Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2023)Patients who have suffered soft tissue injuries or undergone surgery often experience reduced muscle strength, flexibility, and pain in the affected area, which can interfere with daily activities. Rehabilitation exercises ...
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(2023)The 4 phases in this thesis provide clear directions for the future development of a multi-faceted and holistic approach to managing microvascular complications associated with type 2 diabetes, with focus on future ...
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(2023)Men’s Sheds are a promising approach for improving men’s health and wellbeing outcomes, although there is limited empirical evidence. This thesis investigated how engagement in Men’s Sheds is associated with mental health ...
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(2023)This thesis identifies a magical narrative function of certain cinematic objects found in the film modes of poetic realism, surrealism, and magical realism, as analysed in the films Incendies, Little Otik and Amélie. This ...
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(2022)The work presented here, is to our knowledge, the first systematic attempt in the literature in order to explore the practical and in-situ application of cold stimulation for the purpose of IR sub-surface defect detection ...
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(2023)Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is a special type of concrete with some additional requirements beyond those of traditionally vibrated concrete, such as high flowability and consolidation by self-weight without any segregation ...
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(2023)With the majority of foodborne illnesses occurring within the home, interventions targeting safe food-handling among consumers are needed. This thesis evaluated a safe food-handling mass media campaign. Findings show that ...
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(2023)The Mesozoic was crucial to the development of the Exmouth Plateau, North West Shelf - Australia. Multiple tectonic events occurred at this time impacting the structural and stratigraphic development of the Exmouth Plateau. ...
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(2024)This PhD thesis describes the design, development and testing of a novel Removable Expandable Screw to improve surgical management of hip fractures. The F-REX Screw demonstrated significant improvement in fixation strength ...
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(2023)Low-dimensional nanocrystals, especially one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) nanostructures find wide applications in catalysis, optoelectronics, energy storage and more. The projects conducted in this thesis ...