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This study contains a detailed interpretation of the fragmentary play Catharina von Siena by the Sturm-und-Drang (Storm and Stress) poet Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792). Although we have only drafts of this play, the topic, the structure, and the relatively long time Lenz spent on the drama indicate that it was nevertheless an important work. Over three chapters this study... [Thesis or Dissertation]

In continuous time specifications, the prices of interest rate derivative securities depend crucially on the mean reversion parameter of the associated interest rate diffusion equation. This parameter is well known to be subject to estimation bias when standard methods like maximum likelihood (ML) are used. The estimation bias can be substantial even in very large samples and it translates into... [Working or Discussion Paper]

This thesis consists of seven chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the infinite products. Here we provide a proof for representing sine function as an infinite product. This chapter also describes the notation used throughout the thesis as well as the method used to prove the identities. Each of the other chapters may be read independently, however some chapters assume familiarity with the... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or available through Inter-Library Loan. Small molecules containing group 15 elements exhibit specific structural characteristics due to the group 15 atom acting as a center for symmetry reduction. It is well known that high symmetry structures with degenerate electronic states can undergo symmetry breaking via a... [Thesis or Dissertation]

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Until the 1980s, there was no Japanese community in Christchurch, but only a small number of individuals living mainly amongst European New Zealanders. However, from the mid-1980s changes in New Zealand's immigration policies and the introduction of a working holiday scheme between Japan and New Zealand, led to the growth of a distinctive Japanese community. Its distinctiveness lays in a...

Agricultural policy in Japan has played an important role in limiting New Zealand's exports of agricultural products to that country. While there have been many specific changes in the policy over the last two decades, there does not appear to have been any major changes in the motivation of the policy makers. The current agricultural policy has been developed with the aim of increasing... [Working or Discussion Paper]

Java's annotation mechanism allows us to extend its type system with non-null types. However, checking such types cannot be done using the existing bytecode verification algorithm. We extend this algorithm to verify non-null types using a novel technique that identifies aliasing relationships between local variables and stack locations in the JVM. We formalise this for a subset of Java...

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.Software reuse is a concept that is frequently mentioned as a way to improve software developers' productivity. However, there are a number of issues that need to be addressed in order for software reuse to be adopted by developers. One of those issues is providing enough reusable artifacts. The Java Standard API has been quite successful in this, with the latest version having over 3000... [Conference Paper]

In 1990 New Zealand midwives regained the legal right to practice autonomously Large numbers of midwives exited the hospital system to provide continuity of care both in the community and in the hospital. These midwives practise independently and are funded by the state to do so. The New Zealand College of Midwives has developed and promoted a midwifery model of partnership, incorporating this...

Jewellery Out Of Context (JOC) was originally curated by Peter Deckers and Carole Shepheard as an exhibition for the 2006 International Jewelers and Metalsmiths' Group of Australia conference. The exhibition was held at Muse, Ultimo, Sydney in early 2006, the New Zealand venue is Objectspace, and the exhibition will be travelling to Canada, The Netherlands and Germany. Jewelers: Fran...

Jewellery Out of Context (joc) is an exhibition of 24 submissions created by 31 New Zealand artists (immigrants, emigrants, migrants, and natives to New Zealand). The exhibition was held at the Muse, Ultimo, Sydney in early 2006. The artists explore the relationships and transformations of jewellery in its wider context.The joc brief is open-ended, with the aim to reveal and unravel the many...

Johann Jacob Bodmer stands at the beginning of a new era that saw the establishment of major English literary influences in Germany along with the rise of English to become a language of importance of the European stage. The particular importance of this eighteenth-century Zurich translator and literary scholar lies in his translation of a canonical work of English literature, Paradise Lost,... [Thesis or Dissertation]

In 2003 the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act was introduced and established separate regulatory authorities for nursing and midwifery. This study is designed to explore the experiences of dually registered practitioners affected by this divide, as now there are two separate and possible paths, and two corresponding sets of competencies to fulfil. The design for this qualitative...

This thesis is about the similarities of process between aesthetic experience and ethical judgement. I claim that in both cases the activity is best described as a type of play in which elements interact in mutual adjustment and transformation. This conception of play has its roots in Kant's aesthetic theory. Describing aesthetic experience as play results in emphasis on three central... [Thesis or Dissertation]

The judgment of the Privy Council in the recent Peterson case highlights the difficulty of deciding whether a general anti-avoidance rule should apply to set aside for tax purposes a passive investment structure which sought to take advantage of a number of unrelated provisions in the Income Tax Act 2004 (ITA). The taxpayer invested in a film known as Lie of the Land which was a commercial...

Little is known about Julius Haast's life prior to his arrival in New Zealand in 1858 at the age of 36. Without knowing something about his background, it is difficult to explain his life in New Zealand. This work pursues a historical context that can more fully explain Haast's remarkably active career in New Zealand. The geological survey of the Canterbury Province, the...

This is a preprint of an article submitted for consideration in the Paedagogica Historica © 2001 copyright Taylor & Francis; Paedagogica Historica is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/ with the open URL of your article, which would be the following web address: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0030%2d9230&issue=1&spage=175&volume=37

The main objective of this thesis is to make a contribution to the controversial subject of how the German youth justice system could be reformed. In this context, this thesis aims to discover innovative strategies that might be implemented into German youth justice law. As New Zealand's juvenile justice system, which was established under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families...