Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Development of Novel Therapeutic Strategies to Target Therapy Resistance and Cancer Stem Cells
Published 2023This thesis focuses on the core issues of multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer, a process that hinders the success of chemotherapeutic treatments. MDR involves various mechanisms, including the upregulation of ABC transporter ...Open AccessThesis -
The effect of photobiomodulation on activity of the human brain
Published 2023The global aim of this thesis was to explore the effect of photobiomodulation (PBM) on the human brain, with the findings leading hopefully to further establish this treatment as a viable therapeutic option for patients, ...Open AccessThesis -
Quantifying objective sleep measures and their associations with memory in older adults with depression
Published 2023Disturbed sleep is a key symptom of depression in older adults and is a risk factor for the recurrence of depressive episodes and neurodegeneration. In older adults with depression, the nature of the objective sleep ...Open AccessThesis -
Birth, Death and Diversity: Using genomes and genomics to investigate evolution of the marsupial MHC
Published 2023The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an immune gene family involved in the vertebrate immune response. Class I and class II genes have roles in resistance to disease and show high levels of diversity. MHC genes ...Open AccessThesis -
Shaped By The Sound Around Us: Furthering an Ecological Dynamics Approach to Developing Instrumental Improvisational Skills
Published 2023This practice-led project investigates the development of improvisational skills for an advanced improviser through the application of ecological dynamics, a contemporary framework of learning and development from the ...Open AccessThesis