Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2015)Based on self-determination theory and achievement goal theory, the research investigated pre-adolescent (9-12 years of age) children’s motivational orientations in physical education. Various factors were identified that ...
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(2011)The accuracy of oil-in-water analysis for produced water is increasingly crucial as the regulations for disposal of this water are getting more stringent world wide. Currently, most of the oil producing countries has ...
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(2013)Pine cone (Pinus. radiate) biomass is a low cost agricultural solid waste. Raw pine cone, acid treated pine cone and synthesized pine cone based activated carbon have been successfully used here as effective, environmentally ...
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(2016)Pipeline corrosion is a major challenge facing many oil and gas industries today because of the enormous downtime associated with corrosion related failures. This research utilized field data for modelling the reliability ...
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(2013)The artworks and exegesis that comprise this body of work explore what it means to belong - in place, in a lineage and in relation to the sacred - and seek to understand how art practice serves to interrogate and address ...
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(2010)This research explored the diffusion of information and communications technology (ICT) innovations in education through a case study of Education Network Australia (EdNA) spanning fourteen years since EdNA's establishment ...
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(2011)This thesis investigates the potential of the alkaloid isocryptolepine 16 as a lead compound in antimalarial drug development. Fifteen derivatives of the parent alkaloid were prepared and fully characterised, twelve of ...
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(1998)Reactive distillation has enormous potential for the economical synthesis of tertiary ethers. Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) has been commercially produced with this technology since the early 1980s and it appears that ...
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(2004)The role of eosinophilia in allergic disorders indicates hIL-5 as a target of therapy. The conservation of hIL-5 proximal elements suggests they are important in controlling expression. Corticosteroids are important in ...
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(2015)This thesis examines the relationship between organization capital and firm life cycle, and their effect on firm risk and the cost of capital. The results show that firms with higher (lower) organization capital or cost ...