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(2018)Sentiment may influence investor behaviour in a quasi-rational manner and as a result, stock returns. I explore the relationship between investor sentiment and stock returns using a text-based measure of sentiment derived ...
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(2017)Utilising content analysis of external audit reports published between 2009 and 2014, this study identified systemic problems resulting from non-compliance in public financial management (PFM) operations of local governments ...
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(2018)This study examined the relationship between Total Quality Management (TQM) and project performance in Malaysian construction organizations. A TQM model based on the Malcolm Badridge National Quality Awards (MBNQA) was ...
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(2017)This is qualitative research that explores the recent, observable intersection of yoga and activism in Australia and the US. I utilise case studies of yoga practitioners and activists to understand the way in which modern ...
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(2017)This thesis is a phenomenological inquiry of the “I can Google it” information seeking behaviour in academic communities from two economically diverse countries – Maldives and Australia. It investigates how the googling ...
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(2017)This research examines the supply chain risk management of Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supply chain. The study develops a risk management methodology based on quality function deployment and 0-1 multiobjective ...
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(2018)This research work developed a novel polymeric carrier system for targeted drug delivery to specific body sites. It utilized unique molecular probes called aptamers that navigate the complexity of mammalian cell systems ...
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(2018)This thesis investigates the particulate matter emission from the combustion of various bio-oil-based biofuels, including bio-oil, bio-oil/biochar slurry, and crude-glycerol-containing biofuel mixtures, through a lab-scaled ...
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(2012)This PhD project demonstrates the importance of minimally invasive techniques such as microneedles and non-invasive techniques such as cell penetrating peptides and magnetophoresis for enhanced transdermal delivery. Skin ...
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(2017)Persistent pain post-total knee replacement (TKR) surgery may be due to either a pre-existing pain condition or ‘new’ pain after TKR. There is currently no standardised method of accurately predicting who will develop ...