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Contains the higher degree research theses completed by Griffith graduates.
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Distance and Immediacy: Investigating narratives of portability
(2019-08-06)With reference to the global emigration of South Africans (South African diaspora), this thesis explores themes of displacement, identity and cultural belonging. The hybrid figurine of a modified hula doll, adapted ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Effective Sentinels or Unwitting Money Launderers? The Policy Effectiveness of Combatting IllicitFinancial Flows Through Professional Facilitators (Lawyers, Accountants and Real Estate Agents).
(2017)As ‘gatekeepers’ to the financial system, lawyers, accountants and real estate agents play an indispensible role, intentionally or unwittingly, when criminals use their services to facilitate real estate transactions with ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Low-Profile Floating Antennas for Coastal Communications
(2019-08-06)The size, orientation and features of an antenna are critically important in sea surface radio communications. The performance of the communication link is dependent on antenna height, radiation pattern and antenna-seawater ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
A class of its own: Towards a pedagogical framework for singers of Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM)
(2019-07-30)The twentieth century gave rise to an immense landscape of contemporary commercial music (CCM) styles, facilitated by the unprecedented acceleration of music technology and cross-cultural globalisation. Still now, the CCM ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Melanoma Detection Based on Color and Hyperspectral Imaging
(2019-07-25)Melanoma is the most fatal form of all skin cancer types, being diagnosed mostly among lightly pigmented skin. An early screening of melanoma can greatly contribute to successful treatment, hence reliable early detection ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Improving Outcomes for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mainstream Schools
(2019-07-15)The transition into formal schooling environments is a difficult period of change for many children. For some children with autism spectrum disorder, hereon referred to as autism, delays in their development of school ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Adapting Lifestyle-Routine Activity Theory to Account for Cyber Abuse Victimization
(2019-07-15)In the past, lifestyle exposure/routine activity theory was used to explain different types of crimes, including those involving interpersonal violence (e.g. robbery, assault). Empirical studies testing the utility of the ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Documenting Life Stories through Artist Books
(2019-07-31)I was there (vol. I and II) is a set of two limited-edition artist books that portrays and tells the life stories of Kevin and Esta, two unrelated older individuals who live close to my home. I was there translates my ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Robust Learning Based on The Information Theoretic Learning
(2019-08-06)Robust learning plays an important role in many fields such as computer vision, machine learning, pattern recognition, image processing, signal processing, etc. Especially, subspace learning and sparse learning (SLSL) ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Fusion of Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data for Land Cover Classification
(2019-08-05)Land cover classification has become increasingly important for making the plan to overcome the problems of disorganized and uncontrolled development, the disappearance of prime agricultural lands and deteriorating ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Quantification and Characterisation of Particulates from Australian Coal Mines: Towards Improved Emissions Estimation
(2019-08-05)The community health effects associated with exposure to particulate pollution are well documented. Furthermore, the World Health Organisation has identified that no safe limit exists for community exposure to particulate ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The investigation of receptor systems in isolated rat cardiac fibroblast and myofibroblast cells
(2019-07-30)Cardiovascular disease remains one of the largest causes of death in the world. Many people who suffer from pre-existing cardiovascular diseases often develop heart failure over time. Heart failure is described as the ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Detection and Characterisation of Compounds Inhibiting Stress Granule Formation in Cancer Cells
(2019-07-30)Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and despite significant improvements to treatment and prevention, cancer cases remain on the rise. Chemotherapy is used to treat patients with cancer, however these ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
What co-curricular interventions contribute to the academic success and retention of non-traditional commencing undergraduate students identified to be at risk of academic failure or early attrition from university when taking into account distal and proximal factors?
(2019-07-31)The extent to which three specific co-curricular interventions contributed to the academic success and retention of non-traditional first year undergraduate business students who were identified as being at risk of academic ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Interrupting the Middle: Doing and Undoing Gender of Nepalese Students in Australia
(2019-07-25)This research aims to explore gender relations in the course of student migration from Nepal. It enquires into how Nepalese migrant students in Australia continue or discontinue traditional gender roles by disclosing the ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
The Modules We Live By in Groups: Individual Differences in Orientations toward Coordinating Action in Groups
(2019-07-26)A growing body of literature is beginning to examine how individuals engage and interact with others within group contexts. However, no research has examined how individuals’ orientations toward coordinating action in ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Constraint Directed Scheduling
(2019-07-24)Scheduling is a decision-making process, which is employed to allocate resources to tasks in a given time. Scheduling problems are in general NP-hard. In order to solve scheduling problems, three common types of methods ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Facilitating the resilience of unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors in Australia
(2019-07-22)In recent years, there has been an increase in the numbers of children and young people who are seeking asylum alone in ‘the West’, without the support of a parent or guardian. A growing body of research has found that ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Impact of e-commerce on speciality stores in categorised shopping centres
(2019-07-17)The upsurge of online shopping usage in Australia is putting pressure on the shopping centres to remain competitive. Shopping centres need to differentiate themselves from online shopping by facilitating instant gratification, ...GRIFFITH THESIS -
Advancing Patient-Centred Care in Dietetics
(2019-07-17)Patient-centred care (PCC) is an integral component of high-quality care and has been associated with significant benefits for patients. Despite the increasing emphasis on ensuring healthcare systems are patient-centred, ...GRIFFITH THESIS