Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(1996)An analytical and experimental investigation on the shear strength of High Performance Concrete (HPC) beams with vertical shear reinforcement or stirrups was carried out. The analytical work involved developing a theory ...
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(2009)Developing countries are often said to suffer the disadvantages created by a ‘digital divide’ – the gap between the digitally advantaged and the digitally disadvantaged. This study examines the phenomenon of the digital ...
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(2014)Hanging pages are one of the hidden problems in link structure ranking algorithms and they can be compromised by spammers to induce Link Spam. In this thesis, efficient algorithms have been developed to produce fair and ...
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(2015)The aim of this study was to investigate how personality disorders and defenses contribute to satisfaction with workplace mediation. The results found that higher scores on the MCMI-III for Cluster B (Dramatic-Emotional) ...
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(2014)This research developed a methodology for the assessment of socio-technical information systems access security risks, which could cause insider threat events in organisations. The methodology consists of a meta-network ...
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(1997)Numerous educational research studies have shown that students perceptions of teacher-interpersonal behaviour and classroom environment are positively associated with students attitude to science and students cognitive ...
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(2012)The research presented in this thesis focuses on the probabilistic modelling of soil consolidation via prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) considering soil spatial variability. Soils are highly variable from one point ...
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(2009)This thesis describes the construct of psychopathy and the study of psychopaths. It identifies that psychopaths have been studied extensively in their criminal manifestations but that there is a large and recognised gap ...
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(1998)This study reflects my own search to clarify the process of cultural change in an educational setting. In particular it clarifies for me the process through which State-wide science curriculum reform was enacted in the ...
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(2012)Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning can be used to complement one another, during instances where digital images are taken of the object of interest with the intention to merge the 3D data and image in order to reconstruct ...