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Public Health is the art and science of preventing disease and injury, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organised efforts of society.

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Rotenone use for native fish conservation: Macroinvertebrate community recovery and the reintroduction of a native galaxiid (Galaxias fasciatus) following piscicide treatment in two streams

Pham, Lan Thi (Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)

The rehabilitation of native communities by means of eradicating unwanted fish species using piscicides is an example of employing disturbance to achieve conservation successes. Such projects provide a valuable opportunity ...
The protective CD4⁺ memory T cell response to tuberculosis

Ancelet, Lindsay Rae (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)

Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis (TB), results in 1.4 million deaths annually. The escalating rate of active TB, due to co-infection with HIV and emergence of ...
The experience of rehabilitation from the perspectives of individuals in New Zealand with tetraplegia due to traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Bourke, John Augustus (Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2013)

Background and purpose: Understanding how people living with tetraplegia experience rehabilitation can help establish how those individuals make sense of their social realities during rehabilitation, and whether services ...
Workplace First Aid in New Zealand

Robertson, Angela Catherine (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)

In New Zealand the Department of Labour provides guidance on the provision of first-aid equipment, facilities and training to meet the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and Regulations 1995. ...
The Application of Spectral Analysis of the Surface Electrocardiography Prior to Direct Current Cardioversion in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Jia, Ran (Thesis, Master of Medical Science, 2013)

Aims: The decision of treatment strategy made for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is ideally based on individual atrial remodeling. Electrical remodeling is believed to influence the outcome of direct current cardioversion ...