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Survival and recovery of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during starvation at sub-optimal temperatures
(University of Waikato, 2014)Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an important foodborne pathogen with a dual lifestyle of growth within a host and persistence in non-host environments. Environmental survival of E. coli O157:H7 is particularly important in New ... -
Survival of the species vs survival of the individual
(1994-08)This paper examines the relationships between human and computing entities. It develops the biological ethical imperative towards survival into a study of the forms inherent in human beings and implied in computer systems. ... -
Survival of thermophilic spore-forming bacteria in a 90+ year old milk powder from Ernest Shackelton's Cape Royds Hut in Antarctica
(Cambridge University Press, 2000)Milk powder taken to Antarctica on Shackelton's British Antarctic Expedition in 1907 was produced in New Zealand by a roller drying process in the first factory in the world dedicated to this process. Thermophilic bacilli ... -
Survivance as narrative identity: Voices from a Ngāti Tiipa oral history project
(2020)For Indigenous peoples, and Mäori specifically, storytelling and oral history are crucial to the survival of our collective identities, culture and language. Retold across generations, our stories are often explicit and ... -
Suspended solid levels in two chemically dosed sediment retention ponds during earthworks at SH20, Auckland
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Earthworking activities have the potential to accelerate soil erosion through vegetation clearance and soil compaction processes. The eroded sediment can have many detrimental effects on receiving aquatic environments, and ... -
Sustainability and Indigeneity
(2022)In the lead up to the Rio Conference on Environment and Development 1992, New Zealand enshrined the concept of the sustainable management of natural and physical resources in statute law by enacting the Resource Management ... -
Sustainability and the New Zealand Wine Industry
(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis seeks to address the research question – what motivates the wine companies in New Zealand toward sustainability practices? Through interviews with representatives from fourteen wine companies, this study finds ... -
Sustainability assessment and comparison of efficacy of four P-inactivation agents for managing internal phosphorus loads in lakes: sediment incubations
(Springer, 2010)A novel application of a continuous flow incubation system (CFIS) was used to assess four phosphorus (P) inactivation agents—alum, Phoslock™, a new modified zeolite (Z2G1 or Aqual-P™), and allophone—when used as sediment ... -
The sustainability of India's current account
(Taylor and Francis, 2011)This study conducts an investigation into the sustainability of the Indian current account using data for 1950 onwards. A necessary condition for current account sustainability is that exports and imports are cointegrated. ... -
Sustainability of marketing systems: systeming interpretation of hybrid car manufacturer and consumer communications
(The University of Waikato, 2008)The purpose of this qualitative macromarketing investigation is to explore the issue of the sustainability of marketing systems. Drawing on complex systems thinking, an alternative logic of marketing systems and a ... -
Sustainability practices of SMEs: the case of NZ
(2006)While individually small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) may have small social, environmental and financial impacts, cumulatively their impact is significant. One of the fundamental questions is how a single economic ... -
Sustainability practices: trends in New Zealand businesses
(John Wiley & Sons, 2010-12)This paper reports on the sustainability practices of New Zealand businesses based on two national surveys and a series of focus groups and interviews. There was an average increase of 10% in the number of companies adopting ... -
Sustainability Reporting in the Mining Industry
(University of Waikato, 2016)The purpose of this thesis was to examine the sustainability reporting of global mining companies. A review of prior literature indicated that sustainability has grown as a concept of interest in recent decades. Early ... -
Sustainability Vs Profitable Dependable Supply: A Case Study of Institutional Constraints on the Adoption of New Sustainable Technology
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis examines policy tensions arising from the emergence of sustainable technologies and the institutional barriers to their adoption. Its starting point is an analysis of conflict over electricity pricing between ... -
Sustainability, governance and water management in New Zealand
(2011)New Zealand is a “pluvial society”.The common perception before 1997 was that there were no serious issues regarding freshwater in New Zealand compared with other jurisdictions, notwithstanding the fact that irrigation had ... -
Sustainability, hegemony and the dialectics of change
(2016)Given that at its centre lies a concern for enduring global social and environmental welfare, for many sustainability appears to be a common sense concept. However, in an economic system that is based upon continued economic ... -
Sustainable citizenship as a key to sustainability: Establishing a common ground on technology use in New Zealand's dairy sector
(University of Waikato, 2011)Sustainability is a key issue in New Zealand’s dairy industry. Arguments are often made from either a purely economic or environmental perspective. The debate is dominated by polarised viewpoints characterised by hasty ... -
Sustainable composite fused deposition modelling filament using post-consumer recycled polypropylene
(MDPI, 2017)Post-consumer recycled polypropylene (PP) with differing harakeke and hemp fibre contents was used to fabricate a range of 3D printing feedstock filaments. The most successful filaments in terms of tensile properties ... -
Sustainable dance making: Dancers and choreographers in collaboration
(Australian Dance Council, 2008)In this paper I explore the notion of sustainability, drawing from environmental policy and activism, and apply this notion to the process of dance making. I begin by defining sustainability, and move to exploring both ... -
Sustainable development and conservation of biological heritage in Australia and New Zealand
(The Planning Institute of Australia, 1999)The aim of this paper is to encourage greater attention by planners to conservation of native or indigenous biodiversity. It explains what is meant by indigenous, or native, biodiversity and why indigenous biodiversity ...
