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An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study at the mercury LIII edge on phenylmercury(II) oxygen species
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2000-01-01)The X-ray absorption spectra of the reference and model compounds HgCl2, PhHgCl, PhHgOAc and [(PhHg)2OH][BF4].H2O have been analysed in both the XANES and EXAFS regions, and the technique was extended to determine the ... -
Xanthan gum capped ZnO microstars as a promising dietary Zinc supplementation
(MDPI, 2019)Zinc is one of the essential trace elements, and plays an important role in human health. Severe zinc deficiency can negatively affect organs such as the epidermal, immune, central nervous, gastrointestinal, skeletal, and ... -
XBRL: An (open) source of enlightenment or disillusion?
(Routledge, 2007)Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is being adopted by European regulators as a data standard for the exchange of business information. This paper examines the approach of XBRL International (XII) to the meta-data ... -
XH-stretching overtone transitions calculated using explicitly correlated coupled cluster methods
(American Institute of Physics, 2010)We have calculated XH-stretching (where X=O, C, F, Cl) fundamental and overtone transitions for three diatomics and a few small molecules using a local mode model. The potential energy curves and dipole moment functions ... -
XNA-like 3D Graphics Programming on the Raspberry Pi
(University of Waikato, 2014)The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computing device created by Broadcom in 2012. This device is a kind of mini PC, and it is capable of doing things that desktop PC can do. The goal of the Raspberry Pi Foundation is ... -
XP customer practices: A grounded theory
(IEEE Computer Society, 2009)The Customer is a critical role in XP, but almost all XP practices are presented for developers by developers. While XP calls for Real Customer Involvement, it does not explain what XP Customers should do, nor how they ... -
The XP customer team: A grounded theory
(IEEE Computer Society, 2009)The initial definition of XP resulted in many people interpreting the on-site customer to be a single person. We have conducted extensive qualitative research studying XP teams, and one of our research questions was “who ... -
Ya got ta know when ta hold ‘em: Maori women and gambling
(Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, 1999)Gambling among Maori women is under-researched. In this study, I interviewed thirty Maori women to investigate how they got involved in gambling, what maintained their gambling and what they thought might help to moderate ... -
Year 11 students’ perceptions of political institutions, political decision-making and political personalities: How do young New Zealanders participate in political processes?
(University of Waikato, 2016)Thirty-seven percent of young, eligible New Zealanders, aged 18 - 24, did not vote in the General Election of 2014, which is a population of 126,065 people (Electoral Commission, 2014a). While New Zealand is still amongst ... -
Year 7 and 8 Teachers' Understandings, Beliefs and Practices around the Teaching of Grammar in Relation to the Teaching of Writing
(University of Waikato, 2016)In recent times, and in fact over the past five decades, the importance of teachers’ knowledge of grammar and the teaching of grammar has encountered a resurgence of interest on the world stage as it has done within the ... -
Year 8 Students Perceptions of Science and Scientists
(University of Waikato, 2011)The perceptions students have of science and scientists influence their engagement with the subject. These perceptions are formed through exposure to scientific practices at school and outside of school, as well as by how ... -
The year after: sustaining the effects of literacy professional development in New Zealand secondary schools
(Routledge, 2010)This paper describes some key characteristics of two secondary schools that were able to sustain benefits accrued from funded, externally facilitated literacy professional development intervention, during the year after ... -
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, volume 1 [Book review]
(2010)This article reviews the book “Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations”, edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen, Samin Akgonul, Ahmeht Alibasic, Brigitte Marechal, and Christian Moe, Leiden, Brill, 2009, viii + 562 pp., E159.00/US$225.00 ... -
Yes, spelling should be taught
(Learning Difficulties Australia, 2019)There is little doubt that some students are very good spellers. I recall, in my first year of teaching, teaching a 9-year-old student whose spelling was nearly perfect. In a recent study of 7-year-old spellers we encountered ... -
Yet another approach to compositional synthesis of discrete event systems
(IEEE, 2008)A two-pass algorithm for compositional synthesis of modular supervisors for large-scale systems of composed finite-state automata is proposed. The first pass provides an efficient method to determine whether a supervisory ... -
A yield curve perspective on uncovered interest parity
(2006-12)This article uses a dynamic multi-factor model of the yield curve with a rational-expectations, general-equilibrium-economy foundation to investigate the uncovered interest parity hypothesis(UIPH). The yield curve model ... -
Yield of annealing on the properties of the Ti-5Al-2.5Fe alloy produced by Powder Forging
(MDPI AG, 2023)The high cost of titanium alloys can be reduced using alternative manufacturing techniques and using cheap alloying elements. In this study, the Ti-5Al-2.5Fe alloy, a cheaper α + β alloy than the workhorse Ti-6Al-4V, was ... -
You and me and shame
(University of Waikato, 2017)This research project investigated the effects of bringing an as-yet-untold story of shame to a narrative therapy counselling conversation. The researcher, who became the client, invited a narrative practitioner to join ... -
"You kind of have to be a bit superhuman" : early childhood teacher beliefs about what it takes to be a good teacher: A discourse analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The early childhood teaching profession has developed into a community with its own language and culture (Cumming & Sumsion, 2014). Early childhood teacher beliefs and discourses have been developed and sustained within ... -
Young children developing meaning-making practices in a museum: the role of boundary objects
(Routledge, 2012)A kindergarten, housed in a museum building in the centre of the capital city of New Zealand, has provided a unique opportunity for young children, teachers and university researchers to explore opportunities to learn with, ...
