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Characterization of Bioactive Compounds in Lees from New Zealand Wines and the Effect of Enzymatic Oxidation on their Bioactivity
The utilization of phenolic compounds from wine wastes as source of biologically active compounds has attracted the attention of many researchers with the focus being mostly on grape seeds, grape skins and pomace. Lees is ...
Distractor Inhibition in Attention: An investigation into the influences of stimulus location predictability and distractor intensity
The present body of research explores some of the key conditions that influence the contribution of distractor inhibition to selective attention. In particular, the present experiments addressed three questions: (1) whether ...
Grounded in Heritage: An Exploration of Traditional Cultural Clusters in China – The Case of the Jingdezhen Porcelain Cluster
“Grounded in Heritage” is a Master’s project derived from part of the researcher’s Post-Graduate Diploma research based on the Jingdezhen porcelain cluster, which challenges Michael Porter’s “Competitive Advantage of ...
The Contours and Expressions of Contemporary Student Spirituality at a New Zealand University: An Exploratory Study
As a chaplain at two tertiary institutions, I have an interest in students’ spirituality as well as the relationship between spirituality and students’ well-being. The aim of this project was to explore the contours and ...
Structural Aspects of the Bovine Milk Fat Globule Membrane
This research provides further understanding of the native structure of the bovine milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) and the role of structure on releasing from, and binding of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to native ...
Routing and Wavelength Assignment for Multicast Communication in Optical Network-on-Chip
An Optical Network-on-Chip (ONoC) is an emerging chip-level optical interconnection technology to realise high-performance and power-efficient inter-core communication for many-core processors. Within the field, multicast ...
Screening and Phenomic Characterization of Heavy Metal Pollution Resistance in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
Heavy metals are naturally occurring elements originating from the Earth’s crust, but through natural processes and anthropogenic activities they can be released into the soil where they can affect plant life. Some heavy ...
Characterisation of the role of the PsbT subunit in photosystem II in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
The PsbT subunit of photosystem II (PSII) is a single α-helical trans-membrane protein found at the monomer-monomer interface of PSII dimers. During oxygen evolution by PSII in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, ...
Pursuing Formal Theories: An East-West Philosophical Synthesis Approach in Formal Grounded Theorising
This thesis develops and presents a formal Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) construct with a conjoined philosophical approach, testing it through empirical work in historical cultural clusters. The GTM originated by Glaser ...