Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2013)Factors affecting vase life of Chamelaucium Desf. hybrids and hybrids between Chamelaucium and Verticordia Desf. were studied. Both genotype and cultivar determined the length of vase life of waxflowers. The use of sucrose ...
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(2015)This thesis comprises a creative work and an exegesis. The creative work, Travelling Without Moving, is an autobiographically-inspired, fictional, discontinuous travel narrative that explores why and how we navigate our ...
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(2016)This thesis explored the use of bioelectrochemical systems (BES) technology for particulate-rich wastewater treatment such as those emanating from waste stabilisation ponds (WSPs). The development of a novel “filter-type” ...
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(2016)This thesis explores solar variability and particularly the consistency and accuracy of its measurement over the period 1945-2015. Automated algorithms have been implemented to measure to measure sunspot number, area and ...
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(2016)In this research, we propose three Reward-Penalty algorithms, to improve the reliability of power distribution companies. The significance of this research, lies in encouraging power distribution companies, to maintain, ...
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(2016)A number of recent reports indicate that many governments around the world are increasingly using internet technologies to provide public services. However little is known about the factors that influence end-users’ ...
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(2016)The aim of this research is to characterise the laboratory fatigue performance of a typical foamed bitumen mix used in Western Australia. It has also investigated the applicability of Austroads fatigue equation for the ...
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(2016)Utilising qualitative and quantitative methods, this thesis examines customer engagement in value co-creation from a customer perspective. This thesis provides a model of brand engagement behaviours in online brand ...
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(2016)The ionosphere above the Murchison Radio Observatory (MRO) has been characterised over half of solar cycle 24 and its response to impinging low-frequency radio waves described. The outcomes of this thesis will contribute ...
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(2015)History has shown that the repeated use of fungicides in agriculture can lead to resistance. In Australia, contemporary agricultural practices have utilised wide-scale barley monocultures often harbouring a single dominant ...