Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2017)The Elaborated Environmental Stress Hypothesis posits that the relationship between motor skills and internalising problems (symptoms of anxiety and depression) is mediated and moderated by psychosocial and physical ...
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(2014)This thesis explores the influence of built environments on human behaviour through an inter-disciplinary study across architecture, education and environmental psychology with specific focus on aiding learning for primary ...
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(2017)Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are major pollutants in degrading the quality of stormwater. This study focused on improving the performances of constructed wetlands for PAHs removal by introducing bed materials ...
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(2017)This study investigated molecular signals involved in sustaining CSCs and ways to target their activity using sFRP4 alone or in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs, possible involvement of methylation-mediated silencing ...
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(2017)The accumulation of organic impurities in particular oxalate, in the refinery process liquor is a major problem for alumina industry. These organic impurities reduce the alumina product quality and yield. The microbial ...
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(2016)We studied adaptive thermogenesis, both diet and cold-induced, in the setting of vitamin D status and leucine supplementation. Vitamin D supplementation did not increase fat loss, but higher 25OHD favoured metabolic ...
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Thinking About Thinking About Pain: Development of a Measure and Model of Pain-Related Metacognition(2017)Pain catastrophising (PC) is one of the strongest psychological predictors of negative pain outcomes. This thesis explores higher order beliefs, or metacognitions, underlying catastrophising using four linked studies: a ...
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(2017)Through exegetical enquiry and studio-based investigation, this research attempts to formulate the experience of “quotidian-sublimity” and consider how it can arise during everyday car travel. Building on existing theories ...
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(2017)Maternal stress during pregnancy has been associated with poor perinatal outcomes. A decolonising methodological approach was adopted to explore the conceptualisation of stress with Aboriginal women in Perth, Western ...
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(2017)Skin tears are common wounds found amongst older adults. A 6-month cohort study was conducted to investigate the reliability of non-invasive technologies to objectively quantify ageing skin properties, and to examine risk ...