Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Implementing and Evaluating Contact Strategies to Reduce Stigma towards People Living with Dementia
Published 2026Despite the global rise in dementia and its associated stigma, research on dementia stigma and its reduction remains limited. This PhD research programme has three objectives: (1) to propose a theoretical framework of ...Open AccessThesis -
Improving Peri-operative Surgical Care in Kidney Failure Patients
Published 2026Chapter 1: Introduction Peri-operative surgical care in patients with kidney failure has conflicting evidence supporting increased bleeding risk and/or thrombotic risk. This thesis aims to assess the role of ...Open AccessThesis -
Coronership in the Colony: Aboriginal families cultural recognition and the coronial system in New South Wales
Published 2026This thesis examines the interactions between Aboriginal families and the coronial system in New South Wales (NSW), highlighting the perpetuation of colonial violence through this system. It critiques how the coronial ...Open AccessThesis -
The Stability of covalently closed circular DNA during mitosis of Hepatitis B Virus infected cells
Published 2026Chronic HBV infection is typically lifelong due to the persistence of the viral episomal covalently closed circular (ccc)DNA, from which all viral products can be produced. HBV cccDNA is a highly stable, long-lived ...EmbargoedThesis -
Microfluidics-based, Functional Vascularized Cancer Intravasation-on-a-Chip Platform
Published 2026Cancer metastasis remains the principal cause of cancer mortality, yet how tumor cells negotiate vascular barriers under physiological flow and mechanical constraints is incompletely understood. This thesis develops and ...EmbargoedThesis