Browsing Sydney Digital Theses (University of Sydney Access only) by title
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N-Myc pathways in neuroblastoma progression from transcriptome studies, and insights into the GABA A receptor as a target in tumour progression
Published 2014-08-31Neuroblastoma is the most common cancer diagnosed in infancy and represents 15% of paediatric cancer deaths. The N-Myc gene is amplified in approximately 25% of neuroblastomas, which almost halves the survival rate. The ...USyd AccessThesis -
Naevi, dysplastic naevi, melanoma in situ, and minimally invasive melanoma: insights and opportunities using proteomic profiling of formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue and scarless samples
Published 2023Melanoma and benign pigmented lesions have overlapping features which make their diagnosis difficult. As such, discrepancies have resulted in a rise in unnecessary biopsies and excisions as well as clinical and pathological ...USyd AccessThesis -
Nano Catalyst Design and Application in Sustainable Chemistry
Published 2022Heterogenous catalytic process is a complex art of surface, the surface properties, especially the properties of active sites such as geometric structure and chemical environment would drastically influence the reaction ...USyd AccessThesis -
Nanostructured Soft Matter from Compartmentalised Molecular Polymer Brushes
Published 2019-09-23Polymer science is rapidly advancing towards the precise construction of synthetic macromolecules of formidable complexity. The impressive advances in control over polymer composition, topology and uniformity, enabled by ...USyd AccessThesis -
Naphthalimide-based fluorescent sensing
Published 2018-09-17Fluorescent sensors are indispensable tools for studying the chemical environment of cells and furthering our understanding of the processes behind health and disease. The design of fluorescent sensors which can sensitively ...USyd AccessThesis -
Narrative, ideology and social reform in George MacDonald’s books for children
Published 2014-01-01This thesis examines George MacDonald’s (1824-1905) books for children from the perspective of narrative theory and ideology. More specifically, it offers the first focused, in-depth analysis of MacDonald’s use of narrative ...USyd AccessThesis -
Narratives of Marriage and Migration: Thai Women in Cross-Cultural Relationships in Australia
Published 2014-01-01The motivations driving international migration have often been simplified through the lens of economic imbalance between countries: this factor in turn applies to the motives for marriage of migrant women from Southeast ...USyd AccessThesis -
Nationalism and citizenship in Chinese Universities, 1919-1937: The case of Xiamen University and Sun Yat-sen University
Published 2022In recent years, there has been considerable interest in modern Chinese nationalism with the notion of China being a civilization state, or a nation-state generating intense discussion. To explain China’s modern transformation, ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Natural And Cultural History Of The Dingo: A 3D Geometric Morphometric Investigation
Published 2021The dingo is a primitive dog endemic to Australia. Dingoes currently reside in the wild, but some previously lived with Australian Aboriginal people as tame companions. Many aspects of the dingo’s identity are controversial, ...USyd AccessThesis -
Natural Convection Flow in a Cavity with Isoflux Boundary Condition
Published 2019-06-30The start-up and fully developed natural convection flow in a cavity subjected to isoflux heating on one sidewall, with all other walls adiabatic, is investigated via two-dimensional numerical simulation. The dominant ...USyd AccessThesis -
Natural Disasters and Income Distribution: Evidence from Australia
Published 2024Climate-related disasters in Australia happen often and impact large numbers of the population. With climate change, the frequency and intensity of these events will likely increase. Despite the broad recognition of the ...USyd AccessThesis -
Natural Products as Novel Therapies for Tuberculosis
Published 2018-02-16Tuberculosis (TB) continues to devastate the global population as the leading cause of death from an infectious disease. TB infects over 10 million people annually and is estimated to cost the world’s economy over US$984 ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Nature and Management of Obsessive-Compulsive Checking
Published 2013-02-13Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common and disabling condition with an approximate lifetime prevalence of 2%. While OCD is a heterogeneous condition, factor analyses have consistently identified obsessional doubts ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Nature of a State in a State of Nature: The Earliest Imaginings of American Sovereignty, 1765-1776
Published 2017-07-26This thesis examines colonial perspectives of sovereignty on the eve of the American Revolution. It argues that between 1765 and 1776, the colonists of British America formulated a distinct impression of sovereignty made ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Nature of Urban Governance in Developing Countries: a Case Study of Mid-Sized City of Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Published 2017-01-31The objective of this research is to better understand the nature of urban governance regarding the provision of basic urban services in developing countries, in the domains of housing, water and sanitation. Using the case ...USyd AccessThesis -
The Nature, Efficacy and Affordances of Value-embedded Learning
Published 2021This thesis, partly set against the Australian national policy context, investigates the critical role of ‘value’ in education and its relationship to learning and achievement in schools. It is framed within dynamic system ...USyd AccessThesis -
Navigating the Healthcare setting with Cellulitis
Published 2024Cellulitis is a common infection of the skin that has high rates of recurrence. It is one of the most common potentially preventable reasons for admission to hospital in Australia. Barriers to managing cellulitis and its ...USyd AccessThesis -
Near Infrared Spectroscopy for the detection of oxygenation and perfusion deficits in paediatric anaesthesia and surgery
Published 2017-09-22Although near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been available in the clinical environment for nearly twenty years, many questions still exist regarding it's utility and validity. This thesis explores tissue oxygenation ...USyd AccessThesis -
Nebulisation effects on the structure stability of bacteriophage PEV44
Published 2016-10-06With the present concern of widespread appearance of multi-drug resistant bacteria, bacteriophage therapy is currently being considered as a suitable alternative for bacterial infections. In the area of respiratory infections, ...USyd AccessThesis -
Necessity and Propositions
Published 2016-10-01Some propositions are not only true, but could not have been otherwise, no matter how things had turned out. Under what conditions do propositions have this property of being necessarily true? This thesis examines some ...USyd AccessThesis