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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)It is widely accepted that physical activity leads to health benefits. It is less well known that being frequently active leads to health benefits over and above those gained by being active a total number of minutes a ...
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(Journal Article, Applied Artificial Intelligence, 2012)Second Life is one of the most popular multi-purpose online virtual worlds, which supports applications in diversified areas relating to real-life activities. Moreover, it is possible to use Second Life in testing Artificial ... -
(Thesis, Master of Tourism, 2008)Ecotourism is a popular form of alternative tourism that is combined with elements of sustainable tourism. Spread of ecotourism in the world since the 1980s coincided with a tourism industry boom in the Maldives. The ...
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(Thesis, Master of Tourism, 2008)Through books such as Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), environmental disasters such as Chernobyl (1989) and increased scientific evidence of climate change and its consequences (IPCC 2007, UNWTO and UNEP 2008) people have ...
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(Thesis, Master of Tourism, 2007)Conventional tourism discourse commonly adheres to the premise that tourist acts are the antithesis of work. Tourism is frequently portrayed as a diversion from quotidian activities of daily life, offering individuals the ...
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(Thesis, Master of Tourism, 2008)Traditional tourism discourse commonly portrays tourism as an escape from the ‘ordinary mundane’, an opportunity to transcend the banal reality of everyday life and embark upon a ‘quest’ for the authentic elsewhere. However, ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Insider trading (i.e., "informed market manipulation") use private information to illegally profit. However, it is not necessary to have trading related information to profit in a stock market. If a trader can generate ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are interactive characters controlled by software agents that exhibit human-like qualities. When interacting with human participants in virtual communities, an IVA is expected to be ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)In this study, we widely investigate the problem of string matching in the context of Heterogeneous Parallel Computing. A overview of string match- ing is made, in which the different forms of string matching problem are ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2013)When economists' subjective beliefs about the sensitivity and positive predictive value of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test are internally consistent (i.e., satisfying Bayes' Rule), their beliefs about prostate ... -
(Thesis, Master of Business, 2013)The state of the market and investor sentiment are found to be crucial in determining the profitability of momentum strategies in New Zealand between 1987 and 2011. Momentum effects are lowest following neutral market and ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)'Every poet who takes language seriously is working against a culture if clear marketable meanings and commodified production' states New Zealand novelist, essayist and poet Gregory O'Brien. This statement is the motivation ...
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(Discussion Paper, 2013)One of the eight Millennium Development Goals is to ‘promote gender equality and empower women.’ However, only 1% of official foreign aid is currently spent on gender equality and human rights. Using individual-level survey ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2013)The export education industry is a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide (Payne 2009) that sees millions of people travelling abroad every year (Weaver 2003). In New Zealand export education is the fifth largest export, ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2013)This thesis will examine electronic (debit and credit) card transactions in New Zealand, utilising the Electronic Card Transactions (ECT) statistics from Statistics New Zealand. The aim of this thesis is to test the ... -
(Dissertation, Graduate Diploma in Tourism, 1990)Preface: In the absence of any previously documented research into the development of tourism within New Zealand's wine industry, this paper serves foremost as an exploratory exercise with the stated objective of ...
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(Dissertation, Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, 2005)This research explores the perceived personal and work related value of the conference experience from a participant's point of view. Attending conferences is a fast expanding industry, as increasingly conferences are ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Antarctica is a place of considerable appeal to an expanding diversity of visitors. To date, hundreds of thousands of people have travelled to Antarctica, and over the past 7-10 years, there has been a steady increase in ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Augmented Reflection Technology (ART) has clinical utility for the rehabilitation of brain disorders. To date there is no cure for brain disorders like Phantom Limb Pain and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and rehabilitation ...
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(Thesis, Master of Business, 2013)Interest in saving is growing as researchers acknowledge the impact of psychological and behavioural factors on financial behaviour and financial institutions recognise its implications for products and services. This ...
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