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Nesvaderani, Maryam. "Acute Pancreatitis in Western Sydney." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21375.

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Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) has a mortality of 30% in severe cases. Major causes worldwide are gallstones and alcohol misuse. The first aim was to characterise the aetiology, epidemiology and outcomes for patients with AP in Western Sydney (WS). The second aim was to explore pathogenesis of AP and identify potential biomarkers of severe AP using RNA sequencing. Methods: 1) A retrospective cohort analysis of 932 patients with AP presenting to 4 tertiary hospitals in WS was performed. Data from medical records was analysed using SPSS software 2) A RNA sequencing study was performed in a separate cohort of 84 patients with AP (mild=55, moderately severe=19, severe=10) from 2 tertiary hospitals in WS. RNA sequencing was performed on peripheral venous blood collected within 24h of presentation to hospital and data analysis conducted using DESeq2 and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis software. Results: The majority of patients had gallstone AP (40%). 11.1% had severe AP and mortality was 1%. Females were less likely to develop severe AP. There was a failure to comply with guidelines for early management of AP. RNA sequencing identified 1914 differentially expressed genes (DEG) in severe AP compared to moderately severe and mild AP. Lipocalin 2, IL10 and olfactomedin 4 are potential biomarkers for severe AP and pathways dysregulated in severe AP had immunological and mitochondrial functions. There were 1468 DEG between females and males with AP and pathways unique to females were involved in B cell function. There were no DEG between the different aetiological groups. Conclusion: The majority of patients have mild AP with a low risk of mortality. T cell suppression and mitochondrial dysfunction are important pathways in severe AP. We demonstrated clear differences in the pathophysiology of AP between genders, with women demonstrating up-regulation of B cell functions. The differences in clinical outcomes between genders in AP may be due to underlying immune system differences.

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Forrester, Linda, of Western Sydney Nepean University, and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. "Youth generated cultures in Western Sydney." THESIS_FHSS_XXX_Forrester_L.xml, 1993. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/440.

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The study focuses on the types of cultural practice that are, in the main, generated by the young people themselves (hereafter referred to as youth generated cultures) who fall within the age group of 14-20 yrs of age. The research was undertaken in the Western Sydney region, which is the largest expanding population in Australia, and is regularly defined as a socio-economically disadvantaged region, therefore, an important factor within this study is the issue of class determinants. The paper explores the youth generated cultural practice of graffiti, skateboarding, street machining, and street dancing. These creative practices challenge traditional notions of culture and the arts, however the young people also employ strategies of an aesthetic nature in their creative process. Youth generated cultures are actively engaged in criticism through the use of instrumentalist aesthetics such as Monroe Beardsley describes. The thesis proposes that youth generated cultures have, in a united and structured manner, provided for themselves a framework of economic and pedagogical support that has afforded them a place within the cultural mainstream without the recognition or approval of mainstream cultural establishments. It is argued that these particular youth generated cultures are not rebellious or destructive subcultures, that they are creative in nature and have been established primarily to produce and display their creative cultures. Youth agency is essential to the character of these youth generated cultures and it is this agency that is under challenge from the cultural hegemony. The young people involved in youth generated cultures demand that any account of their cultural practice must also accept the agency of youth as fundamental to their cultural status.
Master of Arts (Hons) (Art History and Theory)

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Forrester, Linda. "Youth generated cultures in Western Sydney." Thesis, View thesis, 1993. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/440.

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The study focuses on the types of cultural practice that are, in the main, generated by the young people themselves (hereafter referred to as youth generated cultures) who fall within the age group of 14-20 yrs of age. The research was undertaken in the Western Sydney region, which is the largest expanding population in Australia, and is regularly defined as a socio-economically disadvantaged region, therefore, an important factor within this study is the issue of class determinants. The paper explores the youth generated cultural practice of graffiti, skateboarding, street machining, and street dancing. These creative practices challenge traditional notions of culture and the arts, however the young people also employ strategies of an aesthetic nature in their creative process. Youth generated cultures are actively engaged in criticism through the use of instrumentalist aesthetics such as Monroe Beardsley describes. The thesis proposes that youth generated cultures have, in a united and structured manner, provided for themselves a framework of economic and pedagogical support that has afforded them a place within the cultural mainstream without the recognition or approval of mainstream cultural establishments. It is argued that these particular youth generated cultures are not rebellious or destructive subcultures, that they are creative in nature and have been established primarily to produce and display their creative cultures. Youth agency is essential to the character of these youth generated cultures and it is this agency that is under challenge from the cultural hegemony. The young people involved in youth generated cultures demand that any account of their cultural practice must also accept the agency of youth as fundamental to their cultural status.

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Forrester, Linda. "Youth generated cultures in Western Sydney /." View thesis, 1993. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030616.093033/index.html.

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Yamanouchi, Yuriko. "Searching for Aboriginal community in south western Sydney." Connect to full text, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5485.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008.
Title from title screen (viewed November 2, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2008; thesis submitted 2007. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

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Yamanouchi, Yuriko. "Searching for Aboriginal community in south western Sydney." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5485.

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Sharpe, Samantha A. "Regional dimensions of innovative activity in outer Western Sydney." View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36077.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2007.
A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, Urban Research Centre, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references.

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Kelaita, Paul. "Suburban Queer: Infrastructure and Art in Greater Western Sydney." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18854.

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Since the 1990s, cultural geographers have used a variety of methodologies to track the physical migration of queers toward inner-city space and explored the wider cultural imaginaries that have grown up around this phenomenon. This thesis engages with recent theoretical accounts of metronormativity, or the idea that queer subjectivities are best served by urban environments. Invoking Scott Herring’s concept of ‘queer infrastructure’ and Karen Tongson’s account of queer exurban performance cultures in Greater Los Angeles, I consider engagements of intra-urban space in contemporary queer art by Sydney-based artists and collectives. This research departs from longstanding and recent Australian critiques of suburbia, which tend to frame the suburbs through either class homogeneity or ethnic multiculturalism, and demonstrates how queer-identified artists negotiate the apparent disconnection between the queer and the suburban in their art practices. Chapters one and two track the emergence and consolidation of queer urban studies as an interdisciplinary field. Chapter three provides a new reading of Sydney’s queer history via a focus on suburban rather than urban cultures. Chapter four looks at how queer exhibition practices in the western and south-western suburbs of Sydney articulate institutional, cultural, and social ecologies that bridge centre and periphery. The subsequent chapters each focus on one artwork: a performance staged in an outer-suburban shopping arcade that combines vogue, martial arts, and life-history narration; a video work that redeploys infrastructural tropes from a Bronski Beat music video in order to consider the queer trajectory from suburbs to city and back; and another video work that documents a six-hour drive around greater Sydney by a group of eight queer friends. Overall, this thesis illuminates how contemporary queer art practices in Greater Western Sydney reposition queerness as a central part of the suburbs and the suburbs as a central part of queer Sydney.

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Sharpe, Samantha A. "Regional dimensions of innovative activity in outer Western Sydney." Thesis, View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36077.

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The aim of this research is to understand the socio-economic development of a metropolitan region in Sydney through an analysis of regional innovative activity. South West Sydney, a major growth region within Sydney, includes the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly. This region has absorbed 25% of Sydney’s population growth in the period from 1991-2001. Although South West Sydney has experienced rapid population growth, this has not been matched by associated employment growth. In some sectors such as business services employment growth has been minimal in the previous decade, this is particularly the case in Liverpool, the regional centre of South West Sydney. Population growth is estimated to continue at the current rate (in excess of 5% per annum) for at least the next fifteen years. In this environment, local government authorities in the region are seeking ways in which to develop the regional economy of South West Sydney and increase the amount of sustainable employment commensurably with current population and labour force increases. The role of innovative activity has a central place in economic development. This thesis uses a ‘systems of innovation’ (SI) approach to examine innovative activity in the South West Sydney region. SI understands innovation as a socially embedded process of transforming ideas and knowledge into novel products, processes and services through the processes of learning and searching. The approach recognises that innovative activity is determined by various actors (firms and institutions) and the interactivity between these actors and the cumulative base of knowledge in which they operate. The Regional Innovations Systems (RIS) framework develops from an acknowledgement that innovation is primarily a geographically bounded phenomenon. The RIS approach sees that specific local resources are important in determining and encouraging the innovative activities carried out by local firms and hence, the competitiveness of these areas. The RIS literature provides two fields of understanding of what constitutes a regional innovation system. The first takes the global examples of highly innovative regions such as Silicon Valley and Route 128 in the United States of America (Saxenian 1994), South West England (Cooke and Morgan 1998), Baden Wurttemberg in Germany (Cooke 2001; Braczyk, Cooke et al. 2004), Northern Italy (Piore and Sabel 1984) and in Australia, the North Ryde corridor (Searle and Pritchard 2005). These regions represent ‘ideal’ or ‘star’ RIS, with highly specialised and networked clusters of firms, many forms of supporting regional infrastructure, and high levels of interactivity. The second and emerging field understands RIS to be in existence in all regions and individual RIS are identified on a scale from weak to strong (Wiig and Wood 1995; Cooke and Morgan 1998; Cooke 2001). This second stream includes the analysis of regions seeking to encourage innovative activity by using the RIS approach to examine their local resources and connectedness. It seeks to determine how not only local resources but also their connectedness could be enhanced to increase firm competitiveness. The innovation systems represented in the ��ideal�� regions are largely a world away from what is available and what is necessary in the encouragement of RIS in most other regions. However, the conceptual framework for examining and interpreting RIS is derived from the analysis of these ‘ideal’ regions. This framework does not provide for measurement and effective interpretation of a range of activities that may be present in less exceptional regions. This research contributes to this endeavour by providing a method that allows for interpretation of a wider range of innovation activities through the analysis of knowledge intensive services activities (KISA). The focus on knowledge gathering, particularly through the KISA analysis, provides an examination of the relationship between innovation, learning and knowledge, much more so than more traditional measures of innovative activity e.g. patents and research and development (RandD) expenditure. KISA analysis is an emerging field of innovation research. KISA are closely linked to firm innovative activity (OECD 2006) and through an analysis of regional KISA usage, an understanding of innovation and knowledge activities within the region can be constructed. This analysis applies equally across various regions and provides an opportunity to guide regional economic development policy intervention at the local government level in South West Sydney.

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Hughes, D. "Teaching singing in Sydney government schools." View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36654.

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Thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Western Sydney, 2007.
A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Communication Arts, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references.

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Peake, Wayne. "Unregistered proprietary horse racing in Sydney 1888-1942." View thesis View thesis, 2004. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20050601.164433/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2004.
"A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy" Includes bibliography.

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Gosbell, Iain Bruce South Western Sydney Clinical School UNSW. "Emergence of community-acquired, oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in South Western Sydney." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. South Western Sydney Clinical School, 2003. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/19050.

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The Problem: Novel community-acquired, non-multiresistant strains of oxacillin- (methicillin-) resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) have emerged in many parts of the globe. Little is known of the clinical features, the epidemiology, and the antibiotic treatment of these strains. Materials and Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on patients presenting to Emergency Departments or Dermatology Clinics with staphylococcal infections. Patients were stratified into three groups, non-multiresistant ORSA (NORSA), multiresistant ORSA (MORSA) and oxacillin-susceptible S. aureus, and clinical comparisons made. Strains of NORSA and MORSA were typed using antibiograms, phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Antimicrobial studies were performed to compare different methods of detecting resistance to oxacillin and to non-beta-lactams. Time-kill studies were performed with one drug to explore killing kinetics. The interaction between drug combinations was examined using disk approximation and time-kill methodologies. A single point pharmacodynamic analysis was performed. Results: There was an increase in infections with NORSA, MORSA and OSSA. NORSA strains appeared to be more virulent than OSSA and MORSA strains. NORSA was strongly associated with skin and soft tissue infections and with Polynesians. Most of the NORSA strains were related to New Zealand ????Western Samoan Phage Pattern???? (WSPP) isolates, and unrelated to community-acquired, non-multiresistant MRSA strains from Western Australia. Two patients were found to have British EMRSA-15 strains. NORSA strains were unrelated to MORSA strains. Resistance to rifampicin, fusidic acid, ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim emerged in the time-kill assays. Combinations of antibiotics, particularly with ciprofloxacin, often showed antagonism. Gentamicin, fusidic acid, clindamycin, teicoplanin, vancomycin, and linezolid were predicted to perform well. Ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, doxycycline, flucloxacillin and quinupristin/dalfopristin were predicted to fail. Conclusions: WSPP strains of New Zealand and EMRSA-15 strains from Britain exist in South Western Sydney. These organisms are virulent, and increasing in incidence in several areas of Australia. Antimicrobial treatment of infections with these strains is problematic and requires further study.

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White, Elizabeth Julie. "Time matters on shallow open sites: An example from Western Sydney, Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18685.

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Considering matters of time is essential for the study of artefact assemblages from shallow open sites on the Cumberland Plain of western Sydney. Matters of time are not optional extras. Open sites can have different histories of artefact accumulation, as indicated by varying proportions of different raw material types with depth of deposit. These raw material changes are consistent with demonstrated regional changes and provide very rough chronologies for the phases during which artefacts accumulated. As it is not often possible to use stratigraphy to distinguish between older and younger artefacts on these sites, the artefact assemblages are treated in this thesis as time-averaged palimpsests. This research has demonstrated that the nature of silcrete assemblages tend to differ depending on the temporal phases of artefact accumulation. Assemblages which have accumulated during one phase (the Bondaian or Phase 2) demonstrate trends with increasing distance from quarries (distance-decay); more so than assemblages which accumulated during multiple temporal phases. Change in silcrete procurement and reduction strategies during the earliest phase (Pre-Bondaian or Phase 1) and during the most recent phase (Late Bondaian or Phase 2B) are affected by the nature of time-averaged assemblages, disrupting distance-decay trends. Further, assemblages from high density knapping concentrations – single episodes of knapping activity – are highly varied, even within single sites. The approach and methods adopted in this research are likely to be applicable to many other regions where otherwise undated stone artefacts in shallow deposits are the predominant type of archaeological evidence.

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Cheung, Chui Wah Edwin. "Survey of dental service utilisation by year six students in Western Sydney Area." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4718.

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Zakrzewski, Dorothea. "Perceptions of privatisation and corporate performance a study of Sydney airport stakeholders /." View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/43585.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2009.
A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Business, School of Management, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.

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Morton, Allan D., of Western Sydney Nepean University, Faculty of Education, and School of Lifelong Learning and Educational Change. "Teachers' intentions to use information technologies: a study of western Sydney secondary teachers." THESIS_FE_LLEC_Morton_A.xml, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/58.

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The object of this study was to answer four major research questions dealing with the intention of teachers to use information technologies: what are the teacher characteristics and dispositions that impact upon teacher intentions to use computers in teaching and learning; how do these characteristics and dThis study aimed to answer four research questions dealing with the intentions of teachers to use ispositions impact upon teacher intentions to use computers in teaching and learning; how do these characteristics and dispositions relate to each other; can the pattern of relationship between these characteristics and dispositions explain conceptually the processes by which teachers' uptake computers into teaching and learning situations. Teachers were sampled from seven secondary schools located in Western Sydney. Subjects were provided with a questionnaire pertaining to educational, professional and computing backgrounds, and attitudes toward computers. Results show teachers' use of computers to be influenced by attitudes toward computers as well as factors such as teachers' computer skill, their involvement in formal training, and their access to computers outside of school. Gender issues were examined and while some effect was found, the effect was not consistent across all variables. The results of the inferential analysis were used to formulate a causal model, the purpose of which was to explain further the relationship between teachers' attitudes toward computers and computer use
Master of Education (Hons)

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Beale, Barbara L., of Western Sydney Nepean University, and Faculty of Nursing and Health Studies. "Maternity services for urban Aboriginal women : experiences of six women in Western Sydney." THESIS_FNHS_XXX_Beale_B.xml, 1996. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/316.

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The use of mainstream maternity services by urban Aboriginal women is an important issue for health professionals. Aboriginal mothers are much more likely to die in childbirth than are non-Aboriginal mothers and their excessive risk does not appear to have changed over the last two decades. The infant mortality rate is three times higher than for non-Aboriginal infants. Therefore, this project aimed to discover the cultural needs of urban Aboriginal women who use mainstream maternity services. Six Aboriginal women who were attending the ante-natal clinic at Daruk Aboriginal Medical Service were interviewed. The thesis included the following recommendations and strategies for their implementation: 1/. Establishment of a discrete Aboriginal women's health unit in Western Sydney. 2/. Provision of culturally acceptable education about pregnancy and childbirth. 3/. Promotion of breastfeeding. 4/. Education and encouragement for non- Aboriginal health professionals.
Master of Nursing (Hons)

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Zambre, Pallavi Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment UNSW. "Proposing a cultural landscape paradigm: a case study: Prospect reservoir at Western Sydney." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Built Environment, 2010. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/44903.

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The study sets out to investigate and question the Burra Charter, its Interpretations and approaches for protection of cultural landscape in Australia. While achieving the preservation of state and national icons, the Charter has overlooked the meanings and values of heritage landscape. Drawing on the field of landscape theory, my research seeks to extend the theoretical approach to study of the cultural landscape. Thus, this thesis proposes the cultural landscape paradigm (CLP) which provides a framework to interpret the inherent values of cultural landscape based on ecological, experiential and narrative approaches. Towards this goal, the research attempts to demonstrate and apply the CLP by conducting a case study of the culturally significant landscape of Prospect Reservoir in western Sydney. The study is undertaken with the help of a detailed analysis of landscape elements, historic documents, narrative references, personal observations and photographs. I found that although the site has been conserved on the principles of the Burra Charter, the regional identity and sense of place has not been taken into account. Over time, degradation of the ecosystem has changed the ecological, narrative and experiential quality of the place. Thus the landscape reflects the Burra Charter's values of national, state significance, and dominance in portraying a story of European past, with limited concern for aboriginal cultural landscape. A current issue at the site is the increasing urban pressure of western Sydney. How can we interpret, protect the regional identity and cope with the ecological changes so as to maintain the continuity with the past landscape? Similarly to what extent does the Burra Charter address these issues? I respond to these questions by developing and applying the CLP. This results in expanding the values and meaning of the cultural landscape of Prospect Reservoir, and provides guidance for cultural landscape planning in general. Hence, the thesis also demonstrates the need for the Burra Charter practitioners to rethink their actions for the future of cultural landscapes, where the landscape is a continuously changing, naturally and socially driven phenomenon.

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Beale, B. L. "Maternity services for urban Aboriginal women : experiences of six women in Western Sydney /." View thesis, 1996. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030613.161127/index.html.

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Page, Alexander Lloyd. "Surviving “Advancement”: Aboriginal Community Organisations Negotiating Settler-Colonial Neoliberal Governance in Western Sydney." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21887.

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The introduction and rollout of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS, the Strategy) in 2014 by the Abbott Coalition government dramatically altered the relationship between the Indigenous sector and the Commonwealth. In this thesis, I use a critical qualitative methodology to undertake in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 32 frontline workers in eight Aboriginal community organisations in Western Sydney between 2016-2017, to highlight the day-to-day processes of negotiating and ultimately surviving these ongoing policy settings. Although there is a body of research on the broader turn to neoliberalism in Indigenous Affairs beginning with the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in 2004-05, there is little analysis of how Aboriginal community organisations and frontline workers understood, dealt with, and negotiated this significant policy shift of the IAS at the grassroots level of service delivery. In my significant and original contribution to knowledge, I examine how frontline workers describe the effects of the Strategy for Aboriginal community organisations, and their practice in negotiating and fighting for their survival whilst balancing their commitment to the Aboriginal community of Western Sydney in an era of deep crisis. This research reveals how settler-colonial neoliberalism is problematised, challenged, and negotiated by Aboriginal frontline workers through their day-to-day action as the reality of contemporary Indigenous Affairs policy. While Aboriginal community organisations continue to deliver culturally-specific services, and a social good for Aboriginal communities in specific socio-historical contexts through grassroots programs, advocacy, and policy representation mechanisms, I explain that the constraining nature of the organisation-to-government relationship, and the reflexive practice of frontline workers to Commonwealth settler-colonial neoliberalism, are correlated with the distinct positioning and social function of the Indigenous sector, the reflexive negotiation of Aboriginal community and government relationships, and frontline workers’ agency through anti-racist project making. I argue that Aboriginal community organisations in Western Sydney continue to actively negotiate state domination, paternalism, and logics of mainstreaming in Indigenous Affairs policy in Australia, and significantly, expose a dual legitimacy crisis of both New Public Management and settler-colonial governance.

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Morton, Allan D. "Teachers' intentions to use information technologies: a study of western Sydney secondary teachers." Thesis, View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/58.

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The object of this study was to answer four major research questions dealing with the intention of teachers to use information technologies: what are the teacher characteristics and dispositions that impact upon teacher intentions to use computers in teaching and learning; how do these characteristics and dThis study aimed to answer four research questions dealing with the intentions of teachers to use ispositions impact upon teacher intentions to use computers in teaching and learning; how do these characteristics and dispositions relate to each other; can the pattern of relationship between these characteristics and dispositions explain conceptually the processes by which teachers' uptake computers into teaching and learning situations. Teachers were sampled from seven secondary schools located in Western Sydney. Subjects were provided with a questionnaire pertaining to educational, professional and computing backgrounds, and attitudes toward computers. Results show teachers' use of computers to be influenced by attitudes toward computers as well as factors such as teachers' computer skill, their involvement in formal training, and their access to computers outside of school. Gender issues were examined and while some effect was found, the effect was not consistent across all variables. The results of the inferential analysis were used to formulate a causal model, the purpose of which was to explain further the relationship between teachers' attitudes toward computers and computer use

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Morton, Allan D. "Teachers' intentions to use information technologies : a study of Western Sydney secondary teachers /." View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030602.144042/index.html.

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Thesis (M.Ed.)(Hons)--University of Western Sydney, Nepean 1999.
Includes appendices. "A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Hons)" Bibliography : leaves 219-235.

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McNamara, Michael. "Policy formulation and the limits of plausability : a case study of policy formulation in a revenue office /." View thesis View thesis, 2001. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030410.164044/index.html.

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Thesis (M.Com. (Hons.)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2001.
"A thesis presented to the School of Management, College of Law and Business, University of Western Sydney for the degree of Master of Commerce (Honours)" Bibliography : leaves 178-192.

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Kelen, Christopher. "Metabusiness : poetics of haunting & laughter /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030905.115414/index.html.

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Thesis (PhD. Philosophy) -- University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1998.
"Submitted in fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Communication and Media, University of Western Sydney, Nepean" Bibliography : p. 358-373.

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Taylor, Sarah Leanne. "The hydrogeochemistry of shallow groundwater in Western Sydney: a study of salinisation processes in shallow groundwater." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16115.

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Groundwater salinity is widespread in Western Sydney; however, little is known about the processes which cause it. This thesis explored many features of the shallow groundwater system using a range of hydrogeological, geochemical and statistical techniques. Geostatistical analysis of historical data highlighted that 53.6% of the study region had shallow groundwater with an electrical conductivity exceeding 2,000µS/cm. Salinisation hazard mapping indicated that 0.66% of the region has a high salinisation hazard and 54.2% has a moderate salinisation hazard. The high-temporal-resolution dataset collected for this study, allowed the recharge and salt source (modern rainfall) to be identified, plus mechanisms of salt accumulation (cyclic process of evaporation and re-dissolution driven by high rates of evapotranspiration and clay-rich soils), and transport. From this, a geochemical model identifying the processes contributing to groundwater salinisation, and a conceptual model of the hydrogeological system were developed. Multivariate analysis identified seven water-types, their geographical distribution, and the causes of temporal variability for each water-type. Saline groundwater was found in many parts of the landscape, though temporal variability was generally limited. The monthly comparison approach, which analyses temporal variability, was developed for this study. This method increased our understanding of system variability and its causes, ultimately improving the conceptual model. The conceptual model generalises the geographical distribution of water-types based on landscape features, while temporal variability is related to water-types. The model significantly improves our understanding of the groundwater system, and our ability to manage it. Additionally, this study has illustrated that groundwater salinity arising from evaporative processes could be more wide-spread than currently thought, and may not be confined to arid or semi-arid environments.

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Syaifullah. "Genetic variation and population structure within the Gudgeon genus Hypseleotris (Pisces-Eleotridae) in Southeastern Australia /." View thesis View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030508.154626/index.html.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1999.
"A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science and Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy". "November 1999". Bibliography : leaves 147-155.

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Gwyther, Gabrielle Mary. "Paradise planned : community formation and the master planned estate /." View thesis, 2004. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20051214.111331/index.html.

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Ugarte, Eduardo F. "The demoniacal impulse : the construction of amok in the Philippines /." View thesis, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/39353.

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Thesis (PhD) -- University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1999.
"A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy" Bibliography : leaves 325-343. Electronic version is also available at.

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Adcock, Peter Anthony. "Zinc electrowinning in the presence of iron (II) /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20031112.143926/index.html.

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Hendricks, J. M. G. "Pain : a biographical analysis /." View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030505.114731/index.html.

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Date on cover and spine : 2000. A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Bibliography : p. 321-355.

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Wong, Souk Yee. "Plato's illusion : republic of Singapore /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030911.110049/index.html.

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A novel and an essay submitted to the University of Western Sydney, Nepean for the degree of Master of Arts (Honours). References p. xx.

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Petherick, Janice. "Chiral discrimination associated with complex molecules /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030821.124708/index.html.

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Siaka, I. Made. "The application of atomic absorption spectroscopy to the determination of selected trace elements in sediments of the Coxs River Catchment /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030829.150226/index.html.

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Vinod, Shalini Kavita Public Health &amp Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine UNSW. "A lung cancer patterns of care study in the South Western Sydney Area Health Service." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/22463.

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Background: The South Western Sydney Area Health Service (SWSAHS) contains many areas of socio-economic disadvantage and ethnic diversity. It has a high incidence of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer deaths. The aims of this study were to document lung cancer patterns of care (POC) for SWSAHS residents, compare POC before and after the opening of an oncology centre in SWSAHS and compare POC with other areas in NSW. Methods: The study population consisted of SWSAHS residents diagnosed with lung cancer in 1993 and 1996. A clinical audit of medical records was performed to extract details on patient demographics, management of lung cancer and outcomes. Collaborating investigators performed identical studies in the Northern Sydney Area Health Service (NSAHS) and the Hunter Area Health Service (HAHS) for lung cancers diagnosed in 1996. Results: The SWSAHS study population comprised 527 patients. Nine percent did not have a pathological diagnosis. Twelve percent did not see a lung cancer specialist. Twenty-eight percent did not receive any treatment throughout the course of their illness. The median survival was 6.7 months and five-year actuarial survival was 8% (95% CI 6%-10%). Increasing age and poorer performance status were associated with a lower likelihood of obtaining a pathological diagnosis, specialist referral and treatment. Socio-economic factors did not influence POC. The establishment of an oncology center resulted in more referrals to medical oncologists and palliative care services. Other aspects of POC and survival were similar. Variability in POC was noted between SWSAHS, NSAHS and HAHS. HAHS residents were almost twice as likely not to have pathological confirmation of diagnosis or treatment. Despite this survival was not significantly different. Conclusions: This study has identified deficiencies in the management of lung cancer. To improve outcomes, referral to specialists and utilisation of treatment, particularly radiotherapy and chemotherapy, needs to be increased. Ageist and nihilistic attitudes need to be overcome. Prospective data collection is necessary to ensure quality of patient care. The formation of national guidelines for the management of lung cancer will play an important role in achieving better outcomes.

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Wannan, Alison. "Public policies and the construction of domestic life in western Sydney, 1974-1984: women, suburbia, community and the state." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1988. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26231.

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The issue of how selected public policies of the NSW Government impacted on the everyday lives of women in Western Sydney during the period 1974-1984 is examined here in terms of class and gender inequalities. Using data from ofﬁcial departmental reports and the empirical investigation of public expenditure on community services, the thesis demonstrates that most often public policies maintained the inequalities of women living in suburban Western Sydney. The sexual division of labour was central to public policies and maintained women as dependent mothers, wives and low paid workers. The home and the local neighbourhood were seen as the 'natural' location of suburban women. Further, the analysis indicates how the dominance of community- as-localit y in urban and social policies obscured the class, gender and racial/ethn ic divisions of suburban women. In contrast, a few 'community ' policies and services provided evidence of the possibilities for public policies to redistribute services explicitly to working class women and not to inevitably support existing inequalities. In conclusion, it is argued that the concept of community-as -locality needs to be reconsidered and reconstructe d and a range of housing and social policies developed that redistribute resources in favour of women and their families living in working class suburbs.

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Ward, Steven John. "Koalas and the community : a study of low density populations in southern Sydney /." View thesis View thesis, 2002. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030331.112329/index.html.

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Darbas, Toni School of Science &amp Technology Studies UNSW. "Democracy, consultation and socio-environmental degradation : diagnostic insights from the Western Sydney/Hawkesbury-Nepean region." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Science and Technology Studies, 2002. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/19281.

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The use of community consultation to address socio-environmental degradation is entwined with contested democratic principles polarising views of its role. I frame this problem by examining three democratic paradigms faced with two contemporary problems. The deliberative argument that preferences require enrichment with debate mediates between the liberal-aggregative view that preferences are individual, private and amenable to aggregation and the view that participation in public life is foundational. Viewing consultation as deliberative reconciles the liberal-aggregative view of consultation as the illegitimate elevation of unrepresentative minority groups with the participationist view that consultation constitutes a step towards participatory democracy. Theorists of social reflexivity, however, point to an elided politics of knowledge challenging technoscience's exemption from politically garnered consent. Also neglected by much democratic theory is how functional differentiation renders self-referential legal, political, technoscientific and administrative domains increasingly unaccountable. I employ Habermas' procedural theory that public spheres allow social irritations into the political domain where they can be encoded into laws capable of systemic interjection in response, along with a dialogic extension accommodating the politics of knowledge. I then use this procedural-dialogic deliberative understanding of democracy to elucidate the context and outcomes of the NSW State's consultative strategy. The NSW state, institutionally compelled to underwrite economic growth, implicating itself in that growth's socio-environmental side effects provoking widespread contestation. The resulting Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (1979) and its adjunctive consultative provisions helped highlight the socio-environmental degradation of the Hawkesbury Nepean River Catchment via Western Sydney's urban sprawl, politicising the region. The convenement of a consultative forum to oversee a contaminated site audit within the region facilitated incisive lay critique of the technoscientific underpinnings of administrative underwriting of socio-environmental degradation. The discomforted NSW State tightened environmental policy, gutted the EP&A Act's consultative provisions and removed regional dialogic forums and institutions. I conclude that the socio-economic accord equating economic growth with social progress is both entrenched and besieged, destabilising the political/administrative/technoscientific regime built upon it. This withdrawal of avenues for critique risks deeper estrangement between reflexive society and the NSW State generative of electoral volatility.

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Senn, Ashley, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, and School of Agriculture and Rural Development. "Experiential learning as a basis for extension practice with Maltese vegetable growers of western Sydney." THESIS_FAH_ARD_Senn_A.xml, 1996. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/55.

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This thesis is primarily concerned with the characteristics and effectiveness of extension and adult learning within a community of Maltese vegetable growers in western Sydney. Extension was practised according to principles of experiential learning theory, action research and andragogy. The recommendation is made that extension agents should concentrate upon experiences that are within the target group's spheres of activity and interest. Kolb's experiential learning theory was found to be applicable to extension in this context. This theory, and similar principles, involve interpretivism, reflection and interaction, all of which were found to be beneficial. It was found to be sufficient for the author to inspire growers with broad concepts, which were then applied by growers to their situations. It is suggested that extension agents concern themselves less with attempts to change clients' attitudes and instead encourage them to trial innovations and draw their own conclusions. Future research should consider characteristics of the internalisation of knowledge and the role of clients' emotional well-being. Guidelines for extension with Maltese vegetable growers of the Sydney region are listed, and many of these are generalisable to other circumstances of extension.
Master of Science (Hons) (Systems Agriculture)

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Senn, Ashley Arthur. "Experiential learning as a basis for extension practice with Maltese vegetable growers of western Sydney /." View thesis, 1996. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030812.082913/index.html.

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"A thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirement of the Degree of Master of Science (Hons) in Systems Agriculture."

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Markovic, Cresta, Lynette Mackenzie, Joanne Lewis, and Michelle Singh. "Working with cancer: a pilot study of work participation amongst cancer survivors in Western Sydney." Thesis, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Sciences, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21969.

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Background: Around forty percent of cancer diagnoses occur in working-age adults. Improvements in screening and treatment means that most are expected to live years beyond their diagnosis. However, many experience persistent impairments from treatment such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties and emotional distress. Work is a key occupation for this population yet little is understood about working with cancer in the Australian context. Aim: This pilot study aims to investigate work participation amongst cancer survivors in Western Sydney and identify factors associated with returning to work. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was developed to measure work participation and factors associated with work. Study participants aged 20-65 years, employed at diagnosis, with basic English and computer literacy were recruited from a cancer clinic in Western Sydney over a three-month period. Results: Nineteen survey responses were received and analysed. Participants had returned or remained at work (n=9, 47.4%), unsuccessfully attempted to return to work (RTW) (n=2, 10.5%), or were on leave from work (n=8, 42.1%). Of those on leave most did not plan to RTW (n=6, 31.6%). Fatigue (n=15, 78.9%), difficulty concentrating (n=8, 42.1%), memory issues (n=8, 42.1%), stomach upset (n=7, 36.8%), sleep disturbance, (n=7, 36.8%), and psychological distress (n=7, 36.8%) impacted perceived work ability. Physically demanding work (n=8, 42.1%), length of workday (n=6, 31.6%), productivity demands (n=5, 26.3%) and commuting (n=4, 21.1%) were challenging to manage after cancer. Approximately a quarter of participants reported discussing RTW with people other than their employer (n=5, 26.3%). A supportive workplace was a facilitator for work, whereas a non-supportive workplace was considered a major barrier. Overall participants reported positive attitudes towards work. Conclusion: Cancer survivors in Western Sydney may face challenges engaging in work after treatment. Work participation may be influenced by side effects of treatment, difficulty performing work demands and the work environment.

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Davidson, Bruce Paul. "Compound mutations in the mammalian EGFR signalling pathway affect epidermal development, growth and viability /." View thesis, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030826.115144/index.html.

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Andrews, Susan Lesley. "An imaginary other /." View thesis, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030915.151821/index.html.

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Bignell, B. "Musical utterance as a way of knowing : a contemporary epistemology of music /." View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030801.134529/index.html.

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"Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Social Ecology in the University of Western Sydney". Bibliography : p. 462-482.

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Colbourn, Elizabeth Anne. "But I can't cook - : Filipina migration experiences in Western Sydney : the process of adaptation, and unanticipated outcomes /." View thesis, 2002. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20050805.151642/index.html.

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"A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, Nepean, as fulfilment for the degree of Master of Arts (Honours), Cultural Histories and Futures, Faculty of Humanities (Asian Studies)" Bibliography : leaves 192-217.

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Peake, Wayne. "Unregistered proprietary horse racing in Sydney 1888-1942." Thesis, View thesis View thesis, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/30867.

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This thesis is the first substantive analysis of unregistered proprietary horse racing (or pony racing, as it was popularly known) in Sydney, an extremely popular form of the sport conducted weekly or more frequently between 1888 and 1942. However, a number of researchers working on its periphery have contributed commentary and judgements to a discourse on it that has existed since the establishment of the Sydney Turf Club (STC) in 1943. Their writings have created an orthodox view of the sport that suggests inter alia it was a cultural expression of a ‘needy and greedy’ element of the working class and that its constituency was excluded from that of the racing of the Establishment, conducted by the Australian Jockey Club (AJC). This orthodoxy also holds unregistered racing was subject to endemic corruption, haphazardly conducted, inexpensive to attend, provided poor money and was in general a burlesque of AJC racing. The thesis engages this discourse and tests the tenets of the orthodoxy through examination or re-examination of relevant primary sources, including parliamentary papers, contemporary newspapers and journals, race books and other documents, administrative records, photographs, and the memoirs and transcripts of oral history provided by human participants.

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Timmer, Cornelis. "Modernism and fragmentation /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030908.132615/index.html.

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Long, Julie-Anne. "The leisure mistress dances : an investigation of a practice where fact and fiction collide /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030905.135752/index.html.

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Minhas, Gurjeet S. "Complementary therapies : familiarity and use by midwives and women /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030829.153322/index.html.

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Hadjichari, Andrew Michael. "Determination of heavy metals on macro- and micro-electrodes by adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry and anodic stripping voltammetry /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030828.122855/index.html.

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A thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Centre for Electrochemical Research and Analytical Technology, University of Western Sydney, Nepean. Includes bibliographical references.

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Hau, Le Nguyen. "Relationships between organization characteristics and needs for management training in developing countries /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030902.102507/index.html.

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