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Carbon-13 CP/MAS NMR was used to study a selection of fifty-seven New Zealand coals and ten Australian coals. The coal rank varied from lignite to semianthracite. A qualitative survey of the plant origins of NMR signals was followed by an EPR study of the unpaired spin-species in coal. The quantitative reliability of the NMR response of coal was analysed in relaxation and "visibility"...

Reaction of 1,5-diphenyl-3-(2-pyridyl)pentane-1,5-dione (5a) with 2.5 moles of benzylpentacarbonylmanganese in petroleum spirit under reflux gives a small amount of the symmetric di-aryl-manganated product [1,5-diphenyl-κC2-3-(2-pyridyl)pentane-1,5-dione-κO1κO5]bis-(tetracarbonylmanganese) (7a), but mostly [1,5-diphenyl-κC2-3-(2-pyridyl-κN)pentan-2-yl-...This article is published in the Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. [Journal Article]

An N-way power divider based upon meta-materials is presented. The divider essentially comprises a two-dimensional mosaic of both right-handed and lefthanded four-port unit cells. The power divider is square shaped and this allows ease of integration with amplifiers. The feasibility of the proposed divided is demonstrated by the simulation of a 20-way divider operating at 1 GHz [Journal Article]

Recent developments in international relations have seen dramatic increases in the number and activities of human rights non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This has inspired research that seeks to explain processes of human rights socialisation, particularly in crisis zones. In this context, NGO advocacy is often welcomed as being inherently beneficial for adherence to human rights...

The National Laboratory for Applied Network Research is creating a network analysis infrastructure to support network research and engineering of high performance research networks. The NAI includes a passive monitoring project, an active monitoring project, and collection of network management and control data. Together these projects have deployed more than 120 monitors around the...This article has been published in the journal: IEEE Communication Magazine. © Copyright IEEE 2008. [Conference Item]

The paper describes the design and development of NORMIT, an Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) that teaches database normalization to university students. NORMIT is a Web-enabled system, and we discuss its architecture and techniques used to deal with multiple students. We also discuss Constraint-Based Modeling (CBM), the underlying student and domain modelling approach. NORMIT is the first in... [Conference Paper]

Vladimir Nabokov' s fiction, particularly in its later stages, is thoroughly and multifariously humorous, with individual works incorporating large numbers of jokes to tremendous effect, to the point that enjoyment of Nabokov 's art is to some extent indistinguishable from engagement with his humor. Why is Nabokov 's art so robustly funny? Humor theorists, in varied words and... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This is a description of the phonology, morphology and syntax of Namakir, a language of the Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian, which is spoken on some six small islands of the Shepherd Islands, central Vanuatu. My perspective on Namakir is that of a person trained in linguistics, who carried out linguistic fieldwork for the purpose of grammatical description. In addition I contributed to... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This study uses clusters formed in a UHV-compatible cluster apparatus, which was built and commissioned during this thesis. The design and operation of the cluster deposition system is described. This system is optimised for high clus- ter fluxes and for the production of cluster assembled nanoscale devices. One key feature of the system is a high degree of flexibility, including...

©2006 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.Solid-state electrochemical switches are new devices that may find application in low power logic or memory circuits. The reversible electrochemical oxidation and reduction of a sub 10nm-thick silver sulphide layer is the critical process for these devices’ operation, which determines the switching speed and the OFF/ON resistance ratio. A new process has been developed for fabricating QCAS... [Conference Paper]

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The overall aim of this research was to inform the development and implementation of nanotechnology applications through developing an understanding of relevant public reactions. Panel focus groups were used to investigate reactions to nanotechnology because of the novelty and diverse nature of the topic. It is recommended that a strategy for nanotechnology development and implementation... [Book]

The general aim of this research was to determine and understand New Zealand public reactions to nanotechnology. An objective was to assess the generalisability of focus group research in a national survey. A further objective was to investigate the role of values, beliefs and emotion in shaping attitudes towards nanotechnology. [Book]

The thesis argues that who we are, what we aspire to, and how we enact social and cultural practices are a result of the way we narrate stories about ourselves as both individuals and members of communities. The question ‘Who am I?’ is frequently answered with reference to what is important to us: our commitments and what we determine as good, valuable and right. Our identity is thus... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Whole document restricted at the request of the author, but available by individual request, use the feedback form to request access.While members of any group of men may appear to be ordinary gendered examples of humanity, behind their physical similarities lie many socio-political and familial differences; thus it is only by knowing such men as individuals that their identities are revealed. Such is the aim of this thesis: to discover the 'real man' behind the statistics about sex-roles and the predominance of... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This project is a creative production that combines image, sound, and narrative. It uses these elements to employ a twist as a device for a paradigm and genre shift in a short film text. My short film introduces a plot that is seemingly linear. Yet, the twist presents a piece of information that reveals the actual non-linear nature of the story, which in turn necessitate the re-interpretation... [Thesis or Dissertation]

During the "long nineteenth century," nationalism came to permeate all aspects of European society, including attitudes toward human sexuality. Both sexuality and nationalism are complex phenomena that overlap in myriad ways. However, national endogamy may have been the most characteristically national of all possible sexual attributes: qualities such as chastity or fidelity, while...

Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or available through Inter-Library Loan. The situation of women in post revolutionary societies of Southern Africa cannot be understood in isolation from other social realities and social structures. The social structures of Southern Africa are the result of three superimposed cultural stratifications, the traditional... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This dissertation addresses the relationship between national culture and new product development (NPD) workgroup dynamics in a matched sample of successful manufacturing firms in New Zealand and Singapore. The underlying research question addressed if differences in new product development (NPD) practices within two distinct national environments, Singapore and New Zealand, can be attributed... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Using cross-country data from a sample of low, middle and high-income countries, the paper explores the empirical relationships between national measures of social capital (civic and public), social divergence and social capacity upon various indicators of national environmental performance. The results suggest that the mere existence of social capital, as measured by trust, civic engagement... [Book]

THESIS 00-489Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or available through Inter-Library Loan. This thesis concentrates on the competition between, and the reconciliation of, rival nationalisms during an extensive debate over the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707. In 1603 James VI of Scotland acquired an English kingdom. For the next century, the kingdoms of Scotland and... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Restricted Item. Print thesis available in the University of Auckland Library or available through Inter-Library Loan. Native forest in New Zealand has become extensively fragmented due to agriculture and urban development. In many areas this has resulted in landscape mosaics composed of patches of remnant habitat surrounded by modified habitat. Little is known about the effects of habitat... [Thesis or Dissertation]

High purity Mg–Al type alloys have a naturally fine grain size compared to commercial purity alloys with the same basic composition. This is referred to as native grain refinement. It is shown that native grain refinement occurs only in magnesium alloys containing aluminium. The mechanism is attributed to the Al4C3 particles existing in these alloys. [Journal Article]

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Tests the hypothesis that frost of a certain intensity can lead to the cross-fertilization of wheat on a large scale, and that this can be one cause of the occurrence of new varieties. [Journal Article]