Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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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, ...
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(2020)This study focuses on fiction about female ageing since the 1970s as an important literary genre. By conducting a cross-cultural comparison based on the close-reading of the primary texts of two recent literary genres – ...
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(2020)This study aimed to improve the acoustical ecology knowledge of humpback and pygmy blue whales migrating through Geographe Bay - Western Australia. Vocalisations produced by each species were described. Vocalisation rates ...
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(2019)This mixed-method research investigated the effectiveness of asynchronous blended learning in developing English language skills amongst female higher education students in Saudi Arabia. The investigation tools included ...
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(2019)Propagation effects on pulsar signals caused by the interstellar medium (ISM) are highly pronounced at low radio frequencies, which makes low-frequency pulsar observations especially promising for the determination of ISM ...