UQ Theses Collection (non-RHD) - UQ staff and students only - UQ eSpace http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/ The University of Queensland en Fez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The case for tariff reduction http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:223017 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z Brenan, Justin. The Cathedral of St. John (The Evangelist), Brisbane:the metamorphosis of the Western Facade http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:292945 2013-03-07T11:31:41Z Strushko, Simone. The changes in value-relevance of financial statements of Australian companies http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217485 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z Prihtjahjono, R. Purwoko. The changing trade structure in the process of economic growth : East and South-East Asian countries http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222067 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z Sakaya, Izumi. The chemical constituents of some evodia species http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218254 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Cameron, D. W. The chemical treatment of gold precipitated from the Merrill-Crowe process http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218329 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Walker, G. A. The city is a house http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:294878 2013-03-26T11:02:56Z McCulloch, Tyson. Thecodont- The biped walker http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300486 2013-05-22T12:33:52Z Horn, Scott The cognitive and emotional determinants of reactive aggression studied in healthy volunteers using a laboratory paradigm http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:239790 Neurocognitive theories of reactive aggression have proposed that such behaviour is associated with both dysfunctional emotional processes, such as facial affect recognition, and impairments in executive functions such as response inhibition and cognitive flexibility. Presently, no single study has examined both cognitive and emotional predictors of reactive aggression. This was the aim of the current experiment. Eighty-six healthy volunteers were recruited. Aggression was measured using the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP). Emotional reactivity to provocation during the PSAP was measured using facial electromyography. Emotional processing was assessed using a visual search task measuring reaction time to locate emotional facial expressions. Self-reported emotional regulation strategies and experience of anger were also assessed. Two components of executive cognitive functioning, response inhibition and cognitive flexibility, were measured using the stop signal reaction paradigm and a set-shifting task. Self-reported impulsiveness was also assessed. It was hypothesised that aggression would be predicted by poorer performance on measures cognitive functioning, greater physiological reactivity during provocation, impaired attention to emotional faces, higher levels of self-reported impulsiveness and anger, and lower self-reported positive emotional regulation strategies. One significant cognitive (set-shifting) and emotional (processing) correlate of aggression were observed. When entered into a regression analysis only accurate set-shifting ability was predictive of aggression in the model. Hypotheses were not supported for other variables. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z Gemma McKeon The cognitive neuroscience of group membership http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:275927 The aim of the present study was to uncover the neural basis of group membership, and investigate whether the brain represents the ‘in-group’ differentially to the ‘out-group’. It was hypothesised that a network of brain regions including the cortical midline structures (CMS) and the temporal gyrus, would show enhanced activation for social words versus non-social words. It was also hypothesised that of these regions dedicated to the ‘social brain’, there would be unique neural activity in the medial prefrontal cortex for words associated with the in-group. To test this, participants were asked to identify which groups they felt they belonged to, and which groups they felt they did not belong to. In addition to the pre-existing groups, newly created groups were formed (the red team and the blue team). In a second session, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was then used to identify the brain regions that the participants used to process in-group words, out-group words, red team words, blue team words, and living and non-living (non-social) words. The results supported the first two research hypotheses for the pre-existing groups, revealing a network of brain activity specific to social words compared to non-social words, and in-group words compared to out-group words. This pattern of brain activity was not replicated for the newly created groups, suggesting that group membership represents significant meaning and is not easily recreated within a laboratory. 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z Samantha Morrison The colonial society of Rabaul, 1930-1937 http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:290253 2013-01-31T11:36:52Z Quinlivan, Patrick Charles The combination of two identical GPS receivers http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300101 2013-05-14T12:37:18Z Tai, Harry Chang-hui The common law and legislative establishment of the mortgagees duty to take reasonable precautions to obtain market value for the property upon exercise of their power of sale http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217596 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z Fisher, Mark. The Companies Act and the stock market http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222043 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z Edmonds, L. A. The compressive strength of dry stacked masonry (smark masonry) http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:296840 2013-04-11T10:40:42Z Murphy, Matthew. The compressive strength of dry stacked masonry (smart masonry) http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:296837 2013-04-11T10:30:20Z Gehrmann,Thomas. The computer in Australian secondary education http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218852 2010-10-21T00:00:00Z Gibson, Frederick Gary. The concept of economic justice : a critical evaluation of "The just economy, Volume 4 of a Principles of political economy" by J.E. Meade, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1976 http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219391 2010-10-30T00:00:00Z Donohue, K. J. L. The concept of ownership: Are there differences between adults with Asperger syndrome and typically developing adults in kinematic reach-to-grasp motion effects? http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:239756 This study aimed to investigate whether ownership influenced motor programming, and if this effect was atypical for individuals with Asperger syndrome. If revealed, this may suggest that individuals with Asperger syndrome hold an atypical concept of ownership. Fifteen adults with Asperger syndrome (mean age of 28.8, SD = 7.18), and 15 typical adults (mean age of 25.00, SD = 8.02) were tested across two experiments. Experiment 1 investigated the effects of ownership during its attainment phase. Participants personalised a mug and then performed reach-to-grasp actions towards their own mug, a mug owned by the experimenter, and an unowned mug. Meanwhile, passive reflective markers were attached to their thumbnail, index fingernail, radius and ulna, and infra-red cameras tracked their movements. During the attainment phase of ownership, ownership seemed to influence motor programming similarly between the groups. Both groups were slower in movement, and had a trend to have a more variable reach towards their own mug compared to the unowned mug. The participants then took their mugs away and used them for two weeks to reach a stage of mature ownership. Participants then returned to the lab, and performed more reach-to-grasp trials. During the mature stage of ownership, the effect of ownership on motor programming differed between the groups when grasping the experimenter's mug. While the typical adults had a trend to open their grasp later in their reach compared to their own mug, the participants with Asperger syndrome opened their grasp earlier in their reach towards the experimenter's mug. This difference suggested individuals with Asperger syndrome may have an atypical concept of ownership, in the context of someone else's property, and warrants further investigation. 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Damian Santomauro The conceptualization of organizational commitment http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219817 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z Sherwood, Ted. The concurrent task benefit in the attentional blink: The effect of stimulus similarity and concurrent task difficulty. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:239823 When two targets are presented in a rapid sequence, attending to the first target (T1) hinders detection of a second target (T2) between 200 ms to 500 ms after T1. This attentional deficit known as 'attentional blink' (AB) represents an attentional capacity limitation in information processing. The present experiments varied stimulus nature and task difficulty in the concurrent task in order to manipulate task-relevance and task difficulty respectively. Experiment 1 investigated the effects of task-irrelevant additional stimuli. Participants were randomly allocated to either 'task' or control conditions. In both conditions participants viewed the same concurrent stimuli presented with the RSVP stream, however participants in the task condition were asked to notice the extraneous stimuli while in the control condition, participants were asked to ignore the stimuli. The experiment was split into four blocks of trials consisting of two high difficulty and two low difficulty blocks. Experiment 2 consisted of the same conditions except participants were presented with task-relevant extraneous stimuli. It was hypothesized that AB attenuation would be found in Experiment 1, AB would be impaired in Experiment 2 and difficulty conditions would exacerbate this effect. While T2 accuracy results supported these hypotheses, T1 accuracy data raised several important questions regarding the validity of the results. 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z Jason Choi The construction of Cairns sewerage scheme http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219592 2010-11-02T00:00:00Z Traves, Norman H., (Norman Harold) The contestability of the Australian airline industry. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222908 2010-11-29T00:00:00Z Bailey, David. The contribution of Szymon and Helena Syrkus in the development of co-operative housing estates in Poland http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:296504 2013-04-09T12:26:17Z Winter, Magdalena. The control of Acacia flavescens A. Cunn. ex. Benth. : in relation to the establishment of improved pastures in the wet tropical areas of Queensland. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217303 2010-09-27T00:00:00Z Bailey, D. R. The control of fertility in cattle : with particular reference to the progestins http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217406 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z Harvey, Bradford Marshall The corporate environmental disclosures in response to the Ok Tedi copper mine disaster : a legitimacy theory perspective / by Piyaratt Jantadej. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217469 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z Jantadej, Piyaratt. The corporate veil http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:221711 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z Gallagher, Lynn. The cost and benefits of foreign exchange hedging for small Australian firms http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:226170 2011-01-04T00:00:00Z Tormey, Katrina The cost-effectiveness of increasing alcohol taxes in Vietnam http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217524 2010-09-30T00:00:00Z Hue, Tran Thi Minh. The current state of macroeconomics and the Kaleckian alternative http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:223582 2010-12-06T00:00:00Z Termaat, Els. The death of Mundell-Flemming http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222070 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z Moore, Daniel James Smith. The decline of output volatility in Australia : has lower volatility been transmitted from abroad? / Melwin Seitz. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217644 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z Seitz, Melwin. The definitive study of acoustic absorption measurement (impedance tube) http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:298245 2013-04-24T12:39:05Z Lim, Jean Hoe Owen The Dehumanising Consequences of Ostracism – Perpetrator and Co-perpetrator Perceptions http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:239794 Ostracism and dehumanisation are social phenomena that occur every day with serious consequences. Current research of both of these social phenomena has only focused on the victim, and has therefore left the view of the perpetrator largely overlooked. Consequently, the aim of this study is to address several gaps in the literature. First-year and paid participants were recruited to participate in behavioural and pen-and-paper measures examining the dehumanising effects of ostracism from a perpetrator‘s perspective. Perpetrators of ostracism were predicted to dehumanise themselves, and also feel that their victim dehumanised them as well. Additionally, co-perpetrators were expected to dehumanise each other, and that perceptions of lessened humanity would prompt aggressive behaviour toward one other. As hypothesised, perpetrators of ostracism dehumanised themselves and their co-perpetrators. However, aggressive behaviour toward co-perpetrators was not significantly produced. Therefore, this paper demonstrates that perceptions of humanness are affected by the dehumanising consequences of being a perpetrator of ostracism. Further research and the theoretical and practical implications are also discussed. 2011-04-06T00:00:00Z Hannah Chen The delivery of financial services : a marketing evaluation of selected financial institutions http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:223204 No abstract available 2010-12-02T00:00:00Z Booker, Stuart P. The demand and supply for prime Brisbane CBD office space : an econometric study http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:221677 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z Leong, Stephen Justin. The demand for durable goods in Queensland since 1950 : an econometric investigation http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:225934 2010-12-24T00:00:00Z Stevenson, James Douglas. The demand for imported black coal in the German electricity sector http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217807 2010-10-04T00:00:00Z Rentschler, Christoph The demand for money during hyperinflation : the Indonesian experience http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:221926 2010-11-22T00:00:00Z Paltridge, Andrew Terence. The demand for new housing in Queensland http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:221709 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z Burke, B. N. The demand for newspapers in Australia : an econometric study http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222333 No abstract available 2010-11-24T00:00:00Z Healy, Terence John. The deregulation of the Australian banking system : has it improved the allocative efficiency of the Australian banking system? http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222053 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z Corder, Caroline. The design and construction of a buoyancy balance : and its application to the problem of magnetite formation in copper matte http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218327 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Thit, Maung. The design, construction and flight test of the structural, fuel, stability and recovery system for a mach 2 free-flying ramject http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:299112 2013-05-03T10:03:51Z Cameron, Tyrone R The determinants and informativeness of non-IFRS disclosures http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:287640 2012-12-21T14:16:04Z Figueroa, Benedict The determinants of actual share buy-back activity in Australia. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:220577 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Marchesi, Damien. The determinants of an auditee's purchase of managerial advisory services from their auditor http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219212 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z Carrick, Andrew George. The determinants of Australian corporate credit ratings http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222568 2010-11-26T00:00:00Z Mirkovic, Alexsander Stevo. The determinants of board composition: Australian evidence http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218844 2010-10-21T00:00:00Z Field, Clive D.