Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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The applications of fluidized bed drying to pulse proteins: experiments, mathematical modelling, and techno economic analysis
Published 2025This thesis investigates the application of fluidized bed drying (FBD) to the processing of pulses, specifically chickpeas and dehulled faba beans, with a focus on reducing anti-nutritional factors (ANFs) and improving ...Open AccessThesis -
From Local to Holistic: Multimodal Learning for Image Understanding
Published 2026Image understanding is a fundamental task in computer vision (CV), aiming to extract meaningful information from images by progressing from local feature analysis to holistic scene-level reasoning. Recent advances in deep ...Open AccessThesis -
Creole/superstrate code-switching : analysing the dynamic relationship between Tok Pisin and English in Papua New Guinea
Published 2012Investigating variation in Tok Pisin a generation after Papua New Guinean Independence has found bilingualism with English the most significant factor in the development of this pidgin/creole (Romaine 1992; Smith, G ...Open AccessThesis -
Measurement of Upper Motor Neuron Abnormalities with Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Published 2008Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that produces weakness and ultimately death from respiratory failure. ALS results in the death of nearly 400 Australians per year, with a ...Open AccessThesis -
Going forward and looking back : Sydney, abstraction & the fifties
Published 2011This project examines the artistic conditions that provoked major exhibitions in Australia in the Fifties including French Painting Today (1953) and Direction 1 (1956). It strives to give the reader a vernacular ...Open AccessThesis