Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2017)Heavy drinking occurs in complex, contradictory and heavily moralised contexts. The moral dimensions of alcohol use, however, are rarely explicitly examined in the alcohol research and policy literature. In this thesis I ...
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(2018)Poor colour of orange fruit causes serious economic losses to growers. Spray application of abscisic acid, prohexadione-Ca, paclobutrazol or methyl jasmonate at 6 or 3 weeks before harvest promoted fruit colour in M7 ...
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(2018)This thesis presents a new concept of cascaded MLI (CMLI) device reduction by utilizing low and high frequency transformer link. Two CMLI topologies, symmetric and asymmetric are proposed. Compared with counterpart CMLI ...
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(2012)This study presents an investigation of detrital, metamorphic, and hydrothermal minerals from siliciclastic metasedimentary rocks of the Illaara and Maynard Hills greenstone belts, central Yilgarn Craton. This research ...
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(2015)Three mixed methods studies were completed within the Spinal Cord Injury and Physical Activity in the Community (SCIPA Com) program: 1) identification barriers and facilitators to physical activity among individuals with ...
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(2018)Drawing from the institutional theory and the Ouda’s (2010) Prescriptive Model, this study examines the disclosure requirements for the transition towards accrual accounting in the Malaysian public sector, by taking a ...
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(2018)Sentiment may influence investor behaviour in a quasi-rational manner and as a result, stock returns. I explore the relationship between investor sentiment and stock returns using a text-based measure of sentiment derived ...
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(2017)Utilising content analysis of external audit reports published between 2009 and 2014, this study identified systemic problems resulting from non-compliance in public financial management (PFM) operations of local governments ...
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(2018)This study examined the relationship between Total Quality Management (TQM) and project performance in Malaysian construction organizations. A TQM model based on the Malcolm Badridge National Quality Awards (MBNQA) was ...
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(2017)This is qualitative research that explores the recent, observable intersection of yoga and activism in Australia and the US. I utilise case studies of yoga practitioners and activists to understand the way in which modern ...