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Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Large-scale renewable energy penetration – A quantitative analysis of political determinants of renewable energy and its impact on electricity price volatility transmission and corporate financial performance, Abdul Abban

Heidegger: The Forgottenness of beyng, Emile Alexandrov

How the Catholic Church’s Trinitarian-Christocentric theology of Communion might inform the way in which spouses are formed for the apostolate of family life, Joshua Bitting

Implementation of patient involvement in the development of a health-related quality of life patient-reported outcome measure for ovarian cancer, Sharolin Boban

Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) for the risk assessment of acute coronary syndrome patients, Steele Butcher

The Experiences That Form and Sustain Generation Y Religious Education Coordinators in Catholic Secondary Schools, Dirk Gleghorn

The Great Southern buy-back: The colony of Western Australia and the Great Southern railway 1880-1897, Thomas Goode

The Adult Learner: Nature or Nurture?: A Case study of Teacher Educators and Teacher Learners, Christine Kassis

A cross-sectional comparison study of the frequency of Terminal Care Medication Prescriptions during the final 48 hours of life in inpatients of a tertiary acute hospital with an end of life care pathway compared to a tertiary acute hospital without an end of life care pathway and a hospice, Shawna Koh

Prisoners, Power and Panopticon: Investigating Fremantle Gaol, 1831-1841, Emily Lanman

Conformed to the image of Christ: An intertextual study of the significance of Pauline image-vocabulary passages for Paul and the gentile problem, Errol Lobo

A theology of confirmation from the Canon of Scripture, Peter Pellicaan

Cancer Education Framework for Australian Medical Schools, Darren Starmer

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

A Study of the Contributions of Fr. Johannes Hofinger S.J. and Msgr. Eugene Kevane to the Catechetical Renewal of the 20th Century and Their Relevance for Catechesis Today, Ronald Bolster

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

The Hope and History Debate in Fundamental Theology, David Patrick Collits

Moral competence in nursing: An exploration of the Giving Voice to Values Curriculum, Catherine Costa

Worker psycho-spiritual self-care choices: Making sense during times of stress and anxiety, Peter Devenish-Meares

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

Outcomes of Resistance Exercise Training in Adults with Acute Burn Injury, Paul M. Gittings

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

The spiritual growth of girls in Mercy secondary schools in Western Australia: The perceptions of post-school women., Tania Hicks

Understanding Falls in People with Intellectual Disability in Western Australia, Portia Ho

Theorising Leadership Authenticity: An Existentialist-Personalist Perspective, Anthony Howard

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

Evaluating information flow in medication management process in Australian acute care facilities: A multi-professional perspective, Seyi Lagoke

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

The confluence of short-term immersion and intercultural competence: Positive impacts for Australian preservice teachers, Julie Maakrun

Perspectives of Year 12 Students From Five Catholic Secondary Schools in Western Australia Towards Teaching as a Career, Lucie M. McCrory

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

A qualitative descriptive study about the experiences and views of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students: What influenced them to choose the mental health specialty, Kaile Moon

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

The Importance of Environmental Interventions in Eliminating Trachoma Infection in Africa: The Case of Gashoho Health District, Burundi, Desire Ndisabiye

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

Integral and Holistic Catechesis for Children in the Third Millennium, William K. O'Leary

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

An examination of pain education of medical students in Australia and New Zealand, Elspeth Shipton

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

Historical – Grammatical analysis of worship in spirit and truth, Steven Sunthang

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

Exploring the Validity of Script Concordance Testing to Assess the Clinical Reasoning of Medical Students, Micahel SH Wan

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

A quest for confidence: The extent to which philosophical inquiry through the integrated pedagogies of the question quadrant and community of inquiry can encourage the exhibition of attributes associated with the critical and creative thinking capability, Stephanie Massey

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

The Great Wings of Silence: Servant Absence and Presence in the English Country House Tradition, Ellen O'Brien

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

Evaluation of the impact of a low dose subcutaneous lignocaine and ketamine infusion utilising nerve excitability studies in a chronic migraine population., Christopher Rofe

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

University- based entrepreneurial ecosystem and entrepreneurial intentions: Evidence from South India, Deepa Subhadrammal

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

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