The welfarist account of enhancement and disability holds enhanced and disabled states on a spectrum: the former are biological or psychological states that increase the chances of a person leading a good life in the ...

The cellular processes that cause high fat and sugar diet-induced infertility are poorly understood, but may involve up-regulation of suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS-3) proteins which leads to hypothalamic leptin ...

INTRODUCTION: Research supports talking about death outside the end-of-life context. Benefits include allaying death anxiety to increased engagement in health promotion interventions. Nonetheless, the focus on death ...

Learning environments are a significant determinant of student behaviour, achievement and satisfaction. In this article we use students’ reflective essays to identify key features of the learning environment that contributed ...

Production lands make up 58% of Aotearoa New Zealand’s landcover and contribute greatly not only to the national economy but also to patterns and trends in native and introduced avian biodiversity. However, unlike in native ...

In New Zealand, alpine grasslands occur above the treeline of beech forest. Historically stoat control paradigms in New Zealand’s montane natural areas have assumed alpine grassland is a marginal habitat that limits dispersal ...

Predation by introduced stoats is now considered a major threat to the population viability of several New Zealand endemic bird species. Historically stoat research and management has focused on beech forests and little ...

Aims To examine the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people with newly diagnosed prediabetes and the factors that protect against this progression. Methods The study population was 14,043 adults with pre-diabetes ...