Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Walk over weighing in Poll Dorset sheep: ewe and lamb liveweight, growth rate, and lamb survival across reproductive stages
Published 2026The thesis investigated walk-over-weighing (WOW) technology as a precision livestock farming tool to improve monitoring and management in grazing Australian sheep systems. It integrated technological validation with ...Open AccessThesis -
Novel Metrics and Regenerative Pathways for Securing Soil
Published 2026Soil is a complex, dynamic, self-organising system that underpins life on Earth. It is under increasing pressure as more food must be produced from less land, driving widespread human-induced degradation. Soil erosion ...Open AccessThesis -
Discovery of naturally selected human cardiac tropic Adeno Associated Virus to overcome translational barriers for the use in Cardiac Gene Therapy
Published 2026Cardiac gene therapy has faced a translational barrier since the first clinical trial, as the AAV serotype optimal for pre-clinical studies did not show the same therapeutic benefit in patients. Although the natural ...USyd AccessThesis -
Towards Efficient and Robust Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis
Published 2026Medical imaging underpins modern healthcare by enabling non-invasive visualization for diagnosis, detection, treatment planning, and intervention. With rapid advances in deep learning (DL), substantial progress has been ...USyd AccessThesis -
At the cutting edge: the political economy of wage suppression in the Australian meat industry
Published 2025Once a well remunerated and respected trade, processing animals for meat now attracts low wages and is performed by those on the margins of Australian society. The position of meat workers sits in stark contrast with the ...Open AccessThesis