Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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User-centric Demand Side Energy Management Techniques with Mobile Battery Energy Storage System Integration and Socialization Modelling
Published 2024Smart grids enable two-way communication between power generation and demand sides, allowing efficient operation of the energy system by power generators, grid operators, end users, and market stakeholders. Demand Side ...Open AccessThesis -
The Politics and Governance of the Global Plastics Crisis
Published 2024Plastics are everywhere and everlasting. They permeate every human and natural system such that they have come to structure political, economic, and social life. Despite increasing evidence of plastic pollution’s adverse ...Open AccessThesis -
Exploring pre-consumer losses from the Australian sheep meat value chain and the impact on food and nutrition security using mixed methods
Published 2024Achieving sustainable development is a goal that all United Nations members have agreed to, including reducing pre-consumer losses from agrifood value chains. The Australian sheep meat value chain is the second largest ...Open AccessThesis -
Development of selective p38 activators for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Published 2024Dementia represents one of the greatest medical challenges of the 21st century with an estimated financial burden of over $1 trillion USD globally. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) accounts for approximately 70% of all cases of ...Open AccessThesis -
Uncovering the Nanoscale Distribution of Solutes in Zirconium Alloys
Published 2023Zirconium alloys are used as structural components and as fuel cladding in nuclear reactors due to their excellent mechanical properties, low neutron absorption cross section, and high corrosion resistance. However, zirconium ...Open AccessThesis