Low nitrogen availability is one of the major environmental factors limiting macroalgal growth in temperate marine ecosystems. Macroalgae have overcome the fluctuating nature of nitrogen supply via adjustments to their ...

Abstract Post extraction remodelling of the alveolar ridge results in significant reduction in the width of the ridge, which may preclude the placement of dental implants. Alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) procedures have ...

This research begins and ends with a concern for the environment, in particular with unease about current constitutions of the organisation/environment relationship. This thesis explores the discourse of organisational ...

Children and young persons who have been removed from their families and who will not be returned to their families of birth following intervention by the State are amongst the most damaged and vulnerable children in ...

'Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.' [Rom 12:2] Hans Urs von Balthasar and Eberhard Jungel are profound and imaginative thinkers who unreservedly ground their theologies ...

The demand for increased food production has led to enhanced use of “external inputs” like chemicals, fertilizers, irrigation and effluent to boost yields. This has often been accompanied by unintended negative impacts on ...

This thesis reports on an ethnographic research project that explored the experiences and perspectives of a group of women in New Zealand higher education, including international and New Zealand students and partners of ...

OBJECTIVES This thesis examined three types of childhood adversity, low parental care, overprotection and abuse, as predictors of response to two types of depression treatment: antidepressant medication and psychotherapy. ...

Worldwide biodiversity faces a variety of anthropogenic threats, including habitat loss and predation by introduced species. Reintroduction has been increasingly successful as a conservation tool to address these threats, ...

In this study I edit eight texts extant in manuscripts from the fifteenth and early-sixteenth century. Their similarity lies not only in their historical moment; they are all connected to the cult of the Virgin Mary, and ...