Thesis - Masters
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Investigating the Methods of Patent Foramen Ovale Detection
A patent foramen ovale is a remnant of the foetal circulation that exists between the right atrium and the left atrium of the heart. It is estimated to be present in 1 in 4 adults in the general population. The presence ... -
Laborastories: Creative Assessment for NCEA Science
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 ... -
Clinical handover from the operating theatre nurse to the post anaesthetic care unit nurse: a New Zealand perspective
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
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. ... -
A Comparative Study of Electricity Demand Forecasting Models for Residential Hot Water at the Individual Household Level
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 ... -
Involvement of the Prelimbic cortex and Nucleus accumbens in the interaction between attention and motivation
Schizophrenia is a major neurodevelopmental disorder that affects approximately 1% of the population. In New Zealand this means that around 30,000-45,000 individuals are affected (Murray, 1996). Individuals diagnosed with ... -
Aspects of the ecology of Tupeia antarctica and its conservation management
Mistletoes, a functional group of aerial stem hemiparasites, are considered to be keystone species in many ecosystems worldwide. Unfortunately, they have received little attention relative to their diversity, distribution ... -
Intrinsic contributions to the anomalous Hall conductivity in multiband chiral superconductors
The anomalous Hall conductivity is a material property that can quantify time-reversal symmetry breaking in bulk materials. It is closely related to the polar Kerr effect, which is used as an experimental probe of such ... -
‘Bring me a shrubbery’: Assessing the habitat preference of mammalian predators in the urban green spaces of New Zealand cities
Within cities, areas of green space, such as patches of forest, play a vital role as habitat for wildlife, and can be especially important for supporting native biodiversity. As such, urban restoration efforts often aim ... -
One Flake at a Time: a study of adze production at Wairau Bar through debitage analysis
This thesis explores the adze industry of the early period of Māori history. The research focuses on the production of adzes at the site of Wairau Bar which dates to the earliest phase of New Zealand settlement. It aims ... -
Investigation of the Genes sll1354, sll1165, and sll1520 in Genomic Instability in Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
The model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is used extensively in the studies of oxygenic photosynthesis as well as genetic engineering. The ability to incorporate exogenous DNA into its genome through homologous ... -
Identifying genes underlying adaptive traits of bulbing and bolting in onion (Allium cepa L.)
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is a biennial plant and completes its life cycle in two growing seasons i.e., forms bulbs in the first year and flowering and seed production occurs in the second year. The poor adaptation of onion ... -
Size, Shape, Scope and Strength of skeletons, Evechinus chloroticus, New Zealand
Ocean acidification will affect calcifying organisms as calcium carbonate saturation levels decrease due to climate change. Echinoids are important components of the coastal ecosystem and use magnesium in their skeletal ... -
Filamin B hinge-1 in joint development
In this study I aim to evaluate how the actin binding protein filamin B influences the development of cartilaginous structures of the skeleton, that when mutated, causes a range of disorders impacting large joints, limb ... -
Characterisation of developmental cues in early postnatal AgRP neurons
Body weight regulation and the control of food intake are topics that continue to receive much attention as countries around the world grapple with alarming rates of obesity and the associated poorer health outcomes. Central ... -
Film Families and Friends: Creative Networks in a Precarious Industry
Films have been made in Aotearoa for more than a hundred years but the early 1970s saw significant growth in independent filmmaking. This thesis investigates the period of New Zealand film’s evolution from informal cottage ... -
Climatology of Vapour Transport associated with New Zealand Droughts
Drought is a natural hazard which has a wide range of impacts across multiple sectors. While a universal or exact definition of drought is problematic, it is relatively straightforward to classify drought according to the ... -
Pharmacometric modelling of haemodynamics in humans
Current pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic models describing changes to the haemodynamic system often do not include necessary feedback mechanisms. These models often provide an adequate empirical description of data but may ... -
Mental Health Service-users’ experiences of people-centred joined-up care in Aotearoa New Zealand: development of a new people-centred joined-up model and questionnaire
Internationally and in New Zealand (NZ), mental health service-users (MHS-users) have been shown to experience inequities in health and wellbeing outcomes, including premature mortality, compared to the general population. ... -
Learning Gene Interactions and Networks from Perturbation Screens and Expression Data
We investigate a variety of methods to first discover and then understand genetic interactions. Beginning with pairwise interactions, we propose a method for inferring pairwise gene interactions en masse from short- ...