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AAS27 and accountability with emphasis on depreciation as the critical test

Molland, A — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Accountants' acceptance of a cashless monetary system using an implantable chip

Young, A — 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

Accounting for lost time: examining corporate accountability to stakeholders for occupational health and safety

O'Neill, S — 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z

The disclosure of occupational health and safety (OHS) information in corporate annual reports dates back more than a century. Despite this, OHS disclosures have been subject to little academic scrutiny. Such critique is important given two major debates

Achieving a sustainable water future for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Ho, X — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Achieving organisational effectiveness with B2E E-business model

Mootheril, F — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

A cognitive behavioral perspective of drivers of threat of victimization involving local and international tertiary student

Xiong, L — 2012-09-13T11:19:37Z

This dissertation incorporates two inter-related quantitative studies investigating tertiary students’ threat of victimization. Drawing upon CBT (Beck, 1964, 1976), the victimization model (Skogan & Maxfield, 1981), the incivilities thes

A (comparative) catalogue: images, observed moments, buildings

Simeoni, R — 2011-06-10T00:00:00Z

For some years this practice was, as many others have been, immersed in small architecture – alterations and additions to existing houses and buildings. In these projects an intensity of connection between building, architect and client fostered

A comprehensive framework with design principles for supporting interaction in fully online courses

Nandi, D — 2013-04-30T13:57:01Z

Advances in computer-mediated communication technologies have sparked and continue to facilitate the proliferation of online courses and degree programs in educational institutions. Fully online courses are becoming progressively more popular be

A creative exploration of the physical and aesthetic properties inherent in painting, sculpture and architecture as applied to model animation

Schultz, A — 2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

A creative exploration of the physical and aesthetic properties inherent in painting, sculpture and architecure as applied to model animation

Schultz, A — 2011-03-28T00:00:00Z

This project is a creative exploration of the physical and aesthetic properties inherent in painting, sculpture and architecture as applied to model animation.

The project focuses on a number of areas such as the sculptura

A critique of academic development in sustainability for tertiary educators

Holdsworth, S — 2011-04-08T00:00:00Z

A cross-cultural study of career maturity in Australia and Thailand

Hughes, C — 2012-09-21T17:06:56Z

Relationships between career maturity and self-concept, parenting style and individualism-collectivism across Australian and Thai cultural contexts were investigated. Guided by Berry’s (1969) etic-emic model for adapting psychological measuremen

Acupuncture for quality of life in patients having pain associated with the spine : a systematic review

Lu, S — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Acute and long term interventions to assess the adaptability of the cardiovascular responses to orthostatic stress

Berry, N — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Acute asthma and recovered airway tree geometry modeling and CFD simulation

Ye, Y — 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z

This study focuses primarily on the development of modeling approaches for the reconstruction of lung airway tree and arterial vessel geometry models which will assist practical clinical studies. Anatomically-precise geometric models of human airways and

Adaptive filtering techniques for acquisition noise and coding artifacts of digital pictures

Yang, J — 2011-04-08T00:00:00Z

Adaptive governance in fire management: exploring the role of bureaucrats in reflexive learning

Bosomworth, K — 2012-06-05T00:00:00Z

If public policy sectors like fire management are to support the adaptive capacity and adaptation of our social-economic-ecological systems, they themselves require a considerable adaptive capacity. Yet when arguing for adaptive approaches to policies and

Adaptive IT capability and its impact on the competitiveness of firms : a dynamic capability perspective

Paschke, J — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Adaptively controlled MEMS triaxial angular rate sensor

John, J — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Adaptive techniques for enhancing the robustness and performance of speciated PSOs in multimodal environments

Bird, S — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

A data driven approach to constrained control

Barry, T — 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

A decorative effect

Revell, L — 2013-05-16T16:23:20Z

This research project investigates the influence of decoration and decorating on a fashion design practice, exploring the transformative effects of both in relation to surface and structure.

Decoration is considered an after-effect,

A design investigation into the use of recycled thermoplastics for furniture applications in the Australian market

Burke, D — 2013-04-30T15:21:31Z

The use of recycled thermoplastic materials in furniture products is the result of the application of a methodology that is grounded in design and making within an ecodesign framework. This framework includes techniques and methods for ease of assembly an

Adidas's sponsorship of the New Zealand All Blacks : the relationship between brand image and brand equity in sports sponsorship

Bibby, D — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

A dilemma for landscape architecture: suburbs and utopias

Russell-Clarke, J — 2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

Adjudicating an ill-defined problem from a system development/project management perspective: utilizing a knowledge management overlay model

McKenna, D — 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z

Advanced nanomaterial synthesis for catalysis applications

Pearson, A — 2012-09-17T13:23:18Z

Currently, almost all industrial processes employ some form of catalyst to increase economic viability, from fuel cells to refineries, catalysts are prevalent everywhere. The aim of this research project was to develop novel nanostructured materials for t

Advancing project management by applying learning theories for designing and delivering professional education online

Strang, K — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Advancing the maturity of project portfolio management through methodology and metrics refinements

Arlt, M — 2011-04-14T00:00:00Z

A DWT based perceptual video coding framework : concepts, issues and techniques

Mei, L — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

A dynamic codebook parallel vector quantizer for image compression and transmission

Gregory, M — 2011-06-16T00:00:00Z

This document details research into the development of a Parallel Vector Quantiser using a Dynamic Codebook. To enable this objective to be reached the research has incorporated the development of a “real time” simulation evaluation sy

Aerodynamic analysis of a blended-wing-body aircraft configuration

Ikeda, T — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Aerodynamic cooling of automotive disc brakes

Stephens, A — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Aerodynamics of sports fabrics and garments

Chowdhury, M — 2012-10-29T08:01:58Z

In this day and age, specially designed garments are widely used in all sports. The understanding of aerodynamic behaviour of such sports garments can lead to achieve better performance. Despite some preliminary studies on aerodynamics of sports garments

Aesthetics of emergence

Ednie-Brown, P — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

A fault tolerant parallel computing architecture for remote sensing satellites

Lim, S — 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

This thesis is concerned with the design concepts of a fault tolerant, high performance parallel computing payload for remote-sensing missions. Current small satellite missions generally do not have high computational power onboard due to limitations of p

A framework for real time collaborative editing in a mobile replicated architecture

Citro, S — 2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

After the open cell : the Cambodian refugee experience

Yates, E — 2010-11-29T16:09:00Z

My thesis tells of the Cambodian refugee experience. It is based on the life stories of ten Cambodian refugees who presently live in Melbourne Australia. The stories that people told me were about their experiences of life before the Pol Pot regime, their

After the tsunami: A project on design action in Banda Aceh

Oliver, V — 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

A project of design action after the Asian Tsunami 2004. An Industrial designer was trying to find out what design can do in real life after a disaster. Going solo without much support, he travelled to Banda Aceh and interacted with the disaster field for

A generic middleware broker for distributed systems integration

Slamkovic, R — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Aging structure life prediction and reliability assessment

Che, Y — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

A GIS based investigation of spatial accessibility to health care facilities by local communities within an urban fringe area of Melbourne

Ahmad, S — 2013-04-29T15:11:52Z

Adequate and equitable access to health care facilities by local communities in urban areas is an important issue of human service provision to both public policy makers and urban planners. Equitable and easy access to health care facilities is often cons

A history of the Victorian women’s domestic violence services movement, 1974-2005

Theobald, J — 2013-01-17T14:02:19Z

This thesis analyses the history of the Victorian women’s domestic violence services movement from 1974 through to a period of significant change in 2005. Whilst services provided accommodation to women and children in crisis, the refuge movemen

A holistic approach for measuring the survivability of SCADA systems

Queiroz Batista da Silva, C — 2013-03-27T14:42:17Z

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are responsible for controlling and monitoring Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Critical Infrastructure Systems (CIS) among others. Such systems are responsible to provide services our society r

A housing demand model : a case study of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand

Vajiranivesa, P — 2010-11-29T16:09:00Z

Housing -as a special product- distinguishes the behaviour of its demand and supply. An imbalance of housing supply against demand can be a crucial part of economic crises, as happened in Thailand between 1996 and 1997. Can the housing market be controlle

A human visual system based image coder

Tan, C — 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

A journey with Woolum Bellum Koorie Open Door Education (KODE) school : its life cycle in meeting the educational needs of Aboriginal children

Paton, D — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

A knowledge based supervisory support system for pan stage operations in a sugar mill

Dodd, R — 2011-01-31T00:00:00Z

A lasting image made of cloth � The Dorothy Nicol Historic Fashion Collection

Walsh, S — 2011-03-25T00:00:00Z

Almost a fairytale � The re-presentation of folktales in contemporary Norwegian culture

Borge, A — 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z