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Browsing Applied Sciences by Date Published
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Background: Despite the emergence of sophisticated technologies in clothing production system, sewing remains common in garment assembling. Seam tensile behaviour is one performance-related topic which has attracted interest ...
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(Thesis, Master of Applied Science, 2012)This thesis began with an enquiry into the origins of a ubiquitous artefact of everyday life in rural New Zealand; the Hayes permanent wire strainer. Researching this artefact quickly revealed that the origins of the ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)This thesis investigates the practice and culture of studio furniture in New Zealand and its national craft context, in light of prevailing economic, educational, social and cultural parameters. The author uses an ... -
(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 2012)Embodied energy accounts for a large proportion of lifecycle energy utilisation in the building sector, and the estimation of this embodied energy is often difficult. Thus finding a general relationship between the embodied ...
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(Thesis, Master of Design, 2012)There is considerable opportunity to build participation in the Public Conservation Lands through the development of enticing and imaginative experiences. An in-depth observational scoping study of Arthur’s Pass National ... -
(Thesis, Master of Design, 2012)The New Zealand landmass encompasses a vast diversity of wilderness areas, including fourteen national parks and other conservation lands. These natural environments attract a large number of domestic and international ... -
(Thesis, Master of Design, 2012)This study examines key ways the new generation of mobile devices can enhance a user’s experience in New Zealand’s National Parks. With the growing adoption of smartphone and tablet devices, opportunities exist for this ... -
(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 2011)This dissertation examines advanced metering technology and its application to the context of domestic electricity use within New Zealand. It identifies the current state of advanced metering technology and the associated ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2011)Fabrics are frequently used in forensic examinations. Without textile knowledge of fabrics it is easy to assume that all fabrics are the same when they in fact they are different. The most frequent clothing damage in ...
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Amyas Connell, 'High and Over' and the role of New Zealand architects in the British Modern Movement (Thesis, Master of Applied Science, 2011)Many of the architects that contributed to the British Modern Movement during the late 1920s and up to the start of the Second World War were of European origin. Less well described in the surveys of the period is the ...
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(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 2011)This research examines how design processes can be used to access and communicate local knowledge and to develop connection to community and place. Members of Karitane, a small coastal community in New Zealand, were engaged ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010)This research applies Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to modelling flow over a vegetated foredune in the coastal zones. Morphological changes resulting from wind flow and sedimentation have direct impacts on plant and ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009)The term “photomontage” has three syntactic senses, as: (i) the phenomenon, (ii) the practice/process, (iii) the resulting individual image. All three of these meanings are examined in this thesis in relation to the context, ... -
(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 2008)
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007)The axilla is a major source of human body odour from which the characteristic musky, urinous or acidic odours emanate, and are predominantly due to bacterial metabolism of the protein-rich fluid secreted by the apocrine ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005)Dress and appearance constitute the visual realm in the dialectic of identity construction and are powerful communicators in this process, since dress and appearance are the symbolic means by which we locate ourselves and ...
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(Conference or Workshop Item (Oral presentation), 16th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre (SIRC 2004: A Spatio-temporal Workshop), 2004)The aim of this paper is to examine the modelling of the wind flow over a complex dune topography using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The area of research interest is a massive foredune behind which is a transgressive ... -
(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 1999)The identification of a previously unstudied collection of approximately 5000 garments at the Canterbury Museum initiated an exploratory study of a part of the collection. The collection included garments and associated ...
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(Thesis, Master of Consumer and Applied Sciences, 1997)This research engages critically with the major public sector accountability theories in relation to the development of law centres in Aotearoa/New Zealand (and comparative international examples) focusing on the two centres ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1996)
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