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A Prospective Evaluation of Interprofessional Team-Based Clinical Education at the School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University
(2020-02-07)Students in diverse health programs taught separately from each other with a focus on profession ‘specific’ content rather than comprehensive collaborative patient care promotes a limited understanding of and respect for ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
A legal analysis of planning scheme complexity in Queensland: Understanding the problem and exploring the benefits and limitations of a risk-based response to it
(2020-02-10)My research applies risk theory to the long-standing problem of planning scheme complexity in Queensland. For the purpose of my thesis, planning scheme complexity has two elements. Firstly, the process of preparing a ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Factors influencing Hand-Foot-Mouth disease in the Mekong Delta Region in the Context of Climate Change and Potential Strategies to Improve Prevention and Control
(2020-02-10)Climate-sensitive infectious diseases such as hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) are expected to increase with the changing climate, leading to a greater burden on population health. The extent to which the changes in climate ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Identifying psychosocial characteristics that predict outcome to the UPLIFT program for people with persistent back pain: A prospective cohort study
(2020-02-10)Background: Low back pain (LBP) has the highest global burden of disease related to years lived with disability worldwide. Given the significant personal, social and economic burden associated with LBP, delivering efficient ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Three-Dimensional Model for Seabed Instability around Offshore Pipelines under Combined Wave and Current Loadings
(2020-02-07)Seabed stability near offshore pipelines is one of the main concerns in engineering practice, being potentially affected by waves and ocean currents. The traditional model used to analyse soil behaviour near the pipeline ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Effects of Floods on Estuarine Fisheries and Food Webs
(2020-02-07)Floods are extreme events that can rapidly alter water and habitat quality in receiving estuaries. Because floods are unpredictable, they are more difficult to study, so have received less research attention than freshwater ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Evolutionary Journeys: International Practice Experiences of Australian Social Workers
(2020-02-03)Evolutionary journeys: International practice experiences of Australian social workers Research aims Social work is an international profession. Built on the foundations of social justice, human rights, and guided ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Exploring the Social and Health Needs of Chinese Baby Boomer Migrants in Brisbane, Australia
(2020-01-30)Australia’s population is ageing rapidly with growing demands for health and aged care services. Providing these ageing populations with adequate, affordable and sustainable healthcare poses significant challenges for the ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Abstraction, Space and Photography
(2020-01-21)Much of the published writing about my practice, has focused specifically on the technical approach I employ when constructing the visual image, with very little detailed analysis of the underlying influences, visual ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Institutional Logics Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: A case of Brazil
(2020-01-21)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an important aspect of sustainable development in today’s globalized society, and yet many doubts remain about the underlying motivation behind CSR implementation. Corporations ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Identification of proline-rich motifs in human WIP that mediate a conserved interaction with the yeast Hof1p SH3 domain
(2020-01-20)Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASP) is defective in Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, an inherited immunodeficiency disorder. WASP promotes assembly of branched actin filaments and functions in a complex with WASP-interacting ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Ecological divergence of cryptic species of the atyid freshwater shrimps: Caridina indistincta and Paratya australiensis species complexes at different spatial scales in South-East Queensland, Australia
(2020-01-20)Freshwater ecosystems represent hotspots for the world’s total diversity and human well-being. However, they are also subjected to threats across the globe as a result of localised human activities, broad scale catchment ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Micronutrient supplementation and birth outcomes in South-East Queensland
(2020-01-20)Pregnancy is a state of constant physiological compensation, processes that simultaneously account for the physical needs of both mother and foetus. These changes create a complex and continuously evolving environment, one ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Barriers Preventing and Motivators Encouraging Posthumous Organ Donation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(2020-01-20)Organ and tissue transplantations have become one of the most effective lifesaving and life enhancing procedures for people with end-stage organ failure. However, given that the demand for organ transplants has reached a ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
An exploration of the feasibility, reliability, and acceptability of telehealth for students with diverse learning needs
(2020-01-21)Telehealth offers a way of providing services to children and adults whose needs cannot be met by traditional, face to face methods. In rural and remote areas, the reasons for access difficulties may include geographical ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Bacterial Flagella as Triggers of the Innate Immune System and IL-10 Production During Acute Urinary Tract Infection
(2020-01-20)Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are a huge public health problem affecting 150 million people each year worldwide. Expenditures aimed at the management of UTI account for approximately $3.5 billion USD in medical costs ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Community Engagement in the Early Warning System to Improve Disaster Preparedness in Aceh Province, Indonesia
(2020-01-15)Globally, disasters cause tremendous impacts on humans, economies and the environment. In the past 20 years, the world has focused on how to best reduce these impacts through a series of global policy frameworks. The ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Numerical Simulation for Solute Transport in a Deformable Porous Medium
(2020-01-15)Landfill is the main method of waste disposal in large and medium-sized cities. The system of landfill liners plays a crucial role in keeping the surrounding environment free from the waste contaminants and averting the ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Reaction microscope studies of relativistic strong-field effects in atomic systems
(2020-01-15)The ultrashort pulsed laser sources and reaction microscope have been extensively employed to explore the fundamental strong-field ionisation mechanisms over the last three decades. The aim of this thesis is to gain insight ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Development, Validation, and Application of a Perceived Future Employability Scale for Young Adults: Examining the Role of Perceived Future Employability in Career Development
(2020-01-16)This PhD project has three objectives: (a) develop and validate a new scale to measure perceived future employability for young adults; (b) explore antecedents and consequences of perceived future employability in a ...GRIFFITH THESIS