The University of Sydney: Recent submissions
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Anterior mitral leaflet interventions and valvular-ventricular mechanoenergetics
Published 2025Patients with functional mitral regurgitation and poor left ventricular function face an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Although mitral repair techniques exist, valve replacement is often favored due to reduced ...Open AccessThesis -
Evaluating the validity of the university lecturers’ formative assessment using digital technology
Published 2025Formative Assessment (FA) aided by digital technology, has become a significant research topic for improving the quality of university teaching in 21st century. There is limited discussion in the literature, however, on ...Open AccessThesis -
How poor land use planning has created an unfixable problem for transport: a case study of the City of Johannesburg
Published 2025-05-30Rapid urbanisation and apartheid‐era land-use legacies leave many South Africans captive to long, costly, and unsafe commutes. Yet rigorous evidence on how township residents value transport attributes is scarce. This study ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Learning Writing Collectively via WeChat: An Investigation of Peer Learning in the Chinese EFL Context
Published 2024This study explored Chinese EFL students’ peer collective learning of English writing via WeChat at the tertiary level in mainland China. Based on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, it focuses on four main ideas: peer feedback, ...Open AccessThesis -
Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Epidemiology, Risk Stratification, Outcomes, and Novel Transcathether Therapies
Published 2025Mitral regurgitation is the most common valvular heart disease in developed countries, increasing in prevalence alongside the ageing population and expanding burden of contributory diseases such as AF, HFpEF and ...Open AccessThesis