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The role of scripture in the theology of Jürgen Moltmann
The sum total of dissertations engaging Jürgen Moltmann’s work—numbering over 400—is testament to both his widespread appeal and the controversy of his claims. But while Moltmann’s interlocutors provide significant comment ... -
Characterisation of Spherical Splits
We investigate the properties of collections of linear bipartitions of points embedded into $\R^3$, which we call collections of affine splits. Our main concern is characterising the collections generated when the points ... -
Calcium intakes and the main food sources of calcium in New Zealand adolescent females
Background: Adolescence is a critical time to be consuming adequate amounts of calcium for bone health. The consequences of inadequate calcium intake include reduced bone mass and increased risk of osteoporosis, a disease ... -
Intakes and main food sources of protein for vegetarian and non-vegetarian adolescent females in New Zealand
Background: Dietary protein is a macronutrient needed for enzyme and hormone synthesis, and creating, maintaining and repairing body tissue. Adolescent females have increased protein requirements to support optimal growth ... -
The Use of Regional Accent in Audio Health Communications
Cancer is a large and complex family of diseases with a variety of causes and risk factors. The health communication strategy needed to combat cancer may also need to be a large and complex family of communications. Podcasts ... -
Adolescents’ Perceptions of Walking versus Cycling to School in Rural Otago, New Zealand
Background: Active transport to school is a potential way to incorporate daily physical activity and address concerningly low adolescent physical activity levels. Walking and cycling to school are the two most common forms ... -
Rotavirus Specific Maternal Antibodies and Immune Response to RV3-BB Neonatal Rotavirus Vaccine in New Zealand
Background: Rotavirus specific maternal antibodies acquired passively via placental and/or breast milk may contribute to the reduced oral rotavirus vaccine efficacy observed in children in developing countries. This study ... -
Understanding the “who” in conservation: why gender matters
Environmental management and conservation practices are at their core greatly affected by who is making the decisions for how to manage and address issues. Thus, it is of great importance to understand how the makeup of ... -
Investigating value propositions in social media: studies of brand and customer exchanges on Twitter
Social media presents one of the richest forums to investigate publicly explicit brand value propositions and its corresponding customer engagement. Seldom have researchers investigated the nature of value propositions ... -
Meat consumption and potential reduction for environmental and public health benefits
The focus of this thesis was to better understand meat consumption and investigate how a shift to more plant-based diets may best be promoted. The various environmental impacts linked to animal agriculture were explored ... -
Zinc intakes and food sources in vegetarian compared to non-vegetarian adolescent females in New Zealand
Background: The number of individuals choosing to follow a vegetarian, or reduced meat, diet is thought to be increasing in high income countries such as New Zealand. Consuming a vegetarian diet with adequate macro- and ... -
Fibre intakes between vegetarian and non-vegetarian adolescent females in New Zealand
Background: The mean fibre intakes for 15-18-year old females from the last national nutrition survey (2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey) was 16.0 grams/day, well below the adequate intake for this age group of ... -
EEG-based Anxious Personality Prediction
As prevalent mental illnesses, anxiety disorders affect people's daily life seriously and influent our society profoundly. However, the current symptom-based diagnostic method cannot distinguish specific biological causes ... -
Middle Cenozoic unconformities in the Waihao Valley, South Canterbury Basin
This thesis presents descriptions and interpretations of stratigraphic sections in the lower Waihao Valley, southern Canterbury Basin. The aim of this reconnaissance study was to describe and interpret the age, origin and ... -
Viscoelastic finite-difference modelling of gas hydrates in the Pegasus Basin, New Zealand
Gas hydrates are ice-like, solid clathrates that trap natural gas molecules inside a lattice of water molecules. They are common constituents of continental margins, which has led to extensive studies exploring their ... -
Comparison of sugar intakes between vegetarian and non-vegetarian adolescent females
Background: Sugar consumption has been associated with an increased risk of obesity and non-communicable diseases. Adolescents are high consumers of sugar in New Zealand (NZ), particularly added sugar. With NZ’s high obesity ... -
Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep in Adolescent Females in New Zealand
Background: Physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyles, obesity, and their associations with numerous adverse health outcomes are arguably the largest health concerns to children and youth. Historically, moderate-to-vigorous ... -
Iodine intakes of vegetarian and non-vegetarian adolescent females
Background: The New Zealand government mandated fortification of bread with iodised salt as a strategy to address the re-emergence of iodine deficiency. Studies conducted since the fortification of bread with iodised salt ... -
An eye on coastal change: Characterising spatio-temporal coastal sensitivity at high-resolution - Okia Reserve, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
Natural coastal systems exhibit dynamic behaviour and are sensitive to a range of forces. This sensitivity is projected to change in the context of climate change. Advanced coastal monitoring techniques can detect and ... -
Role of cancer associated adipocytes (CAA) and tumour associated collagen structures (TACS) in breast cancer cell invasion and metastasis
In post-menopausal breast cancer, obesity is related to invasive tumours that are resistant to chemotherapy and have a poor outcome. Recent research has revealed that adipocytes co-cultured with breast cancer cells ...