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Browsing Thesis - Doctoral by Date Published
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Mobility parking spaces can be found in cities and towns throughout New Zealand and in countries around the world. Despite this, there has been very little academic examination of the meaning or importance of driving for ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) is a non-heme mono-iron enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of cysteine to cysteine sulfinic acid (CSA) by the addition of the two oxygen atoms from dioxygen to the thiol group of cysteine. In ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This study investigates how students renegotiate their membership of the school community following being stood-down from school. In New Zealand stand-down is the least serious of the school exclusion provisions available ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Background: The total social cost of alcohol-related harm in New Zealand is as high as $5 billion annually. In New Zealand and other high income countries, young people are at a greater risk of alcohol-related harm from ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Through ethnographic enquiry and an anthropological approach this thesis provides insights into the socio-cultural dynamics surrounding local communities’ participation in a Multiple-Use Marine Protected Area (MUMPA). Using ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetes, and yet, recent randomised controlled trials investigating the effect of different regimens of blood glucose control failed ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, women struggled to find a public voice amidst an oppressive patriarchal culture. Women turned to private writing forms in order to find a voice, and thus the diary and the letter ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability. A major complication is that mild cognitive impairment is commonly associated ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Baleen whales (mysticetes) form an essential part of modern ocean ecosystems, and show some of the most extreme adaptations evolved by any mammal. The evolutionary history of these animals has attracted much attention in ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Two randomised controlled trials, published in the early 1990s, proved that periconceptional use of folic acid containing supplements reduces the risk of a neural tube defect (NTD)-affected pregnancy. In New Zealand in ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Intertidal ecosystems are characterized by periodic variations in the water column throughout tidal cycles, a situation that can induce changes in the physiological balance of organisms that live there. If low tide occurs ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the experience of several western Polynesian states during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic, and in particular an inquiry into how the response to the second wave of this ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)In contrast to advanced stages of oogenesis, the endocrine regulation of early stages of oocyte growth has received little attention. In oviparous vertebrates, particularly in teleost fish, the early stages of oogenesis ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Epigenetic modifications to the genome, altering gene expression without changing the DNA sequence, can lead to changes to an individual’s phenotype. Furthermore, these changes to gene expression can be passed from one ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Colorectal cancer (CRC) is proposed to originate through three major molecular pathways, chromosomal instability (CIN), microsatellite instability (MSI) and the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP). Many studies have ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most challenging disorders in clinical cardiology affecting 0.4-1% of persons in the general population and increasing with age. It is associated with an increased risk of stroke, ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)We develop and apply meanfield methods to two systems of significant interest in cold atom physics. The first system, and the main subject of this thesis, is a gas of polarized dipoles, in which the particles have a long ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This qualitative study explores the nexus of labour and immigration policies and employment practices in New Zealand. This thesis focuses on multiple experiences of the foreign workers employed under the main labour ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys were initially investigated as resorbable orthopaedic biomaterials more than a century ago. However, their use was abandoned due to rapid corrosion resulting in mechanical failure and excess ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)This thesis seeks to address the relative absence of literature about grounded and localised approaches to peacebuilding in contemporary Fiji. It documents how and why Fiji artists, activists and Civil Society Organisations ...
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