• Materialising Ancestral Madang: Pottery Production and Subsistence Trading on the Northeast Coast of New Guinea 

  Gaffney, Dylan

• Child Poverty Monitor 2020: Technical Report 

  Duncanson, Mavis; Richardson, Georgia; Oben, Glenda; Wicken, Andrew; van Asten, Hedwig; Adams, Judith

  Whakatōngia te kākano aroha i roto i ā tātou taitamariki kia puāwai i roto i tō rātou tupuranga aranui oranga ‘Plant the seed of love in our children and they will blossom, grow and journey towards the greatest pathway ...

• Laborastories: Creative Assessment for NCEA Science 

  Rabbidge, Mary

  The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is the main form of assessment used in New Zealand secondary schools. This system promotes fragmentation of knowledge and does not align with the values of the ...

• Interventions for childhood obesity in Southern New Zealand 

  Dainty, Gloria Jean

  Background Childhood obesity continues to be a one of the biggest health issues facing children worldwide, with major health effects well recognised. Multiple steps are involved in intervening in childhood obesity. This ...

• Clinical handover from the operating theatre nurse to the post anaesthetic care unit nurse: a New Zealand perspective 

  Eton, Sarah Jane

  The perioperative environment is complex, it encompasses multiple teams of health professionals and numerous transitions of patient care, requiring effective teamwork and communication to avoid negative patient outcomes. ...

• Direct and Mediated Relationships of Schizotypy with Suicidal Anticipation and Dread 

  Wright, Ellen

  Common and severe mental disorders, including those on the schizophrenia spectrum, are associated with an elevated risk for suicide. There is also strong evidence that suicide is associated with risk for mental disorder. ...

• An Exploration of Mental Health Promotion in New Zealand: A Qualitative Study 

  Craik, Brooke

  Mental health promotion employs a strengths-based approach and focuses on promoting positive mental health. The current level of knowledge and reporting about mental health promotion efforts occurring in New Zealand is ...

• Meta-ecosystem approach to ecotones. Methods and applications 

  Bagnaro, Antoine Jacques Marcel

  Ecotones are landscape features that intervene between adjoining ecosystems. They have attracted attention for their potential role in regulating the exchanges between communities, and thus their potential influence on ...

• Perioral soft-tissues in orthodontics 

  Hodgkinson, Danielle Rose Elizabeth

  The effect of orthodontic extractions on the face has been a contentious issue in orthodontics for over a century. The soft-tissue properties of the lips have often been cited as a factor affecting the facial response to ...

• Management of biofilm formation with Airflow in patients with fixed orthodontic appliances 

  Millar, James Robert

  Introduction: Orthodontic braces imped patient oral care and promote dental plaque accumulation. If left to mature, dental plaque will result in gum inflammation and eventually enamel damage. Current preventative treatments ...

• A Comparative Study of Electricity Demand Forecasting Models for Residential Hot Water at the Individual Household Level 

  Parker, Rafferty John Watson

  Understanding short term future electricity demand is necessary for maintaining a robust and efficient electricity grid. Research on electricity demand forecasting has traditionally ranged in scale from country-wide ...

• Pleiotrophin family gene and protein expression in a sheep tooth socket model of bone healing 

  Nobakht, Saeideh

  Resorption of alveolar bone after tooth extraction is a common problem. Bone replacement materials are used to enhance socket healing and reduce alveolar bone loss. The success of the graft is dependent on multiple factors ...

• Perceptions of general health and root canal treatment in New Zealand general dental practice 

  Gilroy, Finn Gordon

  There are common risk factors between general health and oral health. General dental practitioners (GDPs) are seeing increasing numbers of patients presenting with multiple complex medical conditions. In parallel to managing ...

• Pre-emptive efficacy of sustained-release ibuprofen and etoricoxib in third molar surgery 

  Lee, Yen Je

  Objective To compare the effect of pre-emptive administration of sustained-release (SR) ibuprofen 1.6g and etoricoxib 120mg on pain, swelling, trismus, and the quality of life following impacted third molar surgery. ...

• Radiographic and histomorphometric evaluation of an ovine forestomach matrix combined with Bio-Oss bone graft in a sheep tooth extraction model 

  Tkatchenko, Tatiana

  Alveolar ridge is a tooth dependent structure. Following tooth extraction, volume reduction and dimensional changes take place. These changes often make it difficult to replace the missing teeth due to a lack of bony support ...

• Culture integration in post-M&A: The case of Chinese healthcare companies 

  Cheng, Pao-Wen

  While the adjustment of the financial, capital and market structure ensures firms’ control rights after merger and acquisition (M&A), organizational culture as an informal system can profoundly affect the control rights ...

• Osteogenic marker expression in a grafted bone healing sheep model 

  Anumala

  Objectives: Successful healing of alveolar sockets after tooth extraction ensures positive outcomes for tooth replacement options. Using a sheep model the expression levels of key osteogenic markers for healing were compared ...

• The Ratio of RyR2 and CSQ2 in Calcium Handling 

  Sibbles, Elliot

  Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia of the heart, affecting 2-3% of the population. AF decreases the quality of life and increases the risk of mortality in patients. Although many patients see improvement ...

• Managing older adults requiring endodontic treatment. A New Zealand practice-based research network study 

  Hamadani, Payman Shorokh

  New Zealand (NZ) has an ageing population and like most countries, this is expected to increase. Many older adults (65+ years), including those with comorbidities, are retaining their teeth into old age, meaning treatment ...

• Profiling the pregnancy-specific glycoprotein genes in pre-eclampsia. 

  Willocks, Libby

  Background: Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy which is characterised by reduced placental cell invasion into the maternal arteries. Lack of invasion causes insufficient transformation of arteries ...

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