Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2021)"This dissertation examines why the Indian Ocean is becoming, increasingly, the locus of nuclear weapons and platforms. It establishes a nexus between Realism, the desire of states to maximise their power, the role of ...
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(2021)This research evaluated the wettability characteristics of CO2-brine-rock-clay mineral systems. Wettability is the key physicochemical factor that controls multiphase flow in porous media and influences geological containment ...
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(2021)This thesis explored the measurement of lateropulsion following stroke in clinical research, extending our knowledge about the nature and recovery of this postural control disorder. The thesis focused on three areas: (1) ...
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(2021)As part of an industry supported project on robotics for orthopaedic surgery, we investigated new tools for robotic orthopaedics including, lasers for bone cutting, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and autofluorescence ...
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(2021)This study established a regulatory role for the Wnt/ß-catenin pathway in liver progenitor cells (LPCs) in cell culture and in vivo models of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and demonstrated a significant potential for ...
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(2021)The feasibility, appropriateness, and preliminary effectiveness of a novel school-based intervention that aims to improve the school participation and connectedness of primary school students on the autism spectrum and ...
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(2021)Characterisation of the molecular mechanism and energetics of the interaction of small molecules with cell membranes is of the utmost biological importance to understand and optimise the action of drugs. This work describes ...
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(2021)Vibration-based damage identification has been a challenging task in structural health monitoring. The main difficulty lies on the reliable correlation between the measured vibration characteristics and the damage states ...
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(2021)The aim of this study was to understand how post-retirement transitions back into paid work were experienced by mature age workers. Narrative research methodology was used to explore how 18 mature age workers, in the ...
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(2021)This thesis comprises three independent research essays that address knowledge gaps in the Australian literature surrounding the response of housing prices and individual wellbeing to residential segregation within ...