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Students Submitting Their Thesis for Examination

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July 2008


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 Abdulaziz Al-Eissa
PhD
Accounting & Finance
Non-Audit Services and Auditor Independence. The Case of Saudi Arabia
Professor Bob Clift
Dr Albert Brooks
30 July 2008
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 Anthony Cappell
PhD
Institute for Community Engagement and Policy Alternatives
To be or not to be an Italian: BA Santamaria, Culture, Descent and the Social Exclusion of Italian-Australians
Dr Ilma O'Brien
N/A
14 July 2008
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 Kurukulasuriya Joseph T N Fernando
PhD
Electrical Engineering
Soft Computing Techniques in Power System Analysis
Professor Akhtar Kalam
N/A
24 July 2008
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 Kate Gartlan
PhD
Molecular Sciences
A Complementary Role for the Tetraspanins CD37 and Tssc6 in the Immune System
Dr Mark Wright
N/A
16 July 2008
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 Waliul Akm Islam
PhD
Communication, Culture & Languages
Ways of Becoming: South Asian Sudents in an Australian Postgraduate Environment
Professor Helen Borland
N/A
21 July 2008


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 Wuthi Liptapallop
EdD
Education
Using Responsive Evaluation to Change Thai Tourist Police Volunteer Programs
Dr Ian Ling
Dr Chalong Tubsre
14 July 2008
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 Catherine Prentice
PhD
Hospitality, Tourism & Marketing
Trait Emotional Intelligence, Personality and the Self-Perceived Performance Ratings of Casino Key Account Representatives
Dr Keis Ohtsuka
Professor Brian King
16 July 2008
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 Paul Stephen Ramage
PhD
Centre for International Corporate Governance Research
Factors Impacting on the Adoption and Operation of Corporate Governance Reform in Australian State Government Departments
Professor Anona Armstrong
Mr Peter Demediuk
31 July 2008

June 2008

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 Tanachart Raoprasert
DBA
Graduate School of Business
Factors Influencing the Adaptation and Acceptance of Japanese Management Practices in Thailand
Professor Sardar Islam
Dr Rod Turner
05 June 2008


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 Kittitouch Soontornwipast
EdD
Education
An Impact Evaluation of a Masters TEFL Program Operating at a Language Institute in Thailand
Dr Ian Ling
Dr Apasara Chinwonno
10 June 2008
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 Adrian Threlfal
PhD
Social Sciences
The Development of Australian Army Jungle Warfare Doctrine and Training, 1941-1945
Professor Phillip Deery
n/a
06 June 2008
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 Robert Webster
DBA
Graduate School of Business
An Investigation into the Decision-Making Processes of Transport Companies when Selecting a Warehouse Location
Dr Ian Sadler
Professor Anona Armstrong
04 June 2008

May 2008

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 George Hanna
PhD
Computer Science and Mathematics
Cubature Rules from a Generalized Taylor Perspective
Professor Sever Dragomir
Dr John Roumeliotis, Dr Neil Diamond, A/Prof Pietro Cerone
14 May 2008
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 Dzavid Haveric
PhD
Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives
History of the Bosnian Muslim Community in Australia: Settlement Experience in Victoria
Professor Danny Ben-Moshe
Professor Hurriyet Babacan
23 May 2008


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 Akhtar Nawaz
PhD
Human Movement, Recreation & Performance
A Comparative and Historical Analysis of Elite Sport Programs in Australia and Pakistan, 1947-2007
Dr Rob Hess
Dr Richard Baka
20 May 2008
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 Matthew Stewart
PhD
Molecular Sciences
Computational and Experimental Investigations of Biologically Interesting Molecules
Professor John Orbell
n/a
20 May 2008
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 Vivienne Sullivan
PhD
Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport
Wasting Away: The Effects of Weight Management on Jockeys' Physical, Psychological and Social Wellbeing
Dr Gerard Kennedy
Professor Jill Astbury
16 May 2008

April 2008



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 Robert Bozinovski
PhD
School of Social Sciences
The Communist Party of Australia and Proletarian Internationalism, 1928-1945
Professor Phillip Deery
n/a
18 April 2008
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 Kim Murray Sweeny
PhD
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies
Accounting for Growth in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Professor Peter Sheehan
Ms Helen Owens
11 April 2008

March 2008

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 Jennifer Borrell
PhD
School of Applied Economics
Developing a Framework for the Study of Gaming Machine and Associated Problematic Gambling Phenomena
Dr Jamie Doughney
Dr Jacques Boulet (External)
31 March 2008
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 Renee Carr
DPsych
School of Psychology
The Effects of Modulating Temporal Separation and Distractor Identity on Distractor Interference in an Older Population Sample
Dr Ada Kritikos
n/a
31 March 2008
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 Simone Cremona
DPsych
School of Psychology
Antenatal Predictors of Maternal Bonding for Adolescent Mothers
Professor Sandra Lancaster
n/a
31 March 2008
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 Patricia Everitt-Deering
PhD
School of Information Systems
The Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Rural General Practitioners: A Socio-Technical Analysis
Associate Professor Arthur Tatnall
Dr Stephen Burgess
31 March 2008
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 David Fitrio
PhD
School of Electrical Engineering
Power Management Schemes for Ultra Low Power Biomedical Devices
Dr Alex Stojcevski
Professor Greg Baxter
31 March 2008
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 Sudinna kulangana Hewakapuge
PhD
School of Molecular Sciences
Prediction of age from DNA
Dr Swati Baindur-Hudson
Dr Roland Van Oorsehot (External)
18 March 2008


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 Dariusz Kutyna
PhD
School of Molecular Sciences
Isolation of Low Ethanol Producing Yeast Strains Using Adaptive Evolution
Associate Professor Grant Stanley
Dr Paul Chambers (External)
31 March 2008


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 Christopher Larner
PhD
chool of Human Movement, Recreation & Performance
On Making Warriors Out of Worriers: The Management of Trait Anxiety in Competitive Sports
Professor Tony Morris
Dr Daryl Marchant
17 March 2008


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 Felicity Morris
PhD
School of Human Movement, Recreation & Performance
The Adoption and Maintenance of Physical Activity for Mid-Life,Sedentary Women
Dr Daryl Marchant
A/Professor Denis Coleman
20 March 2008
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 Evaristo Nsenduluka
PhD
School of Management
Organizational and Group Antecedents of Workgroup Innovativeness in a Service Industry
Professor Michael Muetzelfeldt
Dr Himanshu Shee
31 March 2008
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 Lynette O'Grady
Degree - DPsych
School of Psychology
The World of Adolescence: Using Photovoice to Explore Psychological Sense of Community and Wellbeing in Adolescents with and without an Intellectual Disability
Associate Professor Adrian Fisher
n/a
31 March 2008
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 Helen Power
DPsych
School of Psychology
Factors Influencing the Psychological Adjustment of Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes in the First Year after Diagnosis
Professor Sandra Lancaster
n/a
31 March 2008


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 Priya Raghavan
PhD
School of Communication, Culture & Languages
Family, Politics and Popular Television: An Ethnographic Study of Viewing an Indian Serial Melodrama
Dr Jane Landman
Professor John Sinclair
31 March 2008


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 Ludmilla Salonda
PhD
School of Education
Exploration of University Culture: A Papua New Guinea Case Study
Dr Margaret Malloch
Dr Jane Menzies
7 March 200


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 Elvira Sammut
PhD
School of Education
"Sugared Placebos"? The Effects of Satire and Farce in the Plays of David Williamson
Dr Tarquam McKenna
Dr Mary Weaven
20 March 2008
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 Anuphak Saosaovaphak
DBA
Graduate School of Business
Electronic Distribution Augmented by All Types of Collaboration: A Study between a Distributor and Dealers in the Motorcycle Industry in Thailand
Dr Ian Sadler
Dr Himanshu Shee
14 March 2008
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 Georgia Whiting
PhD
School of HMRP
Identity and Practice Among Australian Horse Racing Punters
Associate Professor Chris Hallinan
Dr Michael Burke
31 March 2008
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 Guandong Xu
PhD
School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Web Mining Techniques for Recommendation and Personalization
Professor Yanchun Zhang
Dr Bailing Zhang and Professor Xiaofang Zhou (external)
31 March 2008


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 Wusheng Zhang
PhD
School of Information Systems
Developing a Knowledge Model to Support the Management of Hotel Customer Complaints
Professor John Zeleznikow
Dr Emilia Bellucci and Professor Brian King
7 March 2008


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