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The Division of Sciences is responsible for a full range of sciences including degree courses in Applied Science, Consumer and Applied Sciences, Physical Education, and Surveying. The Division is a leader in many areas of genetic research and computer and information technology.
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Surveying [99]
Recent Deposits
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2018)Mental disorder diagnoses are currently based on arbitrary symptom checklists and lack the identification of underlying neurological dysfunction. As a result, clinicians assign diagnostic labels with low accuracy, leading ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2018)The ability to distinguish individual animals is fundamental to ecological research, wildlife and livestock management. Individuals are recognised by using the animals’ natural marks that remain stable through time, by ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2018)This doctoral research explores the experience, assessment, and potential treatment of social anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by social difficulties, repetitive ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2018)A central aim in parasitology is to understand the mechanisms and processes that determine host-parasite associations. The quest to understand these mechanisms has led to the rise of the host-parasite co-speciation paradigm, ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2018)One of the key drivers of electron losses from the radiation belts is the interaction between radiation belt electrons and the electromagnetic plasma waves that populate the magnetosphere. In particular, electromagnetic ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science Communication, 2017)The title of this thesis is “Human Impact on Marine Mammal Strandings: The Joining of Worlds Through Documentary Film”. The “worlds” referred to here are science, conservation agendas, aesthetics and psychology all in the ...
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(Technical Report, 2017)Since the 1970s, the Department of Human Nutrition (previously Home Science Extension with the School of Home Science) at the University of Otago has conducted an annual Food Cost Survey. The Food Cost Survey is based on ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)Animal personality is defined as individual variation in behaviour which is consistent over time and across contexts; the five major components of personality are activity, boldness, exploration, sociability, and aggression. ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)The Southern Ocean’s air-sea CO2 flux is heavily influenced by the strength and position of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds (SHWWs) over the southern mid-latitudes. An increasingly positive southern annular mode ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)Cyanobacteria are among the few microbes that have the ability to grow in elevated pH. The cyanobacterial acclimation to high pH involves the upregulation of mechanisms targeting pH homeostasis (such as Na+/H+ antiporters) ... -
(Journal Article, Journal of the Polynesian Society, 2017)Latitude and azimuth determination were crucial for Polynesian navigators, supplemented by techniques such as observations of swells, birds and expanded landfalls. Longitude could only be determined by dead reckoning. ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)The subtropical front (STF) is a fundamental feature of the Southern Ocean. It separates waters in the subtropical gyres from Subantarctic waters. At present however only a rudimentary understanding exists about its temporal ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)Albatrosses and petrels are a group of oceanic seabirds that spend most of their lives at sea. The Southern Ocean, which rings Antarctica in a continuous belt of wind and currents, supports most of the world’s albatrosses ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)This thesis describes experiments investigating the collisions of alkali metal atoms at energies between 10 - 2000 uK, measured in units of the Boltzmann constant. The atoms are accelerated towards each other using a ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 1980)Ata is the most southerly island in a chain of young volcanic islands in the Tonga Group lying to the west of the Tonga trench. It is presently inactive and now consists of a small remnant (1.8 km2) of a large composite ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 1986)This report describes the glacigenic stratigraphy from the Upper Clutha Valley in Central Otago. The deposits from seven glacial advances are described and modelled on a wet based glacier. Stratigraphic classification of ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Science with Honours, 1991)A terrane boundary was mapped between the Murihiku Supergroup and the Takitimu Group in the Wether Hill area, Western Southland. The two terranes (Murihiku and Brook Street) are juxtaposed along the gently eastward-dipping ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Science with Honours, 1971)A segment of the Brookstreet terrain (Coombs et. al., 1976) is described from the Bluff Peninsula, Southlando The basement rocks include Lower-Permian volcanogenic sediments and dykes of the Greenhills Group with interbedded ...
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(Thesis, Master of Physical Education, 2017)Adolescence is often seen as a phase of life that is challenging, requiring most individuals to adapt and adjust to varying degrees. Adverse or stressful life events can lead to ill-health and psychological dysfunction, ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Science with Honours, 1998)The area mapped (18kni2), crosses the boundary between the Brook Street terrane of Permian - Early Jurassic age and the Murihiku terrane of Triassic, north of Ohai in western Southland. This study focused on the lithology ...
