The University of Sydney: Recent submissions
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Cold atmospheric plasma interactions with biofilm cells and the extracellular matrix
Published 2025The microbial biofilms represent a significant threat to human health and contribute to substantial costs associated with cleaning and maintenance. Cold plasma, a partially ionized gas, along with plasma-activated water ...Open AccessThesis -
An Inquiry into Non-Buddhist Religious Elements in Gandhāra from the 3rd BCE to the 3rd century CE
Published 2025Gandhāra, an ancient name for a region in the north-west of Pakistan, was home to many religions. This thesis aims to uncover the complex network of religious traditions embedded in Gandhāra’s ancient history between the ...Open AccessThesis -
Achieving High-Performance Dynamic Wireless Charging through Model-Free Predictive Control: Theoretical Insights and Practical Implementations
Published 2025Dynamic Wireless Charging (DWC) for Electric Vehicles (EVs) is constrained by a critical, dual-sided control challenge. A receiver-side voltage regulation bottleneck, caused by severe disturbances, severely hampers the ...USyd AccessThesis -
Children’s Participation in Social Media Spaces: Tweens’ Content Creation Practices, Influencer-Generated Content and Educating for Active Digital Citizenship in the Upper Primary Years
Published 2025This study explores pre-adolescent children’s performances of digital citizenship on social media (SM) through an examination of their content creation practices and how content generated by social media influencers (SMIs) ...Open AccessThesis -
Constructing City Images in Short Videos: A Comparative Study of Beijing, Xi'an, and Shanghai
Published 2025This study examines how short videos facilitate the construction of city images through case studies of Beijing, Xi’an, and Shanghai, and aims to reveal both shared patterns and distinctive strategies in the three cities’ ...Open AccessThesis