Theses from 2023
Comparative study on development of novel catalytic oxidation for removing emerging contaminants, Abdul H. Asif
Graphitic carbon nitride engineered α-Fe2O3/rGO heterostructure for visible-light-driven photochemical oxidation of sulfamethoxazole, Abdul Hannan Asif, Nasir Rafique, Rajan Arjan Kalyan Hirani, Lei Shi, Shu Zhang, Shaobin Wang, and Hongqi Sun
Amorphous FeOOH anchored on boron and nitrogen codoped carbon nanotubes for fenton-like oxidation of sulfamethoxazole, Abdul Hannan Asif, Hong Wu, Lei Shi, Rajan Arjan Kalyan Hirani, Nasir Rafique, and Hongqi Sun
Australia’s spodumene: Advances in lithium extraction technologies, decarbonization, and circular economy, Abdul H. Asif, Chao Li, Hazel Lim, and Hongqi Sun
MIL-53(Fe) derived magnetic CuFe2O4/Fe2O3 composite for catalytic oxidation of sulfamethoxazole via peroxymonsulfate activation, Abdul H. Asif, Nasir Rafique, Rajan A. K. Hirani, Lei Shi, Yantao Wang, Xiaoguang Duan, Yu Yin, and Hongqi Sun
Enhancing crop resilience by harnessing the synergistic effects of biostimulants against abiotic stress, Anam Asif, Maratab Ali, Muslim Qadir, Rajmohan Karthikeyan, Zora Singh, Ravjit Khangura, Francesco Di Gioia, and Zienab F. R. Ahmed
Sea turtle eggs and hatchlings are a seasonally important food source for the generalist feeding golden ghost crab (Ocypode convexa), Casper Avenant, Sabrina Fossette, Scott Whiting, Anna J. M. Hopkins, and Glenn A. Hyndes
Quantifying predation on sea turtle eggs and emerging hatchlings by ghost crabs and other native predators, Casper S. Avenant
Extreme predation of eggs and hatchlings for loggerhead turtles in eastern Indian Ocean, Casper Avenant, Scott Whiting, Sabrina Fossette, Peter Barnes, and Glenn A. Hyndes
Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis to characterise barley breeding lines, Mahya Bahmani
Proteome changes resulting from malting in hordein-reduced barley lines, Mahya Bahmani, Angéla Juhász, Utpal Bos, Mitchell G. Nye-Wood, Malcolm Blundell, Crispin A. Howitt, and Michelle L. Colgrave
Forest hydrology in Chile: Past, present, and future, Francisco Balocchi, Mauricio Galleguillos, Diego Rivera, Alejandra Stehr, Jose Luis Arumi, Roberto Pizarro, Pablo Garcia-Chevesich, Andrés Iroumé, Juan J. Armesto, Pedro Hervé-Fernández, Carlos Oyarzún, Pilar Barría, Christian Little, Gabriel Mancilla, Santiago Yépez, Rolando Rodriguez, Don A. White, Richard P. Silberstein, Daniel G. Neary, and Pablo Ramírez de Arellano
Design and development of advanced photovoltaic (PV) glass-based materials for net zero energy buildings (NZEB), Mohammad K. Basher
Aesthetically appealing building integrated photovoltaic systems for net-zero energy buildings. Current status, challenges, and future developments—A review, Mohammad Khairul Basher, Mohammad Nur-E-Alam, Md Momtazur Rahman, Kamal Alameh, and Steven Hinckley
Development of zinc-oxide nanorods on chemically etched zinc plates suitable for high-efficiency photovoltaics solar cells, Mohammad Khairul Basher, S. M. Shah Riyadh, M. Khalid Hossain, Mahmudul Hassan, Md Abdur Rafiq Akand, S. M. Amir-Al Zumahi, Md Abdul Matin, Narottam Das, and Mohammad Nur-E-Alam
Just transitions from fossil fuels to a regenerative and renewable future: Challenges and opportunities, Georgia Beardman, Naomi Godden, Mehran Nejati, Jamie Y. Farrant, Leonie Scoffern, James Khan, Joe Northover, and Angus Morrison-Saunders
Unpacking the proteome and metaproteome of the black soldier fly larvae: Efficacy and complementarity of multiple protein extraction protocols, Utpal Bose, Angela Juhasz, Sally Stockwell, Sophia Escobar-Correas, Anna Marcora, Cate Paull, James A. Broadbent, and Gene Wijffels
Analytical solutions for the advection-dispersion model for radon-222 production and transport in shallow porewater profiles, Allen J. Buenavista, Chuan Wang, Yueqing Xie, Benjamin Gilfedder, Sven Frei, Pere Masque, Grzegorz Skrzypek, Shawan Dogramaci, and James L. McCallum
Knowledge organization system for partial automation to improve the security posture of IoMT networks, Kulsoom Saima Bughio
Safeguarding sandalwood: A review of current and emerging tools to support sustainable and legal forestry, Ellyse Bunney, Francesca A. McInerney, Eleanor Dormontt, Arif Malik, Nina Welti, David Wilkins, Malcolm Plant, Dhanushka S. Hettiarachchi, Darren Thomas, Ashley Dowell, Tresa Hamalton, and Andrew J. Lowe
The trajectory in catalytic evolution of Rubisco in Posidonia seagrass species differs from terrestrial plants, Sebastià Capó-Bauçà, Spencer Whitney, Concepción Iñiguez, Oscar Serrano, Timothy Rhodes, and Jeroni Galmés
Degradation of selected pharmaceuticals detected in wastewater systems using an enzyme-mediator system and identification of resulting transformation products, Ionut Daniel Caraene, Yolanta Gruchlik, Francesco Busetti, Kathryn L. Linge, and Cynthia A. Joll
Levels of autotrophy and heterotrophy in mesophotic corals near the end photic zone, Amy Carmignani, Veronica Z. Radice, Kathryn M. McMahon, Alex I. Holman, Karen Miller, Kliti Grice, and Zoe Richards
Eaten out of house and home: Local extinction of Abrolhos painted button-quail Turnix varius scintillans due to invasive mice, herbivores and rainfall decline, R. S. Carter, C. A. Lohr, A. H. Burbidge, R. van Dongen, J. Chapman, and R. A. Davis
Lipidomic features of honey bee and colony health during limited supplementary feeding, Clara E. Castaños, Mary C. Boyce, Tiffane Bates, A. Harvey Millar, Gavin Flematti, Nathan G. Lawler, and Julia Grassl
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Binglei Chen, Carol C. Wang, Khui Hung Lee, Jianhong C. Xia, and Zongting Luo
Two rapid power iterative DOA estimators for UAV emitter using massive/ultra-massive receive array, Yiwen Chen, Qijuan Jie, Yiqiao Zhang, Feng Shu, Xichao Zhan, Shihao Yan, Wenlong Cai, Xuehui Wang, Zhongwen Sun, Peng Zhang, and Peng Chen
Intelligent reflecting surface-assisted passive covert wireless detection, Zhilin Chen, Shihao Yan, Xiaobo Zhou, Feng Shu, and Derrick W. K. Ng
An information-theoretic method to automatic shortcut avoidance and domain generalization for dense prediction tasks, WeiQin Chuah, Ruwan Tennakoon, Reza Hoseinnezhad, David Suter, and Alireza Bab- Hadiashar
Succession and determinants of the early life nasopharyngeal microbiota in a South African birth cohort, Shantelle Claassen-Weitz, Sugnet Gardner-Lubbe, Yao Xia, Kilaza S. Mwaikono, Stephanie H. Mounaud, William C. Nierman, Lesley Workman, Heather J. Zar, and Mark P. Nicol
Effect of deferoxamine on post-transfusion iron, inflammation, and in vitro microbial growth in a canine hemorrhagic shock model: A randomized controlled blinded pilot study, Melissa A. Claus, Lisa Smart, Anthea L. Raisis, Claire R. Sharp, Sam Abraham, Joel P. A. Gummer, Martin K. Mead, Damian L. Bradley, Rachel Van Swelm, Erwin T. G. Wiegerinck, and Edward Litton
Big Tech is firing employees by the thousands. Why? And how worried should we be?, Nathalie Collins, Jeff Volkheimer, and Paul Haskell-Dowland
Bioprospecting for and the applications of halophilic acidophiles in bioleaching operations, Melissa K. Corbett and Elizabeth L. J. Watkin
Non-preferred habitat increases the activity area of the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) in a semi-arid landscape, M. A. Cowan, H. A. Moore, B. A. Hradsky, C. J. Jolly, J. A. Dunlop, M. L. Wysong, L. Hernandez-Santin, Robert A. Davis, D. O. Fisher, D. R. Michael, J. M. Turner, L. A. Gibson, C. G. Knuckey, M. Henderson, and D. G. Nimmo
Using intervention analysis to evaluate the trends in release rates of recreational fisheries following extensive management changes, Brett Crisafulli, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Ute Mueller, Karina Ryan, David Fairclough, and Johnny Lo
Entering the firing line: How civilians become legitimate targets in war as technology becomes a double-edged sword, Michael Crowley, Mike Johnstone, and Glenn Murray
Ranking the risk of CO2 emissions from seagrass soil carbon stocks under global change threats, Martin Dahl, Kathryn McMahon, Paul S. Lavery, Serena H. Hamilton, Catherine E. Lovelock, and Oscar Serrano
Australia’s notifiable data breach scheme: An analysis of risk management findings for healthcare, Martin Dart and Mohiuddin Ahmed
CYBER-AIDD: A novel approach to implementing improved cyber security resilience for large Australian healthcare providers using a unified modelling language ontology, Martin Dart and Mohiuddin Ahmed
Evaluating staff attitudes, intentions, and behaviors related to cyber security in large Australian health care environments: Mixed methods study, Martin Dart and Mohiuddin Ahmed
Operational shock: A method for estimating cyber security incident costs for large Australian healthcare providers, Martin Dart and Mohiuddin Ahmed
A review of methods for detecting rats at low densities, with implications for surveillance, Robert A. Davis, Philip J. Seddon, Michael D. Craig, and James C. Russell
Reintroduction of threatened digging mammals influences soil microbial communities differently along a rainfall gradient, Orsi Decker, Eleonora Egidi, Anna J. M. Hopkins, Melissa Danks, and Heloise Gibb
Sedimentary organic carbon and nitrogen sequestration across a vertical gradient on a temperate wetland seascape including salt marshes, seagrass meadows and rhizophytic macroalgae beds, Carmen B. de los Santos, Luis G. Egea, Márcio Martins, Rui Santos, Pere Masqué, Gloria Peralta, Fernando G. Brun, and Rocío Jiménez-Ramos
Internal electric field in carbon nitride-based heterojunctions for photocatalysis, Aixin Deng, Yue Sun, Zhanqi Gao, Shaogui Yang, Yazi Liu, Huan He, Jinqiang Zhang, Shaomin Liu, Hongqi Sun, and Shaobin Wang
Understanding stakeholder experiences with visual communication in environmental impact assessment, Ana R. de Oliveira, Sofia Bento, Maria Partidário, and Angus Morrison-Saunders
Development of a 3-D-printable device for continuous measuring of heavy metal ion concentrations, Charl De Villiers, Magdalena Wajrak, and Alex Lubansky
Radar-communication waveform design with detection probability constraints, Yaohui Ding, Shihao Yan, Xiaobo Zhou, Feng Shu, and Siling Feng
Efficient electro-fenton processes on a novel self-supported single-atom fe electrode: Mechanism and practical application, Pei Dong, Xiaolin Ma, Meng Li, Zhenzhan Xu, Jinqiang Zhang, Baosheng Ge, Yang Wang, Chaocheng Zhao, and Hongqi Sun
Joint beamforming and phase shift design for hybrid IRS and UAV-aided directional modulation networks, Rongen Dong, Hangjia He, Feng Shu, Qi Zhang, Riqing Chen, Shihao Yan, and Jiangzhou Wang
Understanding how community wellbeing is affected by climate change: Evidence from a systematic literature review, Tashi Dorji, Angus Morrison-Saunders, and Dave Blake
Hybrid warfare and disinformation: A Ukraine war perspective, Sascha-Dominik Dov Bachmann, Dries Putter, and Guy Duczynski
Quantifying blue carbon stocks and the role of protected areas to conserve coastal wetlands, Micheli Duarte de Paula Costa, Maria Fernanda Adame, Catherine V. Bryant, Jack Hill, Jeffrey J. Kelleway, Catherine E. Lovelock, Anne Ola, Michael A. Rasheed, Cristian Salinas, Oscar Serrano, Nathan Waltham, Paul H. York, Mary Young, and Peter Macreadie
Ecohydrology of coastal aquifers in humid environments and implications of a drying climate, Madeleine Dyring, Harald Hofmann, David Stanton, Patrick Moss, and Ray Froend
Coastal groundwater-dependent ecosystems are falling through policy gaps, Madeleine Dyring, Melissa M. Rohde, Ray Froend, and Harald Hofmann
Voltammetric determination of inorganic arsenic in mildly acidified (pH 4.7) groundwaters from Mexico and India, Martijn Eikelboom, Yaxuan Wang, Gemma Portlock, Arthur Gourain, Joseph Gardner, Jay Bullen, Paul Lewtas, Matthieu Carriere, Alexandra Alvarez, Arun Kumar, Shane O'Prey, Tamás Tölgyes, Dario Omanović, Subhamoy Bhowmick, Dominik Salaun, and Pascal Salaun
bZIP transcription factors repress the expression of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) high molecular weight glutenin subunit genes in vegetative tissues, Csaba Éva, Blanka Moncsek, Kitti Szőke-Pázsi, Viola Kunos, Klára Mészáros, Szabolcs Makai, László Sági, and Angéla Juhász
ZeroLess-DARTS: Improved differentiable architecture search with refined search operation and early stopping, Najmeh Fayyazifar, Selam Ahderom, Najmeh Samadiani, Andrew Maiorana, and Girish Dwivedi
A novel convolutional neural network structure for differential diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardia, Najmeh Fayyazifar, Girish Dwivedi, David Suter, Selam Ahderom, Andrew Maiorana, Owen Clarkin, Saad Balamane, Nishita Saha, Benjamin King, Martin S. Green, Mehrdad Golian, and Benjamin J. W. Chow
Microscale pollen release and dispersal patterns in flowering grass populations, Carl A. Frisk, Godfrey P. Apangu, Geoffrey M. Petch, Simon Creer, Mary Hanson, Beverley Adams-Groom, and Carsten A. Skjøth
Substantial blue carbon sequestration in the world’s largest seagrass meadow, Chuancheng Fu, Sofia Frappi, Michelle N. Havlik, Wells Howe, S. David Harris, Elisa Laiolo, Austin J. Gallagher, Pere Masqué, and Carlos M. Duarte
Biometric technology and user identity, Steven Furnell
Developing and testing a forensic framework for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles, Connor Garratty
Contribution of seagrass productivity to waste treatment in a highly oligotrophic urbanised coast, Sam Gaylard, Stefan Gabrynowicz, Paul Lavery, and Michelle Waycott
Population genetic structure associated with a landscape barrier in the Western Grasswren (Amytornis textilis textilis), Aline Gibson Vega, Michelle L. Hall, Amanda Ridley, Saul J. Cowen, Amy L. Slender, Allan H. Burbidge, Marina Louter, and W. Jason Kennington
Optimising a defence-aware threat modelling diagram incorporating a defence-in-depth approach for the internet-of-things, Menaka L. Godakanda
Perceived nexus between non-invigilated summative assessment and mental health difficulties: A cross sectional studies, Amanda Graf, Esther Adama, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, and Kwadwo Adusei-Asante
A review of cyber vigilance tasks for network defense, Oliver A. Guidetti, Craig Speelman, and Peter Bouhlas
The WACDT, a modern vigilance task for network defense, Oliver A. Guidetti, Craig Speelman, and Peter Bouhlas
UE4-NeRF: Neural radiance field for real-time rendering of large-scale scene, Jiaming Gu, Minchao Jiang, Hongsheng Li, Xiaoyuan Lu, Guangming Zhu, Syed A. A. Shah, Liang Zhang, and Mohammed Bennamoun
Noncovalent chalcogen and tetrel bonding interactions: Spectroscopic study of halide-carbonyl sulfide complexes, Christian T. Haakansson, Peter D. Watson, Timothy R. Corkish, Hayden T. Robinson, Allan J. McKinley, and Duncan A. Wild
Lead exposure of mainland Australia's top avian predator, Jordan O. Hampton, Michael T. Lohr, Aaron J. Specht, Damien Nzabanita, Jasmin Hufschmid, Lee Berger, Kate McGinnis, Jane Melville, Emma Bennett, and James M. Pay
Utilizing proteomics to identify and optimize microalgae strains for high-quality dietary protein: A review, Sara Hamzelou, Damien Belobrajdic, James A. Broadbent, Angéla Juhász, Kim L. Chang, Ian Jameson, Peter Ralph, and Michelle L. Colgrave
Nutrition, allergenicity and physicochemical qualities of food-grade protein extracts from Nannochloropsis oculata, Sara Hamzelou, Damien Belobrajdic, Angéla Juhász, Henri Brook, Utpal Bose, Michelle L. Colgrave, and James A. Broadbent
Photocatalytic activation of peroxymonosulfate by carbon quantum dots: Rational regulation of surface functionality and computational insights, W. Han, D. Li, X. Hu, W. Qin, Honqi Sun, S. Wang, and X. Duan
A review on deep-learning-based cyberbullying detection, Md Tarek Hasan, Md Al Emran Hossain, Md Saddam Hossain Mukta, Arifa Akter, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Salekul Islam
A novel approach for optimal sizing of stand-alone solar PV systems with power quality considerations, Aakash Hassan, Octavian Bass, Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, Martin Masek, and Mohammad A. S. Masoum
Preservice secondary mathematics teachers’ perceptions of teacher knowledge and its sources, Vesife Hatisaru and Julia Collins
Vegetated coastal ecosystems in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean are an unexploited opportunity for climate change mitigation, Vanessa Hatje, Margareth Copertino, Vinicius F. Patire, Ximena Ovando, Josiah Ogbuka, Beverly J. Johnson, Hilary Kennedy, Pere Masque, and Joel C. Creed
Driving with retinitis pigmentosa, Rachael C. Heath Jeffery, Johnny Lo, Jennifer A. Thompson, Tina M. Lamey, Terri L. McLaren, John N. DeRoach, Miguel S. Kabilio, and Fred K. Chen
Ocean connectivity and habitat characteristics predict population genetic structure of seagrass in an extreme tropical setting, Udhi E. Hernawan, Kor-jent van Dijk, Gary A. Kendrick, Ming Feng, Oliver Berry, Christopher Kavazos, and Kathryn McMahon
S-methyl cysteine sulfoxide and its potential role in human health: A scoping review, Caroline R. Hill, Alex Haoci Liu, Lyn McCahon, Liezhou Zhong, Armaghan Shafaei, Lois Balmer, Joshua R. Lewis, Jonathan M. Hodgson, and Lauren C. Blekkenhorst
Novel remediation technologies using macroscopic graphene-based materials for wastewater treatment, Rajan A. K. Hirani
Heterogeneous activation of persulfate by macroscopic nitrogen-doped graphene oxide cubes for the degradation of antibiotic contaminants in water, Rajan A. K. Hirani, Abdul H. Asif, Nasir Rafique, Lei Shi, Shu Zhang, Martin Saunders, Wenjie Tian, Shaobin Wang, and Hongqi Sun
Three-dimensional rGO/CNT/g-C3N4 macro discs as an efficient peroxymonosulfate activator for catalytic degradation of sulfamethoxazole, Rajan Arjan Kalyan Hirani, Abdul Hannan, Nasir Rafique, Lei Shi, Wenjie Tian, Haitao Wang, and Hongqi Sun
Cobalt oxide functionalized ceramic membrane for 4-hydroxybenzoic acid degradation via peroxymonosulfate activation, Rajan Arjan Kalyan Hirani, Hong Wu, Abdul Hannan Asif, Nasir Rafique, Lei Shi, Shu Zhang, Zhentao Wu, Lai-Chang Zhang, Shaobin Wang, Yu Yin, Martin Saunders, and Hongqi Sun
Drones for large-scale wildlife surveys: Raw data to support manuscript - Hodgson et al, Amanda Hodgson
Drone images afford more detections of marine wildlife than real-time observers during simultaneous large-scale surveys, Amanda J. Hodgson, Nat Kelly, and David Peel
The segmentation of nuclei from histopathology images with synthetic data, Md. Shamim Hossain, Leisa J. Armstrong, Jumana Abu-Khalaf, and David M. Cook
Gut microbial communities of hybridising pygmy angelfishes reflect species boundaries, Megan J. Huggett, Jean-Paul A. Hobbs, Federico Vitelli, Michael Stat, Tane H. Sinclair-Taylor, Michael Bunce, and Joseph D. DiBattista
Deep reinforcement learning enabled covert transmission with UAV, Jinsong Hu, Mingqian Guo, Shihao Yan, Youjia Chen, Xiaobo Zhou, and Zhizhang Chen
Further investigation of lead exposure as a potential threatening process for a scavenging marsupial species, D. J. Hutchinson, E. M. Jones, J. M. Pay, J. R. Clarke, Michael T. Lohr, and J. O. Hampton
Improving the quality of set yoghurt using milk fat globule membrane fragments, Joshua Ibitoye, T. T. Q. Phan, Duy N. Le, K. Dewettinck, Michelle L. Colgrave, A. P. Trzcinski, and B. Ly-Nguyen
Detection of online radicalisation in the Maldivian language, Dhivehi, Hussain Ibrahim
Design and concept of renewable energy driven auto-detectable railway level crossing systems in Bangladesh, Iftekharuzzaman Iftekharuzzaman, Susmita Ghosh, Mohammad K. Basher, Mohammad A. Islam, Narottam Das, and Mohammad Nur-E-Alam
Deep learning approach for automatic segmentation of dirt on cattle skin using image data, Syed M. S. Islam, Syed A. A. Shah, and Chau D. M. Nguyen
Automated breast tumor detection using MRI images, Mosammat Israt Jahan, T. M.Shahriar Sazzad, and Leisa Armstrong
Artificial intelligence in cardiology: An Australian perspective, Biyanka Jaltotage, Abdul R. Ihdayhid, Nick S. R. Lan, Faraz Pathan, Sanjay Patel, Clare Arnott, Gemma Figtree, Leonard Kritharides, Syed M. S. Islam, Clara K. Chow, James M. Rankin, Stephen J. Nicholls, and Girish Dwivedi
A fuzzy supply chain risk assessment approach using real-time disruption event data from Twitter, Naeem K. Janjua, Falak Nawaz, and Daniel D. Prior