Barley non-starch polysaccharide content and its relationship with kernel hardness and water uptake
- Authors: Gamlath, Jayantha
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: Harder kernels in barley are thought to be a factor affecting the modification of the endosperm during malting by restricting water and enzyme movement within the endosperm. The traditional method used in the malting industry to determine barley endosperm vitreousness is by visual assessment. Since this method is subjective, laborious and requires training, an alternative method is needed. Similarly, the causes and factors influencing kernel hardness are uncertain. The prime objectives of this study were: to identify an appropriate method to quantify kernel hardness; investigate the relationship between kernel hardness and endosperm composition; and to investigate the relationship between barley variety and environmental influences on endosperm composition in relation to the kernel hardness of malting barley.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
A psychoanalytical interpretation of the novels of Stephen Donaldson
- Authors: Simons, Kate
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "This thesis proposes a Kristevan reading of the fantasy novels of Stephen Donaldson, with particular attention given to Kristeva's concepts of the symbolic order, the semiotic 'chora', abjection, the imaginery father and the thetic. It also identifies and comments on shortcomings in Kristevan theory. Donaldson's fantasies are dominated by male protagonists, one of whom is a leper while the others are rapists or murderers or else engaged in some form of violence or sexual perversion. This thesis not only offers an interpretation for this representation of disease and gross physical abuse, but also looks to the implication such corporeality brings to bear on the amatory relationships that the novels attempt to establish. "The thesis is organized into three broad sections. The first considers the ways in which the concept of the mother manifests in Donaldson's text and how the male protagonists respond to the maternal dynamic established in these books. [...] The second section of the thesis examines the role played by Donaldson's father figures. [...] The third section of [the] thesis examines the consequences of this male vulnerability with regard to its central characters who oscillate between symbolic standing and semiotic sprawl."
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
The experience of treatment via an internet-based cognitive behavioural self-help protocol for social anxiety disorder
- Authors: Hardwick, Damian
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: The aim of the present study was to gain an understanding of the experience of treatment via an Internet-based cognitive behavioural self-help protocol for social anxiety disorder. Participants were four adults, aged between 22-46 years, who fulfilled DSM-IV-TR crriteria for a diagnosis of social anxiety disorder.
- Description: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)
Male domestic partner abusers : Typologies and responses to treatment
- Authors: Scott, Wayne
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "Although awareness of the pervasiveness and significance of partner abuse has been growing, little data exist on matching type of abusers with specific interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate one example of the empirically based typologies of partner abuse that could lead to improved interventions for abusers."
- Description: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)
Policies, practices and professional development : A study of curriculum implementation within an Australian high school
- Authors: O'Meara, James
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: The overall aim of this portfolio is to discuss [...] understanding of the curriculum process surrounding the development of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum and Standards Framework II (HPE CSFII) and its implementation in a Victorian secondary school. The unit of analysis was a group of physical educators from Newviews Secondary College. Throughout 2002, interviews, surveys and document analysis were used to see how 'how and if' the HPE CSFII was being adopted and 'implemented' by the group.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
Very low frequency - Magnetic spatial position detection range and map
- Authors: Poplawski, Jaroslaw
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: Automated positioning systems designed to measure three-dimensional locations of objects are of paramount importance to flexible manufacturing applications. These systems should perform in an industrial environment, withstanding obstacles of solid objects and must be immune from external influences including changes in atmospheric conditions and surrounding noise. Automated positioning systems should also be free of mechanical contact and able to perform without having to establish a line-of-sight with the measured object. In this thesis, a novel design is proposed for the spatial measurement of the six degrees of freedom industrial robots and autonomous vehicles. Not only does the proposed system comply with the above characteristics, but it is also capable of achieving better resolutions than CCD cameras, easier to implement, safer than laser devices and more accurate than ultrasound systems.[...]
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
'I can be this' : Image, identity and investment in physical education
- Authors: Brown, Leann
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This study investigated how student expectations, experiences and involvement in physical education teacher education impacted upon and shaped identity development. The research focused on student social interactions and identified a range of behaviours and practices which reinforced student notions of what it means to be a physical educator. [...] The research itself was conducted within a creative analytical practice framework resulting in the following research products: the thesis text; a collection of one act plays titled, 'Plays from the identity playground', written about student social experiences; a CD which includes the filmed production of one of the plays 'Boys' training', and 'I can be this: a phototext', which presents key 'photographic' themes as insights into PETE student social events and activities.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
Program evaluation : Issues related to planning, implementing and evaluating ethically responsible and clinically required research
- Authors: Scott, Wayne
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)
The role of psychological variables in help-seeking amongst farmers and farming families
- Authors: Grieve, Aaron
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This study investigated the role of psychological variables in help-seeking behaviour and attitudes in a rural population, with particular emphasis as to whether differences existed between farmers and non-farming rural residents. These groups were contrasted, as research suggests that farmers appear to be a sub-group of the Australian population at increased risk of chronic health problems and suicide, even in comparison to other rural residents.
- Description: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)
An Investigation into the experiences of occupational stress of graduate nurses in Hong Kong
- Authors: Lee, Irene
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "The major criticism by hospital trained clinical nurses is that university graduates are perceived as not being competent practioners as a result of limited time spent in clinical areas. This lack of clinical experience is thought to contribute to new graduates' sense of occupational stress."--leaf xii.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
Littoral macroinvertebrates in relation to native and exotic riparian vegetation in streams of central Victoria, Australia
- Authors: Jayawardana, Chandamali
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "Exotic willows (Salix spp.) are widespread riparian tree species of streams in temperate Australian and New Zealand. In Australian willow species are declared weeds of national significance, yet little is known about the novel habitats they create not the impact on aquatic biota of vegetation change following willow management programs ..." [leaf i]
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
- Description: "Exotic willows (Salix spp.) are widespread riparian tree species of streams in temperate Australian and New Zealand. In Australian willow speicies are declared weeds of national significance, yet little is known about the novel habitats they create not the impact on aquatic biota of vegetation change following willow management programs ..." [leaf i]
Rapid identification of rootkit infections using data mining
- Authors: Lobo, Desmond
- Date: 2010
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "The main part of this thesis presents a new approach to the topic of conjugation, with applications to various optimization problems. It does so by introducing (what we call) G-coupling functions."
- Description: Doctor of Philsophy
Beyond start-up : Regional small to medium enterprises (SMEs) transitioning to growth
- Authors: Henson, Sam
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: Reports on a qualitative, case-based study of the practices that contribute to the growth of Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The research engaged with growing SMEs located in regional areas of Australia, and with the entrepreneurs and owner-managers who lead them.
Corporate reputation in the Australian mining industry : A stakeholder perspective
- Authors: Tuck, Jacqueline
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This study contributes to corporate reputation theory through the identification of stakeholder specific reputations in the mining industry and further understanding of the complex reputation formation processes. It provides a framework for understanding the formation of reputation at stakeholder level, including the stakeholder network effects and the industry effects in the reputation formation processes for stakeholder groups
- Description: Doctorate of Philosophy
Teachers' experiences of the implementation of Teaching Games for Understanding in an Australian Independent secondary school
- Authors: Curry, Christina
- Date: 2012
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: With the movement to evolving classroom practices and pedagogies to enhance student-centered learning environments across all Key Learning Areas, there has been growing concern about how educators can produce high quality, intellectual learning experiences within physical education. To provide much-needed understanding of teachers' experiences of the implementation of a TGfU (Teaching Games for Understanding) teaching approach, this study aimed to identify the ways in which individual teachers, adopt, embrace or alternatively resist TGfU as an innovative pedagogy. - Taken from abstract.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
The sign of the witch : neo-paganism and the romantic episteme
- Authors: Waldron, David
- Date: 2002
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "The central premise of this dissertation is that the process by which representations of witchcraft are formed within the neo-Pagan movement are indicative of the broader interrelationship of Romantic and Enlightenment themes in Western culture."
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
Statistical detection techniques to reduce confounding by association (co-medication) and confounding by indication in the Australian spontaneous reporting system
- Authors: Barty, Simon
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: This research is the incorporation and melding of classical and Bayesian statistical techniques into an iterative methodology aimed at reducing two major confounding issues in Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), confounding by association (drug therapy) and confounding by indication (medical condition) to assist in the detection of signals. [...] This study highlights the ability of the STATFILE algorithm to detect drugs that are potential signals. More importantly, it also flags those drugs that are considered to be bystander drugs or noise, consequently reducing confounding by association. [...] This work highlights the significance and viability of an automated signal detection system and its practical application for the Australian spontaneous reporting of ADRs scene and potentially the international scene.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
Age estimation and illicit image detection using a stochastic vision model
- Authors: Islam, Mofakharul
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: The main objective of this research is to investigate and implement a robust approach with a view to provide the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) with a dedicated forensic tool in future for inspecting confiscated PCs from the suspected paedophile to detect pedophilic images automatically and prevent children viewing pornographic and age-inappropriate images at their home and school and adults at their workplace while they are on the Internet. To achieve this goal, we use a novel face descriptor to differentiate child face from adult face based on categorical age specific contextual cues that are based on new knowledge in terms of features or contexts representatives of child and adult face. Given that the craniofacial cues contain enough structural information on visual cues on human face encoded in the form of high level features we can categorize age into adult and children in tandem with low level features. Finally, we will present a novel stochastic vision model based on Markov Random Fields (MRF) prior, which learned the pornographic contextual constraints from the training pornographic images and eventually introduce knowledge on pornography into our proposed stochastic classifier allowing classification of images into pornographic or benign.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
The legal construction of victim/survivors in parent-child intrafamilial sexual abuse trials in the Victorian County Court of Australia in 1995
- Authors: Taylor, Caroline
- Date: 2001
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: "This thesis presents a sociological analyses of 14 cases of intrafamilial rape and sexual assault that took place in Victorian County Courts during 1995."
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy
Understanding the Barriers to Improving Occupational Health and Safety in a Medium Sized Business: “An Insider’s View”
- Authors: Teusner, Annabel
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Thesis , PhD
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- Description: Medium sized workplaces are often grouped with small enterprises, yet they can have unique characteristics compared to more intensively studied small and large organisations, however, these differences are often not clearly recognised. The food processing industry is often part of the small and medium sized enterprises (SME) group and has a higher rate of accidents, injury and disease compared with many other industry groups. To improve safety performance in medium enterprises (within the food processing industry), there is a need to identify the perceived barriers to improving OHS amongst managers, supervisors, and process workers. This research provides a unique insider’s point of view of a food packing room within a food manufacturing plant in Melbourne. It is a single case design study, focusing on a specific medium sized enterprise, using insider research and an ethnographic approach to gain a greater understanding of the perceived barriers to improving OHS. The first part of this research focused on understanding the safety culture of the organisation, from different hierarchical perspectives, using Hudson’s Evolution of Safety Cultures model. The second part utilised the Health Belief model to identify the barriers to improving OHS from multiple perspectives of managers, supervisors and process workers. Following the analysis of the results, five barriers were identified: (i) fragmentation of group perspectives; (ii) poor communication between and within the hierarchical groups; (iii) limited OHS training and competency; (iv) inadequate management commitment to OHS; and (v) lack of empowerment. This created tensions amongst and between the groups. However, further examination of these findings suggested a deeper reason for the difficulty in improving the OHS, which was affecting the organisation. The most significant barrier to improving OHS at this workplace was the learned helplessness that had developed over a period of time and had filtered through all hierarchical groups. A reflection on the choice of methodology (insider research) and the importance of ethical considerations and the depth of meaning that was drawn from this research has been presented in this thesis. Learned helplessness has been discussed in the context of a medium sized enterprise and its significance to the contribution to OHS literature. Recommendations have been provided in terms of addressing learned helplessness within a medium sized enterprise, by changing the way individuals think, using learned optimism. Other changes that have been presented have included organisation design, facilitating improved communication and goal setting, and the investigation into the supporting role of supply chains toward OHS initiatives.
- Description: Doctor of Philosophy