Postgraduate Theses: Recent submissions
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“Riding the edge of oblivion”: dopamine, addiction, creativity—what the human reward system teaches us about the work of the artist and the road to recovery
Published 2025Addiction tears through every level of human society, and despite the many approaches to dealing with it, no solution has been found. This problem inspired Use Me Up, an autofictional novel set in early-2000s Sydney that ...Open AccessThesis -
Transfer-another determinant in unconscious plagiarism in EFL academic citation
Published 2025This study investigates the widespread academic misconduct in Chinese EFL scholars’ L2 writing, arguing that unconscious plagiarism results from the failures in transferring L1 citation competence. Based on Haskell’s ...USyd AccessThesis -
Cold atmospheric plasma interactions with biofilm cells and the extracellular matrix
Published 2025The microbial biofilms represent a significant threat to human health and contribute to substantial costs associated with cleaning and maintenance. Cold plasma, a partially ionized gas, along with plasma-activated water ...Open AccessThesis -
An Inquiry into Non-Buddhist Religious Elements in Gandhāra from the 3rd BCE to the 3rd century CE
Published 2025Gandhāra, an ancient name for a region in the north-west of Pakistan, was home to many religions. This thesis aims to uncover the complex network of religious traditions embedded in Gandhāra’s ancient history between the ...Open AccessThesis -
Achieving High-Performance Dynamic Wireless Charging through Model-Free Predictive Control: Theoretical Insights and Practical Implementations
Published 2025Dynamic Wireless Charging (DWC) for Electric Vehicles (EVs) is constrained by a critical, dual-sided control challenge. A receiver-side voltage regulation bottleneck, caused by severe disturbances, severely hampers the ...USyd AccessThesis