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Contains the higher degree research theses completed by Griffith graduates.
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War Zones to New Homes: Displacement, Encampment, and Resettlement in Post-War Queensland
(2019-10-30)The mass displacement of refugees that occurred following the Second World War was the largest refugee crisis the world had ever experienced. The resettlement of these Displaced Persons (DPs) and families was a complex ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Frailty Models for the Analysis of Recurrent Event Data in Studies of Chronic Diseases
(2019-10-28)Biomedical studies of chronic diseases often involve the observations of multiple failure times related to recurrent clinical events. Examples include, sequence of epileptic seizures in neurology studies, repeated attacks ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Lived Experience of Acquiring Life Skills with Congenital Total Blindness: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(2019-10-28)In 1996, Dr Phil Hatlen an internationally renowned educator of students with visual impairments, observed that young people with congenital total blindness (CTB) face poor quality of life outcomes in adulthood, when ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Unpacking the Fitness Fallacy: An Examination of the Cognitions, Affect and Behaviour Related to the Belief that a Fit Female Body Aesthetic is Ideal
(2019-11-04)Increasingly, a female body that is both lean and toned (i.e., a fit or athletic female body) is being endorsed by women and media as desirable (Bozsik, Whisenhunt, Hudson, Bennett, & Lundgren, 2018; Tiggemann & Zaccardo, ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Identification of Chemical Probes from Macleaya cordata (Willd.) R.Br.
(2019-10-28)The lack of our understanding about Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common and incurable neurodegenerative disorder, has caused a great impact in both treatment and research for this disease. Although not a few ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Spatio-temporal dynamics and hydro-ecology of intermittent streams in eastern Australia
(2019-10-28)Intermittent streams that cease to flow for some period of most years are prevalent across global river networks. Their spatial extent is projected to increase in regions experiencing drying trends related to climate change ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Co-Transcriptional Response of Intracellular Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and Monocytes
(2019-10-31)Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a species of gram positive bacteria representing a significant human pathogen; namely, as the most prolific cause of neonatal disease and mortality globally, but also increasingly reported ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The influence of sediment biogeochemistry on water quality and shrimp health in integrated rice-shrimp ponds.
(2019-10-31)Integrated rice–shrimp ponds (IRSPs) are common in areas of southeast Asia where saltwater intrudes into rice fields in the dry season, leading to rice planting in the wet season, and shrimp farming in the dry season or ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The use of non-targeted proteomics and in vitro bioassays as a non-destructive approach towards the development of biomarkers of contaminant exposure in threatened marine wildlife
(2019-10-31)Biomarkers of chemical exposure and effect are an important tool for monitoring the health of threatened species that are vulnerable to the adverse effects of prolonged contaminant exposure. However, there are many ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Experimental and numerical investigations of phase change material and night ventilation characteristics in buildings
(2019-10-31)As a key consumer of energy, and producer of greenhouse gas emissions, the building industry can play a pivotal role in reducing the global energy and carbon footprint. Thus, the application of passive techniques in buildings ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Sustainable Hotels: Management and Consumer Pro-environmental Behaviours
(2017-04)This research project focused on developing a better understanding of the role of consumer and management in mainstream hotels in achieving sustainability. The structure of this research is initiated by providing more ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Micromachined Vibrating-reed Electrometer in Silicon-on-Glass Technology
(2019-11-04)Charge sensors (also known as charge electrometers) have a broad range of applications, such as those involving the measurement of ionization radiation, detection of bio-analyte and aerosol particles, mass spectrometry, ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Pharmacokinetics and Anti-inflammatory Properties of Bile Pigments and their Derivatives in the Rat
(2019-10-28)Background: Bile pigments (BPs) are endogenously produced molecules including biliverdin (BV), unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) and bilirubin glucuronides, and have historically been referred to as waste products of haem ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Relationship between P-glycoprotein, Carbonic Anhydrase XII, and the Thioredoxin System in Bortezomib Resistant Multiple Myeloma Cells
(2019-10-23)Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma, is a hematological cancer. In 2003, the first proteasome inhibitor BTZ was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat MM. This dipeptide boronic ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Olfactory Stem Cells as Disease Models for Schizophrenia
(2019-10-21)Schizophrenia is a strongly heritable multifactorial mental disorder that affects 1% of any population, but disease etiology is not yet fully understood. The limitations of using animal models, post-mortem brain studies ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Other America of Paul Auster, Jim Jarmusch and Tom Waits
(2019-10-23)This thesis employs popular culture texts (works of literature, film, and popular music) as companions to the understanding of contemporary America. It is about artworks that form a cultural resistance that enables the ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Computer games, learning and literacy: Reflections on students' learning and literacy experiences when engaging with computer games in a middle years English classroom
(2019-10-21)This thesis presents reflections and insights arising from a qualitative research study exploring the learning experiences and literacy practices of students when engaging with computer games as texts for learning in a ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
From processes to populations: understanding the drivers and dynamics of Macquarie perch Macquaria australasica populations
(2019-10-21)This thesis is presented as a series of journal publications that have been published or are in review. The overall structure of the thesis includes; a brief introduction on the processes and dynamics of fish populations; ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Re-understanding Change: a decolonial pedagogy for empowering people to think from the margins
(2019-10-21)This study seeks to contribute to the unfinished project of decolonisation (Fanon, 2001) by questioning the Eurocentric knowledges we have inherited through Western academic institutions, and that stand as the only pathway ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Performance preparation of Paul Hindemith's three Sonatas for Viola and Piano: Practice strategies to provide musical insight and technical control
(2019-10-21)This thesis aims to provide materials useful for the preparation and performance of the Hindemith’s three Viola Sonata with Piano: Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 (1919), Sonata Op. 25 No. 4 (1922), Sonata (1939). It serves directly ...GRIFFITH THESIS