Theses: Recent submissions
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Do Plants Grow Differently Around Leaky Weirs?
Published 2026-05-25Degraded river systems lead to problems beyond poor water quality. Alluvial pastures along degraded rivers lose their resilience against floods and droughts, and aquatic animals are deprived of their breeding grounds when ...Open AccessThesis -
Digital Discharge Education and Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease following Acute Coronary Syndrome
Published 2026Background: For people diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), education on secondary prevention should commence prior to discharge from hospital, however there are many barriers to engagement and its delivery. This ...USyd AccessThesis -
Manipulation of Natural Deformables: Simulation, Inference, and Learning
Published 2026Over the past decades, machine learning has transformed robotic manipulation, enabling autonomous systems to perform complex rigid body tasks. Yet, this progress has not translated to deformable objects, characterised by ...Open AccessThesis -
Strategies to Ensure Intersectional Fairness in Vision-Language Models for Clinical Decision Support
Published 2026Rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly Vision-Language Models (VLMs), as decision support system for medical diagnosis promises to enhance healthcare outcomes. However, these models can inherit and ...Open AccessThesis -
A Culturally Appropriate and Linguistically Understandable Translation Approach: For Dementia-related Public Health Information
Published 2025Dementia is a leading cause of death in Australia. As Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) ageing population grows, dementia-related public health information must be scientifically accurate, culturally ...Open AccessThesis