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The Role of Local Knowledge in Yancheng National Nature Reserve Management
Throughout the world, protected areas have been established to preserve biodiversity and natural ecosystems, but they are constantly facing economic development pressure from surrounding communities. In order to reconcile ...
Predation as a primary limiting factor: A comparison of the effects of three predator control regimes on South Island robins (Petroica australis) in Dunedin, NZ
The identification of factors limiting the recovery of threatened bird species is an area of significant research in New Zealand, where high levels of endemism make protection of threatened species extremely important. ...
Fructose Intake from Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Acute Plasma Uric Acid Production
Background: Sucrose intake, half of which is fructose, has been increasing over recent decades. Additionally, the introduction of high fructose corn syrup in North America in the 1970s has also led to an increase of fructose ...
Does prolactin act directly on AgRP neurons in the arcuate nucleus?
The development of a positive energy balance occurs during pregnancy to support the growth of fetal and maternal tissues, and to increase energy stores in preparation for the metabolic demands of lactation. Leptin levels ...
Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Analytical Chemistry
This thesis investigated the applications of Raman spectroscopy in various fields of analytical chemistry. This involved using the technique for examining microplastic debris found on beaches around the Canterbury region, ...
‘Walking between worlds’: the experiences of New Zealand Māori cross-cultural adoptees
In New Zealand between 1955 and 1985 over 45,000 closed stranger adoptions took place. The Adoption Act 1955 promoted the closed adoption of many Indigenous Māori children into Pākehā (white European) families. Such adoptions ...
Coping with Compulsion: Women's Views of Being on a Community Treatment Order
An interview-based study of 42 people with serious mental illness was undertaken in New Zealand during the early 2000s. Of the 42 people, 10 were women. The women were either currently on a Community Treatment Order or had ...
Sexology, the Homo/Hetero Binary, and the Complexities of Male Sexual History
This article re-evaluates the emphasis on the ‘homo/hetero binary’, which appears in many discussions of sexuality since the late 19th century, by exploring several key European sexological texts and their classifications ...
Masculinites, Performativity, and Subversion: A Sociological Reappraisal
The study of masculinities has not escaped the influence of Judith Butler’s writings on gender, performativity, and subversion. However, this article suggests that Butler’s formulations of performativity and subversion ...
Origin and beginning of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S.) in Aotearoa New Zealand
Since this work is the first major research on the history of the C.C.C.S. in Aotearoa New Zealand, the main objective is to provide a general survey of its origin and beginning.
The Thesis takes seriously the self-understanding ...