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A Baby-Led approach to complementary feeding: Adherence and infant food and nutrient intakes at seven months of age
Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) is an alternative approach to complementary feeding. Parents offer ‘whole’ (baby-fist size) pieces of food, allow infants to feed themselves, include infants at family meal times and offer family ... -
A Balance of Perspective in Global Society: An Argument for ‘Reverse Ethnography’ in Documentary Film.
Globalization is a unifying force spreading a predominantly neoliberal culture that is eradicating the world’s cultural diversity. It is directed by transnational powers, notably states and corporations, largely networking ... -
A Bayesian approach for identifying international norms in politics
Whenever a protest takes place, a politician visits a foreign country, or two countries negotiate a deal; it takes almost no time for these events to be reported in the television, newspapers and more recently, the vast ... -
A belief in karma and its influences on marketing decisions: Perceptions of marketing managers in a Western context
“What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.” (Oprah Winfrey) This thesis explores the constitution of karmic beliefs that drive marketers’ ethical perceptions and behaviours. It hypothesises that a belief ... -
A Bioinformatics Approach to Synthetic Lethal Interactions in Cancer with Gene Expression Data
Introduction Synthetic lethal genetic interactions are re-emerging as an important concept in the post-genomics era due to their potential for use in precision medicine against cancers. Synthetic lethal drug design ... -
A Braided River: New Zealand Baptists and Public Issues 1882-2000
This thesis examines various attempts by New Zealand Baptists to engage with social and political issues. It does this by exploring ten significant public debates that occurred between 1882 and 2000 and attempting to ... -
A case study of community action against alcohol harm: liquor licensing in Fantame Street, Porirua, 2011-2013
This thesis is a case study of local community involvement in the liquor licencing process. Alcohol is a widely available commodity with the potential for harm to communities through short and long term health impacts, ... -
A Case Study of Industrial Injury Reduction: New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited
Research aim: To assess the safety performance of New Zealand Aluminium SmeltersLimited (NZAS), 1971-2011. Research objectives sought 1) to quantify the NZAS safety improvement, and 2) to describe interventions used to ... -
A Changing Topography: Culture and Nature in New Zealand Landscape Photography
In describing the New Zealand landscape we might point to our Southern Alps, our primordial rainforests, and our pristine glaciers. What often go unmentioned are our growing suburbia, extensively farmed countryside and ... -
A Christian Life: Living Across the Lines. A Grounded Theory Study of Understandings of the Atonement Among Evangelical Christians
Aim: To explore evangelical Christians’ understanding of the atonement and establish whether there is a relationship between different ideas of the atonement and wellbeing in the lives of participants. Methods: Christians ... -
A Christian reading of Psalm 119: an exploration of Torah as God's self-revelation using a Trinitarian hermeneutic
In this thesis I aim at a contemporary Christian reading of Psalm 119 which is in continuity with the New Testament and the Fathers, that is, a Trinitarian reading of an Old Testament text. I demonstrate that a Christian ... -
A Coalitional Politics of Incoherence: Ethical (Trans)masculinities in New Zealand
Transmasculinity is a contemporary site for meaning-making about masculinity. I argue, more specifically, that queer-identified transmasculine people can practice queer masculinity in a way that resists hegemonic expectations ... -
A Cognitive-Relational Approach to Leadership Studies: Finding a Middle Ground For Leadership Research
This thesis uses the New Zealand Police as a case study to answer the question “how can a cognitive-relational theoretical perspective provide a middle ground between the conventional Objectivist and Subjectivist polarities ... -
A cohort study of psychosocial factors in relationship to pain in patients with Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke in New Zealand
Background. Pain is common after stroke and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and it affects the sufferer’s ability to engage in important activities. Little is known about the associations between psychosocial factors and pain ... -
A common-factor as an explanation for the association between schizotypy and cannabis use
There is a robust association between cannabis use and increased risk for schizophrenia. This relationship generalises to schizotypy, a schizophrenia-liability state. Cannabis use seems to be associated with increased ... -
A comparative study of function approximators involving neural networks
Various researchers have used one hidden layer neural networks (weighted sums of sigmoids) to find the unknown solutions of partial differential equations. They are embedded within an energy function that describes the ... -
A comparison between the effects of a whey protein drink and trim milk on rehydration after exercise in the heat.
Background: Beginning an exercise session euhydrated is important for performance and health. Rapid and adequate rehydration is important for many athletes, especially those partaking multiple sessions of exercise each ... -
A Comparison of Bilingual-based and Monolingual- based Pedagogy in the Acquisition of Māori as a Second Language He tina ki runga - He tāmore ki raro
There are numerous tertiary institutions throughout Aotearoa that offer Māori language education. These institutions include universities, various polytechnic institutions (Kura Matatini) and various whare wānanga (places ... -
A comparison of different graphic approaches in the design of information panels about headaches
An exhibit developed to increase awareness and educate about a topic will traditionally consist of a variety of elements such as: displays, participatory elements, artefacts and panels. Information panels, in particular, ... -
A comparison of nutrient intakes among participants following three popular weight loss diets
Background: Obesity, and its related co-morbidities, is a growing problem that has resulted in the development of numerous weight loss diets, including Mediterranean, Paleo, and Intermittent fasting diets. Whilst weight ...