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Focusing on "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Singing Detective (1986) by Dennis Potter in dialogue with theories from Freud, Szasz, Foucault and Butler, my thesis considers the role of medicine in encouraging a patient toward a normative subjectivity. The protagonists of each text have become ill as a result of their inability to accept the social... [Thesis or Dissertation]

The present research involved two studies examining the impact of severity on the process of help-seeking for depression. The first study included a survey of 316 New Zealand Adolescents (14-18 years) help-seeking, their inclination to seek help from a friend, parent, medical person and mental health professional for each scenario, and barriers to seeking help from these sources. Young females...

This study develops a new communication and collaboration supported tool – IC3. In particular, this tool is an integration of open source video conference over internet protocol (VCoIP) and virtual network computing (VNC) projects. This integrated system supports both virtual communication and collaborated web information sharing. In addition, it aims to facilitate greater eye contact and... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This study develops a new communication and collaboration supported tool – IC3. In particular, this tool is an integration of open source video conference over internet protocol (VCoIP) and virtual network computing (VNC) projects. This integrated system supports both virtual communication and collaborated web information sharing. In addition, it aims to facilitate greater eye contact and... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This paper contributes to the conflicting international evidence on the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on labour productivity (LP) growth. We examine the link between ICT intensity and New Zealand's LP growth in 29 industries over the period 1988-2003, and over relevant sub-periods. After deriving an ICT intensity index to classify industries into 'more ICT... [Journal Article]

Economics-related ICT research has moved from the fringes of the discipline to penetrate all of its branches. It is, therefore, not a separate economics sub-discipline. It is also unlikely to become part of an 'ICT or Internet Research' proto-discipline. Instead, it should be seen as only one part of a bigger agenda toward a proper 'information and knowledge economics' and... [Journal Article]

This thesis investigates how rural and remote communities in northeast Thailand harness information and communication technologies (ICTs) for community development and develops a new model of ICT-based lifelong learning center for local communities. The main research questions are: 1. How to adapt ICTs to fit rural communities? 2. How to integrate ICTs into their lifestyle? 3. How to use ICTs... [Thesis or Dissertation]

The research question for this masters project was what are the impacts of ICT provision in Miranda as an example of rural NZ? In order to answer this question firstly the ICT provision in Miranda needed to be assessed. Secondly, it was necessary to examine the issues or problems associated with connecting to the Internet in rural area. Thirdly, evaluation, assessment, and estimation of the...

This study developed a model for evaluating the ability of ICT-based modes of communication to foster an effective learning environment, by creating telepresence, flexibility, interaction and collaboration, for distance learners at the University of the South Pacific (USP). The model is formulated on the basis of the educational relationship triad developed by Hall and Kidman (2002). Concepts...

The aim of our research was to undertake a qualitative evaluation of the performance of ISO 14001 in ten Canterbury based organisations. An evaluation framework was developed consisting of twenty-two questions based on the ISO 14001 auditable elements. This framework formed the basis for qualitative interviews with representatives from each organisation. Our research indicates that ISO 14001 is... [Book]

This report compares and contrasts the EFSIS (European Food Safety Inspection Service) standard and the ISO 9000 system in the PPCS Quality Management System. The relevant literature was examined and compared to ISO 9000 and the EFSIS standard. There were four main research objectives for this study. The first was to describe and analyse the PPCS Quality Management System. The second objective... [Thesis or Dissertation]

What is the influence of Information Technology (IT) capability, and customer relationship management (CRM) capability on organisational information privacy protection behaviour, and ultimately how do these relationships impact on organizational performance? What are the relationships between different types of IT capabilities (i.e. outside-in, inside-out, and spanning capabilities) and how do... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This thesis explores students' experiences of specialist information technology (IT) courses at the secondary school level in New Zealand. It asks whether students experience a gendered curriculum culture in relation to specialist IT subjects. The exploration involves a survey of national curriculum arrangements and detailed consideration of the manner in which the curriculum is...

Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The decision of the Icelandic government, in June 2002, to ban foreign practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual movement during the official visit of the Chinese President caused considerable controversy, as did the compilation and distribution of a blacklist of people who were known or suspected to be Falun Gong members. This article deals with the legal implications of those events. After... [Journal Article]

Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or available through Inter-Library Loan. Idaite and "Cu5.5FeS6.5" are separate phases distinguished by various optical, physical and crystal chemical features. Their data are summarised as follows: Idaita: pseudocubic, a0=5.26Å; P or F lattice, m3m? (cf. Wang, 1976 a0=10.50Å c0=10.72Å); superstructure:... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Fluorescence spectroscopy was examined as a potential technique for identifying aerosol particles like bacterial spores. This technique was used for laboratory measurements on some common biological agent simulants. We have measured the intrinsic steady-state fluorescence emission spectra as a function of the excitation wavelength for several bacterial spores (washed and unwashed) in dry and...

This thesis presents the analysis of a series of experimental measurements from a selection of springs, geysers and wells at Te Aroha, Rotorua and Orakeikorako in New Zealand aimed at the identification of the frequencies of any characteristic variations with a period of 25 hours or less. The measurements taken from these sources collectively recorded water level, conductivity, temperature,... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or available through Inter-Library Loan. This study aimed to identify genes or gene products associated with high lean muscle mass in bovines that may serve as potential markers for selection. An animal with a genetic predisposition to high lean muscle mass, the Belgium Blue, was chosen as a model to compare with the... [Thesis or Dissertation]

The identification of a novel human integrin $/beta$ subunit, $/beta/sb7$, has been reported in this dissertation. The full-length human $/beta/sb7$ cDNA contains 2798 nucleotides encoding a single long open reading frame of 798 amino acid residues of which 708 are extracellular and 52 are cytoplasmic. The human $/beta/sb7$ sequence displays strong homology with other integrin $/beta$ subunits,... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare) is an important crop and ranks fourth in overall production of the major cereal crops in the world. Like other cereal crops, barley suffers from a narrowing of its genetic base and susceptibility to diseases, pests and environmental stresses. H. bulbosum is a possible source of desirable genes for introgressing into barley to restore genetic diversity... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Little is known about factors that influence dialect perception and the cues listeners rely on in telling apart two accents. This thesis will shed light on how accurate New Zealanders and Australians are at identifying each other's accents and what vowels they tune in to when doing the task. The differences between New Zealand and Australian English mainly hail from the differing...

ART was introduced as a modified use of CART methodology for quick detection of structural breaks in the mean levels. In this paper simulations are presented to test ART against a number of different types of time series, to find a good pruning method, and to compare with alternative approaches. [Conference Paper]

This paper discusses the possibility of identifying the shear and structure relaxation kernels in glassy materials by means of a single, simple and non-intrusive experiment. The material should be thermorheologically simple and the kernels expressed in the form of Prony series. The experiment considered consists in measuring the thickness variations over time of a flat sample cooled... [Conference Paper]

doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403282A minimal cardiac model has been developed which accurately captures the essential dynamics of the cardio-vascular system (CVS). This paper develops an integral based parameter identification method for fast and accurate identification of patient specific parameters for this minimal model. The integral method is implemented using a single chamber model to prove the concept, and turns a... [Conference Paper]

This communication discusses the possibility of identifying the shear and structure relaxation functions in inorganic glass by means of a single, simple, and non-intrusive experiment. The latter consists of measuring the thickness variation over time of a glass plate cooled symmetrically from both sides from a temperature above the glass transition temperature down to room temperature. Results... [Journal Article]