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Reading the self: Exploring the relationship between reader identity and texts in online reader communities
No full textThis thesis presents findings from an investigation of bookstagram - a readers' community on Instagram - undertaken to assess how readers' sense of identity, including their worldview, is affected by the books they read. Its findings provide insight into the way communities form and interact on social media and highlight how the norms of bookstagram invite its members to engage in individual and collective identity-building work through reflecting on and sharing how the books they read do in fact interact with and influence their understanding of themselves and their broader worldview.</p
Females Who Come to Police Attention for Online Child Sexual Exploitation: An Exploration of Group Characteristics and Recidivism
No full textDespite increased rates of online child sexual exploitation, few studies have examined females who perpetrate these crimes. This thesis has expanded research in the area by examining recidivism outcomes amongst females known for online child sexual offending. It also compared these females to males with online child sexual offences, and females with in-person offences. Females known for online child sexual exploitation had both similarities and differences to other sexual offending groups. This highlights the need to continue investigating this offending group independently, which will in turn allow for more sophisticated mechanisms to enhance children's safety and prevent child sexual offending.</p
Blockchain Performance on IoT Networks
No full textThis thesis investigates the impact of blockchain technology on Internet of Things (IoT) networks, focusing on performance, scalability, and network security challenges. Through experimental analysis, it identifies limitations such as power consumption, overheating, network delays, and vulnerabilies to DDoS attacks. The findings highlight risks associated with integrating blockchain into resource-constrained IoT systems while offering insights into improving efficiency and security. By addressing these challenges, this research contributes to the development of more reliable and scalable blockchain-based IoT solutions, benefiting industries such as healthcare where secure and decentralised data management is crucial. </p
Time to report estimands in randomised controlled trials
No full textThe first quarter of the 21st century has seen critical advances in the conduct and reporting of clinical trials in all fields of medicine. Beyond the foundational requirement for prospective registration, the widespread adoption of the intention-to-treat principle, appropriate treatment of missing data, and a focus on the clinical relevance of outcomes have predominated. However, there is growing awareness of the need for further refinements in many aspects of our trials.</p
The Impact of Social Enterprises on Women’s Empowerment in Pakistan
No full textIn the conservative country of Pakistan, social enterprises emerge as a powerful example of culturally grounded social innovation for women’s empowerment. I conducted research on three social enterprises, navigating socioeconomic and cultural complexities to empower women. I explore the experiences of women engaging with the case study social enterprises as they navigate the challenges faced in their everyday lives. I discuss how these social enterprises align their operations with local values to create safe and sustainable space for empowering women. Their programs enable women to thrive in ways that resonate with their aspirations and their social and cultural realities.</p
Exploration of Liquid Metal for Decomposition of Chloroform
No full textThis thesis explores the use of liquid metal to break down chloroform, a harmful chemical found in industrial waste and contaminated water. By investigating how liquid metal interacts with chloroform, this research aims to develop an efficient and sustainable method for removing toxic pollutants. The findings could lead to cleaner water sources and safer environmental practices, reducing health risks associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals. This study contributes to scientific advancements in pollution control and offers a potential solution for industries seeking safer ways to manage waste, ultimately benefiting public health and environmental sustainability.</p
Preparing Australia for Digital Product Passports in Textiles: Insights on Policy, Industry and Standards
No full textThis report examines how emerging Digital Product Passport (DPP) frameworks could shape Australia’s textiles sector. Internationally, the European Union’s (EU) Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) ISO initiative are positioning DPPs as core infrastructure for product-level transparency, circularity and trade. GS1’s global standards, including GS1 Digital Link, EPCIS 2.0 and GDSN, provide the practical backbone for interoperable identification, traceability and data exchange across value chains.
Against this backdrop, Australia’s policy and industry settings are evolving but remain fragmented, with voluntary stewardship schemes, uneven data quality and limited SME capability constraining progress. The review finds strong technical foundations through GS1 Australia and growing interest from industry and government, yet significant gaps in material-flow data, circular-design metrics and coordinated governance. The report recommends coordinated national pilots in textiles, a voluntary DPP-aligned data registry, and cross-sector collaboration to build readiness for future international and domestic DPP requirements.</p
<i>In silico</i> and <i>In vitro</i> Screening to Discover DspS Activators against <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Biofilms
No full textThe bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause chronic infections by forming protective biofilms that resist common antibiotics. This study investigated how the bacterial signal cis-2-decenoic acid interacts with a sensor protein that triggers biofilm dispersal. Computational modelling identified the putative active site of the signal and predicted small molecules that could activate the sensor. Experimental screening revealed two compounds that disrupted established biofilms without affecting bacterial survival, making bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics without promoting resistance. These findings suggest new strategies to weaken bacterial defences, enhance antibiotic efficacy, and potentially improve treatment of persistent infections.</p
Stimuli Responsive Liquid Crystalline Elastomers with Conductive Micro-Nano Materials
No full textThis thesis explores the development and assessment of a class of polymer based artificial muscles known as "Liquid Crystalline Elastomers". This thesis reports two methods for producing Liquid Crystalline Elastomers that can move in response to electrical currents and also exhibit several properties and functions that natural muscles hold. Additionally, this thesis reports a method for producing long and fine Liquid Crystalline Elastomer fibres, and that these fibres can also be functionalised so that they move in response to electrical currents and exhibit several properties and functions that natural muscles hold.Ultimately, this thesis provides insight into one of the most challenging pursuits of material science; making materials that can move. </p
Stabilization of demolition wastes and biomass in pavement base using alternative binders
No full textThis research explored new knowledge on pavement technologies with the goal of replacing natural limited rock resources and cement in the construction of pavement. The explored technologies can reduce global carbon dioxide output and energy requirement in construction by significantly reducing the usage of cement. This will benefit society greatly as part of the global effort in reducing green house gases. There were four total explored technologies, there of them were chemical and one was biological that can help improving road pavement construction in the future.</p