List of Records in Theses - RMIT Research Repository

Dissecting the feminine. Representations of female consciousness in Marie Darrieussecq's 'A brief stay with the living' and Jacinta Halloran's 'Dissection': an analysis of narrative voice

Halloran, J — 2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

Dissecting the indigo pathway

Daykin, T — 2012-09-17T12:18:50Z

Indigo is a vibrant blue pigment synthesised by plants and bacteria. This study examined the mechanisms by which plants generate indole, an intermediate common to both the indigo and tryptophan biosynthetic pathways. Cleavage of Indole-3-glycerol phosphat

Distribution of bismuth between copper and FCS slags

Paulina, L — 2012-09-17T13:10:56Z

In this project the distribution ratio of bismuth between copper and FCS slags in the copper-saturated FeO_x-CaO-SiO₂ system at 1300 ^oC and an oxygen partial pressure of 10^-6&l

Diversity techniques for broadband wireless communications: performance enhancement and analysis

Gurung, A — 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z

The diversity techniques have been proven to be effective for next generation broadband wireless communications, and are the focus of this thesis. The diversity techniques can be broadly categorized into three types: Space, Time, and Frequency. In this th

Divining the structure: the use of graphic representation in the analysis and performance of dramatic material

Wicks, D — 2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

Document representation for efficient search engines

Tsegay, Y — 2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

Does the Diocese of Aitape provide empowerment opportunities for women? An assessment based upon the views of women of the Diocese

Donnelly, J — 2011-01-27T00:00:00Z

Doing, knowing and being : bringing Athena out of the shadow to illuminate the mentoring archetype and to guide practice

Lippi, J — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Domestic transfer pricing in services: a value chain framework

Terzioglu, B — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Drawn subject : meaning and the moving drawing

Williamson, N — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Drink spiking : an investigation of its occurrence and predictors of perpetration and victimisation

McPherson, B — 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

Drop size distribution and interfacial area in reactive liquid-liquid dispersion

Rajapakse, A — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Dualism of disorder

Deverell, K — 2010-12-20T00:00:00Z

Dynamic communication across supply chain services

Malhotra, M — 2012-11-13T15:46:57Z

This thesis deals with the design of communication protocol solutions across a Supply Chain Management System. These solutions are capable of operating in multi-agent environments, and allow customers to order services online. As part of two Australian Re

Dynamic modelling and control of dual active bridge bi-directional DC-DC converters for smart grid applications

Segaran, D — 2013-03-01T11:28:36Z

The Smart Grid needs energy storage to cope with the highly volatile energy generated by renewable energy sources. Power converters that employ DAB bi-directional DC-DC converters are commonly used to transfer this stored energy to and from the Smart Grid

Dysfunctional breathing: its parameters, measurement and relevance

Courtney, R — 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

Background
The commonly held idea that 'proper' breathing is important for health is generally accompanied by the view that incorrect or 'dysfunctional' breathing has adverse effects on health. It has been proposed that corre

Eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder: an examination of overlapping symptoms, obsessive beliefs, and associated cognitive dimensions

Schembri, A — 2010-12-21T00:00:00Z

E-commerce security enhancement and anomaly intrusion detection using machine learning techniques

Hoang, X — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Education as a way of love: answering the call of the other in the time of Gestell

2012-09-12T11:52:10Z

This thesis is a transdisciplinary investigation into why, in spite of our best intentions, modern cultures continue to marginalise people and the other-than-human world, and the role that education has in this marginalisation.

Firs

Effective authorship attribution in large document collections

Zhao, Y — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effectiveness of an innovative prototype Subtracted Diversity Array (SDA) for fingerprinting commercial Chinese herbal medicines

Niu, L — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effective retrieval techniques for Arabic text

Nwesri, A — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effective retrieval to support learning

Harris, M — 2011-06-24T00:00:00Z

To use digital resources to support learning, we need to be able to retrieve them. This thesis introduces a new area of research within information retrieval, the retrieval of educational resources from the Web.

Successful retrieval

Effective task assignment strategies for distributed systems under highly variable workloads

Broberg, J — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effective techniques for Indonesian text retrieval

Asian, J — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effective web crawlers

Ali, H — 2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

Effect of acupuncture on temporal summation of pain : a randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled study

Feng, J — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effect of Burkholderia as biofertiliser on cereal productivity

Ben Mahmud, M — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effect of electroacupuncture on capsaicin induced hyperalgesia in healthy volunteers : a randomised and sham acupuncture controlled study

Bai, L — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effect of electro-acupuncture on reducing opioid consumption in patients with chronic pain : a randomised controlled clinical trial

Guo, R — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effect of laundry detergents and residual alkali on the light fastness of reactive dyes on 100% cotton

Fergusson, S — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effect of selected enzymes on the quality and structural attributes of white salted and yellow alkaline Asian noodles

Cato, L — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effects of caffeine on cognitive tasks

Valladares, L — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effects of environmental stressors on the black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri)

Hassell, K — 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

Effects of Hypericum perforatum with Vitex agnus-catus in the treatment of menopausal symptoms

van Die, M — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effects of latent myofascial trigger points on muscle activation patterns during scapular plane elevation

Lucas, K — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effects of mobile phone radiation on the human central nervous system

Perentos, N — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effects of pulsed electric field processing and ultrasound processing on the physicochemical and functional properties of proteins in milk

Liu, Z — 2013-04-29T13:54:57Z

Heat treatment is conventionally used in dairy industry to achieve the microbial safety and desired functional properties of dairy products. However, heat treatment can cause detrimental effects on dairy products such as changes in colour and loss of vita

Effects of pulsed electric field processing on milk properties : nonthermal processing of milk

Shamsi, K — 2011-02-21T00:00:00Z

Effects of the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena on selected estuarine fauna

Davies, W — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Effects of trace metals on the Australian abalone, Haliotis rubra

Gorski, J — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

This thesis focussed on the effects of a range of trace metals on various stages of Haliotis rubra development. The trace metals assessed in this thesis were the essential metals Cu, Zn and Fe; and, the non-essential metals Hg, Cd and Pb. Copper and Hg pr

Efficacy of brief alcohol interventions in an Australian tertiary education setting

McPherson, P — 2012-09-24T12:44:29Z

Published alcohol intervention research with Australian university populations is limited, despite data indicating high levels of harmful consumption amongst this group. This two-stage study sought to describe the prevalence of harmful alcohol behaviours

Efficient admission control schemes in cellular IP networks

Giang, T — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Efficient homology search for genomic sequence databases

Cameron, M — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Efficient index maintenance for text databases

Lester, N — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Efficient PML boundaries for anisotropic waveguide simulations using the finite element method

Mitchell, A — 2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

The application of integrated optics has broadened from well established areas, such
as high-speed modulators for communication over optical fibre, to such diverse areas
as radio frequency (RF) signal processing and antenna beam form

Efficient query expansion

Billerbeck, B — 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Efficient resonantly enhanced Mach-Zehnder optical modulator on lithium niobate

Nguyen, G — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Electrical and thermal modelling of low power metallised polypropylene capacitors

Brown, R — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

Electrical impedance spectroscopy applied in plant physiology studies

Liu, X — 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z