The University of Sydney: Recent submissions
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William Perkins’s Pastoral Encyclopedia: A Reformed & Ramist Reformulation of Aristotelian Moral Philosophy, and Vision for a Reformed English Church & Nation
Published 2024This thesis examines the Reformed, Ramist, and moderate puritan character of the worldview of William Perkins (1558–1602). It focusses on his schema of “sacred sciences” located at the front of his classic work, A Golden ...USyd AccessThesis -
Digital Policy as Problem Space: Policy Formation, Public Opinion, and Australia’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024
Published 2025This article examines Australia’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 as a case study in digital policy formation, focusing on the socio-political processes that shaped its development. Framing ...Open AccessPreprint -
Geometric extensions and the six functor formalism.
Published 2025The results in this thesis are linked by their use of the six functor formalism. In the first chapter, we introduce geometric extensions, canonical sheaves on singular varieties characterised by their occurrence as a ...Open AccessThesis -
Vascular Health in Childhood and Adolescence: Non-Invasive Assessment and Identification of Risk Factors
Published 2025Cardiovascular disease begins early in life; therefore, prevention efforts should start early, as interventions in early life may have the greatest long-term impact. This requires reliable pre-clinical measures of vascular ...Open AccessThesis -
Providing the evidence for surgical drain removal: A double blind randomised controlled trial
Published 2025Background Surgical drains are essential for removing blood and other fluids after surgery or injury. Closed suction drains (CSD) use negative pressure to actively remove bodily fluids. Nurses remove the CSD on the ward; ...Open AccessThesis