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Stoat density, diet and survival compared between alpine grassland and beech forest habitats
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 ...
The Forgotten 60%: bird ecology and management in New Zealand's agricultural landscape.
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 ...
Selection of alpine grasslands over beech forest by stoats (Mustela erminea) in montane southern New Zealand
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 ...
Visual Conversion Disorder in a Harbor Pilot
We describe an accident caused by the rapid onset of visual impairment in a ship’s pilot, who was subsequently diagnosed as having visual conversion disorder (hysterical blindness). This case is documented to draw attention ...
Practitioner-researcher Imaginations: Teaching Social Research to Health Science Undergraduates
Background: Health practitioners’ use of research in clinical practice is a requirement of evidence based practice. However, the medical and educational literature laments the gap between research and practice. There are ...
Students First and Nurturing Networks: Visualising Positive Futures for New Zealand Secondary Students
Why should we place students first? This article engages with this question through an examination of New Zealand's first secondary school nurture group at Linwood College in Christchurch. We combine practitioner, theorist ...
Handling Uncertainty: Standard and Local Practices in the Case of Libido and Contraception in Evidence-Based Decision Making
This paper draws from a qualitative study of interviews with 14 health practitioners to explore the use of reproductive health guidelines in contraception consultations. An aim of standardised guidelines is to encourage ...
Bricolage and Bodies of Knowledge: Exploring Consumer Responses to Controversy about the Third Generation Oral Contraceptive Pill
This article explores a small selection of contraceptive consumers’ accounts about the recent third generation oral contraceptive (3GOC) controversy in Aotearoa New Zealand and their responses to it. This article argues ...
Deletion of suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 from forebrain neurons delays infertility and onset of hypothalamic leptin resistance in response to a high fat and high sucrose diet
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 ...
Enhancement, disability and the riddle of the relevant circumstances
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 ...