Theses from 2021
Health, lifestyle and nature disconnect in high-rise apartment dwellers, Danica-Lea Larcombe
Transgenic wheat with increased endosperm lipid – Impacts on grain composition and baking quality, P. J. Larkin, Q. Liu, T. Vanhercke, X. R. Zhou, U. Bose, J. A. Broadbent, Michelle L. Colgrave, J. P. Ral, K. B. Reynolds, M. Sun, A. El Tahchy, P. Shrestha, Z. Y. Li, S. A. Jobling, P. Lonergan, X. B. Wu, R. Yu, J. X. Luo, C. A. Howitt, and M. Newberry
A strategy for advancing for population-based scientific discovery using the metabolome: The establishment of the metabolomics society metabolomic epidemiology task group, Jessica Lasky-Su, Rachel S. Kelly, Craig E. Wheelock, and David Broadhurst
Deterministic approximate methods for maximum consensus robust fitting, Huu Le, Tat-Jun Chin, Anders Eriksson, Thanh-Toan Do, and David Suter
Long-term dynamics of production in western Mediterranean seagrass meadows: Trade-offs and legacies of past disturbances, Carmen Leiva-Dueñas, Antonio Martínez Cortizas, Nerea Piñeiro-Juncal, Elena Díaz-Almela, Jordi Garcia-Orellana, and Miguel A. Mateo
Understanding community perceptions of an urban stream before and after a discussion of revitalization possibilities using photo-elicitation, Simone Lima da Costa Preuss, Jaime Joaquim da Silva Pereira Cabral, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Mike Hughes, and Ana Bárbara de Araújo Nunes
Chemical removal in waste stabilisation pond systems of varying configuration, Kathryn L. Linge, Deborah Liew, Yolanta Gruchlik, Francesco Busetti, Una Ryan, and Cynthia A. Joll
Early and sustained Lactobacillus plantarum probiotic therapy in critical illness: The randomised, placebo-controlled, restoration of gut microflora in critical illness trial (ROCIT), Edward Litton, Matt Anstey, David Broadhurst, Andy Chapman, Andrew Currie, Janet Ferrier, Joel Gummer, Alisa Higgins, Jolene Lim, Laurens Manning, Erina Myers, Katrina Orr, Anne Marie Palermo, Andrea Paparini, Susan Pellicano, Edward Raby, Anu Rammohan, Adrian Regli, Bernhard Richter, Sam Salman, Tobias Strunk, Sharon Waterson, David Weight, Bradley Wibrow, and Fiona Wood
Habitat selection by vulnerable golden bandicoots in the arid zone, Cheryl A. Lohr, Kristen Nilsson, Colleen Sims, Judy Dunlop, and Michael T. Lohr
Vulnerability of an arid zone coastal wetland landscape to sea level rise and intense storms, Catherine E. Lovelock, Ruth Reef, and Pere Masqué
Can saline pit lakes offer biodiversity values at closure?, Mark A. Lund and Melanie L. Blanchette
Towards closure of potentially saline pit lakes: understanding biophysical processes for condition assessment and remediation options, Mark Lund and Melanie Blanchette
Blue carbon as a natural climate solution, Peter I. Macreadie, Micheli D. P. Costa, Trisha B. Atwood, Daniel A. Friess, Jeffrey J. Kelleway, Hilary Kennedy, Catherine E. Lovelock, Oscar Serrano, and Carlos M. Duarte
Rapid segmentation of thoracic organs using u-net architecture, Hassan Mahmood, Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam, James Hill, and Guan Tay
Ginger and its active compounds in cancer therapy: From folk uses to nano-therapeutic applications, M. F. Mahomoodally, M. Z. Aumeeruddy, Kannan R. R. Rengasamy, S. Roshan, S. Hammad, Jessica Pandohee, Xuebo Hu, and G. Zengin
The sleep of shift workers in a remote mining operation: Methodology for a randomized control trial to determine evidence-based interventions, Gemma Maisey, Marcus Cattani, Amanda Devine, Johnny Lo, and Ian C. Dunican
Digital forensic readiness in operational cloud leveraging ISO/IEC 27043 guidelines on security monitoring, Sheunesu Makura, H. S. Venter, Victor R. Kebande, Nickson M. Karie, Richard A. Ikuesan, and Sadi Alawadi
Viral-mediated microbe mortality modulated by ocean acidification and eutrophication: Consequences for the carbon fluxes through the microbial food web, Andrea Malits, Julia A. Boras, Vanessa Balagué, Eva Calvo, Josep M. Gasol, Cèlia Marrasé, Carles Pelejero, Jarone Pinhassi, Maria Montserrat Sala, and Dolors Vaqué
Image aesthetics classification using deep features and image category, Hira Maqbool and Martin Masek
Conditions influencing waterbirds in the Vasse-Wonnerup wetland, Western Australia: Implications for water regime management, Sora Marin-Estrella, Chandra Salgado Kent, and Glenn Hyndes
A genetic programming framework for novel behaviour discovery in air combat scenarios, Martin Masek, Chiou Peng Lam, Luke Kelly, Lyndon Benke, and Michael Papasimeon
The open maritime traffic analysis dataset, Martin Masek, Chiou Peng Lam, Travis Rybicki, Jacob Snell, Daniel Wheat, Luke Kelly, damion Glassborow, and Cheryl Smith-Gander
Common dolphins form unexpected strong social bonds: Insights into social plasticity of delphinids, Suzanne Mason, Chandra Salgado Kent, and Kerstin Bilgmann
Factors determining seagrass blue carbon across bioregions and geomorphologies, Ines Mazarrasa, Paul Lavery, Carlos M. Duarte, Anna Lafratta, Catherine E. Lovelock, Peter I. Macreadie, Jimena Samper-Villarreal, Cristian Salinas, Christian J. Sanders, Stacey Trevathan-Tackett, Mary Young, Andy Steven, and Oscar Serrano
Importance of internal dissolved organic nitrogen loading and cycling in a small and heavily modified coastal lagoon, Roisin McCallum, Bradley Eyre, Glenn Hyndes, Kathryn McMahon, Joanne M. Oakes, and Naomi S. Wells
Association between community-based self-reported COVID-19 symptoms and social deprivation explored using symptom tracker apps: A repeated cross-sectional study in Northern Ireland, Jennifer M. Mckinley, David Cutting, Neil Anderson, Conor Graham, Brian Johnston, Ute Mueller, Peter M. Atkinson, Hugo Van Woerden, Declan T. Bradley, and Frank Kee
Chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology and its relation with waterborne environmental toxins: An investigation via compositional balances, Jennifer M. McKinley, Ute Mueller, Peter M. Atkinson, Ulrich Ofterdinger, Siobhan F. Cox, Rory Doherty, Damian Fogarty, and J. J. Egozcue
Keep watch seagrass monitoring dataset 2012 - 2021, Kathryn McMahon and Natasha Dunham
The efficacy of aligning lessons learnt from significant bushfire incidents to the organisational stratum, Jennifer Medbury, David J. Brooks, and Michael Coole
Using the complexity of climate change to teach intelligence analysis, Jennifer Medbury and Jeff Corkill
Identifying differences in nutrition-related learning interests of adolescent students, Margaret Miller, Donna Barwood, Michael Furfaro, Julie Boston, Sandra Smith, and Martin Masek
Quantification of carbon cycling in a large aquifer using reactive transport modelling, Konrad Miotliński and Luk J. M. Peeters
A framework to support the stochastic software architecture modeling and analysis for system of systems, Ahmad Mohsin
Long-term dynamics of a cladocora caespitosa bank as recorded by a posidonia oceanica millenary archive, Briac Monnier, Léa Lehmann, Stéphane Sartoretto, Christine Pergent-Martini, Miguel Ángel Mateo, and Gérard Pergent
Sizing the carbon sink associated with Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows using very high-resolution seismic reflection imaging, Briac Monnier, Gérard Pergent, Miguel Á. Mateo, Ramon Carbonell, Philippe Clabaut, and Christine Pergent-Martini
Reflecting on, and revising, international best practice principles for EIA follow-up, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jos Arts, Alan Bond, Jenny Pope, and Francois Retief
Teaching environmental impact assessment, Angus Morrison-Saunders and Jenny Pope
Data analytics-enabled intrusion detection: Evaluations of ToN_IoT linux datasets, Nour Moustafa, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Sherif Ahmed
Federated TON_IoT windows datasets for evaluating AI-based security applications, Nour Moustafa, Marwa Keshk, Essam Debie, and Helge Janicke
Cursory view of IoT-forensic readiness framework based on ISO/IEC 27043 recommendations, Phathutshedzo P. Mudau, H. S. Venter, Victor R. Kebande, Richard A. Ikuesan, and Nickson M. Karie
Multiple correlation coefficient, Ute Mueller
Deep learning for 3D ear detection: A complete pipeline from data generation to segmentation, Md Mursalin and Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam
3D morphable ear model: A complete pipeline from ear segmentation to statistical modeling, Md Mursalin, Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam, and Syed Zulqarnain Gilani
Nothing like the mafia: cybercriminals are much like the everyday, poorly paid business worker, Roberto Musotto
Holding the world to ransom: the top 5 most dangerous criminal organisations online right now, Roberto Musotto, Brianna O'Shea, and Paul Haskell-Dowland
Real time surveillance for low resolution and limited data scenarios: An image set classification approach, Uzair Nadeem, Syed Afaq Ali syedafaq.shah@ecu.edu.au Shah, Mohammed Bennamoun, Roberto Togneri, and Ferdous Sohel
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging by freeze-spot deposition of the matrix, Shabarinath Nambiar, Nusrat Kahn, and Joel P. A. Gummer
Untargeted metabolomics of human plasma reveal lipid markers unique to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Shabarinath Nambiar, Dino B. A. Tan, Britt Clynick, Sze H. Bong, Catherine Rawlinson, Joel Gummer, Tamera J. Corte, Ian Glaspole, Yuben P. Moodley, and Robert Trengove
How community participation in water and sanitation interventions impacts human health, WASH infrastructure and service longevity in low-income and middle-income countries: A realist review, Sarah Nelson, Dorothy Drabarek, Aaron Jenkins, Joel Negin, and Seye Abimbola
Release of beta-casomorphins during in-vitro gastrointestinal digestion of reconstituted milk after heat treatment, Duc Doan Nguyen, Francesco Busetti, Grant Smolenski, Stuart Keith Johnson, and Vicky Ann Solah
Affordance learning for visual-semantic perception, Chau Nguyen Duc Minh
Exploring the experiences of Australian science researchers; Library, Google and beyond, Ewa Maria Niewiadomska
Multi-species seagrass detection using semi-supervised learning, Md Kislu Noman, Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam, Jumana Abu-Khalaf, and Paul Lavery
Seagrass detection from underwater digital images using faster R-CNN with NASNet, Md Kislu Noman, Syed Mohammed Shamsul Islam, Jumana Abu-Khalaf, and Paul Lavery
Estimating the magnitude and risk associated with heat exposure among Ghanaian mining workers, Victor Fannam Nunfam, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante, Eddie van Etten, Kwasi Frimpong, and Jacques Oosthuizen
Heat exposure effect on Ghanaian mining workers: A mediated-moderation approach, Victor Fannam Nunfam and Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
Physical vapor-deposited silver (Ag)-based metal-dielectric nanocomposites for thin-film and coating applications, Mohammad Nur-E-Alam, Mohammad Kairul Basher, Mikhail Vasiliev, and Narottam Das
Proteome analysis and epitope mapping in a commercial reduced-gluten wheat product, Mitchell G. Nye-Wood, Angela Juhasz, Utpal Bos, and Michelle L. Colgrave
Association between transcription factor 7-like-2 polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Ghanaian population, Christian Obirikorang, Evans Asamoah Adu, Enoch Odame Anto, Emmanuel Acheampong, Lawrence Quaye, Brodrick Yeboah Amoah, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Aaron Siaw Kwakye, Foster Fokuoh, Michael Appiah, Eric Nana Yaw Nyarko, Freeman Aidoo, Eric Adua, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Lois Balmer, and Wei Wang
Improvement in the prediction of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy with the integration of umbilical cord metabolites and current clinical makers, Daragh S. O'Boyle, Warwick B. Dunn, Donna O'Neill, Jennifer A. Kirwan, David I. Broadhurst, Boubou Hallberg, Geraldine B. Boylan, and Deirdre M. Murray
Characterisation of sandalwood essential oils:The application of high performance thin-layer chromatography, Hayford Ofori, Dhanushka Hettiarachchi, Tomislav Sostaric, Jessica Pandohee, Heeral D. Chudasama, and Mary C. Boyce
Ocular morbidity pattern among patients attending red cross eye unit in Sunyani, Ghana, Victor Opoku-Yamoah and Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
Mapping cyber-enabled crime: Understanding police investigations and prosecutions of cyberstalking, Brianna Jane O'Shea, Nicole L. Asquith, and Jeremy Prichard
A novel two-factor honeytoken authentication mechanism, Vassilis Papaspirou, Leandros Maglaras, Mohamed A. Ferrag, Ioanna Kantzavelou, Helge Janicke, and Christos Douligeris
Evidence of large increases in sedimentation rates due to fish trawling in submarine canyons of the Gulf of Palermo (SW Mediterranean), Sarah Paradis, Claudio Lo Iacono, Pere Masqué, Pere Puig, Albert Palanques, Tommaso Russo, and the ISLAND Cruise tem
Persistence of biogeochemical alterations of deep-sea sediments by bottom trawling, S. Paradis, M. Goñi, Pere Masqué, R. Durán, M. Arjona-Camas, A. Palanques, and P. Puig
The quad: Implications for space, Aaron Pereira, Brett Biddington, Rajeshwari Rajagopalan, and Kazuto Suzuki
Variability of phytoplankton light absorption in stratified waters of the NW Mediterranean Sea: The interplay between pigment composition and the packaging effect, Gonzalo L. Pérez, Martí Galí, Sarah-Jeanne Royer, Marina Gerea, Eva Ortega-Retuerta, Josep M. Gasol, Cèlia Marrasé, and Rafel Simó
The surface bacterial community of an Australian kelp shows cross-continental variation and relative stability within regions, Charlie Phelps, Kathryn Mcmahon, Andrew Bissett, Rachele Bernasconi, Peter D. Steinberg, Torsten Thomas, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, and Megan J. Huggett
Supplementary Table 11: Regional zOTU table (data as relative abundances), Charlie M. Phelps, Kathryn Mcmahon, Andrew Bissett, Rachele Bernasconi, Peter D. Steinberg, Torsten Thomas, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, and Megan J. Huggett
Development of GC-FID-Methanizer method to detect products from electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide gas, Hailee Philipps
Cover loss in a seagrass Posidonia oceanica meadow accelerates soil organic matter turnover and alters soil prokaryotic communities, N. Piñeiro-Juncal, J. Kaal, J. C.F. Moreira, A. Martínez Cortizas, M. R. Lambais, X. L. Otero, and Miguel A. Mateo
An empirical study on rainfall patterns of monsoon season in the north-west India using time series models, Kalpana Polisetty and Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
When is an offset not an offset? A framework of necessary conditions for biodiversity offsets, Jenny Pope, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Alan Bond, and Francois Retief
Resource and grade control model updating for underground mining production settings, Ángel Prior, Jörg Benndorf, and Ute Mueller
Breeding and feeding habitat selection by an island endemic bird may increase its vulnerability to climate change, Paul M. Radley, Eddie J. B. van Etten, David Blake, and Robert A. Davis
Breeding and feeding habitat selection by an island endemic bird may increase its vulnerability to climate change [dataset], Paul Radley, Eddie van Etten, David Blake, and Robert Davis
LED illumination for high-quality high-yield crop growth in protected cropping environments, Md Momtazur Rahman, David L. Field, Soyed M. Ahmed, Md Tanvir Hasan, Mohammad Khairul Basher, and Kamal Alameh
Potential measurement techniques for photovoltaic module failure diagnosis: A review, Md Momtazur Rahman, Imran Khan, and Kamal Alameh
LED illumination spectrum manipulation for increasing the yield of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum l.), Md Momtazur Rahman, Mikhail Vasiliev, and Kamal Alameh
Searching for a technology-driven acute rheumatic fever test: The START study protocol, Anna P. Ralph, Rachel Webb, Nicole J. Moreland, Reuben McGregor, Anthony Bosco, David Broadhurst, Timo Lassmann, Timothy C. Barnett, Rym Benothman, Jennifer Yan, Bo Remenyi, Julie Bennett, Nigel Wilson, Mark Mayo, Glenn Pearson, Tobias Kollmann, and Jonathan R. Carapetis
Climate change facilitated the early colonization of the Azores Archipelago during medieval times, Pedro M. Raposeiro, Armand Hernández, Sergi Pla-Rabes, Vítor Gonçalves, Roberto Bao, Alberto Sáez, Timothy Shanahan, Mario Benavente, Erik J. de Boer, Nora Richter, Verónica Gordon, Helena Marques, Pedro M. Sousa, Martín Souto, Miguel G. Matias, Nicole Aguiar, Cátia Pereira, Catarina Ritter, María Jesús Rubio, Marina Salcedo, David Vázquez-Loureiro, Olga Margalef, Linda A. Amaral-Zettler, Ana Cristina Costa, Yongsong Huang, Jacqueline F. N. van Leeuwen, Pere Masque, Ricardo Prego, Ana C. Ruiz-Fernández, Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza, Ricardo Trigo, and Santiago Giralt
Cooperative co-evolution-based feature selection for big data analytics, A N M Bazlur Rashid
Cooperative co-evolution and mapreduce: A review and new insights for large-scale optimisation, A. N.M.Bazlur Rashid and Tonmoy Choudhury
Association between fruit and vegetable intakes and mental health in the australian diabetes obesity and lifestyle cohort, Joanna Rees, Simone Radavelli-Bagatini, Johnny Lo, Jonathan M. Hodgson, Claus T. Christophersen, Robin M. Daly, Dianna J. Magliano, Jonathan E. Shaw, Marc Sim, Catherine P. Bondonno, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Joanne M. Dickson, Joshua R. Lewis, and Amanda Devine
Preharvest spray application of methyl jasmonate promotes fruit colour and regulates quality in M7 navel orange grown in a Mediterranean climate, Muneer Rehman, Zora Singh, Tahir Khurshid, Rahil Malekipoor, and Vijay Y. Tokala
A threatened ecological community: Research advances and priorities for Banksia woodlands, Alison L. Ritchie, Lauren N. Svejcar, Bronwyn M. Ayre, Julian Bolleter, Aaron Brace, Michael D. Craig, Belinda Davis, Robert A. Davis, Eddie J. B. Van Etten, Joseph B. Fontaine, William M. Fowler, Ray H. Froend, Christine Groom, Giles E. S. J. Hardy, Paula Hooper, Anna J. M. Hopkins, Michael Hughes, Siegfried L. Krauss, Matthias Leopold, Ben P. Miller, Russell G. Miller, Cristina E. Ramalho, Katinka X. Ruthrof, Christopher Shaw, Jason C. Stevens, Ryan Tangney, and Leonie E. Valentine
Germination biology, distribution and control of the invasive species eragrostis curvula [schard. nees] (African lovegrass): A global synthesis of current and future management challenges, Jason Roberts, Singarayer Florentine, Eddie van Etten, and Christopher Turville
Germination biology of four climatically varied populations of the invasive species African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula), Jason Roberts, Singarayer Florentine, Eddie van Etten, and Christopher Turville
Seed longevity and germination in response to changing drought and heat conditions on four populations of the invasive weed African lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula), Jason Roberts, Singarayer Florentine, Eddie Van Etten, and Christopher Turville
Quantifying 210Po/210Pb disequilibrium in seawater: A comparison of two precipitation methods with differing results, Montserrat Roca-Martí, Viena Puigcorbé, Maxi Castrillejo, Núria Casacuberta, Jordi Garcia-Orellana, J. Kirk Cochran, and Pere Masqué
Accounting for the influence of temperature and location when predicting seagrass (halophila ovalis) photosynthetic performance, Nicole E. Said, Kathryn Mcmahon, and Paul Lavery
The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'blue carbon' science, Isaac R. Santos, David J. Burdige, Tim C. Jennerjahn, Steven Bouillon, Alex Cabral, Oscar Serrano, Thomas Wernberg, Karen Filbee-Dexter, Julia A. Guimond, and Joseph J. Tamborski
Factors driving the compositional diversity of Apis mellifera bee venom from a Corymbia calophylla (marri) ecosystem, Southwestern Australia, Daniela Scaccabarozzi, Kenneth Dods, Thao T. Le, Joel P. A. Gummer, Michele Lussu, Lynne Milne, Tristan Campbell, Ben Pan Wafujian, and Colin Priddis
A snapshot analysis of publicly available BYOD policies, Ben Scott, Raina Mason, and Patryk Szewczyk
Environmental gradients and physical barriers drive the basin-wide spatial structuring of Mediterranean Sea and adjacent eastern Atlantic Ocean prokaryotic communities, Marta Sebastián, Eva Ortega-Retuerta, Laura Gómez-Consarnau, Marina Zamanillo, Marta Álvarez, Javier Arístegui, and Josep M. Gasol
Impact of marine heatwaves on seagrass ecosystems, Oscar Serrano Gras, Ariane Arias-Ortiz, Carlos M. Duarte, Gary A. Kendrick, and Paul S. Lavery
Seagrass blue carbon stocks and sequestration rates in the Colombian Caribbean, Oscar Serrano, Diana I. Gómez-López, Laura Sánchez-Valencia, Andres Acosta-Chaparro, Raul Navas-Camacho, Juan González-Corredor, Cristian Salinas, Pere Masque, Cesar A. Bernal, and Núria Marbà
Data supporting development and validation of liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantitative determination of bile acids in feces, Armaghan Shafaei, Joanna Rees, Claus T. Christophersen, Amanda Devine, David Broadhurst, and Mary C. Boyce