Browsing Thesis - Doctoral by Title
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1 Peter and Negotiating Life in the Graeco-Roman World
There has been much debate concerning 1 Peter’s strategy and how this letter aims to help the Christians it addressed. By converting to Christianity these Christians were undermining the social cohesion of various ... -
[1+1] Macrocycles and Complexes derived from Diphenylamine-2,2'-dicarboxaldehydes and Carbazole-1,8-dicarboxaldehyde
Diphenylamine-2,2’-dicarboxaldehyde (1a) was prepared in three steps from ethyl-2-iodobenzoate and ethyl-2-aminobenzoate (38% overall yield) following the literature synthesis. The intermediate diphenylamine-2,2’-ethylbenzoate ... -
2-pentylfuran: biosynthesis by Aspergillus fumigatus in-vitro and investigation of confounders of a breath test in-vivo
A. fumigatus is the principle cause of fatal invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in severely immunocompromised hosts and rapid treatment is compromised by the limitations in the current diagnostic tests. 2-pentylfuran ... -
3D Face Tracking Using Stereo Cameras with Whole Body View
All visual tracking tasks associated with people tracking are in a great demand for modern applications dedicated to make human life easier and safer. In this thesis, a special case of people tracking - 3D face tracking ... -
A Bioinformatics Approach to Synthetic Lethal Interactions in Cancer with Gene Expression Data
Introduction Synthetic lethal genetic interactions are re-emerging as an important concept in the post-genomics era due to their potential for use in precision medicine against cancers. Synthetic lethal drug design ... -
A Braided River: New Zealand Baptists and Public Issues 1882-2000
This thesis examines various attempts by New Zealand Baptists to engage with social and political issues. It does this by exploring ten significant public debates that occurred between 1882 and 2000 and attempting to ... -
A Christian Life: Living Across the Lines. A Grounded Theory Study of Understandings of the Atonement Among Evangelical Christians
Aim: To explore evangelical Christians’ understanding of the atonement and establish whether there is a relationship between different ideas of the atonement and wellbeing in the lives of participants. Methods: Christians ... -
A Christian reading of Psalm 119: an exploration of Torah as God's self-revelation using a Trinitarian hermeneutic
In this thesis I aim at a contemporary Christian reading of Psalm 119 which is in continuity with the New Testament and the Fathers, that is, a Trinitarian reading of an Old Testament text. I demonstrate that a Christian ... -
A Cognitive-Relational Approach to Leadership Studies: Finding a Middle Ground For Leadership Research
This thesis uses the New Zealand Police as a case study to answer the question “how can a cognitive-relational theoretical perspective provide a middle ground between the conventional Objectivist and Subjectivist polarities ... -
A Comparison of Spiritual Formation Experiences between On‐Campus and Distance Evangelical Theological Education Students
Distance education has a well‐established heritage as an effective means of formal higher learning. Despite this, its role in theological education is actively resisted by many theorists. The main reason for this reluctance ... -
A conceptual exploration of psychological distress following mild to moderate traumatic upper limb injuries
Psychological distress following severe traumatic hand injuries is common and has a significant influence on enduring disability and pain. In many studies, this distress is measured as symptoms of anxiety disorders such ... -
A Contemporary View on Advance Directives: Reconceptualising their Theoretical Application in Aotearoa New Zealand
An advance directive (AD) is an instruction given by a competent person for withdrawing or withholding treatment at the end-of-life when the person becomes incompetent. The binding status of an AD is controversial. ADs are ... -
A critical analysis of the trade union movement in the Nepalese tourism industry
This research examines factors that influence trade union movements in the Nepalese tourism industry. In contrast to global trends, the last twenty-five years have seen a remarkable growth in the power and influence of ... -
A Defence of Biodiversity as the Goal of Conservation Biology
Biodiversity has been the goal of conservation for thirty years but recent work by biodiversity eliminativists has raised serious challenges to its suitability as the primary goal of conservation. This project groups those ... -
A Discourse Analysis of Self-management for Bipolar Disorder
In line with a movement across all areas of health concerned with chronic illness, self-management practices have become an important part of what it means to provide contemporary mental health care to people with the ... -
A Fairy Tale or a True Story? Lie Detection and Leakage
Liars may try to act like they are telling the truth, yet these attempts may fail. Ekman (1992) has argued that liars may leak clues to their true feelings in fleeting expressions. This thesis tested this idea. Facial ... -
A Framework for Implementing Software Measurement Programs in Small and Medium Enterprises
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 ... -
A functional Na-HCO3 cotransporter in the ileal villi of the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula
In the intestine of eutherian mammals, such as human, rabbit, rat and mouse, fluid secretion is primarily driven by Cl- transport. However, in the ileum of possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), a metatherian mammal, the fluid ... -
A General Framework of Vulnerability Assessment to Typhoon Storm Surge Inundation in Coastal Cities
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. ... -
A Genomic Investigation of Waddington’s Assimilation
Lamarck believed that traits acquired during an organism’s lifetime could be passed onto the next generation. Although this idea of the inheritance of acquired characters was discarded due to lack of experimental evidence, ...