Indigo colouration
This chapter discusses the historic and present-day techniques employed for colouration using indigo, the oldest known natural blue dye. It has been mostly used for dyeing the popular denim jeans....
View ArticleModelling co-creativity: A co-evolutionary approach
Co-creativity has become a significant cultural and economic phenomenon. Media consumers have become media producers. This book offers a rich description and analysis of the emerging participatory,...
View ArticleDensity delusion? Urban form and sustainable transport in Australian,...
The relationship between population density and the share of travel by different modes has been a mainstay of the transport and urban planning literature, with mode split generally regarded as an...
View ArticleEffects of thermo-mechanical loads on the aeroelastic instabilities of...
Panel flutter phenomena can be strongly affected by thermal loads, and so a refined aeroelastic model is presented. Higher-order shell theories are used as structural models. The aerodynamic forces are...
View ArticleIn-situ Leaf Area Index estimate uncertainty in forests: supporting Earth...
Leaf Area Index (LAI) is an essential climate variable functionally related to the energy and mass exchange of water, carbon, and light fluxes through plant canopies. It is defined as half of the total...
View ArticleInvestigating the enabling role of Web 2.0 technology for interactive...
Interactions are at the heart of e-learning as they enable learners to actively develop knowledge, acquire skills and develop the sense of belonging and satisfaction. Much attention is paid on...
View ArticleLooking for more: the social phenomenology of play in World of Warcraft
More and more, contemporary electronic games are transcending the player-versus-machine model, incorporating to varying degrees new types of social play, where individuals can interact with each other...
View ArticleWomen who kill friends, acquaintances or strangers: a feminist exploratory study
This study is an analysis of court transcripts of 14 murder cases concerning 18 women who were charged with either murder or manslaughter of a friend, acquaintance or stranger in Victoria, Australia,...
View ArticleNegotiating agency: computation and digital fabrication as design media
My research investigates agency of computation and digital fabrication and its influence on the making and materiality in architecture and design.Recent developments in the computation and digital...
View ArticleApplication of the mathematical autodriver algorithm for autonomous vehicles
The mathematical theory for autonomous vehicles, which was initially developed for 4 Wheel steering vehicles was formulated to work for 2 wheel steering vehicles as well. This was the first step...
View ArticleInanimate animations: carnivalesque reflections on the folly of the human...
My research project has investigated the carnivalisation of modern political culture by making a series of satirical ceramic and mixed-media sculptures. I have focused on the problem of translating the...
View ArticleReliability assessment of water distribution networks under uncertain nodal...
The reliability of a water distribution network (WDN) is defined as the probability that WDN is able to provide sufficient flow and pressure at all consumption nodes of the network under predicted and...
View ArticleEnforceability of electronic contracts in Australia
Electronic contracts must be legally enforceable and certain like traditional contracts, to establish a similar legal framework in an electronic environment. The Electronic Transaction Legislation of...
View ArticleBuilding a diagnostic tool: a preliminary exploration of Saudi Arabian petrol...
Petrol stations in Saudi Arabia are considered the lifeline of transportation in the Kingdom because the only means of transportation is either through the use of cars or buses. The major petroleum...
View ArticleUsing semantic technologies to resolve heterogeneity issues in sustainability...
This thesis examines issues of semantic heterogeneity in the domains of sustainability indicators and disaster management. We propose a model that links two domains with the following logic. While...
View ArticleProcess drawing
Process Drawing is a doctoral research in search of the content of form. This research is conducted through observational hand-drawings with an awareness of the subjectivity of standpoint, the...
View ArticleReforming the governance of higher education in Vietnam: case studies of...
This investigation focuses on the reform of the governance of the higher education system in Vietnam. The forms and structures of governance established during the period of influence of the former...
View ArticleAdoption and use of generalized audit software by Indonesian audit firms
This study investigates the adoption and use of Generalized Audit Software (GAS) by Indonesian audit firms. GAS is specialized software that enables the auditor to automate tasks including client risk...
View ArticleSailing to Livarno - accessibility and documentation within real-time 3D game...
In the medium of 3D real-time environments, the success of the first person shooter style game since the mid 90s has lead to the evolution of a sophisticated language of interaction within highly...
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