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 An investigation of ammonium nitrate/carbonaceous mixtures for use as blasting agents http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:295684 2013-04-04T08:18:15Z Aspinall, T. O. An investigation of Australian inflation : feedback measures and cyclical variations http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222457 2010-11-25T00:00:00Z Yim, Mok Pui. An investigation of day-of-the-week effects on stock returns on the Brisbane stock exchange during the period 1974 to 1977 http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:221731 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z Valassakis, Nick. An investigation of dynamic regression for analytical review http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218767 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z Bryant, Kay C. An investigation of environmental disclosures of Australian mining companies in response to Ok Tedi copper mine disaster : a legitimacy perspective http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217603 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z Lee, Yuen Yuen. An investigation of industry classification as a proxy for information availability and the small firm effect http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219854 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z Brady, Stephen R. An investigation of international transmission of U.S. monetary policy : foreign equity markets http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217998 2010-10-07T00:00:00Z Jing, Leong Lin An investigation of piecewise-continuous differential equations with given switching properties and related topics http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218247 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Johnman, Ann. An investigation of plate-filter performance : and applications to model simulation of Wave-generated currents http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218328 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Waller, W. R. An investigation of some aspects of the biology of flick weed Cardamine flexuosa from nurseries in Australia http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:258622 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z Ozanne, Trevor Douglas. An investigation of tax-induced dividend effects in the Singapore equity market http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:244920 2011-08-02T00:00:00Z Mohamed Ariff, 1942- An investigation of the adoption of soft systems methodology : an innovation diffusion theory perspective http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217505 2010-09-29T00:00:00Z Sihota, Jagjeet. An investigation of the causes of new product failure http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:223165 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z Sim, Lee Yew. An investigation of the criteria for good decomposition: the Wand and Weber model applied to the functional decomposition approach http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219839 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z Donaldson, Jeannie. An investigation of the effects of the human-computer interface on user performance http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219842 2010-11-06T00:00:00Z Cradduck, Peggy Rose. An investigation of the efficiency gains from the deregulation of the Australian banking sector http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218786 2010-10-20T00:00:00Z Coren, Matthew J. An investigation of the intraweek, intramonth and January behaviour of an index of Australian stocks http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219241 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z Lynch, A. W. An investigation of the lead-lag relationship between the All Ordinaries Share Price Index and the SPI Futures Contract traded on the Sydney Futures Exchange http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219192 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z Wong, Alexander H. H. An investigation of the shear strength of bagasse http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217643 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z Cullen, Rodney Neville. An investigation of verbal idea generation: The effects of prompts on discourse http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:275884 The left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) has been identified as important for propositional language generation through its role in selecting one response from amongst competing responses. Subcortical areas have also been implicated in fluent verbal generation, but its role is less clear. To investigate the roles of LIFG and subcortical areas in propositional language in the context of discourse, a topic discussion task was designed. The topic discussion task comprised 7 trials where the number of prompts, word frequency and semantic distance were manipulated to vary the number of competing conceptual propositions and, hence, the selection demands (high or low). The quantity and novelty of the speech generated were measured and analysed. Participants were 10 patients diagnosed with stroke and 12 healthy controls matched on age, education, sex and cognitive baseline measures. Results showed that Stroke patients produced fewer words and novel ideas than controls. Patients with LIFG and subcortical lesions did not demonstrate poorer performance on high competition trials. Only the patients with lesions to the LIFG generated fewer novel ideas than controls. Possible explanations for the findings were discussed. It was suggested that selection may not be centrally important in discourse production, which involves non-language processes also, and that the thalamus may be important in expressing novel ideas via discourse. 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z Bonnie Lok Yan Law An investigation to construct a reference scale by means of which the difficulty level of primary reading books may be determined. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:216927 2010-09-22T00:00:00Z Anderson, Jonathan, 1939- An on-board navigation system for mobile robots http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:301291 2013-05-29T10:21:23Z Pfrunder, Anthony A nonparametric approach to American option pricing http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:220104 2010-11-10T00:00:00Z Carmichael, Trent Andrew. An overview of Australia direct foreign investment in the services industry http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:221673 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z Lowe, Lucy. An overview of the law with respect to international transactions examining in particular Division 13 of the Income Tax Assessment Act http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:220048 No abstract available 2010-11-09T00:00:00Z Ziegler, Peter. Anticipating bank downgrading by credit-rating agencies: An exploratory study http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:276573 Credit-rating agencies (CRAs), such as Standard and Poor’s or Moody’s, do not always provide timely advice on credit downgrades. CRAs have also been criticised for providing overly optimistic ratings for financial institutions during the 2007-2009 global financial crisis. Timely and accurate credit ratings are particularly significant when financial institutions are scrutinised because the latter occupy a central role in economic activity. This study aims to investigate the feasibility of using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a non-parametric method, as a forward-looking alternative method to flag bank holding companies likely to become distressed in the near future. Two financial performance models, CAMELS and CPM are proposed to guide users in categorising financial variables instead of arbitrarily combining inputs and outputs in DEA modelling. The results obtained generally support DEA’s discriminatory and predictive power, suggesting that DEA can identify distressed banks up to 2 years in advance and can provide useful information on potential efficiency improvement opportunities for banks. Robustness tests reveal that DEA is sensitive to sample composition, sample size, and treatment of outliers. 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z Lin (Cynthia) Cai Anticipatory psychological contracts http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222998 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z Lee, Jia-Yen. Antidumping policy in Australia http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:223100 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z Ellis, Adrian. Antoni Gaudi's expiatory temple of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain : an exploration into the extent to which Antoni Gaudi's architecture is responsive to its context http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:292958 2013-03-07T13:03:11Z Small, Kim A numerical solution of a partial differential equation arising in the theory of the induction of eddy currents in the earth. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:225887 2010-12-23T00:00:00Z Anderssen, R. S. (Robert Scott) A palaeontological and petrological study of some Queensland oil shale http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:277266 2012-07-10T00:00:00Z Alan Wakefield Beasley A panel analysis of the joint effects of demographic and political structures on public savings and expenditures http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222972 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z Wong, Shijie. Apaptation of instrumentation to effectively measure suctions in concrete http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:296835 2013-04-11T10:19:59Z Denis Issac Best. Apaptation of instrumentation to effectively measure suctions in concrete http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:296844 2013-04-11T10:53:56Z Taylor, Ryan John. A parameterisable fast Walsh-Hadamard transform http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:301290 2013-05-29T10:11:11Z Petroff, Nikolai A performance evaluation of actively managed portfolios in Australia : are they able to consistently outperform their passive counterparts? http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219184 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z Morris, Melanie. A performing edition of Domenico Dragonetti's solo in G for double bass and piano and a thematic index of his miscellaneous compositions for double bass http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:244523 2011-07-23T00:00:00Z Roylance, Philippa M. A periodic method of determining thermal diffusivity http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:241490 2011-05-28T00:00:00Z Renew, W. D. A pilot study into methods of synthesizing mimosine in a cell-free extract of Leucaena leucocephala http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:261350 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z Rathus, Carl A post AASB 1026 analysis of cash flows http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:219253 2010-10-27T00:00:00Z Parker, Shelley. A pound of bungwall and other measures http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:267320 2012-02-09T00:00:00Z Richter, John. Application of goal programming to the state purchasing policy http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218394 2010-10-13T00:00:00Z Kapsis, Nicholas Nigel. Application of integer programming to production of a shipping schedule http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:223396 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z McLeod, J. G. Application of the capital asset pricing model to the measurement of divisional performance http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218743 No abstract available 2010-10-19T00:00:00Z Cable, Dawn E. Applications of canonical valuation http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:221538 2010-11-18T00:00:00Z Newman, Scott P. Applying endogenous job search to unemployment dynamics with flows data : Australian evidence http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:222512 2010-11-25T00:00:00Z Wee, Albert Ann Soon. Applying the technology acceptance model and diffusion of innovation theory to the acceptance and adoption of search formats : an empirical study http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218494 2010-10-15T00:00:00Z Besseberg, Kjell-Arne. A practioner's guide to evaporation management of small water resources in the border rivers regin of QLD and NSW http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:298218 2013-04-24T08:42:35Z McMosker, Peter A prediction of crude oil price movements into the next millennium http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:220046 2010-11-09T00:00:00Z Bledsoe, Erin. A preliminary study into the sinterability of pressed titanium powder http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300097 2013-05-14T12:03:25Z Randall, Geoffrey