Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Somatotopic organization of the human periaqueductal gray revealed in pain and placebo analgesia
Published 2025Pain is a critical and fundamental homeostatic state that results in the execution of defensive behaviours, one of which is a profound placebo analgesia. Early discoveries on the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) found ...Open AccessThesis -
The review and evaluation of inherited metabolic disorders: service use and demand on a quaternary paediatric health service
Published 2025Introduction Inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs) can have significant morbidity, mortality and associated healthcare needs, often resulting in acute metabolic decompensation (AMD). This research evaluated the IMD service ...Open AccessThesis -
Indicators of quality in NSW public dental services: Enablers and barriers to implementation
Published 2025Quality measures are essential instruments for evaluating healthcare by providing actionable data to assess care delivery, identify strengths and weaknesses, and monitor various aspects of healthcare performance. Traditionally ...Open AccessThesis -
High temperature effects on wheat yield, grain quality, and pollen lipids
Published 2025Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) contributes ~20% of global dietary calories and 21% of daily protein intake, underpinning global food security. However, high-temperature (HT) stress increasingly threatens wheat yield and ...Open AccessThesis -
The Effect of Dietary Tryptophan Supplementation, and An Oral Tryptophan Challenge, on Urinary Excretion of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in Domestic Dogs
Published 2025Chronic enteropathic disease, commonly referred to as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), is a multi-factorial disease that affects a substantial population, including humans and domestic animals. Over the past two decades, ...Open AccessThesis