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D-semigroups and constellations
(Springer, 2017)In a result generalising the Ehresmann–Schein–Nambooripad Theorem relating inverse semigroups to inductive groupoids, Lawson has shown that Ehresmann semigroups correspond to certain types of ordered (small) categories he ... -
Dads: Delights, desires and difficulties: A discussion of changes over the last 40 years in fathers' roles, attitudes and practices
(The New Zealand Psychological Society, 2001)In this paper I discuss changes over the last forty years in fathers' roles, attitudes and practices. In general, fathers are more positive about their role and spend more time with their infants and four year olds. They ... -
Dairy calves' preference for rearing substrate
(University of Waikato, 2014)Rearing substrate is an important component of the pre-weaning environment of dairy calves. Traditional substrate types, such as sawdust, are becoming difficult and/or expensive for farmers to obtain in New Zealand. ... -
Dairy farm system solutions that reduce nitrate leaching and their consequences for profitability: Using plantain, fodder beet and oats on a Canterbury case study farm
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Dairy products provide nutrition, energy and income for much of the world. It is currently necessary to continue their supply albeit in a more environmentally sustainable manner. Excess nitrate (NO₃⁻) from dairy cow urine ... -
Dairy farm women in the Waikato 1946-1996: fifty years of social and structural change
(The University of Waikato, 2001)Research on dairy farm women in New Zealand is minimal. Women have long worked on dairy farms but their contribution remains largely invisible in the literature and documentation. Researchers have failed to duly record the ... -
Dairying in the Waikato Region of New Zealand: An overview of historical statistics
(Waikato Management School, 2008-09)The dairy industry is an important contributor to the economy of the Waikato region of New Zealand. An understanding of the history and development of the dairy sector in the different districts of the Waikato region is ... -
The Daldy Mcwilliams ‘Outrage’ of 1879
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)In the later 1870s, conflicts developed near Paeroa between a small hapu, Ngati Hako, and other hapu over land sales and surveys. In 1879, after some members of Ngati Koi offered to sell the Pukehanga Block, at Rotokohu, ... -
Dama Wallabies: Their history of colonization and control at Okataina/Tarawera
(LakesWater Quality Society, 2015)Dama wallabies (Macropus eugenii) were liberated near the southern end of Lake Okareka in 1912. By the 1970s their numbers had built to high levels in the forests surrounding Okareka, Okataina and Tarawera and the damage ... -
Damage identification in skeletal structures: A dynamic stiffness approach
(The University of Waikato, 2017)The present work is devoted to investigate ways of identifying cracks in skeletal structures by frequency monitoring. This is a challenging problem as the number of cracks, their severity and location all need to be found. ... -
Dame Eleanor Hull: The translator at work
(Society for the Study of Medieval languages & Literature, 2003)Barrat discusses the translations of a fifteenth-century translator Dame Eleanor Hull. The latter's translations are preserved in Cambridge University Library, a large and unusually well documented manuscript of religious ... -
Damping properties and microstructure of magnetorheological composites based on iron sand and natural rubber
(University of Auckland - Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, 2013, 2013)Material with high damping capability is desired from the viewpoint of vibration suppression in structures. Rubber is by far the most commonly used material for damping; here damping relies on the energy absorbed due to ... -
Dance and disability: Embracing difference, tensions and complexities
(The University of Waikato, 2014)In this paper I am particularly interested in unpacking the notion that dancers with a visible disability are both marginalised and hyper-visible. I refer to selected dance examples available on YouTube and consider these ... -
"Dance has connected me to my voice": the value of reflection in establishing effective dance pedagogy.
(Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, 2003)A variety of teaching pedagogies are used to teach dance which is now a compulsory core subject in the Arts and also taught in physical education. In this paper, I argue for the importance of a learner-centred pedagogy ... -
Dancer-researchers interpreting themselves: Moving towards an anthropology of contemporary “art" dance
(2006)It was in 1984 with a single reading of Kealiinohomoku's seminal text on ballet's ethnicity (1969/70) that I was drawn irresistibly into the field of dance anthropology. This new "cultural framework" for my practice as a ... -
Dancing into the unknown: Learning leadership
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2018-09-12)In this chapter I explore the ways in which understandings of women’s leadership intersect with critical feminist pedagogies and with my practice as a dance artist. Combining narrative and theorizing, I retrace my dancing ... -
Dancing national Identity: The evolution of meta-narratives in Colombian and Filipino Folk Dance
(2023-04-04)The Philippines and Colombia share a history of colonial conquest from the same country, Spain. This shared history has influenced the ways in which folk dance has developed. Both countries have a wide folk repertoire, ... -
Dancing Urbanisms [Editorial]
(Intellect, 2019)The theme of this special edition on ‘Dancing Urbanisms’ seems timely in an era in which over 50 per cent of the world’s populations now live in cities and urban environments (Chen et al. 2018: 4). Increasingly, people ... -
Dancing with the Shadows of Wellbeing: An Exploration of Participatory Action Research Processes as a Catalyst for Transformation of Staff Wellbeing
(The University of Waikato, 2007)My abiding concern with human and planetary wellbeing and an emerging interest in the potential of Participatory Action Research as a method of engaging with restorative, life-enhancing ways of being are central to the ... -
Danger-zone tourism: Emotional performances in Jordan and Palestine
(University of Waikato, 2012)This thesis discusses danger-zone tourism in Jordan and Palestine. It explores emotional performances in tourist places of ongoing socio-political conflict. I bring together dark tourism, emotional, affectual and sensuous ... -
Dangerous liaison or perfect match?: Public relations and social marketing
(Elsevier, 2008)This paper considers a possible match between public relations and social marketing. It positions interchanges between the two as the strongest and most desirable partnership possibility for public relations with any aspect ...
