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B cell receptor accessory molecule CD79α: Characterisation and expression analysis in a cartilaginous fish, the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
(Elsevier, 2013)CD79α (also known as Igα) is a component of the B cell antigen receptor complex and plays an important role in B cell signalling. The CD79α protein is present on the surface of B cells throughout their life cycle, and is ... -
Bach’s Creative Journey: A Study of Source, Circumstance, Genre, Interpretation and Procedure in the Earliest Music of J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
(University of Waikato, 2014)Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is one of the most researched composers in Western music, yet attempts to comprehend the universal personality of the man continue unabated. The earliest period of his creative life, between ... -
Back to the future: The re-emergence of authentic lifestyles in response to the alienating effects of contemporary capitalism
(University of Waikato, 2011)This project was written to identify the social forces that were behind the emergence of eco-locally based grass-roots initiatives that have emerged in recent times. It was found that they were formed in response to the ... -
Backyard activisms: Site dance, permaculture and sustainability
(Intellect, 2019)Site dance performance offers creative opportunities for social and environmental activism. Conversely, social and environmental activism is becoming increasingly performative in seeking to evocatively engage a wide range ... -
Backyard perspectives: Considering a biogeographical, sociocultural and socioecological framing of environmental education in Australasia and Asia
(Japanese Society for Environmental Education, 2017)Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are geographically situated at the southern edge of the Asia-Pacific region and have therefore sometimes been referred to as the ‘backyard’ of the wider Asia region. It is from this vantage ... -
Bacterial cellulose synthesis by gluconacetobacter xylinus: Enhancement via fed-batch fermentation strategies in Glycerol media
(2021)Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an abundant polysaccharide, which is secreted by several genera of bacteria. It has remarkable characteristics, which include high purity, high tensile strength, high biocompatibility and ... -
Bacterial Community Analysis of Meat Industry Conveyor Belts
(The University of Waikato, 2007)At the commencement of this study, some sensitive overseas markets were rejecting chilled vacuum-packed New Zealand lamb due to higher than expected total viable counts, and counts of Enterobacteriaceae, a family of bacteria ... -
Bacterial diversity in three different antarctic cold desert mineral soils
(Springer, 2006)A bacterial phylogenetic survey of three environmentally distinct Antarctic Dry Valley soil biotopes showed a high proportion of so-called “uncultured” phylotypes, with a relatively low diversity of identifiable phylotypes. ... -
A bag of oranges and a communal lunch: Intra-action of matter and becoming
(Nova Science Publishers, 2018)In the chapter the author draws on new materialism and poststructuralism to write about becoming-subject. The author uses the notions of fluidity of the self, the (im)possibility of writing self and, at the same time, ... -
Bagging ensemble selection
(Springer, 2011)Ensemble selection has recently appeared as a popular ensemble learning method, not only because its implementation is fairly straightforward, but also due to its excellent predictive performance on practical problems. The ... -
Bagging ensemble selection for regression
(Springer, 2012)Bagging ensemble selection (BES) is a relatively new ensemble learning strategy. The strategy can be seen as an ensemble of the ensemble selection from libraries of models (ES) strategy. Previous experimental results on ... -
Bakhtinian Dialogic and Vygotskian Dialectic: Compatabilities and contradictions in the classroom?
(Blackwell Publishing, 2011)This article explores two central notions of ‘dialectics’ and ‘dialogics’ based on the work of Vygotsky (drawing on philosophers such as Hegel, Spinoza, Engels and Marx) and Bakhtin (drawing on members of the Bakhtin Circle ... -
a Bakhtinian homecoming: operationalizing dialogism in the context of an early childhood education centre in Wellington, New Zealand
(Sage, 2009-10)Dialogic research, building on the dialogic philosophy of Mikhail Bakhtin, is fundamentally concerned with the social, discursive nature of language. This article describes an application of dialogic research methods in a ... -
A Bakhtinian homecoming: Potentials and pitfalls for dialogic pedagogy in a contemporary world
(2011)Bakhtin allows us to approach acts as the embryo or seeds of becoming – as existential - rather than the products of objectified being based on valued knowledge- in doing so he provides a rich research landscape for ... -
Balance, cognitive tuning, status and positivity bias in communication of impressions
(University of Waikato, 1969)Experiment 1 (n=120) was a 3x2x2 analysis of variance design, investigating the interaction of the effect of cognitive tuning, balance and sex on polarization of personality impressions. While balance variables influenced ... -
Balanced cross-section and crustal shortening analysis in the Tanggula-Tuotuohe Area, Northern Tibet
(SpringerLink, 2011)The Tanggula (唐古拉) thrust system and the Tuotuohe (沱沱河) foreland basin, which represent major Cenozoic tectonic units of the central Tibetan plateau, have been recently studied. Field investigation, analyses of deformation ... -
Balanced diagonals in frequency squares
(Elsevier, 2018)We say that a diagonal in an array is λ-balanced if each entry occurs λ times. Let L be a frequency square of type F (n; λ); that is, an n ✕ n array in which each entry from {1, 2, …, m=n / λ } occurs λ times per row and ... -
Balancing openness with Indigenous data sovereignty: An opportunity to leave no one behind in the journey to sequence all of life
(2022)The field of genomics has benefited greatly from its "openness" approach to data sharing. However, with the increasing volume of sequence information being created and stored and the growing number of international genomics ... -
Balancing the benefits of overseas investment against the protection of sensitive land: New Zealand’s approach
(2020)The Government’s economic strategy aims to build a productive, sustainable and inclusive economy. Overseas investment contributes to this when it brings with it new jobs and increases productivity, which is the biggest ... -
Ballycross RFC: Sectarianism, masculinity and racism in a Northern Irish rugby club
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis is a study of Ballycross RFC, a rugby club in Northern Ireland. With a history of violent conflict and a society that remains largely segregated by religion, politics, education and housing, Northern Ireland ...
