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Factors modulating dopamine receptor gene expression and calcium signalling in primary cell culture of honeybee Kenyon cells

Ellen, Charles Wiremu Hardie (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Signaling via the neuroamine dopamine is known to be important in insects for controlling behaviours such as sleep, arousal, motivation, locomotion, learning and memory. In the honeybee Apis mellifera pheromones and hormones ...
A General Framework of Vulnerability Assessment to Typhoon Storm Surge Inundation in Coastal Cities

Dong, Shuyun (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Rapid urban expansion in coastal mega-cities (cities with populations over 10 million) leads to increased land demand and vulnerability to hazards as significant numbers of people are economically and socially disadvantaged. ...
Reintroduction biology of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus): identifying suitable founder animals and conservation translocation sites

Jarvie, Scott (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The rate of biodiversity loss is not slowing despite global commitments. Conservation translocations, the intentional movement and release of organisms to restore populations, are an emerging tool to help reduce species ...
The Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer in Ghana

Nartey, Yvonne (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer is a significant health issue worldwide. It is the fourth most common cancer among women with more than 85% of new cases of the disease occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Cervical ...
Exploring undergraduate students’ perceptions of factors influencing their engagement and alienation in higher education

Asare, Samuel (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Student engagement has been identified as having a positive influence on learning and retention. This has attracted much research on how to enhance engagement in higher education. Studies have considered the role of student ...
Becoming aware: A study of student teachers' personal and professional values

Vermunt, Jenny (Thesis, Doctor of Education, 2017)

Student teachers’ personal and professional values have received passing attention in the educational literature, despite assertions that their values influence their perceptions, pedagogical decisions and actions. This ...
"Getting it": Successful intercultural teaching practicum

Murray, Sara Rosalind (Thesis, Doctor of Education, 2017)

New Zealand’s population is becoming increasingly diverse, particularly with new arrivals from the Asian continent. With this, comes the increased need for early childhood education professionals to respond authentically ...
Conquest, Kingship, Calamity: Demetrius Poliorcetes After Ipsus

Dunn, Charlotte Marie Rose (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC), was one of the extraordinary figures of the Hellenistic Age, whose career began in wake of the chaos that followed the death of Alexander the Great. His father was Antigonus Monophthalmus, ...
The inter-country diffusion of pharmaceutical products

Cullen, Ross (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1981)

A major debate has raged over the existence and causes of a phenomenon known as "drug lag". Protagonists in the debate have argued that the U.S.A. is typically late to receive new pharmaceutical products because of the ...
The Role of Mathematics in Francis Bacon's Natural Philosophy

Çimen, Ünsal (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

In this study, I discuss the role of mathematics in Francis Bacon’s natural philosophy. Bacon was one of the important figures of early modern philosophy and has been accepted as one of the frontier philosophers of modern ...
Seismic characterisation of hydrate and shallow gas systems associated with active margin sediments and structures in the Pegasus Basin, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Fraser, Douglas (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The Pegasus Basin off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island is a frontier basin that hosts a large gas hydrate province. The basin has a large amount of faulting, which has lead to the creation of many interesting ...
The damage zone of New Zealand's Alpine Fault

Williams, Jack Nicholas (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The dynamic propagation of an earthquake rupture will generate inelastic deformation within its surrounding medium, culminating in the development of a fault damage zone. These are heavily fractured volumes of rock that ...
Evolution and dynamics of a monogenetic volcanic complex in the southern Hopi Buttes Volcanic Field (AZ, US): magma diversion and fragmentation processes at the Jagged Rocks Complex

Re, Giuseppe (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Many populated areas in the world (e.g., Flagstaff, AZ; Auckland, NZ; Mexico City, MEX) lie within active monogenetic volcanic fields that typically contain small volcanic cones and explosive maar craters formed over the ...
On the mechanisms of effort encoding in the rodent hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex

Porter, Blake (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Spatial cognition plays a vital role in helping an organism respond to its environment, and thus survive. An often overlooked element of spatial cognition is the energetic costs of different routes. Most studies to date ...
The Theory and Practice of Emancipatory Counterterrorism

Lindahl, Sondre (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

In response to the 9/11 attacks, the US declared a global war on terror to fight and stop terrorists. Immediately, the Global War on Terror was dominated by the use of military force and violence, and replete with nefarious ...
How to Think About Enhancement: A Welfarist Approach

Zohny, Hazem (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This thesis sets out to answer two questions: What are the implications of the welfarist account of enhancement, and on what basis should enhancements be developed and distributed? The welfarist account defines enhancement ...
Efficacy of a Mandibular Advancement Appliance on Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children

Idris, Ghassan (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Background: Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) varies from habitual snoring to partial or complete obstruction of the upper airway, and can be found in up to 10% of children. SDB can significantly affect children’s wellbeing, ...
Supported self-management: a novel cancer survivorship care pathway

O'Brien, Inga (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Introduction: More people are living with, through and beyond cancer which makes cancer survivorship an increasingly important area of public health focus. Cancer survivors manage cancer and treatment-related health impacts ...
The potential impacts of climate change on the hydro-climate of the Clutha/Mata-Au catchment

Jobst, Andreas Maximilian (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The water resources of the Clutha/Mata-Au catchment have an important economic value (i.e. hydropower and irrigation) for New Zealand/Aotearoa. Climate change is expected to alter both temperature and precipitation, which ...
Application of emerging sequencing and genomic technologies to diagnostic molecular genetics.

Kennedy, Hannah Louise (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The advent of massively parallel sequencing (MPS) has provided much broader opportunities in the field of molecular genomics. Previously, sequencing approaches were limited to a small number of single genes or exons. MPS ...