Thesis - Doctoral
Recent Deposits
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Things of Roviana : material culture, personhood and agency in nineteenth century Solomon Islands
The following research examines how material culture was used to negotiate social relationships through exchange, in nineteenth century Roviana lagoon, Solomon Islands. Recent debates in Melanesian anthropology have focused ... -
The relationship between the long posterior sacroiliac ligament and the posterior sacrococcygeal plexus
The burden of non-specific low back pain in the population is substantial. Putative sacroiliac joint pain or 'sacroiliac syndrome' is a significant subset of this condition. Localisable pain over the long posterior sacroiliac ... -
The taphonomy of big-game hunting in prehistoric New Zealand
This thesis examines patterns of bone remains from big-game hunting in New Zealand archaeological sites, and the origins of these patterns from a taphonomic viewpoint. Taphonomy, as a subdiscipline within archaeology, ... -
Communication and people with severe intellectual disabilities
This study IS concerned with communication assessment and intervention with people with severe intellectual disabilities. It proposes that since communication arises as a result of people interacting in social contexts ... -
Objectives and priorities in New Zealand's foreign policy in Asia 1949-75 : a study of the issue of the recognition of the People's Republic of China and of security policies in South-east Asia.
The evolution of New Zealand's policies concerning the diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China and concerning the security of South-east Asia is examined with a view to identifying the major objectives ... -
Fire and ice: Genomic insights into the evolution, biogeography and extinction of modern penguins
Islands of the vast Southern Ocean host abundant endemic wildlife populations representing important breeding grounds for many seabirds. With contrasting geological, glacial and human-impact histories, these islands represent ... -
Photosynthetic Excitation Energy Transfer
We investigate photosynthetic excitation energy transfer (EET) in the presence of realistic electron-phonon couplings and system Hamiltonians. The chlorophyll-based Fenna-Matthews-Olsen (FMO) complex represents the system ... -
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase deficiency – implications for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive memory loss and neuropathological hallmarks of amyloid- (A) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, with aging as a major risk factor. ... -
Sex, drugs, smokes and booze: What's driving teen trends? Describing and explaining trends in adolescent sexual behaviour, cannabis use, smoking and alcohol use in the early 21st century
Today’s adolescents are far less likely to smoke, drink, use drugs or be sexually active than their 1990s counterparts. My doctoral project set out to describe and explain trends in adolescent risk behaviours in the early ... -
Anomalous Dissipation in Bose Gases: Analytic Theory of Energy Damping
The stochastic projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation (SPGPE) is a finite-temperature theory of Bose-Einstein condensate dynamics, utilizing a classical-field approach to describing the dynamics of a low-energy coherent ... -
Non-Lamellar Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Endogenous Lipids to the Brain
Purpose: Bioactive endogenous lipids such as N-acylethanolamines (NAEs) and alkylglycerols have shown therapeutic potential in various neurological diseases and targeted brain drug delivery, respectively. However, their ... -
Culture and Well-being: The Associations of Self-Construals with Life Satisfaction, Mental Health, and Distress
Self-construals (SC) are overarching schemas that define the way individuals construct themselves in relation to others (Markus & Kitayama, 1991). SCs are strongly influenced by cultural milieu. They can affect well-being ... -
Determinants of foreign investment and divestment
This thesis investigates determinants of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign divestment (FDiV), based on different theoretical models of these capital flows and a variety of estimation methods. It consists ... -
Black light/whiteness rests my mind: Evocations of the spiritual in the art and practice of Ralph Hotere and Joanna Margaret Paul
This dissertation examines the art and practices of two Aotearoa New Zealand artists Ralph Hotere (1931-2013) and Joanna Margaret Paul (1945-2003) with a specific focus on their spiritual sensibilities, and in response to ... -
Closing Price Manipulation and Market Quality
This thesis examines the impact of closing price manipulation (“marking the close”) on several dimensions of equity market quality, including both the efficiency and integrity of equity markets. Marking the close is an ... -
Marine microbial community dynamics and responses to ocean acidification
Marine microbes, including both eukaryotes and prokaryotes, are the basal components of marine food webs and play a fundamental role in global biogeochemical cycling. Marine phytoplankton are responsible for approximately ... -
Transcriptional effects of mood stabiliser drugs in a serotonergic cell line
Sodium valproate (VPA) and lithium are drugs of different chemical classes that are widely prescribed in the treatment of bipolar disorder (BD). Molecular and pharmacological studies have revealed some relevant properties ... -
Is sarcopenia a neurodegenerative disease?
Sarcopenia is a major contributor to the loss of independence and deteriorating quality of life in elderly individuals. It is marked by declining skeletal muscle mass and strength beyond the age of 65. Sarcopenia places ... -
The regulation of ascorbate accumulation in plants
Ascorbate (Vitamin C) is vital to human health. We are unable to synthesise ascorbate and attain the majority of ascorbate from plants. Ascorbate accumulation is a complex, regulated and environmentally responsive trait ... -
Scaling of clearance by body size and composition
Dose scaling is a critical component of dose individualisation that helps ensure that the required amount of drug exposure is achieved in each and every patient. This is typically achieved by scaling the pharmacokinetic ...