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MUSIC for Medical Students: Validation of the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation in New Zealand
Introduction/background: An important aspect of student learning is that of academic motivation. Academic motivation can be defined as “a process that is inferred from actions … and verbalizations …, whereby goal- directed ... -
What monitoring strategies are most successful for promoting weight loss? A randomised controlled trial
Objectives: While tracking progress is one of the strongest predictors of success in healthy eating and physical activity interventions, it is uncertain whether it matters which behavior (diet, activity or weight) is being ... -
Researching smarter: five years of online self-paced information skills learning with Health Sciences students.
Introduction: ResearchSmart is a modular, self-directed and self-paced online course originally designed by Health Sciences Library subject librarians for second year medical students (25% of whom enter the course with ... -
Health needs of children in State care
Background There are over 5,500 children and young people in the custody of the State in New Zealand. Their complex experiences and life stories have important implications for health services. Research has shown that ... -
The power to shock: Perceptions of visual and textual horror in Rammstein's performance aesthetics
The use of monumental imagery, period clothing, German Romantic texts and guttural chants, which include nasal gestic speaking, all combine to make up what I regard as the Rammstein "formula". This formula has been apparent ... -
I can see clearly now: Survey results from neonatal staff on mydriatic use in retinopathy or prematurity screening
Aims: Very preterm infants require mydriatic eye drops in preparation for retinopathy of prematurity examination. Mydriatic dosing needs to provide adequate pupil dilation for the examination and yet, avoid adverse ... -
Lack of evidence and consequential harm caused by mydriatic regimens used in retinopathy of prematurity screening.
Approximately 3,500 infants in New Zealand and Australia are screened annually for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). To view the retina and diagnose ROP, adequate pupil dilation with mydriatic medicines is required. ... -
The Teaching of Clinical Reasoning by Senior Clinicians
Background. At our medical school, the teaching of clinical reasoning starts in a well-structured curriculum in the pre-clinical years. In the clinical years, however, teaching is less structured and delivered by multiple ... -
Identifying the fundamental elements of learning in a simulated clinical setting using a Delphi technique.
Identifying fundamental elements of learning in a simulated clinical setting using a Delphi technique. Name: Jessica Young1, Martyn Williamson1, Ben Daniel Motidyang2, Jim Ross1, Tony Egan1 Origin: 1University of ... -
On the Multi-GNSS RTK Positioning Performance in New Zealand
With the advent of new Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs), multi-system, multi-frequency precise real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning can potentially be possible anywhere, at any time. The satellite constellations ... -
The preservation of Māori textiles: Collaboration, research and cultural meaning.
Māori artefacts discovered in 1895 at Puketoi Station, Otago, South Island New Zealand, were re-examined using multiple methods to gather information of relevance and meaning to contemporary Māori culture. This paper ... -
Re-examining conservation precepts; implications for conservation education
In recognising a changing social future, this paper posits that the future relevance and sustainability of conservation is dependent on a re-evaluation of our professional pre-cepts, ethics, and working practices to more ... -
Micro-computed tomography for plant identification in artefacts
In New Zealand the identification of materials of construction of Māori textiles has important cultural and legal connotations. However the identification of aged and processed plant material in artefacts is difficult, ... -
Re-examining conservation precepts - implications for conservation eductation
The cross-cultural and interdisciplinary nature of cultural materials conservation has been a prominent feature of the field’s discourse in recent decades. However, in considering the cross-cultural aspects of conservation ... -
Methods for identifying plant materials in Māori and Pacific textiles
Investigating the range of plant species used in Māori and Pacific textiles can help to understand the diversity and relationships among whatu and raranga techniques and art forms. Although the style and construction of ... -
Relating colour, chemical and physical characteristics of artificially light-aged New Zealand plant fibres
Light ageing of naturally-dyed plant fibres can cause colour change, alteration of molecular bonds within the fibre structure and loss of mechanical integrity. Lighting guidelines seek to protect artefacts by limiting light ... -
Advances in conservation of Māori textiles; analysis and identification
A number of new methods and technologies for investigating Māori textiles have emerged from ten years of research in the Department of Applied Sciences - Clothing and Textile Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New ... -
Context identification of sentences in related work sections using a conditional random field: towards intelligent digital libraries
Identification of contexts associated with sentences is becoming increasingly necessary for developing intelligent information retrieval systems. This article describes a supervised learning mechanism employing a conditional ...