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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Initially drawing on the field of cultural safety and cultural competency, indigenous health has developed as a subject in its own right, defined from the perspective of indigenous populations. Current Australian and ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)Background: Although various parental feeding practices have been associated with dietary intake and body weight in children, many studies are limited by sample size or lack of diversity, perhaps explaining conflicting ... -
(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, Master of Medical Science, 2013)Aim: The aim of this study was to define the nature of the inflammatory infiltrate that occurs with omeprazole-induced acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) and further to compare and contrast the histology of omeprazole-induced ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Sciences with Honours, 2012)Introduction: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are related conditions of unknown aetiology demonstrating both common clinical features and common genetic and immunological pathomechanisms. ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2012)Rationale: Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition affecting many millions of people worldwide. The recommended long-term preventative treatment for asthma is corticosteroid medication. Improvement in asthma symptoms in ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2012)World Health Organization statistics show that falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths worldwide. Multifocal glasses (bifocals, trifocals, and progressive addition lenses (PALs)) increase ... -
(Thesis, Master of Ophthalmology, 2012)Background: Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a blinding disease. Better understanding of the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the pathogenesis of the condition has lead to the ...
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(Thesis, Master of Medical Science, 2012)Background: In-Stent Restenosis (ISR) is a malignant process in patients who have undergone coronary artery stent implantation as it causes mortality and morbidity. Predicting ISR, when initial percutaneous coronary ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2012)Objectives: Originally derived from animal experiments, the concept of priming in rTMS experiments refers to a pre-treatment or pre-protocol stimulation that enhances the effect of the protocol. The purpose of this study ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2012)Background and Aims: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is a non‐invasive technique capable of altering cortical excitability and treating disease through effects on long term potentiation and depression. ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2012)Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a high-risk clinical scenario within the acute coronary syndrome spectrum. It is associated with poor clinical outcomes, particularly if acute reperfusion ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2011)Bone tissue engineering is a developing technology with the promise of generating autologous bone grafts from small bone marrow samples. The ability to culture bone tissue from small marrow samples removes many of the ...
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(Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2011)Background: Balancing treatment-related gains and losses with respect to quality of life (QoL) and length of life (LoL) is common in cancer. Little is known about patient preferences for QoL versus LoL and preference ... -
(Thesis, Master of Ophthalmology, 2011)Amblyopia is a common childhood developmental disorder in which there is dysfunction of the processing of visual information. There is a wide range of functional deficits and adaptations that occur in amblyopic vision but ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)World-wide the incidence of individuals developing stage 3 to stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing. Diabetic nephropathy is the major aetiological factor for this increasing epidemic of CKD. A significant ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)Articular cartilage is an avascular, aneural, alymphatic tissue that has a very low capability for intrinsic repair. Injuries to the tissue often lead to progressive degeneration, leading to painful joint disease. The most ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007)Introduction: The enzyme, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), is upregulated in the airway epithelium in patients with allergic asthma resulting increased nitric oxide production. The concentration of nitric oxide in ...
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Oranga niho : a review of Māori oral health service provision utilising a kaupapa Māori methodology (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006)The goal of this study was to review Māori oral health services utilising a kaupapa Māori framework. The aims of the study were to identify the issues in the development, implementation and operation of Māori dental ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006)Recent New Zealand (NZ) research found rates of physical fighting and weapon carrying among high school students in Dunedin were equal to that of rates for the United States (US). The NZ Government has identified violence ...
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