Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2020)This embedded mixed method research was aimed to investigate the artisanal and small-scale mining related recordable injuries, associated risk factors and socio-economic consequences. 236 participants were surveyed, ...
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(2019)This PhD bridges the gap between the heterogeneity of plant diseases in the field and the emerging field of molecular pathology. It uses a three-way system consisting of the wheat host and two fungi. A range of techniques ...
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(1989)Airborne multichannel radiometric data are collected for lithology mapping. Established processing methods efficiently extract the potassium and thorium distributions, but confuse the uranium in the ground with the radon ...
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(2020)This study investigates the ecology of an arid zone calcrete through an interdisciplinary design composed of multivariate analyses, hydrology, isotopic ecology and genetics. Our results indicate that the biotic community ...
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(2020)The present work aims at unveiling the spread and heat transfer characteristics associated with droplet interactions over a heated wall. This information can be used to understand the overall process of spray cooling used ...
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(2019)The Archipelago of Us is the culmination of the author’s lived experience of the excised world of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Through a combination of bearing witness, interviews and research, the ...
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(2020)Fuel switching and energy efficiency policies are studied to determine their potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In addition, the thesis also investigates the economic impacts of changes in the energy mix due ...
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(2020)This PhD project progressed petroleum applications of compound specific sulfur isotope analysis. Standard compounds and high S petroleum samples were studied. New discoveries included an enrichment effect on the ?34S ...
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(2020)This thesis contains three self-contained essays concerned with the economics of immigration. The first essay sheds light on the role of immigration policy in matching immigrants to regions with labour shortages. The ...
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(2020)This study comprises a body of work that investigates the performance of hybrid manufacturing systems. And we have provided a valuable insight into the development of the optimisation techniques for hybrid manufacturing ...