Thesis - Doctoral
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Ion homeostasis in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Microorganisms must maintain equilibrium and intracellular availability of ions for growth and persistence in a range of environments, either in the face of scarce resources or excesses, whereby they must buffer, exclude ... -
Application of second and third generation sequencing in pharmacogenetics
The next generation sequencing technologies have advanced pharmacogenetics by enabling rapid assessment of the entire exome or even whole genome for associations between variants or gene regions with drug response. Third ... -
The impact of mobile mindfulness meditation on mental health and well-being in university students
Mindfulness meditation is a common psychotherapy informed by Buddhist mindfulness that is gaining traction outside of the clinic. One area that is particularly popular is mobile mindfulness meditation, the use of applications ... -
Evaluation of a pilot breast cancer screening programme
A pilot mammographic breast cancer screening programme was established in 1991 for women aged fifty to sixty-four living in Otago and Southland. The pilot programme was evaluated to measure the acceptability, effectiveness, ... -
Manipulation of the host cell cycle by murine norovirus VPg
Human norovirus (HuNV) is a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. Despite advances in HuNV cell culture the virus remains difficult to study in the laboratory. Murine norovirus (MNV) is routinely utilised as a ... -
Hierarchical capture-recapture models
A defining feature of capture-recapture is missing data due to imperfect detection of individuals. The standard approach used to deal with the missing data is to integrate (or sum) over all the possible unknown values. The ... -
Ruth France and the male monolith
This thesis explores how a promising writer of the 1950s and 1960s did not fulfill her promise because the literary climate of New Zealand was controlled by male writers who were mostly out of sympathy with women's writing. ... -
Public health organization in four rural districts in Western Samoa.
In the light of the modern world, the inhabitants of underdeveloped countries, of which Samoa in the strict sense of the word is one, of them, frequently in their lower level of knowledgeable resources, referred to foreign ... -
Transgenerational plasticity and acclimation of tropical sea urchins to ocean warming and acidification
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions are causing the oceans to simultaneously warm and become increasingly acidic, with rates of change that are putting evolutionary pressure on many marine organisms. As a result, both short-term ... -
Cholinergic modulation of cortical sensory-evoked responses
Cholinergic inputs to the cortex from the basal forebrain are essential for performing complex behaviours that require precise integration of sensory and motor information. However, the role of the basal forebrain cholinergic ... -
Understanding altered intrinsic heart rate in type 2 diabetes
Heart rate (HR) is generated by sinoatrial node (SAN) intrinsic pacemaking and modulated by autonomic innervation. Within the SAN, intrinsic (ex vivo) HR is determined by the mutual entrainment of the sarcolemmal voltage ... -
Constitutive PD-L1 expression in melanoma
Treatment of melanoma based on targeted therapy and immunotherapy has dramatically advanced over the past decade. Advances in targeted therapy have been based on inhibition of the MAPK pathway while for immunotherapy, ... -
Malaysian women's narratives of navigating careers following international study in New Zealand
This thesis presents a narrative study that explored 14 Malaysian women’s narratives of navigating careers in Malaysia following international study in New Zealand. The women were part of a Twinned In-Service Teacher ... -
The survivor imperative: an autoethnography of secondary victimization after sexual violence
In this thesis, I explore the lived repercussions of dominant discourses around victimhood and survivorship, informed by rape myths, by focusing on interpersonal responses to victims of sexual violence and the consequences ... -
Persistent musculoskeletal pain in individuals with inflammatory bowel diseases
Background: Pain affects over 70% of individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with abdominal and musculoskeletal (MSK) pain representing the most common complaints identified by patients. To date most studies in ... -
Thermoreversible hydrogels based on PEO stars
The aim of the project is to develop a range of hydrogels made from biocompatible monomers which could be used in various biomedical applications. The particular interest is on star-shaped block copolymers which consist ... -
Jazz compositions and the electric bassist in the late 20th century: A recording, a collection of performances and an exegesis
This exegesis is tied to the CD, ‘Portrait of New York’ – an assortment of inventive musical compositions to explore diversity in electric jazz after 1970, and three multi-faceted live performances focused on electric bass ... -
Visual appeal: How the characteristics of photographs can affect science communication in Chinese national parks
As places that conserve iconic natural heritage, national parks are appropriate destinations for people to engage with and reconnect to nature. Within such parks, the interpretation of the natural science stories behind ... -
Dose adjustment based on renal function
Patients with impaired kidney function are at risk of excessive drug exposure and toxicity when standard doses of renally cleared drugs are used. Dose adjustment to normalise drug exposure between patients may be required ...