Regeneration and sustainability of urban cemeteries in the context of Malay...
Sustainable development has been widely discussed and debated in the academic world for more than two decades. However, most countries in the Southeast Asia are still in the process of clarifying what...
View ArticleAustralia's halal meat supply chain (AHMSC) operations: supply chain...
Australia has the reputation as the world’s top exporter and producer of high quality and safe red meat. Australia also has been producing halal meat since the 1960s and has been the preferred source...
View ArticleFactors influencing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' use of...
In recent times, ICT has been increasingly applied in education around the world. To understand the effectiveness of ICT integration, a vast body of research has focused on teacher use of ICT and...
View ArticleHeat transfer enhancement in microchannels with liquid-liquid slug flow
The use of microchannels for fluid conduits has significant advantages in a variety of applications. Some of these applications include heat exchangers, micro-reactors, lab-on-a-chip, micro-electronics...
View ArticleSynthesis, structure, electrochemical and catalytic behaviour of new...
The halide-bridged cyclopalladated complexes [Pd2(m-X)2(k2-2-C6F4PPh2)2] (X = Cl, Br) were prepared in high yields from the reaction of equimolar amounts of 2-Me3SnC6F4PPh2 and [PdX2(cod)] (cod =...
View ArticleTeachers' Mandarin usage in EFL classrooms in two universities in Southeast...
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) has been taught using various approaches in a diversity of settings over many years from the traditional Grammar Translation method, to the Community Language...
View ArticleEmbedded: The contribution of a facilitated action research curriculum change...
Sustainability-related curriculum change in higher education has been slow to progress despite high level calls for change. The lack of appropriate professional learning for academics is seen as a...
View ArticleExplaining public support for climate change mitigation policies – a case...
Climate change is one of our major contemporary challenges, and public support for climate change mitigation policies is essential to tackle this issue. It is generally agreed that public support for...
View ArticleVersatile circular test structure for ohmic contact characterisation
Metal to semiconductor contacts can be divided into two groups: rectifying contacts and non-rectifying contacts. For a non-rectifying contact, which is also known as an ohmic contact, there is an...
View ArticleInvestigating the impact of chronic inflammation on monocyte function in HIV+...
Background: Advances in effective combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) have dramatically reduced the incidence of AIDS in HIV+ individuals; however, relatively young HIV+ individuals continue to...
View ArticleMixture preparation of gaseous fuels for internal combustion engines using...
The flow and mixing behaviour of high pressure directly injected fuel is important in the study of spark-ignition engines owing to its strong influence on the combustion process. This in turn governs...
View ArticlePhytochemical profiling and anti-microbial studies of Australian marine and...
This thesis describes the identification of sixty five secondary metabolites from thirteen separate organisms (three terrestrial and ten marine specimens). A total of twenty two new and forty two known...
View ArticleArt and The Anthropocene: processes of responsiveness and communication in an...
This practice-led research project explores processes of cultural response to the communication of complex environmental issues through two main forms of process-based art production: one in the...
View ArticleNutritional and genetic diversity in orchid mycorrhizal fungi from Caladenia...
Orchids depend on symbiotic associations with mycorrhizal fungi for seed germination and nutrition. Complex orchid-fungus relationships are continuously subject to transfers of organic and inorganic...
View ArticleWind analysis in the early design stage: an empirical study of wind...
This research develops a study about wind analysis techniques for rapid wind visualisation in the early design stage. It develops protocols for rapid visualisation and evaluation of wind phenomena...
View ArticleRoughness-induced crack closure in the threshold region for high strength...
Understanding the significance of crack closure is essential to analyse the behaviour of fatigue cracks in high-strength aircraft metallic alloy materials and structures. Closure is caused by a number...
View ArticleFire structural properties of sandwich composites
The main aim of this PhD project is to investigate the fire structural properties of a sandwich composite representative of the material used in naval ship structures. Using experimental techniques and...
View ArticleCurrent regulator based control strategy for islanded and grid-connected...
Distributed generation has been primarily developed to harvest renewable energy resources such as wind and sunlight. Due to low unit power capacity and dispersed unit placement, integration of...
View ArticleDevelopment of a haemodynamic model for improving clinical treatment of...
Atherosclerosis is a chronic artery disease that leads to heart attack and stroke; affecting millions of people worldwide. It tends to develop in locations where disturbed flow patterns occur, such as...
View ArticleThe durability of fly ash geopolymer and alkali-activated slag concretes
The implementation of sustainable development in civil engineering society has led to the use of new materials with low environmental impact. Traditionally Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) is the primary...
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