Griffith Theses: Recent submissions
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Millscapes What does heritage do? A New Materialism study of a Queensland state heritage site - Ipswich's Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company
(2022-06-23)‘Millscapes’ is a heritage story that examines what heritage does. It sits within the field of critical heritage studies, drawing on the framework of New Materialism to explore how place and its inhabitants are entangled, ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Exploring the Use of a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction in the Synthesis of Higher Order Sugars
(2022-06-30)Higher order sugars are typically defined as sugars with a carbon backbone consisting of more than 6 carbons. A category of higher order sugars are ulosonic acids, these sugars are typically eight or nine carbons in length ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Recalibrating Filipino Identity: How Diasporic Communities Harness Disruptions and Difference to Contribute to Contemporary Filipino Translocal Identities
(2022-06-23)This research argues that the success of the Filipino diaspora in contributing to the culture of their adopted countries while simultaneously adding to an unfolding contemporary cultural identity in the Philippines draws ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Understanding the role of miRNAs in neuroinflammation
(2022-06-22)Chronic alcohol abuse is a key component of alcohol use disorder and leads to adverse changes in localised regions of the human brain (Zahr & Pfefferbaum, 2017). The prefrontal cortex is particularly susceptible to damage ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Perovskite-inspired Bismuth-based Photovoltaic Devices
(2022-06-22)Global energy consumption has gradually increased in the last few decades. Limited fossil fuels sources call for research on sustainable and renewable energy resources to meet future demand. The direct conversion of sunlight ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Deep Learning for Causal Discovery in Texts
(2022-06-21)Causality detection in text data is a challenging natural language processing task. This is a trivial task for human beings as they acquire vast background knowledge throughout their lifetime. For example, a human knows ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Implications of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on quality of life and the role of transient receptor potential melastatin 3 ion channels on natural killer cells in the pathomechanism of illness
(2022-06-21)Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a serious disorder of unknown aetiology with an abstruse pathomechanism. Diagnosis is often delayed due to the lack of laboratory tests and specific diagnostic ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Exploring curatorial processes: Designing recital programmes based on the creation and development of new works for the viola through composer-performer collaboration
(2022-06-17)This exegesis centres around the curatorial processes used throughout the creation and development of two viola recital programmes. These processes were based on collaborative relationships with emerging composers through ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Robustness of connections in mass timber buildings; a study of scaling effects and ductility
(2022-06-16)While the progressive collapse mechanisms of concrete and steel buildings have been widely researched, limited studies have been carried out on mass timber buildings. Experimental testing under given loading scenarios of ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Isotope ratio analysis of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA) synthesised from helional
(2022-06-16)Illicit drug profiling describes the applications of chemical or physical drug profiles to areas such as law enforcement and legislation. Stable isotope analysis by stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) has become ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Development of a Sustainability Index for Local Roads in Southeast Queensland, Australia
(2022-06-16)A high-quality transportation system is a necessity in a modern economy. The road network is a common, and perhaps the most significant, component of a transportation system and an essential part of all modern economies. ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Flexible and Stretchable Microfluidics
(2022-06-07)Microfluidics is the science and technology of manipulating and analysing small amounts of liquid. Microfluidics has several advantages including small sample volume, small footprint, being cheap, portable, and precise. ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Exploring York Bowen's Twelve Studies: A pianist's perspective
(2022-06-14)York Bowen was one of the most prolific English composers of the early twentieth century. As an accomplished pianist, he wrote a large body of works for the piano. In the years following the First World War, however, ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Influence of Motivations on Alcohol Preloading
(2022-06-14)Preloading is the use of alcohol and/or other substances in preparation for transitioning to a specific target-event (Hughes & Devilly, 2021). This research project examined the nature of motivations on alcohol preloading ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Calibrating Care: Migration and Military-Humanitarianism at Brazil's Border and Beyond
(2022-06-14)The recent political and economic crisis in Venezuela has fuelled an exodus of people in search of refuge and opportunity. By 2021, there were an estimated 6 million Venezuelans who had left the country as a result. The ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Coral reefs as a source of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and the influence on the atmosphere of the Great Barrier Reef
(2022-06-14)Coral reefs are important regional sources of natural atmospheric sulfur through stressinduced emissions of dimethylsulfide (DMS). Marine DMS is a source of non-sea salt sulfate, which can influence the microphysical ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Career Orientations and Values of Young Adults: Integrating Protean and Traditional Perspectives
(2022-06-13)The PhD examined the career orientations and values of young adults who are completing education from both traditional and protean career perspectives. There were three specific aims, which were to (a) examine evidence for ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Actor Engagement and Platform Performance in the Sharing Economy: A Big Data Approach
(2022-06-13)In recent years, it has become apparent that the sharing economy has become a major business model that has received considerable attention from scholars in various disciplines, especially marketing. Although previous ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
An investigation into how Human Resource Management practices reflect specific leadership styles in different employment sectors in Palestine
(2022-06-13)Human Resource Management (HRM) is a critically important function that contributes to organizational performance (Bowen & Ostroff, 2004; Leroy, Anseel, Gardner, & Sels, 2015). Its presence in an organization is influenced ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Investigating the discourse abilities of typically developing adolescents
(2022-06-10)Background: A comprehensive assessment of language ability addresses an individual’s language skills in form, content, and use. The analysis of language performance in discourse production provides information from a ...GRIFFITH THESIS