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High and increasing rates of skin infection hospitalisation for Pacific children in Aotearoa
Background: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections are common among children, and are typically bacterial in origin (e.g. impetigo, cellulitis, and skin abscesses which can be caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus ... -
"All you can heat? Welfare implications of high fixed charge tariffs for electricity"
This research investigates the implications of residential electricity tariffs with high daily fixed charge or fixed-like components, like ‘all you can eat’ or ‘uncapped’ tariffs which are common for access to internet ... -
"Created equal" - A kaupapa Māori analysis of research and health system perspectives of inequity in chronic kidney disease in Aotearoa
Understanding Indigenous health inequities requires an equity lens to recognise the impact that colonisation and loss of cultural identity have on health and well-being. An equity lens enables a critical examination and ... -
Bats, Bioacoustics, & Bat Lures in Brunei Darussalam
Bats are the most diverse mammalian order, second to rodents, with 1400+ species found globally across almost every continent. In the tropics, where it is possible to find more than 60 bat species at a single site, they ... -
Working together to improve experiences of teaching and learning Sexual and Gender Minority health at Otago Medical School
This document outlines the justification and processes for a Participatory Action Research (PAR) initiative. The project is aimed at evaluating and improving the educational climate relating to Sexual and Gender Minority ... -
Exploring hot spot mutagenesis as a means of dimer disruption in glutamate racemase from Mycobacterium smegmatis
The emergence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains has highlighted the need to develop new drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis. Glutamate racemase (MurI) has been identified as an essential enzyme ... -
The Application of Circulating Tumour DNA to the Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers.
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) are small fragments of DNA released by tumours into the circulation. These fragments contain pathogenic mutations which can be detected and quantified by various next generation sequencing ... -
A firm grip on nature: The economic case for environmental personhood.
Nature is declining at unprecedented rates. We posit that the external effects of ecosystem degradation can be understood as a lack of property rights of stakeholders advocating on behalf of future generations and the ... -
Rapid Point-of-Care Testing for Hepatitis C – Assessment of Feasibility, Knowledge of Participants and Outcomes.
In New Zealand, approximately 50,000 people or more are infected with hepatitis C(HCV), and only 50% or less are currently diagnosed. HCV infection(and related complications) is presently the single most common diagnosis ... -
The Role of Large Extracellular Vesicles in Human Papillomavirus-Associated Immune Modulation of Langerhans Cells
Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) is an oncogenic virus that infects basal keratinocytes of stratified squamous epithelium. Langerhans cells (LCs) reside within the stratified squamous epithelium and initiate immune ... -
Using non-coding RNAs and proteins to predict acute kidney injury in heart failure
Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is associated with a high incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI), an abrupt loss of kidney function associated with a near doubling of mortality at one year. In addition to the ... -
Agents of movement: Intelligence in space-time from mapping to causality
Representing dynamic spatial phenomena is a long-standing goal within Geospatial Information Science (GIScience). Geometric positions are fundamental elements of any spatiotemporal process, such that a significant body of ... -
Take off your shoes: How Christian liturgy forms the people of God
This thesis offers a renewed vision of Christian liturgy situated in a sacramental ontology in order to address the possibility of liturgical formation. In it I bring together a variety of sources in an attempt to demonstrate ... -
Genetics of gout - Progression from hyperuricaemia to gout
Gout is an inflammatory arthritis that is prevalent in New Zealand (NZ) populations, with a higher frequency in Māori (6.06%) and Pacific Islanders (7.60%) in comparison to NZ Europeans (3.24%). This inflammatory arthritis ... -
Structural violence in Éire: The bone histology of victims from the Great Famine (Kilkenny, Ireland 1845-1852)
This project uses bone histological analysis to explore how disease, diet, and social circumstances affected the bone remodeling of a group of people who died during the Great Famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. The ... -
Part(s) (w)hole: Manifestations of shame in lesbian poetry from Ireland and New Zealand since 1982
This creative/critical PhD examines the work of lesbian poets from Ireland and Aotearoa/New Zealand in order to demonstrate the creative energy made possible by their shared experience of and response to shame. The ... -
Amino bolaform surfactants as structure directing agents for super-microporous materials
The synthesis and characterisation of new asymmetric bolaform surfactants incorporating tertiary amine functionality is presented, as well as the elucidation of their surfactant and aggregation properties. The use of the ... -
"We need to discuss surgery": A multimodal conversation analytic study of intersubjectivity during surgeons' information provision to patients
Providing patients with information, such that they are able to understand the consequences of treatment decisions, is an ethical and legal requirement in New Zealand and many other jurisdictions. While research from the ... -
N-Alkylation of imidazoles
The regioselectivity of N-alkylation in unsymmetrical imidazoles was studied. The ambident nature of imidazole was scrutinised in an examination of substrate (ie. substituent(s)), alkylating agent, and medium effects ...