is this a medical condition?)

Chronic Fatigue

Clinical Depression

Severe Osteoporosis? (repeatedly diagnosed using BMD DEXA scans but currently experimentally investigating validity)

Functional Vitamin B12 deficiency (suspected cause: inherited cobalamin coenzyme deficiency)

Homozygous for MTHFR C677T Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) (potential for severe functional folate deficiency)

Chronic Neutropenia

Abnormally high ratio of CD4 to CD8 lymphocyte count (significant tendency toward autoimmunity)

Lactose Intolerance

Strabismus (cross-eyed)

Red-green colour vision defect