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How Theology Shapes Practice in Faith-Based Organisations Supporting Families in New Zealand
The biblical imperatives for Christians to love their neighbour (Matt 22:39; Mark 12:31), care for widows and orphans (Jam 1:27), seek the good of the communities in which they are located (Jer 29:7), and respond to the ... -
The role of Lbx1 expression in a mouse model of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis is a disease of the spine, affecting between 1-3% of the population. This disease manifests as a lateral curvature of the spine that can lead to a range of symptoms such as back pain and ... -
The imagined enactment effect: An ERP analysis of motor imagery and complex everyday movements
The memory benefits linked to learning actions by self-performing them, termed the ‘enactment effect’, is well established in empirical literature. Whilst there is limited research examining imagery-related processes in ... -
Cadmium and zinc in Greenshell® mussels, Perna Canaliculus, from Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, New Zealand
Pelorus Sound, Marlborough is the current centre of aquaculture in New Zealand. The main mariculture species of the area is the Greenshell® mussel, Perna canaliculus. To ensure that mussels grown in Marlborough can be ... -
Power Adaptive Communication for Wireless Body Area Networks
Fast advancement in physiological sensors, low-power circuits, and short-range wireless communications has enabled the development and deployment of ubiquitous wearable networks called Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) ... -
Impact of sedimentation on the survival and availability of spawning grounds for brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) in the Central Otago streams
In the past few decades, rapid agriculturalization and urbanization have caused a massive increase in sediment concentrations within streams all over the world. This represents a potential threat to aquatic organisms. ... -
Synthesis of oligosaccharides for functionalization of RHDV VLP
Virus-like particles (VLP) present a promising platform for antigen delivery in anticancer vaccines. Conjugation of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) VLP and simple mannoside components have been shown to increase ... -
The Icing on the Communication: Text or Video?
Learning is lifelong, life-wide and life-deep (Tal & Dierking, 2014) and whilst science is everywhere, opportunities for scientific learning are missed every day. However, when it comes to learning, the learner must be ... -
Advocacy and community leadership in destination management
Destination management is undergoing substantial change. Recent literature suggests that current destination management practices, in the context of the global expansion of tourism and volume oriented approaches, are not ... -
When two worlds meet : an examination of the intersection between scientific views of genetic testing and the realm of popular culture
This thesis explores the variety of ways in which scientific views of genetic testing are portrayed in the realm of popular culture. As a case study, I have used the identification of the gene for hereditary stomach cancer ... -
Advanced Meta-Analysis and Bariatric Surgery
Background: Obesity is one the most important public health concerns worldwide. Randomised clinical trials (RCT) have compared the various bariatric techniques and these have been incorporated in several meta-analyses and ... -
Novel therapeutic targets for Endodontic infections
Dental root canal treatment was first attempted in 1728 (Hasegawa 1983), and is routinely performed all over the world, despite a significant failure rate. The primary cause of failure is bacterial infection, and the most ... -
Schizotypy and Suicidality: Exploring the Causal Influence of Schizophrenia Liability on Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts
Suicide, suicide attempts, and suicide ideation account for a significant proportion of deaths, disability, and suffering worldwide. There is currently little knowledge about what factors causally influence risk for suicide. ... -
Stream rehabilitation within agricultural riverscapes
Modern agriculture is necessary to feed our growing global population, yet agriculture is also the most extensive cause of freshwater ecosystem degradation. Accordingly, determining how to maintain or improve freshwater ... -
A physiotherapist facilitated walking intervention using an activity tracker to improve daily step counts in people with stroke
Background Globally, stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability in adults. Participating in regular physical activity such as walking has multiple health benefits for stroke survivors and can reduce the risk of ... -
Temporal coding of conspecific position in the hippocampus
The aim of this experiment was to determine whether the hippocampus formed a representation of the location of another animal. It was hypothesized that place cells in the hippocampus would encode spatial information regarding ... -
Immediately placed single implants in the maxillary anterior zone: 5-year clinical study
Single implant crowns have become a popular treatment modality to replace a missing natural tooth. They have an excellent long-term success rate, especially when supported with a conventional placement and loading protocol. ... -
Challenges of Religious Scepticism: Do those who reject the afterlife fear a visit from the dead?
Previous research suggests that some individuals hold intuitive or implicit religious beliefs despite explicit statements to the contrary. An experimental study tested whether those who do not endorse afterlife beliefs ... -
Evaluating the impact of social housing remediation and regeneration on tenants’ wellbeing: Health, social connections and safety
Background – Adequate housing is a basic human right. Despite this, much of New Zealand’s housing stock is in poor condition. Notably, there has been a substantial underinvestment in renewing New Zealand’s social housing ... -
Informing the development of evidence-based and theory-driven alcohol counter-marketing campaigns
Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive drug (Crocq, 2003; Global Drug Survey, 2018), responsible for approximately 3.3 million deaths each year (World Health Organization, 2014), and a large global burden of disease, ...