Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2017)This practice-led research project investigates the potential for creative practice to recall and reimagine a lost home. Identifying with memory and material culture studies, the project tests how habitual body memories ...
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(2016)All businesses have employment-related legislative obligations; irrespective of company size, non-compliance is subject to punitive actions. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) employ a significant percentage of the Western ...
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(2017)This thesis examines default resolution, fresh credit and lending relationships. The results suggest that collateral expedites both default resolution and access to fresh credit while higher interest rates increase duration ...
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(2016)The global demand of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has risen rapidly in recent years. A new modelling method, direct CFD simulation method, was developed, due to the risks associated in handling, storage and transport of ...
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(2017)Falls prevention research and practice are in there infancy in developing countries such as Malaysia. This research evaluated falls and falls-risk factors among community-dwelling Malaysians aged >50 years. An important ...
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(2016)The slope failure is a dangerous phenomenon for natural or man-made slopes. Such failures can be assess by different numerical or limit state methods. However, other new techniques can be utilized to simulate the slope ...
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(2014)This PhD study focused on organic, inorganic and isotopic geochemical studies of modern stromatolites from Shark Bay, Western Australia (WA) and ancient stromatolites from the Pilbara, WA. In this project, the characterisation ...
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(2011)‘Leavers’ is a celebratory event for students who have recently completed their secondary education. This study examined patterns of alcohol and other drug use at Leavers, and explored influences on, and the impacts of ...
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(2012)This research examines a sample of financially distressed ASX listed firms to discover the effectiveness, intensity and timeliness of corporate turnaround strategies. It fills a theoretical gap by adopting an integrated ...
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(2016)Cement-Treated Base (CTB) is a mixture of a road base material, a prescribed amount of cement, and water. In doing this, the performance of road pavement structure can be improved. This research aims to achieve improved ...