Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2020)This thesis utilises a creative practice as research methodology to explore the testimony of a historical figure, Elspeth Reoch, an accused witch tried in Orkney, Scotland, in the year 1616. The exegesis consists of a ...
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(2020)This research analyses English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction in the context of sustainability using a case study mixed-methods approach, including document analysis, surveys and interviews, to determine to what ...
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Modelling and simulation of biomass fast pyrolysis process: Kinetics, reactor, and condenser systems(2019)The research focuses on understanding implementation of multi-scale modeling and simulation of biomass fast pyrolysis process. Lumped and detailed pyrolysis kinetic models are proposed based on experimental and literature ...
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(2021)Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important foodborne and regulatory pathogen in the beef industry. This study used high throughput sequencing technology to provide deeper analysis of changes in bacterial ...
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(2021)This thesis generates a comprehensive evidence base that offers an up-to-date picture on the links between housing precariousness and wellbeing. Housing precariousness consists of four dimensions – tenure insecurity, ...
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(2021)Fluoropolymers, owing to its unique properties such as excellent water and oil resistance, chemical resistance, and thermal stability they have been widely used in developing speciality coatings. This thesis reports on ...
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(2020)The necrotrophic fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (Ptr) causes the economically damaging tan spot disease of wheat. The project investigates the specialised metabolites (SMs) utilised by the pathogen for ...
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(2020)This study aims to investigate the roles of process parameters especially pressure and the major components in the high-pressure reactive distillation of bio-oil. The bio-oil distillation fraction yields and properties ...
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(2020)This project assessed how biofilm formation can aid the spoilage pseudomonads to withstand harsh environmental conditions of chilled storage. The cellular arrangements, the matrix composition and the gene expression profile ...
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(2021)In this study the synthesis, photophysical properties, and potential biological applications of a range of platinum(II) complexes were investigated. A family of platinum(II) complexes bearing cyclometallated NHC ligands ...