Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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The effects of mechanical vibration on Class II orthopaedic appliance therapy at different stages of skeletal maturity
Published 2026Mechanical vibration has been utilised in medicine to enhance bone integrity, muscle coordination, joint function and pain management. This has inspired its clinical application to dentofacial orthopaedics, which to date ...Open AccessThesis -
Developing new antimicrobials for the treatment of tuberculosis and mycetoma through open source drug discovery
Published 2026Diseases that predominantly affect people in poorer nations have been historically neglected by the profit-motivated pharmaceutical industry. Tuberculosis (TB) and mycetoma are two examples of such diseases. Despite being ...Open AccessThesis -
From Prediction to Decision in Financial Markets: Deep Learning in Market Heterogeneity and Multi-Agent Portfolio Optimization
Published 2026This thesis presents a systematic progression from predictive modelling to autonomous decision-making in financial markets, unified by the insight that financial time series are fundamentally distinguished from traditional ...Open AccessThesis -
Assessing health-related quality of life in patients accessing medicinal cannabis
Published 2026There is growing interest worldwide in using medicinal cannabis (MC) to manage symptoms and side-effects of chronic health conditions when conventional therapies fail. Although many countries allow MC, barriers to accessing ...Open AccessThesis -
Detection and classification of eye diseases in cattle using image analysis and deep learning
Published 2026Pinkeye, also known as infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), is a highly contagious ocular disease in cattle characterised by inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva. It remains one of the most common and ...Open AccessThesis