2011 Thesis Submissions

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Thair Al Dala'in - PhD (Information Technology) - Study on the Consumer Acceptance of Mobile Payments: Conceptual Model and Evaluation

Stephen Allen - PhD (Mathematics) - The Categorical Properties of Higher Rank Graphs and Applications to their Graph Algebras

Megan Andrew-Priestley - PhD (Environmental Sc) - Molluscan Biomonitor for Quantification and Impact Assessment of Estrogenic and Metallic Contaminants in Australian Marine Ecosystems

Felicity Andriunas - PhD (Biological Sciences) - Transfer Cell Trans-differentiation in Vicia Faba Cotyledons: Regulatory Roles of Ethylene, Glucose and Reactive Oxygen Species

Carmen Booyens - M Philosophy (SustainResMngt) - The Effect of Disturbance Regimes (Fire and Slashing) on Populations of Darwinia Glaucophylla on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia

Kerry Burke - PhD (Physics) - Characterisation of Organic Photovoltaics by Synchrotron Soft X-ray Techniques

Francisco Castillo Santos - PhD (Mathematics) - Connections Between Geometrical and Fixed Point Properties

Kathryn Davis - M Philosophy (Psychology) - Attitudes, Values, and Knowledge Relating to Australian Native Wildlife

Benjamin Duck - PhD (Physics) - Methods and Materials for the Investigation and Extension of the Performance of Polymer Photovoltaic Devices

Nigel Fisher - PhD (Biological Sciences) - Sustainable Reintroduction of the Nitrogen Cycle Post Coal Mining Utilizing the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis

Janet Fulton - PhD (Comm & Media Arts) - Making the News: Print Journalism and the Creative Process

Brendan Griggs - PhD (Chemistry) - New Ligand Topologies for Complexation/Artificial Nuclease Mimics

Dian Howan - M Philosophy (Chemistry) - Novel Inhibitors of Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis

Roksana Huque - PhD (Food Science) - Effect of Nitric Oxide on Metabolism of Fresh-cut Apples and Lettuces in Relation to Surface Browning

Kira Husher - PhD (Physics) - Building an Evaluation Framework for Australian Science and Maths Outreach Programs in Schools

Melanie James - PhD (Comm & Media Arts) - The Strategic Construction of Intended Meaning in Australian Public Relations Campaigns Through the Use of Key Messaging and Positioning Techniques

Elecia Johnston - PhD (Biological Sciences) - The RNA Polymerase-Q Interaction as a Target for Potential Novel Antimicrobials

Susan Kerrigan - PhD (Comm & Media Arts) - Creative Documentary Practice: Internalising the Systems Model of Creativity Through Documentary Video and Online Practice

Christopher Lee - M Philosophy (Physics) - Electronic Portal Imaging for Verification of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy

Bruce Lewis - M Philosophy (InformationTech) - A Parsimonious Agent-Based Emergency Call Centre Model

Yijun Li - PhD (Information Technology) - Video Content Analysis and TV Commercial Detection

Timothy Lynar - PhD (Information Technology) - Energy Conservation in Distributed Heterogeneous Computing Environments Using Economic Resource Allocation Mechanisms

Craig Macdonald - PhD (Psychology - Science) - An Empirical Investigation into the Psychology of Ideal and Actual Values

Jawahar Nerkar - PhD (Chemistry) - Development of Electrode Materials for Hybrid Energy Storage Devices

Jessica O'Brien - PhD (Chemistry) - Solar Hydrogen: A Fundamental and Applied Electrochemical Investigation of the Hybrid Sulfur Cycle Electrolyser

Warren Reilly - PhD (Design) - An Analysis of Traditional and Digital Methods for Producing Three Dimensional Artworks

Alicia Sercombe - PhD (Psychology - Science) - Formulation of Stimuli Sets and Evaluation of Facial Emotion Processing in Typically Developing Individuals and in the Clinical Populations of Intellectual Disability, Autistic Disorder, and Asperger's Disorder

Andrew Stapleton - PhD (Chemistry) - Nanoparticle Based Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Kenneth Sutton - PhD (Psychology - Science) - Development of an Online Psychometric Test of Spatial Ability

Jill Sweeney - PhD (Human Geography) - Post-human Geographies of the Southern Ocean

Alison Teal - M Psychology (Clinical) [R] - Postnatal Depression: Women's Explanations and Understanding of Why Some Women Do Not Accept or Delay Seeking Help. An Interpretative Phenomenological Study

Adam Walker - PhD (Psychology - Science) - The Early Microbial Environment and its Role in Determining Emotional Development in the Rat: Transgenerational Implications

Paula Wye - PhD (Health Psychology) - Smoking in Mental Health Hospitals: Policies, Practices and Perceptions

Olivia Wynne - PhD (Psychology - Science) - Impact of Neonatal Infection on Adult Hippocampal Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Outcomes

Fatemeh Adili - PhD (Nursing) - Older Women and Chronic Illness: Learning to Live with Diabetes

Jaleh Barzideh - M Philosophy (Medical Genetic) - Epigenetic Modification in Human Male Germ Line

Natalie Beveridge - PhD(Experimental Pharmacology) - Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing in Neuronal Differentiation, Development and Schizophrenia

Steven Bowe - PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) - Longitudinal Data Analysis: Statistical Methods for Analysing Longitudinal Changes in Health Related Quality of Life which Account for Deaths and Impute for Longitudinal Missing Data

Shane Dempsey - PhD (Medical Radiation Sc) - The Referential and Structural Conceptions of Group Work Learning

Naomi Findlay - PhD (Medical Radiation Sc) - Qualitative and Reflective Analysis of Student Reflective Journals of Professional Placements in Radiation Therapy

Shen Foo - PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) - Immune Mechanisms that Promote the Development of Inducible Bronchus-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (IBALT)

Fernanda Gravina - PhD (Human Physiology) - Contractile Properties of the Female Reproductive Tract

Kirsty Hope - PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) - An Investigation into Novel Surveillance Systems and Factors Affecting Public Health Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases (Including New, Re-Emerging and Deliberately Released Pathogens)

Carole James - PhD (Occupational Therapy) - Reliability and Validity of the WorkHab Functional Capacity Evaluation

Daniel Johnstone - PhD (Medical Genetics) - Microarray Studies of Genome-Wide Changes in Brain and Heart Gene Expression in Mouse Models of Iron Overload

Gerard Kaiko - PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) - The Innate Immune Mechanisms Underlying the Interplay Between Respiratory Infections and Asthma

Gregory Kranias - PhD (Medical Biochemistry) - Regulation of Mast Cell Degranulation by Protein Phosphatase 2A

Chuan Lam - PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) - Understanding the Inflammatory Mechanisms That Predispose to Emphysema in Mouse Models

Vanessa McDonald - PhD (Medicine) - Asthma and COPD in Older People

Tara McHarg - PhD (Behavioural Science) - Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Measure of Perceived Need for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer

Andrew Miller - PhD (Human Physiology) - Investigation of Injury Risk Factors in Australian Rugby League and Soccer Players

Keri Moore - PhD (Physiotherapy) - Clinical Education: An Investigation of Educational Processes - The Application of Student-Centred Education and Client-Centred Care During Undergraduate Physiotherapy Clinical Practice

Sophia Moscovis - PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) - Susceptibility to and Severity of Inflammatory-related Diseases in Indigenous Australians; An In Vitro Investigation of Associated Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors

David Mossman - PhD (Medical Genetics) - Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression in Colorectal Cancer Cells

Melinda Neve - PhD (Nutrition & Dietetics) - Innovative Approaches to Treat Overweight and Obesity in Adults: An Investigation of a Commercial Web-based Weight Loss Program

Archana Patel - PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) - Role of Zinc as an Adjunct in the Treatment of Childhood Diarrhea

Sherrian Price - M Nursing [R] - A Study of the Lived Experience of First-Time Fathers in the First Six Months Following the Birth of Their Baby

Shelley Rowe - PhD (Behavioural Science) - Opportunities for Reducing Alcohol-Related Crime in Non-Metropolitan Areas of Australia

Nicole Ryan - PhD (Medicine) - Laryngeal Dysfunction in Chronic Cough

Carla Saunders - PhD (Behavioural Science) - Consumer Involvement in Australian Health and Medical Research

John Schjenken - PhD (Medicine) - Human Endogenous Retroviruses and Immune Tolerance in Pregnancy

Alison Thorburn - PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) - A Streptococcus pneumoniae-based Immunoregulatory Therapy for Asthma

Melissa Walsh - PhD (Anatomy) - Electrophysiological Development of Superficial Dorsal Horn Neurons in Mice

Osamu Yoshino - PhD (Surgical Science) - The Effects of Fluid Resuscitation on Intra-Abdominal Pressure

Feili Zhao - PhD(Experimental Pharmacology) - Evidence-Based Reimbursement Decision-Making in Asia-Pacific Region: Transferability of the Economic Evaluation Between Different Jurisdictions

Zeenathul Abdul Gani - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Ignition Behaviour of Individual Pulverized Coal Particles in Air and Oxy-fuel Environments

B.M. Alom - PhD (Computer Science) - Data Management and Query Processing for Semistructured and Structured Databases

Khaled Altarawneh - PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) - Experimental and Numerical Studies of Diffusion in Geomaterials

Michael Chapman - PhD (Architecture) - Disfigured Ground: Architectures of Dada and Surrealism

Kai Chen - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Formation of Toxic Pollutants in the Thermal Decomposition of the Sulfenimide Fungicides

Tony Choo - M Engineering (Chemical) [R] - Dewatering of Wastewater Sludge

Mohd Farooqi - PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) - Virtual Testing of Geomaterials through Micro Computed Tomographic Images and Computational Homogenization

Scott George - M Philosophy (Chemical Eng) - High Fidelity Simulation of Future Low Emissions Stationary Electricity Generation Scenarios

Samuel Gorrick - PhD (Environmental Eng) - Flow and Sediment Dynamics in Sand Bed Streams with Riparian Vegetation

Chee Ho - PhD (Electrical Engineering) - Ultra Wideband Design Techniques for Wireless Medical Monitoring

Anthony Laskovski - PhD (Electrical Engineering) - Implantable Microelectronics for Biological Signals

Siubhan Macpherson - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Dry Beneficiation in a Reflux Classifier

Philip Marsh - M Philosophy (Mechanical Eng) - Modelling the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines

Steven Mitchell - PhD (Electrical Engineering) - Power Transformer Modelling to Support the Interpretation of Frequency Response Analysis

Brendan Pitt - M Philosophy (Building) - The Education of Virtual Teamwork Skills in Construction Management, Building Surveying and Quantity Surveying Programs in Australian Universities

Neelam Pradhananga - PhD (Architecture) - Integrating Indigenous and Modern Heritage Conservation Practice: A Case Study of the Guthis in Nepal

Juan Qin - PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) - A High-Resolution Hierarchical Model for Space-Time Rainfall

Aurelio Salton - PhD (Electrical Engineering) - Preview Control of Dual-Stage Actuators

Ibrahim Suleiman - PhD (Chemical Engineering) - Catalytic Mechanism of the Deacon Reaction

Alain Yetendje Lemegni - PhD (Electrical Engineering) - Fault Tolerant Control for Linear and Constrained Systems Subject to Sensor and Actuator Faults

Annan Zhou - PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) - Constitutive Modelling of Hydromechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Soils

  

Kylie Agllias - PhD (Social Work) - Every Family: Intergenerational Estrangement Between Older Parents and Their Adult-children

Christopher Allan - PhD (Music) - Exploring the Value of Aural and Kinaesthetic Feedback Using Speech Quality as Catalyst for Vocal Development in the Training of Tertiary Voice Students

Merzin Alshahrani - PhD (Linguistics) - The Relationship Between Foreign Language Aptitude and English Language Proficiency Among Saudi Learners of English as a Foreign Language in Saudi Universities

Nerida Ambler - PhD (Education) - The Knowledge Growth and Clinical Decision Making of Student and Experienced Midwives: A Comparative Study

Justine Atkinson - M Arts (History) [R] - The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge: Establishing Identity Under the Union 1709-1715

John Barnes - PhD (Fine Art) - Reconnection: An Exploration of Australian Landscape Beyond History and Myth

Francesca Bell - PhD (Humanities) - The Salvaged Image: A Study of Fairy Tale, Mervyn Peake and the Creative Process

Amy Chapman - PhD (Education) - Toward a New Paradigm of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education

Brian Devine - M Philosophy (Fine Art) - Conversation in Landscape

Therese Dryden - M Philosophy (English) - Bachelor Dad on Her Doorstep

Rosalyn Dyne - M Philosophy (Religious) - The Ghostly Experiences of Non-Indigenous Australians

Ian Evans - PhD (History) - Touching Magic: Deliberately Concealed Objects in Old Australian Houses and Buildings

Dene Hawken - M Fine Art [R] - The Art of Entertaining Culture: A Multi-Media Exploration of Cross-Cultural Commonalities, Mirrored Identities and Belongingness

Tae Yang Hong - PhD (Fine Art) - Images of Asian Identity: Asian Women as a Vision of Technological Utopia

Trevor Horsnell - M Philosophy (Fine Art) - An Exploration of Urban Space....Space has Two Voices

Jaime Hunt - PhD (Linguistics) - The Impact of Nominal Anglicisms on the Morphology of Modern Spoken German

Yanping Lu - PhD (Education) - Journal Peer Review: Comparing the Perceptions and Quality Judgments of Experienced Australian Reviewers in Education and the Physical Sciences

Indija Mahjoeddin - M Creative Arts (Drama) [R] - Randai as a Contemporary Dramaturgy: Obstacles and Insights from an Intercultural Transposition

Edwina Marks - PhD (Fine Art) - Public Works or Private Donations? The Impacts of Artistic and Economic Risk on the Working Practitioner

Jacqueline Martin-Miller - M Fine Art [R] - Asthma/Obstructive Airway Disease: A Visual Interpretation

Katrina Martucci - M Education [R] - Young Children's Developing Theory of Mind and Shared Storybook Reading in the Preschool Setting

David McBryde - PhD (Classics) - The Foundations of Aristotle's Ethics

Rosemary Mooney - PhD (Sociology & Anthropology) - Negotiating the Reproduction Imperative in Late Modernity: How do Young Women Make Decisions About if and When to Have Children?

Donna Odegaard - PhD (Aboriginal Studies) - The Larrakia Treaty Petitions: Australia's Legal Response to Aboriginal Demands for a Treaty

Martin Pieris - M Philosophy (Fine Art) - Serendip to Sri Lanka: A Photographic Journey

Jerry Puni - PhD (Sociology & Anthropology) - Fa'asinomaga I Nu'u Ese: Samoan Seventh-Day Adventist Identity in Diaspora - Newcastle, Australia

Annabella Redman - PhD (Music) - A Study of Vocal Technique and its Practical Application to Repertoire that Demonstrates the Development of Music Theatre in the Western World

Yvette Rowe - PhD (English) - Reading the Self-Help Manual: Amazon.com Customer Reviews of Dating and Marriage Manuals for Heterosexual Women

Maurice Scott - PhD (Drama) - The Processes of Dramatic Adaptation: Three Playscripts with Commentaries and Annotations

Hing Sit - PhD (Education) - Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Learning English: Promoting Classroom Interaction at Universities in Hong Kong

Sharifah Zahhura Syed Abdullah - PhD (Sociology & Anthropology) - Cultural Rules and Patterning in Food Systems and Nutrition of the Orang Asli Temiar: The Indigenous People of Peninsular Malaysia

Julie-Anne Ure - M Philosophy (Fine Art) - The Pygmalion Proposition

Teresa Wojna-Kenc - PhD (Fine Art) - Power, Passion and Pardon: The Importance of Graffiti and the Written Word in the Context of Those Who Have Suffered Through Injustice, Imprisonment and Discrimination in Poland During the World War II Period

Alison Convery - PhD (Politics) - Feminist Theory and Discursive Intersections: Activating the Code of 'Political Correctness'

Eileen Day - PhD (Management) - Contextual Tales: A Mixed Method Study of Roles, Relationships and Organisation in Communities of Practice (CoPs)

Paul Docherty - PhD (Accounting & Finance) - Asset Pricing in Australia

Antony Drew - PhD (Management) - Chinese Perceptions of Guanxi in Mainland and Overseas Chinese Business Communities

Amy Maguire - PhD (Law) - 'Let the People Decide' Self-Determination, Liberation From the Colonial Experience and the Human Rights Approach

Kenneth McDonald - PhD (Management) - An Analysis of Investment Decision Factors by Australian Business Angels and Venture Capital Investors

Shatha Obeidat - PhD (Management) - The Relationship between High Performance Human Resource Practices and Organisational Performance in the Jordanian Industrial and Financial Sectors

Rita Pidani - PhD (Economics) - Identifying Export Barriers and Export Development of Indonesian Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Victor Quirk - PhD (Politics) - The Preservation of Labour Under-Utilisation as an Instrument of Social Domination

Dong Xiang - PhD (Accounting & Finance) - Efficiency of Australian Banks: Its Determinants and Stock Price Relevance