Thesis - Doctoral
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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 ... -
“TELL SOMEONE WHO CARES” – PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH OF MOTIVATION AND WORKPLACE ENGAGEMENT AMONG CAREGIVERS IN AGED RESIDENTIAL CARE, NEW ZEALAND
Ageing is an inevitable part of the human life cycle. Life for older adults can be active and independent, and often until late older age, but for some people older age means living in an aged residential care (ARC) facility. ... -
The Effect of Raw and Processed Bovine Milk Consumption on Immune Responses in Allergy and Health
A large body of epidemiological evidence shows that children who consume raw bovine milk in early life have reduced incidence of allergies and asthma in later life; while consumption of heat-treated, or processed milk, ... -
The Role of Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Accounting Education
This thesis presents the findings from three studies which investigate the role of self-efficacy beliefs within accounting education. Non-cognitive variables including self-efficacy have been shown to improve learning ... -
The feasibility of using pulsed electric fields processing to modify biomacromolecules
The use of biomacromolecules as the principal ingredients for the development of biodegradable films and as environmentally friendly materials has increased since these biomacromolecules offer various benefits such as ... -
Effects of vasoactive agents on tumour blood flow and cytotoxic drug uptake.
Response of tumours to chemotherapy is limited by resistance, inherent or developing during treatment, causes of which include impaired drug delivery and changes in cellular drug transport. Although high-dose intravenous ... -
Being Polite in Conversation: Power, Distance, and Self-Esteem in Persian Requests
Polite linguistic behaviour is concerned with how society and individuals interact. Speakers modify their linguistic choices based on a sociocultural context. Most research on politeness examines social variables such as ... -
The Effect of Information Disclosure on Corporate Governance and Mutual Funds
This thesis consists of three empirical essays that investigate the impact of information disclosure on firm corporate governance and mutual fund investment. The first essay studies the direct association between media ...