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Co-partakers of the Promise: Israel and the Gentiles in Ephesians
This thesis describes how the epistle to the Ephesians portrays the relationship of Jewish and gentile Christ-believers to each other and to Israel. The question of ‘the church and Israel’ is of perennial interest to ... -
Advanced Meta-analysis in Surgical Research
The continuous development and refinement of techniques is a key attribute of the discipline of surgery. Robust evidence derived from randomised clinical trials and subsequent synthesis using meta-analysis methods is ... -
The Emergence and Intensification of Hydropolitical Conflict Intentionality in Aotearoa-New Zealand
Environmental security literature has devoted a significant amount of attention to the nexus between resource abundance and conflict. Important research has assessed this relationship by focusing on non-renewable resource ... -
Orientations to Happiness and Sustainable Consumption: A Developing Country Perspective from Vietnam
Purpose This thesis applied the theory of Orientations to Happiness (Peterson, Park and Seligman, 2005) to study the motivation to sustainable consumption in Vietnam. From a developing country’s perspective, realising ... -
Using CT and Ultrasound to Measure Sea Ice Core Structures
Sea ice is a complex, multi-layered material, who’s microscopic properties are vital for understanding its macroscopic properties and interactions with the environment. Traditional methods for studying its tructure tend ... -
Mechanising Fibre Production: The New Zealand Flax Mill Project
Flax has a long history of use in New Zealand. It was a crucial source of fibre in traditional Māori society, and later sparked the interest of shipborne Europeans, always on the lookout for fibre to make rope. Characteristics ... -
The clay mineral assemblages and geology of the Mahakirau hydrothermal alteration zone, Coromandel Peninsula (NZ)
Wall clays and vein silicates from the fossil hydrothermal system at Mahakirau, Coromandel Peninsula are shown to consist of discrete mineral assemblages. Those in quartz veins are: - K-feldspar - K-mica - kaolinite K-feldspar ... -
Lift up your guts: A liturgical anthropology in conversation with Schmemann and Calvin
Does the Church’s traditional teaching on the Eucharist require that humans have a metaphysically distinct soul? This thesis tests the validity of theological anthropologies that reject ontological dualism and emphasise ... -
Confronting the Stigma of Naming Jesus as a Victim of Sexual Violence
Pastor Skosana’s sermon in 2010 in the township of Khayelitsha outside Stellenbosch on the theme that ‘Jesus was HIV-positive’ attracted worldwide attention. Part 1 of the chapter discusses the controversy around the sermon ... -
Crucificação e abuso sexual
Este artigo recorre à hermenêutica da libertação latino-americana para ler as narrativas dos evangelhos sobre a crucificação à luz dos relatos de tortura na América Latina. As práticas de tortura empregadas por regimes ... -
A Kaupapa Māori study of the positive impacts of syncretism on the development of Christian faith among Māori from my faith-world perspective
I am a syncretist: I blend religious ideas that shape my faith. As a syncretist studying syncretism, I am the architect, builder, negotiator and navigator of this research. My original contribution to knowledge is a Kaupapa ... -
Crucifixion et abus sexuel
Cet article s’appuie sur l’herméneutique des mouvements de Libération en Amérique Latine pour proposer une lecture des évangiles à la lumière des rapports sur les tortures en Amérique Latine. La pratique de la torture par ... -
The Visual Search Environment: Are Two Heads Better Than One?
Visual search tasks such as luggage screening are characterised by high error rates. Screeners are required to find illegal objects among distractors which are often difficult to tell apart. Different kinds of distractors ... -
‘The State of History’: Oral History, War Memory, and State-Sponsored History in New Zealand, 1945-2008
This thesis traces the development of oral history in New Zealand from 1945-2008 through state-sponsored history projects on war. It begins with a discussion of the production of the Official History series about the Second ... -
Crucifixión y abuso sexual
Este artículo se basa en la hermenéutica de la Liberación latinoamericana para realizar una lectura de las narraciones evangélicas de la crucifixión a la luz de los informes de tortura en América Latina. Las prácticas de ... -
Oxidant generation by Streptococcus pneumoniae associated with neutrophil extracellular traps
Streptococcus pneumoniae are a common human pathogen, and the leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia world-wide. They have been shown to survive neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which are chromatin structures ... -
The Effect of Mood on Eyewitness Memory
In the present research, we investigated the effect of participants’ mood during encoding on true and false memory of an event using the misinformation paradigm. In addition, we also examined how the emotional content of ... -
'You can't hate yourself thin' Obesity recovery and self-compassion
Obesity is a major public health concern in the developed, and increasingly in the developing world. One theory aimed at understanding the aetiology of obesity proposes that highly palatable foods may have addictive ... -
Assessing citizen science in the marine environment
Citizen science, where the general public is engaged with and participates in a scientific project, is increasingly being recognised as an effective tool for science education, developing knowledge and science skills, ... -
Interviewing witnesses of serious crime: Assessing current police practices
Eyewitnesses play a vital role in advancing criminal investigations—often providing details that are crucial to apprehending perpetrators or justifying charges. To better align with the evidence base on enhancing episodic ...