Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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(2020)The thesis of Kit Prendergast addressed impacts of urbanisation and introduced honeybees on native bees in southwest Australia. Additionally, efficacy of bee survey methods were evaluated. The study found remnant bushland, ...
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(2021)Within Western societies polarities such as left/right politics and climate change dominate with often acrimonious debate. This research explores a minimal polarity, an ‘inconvenient incommensurability of thinking’ existing ...
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(2021)The central argument of this study is that if delay causation themes are known, but they are not analyzed by project peculiarities, research outcomes are not likely to deliver clear impact. Thus, this study aims to examine ...
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(2021)Intense sensory stimuli can facilitate movement. This thesis examines the mechanistic neural underpinnings of such facilitation. The findings suggest voluntary motor pathways can be enhanced by sensory stimuli, a suggestion ...
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Personalised Communicative Ecologies: The role of social media in the Bersih movement’s mobilisation(2021)This thesis uses Foth and Hearn’s (2007) notion of ecology to examine how the Bersih movement uses social media to mobilise individuals through personalised conversations. It analyses the interaction between citizens ...
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(2021)Growth anomalies are a type of coral disease affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Traditional diagnostic techniques determined this disease impairs skeletal growth processes and reproductive functioning. ...
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(2021)Age is an important biological parameter which can be used to guide conservation. It is difficult to assess in wild populations, however, and especially in many cetacean species. Epigenetic analyses now offer an alternative ...
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(2021)I have carried out the numerical and analytical evaluation of the pore pressure/stresses coupling of the reservoir rock in real reservoir settings. It is also estimated how pore pressure and stress develop as a result of ...
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(2021)A novel glycine-based leach system was recently proposed, and it has been proved to be effective for copper and gold extraction. The synergetic glycine-cyanide system is particularly effective for treating copper-gold ...