Sydney Digital Theses (University of Sydney Access only): Recent submissions
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Conflict Induced Displacement: Analysing Perceptions of Conflict and Shifts in Political Orientation among the Youth of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Borderland, North Waziristan
Published 2024The aim of this research is to study how perceptions of conflict among the youth of North Waziristan (which sits on the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan) have changed in political orientation within a short ...USyd AccessThesis -
Understanding the factors driving socially-induced nocebo effects
Published 2024The nocebo effect is a phenomenon that occurs when negative beliefs elicit adverse health outcomes. Problematically, recent research has demonstrated that the nocebo effect can be socially transmitted between individuals. ...USyd AccessThesis -
Novel Advanced Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Left Atrium: Stroke and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies
Published 2024Background Left atrial (LA) myopathy contributes to atrial fibrillation (AF) and thromboembolism. Many strokes are cryptogenic, aka embolic stroke with undetermined source (ESUS). Moreover, hypertrophic cardiomyopathies ...USyd AccessThesis -
Ergonomic risks and prevention of work related musculoskeletal disorders in sonographers
Published 2024Work related musculoskeletal disease (WMSD) is common in sonographers with a lifetime pain prevalence of 68-95% and an estimated one in four suffering a career ending injury. To date there is a paucity of research investigating ...USyd AccessThesis -
Machine learning approaches for toxicology and risk assessment
Published 2024Computational toxicology is a new approach methodology (NAM) for chemical toxicity testing and risk assessment in light of the replacement, reduction, and refinement (3Rs) of animal use. This thesis focuses on machine ...USyd AccessThesis