Thesis - Doctoral
Recent Deposits
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Understanding the genetic basis for competitive nodule formation by clover rhizobia
Clovers enter a symbiotic relationship with particular rhizobia through a highly specific and complex signal exchange culminating in the formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules. Legumes exude flavonoids that are perceived ... -
Regular Hierarchical Surface Models: A conceptual model of scale variation in a GIS and its application to hydrological geomorphometry
Environmental and geographical process models inevitably involve parameters that vary spatially. One example is hydrological modelling, where parameters derived from the shape of the ground such as flow direction and flow ... -
Through their eyes: A Samoan perspective on child wellbeing
Child wellbeing is the subject of a considerable body of research and policy making globally, and in New Zealand today. Despite its extensive use, the concept of child wellbeing is used differently across disciplines and ... -
The rabbit hole before Wonderland: The nature of university students’ alcohol use during the transition to university.
For new students, university is a wonderland of opportunity. But the first few weeks of the university experience are typified by change, stress, and uncertainty. From a health promotion perspective, the first few weeks ... -
John Zizioulas' Ecclesiology of 'the one and the many'
This thesis examines John Zizioulas’ ecclesiology of ‘the one and the many’ in the context of eucharistic ecclesiology. By comparing Zizioulas’ ecclesiology with Nicholas Afanasiev’s, I show how Zizioulas articulates an ... -
Uneasy Co-existence: Pakistan’s National Security Approach and the Post-Cold War Security Environment
This PhD thesis explores the paradox whereby the Pakistani state has emphasised improving its national security but has done so in a way that has increasingly led to greater insecurity in the country in the post-Cold War ... -
Literary Sophias: The Esoteric Female in Romanticism
This thesis explores the Romantic representation of femininity in relation to elements of the Western esoteric tradition. In particular, it discusses the presence of Gnostic themes and gender imagery and the ways in which ... -
Development of an odour mixture model for cheese flavour
This research set out to examine the feasibility of developing a mathematical model that would allow the prediction of the sensory characteristics of mixtures of odour compounds. Initially, a trained sensory panel used ... -
The symbolic consumption of music
Although it is a widely accepted notion that music can be used as a tool to communicate symbolic meaning, very little is known about how and why people symbolically consume music. This thesis sought to provide a detailed ... -
Blind people: a social constructivist analysis of New Zealand education policy and practice
This thesis explored the educational experiences in New Zealand of ten blind people of various ages. It submits that the social constructivism position developed by Lev Vygotsky allows the researcher to explore personal ... -
Teaching physical education : studies on student and teacher behaviour
This research provided descriptive data on student and teacher behaviour over a series of related physical education lessons and also examined the effect of feedback to teachers on the quantity and quality of student ... -
Veneers and Facades: A Re-evaluation of the Status and Meaning of Napier's Art Deco
Abstract Napier’s 1931 rebuild marks an explicit aesthetic mutation of the city’s surfaces. The period architecture is borne of the post-disaster context but the evolution of its character is heavily influenced by ... -
Copper speciation in different marine ecosystems around New Zealand
Copper (Cu) is an important bioactive trace metal in the marine environment, acting as an essential micronutrient for many marine species. However, it can also be harmful at elevated concentrations, triggering sub-lethal ... -
Preparation and evaluation of oral nanoformulations containing antioxidant rutin
Purpose Oxidants induce oxidative stress in the body playing an important role in the development of diseases such as cancer, arthritis, cardiovascular and neurological disease. Rutin - a strong antioxidant - can scavenge ... -
The pathophysiological role of microRNAs in diabtic cardiac stem cells
Cardiac stem cells (CSCs) have been implicated as the most suitable source of stem cells in regenerating the diseased heart. However, diabetes is known to cause a progressive loss in the functional efficacy of CSCs. MicroRNAs ... -
Drawing from the past to learn tomorrow
Humans are unique in their ability to use tools to produce works which communicate information about 3D objects through 2D drawings. Drawings give us insight into the origins of our species, our uniqueness amongst animals, ... -
The pathophysiology of the cerebello-thalamic pathway in Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) presents with characteristic movement deficits that are thought to evolve as a consequence of degeneration of dopamine neurons in the brain. The degree of PD motor symptoms strongly correlates to ... -
The Role of Biome Shifts in Lineage Diversification
This thesis examines the role of biomes in lineage diversification. It explores whether biome conservatism, the tendency to remain in ancestral biomes, constrains diversification, and tests whether biome shifts are linked ... -
The Affect of Exercise Past, Present, and Future: The Role of Affective Memory and Affective Forecast in the Affective Response-PA Behaviour Relation
Affective responses experienced during exercise have predicted future physical activity (PA) behaviour (Williams, Dunsiger, Jennings & Marcus, 2012). When applied to exercise, the premise of the affect heuristic (Slovic ... -
Klytaimestra: Genetic and Gender Conflict in Greek Tragedy
Klytaimestra is depicted as the accomplisher of great evil, in Archaic and Classical epic, lyric, and tragedy in ancient Greece. In the view of many, her characterization in ancient literature stands at the beginning of ...