Browsing Sydney Digital Theses (University of Sydney Access only) by title
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B-Alarm: an Entropy Based Burst Traffic Prediction Approach for Data Center Switches
Published 2014-03-26With the rapid growth of data centers, research on Ethernet switches in data centers has become a much more critical issue. Since Ethernet switches are essential to the performance of data center networks and can consume ...USyd AccessThesis -
Back pain, comorbidities and interventions for sciatica
Published 2016-11-28This thesis begins with an overview of low back pain and sciatica epidemiology, including their characteristics, potential consequences, and management options. Additionally, twin studies are introduced and described as ...USyd AccessThesis -
Ballistic Impact Response of Tri-Metallic Armour to Nonrigid NATO FMJ M80 Projectiles
Published 2023Enhancing protection against high-velocity projectile impacts is a prominent area of research. Monolithic metallic plates are preferred for armour due to their high ductility and resistance capabilities. Upsurge of terrorism ...USyd AccessThesis -
Banco: The impact of China's anti-corruption campaign on tourism and gambling in Macau
Published 2018-02-21Macau's casino sector is many times larger than the Las Vegas Strip, drawing tens of billions of dollars annually from millions of predominantly Mainland Chinese gamblers. The city's casino industry is also a gateway through ...USyd AccessThesis -
Bandgap Characteristics And Dynamic Behaviours Of Mechanical Metamaterials
Published 2022This study’s aim is to systemically demonstrate the bandgap characteristic and dynamic performance of mechanical metamaterials and attempt to evaluate the relationship between them, based on theoretical models, finite ...USyd AccessThesis -
Bandit Learning Enabled Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Mobile Edge Computing
Published 2022The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is envisioned as a promising paradigm for carrying the interconnections of massive devices through various communications protocols. With the rapid development of fifth-generation (5G), IoT ...USyd AccessThesis -
Banking on values: A discursive analysis of values and global banking business practice
Published 2024This thesis presents a new institutional perspective to International Business (IB) studies (and to business and management studies in general) by drawing extensively upon the theory of discursive institutionalism, which ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Baroque Orpheus: Fragmentation and metamorphosis in the age of the operatic castrato
Published 2017-06-22This thesis is a study in the imagery of bodily fragmentation and metamorphosis in Baroque opera culture from the early seventeenth to the mid-eighteenth century. It seeks to bring together the thematic narratives of the ...USyd AccessThesis -
Barriers and facilitators to oral healthcare utilisation in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities
Published 2023This dissertation examines the barriers and facilitators to oral healthcare utilisation in CALD communities. Middle range theory is applied and a convergent mixed methods approach is undertaken. The systematic review ...USyd AccessThesis -
Barriers to IoT Benefits Realization
Published 2021The Internet of Things (IoT) is often referred to as one of the key technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Along with the three industrial revolutions before it, this current industrial revolution promises to ...USyd AccessThesis -
Battery Energy Storage System Planning and Risk Management in an Electricity Market
Published 2020Driven by emission reduction and sustainable development goals, the energy sector, as the largest emission sector, has been undergoing rapid transitions from a conventional fossil fuel dominated energy composite into a ...USyd AccessThesis -
Batu: an Historical Novel
Published 2015-09-01Batu is a novel set in the period 1599 – 1606. The action of the narrative moves between Asia to Europe and back again. The chief protagonist is Batu, a native of Ambon, from a tiny, isolated tribe, the Murni. He is kidnapped ...USyd AccessThesis -
Bayesian Analysis of Reserving Models and Applications
Published 2014-08-01This thesis focuses on developing models for loss reserving in insurance applications. In the first chapter, a Bayesian approach is presented in order to model heavy tail loss reserving data using the generalized beta ...USyd AccessThesis -
Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Multivariate Continuous and Categorical Data
Published 2019-06-28This thesis explores the use of the scale mixtures of normal (SMN) family of probability distributions as a data augmentation strategy in various Bayesian models for continuous and categorical data. The purpose is to ...USyd AccessThesis -
Bayesian Variable Selection for High-Dimension Discriminant Analysis
Published 2019-08-23Discriminant analysis (DA) based classifiers have several advantages over alternative classifiers. However, the models are constructed under strong assumptions and are subjected to major computational obstacles and reduced ...USyd AccessThesis -
Bazaar as Event: An exploration of the Tehran bazaar through the Foucauldian notion of event
Published 2014-12-09The Tehran bazaar has become the object of several studies which focus on the Iranian bazaar’s response to social transformations and its inextricable relation to the history and future of the city. It is these two features ...USyd AccessThesis -
Beamforming and Resource Allocation for Multiple Antenna Transmission
Published 2020Multiple-antenna transmission has been widely deployed in the past few years to improve the performance of wireless networks. Nevertheless, the targeted 1000-fold network capacity increase in future wireless networks has ...USyd AccessThesis -
Beard the Bully: Confronting binary gender norms in narratives of female facial hair
Published 2018-05-31Beard the Bully is an extract of a literary memoir about female facial hair. This work explores the decision to grow instead of remove facial hair, in opposition to social norms about gender. It also traces the development ...USyd AccessThesis -
“Because someone one day must tell the tale”: Exploring new orientations for approaching Holocaust testimony.
Published 2023This dissertation delves into the testimonial records of two survivor sisters to demonstrate the multifaceted nature of Holocaust testimony. It begins from the premise that different types of knowledge about the Holocaust, ...USyd AccessThesis -
Becoming global: Global Citizenship Education in Chinese middle schools in a second-tier city
Published 2019-01-01Global citizenship education (GCE) is an emerging while poorly explored area. Its contested definition has prevented it from making a more progressive influence. Little is known regarding what and how GCE is developing ...Open AccessThesis