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Stanhope Andrews: Ten Years Leading the New Zealand National Film Unit
The aim of this project is to examine Stanhope Andrews’ role as Producer and founder of the New Zealand National Film Unit (NFU) and trace the historical foundations of how the film unit was established in 1941. Andrews’ ...
Understanding Semi-Volatile Pesticides Fate and Transport: Field and Laboratory Studies with Modelling Approach
The use of pesticides in the agricultural sector, alongside other technological advances, caused dramatic increases in crop yield but also accompanying increases in environmental concerns. Pesticide volatilisation and ...
The forgotten arm of the fight-flight response: α-adrenergic control of the diabetic heart and interactions with Calmodulin Kinase 2
In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) chronic metabolic stress and associated hemodynamic dysregulation result in a two-fold increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, making CVD a leading cause of death for T2DM patients ...
Cell-penetrating peptides for enhanced oral delivery of nanoformulations
Introduction: Oral drug delivery systems such as polymeric nanoparticles are used to improve therapies that utilize biomacromolecules like proteins and peptides. Surface modifications of polymeric nanoparticles play a ...
Viscoelastic finite-difference modelling of gas hydrates in the Pegasus Basin, New Zealand
Gas hydrates are ice-like, solid clathrates that trap natural gas molecules inside a lattice of water molecules. They are common constituents of continental margins, which has led to extensive studies exploring their ...
'Where Christ Speaks': Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Bibliology and Exegesis
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writings include a significant amount of biblical interpretation, but his potential contributions in the fields of biblical studies and theological exegesis of Scripture have not been sufficiently ...
Identification of synthetic lethal compounds targeting cancers with cohesin mutations
The cohesin complex, comprising four core subunits, RAD21, SMC3, SMC1A, and STAG1/2, is important for the regulation of many biological processes, including sister chromatid cohesion, regulation of gene expression, chromatin ...
Interviewing witnesses of serious crime: Assessing current police practices
Eyewitnesses play a vital role in advancing criminal investigations—often providing details that are crucial to apprehending perpetrators or justifying charges. To better align with the evidence base on enhancing episodic ...
Defining the role of respiratory oxidase function in mycobacteria
Members of the Mycobacterium genus are well known for their energetic flexibility, a trait which they exploit to grow and survive under a wide range of oxygen tensions, including hypoxia. Contributing to this flexibility ...