This thesis examines the nature of social stigmatization surrounding prostitution in New Zealand, and the ways in which the public reacts to perceived problems of prostitution. It is important to recognise that prostitution ...

Enterprise internationalization, as one of the key strategies for companies to increase business opportunities and expand their business territory, is not only the core driving factor of economic globalization, but also a ...

For many people, talking about death may seem unnatural. However, for the death talking community, death is a normal topic of conversation. Death talking is part of a growing global movement of ‘ordinary’ people using ...

Flowing glaciers and ice sheets play key roles in shaping planetary surfaces, and form important feedbacks with climate, both on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system. Ice becomes mechanically weaker during the deformation, ...

This study quantified the acceptability of smart food packaging technologies and determined their associations with sociodemographic, attitudinal, and behavioral characteristics of consumers in China. Two quantitative ...

Approximately 12% of total food waste is generated at the hospitality and food service level. Previous research has focused on kitchen and storeroom operations; however, 34% of food waste in the sector is uneaten food on ...

In this beautiful and transformative book, 24 Māori academics share their personal journeys, revealing what being Māori has meant for them in their work. Their perspectives provide insight for all New Zealanders into how ...

Fruits and vegetables that fail to conform to an aesthetic standard are labelled suboptimal and are often devalued and ultimately discarded. Although consumers perceive suboptimal produce negatively, little is known about ...

Hsc70 is a constitutively expressed member of the heat shock protein family. It has an important role in proteostasis and can stabilise nonnative proteins before being further matured in refolding, disaggregation, and ...

The food environment and a person’s socioeconomic status are known to influence a person’s access to food and food choices. Socioeconomic status has been found to impact food sources of energy amongst adults and children; ...