Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2020)This research investigated mental health outcomes for adolescents with and without a history of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), which affects approximately seven percent of the population, and is characterised by ...
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(2019)The thesis examines the role of improvisation in the theory and practice of design for service and management-oriented design thinking. This examination reveals several features that design thinking and improvisation ...
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(2020)The research of Huizhu Pan addresses the problem of image segmentation with constraints though designing and solving various variational models. A novel constraint term is designed for the use of landmarks in image ...
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(2019)An analysis technique is developed for the calibration and processing for the target strength and phase spectra using a broadband echosounder. A new variable ‘residual phase’ is introduced, which could be used as a target ...
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(2020)This PhD thesis found that left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), small pumps implanted into the hearts of people with advanced heart failure, are associated with higher levels of physical activity, improved fitness and ...
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(2019)Asthma is the most common chronic paediatric respiratory condition and represents a huge burden on society. This research highlights the development of a modified asthma-trigger index for validly and reliably identifying ...
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(2019)One of the challenges of drilling petroleum and mineral exploration wells is borehole instability caused by the eroding action of drilling fluid in the annulus, called borehole erosion. My research focuses on developing ...
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(2020)This thesis proposes the development and application of clustering and deep learning techniques for improved automated modal identification, lost vibration data recovery, vibration signal denoising, and dynamic response ...
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(2019)This PhD explores the possibility of painting a portrait of a person by painting a room that represents or symbolises them. This is not an individual study of either portraiture or of interior decor. It is the study of ...
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(2020)The thesis is a two-fold response to how human rights awareness can be integrated into fiction for secondary schools. The exegesis – framed by the interdisciplinary perspectives of human rights, human rights education, ...