Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2015)This study identifies Tam-giao, a combination of three philosophies, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism whose use is reflected in Vietnamese visual arts, and examines the role of Tam-giao in Vietnamese post war art since ...
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(1995)This thesis reports a series of studies into textbook authors', teachers' and students' use of analogies to improve students' understanding of abstract chemistry concepts. The five research problems considered: (a) the ...
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(2010)There is a strong tradition in classroom environment research involving investigations of associations between students’ outcomes (achievement and attitude) and the classroom learning environment. This study focuses on ...
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(1997)The operation and development of Western Australian senior secondary schools is based upon traditional theories of organisational management and school administration. The study sought to explore alternative conceptions ...
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(2002)Approximately 70% of the western world's known nickel reserves are contained in laterite ores, but only 30% of the world's nickel production comes from these ores. This is due to the lack of economically viable technology ...
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(2015)This thesis carries out empirical analysis and compares four common continuous microscopic models in typical urban scenarios against each other and real human driver behaviour. The best performing model is found to be ...
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(2009)The wave of globalisation gave rise to a number of regional arrangements. The notion of economic regionalism gained importance rapidly in international trade as well as regional diplomacy. The body of theoretical and ...
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(2014)The studies in this thesis evaluated the current physiotherapy practice patterns for people undergoing surgery for lung cancer and, in people following lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer, investigated impairments ...
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(1997)The overall aim of this project was to investigate the nature and structure of the physiological symptoms of panic attacks and the relationship between these symptoms and use of the health care system by people with a ...
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(2014)This thesis reports results of a combined sedimentological, stratigraphic, detrital provenance, geochronological, isotopic and geochemical study of the early Palaeozoic South China Block (SCB). It reveals the driving ...