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The strategic behaviour of health workforce actors: Implications for health workforce planning and forecasting

Rees, Gareth Huw (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The effects of less than optimal health workforce numbers, skills or distributions are felt across the entire health system. Thus, the aim of health workforce planning is to meet the health system’s needs with a sustainable ...
Cardiovascular risk in high altitude people of Nepal

Aryal, Nirmal (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Background Permanently living at high altitude (HA) directly affects the cardiovascular system because of lower arterial blood oxygen content compared to sea-level and other associated physiological changes. It is ...
The Colonial Family Album : Photography and Identity in Otago, 1848-1890

Haley, Jill Marie (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This thesis looks at photography and album culture in Otago, New Zealand, between 1848 when the first Otago settlement colonists arrived and 1890 when snapshot cameras became widely available. It builds on work by Elizabeth ...
Phenotypic and Molecular Analysis of the Alanine and Glutamate Racemases of Mycobacteria

Mortuza, Roman (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The enzymes alanine racemase (Alr) and glutamate racemase (MurI) catalyze the formation of the essential building blocks, D-alanine and D-glutamate, respectively, for cell wall biosynthesis. Despite their essential cellular ...
Process-based theory of value: a naïve approach to the axiomatic foundations of statistical activity cost analysis (SACA)

Botafogo, Frederico (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This thesis revisits the axiomatic foundations of Statistical Activity Cost Analysis (SACA). This entails discussing the applicability of Representational Theories of Measurement to accounting with the view of revising ...
The role of calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinase II in type 2 diabetic heart dysfunction

Daniels, Lorna Jane (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Type 2 diabetes is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, with the landmark Framingham study in the 1970’s reporting the incidence of heart failure is significantly higher in diabetic (DM) patients ...
Interactions between bee species in relation to floral resources

Iwasaki, Jay (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Bee communities in New Zealand are composed of native and introduced bees, including honey bees (Apis mellifera), which have been in the country for over 100 years. While there is evidence from other countries that honey ...
Fanohge Famalåo’an & Fan’tachu Fama’lauan: Women Rising Indigenous Resistance to Militarization in the Marianas Archipelago

Frain, Sylvia (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This project examines how Indigenous women nonviolently resist the invisible and visible sexist and environmental politics of everyday and expanding militarization by the United States in the Marianas Archipelago. As ...
A protective role for exercise in the age-related loss of muscle mass

Nielsen, Kathrine Bjerregaard (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and function is an impending health issue for the vast majority of people as they reach their sixties and this decline progressively reduces life quality for the affected ...
The Lived Experience of Person-Centred Care in Residential Homes in New Zealand and Singapore: The perspectives of Residents, Frontline Caregivers and Family Members

Sundarajoo, Sarathambal (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Ageing is an inevitable part of life. The intent to age gracefully and in a dignified manner is held as important by many, but a number of challenges can influence an individual’s ability to control their lives at an older ...
COMMD10 Regulates Protein Trafficking

Ware, Adam William (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is a heterotrimeric, amiloride-sensitive Na+ channel located at the plasma membrane of various tissues, including kidneys and the vasculature. ENaC abundance and activity at the plasma ...
Cultivating Climate Consciousness: Agritourism Providers’ Perspectives of Farms, Food and Place

Cavaliere, Christina T. (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The aim of this PhD research is to explore climate change perspectives of agritourism providers in New Jersey (NJ) located in the United States (US). Research objectives include the assessment of agritourism providers’ ...
Good Governance, Corruption and Growth: A Political Economy of Post-Socialist Industrial Transformation in Albania and Kosovo, 1998-2015

Uberti, Luca J. (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Since the mid-1990s, the “rediscovery” of institutions in development theory and policy has brought political and bureaucratic corruption to the centre stage of donor interventions in developing countries. The Post-Washington ...
Fundamental and applied investigations into mycobacterial bioenergetics

Hards, Kiel Jason (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

From the war on drug resistance, through cancer biology, even to agricultural and environmental protection; there is a huge demand for rapid and effective solutions to infections and diseases. The development of small ...
Development of a measure of sense of self following traumatic brain injury

Davidson, Emily Jane (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects 450-700/100,000 people annually. Qualitative research has highlighted that change in self-identity might be important to survivors and potentially linked with adverse ...
Sustainable Water Management in the Hotel Sector: A Policy Network Analysis of Singapore

Hu, Xiao (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Tourism has become one of the most profound economic, social and environmental phenomena since World War II. Over-exploitation of resources in the tourism context, however, can lead to breakdown or collapse of the resource ...
A Framework for Implementing Software Measurement Programs in Small and Medium Enterprises

Mughal, Aftab Ahmad (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The economies of numerous nations, including New Zealand, rely heavily on the contributions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In the last decade a shift to the provision and use of software services, rather than ...
Models of Causal Inference in the Elasmobranch Electrosensory System: How Sharks Find Food

Pullar, Kiri Frances (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

We develop a theory of how the functional design of the electrosensory system in sharks reflects the inevitability of noise in high-precision measurements, and how the Central Nervous System may have developed an efficient ...
Exploring resilience to climate change and other environmental challenges in Samoan communities

Latai- Niusulu, Anita (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Climate change could be one of the most significant challenges of this century, and information about how societies have endured difficult times is crucial to the development of survival strategies. The latter is fundamental ...
The effect of media compositions on the microbially induced volatile organic compounds release profile: case studies of a basal medium and two food systems

Zareian, Mohsen (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

This thesis used proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (PTR–MS) complemented with GC–MS for identification purposes to investigate temporal changes in the profile of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) associated with ...