Sydney Digital Theses (Open Access): Recent submissions
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Contraception, Unintended Pregnancy and Substance Use Disorder
Published 2024Background Little is known about how unintended pregnancy (UIP) and substance use disorder (SUD) intersect to impact pregnancy and birth outcomes. In Australia, little is documented about rate of SUD in pregnant women, ...Open AccessThesis -
Electric Thruster Modeling And Its Influence On Spacecraft Charging In Varied Plasma Environments
Published 2024As spacecraft travel through space, they encounter various charged particles, including ambient ions, electrons, photoelectrons, and secondary electrons. These particles, collected and emitted by the spacecraft, cause ...Open AccessThesis -
Satisficing as a driver of low-value care and healthcare costs
Published 2025This thesis explores 'satisficing' in clinical decision-making, where clinicians choose "good enough" solutions to problems rather than optimal ones. The research employed a diverse range of methodologies to examine different ...Open AccessThesis -
A Comprehensive Exploration of Video Understanding: Perspectives on Sampling, Backbone, Representation, and Cross-Modal Learning
Published 2025Video understanding is a fundamental area in computer vision with applications in autonomous driving, security, healthcare, and entertainment. As video becomes a dominant medium for information exchange, automatic ...Open AccessThesis -
The hidden child : how lawyers see children in child representation
Published 2012Children’s participation rights in international and domestic law include the opportunity to express their views and have them taken into account in legal decision making processes, where decisions are being made about ...Open AccessThesis