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The Health Impacts of Increasing Social Inequality in Late Prehistoric Northeast Thailand
Evidence for increasing social inequality and a concurrent health deterioration has been observed in Iron Age (420BCE-500CE) northeast Thailand. Inequality is commonly considered to be represented by variations in quantities ... -
Lifting our Gaze: Election, Eschatology and the Sovereignty of God in John Calvin's teaching on the Christian Life
This thesis addresses the question of how the church finds its bearings in the present world. From where does the church get guidance? And how is the church’s life shaped? Through engagement with John Calvin, I argue ... -
Heterotrophic Bacterial Biofilms of Macroalgae
Macroalgae form a diverse and ubiquitous group of photosynthetic organisms that play a key role in the structuring and function of marine communities. Through the fixation of carbon, macroalgae contribute a sizeable ... -
Cold and Crowded - The Early Childhood Education Environments Study
Background In recent decades New Zealand has seen a growth in the use of childcare as a weekday living environment for children under five years old, with an increasing proportion of children attending, and children ... -
Measuring Sperm whales via Acoustics and Photogrammetry
The most common vocalisations heard from sperm whales are short, broadband clicks which often display a decaying, evenly spaced, multi-pulse structure. The time between these pulses (inter-pulse interval: IPI) represents ... -
Clinical and Surgical Anatomy of the Ligament of the Head of Femur
The ligament of the head of femur (LHF), or ligamentum teres, is an intra-articular ligament of the hip joint, running between the transverse acetabular ligament (TAL) of the hip and the fovea capitis femoris (FCF) on the ... -
Examining fatigue and performance in critical care clinicians
Background: Fatigue related to sleep deprivation has a degrading effect on human performance. In critical care health settings this represents a potential hazard to the safety of patients. This thesis aimed to identify and ... -
The effects of New Zealand sheep milk on mineral absorption and bone health
In recent times, there has been increasing interest in, and development of dairying involving other lactating species in New Zealand, as well as elsewhere in the World, as alternatives to cow milk (CM). In particular, the ... -
Antecedents of Employee Guardianship Behaviour within the Retail Context
Retail crime has a significant financial impact on the supermarket retail sector which results in economic, social and psychological loss. In New Zealand alone, in 2017 the financial losses were estimated to be at $1.1 ... -
Karl Barth's Doctrine of Sanctification: An Exploration of Church Dogmatics §66
This thesis is an investigation of Karl Barth’s doctrine of sanctification as found in §66 of the Church Dogmatics. The work involves two main tasks. First, it is an exercise in close and attentive interpretation of this ... -
Listening and learning: myths and misperceptions about postgraduate students and library support
Purpose The University of Otago Library conducted a review of its postgraduate support program in 2018. The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a questionnaire and follow up focus group undertaken as ... -
Toll like receptor signalling in human colonic organoids
Three-dimensional primary cultures of colonic epithelium, or colonic organoids, are thought to be a suitable culture system to investigate the properties of human intestinal epithelium and its interaction with commensal ... -
Snell’s Law and Necklace States for Vortex Dipoles in a Quantum Gas
A quantum vortex is an excitation of a superfluid that carries angular momentum, in which the superfluid is expelled from and circulates around a region known as the vortex core. A quantum vortex dipole consists of two ... -
Cognitive Load Theory and Flight Simulator-Based Instructional Design for Novices
As flight simulators have become more commonplace in aviation training, empirical research for the optimum instructional design to be used to train novices has been left behind. The most common accident during instructional ... -
Assessment of central pain mechanisms: generating knowledge and resources for translation into clinical practice
Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are the second most common cause of disability. Persistent MSK pain has been associated with altered central pain mechanisms (CPMs), particularly somatosensory abnormalities. In ... -
Developing Transparency Requirements for the Operation of Criminal Justice Algorithms in New Zealand
As predictive risk algorithms become more commonplace so have concerns about their use. The perceived bias, inaccuracy, and opacity of predictive risk algorithms has given rise to concerns about fairness when used in ... -
Hilary of Poitiers and the Concept of Divine Personhood
The primary focus of this dissertation is the development of the notion of divine personhood in the writings of Hilary of Poitiers, doctor and bishop of the Church. The impetus for this study was my Licence thesis, where ... -
Instrumentation and Calibration of the Transient Array Radio Telescope
The Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART) is a 24-element aperture synthesis array radio telescope. It is designed as a low-cost test bench for hardware, calibration, and imaging algorithm development, as well as a ... -
Motivations and Attitudes of New Zealand Conservation Volunteers
Conservation in New Zealand is a massive enterprise, combining government, public, and private efforts. Volunteers work across these sectors to restore the unique flora and fauna of this island archipelago. In light of ... -
Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in Polycystic Kidney Disease
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is a heritable renal disease that causes the enlargement of kidneys due to the bilateral development of fluid-filled cysts. This results in end-stage kidney disease in ...