Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Mothers of calibre: reconfigurations of paid and unpaid work in neoliberalism
Published 2024This thesis explores reconfigurations the paid and unpaid work of women through the figure of “the good working mother.” Past studies of the ‘good mother’ have mostly focused on the relations and practices of motherhood, ...Open AccessThesis -
The campus romance: Patterns, repetitions and a popular imaginary of youth in contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese cinema
Published 2022This thesis concerns a genre of Chinese-language film that was especially popular in the period 2011-2016, catalysed by the commercial successes of You Are the Apple of My Eye (Taiwan, 2011) and So Young (China, 2013). As ...Open AccessThesis -
Design and synthesis of carborane-based antitubercular agents
Published 2024Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death globally, with 1.4 million people succumbing to the disease in 2021 alone. Current treatments for TB consist of extended drug regimens associated with moderate toxicity ...Open AccessThesis -
Statistical methods and machine learning for the analysis of high-dimensional biomedical data in precision medicine
Published 2024Realising the promise of precision medicine relies on the continuous advancement of data technologies and the analytical capabilities essential for their processing. High-throughput biomedical technologies have consistently ...Open AccessThesis -
Monolithic medicine: Unsettling vaccine hesitancy in COVID-era Philippines
Published 2024My thesis is an attempt to deepen the discourse surrounding vaccine hesitancy, or why and how people choose to delay their acceptance or rejection of vaccinations. I explore this through the stories of 33 vaccine-hesitant ...Open AccessThesis