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Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Using Digital Health Technology to Optimise Older People’s Pain Self-Management Capabilities: A Mixed Methods Study (The DigiTech Pain Project), Priyanka Bhattarai

Motor Planning in Children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder: Behavioural and Neurological Evidence, Ranila Bhoyroo

Yurunnhang Bungil Nyumba: Infusing Aboriginal ways of being into teaching practice in Australia, Lisa Buxton

Is Liberal Democracy a Contradiction?: A Study of Political Participation and Inequality in Australia During the 1960s and 1970s, Daniel A. Elias

Perceptions, impact and scope of medication errors with opioids in Australian specialist palliative care inpatient services: A mixed methods study (the PERISCOPE project), Nicole Heneka

Veteran Paramedics’ Experience of Managing Work-Related Trauma: A Qualitative Study, Ryan D. Jenkins

A Western Australian Story: A Mixed Method Study Exploring Nutrition Knowledge, Food Intake, Influences on Food Choice, Body Image and Eating Attitudes of University Students, Michelle Lambert

From Valuable Resource to Valued Person: Ontologies of Human Resource Management, Gregory M. Latemore

Population Pharmacokinetics of Ribavirin in Lung Transplant Recipients and Examination of Current and Alternative Dosing Regimens, Eliza Milliken

The Barren Bear Fruit: Towards a Theology of Marital Fruitfulness for Sterile Catholic Couples in Light of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Theology of Fruitfulness, Briony Mowbray

The Extent to Which a Professional Development Program can Support Caring Nursing Practice in Western Australian Hospitals, Tonia Naylor

Optimising Refurbishment in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities Using a Mixed Methods Approach, S Neylon

Incorporating an Interdisciplinary Approach to Examine the Relationship Between Physical Capacity, Perceptual Motor Skill, Mental Toughness and Match Performance in Australian Football, Benjamin Piggott

Impact of Lifestyle Factors on Group B Streptococcus Colonization During Pregnancy, Myra Joy Quilatan

Encountering the living God: The integral formation of teachers as witnesses in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, Amy E. Roberts

Decoding Gender in the Selected Works of Salman Rushdie, Zubaidah Binti Mohamed Shaburdin

Exploring 4th Year Medical Students’ Learning and Understanding in Mental Health and Psychiatry, Kimberly Smith

Albert Camus: Rebellion Through the Ethical Frameworks of Emmanuel Levinas and Soren Kierkegaard, Conor Spence

Study of the Health Needs of Older Women Experiencing Homelessness in the Perth Metropolitan Area, Gloria Sutherland

Safety and Effectiveness of Stoss Therapy in Children with Vitamin D Deficiency, Paul Tannous

Hysterical Women: Moral Treatment of Female Patients in the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum, 1858 – 1908, Alexandra Wallis

Causes of Variable Jarrah (Eucalyptus Marginata) and Marri (Corymbia Calophylla) Seedling Density at Establishment Following Bauxite Mining in the Northern Jarrah Forest of Western Australia, Tai White-Toney

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Assessment of Pre-Eclampsia Risk in Early Pregnancy, Ziad T.A Al-Rubaie

The validity and reliability of the Basketball Jump Shooting Accuracy Test, Brenton Boddington

Applying Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perception to maternal well-being in the first twelve months following birth, Anna Bosco

"Taming the beast": Exploring the lived experience of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis using a life history approach, Therese Burke

Youth who serve: Mandatory school service experience and consequent civic responsibility, Cho See Chong

Does the Catechism of the Catholic Church Possess an Educational Function as a Formative tool for Catholic Educators?, Marlon De La Torre

“Turning mirrors into windows”: A study of participatory dynamic simulation modelling to inform health policy decisions, Louise Freebairn

St Thomas Aquinas on affectivity: A way forward for seminary formation, Bernard Gordon

Mark Oliphant and the Invisible College of the Peaceful Atom, Darren Holden

Hearing and understanding: Vernacular liturgical reform at Holy Trinity Abbey New Norcia 1963-1970, Christopher Kan

Evaluating local, national, regional and international interventions in northern Uganda using a human security approach, Davis Kawooya

Being on track: A phenomenological study of the lived experience of staff development nurses’ transition from A Ward-based role to the role of staff development nurse in a hospital in Western Australia, Penny Keogh

A study of stakeholder power relations, governmentality and capital in vocational education and training policy in Australia, Jonathon Mascorella

Christmas Island: A question of self-determination, Kelvin Matthews

The educational leadership experiences of principals and their respective leadership teams in the implementation of a Josephite approach to education in six schools in the Josephite tradition, Catherine Mead

Differentiating pre-capillary and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension by Doppler echocardiography in a large realworld database, Pyi Naing

"Bridging two worlds?”: Towards cultural safety within schools of nursing in Australian universities, Samantha Petric

The conjecture from the universality of objectivity in jurisprudential thought: The universal presence of a ‘reasonable man’, Johnny Sakr

The Steering Towards Readiness Framework : The Lived Experience of Clinical Facilitators in Identifying, Assessing and Managing Students at Risk of Not Being Ready to Practice as Beginning Practitioners Within Western Australian Health Settings, Rosealie Southwell

Perceptions of parental awareness, knowledge and anxiety levels regarding Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation training amongst parents residing in Southern Tasmania, Nakita Stephens

Towards an Aristotelian Theory of care: A comparison of Neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics with feminist ethics of care, and the fundaments of a virtue ethical theory of care, Steven Steyl

The course changes in maximal strength velocity following a traditional strength- or power orientated training session, Alexander Vernon

Motivation in knowledge workers, Carmen Wong

Patient involvement in healthcare projects: A mixed method study on the perspectives of project staff in Western Australian (WA) public hospitals and health services, Melanie Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Development of a professional practice competency for undergraduate nursing students at a private catholic university in Western Australia: A mixed-method study, Christine Adams

To teach or not to teach? The experiences and self-perceptions of early career teachers in Western Australian catholic primary schools that led them to remain in the profession, Deborah Black

"No sir, it’s not discrimination, you’re just too old". An auto-ethnography of the effects of perceived age discrimination among older Australian male professionals., Colin Brown

Picasso's Guernica: The imaginative treatment of history, Riley Buchanan

The shadow in the light: The dark romanticism of Francisco de Goya, Elizabeth Burns-Dans

Because He has spoken to us Joseph Ratzinger, the revelation of the LOGOS in Jesus Christ, and a fundamental pattern for evangelization, Bradley Bursa

The impact of pilgrimage upon the faith and faith-based practice of Catholic educators, Rachel Capets

Deficiencies in Australia’s current merger regime: The call to combat creeping acquisitions, Ashleigh Cavagnino

Diagnosing pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease using diastolic echo markers: The National Echo Database of Australia (NEDA) PH-LHD predictive formula, Kevin Chung

An exegetical study of the annunciation of Luke 1:26-38 through text and art, Kellie Costello

An investigation into the impact of high-stakes testing, through the naplan assessment, on the teaching and learning of mathematics in one primary school, Linda Cranley

Psychometric Testing of the Endotracheal Suction Assessment Tool© (ESAT©): An exploratory sequential mixed methods study, Kylie Davies

4E’s Socratic Model: A grounded theory for managing team creativity in an organisational context, Philip Dennett

The emergence & evolution of the concepts of “the author”, “the work” and “literary property” with specific reference to enlightenment england 1450-1769: The role and influence of John Locke in the case of Millar v Taylor (1769), Mark Doepel

Workforce nationalisation in Papua New Guinea: Security and logistics in resource organisations, Warren Doudle

The changing face of Australia: From secular to post-secular identity, Saskia Ebejer

Assessment of the neuroprotective efficacy of poly-arginine-18 (R18) peptides in a pre-clinical model of perinatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE), Adam Edwards

The Christian concept of the nature of motherhood and its implications in a contemporary context, Christine Fisk

Modelling spatial heterogeneity in the haemodynamic response with implications for neuroimaging, Russell Gore

Intensive care nurses’ attitudes, beliefs and reported practices relating to patient sleep: A descriptive study, Rebecca Hahn

The identification of the role and competencies of the graduate nurse in recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient in an acute ward environment: A mixed methods study, Steven Hardman

The factors influencing nurse graduates use of mobile technology in clinical settings in Perth Western Australia: A mixed method study, Benjamin Hay

How do the writings of Pope Benedict XVI on "transformation" apply to a couple's growth in holiness in sacramental marriage?, Houda Jilwan

Macroeconomic risk factors of Australian mining companies, Mohammed Kamruzzaman

Promoting student belongingness: The development, implementation and evaluation of a toolkit for nurses, Christine King

Sustainability of sprinkler- irrigated horticulture on sandy soils at Binningup - Swan Coastal Plain, W.A., Eric Law

Paid parental leave: An investigation and analysis of Australian paid parental leave frameworks with reference to selected European OECD countries, Greg Lynn

Who will lead?: Implications and recommendations for the development and appointment of Sydney Catholic Schools’ leaders, Maria Maher

The plight of Mass Man & the concept of creatura according to Romano Guardini & Josef Pieper, Andriya Martinovic

Between forum and tower: The sources of political judgement in the leadership of Pope John Paul II, Cormac McCaughan

Insight into unexplained infertility: How do women make sense of their experience of unexplained infertility followed by spontaneous conception, Fabienne Michea

Parent rated importance of active play and organised physical activity for young children, Casey Murphy

Evaluation of an E-learning training package by nurses for various designations for developing clinical skills and knowledge., Nitasha A. Narayan

Western Australian teachers’ perceptions of effective secondary mathematics teaching through the lens of the ‘actions’ of mathematics: The Proficiency Strands., James O'Neill

Initial teacher education students’ literacy: Factors that impact on literacy achievement of prospective pre-service teachers, Elizabeth O'Sullivan

Investigating the molecular pathology of Dupuytren’s disease, Robert Pearce

Perceptions of large-scale, standardised testing in religious education: How do religious educators perceive The Bishops’ Religious Literacy Assessment?, Antonella Poncini

Ontologia ad theologia: An intellectual history of contemporary English language Rahner Scholarship, Maddison Reddie-Clifford

Harbouring discontent: Activism in 1930s Fremantle, Paul Reilly

Aboriginal women yarning about experiences as undergraduate nursing students in Western Australian universities, Melanie Robinson

“First time here, I didn’t know it was hospital”. Travelling for treatment: The structural complexities identified via the stories of Aboriginal women who relocated for treatment in the State Adult Burns Unit at Fiona Stanley Hospital., Tiffany Ryan

Open versus endovascular thoracic aneurysm repairs In Australia, Timothy Shiraev

The design and development of E-textbooks to support problem-based learning in secondary school science classrooms, Nigel Stewart

Effect of a nurse-led lymphoma survivorship model of care: A pragmatic phase II pilot randomised controlled trial, Karen Taylor

The Who.I.Am study : Identity formation and motor competence in adolescents, Amanda Timler

A dialogue of traditions on the reality of mind: Thomas Nagel and Bernard Lonergan, Robert van Gend

Narratives of experience: Senior registered nurses working with new graduate nurses in the intensive care unit, Susan Whittam

Beyond the Pink Ribbon: An exploration of the experience of self-compassion in Western Australian women survivors of breast cancer, Helen Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Exploring the concept of receptivity to bereavement support: Implications for palliative care services in rural, regional and remote Western Australia, Pippa Blackburn

Women's imprisonment and recidivism: An illustrative analysis of Boronia Women's Pre-Release Centre (Western Australia) and progressive/open prison systems in Norway and Sweden, Cheryl M. Botello

The problem of unwanted online publication and use of images of children and young people : A legal challenge, Anna Bunn

The modification of two tools to measure emotional intelligence in undergraduate student nurses: A mixed method pilot study, Laurel Collin

The influence of the supernumerary clinical nurse educator role on advancing graduate nurses’ quality of patient care: A mixed-methods study in a private Western Australian health service, Tracey Coventry

Self-compassion : What meaning and role does it play in the lives of women who experience anxiety and depression in the perinatal period, Cindy Cranswick

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