Theses from 2024
Detecting diabetic foot osteomyelitis in plain radiographic images using Deep Learning, Brandon Abela
Seagrass classification using unsupervised curriculum learning (UCL), Nosheen Abid, Md Kislu Noman, György Kovács, Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam, Tosin Adewumi, Paul Lavery, Faisal Shafait, and Marcus Liwicki
Predictive modelling of metabolic syndrome in Ghanaian diabetic patients: An ensemble machine learning approach, Emmanuel Acheampong, Eric Adua, Christian Obirikorang, Enoch Odame Anto, Emmanuel Peprah-Yamoah, Yaa Obirikorang, Evans Adu Asamoah, Victor Opoku-Yamoah, Michael Nyantakyi, John Taylor, Tonnies Abeku Buckman, Maryam Yakubu, and Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
Leveraging supervised machine learning for determining the link between suboptimal health status and the prognosis of chronic diseases, Eric Adua, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, and Emmanuel A. Kolog
Ecology of emergency care in lower-tier healthcare providers in Ghana: An empirical data-driven Bayesian network analytical approach, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Victor F. Nunfam, Bernard A. Kwanin, and Kwasi Frimpong
EDSUCh: A robust ensemble data summarization method for effective medical diagnosis, Mohiuddin Ahmed and A. N. M. B. Rashid
Research trends in production, separation, and identification of bioactive peptides from fungi: A critical review, Tanvir Ahmed, Angéla Juhász, Utpal Bose, Netsanet Shiferaw Terefe, and Michelle L. Colgrave
An efficient hybrid extreme learning machine and evolutionary framework with applications for medical diagnosis, Ali Al Bataineh, Seyed M. J. Jalali, Seyed J. Mousavirad, Amirmehdi Yazdani, Syed M. S. Islam, and Abbas Khosravi
Non-invasive health systems based on advanced biomedical signal and image processing, Adel Al-Jumaily, Paolo Crippa, Ali Mansour, and Claudio Turchetti
Angiogenic growth factors, oxidative stress and haematobiochemical measures as predictors of preeclampsia with and without foetal growth restriction: A case-control study in a Ghanaian population, Enoch O. Anto, Wina I. O. Boadu, Charity Hughes, Emmanuel E. Korsah, Joseph Frimpong, Ezekiel Ansah, Augustine Tawiah, Valentine C. K. T. Tamakloe, Emmanuel Acheampong, Evans A. Asamoah, Stephen Opoku, Elizabeth Aboagye, Etwi M. Albright, Eric Adua, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Agartha O. Anto, Max E. Annani-Akollor, Yaw A. Wiafe, and Christian Obirikorang
Unmanaged grasslands are a reservoir of Alternaria and other important fungal species with differing emission patterns, Godfrey Philliam Apangu, Carl Alexander Frisk, Geoffrey M.Y. Petch, Mary Hanson, and Carsten Ambelas Skjøth
Epidemiological model of the regional distribution and analysis of hepatitis B in Ghana: A sub-saharan African country, Kwaafo Akoto Awuah-Mensah, Ute Mueller, and Steven Richardson
Aloe vera gel coating extends marketability and maintains quality by reducing rachis browning and preserving bioactive compounds of commercial table grape cultivars, Saqib Ayyub, Ahmad Sattar Khan, Raheel Anwar, Sajid Ali, and Mahmood Ul Hasan
From grain to malt: Tracking changes of ultra-low-gluten barley storage proteins after malting, Mahya Bahmani, Angéla Juhász, Utpal Bos, Mitchell G. Nye-Wood, Malcolm Blundell, Crispin A. Howitt, and Michelle L. Colgrave
The food and habitat effects of detrital kelp as a trophic subsidy to seagrass-inhabiting mesograzers, Jessica Billinghurst
Seagrass resilience: Exploring recovery trajectories, succession and facilitation, Samuel P. Billinghurst
Integrating soil microbial communities into fundamental ecology, conservation, and restoration: examples from Australia, Christina Birnbaum, John Dearnaley, Eleonora Egidi, Adam Frew, Anna Hopkins, Jeff Powell, Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros, Craig Liddicoat, Felipe Albornoz, Meike K. Heuck, Frederick A. Dadzie, Luke Florence, Pankaj Singh, Tomas Mansfield, Kumari Rajapaksha, Jana Stewart, Paola Rallo, Shawn D. Peddle, and Giancarlo Chiarenza
Microbes of biotechnological importance in acidic saline lakes in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Katelyn Boase, Talitha Santini, and Elizabeth Watkin
Short-term soil fungal community dynamics following fire in mediterranean climate-type banksia woodlands, Aaron J. Brace, Katinka X. Ruthrof, Ben P. Miller, Joseph B. Fontaine, and Anna J.M. Hopkins
Long-term climatic stability drives accumulation and maintenance of divergent freshwater fish lineages in a temperate biodiversity hotspot, Sean James Buckley, Chris J. Brauer, Peter J. Unmack, Michael P. Hammer, Mark Adams, Stephen J. Beatty, David L. Morgan, and Luciano B. Beheregaray
IoMT security: A semantic framework for vulnerability detection in remote patient monitoring, Kulsoom Saima Bughio
Novel knowledge graph-based modeling for vulnerability detection in the Internet of Medical Things, Kulsoom Saima Bughio, David Michael Cook, and Syed Afaq Ali Shah
Developing a novel ontology for cybersecurity in internet of medical things-enabled remote patient monitoring, Kulsoom S. Bughio, David M. Cook, and Syed A. A. Shah
Investigating the intersections of vulnerability detection and IoMTs in healthcare, a scoping review protocol for remote patient monitoring, Kulsoom S. Bughio, David M. Cook, and Syed Afaq Shah
Agriculture 4.0 and beyond: Evaluating cyber threat intelligence sources and techniques in smart farming ecosystems, Hang T. Bui, Hamed Aboutorab, Arash Mahboubi, Yansong Gao, Nazatul H. Sultan, Aufeef Chauhan, Mohammad Z. Parvez, Michael Bewong, Rafiqul Islam, Zahid Islam, Seyit A. Camtepe, Praveen Gauravaram, Dineshkumar Singh, M. A. Babar, and Shihao Yan
Spatial characterisation and drivers of catch and effort in highly specialised recreational pelagic fisheries, Shannon J. Burchert, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Karina L. Ryan, Ute Mueller, and Glenn A. Hyndes
Critical coastal values impacted by marine bioinvasions: What the public value about marine and coastal areas and what is at stake?, Marnie L. Campbell, Chi T.U. Le, and Chad L. Hewitt
Achieving covert communication with a probabilistic jamming strategy, Xun Chen, Fujun Gao, Min Qiu, Jia Zhang, Feng Shu, and Shihao Yan
Intelligent reflecting surface-assisted passive covert wireless detection, Zhilin Chen, Shihao Yan, Xiaobo Zhou, Feng Shu, and Derrick W. K. Ng
IRS-Assisted covert communication with a BPP distributed warden outside a safety zone, Zhilin Chen, Shihao Yan, Xiaobo Zhou, Feng Shu, Jiande Sun, and Derrick Wing Kwan Ng
Single domain generalization via normalised cross-correlation based convolutions, Weiqin Chuah, Ruwan Tennakoon, Reza Hoseinnezhad, David Suter, and Alireza Bab-Hadiashar
Spatial and environmental drivers of temperate estuarine archaeal communities, Emily Cocksedge, Michael Stat, Alessandra L. Suzzi, Troy F. Gaston, and Megan J. Huggett
Cruciferous vegetables lower blood pressure in adults with mildly elevated blood pressure in a randomized, controlled, crossover trial: The VEgetableS for vaScular hEaLth (VESSEL) study, Emma L. Connolly, Alex H. Liu, Simone Radavelli-Bagatini, Armaghan Shafaei, Mary C. Boyce, Lisa G. Wood, Lyn McCahon, Henrietta Koch, Marc Sim, Caroline R. Hill, Benjamin H. Parmenter, Nicola P. Bondonno, Amanda Devine, Kevin D. Croft, Richard Mithen, Seng Khee Gan, Carl J. Schultz, Richard J. Woodman, Catherine P. Bondonno, Joshua R. Lewis, Jonathan M. Hodgson, and Lauren C. Blekkenhorst
Analysis of element yield, bacterial community structure and the impact of carbon sources for bioleaching rare earth elements from high grade monazite, Melissa K. Corbett, April Gifford, Nick Fimognari, and Elizabeth L. J. Watkin
Analysing cyber-physical attacks: The human operator challenge in mining, Osmar Couto and Ahmed Ibrahim
A 2,000-year record of eelgrass (zostera marina L.) colonization shows substantial gains in blue carbon storage and nutrient retention, Martin Dahl, Martin Gullström, Irene Bernabeu, Oscar Serrano, Carmen Leiva-Dueñas, Hans W. Linderholm, Maria E. Asplund, Mats Björk, Tinghai Ou, J. Robin Svensson, Elinor Andrén, Thomas Andrén, Sanne Bergman, Sara Braun, Anneli Eklöf, Zilvinas Ežerinskis, Andrius Garbaras, Petter Hällberg, Elin Löfgren, Malin E. Kylander, Pere Masqué, Justina Šapolaitė, Rienk Smittenberg, and Miguel A. Mateo
Cyber security risk management in large Australian healthcare systems - a mixed methods study, Martin J. Dart
Long-term post-fire succession of reptiles in an urban remnant in south-western Australia, Robert A. Davis and Michael D. Craig
Liked to death: The impacts of social media and photography on biodiversity, Robert A. Davis, Claire Greenwell, Belinda J. Davis, and Philip W. Bateman
Testing multiple environmental DNA substrates for detection of the cryptic and critically endangered burrowing freshwater crayfish engaewa pseudoreducta, Kathryn L. Dawkins, Paul Nevill, Brian Chambers, Shane Herbert, and Quinton F. Burnham
Understanding how Indigenous knowledge contributes to climate change adaptation and resilience: A systematic literature review, Tashi Dorji, Kinley Rinchen, Angus Morrison-Saunders, David Blake, Vicki Banham, and Sonam Pelden
Environmental DNA identifies coastal plant community shift 1,000 years ago in Torrens Island, South Australia, Nicole R. Foster, Alice R. Jones, Oscar Serrano, Anna Lafratta, Paul S. Lavery, Kor-Jent van Dijk, Ed Biffin, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Jennifer Young, Pere Masque, Patricia S. Gadd, Geraldine E. Jacobsen, Atun Zawadzki, Andria Greene, and Michelle Waycott
Locally varying geostatistical machine learning for spatial prediction, Francky Fouedjio and Emet Arya
Significant carbonate burial in The Bahamas seagrass ecosystem, Chuancheng Fu, Sofia Frappi, Michelle Nicole Havlik, Wells Howe, S. David Harris, Elisa Laiolo, Austin J. Gallagher, Pere Masque, and Carlos M. Duarte
Malware detection with artificial intelligence: A systematic literature review, Matthew G. Gaber, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Helge Janicke
Matthew Gaber: Peekaboo Transformer Models, Matthew G. Gaber, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Helge Janicke
The cooling impact of urban greening: A systematic review of methodologies and data sources, Saman Galalizadeh, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Pierre Horwitz, Richard Silberstein, and David Blake
Secrecy rate maximization for active reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted MIMO systems, Bin Gao, Jingru Zhao, Shihao Yan, and Shaozhang Xiao
Large airway T cells in adults with former bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Jing Gao, Petra Um-Bergström, Melvin Pourbazargan, Eva Berggren-Broström, Chuan X. Li, Heta Merikallio, Riitta Kaarteenaho, Nichole S. Reinke, Craig E. Wheelock, Erik Melén, Lindén Anders, Åsa M. Wheelock, Georgios Rassidakis, Cristian Ortiz-Villalon, and Magnus C. Sköld
Strong marine heatwaves trigger flowering in seagrass, Catalina A. García-Escudero, Victoria Litsi-Mizan, Pavlos T. Efthymiadis, Vasilis Gerakaris, Oscar Serrano, and Eugenia T. Apostolaki
Trends and lessons from thirty years of Australian threatened bird action plans, Stephen T. Garnett, Allan H. Burbidge, and Stephen Pruett-Jones
Toward covert communications via a wireless-powered jammer fueled by a receiver, Jiaxin Ge, Yida Wang, Xiaoling Hu, Yuzhen Huang, and Shihao Yan
Nonstationary recharge responses to a drying climate in the Gnangara groundwater system, Western Australia, Simone Gelsinari, Sarah Bourke, James McCallum, Don McFarlane, Joel Hall, Richard Silberstein, and Sally Thompson
Performance evaluation of a dual-chamber plant microbial fuel cell developed for electricity generation and wastewater treatment, Mahmood Golzarian, M. Ghiasvand, S. Shokri, M. Bahreini, and Fatemeh Kazemi
Escarpments within Mediterranean seagrass posidonia oceanica meadows increase habitat heterogeneity and structural complexity enhancing fish diversity and biomass, Enric Gomis, Enric Ballesteros, Irene Bernabeu, Karina Inostroza, Miguel A. Mateo, and Oscar Serrano
Genetic detection of anticoagulant resistance in Australia's introduced rats, Alicia Gorbould
Twin peaks: Matrix isolation studies of H2S·amine complexes shedding light on fundamental S–H⋯N bonding, Matthew H. V. Graneri, Dino Spagnoli, Duncan A. Wild, and Allan J. McKinley
WIP: Performance metrics of PUF-based authentication protocols for smart grid: A review, Taylah Griffiths, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Shihao Yan
Global patterns and drivers of fish reproductive potential on coral reefs, Jeneen Hadj-Hammou, Joshua E. Cinner, Diego R. Barneche, Iain R. Caldwell, David Mouillot, James P.W. Robinson, Nina M.D. Schiettekatte, Alexandre C. Siqueira, Brett M. Taylor, and Nicholas A.J. Graham
Lessons learned on the feasibility of coastal wetland restoration for blue carbon and co-benefits in Australia, Valerie Hagger, Phoebe Stewart-Sinclair, Renee Anne Rossini, Maria Fernanda Adame, William Glamore, Paul Lavery, Nathan J. Waltham, and Catherine E. Lovelock
Storms facilitate airborne DNA from leaf fragments outside the main tree pollen season, Mary Hanson, Geoff Petch, Beverley Adams-Groom, Thor Bjørn Ottosen, and Carsten A. Skjøth
Simple climate models that can be used in primary, secondary, and tertiary education, Timothy G. Harrison, Michael T. Davies-Coleman, Alison C. Rivett, M. Anwar H. Khan, Joyce D. Sewry, Magdalena Wajrak, Nicholas M. Barker, Jonny Furze, Sophie D. Franklin, Linda Sellou, Naomi K.R. Shallcross, and Dudley E. Shallcross
Methyl jasmonate advances fruit ripening, colour development, and improves antioxidant quality of ‘Yoho’ and ‘Jiro’ persimmon, Mahmood Ul Hasan, Zora Singh, Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib Shah, Andrew Woodward, and Eben Afrifa-Yamoah
Predicting seagrass ecosystem resilience to marine heatwave events of variable duration, frequency and re-occurrence patterns with gaps, Paula Sobenko Hatum, Kathryn McMahon, Kerrie Mengersen, Kieryn Kilminster, and Paul Pao Yen Wu
Analysis of the outer retinal bands in ABCA4 and PRPH2-associated retinopathy using OCT, Rachael C. Heath Jeffery, Johnny Lo, Jennifer A. Thompson, Tina M. Lamey, Terri L. McLaren, John N. De Roach, Lauren N. Ayton, Andrea L. Vincent, Abhishek Sharma, and Fred K. Chen
Retinal dystrophies associated with peripherin-2: Genetic spectrum and novel clinical observations in 241 patients, Rachael C. Heath Jeffery, Jennifer A. Thompson, Johnny Lo, Enid S. Chelva, Sean Armstrong, Jose S. Pulido, Rebecca Procopio, Andrea L. Vincent, Lorenzo Bianco, Maurizio Battaglia Parodi, Lucia Ziccardi, Giulio Antonelli, Lucilla Barbano, João P. Marques, Sara Geada, Ana L. Carvalho, Wei C. Tang, Choi M. Chan, Camiel J.F. Boon, Jonathan Hensman, Ta Ching Chen, Chien Yu Lin, Pei Lung Chen, Ajoy Vincent, Anupreet Tumber, and Elise Heon
Development of a food composition database for the estimation of dietary s-methyl cysteine sulfoxide from vegetables, Caroline R. Hill, Emma L. Connolly, Armaghan Shafaei, Lois Balmer, Liezhou Zhong, Taulant Muka, Antonietta Hayhoe, Shikha Saha, Richard J. Woodman, Joshua R. Lewis, Jonathan M. Hodgson, and Lauren C. Blekkenhorst
Drought legacy interacts with wildfire to alter soil microbial communities in a Mediterranean climate-type forest, Anna J. M. Hopkins, Aaron J. Brace, Jess L. Bruce, J. Hyde, J. B. Fontaine, L. Walden, W. Veber, and K. X. Ruthrof
PDF malware detection: Toward machine learning modeling with explainability analysis, G. M.Sakhawat Hossain, Kaushik Deb, Helge Janicke, and Iqbal H. Sarker
A hybrid deep learning framework for daily living human activity recognition with cluster-based video summarization, Shihab Hossain, Kaushik Deb, Saadman Sakib, and Iqbal H. Sarker
Luminescent solar concentrators for greenhouse applications based on highly luminescent carbon quantum dots, Kambiz Hosseinpanahi, Mohammad Hossein Abbaspour-Fard, Mahmoud Reza Golzarian, Elaheh K. Goharshadi, and Alberto Vomiero
Unifying context with labeled property graph: A pipeline-based system for comprehensive text representation in NLP, Ali Hur, Naeem Janjua, and Mohiuddin Ahmed
A framework to support autonomous construction of knowledge graphs from unstructured text, Muhammad Ali Hur
A systematic review of k-12 cybersecurity education around the world, Ahmed Ibrahim, Marnie McKee, Leslie F. Sikos, and Nicola F. Johnson
Spin-coated high mobility MoO3 thin film for designing highly efficient lead-free perovskite solar cells, M. A. Islam, Ihsan Ahmad Siddiquee, Y. A. Wahab, S. F.W. Hatta, Jakaria Mahdi Imam, Foo Wah Low, Aziz Ahamed, and Mohammad Nur E. Alam
MoS2 thin film hetero-interface as effective back surface field in CZTS-based solar cells, Md Saiful Islam, Camellia Doroody, Tiong Sieh Kiong, Kazi Sajedur Rahman, Ahmad Wafi Mahmood Zuhdi, Boon Kar Yap, Mohammad Nur E. Alam, and Nowshad Amin
Combination of sensors-based monitoring system and internet of things (IoT): A survey and framework for remote and intensive care unit patients, Mohammad Islam, Kazi Z. Mostofa, Hamidreza Mohafez, Md J. Hossen, Foo W. Low, Mikhail Vasiliev, Syed M. S. Islam, and Mohammad Nur-E-Alam
Exploring post-COVID-19 health effects and features with advanced machine learning techniques, Muhammad N. Islam, Md S. Islam, Nahid H. Shourav, Iftiaqur Rahman, Faiz A. Faisal, Md M. Islam, and Iqbal H. Sarker
RLIDT: A novel reinforcement learning-infused deep transformer model for multivariate electricity load forecasting, Seyed Mohammad Jafar Jalali, Fateme Fahiman, and Mahdi Khodayar
Exploring thermal dynamics of polyaniline-modified paraffin wax phase change material with varied PANI loadings (1–4% wt.), Emeema Janumala, Murali Govindarajan, Bommareddi V. Reddi, Murugan Manickam, Elumalai P. Venkatesan, C. Ahamed Saleel, Mamdooh Alwetaishi, Saboor Shaik, Mohammad Nur-E-Alam, and Manzoore E. M. Soudagar
Maternal prebiotic supplementation during pregnancy and lactation modifies the microbiome and short chain fatty acid profile of both mother and infant, Jacquelyn M. Jones, Stacey N. Reinke, Mahsa Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, Johan Garssen, Maria C. Jenmalm, Ravisha Srinivasjois, Desiree Silva, Jeffrey Keelan, Susan L. Prescott, Debra J. Palmer, and Claus T. Christophersen
The allergen profile of two edible insect species—Acheta domesticus and hermetia illucens, Shaymaviswanathan Karnaneedi, Elecia B. Johnston, Utpal Bose, Angéla Juhász, James A. Broadbent, Thimo Ruethers, Emily M. Jerry, Sandip D. Kamath, Vachiranee Limviphuvadh, Sally Stockwell, Keren Byrne, Dean Clarke, Michelle L. Colgrave, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, and Andreas L. Lopata
Decision-making in balancing fire safety hazards against security threats within the built environment, Richard Kathage, David J. Brooks, and Michael Coole
Mineral profiling of diverse genotypes of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) grown in Australia, Jashanpreet Kaur, Zora Singh, Muhammad Sohail Mazhar, Eben Afrifa-Yamoah, Kamaljit Kaur Sangha, and Andrew Woodward
Insights into phytonutrient profile and postharvest quality management of jackfruit: A review, Jashanpreet Kaur, Zora Singh, Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib Shah, Muhammad Sohail Mazhar, Mahmood Ul Hasan, and Andrew Woodward
Quality and establishment of some water-conserving turfgrass species for sustainable development and some ecosystem services in arid urban environments, Fatemeh Kazemi, Mahmood Reza Golzarian, and Seyedeh Maliheh Rabbani Kheir Khah
Developing a sustainable nature-based agricultural vertical system in cadmium polluted urban environments, Fatemeh Kazemi and Mansoure Jozay
Estimating blood alcohol level through facial features for driver impairment assessment, Ensiyeh Keshtkaran, Brodie Von Berg, Grant Regan, David Suter, and Syed Zulqarnain Gilani
Environmental DNA metabarcoding of pan trap water to monitor arthropod-plant interactions, Joshua H. Kestel, David L. Field, Philip W. Bateman, Nicole E. White, Karen L. Bell, and Paul Nevill
Simulating compatible solute biosynthesis using a metabolic flux model of the biomining acidophile, acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270, Himel N. Khaleque, Hadi Nazem-Bokaee, Yosephine Gumulya, Ross P. Carlson, and Anna H. Kaksonen
Bitter sweet: Exploring alkaloid synthesis in lupin using LC-MS/MS, Tawfeek Khedr
Evaluation of alkaloid levels in commercial and wild genotypes of narrow-leafed lupin, Tawfeek Khedr, Ling Ling Gao, Lars G. Kamphuis, Utpal Bose, Angéla Juhász, and Michelle L. Colgrave
Postoperative fluid therapy in enhanced recovery after surgery for pancreaticoduodenectomy, Sharnice Koek, Johnny Lo, Rupert Ledger, and Mohammed Ballal
Jamming precoding in AF relay-aided PLC systems with multiple eavessdroppers, Zhengmin Kong, Jiaxing Cui, Li Ding, Tao Huang, and Shihao Yan
In-circuit forensic analysis of IoT memory modules, Vasanth Sampangiramaiah Kumar
Variation in zero plane displacement and roughness length for momentum revisited, Ashvath Singh Kunadi, Richard P. Silberstein, and Sally E. Thompson
Introducing pour points: Characteristics and hydrological significance of a rainfall-concentrating mechanism in a water-limited woodland ecosystem, Ashvath S. Kunadi, Tim Lardner, Richard P. Silberstein, Matthias Leopold, Nik Callow, Erik Veneklaas, Aryan Puri, Eleanor Sydney, and Sally E. Thompson
Prevalence and risk factors of vernal keratoconjunctivitis among a Ghanaian clinical cohort: A case-control study, Samuel Kyei, Mary Nkansah, Kofi Asiedu, Randy Asiamah, Ebenezer Zaabaar, and Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
Peptidomics analysis of in vitro digested wheat breads: Effect of genotype and environment on protein digestibility and release of celiac disease and wheat allergy related epitopes, Mélanie Lavoignat, Angéla Juhász, Utpal Bose, Thierry Sayd, Christophe Chambon, Miguel Ribeiro, Gilberto Igrejas, Sébastien Déjean, Catherine Ravel, and Emmanuelle Bancel