Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2024)This thesis presents the “easyWearable Gait Monitor,” an IMU-based system with a low-cost microcontroller for physiotherapy tracking. It incorporates proposed algorithms, including a novel gyroscope-based flexion/extension ...
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(2025)Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, with nearly 21,000 cases predicted in Australia for 2024. A key driver is the PI3K pathway, often hyperactivated due to PIK3CA mutations or loss of the tumor ...
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(2024)This PhD thesis used novel symptom-based clinical profiles, clinical assessments, and advanced neuroimaging to investigate cardiovascular autonomic alterations following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Mood and autonomic ...
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(2025)Utilising both historical and contemporary texts, the project explores how the Scottish immigrant narrative has evolved in the two centuries since the Scots first arrived in Australia. Via an exegesis examining diasporic ...
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(2025)This PhD thesis explored sleep health through three studies. First, a meta-analysis of 77 studies examined how goal motives influence goal achievement. Second, the research proposed a new definition and measurement of ...
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(2025)This thesis explored the complexity inherent to romantic partner selection processes through diverse identity, lay conceptualisations, and lived experiences. Findings include identification of personal and experiential ...
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(2024)This study evaluates the feasibility of underground hydrogen storage in the depleted Yardarino gas field, Western Australia, to enhance renewable energy integration after 2030. Using numerical reservoir modelling, we ...
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(2024)This study explored the factors influencing institutional care for children with intellectual disabilities in Sri Lanka, applying Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. Using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory ...
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(2024)Alzheimer’s Disease and Type 2 Diabetes share many common features, one of which is insulin resistance. This thesis explores how changes in insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism impact brain function and Alzheimer??s ...
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(2025)This PhD project investigates the preclinical safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics (PK) features of novel GPR119 agonists, ps297 and ps318, for metabolic disorders. Both investigational compounds act as GLP-1 secretagogues, ...