This research explores the relationship between domestic dwellings, nature and natural environments. I propose that, in order to develop environmental conservation values, individuals must feel some sense of connection ...

In large undergraduate classes, it is time-consuming, costly and seldom practical for the teacher to provide individualised feedback to students on their written responses to questions. A request for advice in relation ...

This thesis has explored the information content of the ventricular fibrillation (VF) waveforms recorded as either a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) or an intracardiac electrogram (EGM). Ventricular fibrillation is lethal ...

This thesis discusses and applies Participatory Design at the Ranfurly Art Deco Gallery, in Central Otago, New Zealand. It continues the past decade’s revitalisation of Ranfurly, by providing Project Maniototo (a project ...

Minimum parking requirements are a planning rule that specifies the minimum amount of off-street parking a new land use or a change of land use must provide. While this rule aims to prevent the spillover of excess parking ...

Background: The number of breast cancer survivors is increasing owing to improved screening, detection and more targeted treatments. With a 5-year survival rate of around 85%, recurrence, mortality and comorbidity are ...

Background: Hypohydration is common across a wide range of sport settings, it has been shown to impair both physical and cognitive performance. Rehydration studies have investigated milk as a rehydration beverage and found ...

Background: Blood and body fluid exposures (BBFE) are an important occupational hazard to which healthcare providers are exposed, with more than 5,000 daily exposures worldwide. While the majority of programmes for the ...

The Rotorua volcanic centre (RVC) forms a well-defined topographic depression ≈ 21 km by 22 km in diameter that is located along, and partly delineates, a structural embayment in the western margin of the central TVZ. The ...