Browsing Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access) by Title

1-Bit processing based model predictive control for fractionated satellite missions

Bai, Xueliang (University of Sydney. Faculty of Engineering & IT School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, 2014-08-31)

In this thesis, a 1-bit processing based Model Predictive Control (OBMPC) structure is proposed for a fractionated satellite attitude control mission. Despite the appealing advantages of the MPC algorithm towards constrained ...

2000 year record of environmental change from Tocal Homestead Lagoon, eastern Australia

Cook, Duncan Edward (2006)

3D Composer: A Software for Micro-composition

Zavada, Ivan (University of Sydney. Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 2009)

The aim of this compositional research project is to find new paradigms of expression and representation of musical information, supported by technology. This may further our understanding of how artistic intention ...

Abajo el puente: place and the politics of progress in Santo Domingo

Taylor, Erin B (University of Sydney., 2009-05-04)

In recent years there has been substantial research on Dominican migration and transnationalism, yet these studies have largely overlooked both the manner in which globalisation generates new localisations, and the continuing ...

The Aboriginal Flag

Gallois, Matthieu Marie Claude (University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2017-04)

Is the Aboriginal Flag art? And, if it is, to what end does that claim serve? ‘Art’ is not a helpful noun, and certainly a risky one on which to base an argument. Yet, to fail to read the Aboriginal Flag as art – or, more ...

Aboriginal songs from the Bundjalung and Gidabal areas of South-Eastern Australia

Gummow, Margaret Jane. (University of Sydney Department of Music, 1992)

The Absurd beyond Modernism

Paul, Mumme (University of Sydney Sydney College of the Arts Contemporary Arts, 2016-10-10)

While the absurd is usually associated with the modern subject, it is the purpose of this project to show how it is still relevant today. The concepts of end times, ecological disaster, and post-democracy are pressing ...

Academic Business: Tensions between academic values and corporatisation of Australian higher education in graduate schools fo business

Ryan, Suzanne Erina (University of Sydney. Faculty of Economics and Business, 2009-09-14)

This thesis explores the impact of institutional changes in the Australian Higher Education Sector (AHES) on academics in entrepreneurial graduate schools of business. It addresses questions about the causes, nature and ...

Accelerating development of suspension pressurized metered dose inhaler formulations: innovative techniques to evaluate particle stability

D'Sa, Dexter (University of Sydney Faculty of Pharmacy, 2014-12-15)

This thesis presents several innovative techniques to rapidly evaluate particle stability in suspension-based pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDIs). Chapter 1 reviews techniques available to evaluate particle ...

Acceleration Techniques for Sparse Recovery Based Plane-wave Decomposition of a Sound Field

Samarawickrama, Mahendra (University of Sydney Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies School of Electrical & Information Engineering, 2017-02-28)

Plane-wave decomposition by sparse recovery is a reliable and accurate technique for plane-wave decomposition which can be used for source localization, beamforming, etc. In this work, we introduce techniques to accelerate ...

Access to High Cost Medicines in Australian Hospitals

Gallego, Gisselle (University of Sydney. Faculty of Pharmacy, 2006)

In the public hospital sector in Australia there is no dedicated scheme to offset costs associated with high cost medications (HCMs) to the institution or the public. (1) Concerns exist as to the equity of access and ...

Accessibility in Sydney : patterns, profiles and prospects

Glazebrook, Garry (University of Sydney, 2004)

Acclimatisation and adaptive capacity of sea urchins in a changing ocean: Effects of ocean warming and acidification on early development and the potential to persist

Foo, Shawna Andrea (University of Sydney Sydney Medical School Discipline of Anatomy and Histology, 2015-11-27)

Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide are causing the oceans to simultaneously increase in temperature and acidification. As the life cycle of many marine invertebrates involves broadcast spawning, understanding the ...

Accommodating Places: a migrant ethnography of two cities (Hong Kong and Sydney).

Mar, Phillip (University of Sydney. Department of Anthropology, 2002-03)

This ethnography is based on fieldwork in two very different cities, Hong Kong and Sydney. It traces the movements of subjects from Hong Kong through the analysis of differing modes of inhabiting urban space. The texture ...

Accounting for tax consolidation: an investigation into the development and associated reporting requirements under the Australian group taxation system

Hamilton-Jessop, Wesley Maurice (University of Sydney Business School Discipline of Accounting, 2014-06-30)

This thesis examines the development of Australian tax-group provisions and the reporting requirements under the Australian Accounting Standards following the commencement of tax-consolidation for corporate groups in 2002. ...