Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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The Forgotten Farmers: An Investigation into the Sociocultural Roles of Female Farmers in Northern Laos
Published 2023In Laos gender inequality poses significant challenges to the livelihoods of rural female farmers. These farmers not only have to grapple with the daily hardships of providing their families with food and income but also ...Open AccessThesis -
Statistical Reasoning with the Data Reasoning, Dual-process, and Metacognition Framework
Published 2023The current thesis explores the distinct nature of statistical reasoning in today's data-driven world, advocating for its separation from mathematical ability and emphasizing its cognitive aspects. Using three theoretical ...Open AccessThesis -
Thyroid Immune Related Adverse Events Following Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment
Published 2023The efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment rivals traditional anti-tumor therapies and in most cases results in significantly less drug related toxicity. However, ICI-use can result in a myriad of immune ...Open AccessThesis -
Population genetics and the microbiome: solving conservation problems
Published 2023Conservation science has long focused on how a target species interacts with its biotic and abiotic environment, however to conserve a species it is important to consider its biotic interactions in their entirety, including ...Open AccessThesis -
Quantifying mitochondria substrate utilisation in a heterogenous cancer metabolism landscape
Published 2023Cancer metabolism is characterised by dynamic substrate usage to meet bioenergetic and synthetic demands required to support tumour progression. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a central hub of many nutrients to fuel ...Open AccessThesis