• Surface modified cubosomes for drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier 

  Azhari, Hanisah

  The bottleneck in delivering drugs to the brain for treatment of diseases related to central nervous system (CNS), lies behind the presence of blood-brain barrier (BBB). This barrier prevents most of the large and a number ...

• Place-Responsive Outdoor Education Pedagogy in Singapore Secondary Schools: A Case Study 

  Tay, Kim Seng

  Outdoor education in Singapore is gaining traction with recent policy changes emanating from the Government’s National Outdoor Education Masterplan. Concerningly, a lack of critical examination and review of the policy ...

• Māori Women Promoting Food Sovereignty in Aotearoa (New Zealand) 

  Stein, Karyn

  Poverty and food insecurity are issues being felt in Māori communities. Food insecurity includes the malnutrition of essential nutrients due to the inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables, exacerbated by the widespread ...

• Quantitative Electroencephalogram Neuroimaging in Obesity 

  Ross, Samantha Courtney

  Efforts to understand and treat obesity come from a wide range of disciplines. Neuroimaging in obesity is typically performed with fMRI and PET, which are indirect measures of neural activity. EEG is a direct measure of ...

• John Hislop, L.L.D., F.R.S.E., educationist 

  Murdoch, Ian Alexander

  It is appropriate that, a century after the commencement of his greatest work and when a Royal Commission has under review his basic scheme, some attempt should be made to record the achievements and appraise the worth of ...

• The material culture of Ban Bon Noen 

  Molloy, Nicola Terese

  This thesis examines the material culture from the six occupational layers at Ban Bon Noen, Central Thailand. Through the analysis of the ceramic, lithic and metallurgical assemblages, the range of subsistence activities ...

• Why knot?: an exploration of weddings for women in contemporary New Zealand 

  Mines, Katie Letitia

  This investigation explores the relationship between women, marriage and weddings in contemporary New Zealand society. The persistence of these institutions is paradoxical in light of their social and material redundancy ...

• Patterns of aggression in New Zealand children 

  Kerr, Charlotte Jane

  Social aggression is a covert form of aggression, used to damage the self-esteem and/ or status of another. Previous research has shown that girls tend to utilize this form of aggression more often than physical aggression. ...

• The Success of Online Activism in China: A Comparative Case Study 

  Jones, Ashton John

  The aim of this study is to determine what drives the success of online-supported social movements in China. Research into understanding the rising phenomenon of online activism remains limited to date. While scholarship ...

• Effect of high intensity interval training on the left ventricular performance in the type 2 diabetic heart 

  Wilson, Genevieve Abigail

  Early studies in the 1970s revealed the now well-established link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease, the main cause of death and disability among this cohort. It is believed that biochemical changes to the proteins ...

• Evidence updates on risk factors for occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) Update 2: Review of impact and impulse noise evidence 

  McBride, David Iain

  This review is an update of the impact and impulse sections of the 2010 report ‘Guideline for diagnosing occupational noise-induced hearing loss. Part 1: noise effects and duration’. It has been carried out to inform ACC’s ...

• Development and Applications of Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Strategies 

  Dadhwal, Sumit

  In this thesis, bioorthogonal chemistry was explored as a means of developing stimuli-responsive nanoparticles and hydrogels. It has been hypothesised that the use of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems will improve ...

• A Regional and Nationwide Perspective on the Relationship between Sleep Disordered Breathing and Academic Performance in New Zealand Children 

  Harding, Rebecca Jane

  Objectives The main aims of this thesis were to: (i) investigate the concurrent associations between sleep disordered breathing (SDB), neurobehavioural, and academic performance at 8 years, (ii) determine the impact of ...

• Science communication in risk management at a high-incidence location for suicide 

  Walsh, Michelle Maxine

  It has been suggested that the role of robust scientific evidence in quality policy development is essential, but can vary on the basis of policy type and setting. These hypotheses and others were explored in a unique local ...

• The effect of co-creation through exposure to augmented reality on customer perceived risk, perceived trust and purchase intent 

  Al-Imamy, Saifeddin

  In recent years, due to advancements of technology, customers are empowered and better informed about the market (Prahalad & Ramaswamy, 2004b). Companies better understand that the balance of power has shifted and that ...

• Examining Traditional Maaori Knowledge Frameworks and Intergenerational Knowledge Transmission “Titiro, Whakarongo” - he huarahi ako noo ngaa raa o nehe. “Look, Listen”- a way of learning from days past. 

  Rewi, Raewyn Tangiwai

  Te Aria (Abstract) This thesis investigates the way knowledge is transmitted inter-generationally, and the teaching and learning methods (or pedagogies) used to do this. The transmission referred to here relates to knowledge ...

• Chemical Composition of Alpine Rivers in the Southern Alps, New Zealand 

  Horton, Sophie

  The Southern Alps of New Zealand are an exemplary case environment for studying the nature and relative proportion of chemical and physical denudation because of relatively high precipitation rates coupled with rapid uplift ...

• Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science 

  Dawes, Gregory W.

  For more than 30 years, historians have rejected what they call the ‘warfare thesis’ – the idea that there is an inevitable conflict between religion and science – insisting that scientists and believers can live in harmony. ...

• The Three Trials of Khruba Sriwichai 

  Krawengit, Tongthida

  Scholars of contemporary Thailand refer to the Sangha reforms promulgated by the Cakri monarchs in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as historical events that instantly created a new regime of Buddhism. ...

• New lamps for old : the activities of Sir Rex De Charembac Nan Kivell as a collector and dealer of fine art 

  Stead, Oliver

  Sir Rex Nan Kivell (1898-1977) was a New Zealand-born art dealer and collector, who was managing director of the Redfern Gallery in London's Mayfair from 1931 to 1965. His birth was illegitimate and the father is not known. ...

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