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S. aureus alanine racemase: "A target for structure-based drug design"
Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic Gram-positive bacterium which causes a wide variety of diseases ranging from minor skin infections to potentially fatal conditions such as pneumonia, meningitis and septicemia. The ... -
Saccades in Alzheimer’s disease: an MRI study.
The body of work described in this thesis used saccades (fast eye movements) and MRI measures to characterise an Alzheimer’s disease (AD) group. Saccades are served by a network of cortical and subcortical regions, and ... -
Saccades, eye-hand movement and cognition in Huntington's disease: a 12 month study
Huntington’s disease (HD), a genetically inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion, is characterised by movement disorders, cognitive impairment, and behavioural disorders. Saccadic ... -
Saccadic Eye Movement Control Behaviour in Healthy Adults: Investigations of Clinically Practical Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Protocols
Ageing is associated with declines of cognitive functions, including voluntary control over eye movements, which could be due to natural brain deteriorations. In relation to frontal-lobe deterioration, adult ageing adversely ... -
Sailing and self-esteem: the effect of a ten day developmental voyage at sea on the multidimensional self-concept
This study sought to empirically assess the widely held assumption that developmental voyages at sea serve to enhance self-esteem. One hundred and fifty eight, 15 to 18 year olds completed measures of global and domain ... -
Sailing for Survival
Sailing for Survival is a comparative study of the trading systems and canoes of two groups of people in Papua New Guinea: the Bel people of Bilbil/Yabob on the North Coast, near Madang and the Motu people on the South ... -
Saints or Communists? The Story of Dunedin/Ōtepoti Food Banks and FoodShare
Food banks began in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 1980s and experienced a rapid rise from the early 1990s because of significant neoliberal reforms. Food banks and latterly “food rescue” organisations have become a normalised ... -
Salivary transcriptome biomarkers: For the identification of periodontitis susceptibility.
Periodontitis (gum disease) is a chronic infectious disease affecting the supporting tissue around the teeth. Bacteria cause the infection and subsequently activate the natural inflammatory host response. The response to ... -
Salt-water and bush : the struggle for Port Resolution, 1835-1868
The island of Tanna lies in the Southern New Hebrides, north-west of Aneityum and south-east of Erromanga, and is about thirty miles long by ten or twelve miles broad. The most significant feature of the social organisation ... -
Samba and the Afro-Brazilian favela communities
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the relationship between samba and the Afro-Brazilian favela community. To achieve this, a thorough literature review was conducted and the responses of six people involved ... -
Samoan women's voices : alternative ways of doing birth
The aim of this thesis was to examine the way in which migrant Samoan women did birth in Wellington in the mid 1980's. The thesis draws on interviews conducted with fifty Samoan women and interweaves the findings of these ... -
Samuel Beckett and the Emergence of the Nominalist Ethic
In this thesis, I argue that Samuel Beckett’s 1932 encounter with late-medieval Nominalism in Wilhelm Windelband’s History of Philosophy (1901) was a decisive factor in the emergence of his mature aesthetic. Beckett’s early ... -
Samurai Lear? : the cross-cultural intertexuality of Akira Kurosawa's Ran
Much of the critical literature on Akira Kurosawa's film Ran has focused, whether in part or in whole, on its intertextuality. In particular, critical analysis of the film has largely focused on the intertextual relationship ... -
sAPPα Over-Expression as a Preventative Measure Against Alzheimer’s Disease in a Mouse Model
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is neurodegenerative disease that mainly occurs in the aging population. It manifests itself as dementia, which is a term that describes a range of behavioural changes such as memory loss, cognitive ... -
Satellite tracking of sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) during their pre-laying “exodus” and incubation
Platform terminal transmitters (PTTs) using the CLS:Argos System were attached to adult sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) at Taiaroa Head, South I, New Zealand. Three PTTs were attached to adults during the pre-breeding ... -
Satiating effects of a rice-mix in Asian people with type II diabetes
Although for many Asian diabetics white rice is a staple, it may not be the most appropriate choice. An acceptable alternative to white rice could be useful in terms of lowering glycaemia and inducing satiety. Using a ... -
Satire and Dickens
People have a fundamental need to feel good about themselves, and sometimes we can achieve this at the expense of others. If I can laugh at someone who does something stupid, or feel superior to someone who does something ...