• A Last Glacial Maximum to Present Paleoenvironmental Investigation of Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, New Zealand 

  Schenck, Rowena

  Almost all modern-day estuaries evolved during the Holocene and contain sedimentary sequences that preserve the evolution of these coastal environments. Incised-valley fill sequences in estuaries often contain facies that ...

• The effects of food rationing on phenotypic plasticity in reproductive resource allocation in female wild-type zebrafish, Danio rerio 

  Holmes, Hazel Anna Carmichael

  Any resources obtained by an organism must be divided between life history components, namely growth, reproduction and survival. Resources are limited, thus creating trade-offs between competing traits. One trade-off is ...

• Intra-individual variability of reaction time and subclinical psychosis 

  Wallace, Simon John

  Clinical and epidemiological studies have indicated that elevated intra-individual variability (IIV) of reaction time (RT) is a trait phenomenon that indexes vulnerability for a number of clinical conditions, including ...

• Conspiracy theory beliefs: measurement and the role of perceived lack of control 

  Stojanov, Ana

  Despite conspiracy theory beliefs’ potential to lead to negative outcomes, psychologists have only relatively recently taken a strong interest in their measurement and underlying mechanisms. In this thesis I test a ...

• Going against the flow: Pinning points in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica 

  Still, Holly Rebecca

  The ice shelves surrounding much of the Antarctic continent are supported by pinning points, sites of localised grounding where the floating ice runs aground on the seafloor. Pinning points regulate ice shelf flow and ...

• Towards Fluorescent Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecules 

  Johnston, Hannah

  This research project aimed to develop fluorescent analogues of the oCOm molecules reported by Larsen and co-workers.1 It was proposed that the attachment of phenanthrene-based fluorescent reporter groups to these CO ...

• Observational Evidence for the Modulation of Antarctic Springtime Ozone Depletion by Energetic Particle Precipitation 

  Gordon, Emily

  Energetic particles of solar origin raining on the atmosphere is known as energetic particle precipitation (EPP) and causes NOx (NO + NO2) increases in the polar atmosphere. When this occurs during the Southern polar winter, ...

• Gonad enhancement of Evechinus chloroticus (Val.) in Otago Harbour, New Zealand, using artificial and macro-algae diets 

  Fell, Jason

  The endemic New Zealand echinoid, Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes), was collected bi-monthly between May 1999 and June 2000 from Elizabeth Island, Doubtful Sound, and held in shallow water sea cages in Otago Harbour, ...

• Analysis of modulation in a wireless telephone transmitter. 

  Barnett, Miles Aylmer Fulton (M.A.F.)

  It is proposed to deal with some points relating to modulation in a simple Valve Transmitter. Only the most common methods will be considered. The work can be divided into two parts. The first dealing with the effects ...

• Driving to the Conditions: Driver Behaviour in Youths 

  Kettle, Liam

  Young drivers under 25 years are overrepresented in road fatalities and serious injuries worldwide. Past studies have identified that being male and having higher levels of sensation seeking, risk-taking, and self-perceived ...

• Novel Biodegradable Milk-protein Based Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering Applications 

  Sali, Sonali

  Recent advances in tissue engineering (TE) focus on finding more biocompatible, biodegradable and non-toxic biomaterials with an ability to mimic the natural physiological environment. Appropriate physical and chemical ...

• Development of Drug-Eluting Surgical Sutures for the Wound-Healing Process Using Melt Extrusion Technology 

  Deng, Xiaoxuan

  Incorporation of an anti-inflammatory drug with polymer materials to produce suture products is important especially when the suture is used for internal organs and/or tissues. In this work, poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), ...

• Intervertebral Disc Tissue Engineering: An Investigation of Chitosan/PCL Scaffolds using 3D-printing and Melt-electrowriting Technology 

  Minami, Yoshida

  Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is one of the major causes of lower back pain a highly common health condition that greatly effects a person’s quality of life. Due to an increasing aging population and change in ...

• Development of traceability tools based on metabolomics for milk products 

  Zhu, Dan

  Fraud is endemic throughout the food industry and a major concern to producers and consumers. Adulteration or substitution with an inferior product may cause economic or health problems. Milk is a foodstuff that is widely ...

• Characterisation of Chitosan/PVA/PVP Crossed- linked Nanofibrous Scaffolds for the Potential Application in Dermal Tissue Engineering 

  Patel, Bhavini

  Severe burn injuries lead to significant morbidity and mortality as they are traumatic and affect nearly every organ system. Commonly used clinical practices are early burn lesion removal and skin grafting which have ...

• Social Understanding in the Community: Establishing Links to Previous Family Issues as well as an Understanding of Mental States on Disadvantaged Adolescents 

  Mfumu-Nsuka, Tony Tshivulukidi

  Objective The purpose of the present study was to assess links to previous familial issues as well as an understanding of mental states on disadvantaged adolescents while controlling for age, fluid intelligence, and verbal ...

• Photographing the therapeutic relationship between women experiencing chronic pain and their canine companions 

  O'Connor, Cadi

  Past research has found that exposure to structured animal-assisted interventions can be beneficial for people experiencing acute or chronic pain; however, limited research has been conducted on long-term exposure to canine ...

• Chemical fingerprinting of goat whole milk powder during shelf-life testing: NMR- and GCMS-based metabolomics approach 

  Sanchez, Lorraine Jane

  This study is the first to provide a comprehensive characterization of the liquid and volatile fractions of goat whole milk powder. For this, robust nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)- and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ...

• Maternal Immune Activation in Rats produces a Subjective Internal State that is Analogous to Human Psychosis 

  Meighan, Wayne

  A key problem with animal models of psychosis lies with the animal’s inability to self-report its own internal state. In the present study, we used the drug discrimination paradigm, an assay that can provide an objective ...

• Where Fact Meets Fiction - The Science Mockumentary 

  Naik, Peter Pouesi

  Mockumentary is a style of film that has existed since 1957, at the latest. A fictional news piece from the BBC told the story about the annual spaghetti harvest occurring in Switzerland. Presented in the style of a typical ...

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