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Ancient Magic and Christian responses: Augustine and his influence on Isidore of Seville
Published 2025The teachings of Augustine of Hippo and Isidore of Seville have a didactic nature with the main goal to instruct, enlighten, protect, influence, and guide the Christians. This multifaceted teaching was crucial in an era ...Open AccessThesis -
Assessment of the Muscle Excitability Properties in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy and Their Use as a Novel Disease Biomarker
Published 2025Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is a common genetic dystrophic condition. Despite the high prevalence of disease there are no disease modifying therapies available. One of the major limitations in the development of ...Open AccessThesis -
Melaleuca quinquenervia; a model for investigating the genetic basis of resistance to Austropuccinia psidii
Published 2024Austropuccinia psidii is a biotrophic fungal pathogen known to infect species within the family Myrtaceae. Originating in South America, it was first detected in the state of New South Wales in Australia in 2010. By 2022, ...USyd AccessThesis -
Advancing the understanding of neural angiostrongyliasis in Australia
Published 2025Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) is a parasite of rats that causes a potentiallyfatal disease in humans and other animals – neural angiostrongyliasis (NA). The infective,neurotropic stage of the worm typically ...Open AccessThesis -
The Application of Deep Learning Models for the Extraction of a Historical Street Map of Sydney
Published 2025-03-17This thesis investigates the application of deep learning models for the extraction of historical street maps of Sydney, focusing on two primary methodologies: the proposed Edge Extraction method with a novel hyperparameter ...Open AccessThesis