Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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The Colloidal Stability of Apolar Nanoparticles in Complex Solvent Environments
Published 2023Solvent engineering is a powerful and versatile method to tune the colloidal stability and assembly behavior of ligand-coated nanoparticles. To achieve rational control over these properties, it is essential to understand ...Open AccessThesis -
Heart failure in dystrophin-deficient (mdx) mice : role of stretch-activated channels and reactive oxygen species
Published 2007Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by deficiency of the cytoskeletal protein dystrophin. DMD patients develop a dilated cardiomyopathy. The first half of this thesis explores the possibility that dystrophin is ...Open AccessThesis -
Essays on Evaluating the Impacts of Poverty Alleviation and Farmland Acquisition Policies in Rural China
Published 2023This thesis comprises three essays on China’s poverty alleviation and farmland acquisition policies in rural China. I use panel datasets to explore the household and county-level effects of two poverty alleviation programs—the ...Open AccessThesis -
Hormone-activated lipolysis and cyclic 3'5' adenosine monophosphate.
Published 1967Growth hormone has been reported to produce a wide variety of seemingly unrelated metabolic effects on adipose tissue. when the hormone is injected into the intact animal there is prompt mobilization oF adipose tissue ...Open AccessThesis -
Is there a transcription factor code? First steps towards assessing temporal changes in the landscape of post-transcriptional modifications during cellular differentiation
Published 2023Covalent post-translational modifications (PTMs) serve to expand the complexity of the proteome beyond the DNA encoded genetic information, providing an extra layer of control over cellular function. Thus, observing and ...Open AccessThesis