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Domain-specific language models for multi-label classification of medical text
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Recent advancements in machine learning-based medical text multi-label classifications can be used to enhance the understanding of the human body and aid the need for patient care. This research considers predicting medical ... -
Domestic hen chicks’ conditioned place preferences for sound
(Elsevier, 2011)Food and sounds (white noise, a food call and the sound of other chicks) were used in an attempt to establish conditioned place preferences with domestic hen chicks. Thirty-two chicks were randomly allocated to one of the ... -
Domestic Violence and Systemic Deception in the Family Legal System: A Compelling Case for Truthful Reform
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis investigates the law and legal philosophy behind New Zealand’s response to domestic violence. As a feature of common law reasoning, legal fiction, asserting something to be true when it is not true, persists ... -
Domestic violence, discourses of romantic love, and complex personhood in the law
(Melbourne University Law Review Association Inc., 1999-04-01)The assumption that it is contradictory for women to love men who abuse them physically, psychologically and sexually is sometimes used in cross-examination of women who have been in abusive relationships to suggest that ... -
The 'dominant effect' of games: Content vs. medium
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT), 2013)Digital games receive an age-restriction rating based on the depiction of harmful content and its possible impact on players. Following on from film, the relationship between media content and its psychological impact on ... -
Dominant words rise to the top by positive frequency-dependent selection.
(2019)A puzzle of language is how speakers come to use the same words for particular meanings, given that there are often many competing alternatives (e.g., "sofa," "couch," "settee"), and there is seldom a necessary connection ... -
Don Hogg: soil chemist and gentleman
(New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 1997)Donald Elvery Hogg, a former member of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science, died on 21 November 1996. This obituary is a tribute to Don and to some of the contributions he made to soil science during his thirty-year ... -
Don't miss the well-being train: a radical proposal for revolution in positive psychology
(Frontiers Media SA, 2021)Positive psychologists have added a great deal of knowledge about positive mental states and behaviors, especially over the last 20 years. As evidence is produced in support of the connections between positive psychological ... -
'Don't you perceive gender as different because of the chromosomes': Examining the Impact of Gender Discourses on Early Childhood Pre-Service Teachers?
(University of Waikato, 2013)This thesis is a qualitative study located within the context of contemporary New Zealand early childhood education. It investigates the impact and implications on pedagogy resulting from the gender discourses held by ... -
Doppler velocimetry lidar with amplified reference beam storage loop
(The University of Waikato, 2003)Wind shear and clear air turbulence are phenomena in which wind speeds can change rapidly presenting a threat to aircraft and their passengers. Lidar is a proven technique for wind speed measurement but remains a research ... -
A dose response study to assess the effects of New Zealand Pine Bark extract on glycaemic responses in healthy participants.
(2019)Background: The current estimation of 451 million people diagnosed with diabetes is expected to increase to 693 million by 2045. Plant extracts have been shown to improve glycaemic control in humans. However, evidence is ... -
The double-edged sword of foreign brand names for companies from emerging countries
(American Marketing Association, 2012)Foreign branding-or using brand names that evoke foreign associations through, for example, spelling a brand name in a foreign language-is a popular means in both developed and emerging countries of suggesting a specific ... -
Doxycycline-inducible overexpression of NANOG in bovine fibroblasts and nuclear transfer embryos
(University of Waikato, 2015)Naïve pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ES cells) have the ability to give rise to all cell types including functional gametes. These cells have been well established in mice and rats. The potential for biomedical and ... -
Dr Willem De Lange - Update Report for Mediation
(2017)1 The Te Puru Group, involving 5 properties at the southern end of the Te Puru fan-delta, agreed to engage in ‘without prejudice’ discussions with Council. 2 I have previously prepared evidence for the Te Puru Group ... -
Draft genome sequence of uncultured upland soil cluster gammaproteobacteria gives molecular insights into high-affinity methanotrophy
(2017)Aerated soils form the second largest sink for atmospheric CH₄. A nearcomplete genome of uncultured upland soil cluster Gammaproteobacteria that oxidize CH₄ at 2.5 ppmv was obtained from incubated Antarctic mineral cryosols. ... -
Drama and Theatre in and for Schools: Referencing the Nature of Theatre in Contemporary New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis considers the nature of drama and theatre in and for schools and references the nature of theatre in contemporary New Zealand. Drama in schools in New Zealand has developed from the earliest school productions ... -
Dramatic forms of presentation in Kleist's Novelle Das Erdbeben in Chili.
(University of Waikato, 1972)Of Heinrich von Kleist's eight Novellen, Das Erdbeben in Chili was amongst the first to be written. Whilst it is impossible to state with any certainty its chronology in relation to others of his early Novellen, it was ... -
A dramatic landscape
(Springer and New Zealand Department of Conservation, 2015)This chapter introduces the story of Pureora Forest Park (PFP), in the central North Island, New Zealand, by describing the extremely violent Taupo eruption of c. AD 232 and its consequences for the surrounding forests and ... -
The dramatistic genre in leadership studies: Implications for research and practice
(Sage Publications, 2010)Since the late 1980s, leadership theorists and researchers have appreciated the significance of leaders as makers of meaning. While this understanding has stimulated a greater need to link leadership to organizational ...
