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Recent Deposits

Immunomodulation and Vaccination with RHDV VLP

Donaldson, Braeden Carl (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is an insidious disease, responsible for almost 700,000 deaths annually worldwide. The incidence of CRC in New Zealand is more than double the world average, at 48.1 and 36.7 cases per 100,000 ...
Ethical Norm Promotion in European Union Foreign Policy: Responding to the Arab Uprisings in the Southern Neighbourhood

Meikle, Chris (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The European Union (EU) has increasingly used its external policy mechanisms to export the principles that it was founded upon: democracy, rule of law, social justice and, in particular, respect for human rights. This ...
Who needs a Hippocampus? The role of the Avian Hippocampus in Serial Order Behaviour and Temporal Discriminations

Wilson, Alysha (Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)

The avian hippocampus is a functional homologue of the mammalian hippocampus. Damage to the hippocampus in both birds and mammals impairs performance on spatial tasks and generally leaves performance on non-spatial tasks ...
Characterisation of Volatile Organic Compounds in New Zealand Honey

Rowe, Adam (Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)

Honey is a naturally sweet, carbohydrate-rich, viscous fluid consisting of mainly fructose and glucose produced by honeybees (Apis mellifera) mainly from the floral nectars of plants. New Zealand honey is some of the most ...
Becoming-common: Affective Technologies and Grassroots Activism in Contemporary Italy

Urbano, Massimiliana (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This thesis employs ethnographic methods to study grassroots activism in contemporary Italy. Through non-representational analysis, which involves participant observation and interviews in activist communities, I observe ...
Kwaimani Ana Liohaua Gia, The Heart of Us

Hundleby, Irene Karongo (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

In North Malaita, Solomon Islands, oral histories, songs and music have archived cultural knowledge and spiritual beliefs for generations. This thesis examines how North Malaitan ways of thinking and being are expressed ...
Biological and Behavioural Markers of Parkinson’s Disease

Alamri, Yassar Abdullah S (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Today, upwards of 10 million people—approximately 9 500 of whom reside in New Zealand—are living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Yet, the means of diagnosing PD remain somewhat similar to those available to James Parkinson ...
Angiogenesis in the apical papilla of immature permanent teeth

Navani, Hitesh (Thesis, Doctor of Clinical Dentistry, 2017)

Dental trauma, caries or developmental anomalies may result in reversible or irreversible injury to the dental pulp in immature permanent teeth and this presents a clinical conundrum. Immature teeth possess a more favourable ...
“I’m actually pretty happy with how I am”: A Focus Group Study of Young Women with Positive Body Image

Poulter, Phoebe Isabel (Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)

Previous qualitative and quantitative research on the body image of young women in Western cultures has predominantly focussed on the negative dimensions of women’s body image. This pathology-driven approach has contributed ...
Hope for Regeneration: Increasing Civic Intentions and Values in Young People

Hayhurst, Jillian Grace (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Civic engagement is integral to healthy communities and a functioning democracy, yet recent evidence suggests that it is declining, especially among young people. The purpose of this thesis is to address the recent decline ...
The Butterfly Effect: An investigation of sealer penetration, adaptation and apical crack formation in filled root canals.

Russell, Assil (Thesis, Doctor of Clinical Dentistry, 2017)

Background The butterfly effect is an optical phenomenon seen in some root cross-sections and is related to density and direction of dentinal tubules. Aim The aim of the present study was three-fold. (i) To investigate ...
Does anthropomorphism affect people's ability to distinguish fact from fiction?

Hight, Sarah Rosemary (Thesis, Master of Science Communication, 2017)

Anthropomorphism is a fictional tool that is used in documentaries to invoke empathy and communicate science in an entertaining and engaging way. However, the appropriateness of anthropomorphism is contested as it may ...
'Doing the work of hearing': Exploring Cambodian school girls' educational persistence

Rogers, Tracy Leigh (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This doctoral thesis reports on a qualitative feminist study that explored Cambodian school girls’ educational persistence. The study investigated the multiple sources of support school girls utilised to remain in secondary ...
Engineering the activities and specificities of a glycerol dehydratase and an alcohol dehydrogenase

Maddock, Danielle (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

There is growing interest in finding renewable, environmentally friendly routes to chemicals that are traditionally derived from crude oil. The use of bacteria as living factories for the biosynthesis of these chemicals ...
Fetausia'i - a servant leadership paradigm for the mission of the Methodist Church in Samoa

Latu, Latuivai Kioa (Thesis, Master of Theology, 2017)

Christian churches in Samoa today face public criticism regarding the autocratic style of leadership they have embraced and encouraged, which goes hand in hand with their lack of attention for people below the poverty line. ...
Death as the Ideal Playground? Dark Tourism, Tour Guide and Tourist Performances and Empathic Concerns at the Buried Village of Te Wairoa, Rotorua, New Zealand.

Foster-Bell, Alyse (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This thesis explores tour guide and tourist performances and interactions at a ‘Dark Tourism’ site. The work is important because ‘Dark Tourism’ presents with more questions than answers; the trope of the ‘dark’ is itself ...
The role of control network in the accuracy of underground laser scanning surveys

Page, Christopher John (Thesis, Master of Surveying, 2017)

Terrestrial laser scanning is used in various fields with numerous applications, one being the documentation of heritage sites. Often scans will be georeferenced with respect to a real-world coordinate system. This is done ...
The enumeration of subclasses of the 321-avoiding permutations

Li, Jinge (Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)

This thesis is dedicated to the enumeration of subclasses of 321-avoiding permutations, using a combination of theoretical and experimental investigations. The thesis is organised as follows: Chapter 1 provides the necessary ...
The Economics of Processed Food: an Experiment using Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Hamill, Daniel (Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2017)

Over the last 40 years worldwide obesity rates have doubled and diabetes rates have quadrupled. Obesity is estimated to be killing at least 2.8 million adults per year and rising (European Association for the study of ...
Wind flow and sediment transport through foredune notches during oblique-onshore incident winds

Simons-Smith, Tom (Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)

Coastal managers have often promoted the stabilisation of coastal dunes to protect coastal lands and infrastructure. In fact, some coasts might be better protected by encouraging the development of broader, active dune ...