Food insecurity is defined as: “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited ability to acquire acceptable foods in a socially acceptable way” (Anderson, 1990). Food insecurity is ...

The neutrophil oxidative burst during inflammation is a main source of oxidants in vivo. As a result of neutrophil activation, the inflammatory oxidants produced include H2O2 and chlorinated oxidants (HOCl and chloramines). ...

Written feedback is a widespread practice and has garnered considerable positive and negative attention. The responses that teachers provide on students’ writing are essential to encourage and develop students’ writing. ...

Ocean waves are a largely untapped source of reliable, renewable energy that could help meet the world’s demand for electricity while causing very few greenhouse gas emissions. Many distinct wave energy devices are currently ...

Background: There is limited evidence to support the direct impact of cooking interventions on diet quality, especially in adolescents. Diet quality can be measured using a Diet Quality Index (DQI). The New Zealand Diet ...

The consequences related to the loss of the worlds indigenous languages are not fully understood–the warnings as to the urgency of this issue largely unheeded, due in part to the enormity and challenges of regaining lost ...

Homing endonucleases are highly specific DNases, commonly called HEGs, encoded by self-splicing intein and intron sequences. They recognise long target sequences and confer mobility to their host sequence by introducing a ...

Cluster actors have the advantage of face-to-face interaction due to geographical proximity, which allows knowledge exchange with universities within clusters. The co-location of cluster actors provides an environment that ...

Reaching to grasp is a fundamental human action. In this thesis, I present a new computational platform for simulating reach-to-grasp actions and exploring how they are learned and performed. There are three innovations ...

Coastal erosion is a planning issue of great and ever growing significance in New Zealand. Considering the long and short term advantages of mitigating this hazard through managed retreat rather than hard engineering ...