Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Promoting healthy lifestyles using digital technology in the Pacific Islands: The case of the Solomon Islands.
Published 2025The Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs) face a health and economic crisis due to the obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pandemic in adults, with an alarming trend predicted for children and adolescents. ...USyd AccessThesis -
Characterising Human Colorectal Mononuclear Phagocytes and Investigating their Role in Early HIV Infection
Published 2025In 2023, there was one HIV-related death every minute. Despite advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV remains a global pandemic with 40 million people infected and over one million new cases annually. ART can be ...Open AccessThesis -
Design optimisation of electric vehicle structures for crashing safety
Published 2025A key contribution of this thesis is the development of a high-fidelity multi-physics model that predicts the behaviour of cylindrical lithium-ion batteries (18650 and 26650 formats) under mechanical impact. The model ...USyd AccessThesis -
Programming Traffic: Modelling and Control of Microscopic Vehicle Manoeuvres
Published 2025This dissertation explores microscopic decision by human drivers and builds control frameworks that optimise microscopic actions of autonomous vehicles. Existing studies often treat mandatory lane-changes as absolute, ...Open AccessThesis -
The management of comorbid mental health and substance use problems in nursing practice
Published 2024Introduction: Comorbid mental health and substance use problems are prevalent, posing challenges for health professionals. Despite the proven effectiveness of integrated care, its adoption in mental health and drug health ...Open AccessThesis