Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2018)Six experiments were conducted to evaluate nitrogen uptake capacities of duckweed in barramundi recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). Harvesting duckweed every four days increased the abundance and diversity of both ...
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(2020)The present scholarly study was designed to synthesize ten versions of modified zirconiumbased Metal Organic Frameworks (Zr-MOFs) using Secondary Building Unit (SBU) method. Zr-MOFs are considered as extended solid-state ...
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(2020)Anti-predation strategies allow individuals to avoid death but can be costly to the individual. As predation pressure changes ontogenetically, temporally and evolutionarily, so do costly anti-predation strategies to ...
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(2020)This thesis contributes to interdisciplinary energy studies by developing a set of propositions as conceptual foundations for the study and governance of sociotechnical shared renewable energy systems. It advances an ...
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(2020)This thesis developed a methodology in order to compare the performance of different types of coalescing filters (fibrous, knitted, and foam media) which has not been reported in literature. Moreover, the local optimum ...
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(2020)This thesis presented a fundamental study on the gas adsorption in carbonaceous materials with more realistic models, including wedge pore and connected deformable pore. Monte Carlo simulation was used to evaluate the ...
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(2020)This research explores the question: how is disability constructed in contemporary works of junior fantasy fiction? This research seeks to identify ways in which the use of fantasy in Riordan’s junior fantasy series, Percy ...
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(2020)This thesis studies the lateral responses of modular steel buildings subjected to wind and earthquake actions. Two new improved inter-module connections are proposed, and experimental, numerical and analytical studies are ...
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(2020)Stromatolites from the northern Perth Basin, Western Australia, purported to be associated with the End Permian mass extinction (EPME), were re-examined through several new sites over an expanded 24 km2. New lithological ...
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(2019)This research covers the fundamental aspects of the direct leaching of sphalerite by considering the dissolution of silver, lead, and copper contents and their effects on the process. The effects of independence variables ...