Thesis - Doctoral
Recent Deposits
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Cognitive impairment and conversion to dementia in Parkinson's disease: an imaging study of amyloid PET and diffusion MRI
Objective To investigate the association between amyloid deposition or white matter degeneration with cognitive impairment and conversion to dementia in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Background Cognitive decline and ... -
Sperm whales at Kaikoura and the effects of whale-watching on their surface and vocal behaviour
Whale-watching has become a globally successful branch of the tourism industry. While there is ample information on its economic importance, there is only scant data on the environmental, social and cultural impact. Kaikoura, ... -
Evaluation of intranasal particulate strategies to enhance the delivery of anti-seizure therapeutics to the brain
Epilepsy is a common and serious neurological disorder to which a high proportion of patients continue to be considered “drug-resistant” despite the availability of a host of anti-seizure drugs. Investigation into new ... -
Crohn's disease: an in vitro analysis of T lymphocyte function and response to commensal microbes
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic, relapsing inflammation of the intestine. Approximately 0.5% of the western world is estimated to suffer from the disease. Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, ... -
MARS molecular imaging: Potential clinical utility of spectral photon-counting computed tomography integrated with nanoparticle technology
The aim of the research documented in this thesis was to investigate molecular imaging using a MARS spectral scanner. This scanner is a photon-counting computed tomography (CT) system that simultaneously measures 5-8 ... -
Peace Education in Afghanistan: A Comparative Study of Conflict and Post-Conflict School Textbooks
Afghanistan has experienced numerous educational curricula supporting its different governments’ policies regarding the establishment of formal education. Afghanistan’s school textbooks were published in support of alternate ... -
Bioplanning: Practices of governing and resistance. A Foucaultian analytic of planning and resistance to planning practices in the occupied Palestinian West Bank following the peace process
Over the last twenty-five years of the Oslo era, Israel continued its interventionist colonialism that led to nearly irreversible political, economic, and cultural transformations within Palestinian society in the West ... -
Characterising the internal structure of major fault zones, using samples from outcrops and boreholes from the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand
It is important to characterize the internal structure of major fault zones to understand their gross physical attributes, including their mechanical, seismic, and hydraulic properties. Using the Deep Fault Drilling Project ... -
Water footprint management - theory to reality. Water management and performance of New Zealand livestock agribusiness
The livestock industry in New Zealand has seen remarkable growth in recent times, in terms of farm outputs and an increase in the farming area. This has put increased pressure on water resources around the country. In this ... -
Prehistoric settlement and networks of interaction in the Western Solomon Islands: A survey of Manning Strait
This thesis is an investigation into the prehistory of the western Solomon Islands and an examination of archaeological sites located in and around a deep-sea passage between Choiseul and Santa Isabel known as Manning ... -
Managerial overconfidence and corporate investment decisions - Research based on Chinese listed companies
Managerial overconfidence refers to a manager’s strong belief in their management ability, their ability to choose better investment opportunities, and the richness of their perceived knowledge level. That is, overconfident ... -
(Re)Presenting 1981: Narrating the Springbok tour
The extent to which historians impose themselves on the past through their narratives remains contentious. While historians of sport have engaged these debates (e.g. Phillips, 2002; Nathan, 2003; Booth, 2005; Liberti and ... -
Predicting the past: Mathematical models and numerical methods in molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics is the study of phylogenies and processes of evolution by the analyses of DNA or amino acid sequence data. In this thesis we describe a computationally efficient Bayesian methodology for ... -
Protein discovery platform using deer antler as a model of mammalian regeneration
The ability to activate and regulate stem cells during wound healing and tissue regeneration is a promising field which could bring innovative approaches into regenerative medicine. The regenerative capacity of invertebrates ... -
Food Heritagisation and Tourism. Following the Cheese in the Italian Dolomites
The Italian writer Italo Calvino in his book Mr. Palomar describes a scene when the title character is standing in line in a cheese shop and in front of him are displayed cheeses of every form, smell and taste. While ... -
The value and processes of partnerships in the English National Health Service: A study of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Background The Long Term Plan for the English National Health Service (NHS) (2019) states that partnership structures, in the form of Integrated Care Systems (ICS), are to be developed by 2021. The Plan is preceded by a ... -
Life sentences: Articulating recoveries in fiction and nonfiction narrative prose
This hybrid critical-creative thesis explores representations of mobility and immobility in complex narrative literary prose, to assess how these representations contribute to the development of critical thought concerning ... -
E-cadherin and APC in early-onset colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a considerable health burden being the second highest cause of cancer deaths globally. While overall cases of CRC have been declining worldwide, there has been an increase in the incidence of the ... -
Towards the synthesis of hydrogen bonded frameworks
Hydrogen-Organic frameworks (HOFs) are supramolecular materials constructed by linking organic molecules through intermolecular hydrogen bonds. HOFs are a lightweight alternative to MOFs and have been shown to be effective ... -
Approaching a ritual design strategy: Thinking ritually to support an organisational collaboration strategy
This thesis traces the design of a method – a ritual design method – for thinking through the design of activities and things. My research goal was to evolve and apply a design method informed by ritual scholarship and ...