Skip to main content

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Theses from 2010 2010

The effect of two different loading schemes and recovery types on kinematic and kinetic parameters in squat exercise, Nur I. Mohamad

Teaching Singaporean working adults in diploma programmes at a privately funded educational institute, Abdul Rashid Mohamed Ali

Investigating the individual, interpersonal and contextual variables associated with secondary school students’ behaviour as bystanders in bullying interactions, and how these differ according to gender, Helen E. Monks

Minnesota boy, journeys of mind and place: A memoir; and, International development in the era of mass travel : an essay, Terence I. Murphy

Effects of muscle contractions on biceps brachii oxygenation investigated by near-infrared spectroscopy, Makii Muthalib

Impact of a professional development program on teachers' beliefs: A collective case study of four Indonesian schools, Hendrati Nastiti

A sociocultural approach to the study of an ICT curriculum for at-risk students in Singapore, Uma Natarajan

Thumbing the social pulse: Mobile information updates in chaotic settings via location and gossip-based SMS texting by co-located and co-present young adults engaged in the twenty-four hour economy, Jason Noble

How healthy are hairdressers? An investigation of health problems of female, Western Australian hairdressers, Mary O'Loughlin

From canter to cantor: Negotiating constraints, and the perceptions of elitism in serious leisure pursuits : The experiences of a high performing athlete and artist, Lorraine O'Neill

An intelligence model for terrorist incident prevention for Australian police: A systemic investigation, Simon O’Rourke

Impairment of audit quality: An investigation of factors leading to dysfunctional audit behaviour, Halil Paino

What do primary school principals from the Yamaji region or Mid West Education District say about their school's bullying prevention and management guidelines and practices and how they support the strengths and needs of Aboriginal students and their families?, Dionne Paki

Critical success factors for building school capacity to engage parents in school-based bullying prevention interventions, Natasha L. Pearce

Electrical train stimulation to assess exercise associated muscle cramp, Roger V. Pegoraro

Learning a foreign language with a collaborative web-based task, processes and performances. Apprendre une langue étrangère à partir d'une tâche collaborative sur Internet : processus et performances, Frédérique Penilla

Low back pain in schoolgirl rowers: Prevalence, bio-psycho-social factors and prevention, Debra Perich

Capacity design for multiple quality of protection service classes in optical mesh networks, Quoc V. Phung

Life transition of becoming a university student, Gianeeshwaree S. Ramdeny

Defining appropriate options for post-closure land use of the Tamala Park Landfill in Western Australia, Marie Lourdes Raphael

The (un)written heart in Brecht’s Baal and Journeys of the god of happiness : heart matters in the development of a playwright and his ideas on acting, Ralf G. Rauker

Information technology capability within small-medium enterprises, Aurelio Ravarini

School aged children: Visual perception and reversal recognition of letters and numbers separately and in context, Janet E. Richmond

An archaeological re-investigation of the Mulka's Cave Aboriginal rock art site, near Hyden, Southwestern Australia, Alana Rossi

Resilience in Western Australian adolescents: A model of the processes that occur between risk and success, Mandie B. Shean

Living FIFO: the experiences and psychosocial wellbeing of Western Australian fly-in/fly-out employees and partners, Anne M. Sibbel

An examination of institutional factors in the implementation of public sector e-commerce : the Western Australian government electronic marketplace, Ian Michael Sims

Kohut's selfobject needs: Mirroring, idealization and twinship, Barbara Snyman

Improving the aesthetic and other experiential design aspects of bicycle paths in Western Australia, Anthony W. Stephens

Using web 2.0 technologies to enhance learning in higher education, Katrina Emily Strampel

Consuming online communities : computer operating systems, identity and resistance, Gregory C. Stratton

An investigation into short term latex pricing and national production forecasting decision support system for the public agricultural rubber industry in Thailand, Panida Subsorn

The Western Australian charter boat industry: Working towards long-term sustainability, Carli Telfer

Extra-curricular activity participation, connectedness to school and cigarette and alcohol use : how the relationships work, Laura Tennille Thomas

The economic efficacy (in terms of cost and quality outcomes) of outsourcing IT services and cleaning services by large Australian companies and government business enterprises, Justi Tonti-Filippini

Management accounting and organizational change : impact of alignment of management accounting system, structure and strategy on performance, Tuan Tuan Mat

Realist painting and its relationship to my creative practice, Xuning Wang

Distributed optical fibre smart sensors for acoustic sensing in the structural health monitoring of robust aerospace vehicles, Graham Wild

Bayesian and geostatistical analysis of the effect of air pollution on asthma hospitalisation in Perth, Yuichi Yano

An econometric analysis of Australian domestic tourism demand, Ghialy C. Yap

Active earth pressure from c-Ø soil subjected to surcharge and seismic loadings, Muhammad Zahid

MAC protocol design considerations for efficient mobility in wireless sensor networks, Kartinah Zen

Theses from 2009 2009

Time series analysis of HIV incidence cases in Ghana : trends, predictions and impact of interventions, Patrick Aboagye-Sarfo

A study of e-fulfilment in the logistics industry : a model of supply chain transformation, Paul Alexander

Signing off on the state, Amanda J. Allerding

Effectiveness of school nurse involvement in school-based tobacco control and smoking cessation programs and services, Laura Bond

A model of employment literacy: Young people in Western Australia, Katherine F. Britton

A comparison of anxiety, stress and depression, across the perinatal period, in mothers of twins and singletons, Janette Brooks

Risk factors, assessments and prevention of muscle strain injuries, Matt Brughelli

Organisational effectiveness in selected grass roots sport clubs in Western Australia, Elissa J. Burton

An investigation into the challenges teachers face when teaching in a low socio-economic primary school, Matthew Byrne

Variations on the theme of metamorphosis as applied to musical compositional structure, Robert Griffin Byron

Factors that influence the decisions parents make when choosing a secondary school for their children, Rosemary Cahill

Fabricating humans: From H.G. Wells' Morlock to Karel Čapek's Robot via Zamyatin's OneState & E.M. Forster's Machine, Stuart Campbell

Health and the nature of urban green spaces, May Elizabeth Carter

Encounters with India : neither self nor other and, Spectrum : a collection of short stories, Meira Chand

A series of investigations into the effect of strength level on muscular power in athletic movements, Prue Cormie

Communicating health promotion on the web: the building, functioning and marketing of a therapeutic online community, Leesa Costello

Silencing violence in the family: Making the victim the problem, Suzanne Covich

The role of information and communication technologies in managing transition and sustaining women's health during their midlife years, Julie Dare

Women's magazine editors: Story tellers and their cultural role, Kathryn Davies

Student and teacher-identified attitudes and needs at the Australian Islamic College, Ahdielah Edries

Adaptive optics aberrometer and wavefront corrector using a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal on silicon chip, Seow Hwang Eng

Career decisions and destinations of beginning teachers : what factors contribute to decisions to move, leave or stay in teaching?, Megan Ewing

Reliability of clinical judgements of insight in patients with psychoses, Dylan Galloghly

Cognitive reactivity: Evidence of a regulatory mechanism that compensates for dysphoric mood and mediates depression vulnerability, Kris Giesen

Glucocorticoid metabolism and action in the rat epididymis, Gwyneth H. Gladstones

Does structured patient education increase knowledge in end stage renal disease and improve compliance with treatment regimens?, Janet Gobener

Effect of a lower-body compression garment on submaximal and maximal running performance in cold (10°C) and hot (32°C) environments, Shi Shien Goh

Vision and desire: Jim Morrison's mythography beyond the death of God, Ellen J. Greenham

Often treated harshly: Girls and young women in 1957 Perth, Joan Groves

The role of ICT and human behaviour in the knowledge transfer process among academics, Vijaya Gururajan

myfriendkoolkiller ; and, A discussion, Craig Anthony Hallsworth

One percent motorcycle clubs: Has the media constructed a moral panic in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia?, Kira Jada Harris

The curriculum leadership role of middle level leaders in middle schools, Melanie S. Hindley

The acute effects of whole-body vibration and heavy resistance exercise on countermovement jump, Benjamin Hinton

The changing nature of the Catholic school community, Jill C. Hollands

Grey nomads: Retirement, leisure and travel in the Australian context, Donell Joy Holloway

Physiological characteristics and time-motion analysis of young soccer players, Wee Pheng Hong

The impact on organizational performance of contextual factors, strategy and management control systems, Nazmi Saeb Jarrar

Human resource management practices that encourage continuous quality improvement practices in small and medium-sized enterprises in the food processing sector in Thailand, Sukree Kaeomanee

Personal attributes of quality technical education and training teachers in Singapore, Chye Yim Shereen Lee

The influence of motivation and conditional goal setting on obese children's weight loss success in a resistance training program, Nicole Leggett

The role of occupation in an integrated boycott model : a cross-regional study in China, Qianpin Li

A goal setting approach to a healthy lifestyle in adolescent females, Marny Lishman

Landscape structure influences the abundance, size structure, movements and trophic linkages of the western rock lobster, Panulirus cygnus, in shallow coastal waters, Lachlan D. MacArthur

Effect of resistance mode on squat and jump kinematics and kinetics, D. Travis McMaster

Shakespeare's verse and the training actor, Leith McPherson

Exploration and harnessing of usable knowledge in interpretive participatory research : a case of women in the Zambian mining community, Nalishebo Maria-Nakafulo Meebelo

Kinematic and kinetic characteristics of unilateral jump assessments: Reliability, asymmetry and relationship to jump performance, Cesar Meylan

Pre-mRNA splicing manipulation via Antisense Oligomers, Chalermchai Mitrpant

Leveraging information technology in the supply chain for organisational transformation : a meta analysis of the supply chain literature, Tanmoy D. Nath

Investigating metal exposure on the general populace of the copper mining town of Kitwe, Zambia, Wesu Ndilila

Survivable mesh-network design & optimization to support multiple QoP service classes, Hoang N. Nguyen

Performance characteristics of elite softball players: Changes and determinants of performance related to the lower body, Sophia Nimphius

An investigation of network management, Chompu Nuangjamnong

Undressing and redressing the harlequin: An Australian designer's perspective, Julie Parsons

Socrates café: an effective mechanism for realising a more participatory democracy?, Christopher Phillips

DetEksi's newspaper polls : the representation and commodification of Indonesian teenagers' identities, Titik Puji Rahayu

The professional development of tourist police in Thailand : an investigation into English communication competency, Pat Romaya