Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Beneath the cooling cap: An Exploration of women's and nurses' experiences of scalp cooling in the context of breast cancer
Published 2024Chemotherapy-induced alopecia is reported to be one of the more distressing side effects of systemic cancer treatment. In Australia, a number of specialist cancer centres have introduced scalp-cooling technology to prevent ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Role of Anatomical Factors, Plaque Morphology, and Confounders on the Assessment of Coronary Haemodynamics and Clinical Outcomes: A Multi-modal Analysis
Published 2024Aim: To establish the role of anatomical factors, plaque morphology, and confounding factors on assessing coronary haemodynamics and clinical outcomes, using a variety of imaging and haemodynamic modalities. Methods: ...Open AccessThesis -
The epidemiology of multiple primary melanomas in Australia
Published 2024Melanoma is a serious form of skin cancer and Australia (with New Zealand) has the highest incidence of melanoma in the world, and increasing rates among older generations. Overall survival rates after a diagnosis of ...Open AccessThesis -
Blurring the Boundaries: Navigating Elusive Creative Practice via the Multitextual, Metaleptic and Ergodic Form
Published 2024In this practice-led thesis I investigate the concept of an ‘elusive creative practice’ that blurs the boundaries between narrative non-narrative experimental and abstract forms of representation. Elusiveness is a quality ...Open AccessThesis -
Microwave Photonics Enhanced Microresonator Sensors
Published 2024Optical microresonators (OMRs), which can be used as compact and highly sensitive optical sensors, are considered to be an ideal platform for optical sensing. However, the resolution of conventional optical interrogation ...USyd AccessThesis