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A cursory study of the bulk and glaze composition plus metal leaching properties of a selection of antique, vintage and present day food and drink ceramic wares using XRF, FTIR, ²⁷Al, ²⁹Si, ³¹P MAS NMR and ICP-MS for providing a characterisation of the types of domestic ceramic ware used in New Zealand currently
(N.Z.Institute of Chemistry, 2014-01)The ceramic utensils used for eating and drinking such as plates, cups, bowls and other items have been a fundamental part of many societies since ancient times. The word “ceramics” is itself derived from the Greek word ... -
A detailed characterisation of the wave climate around New Zealand and its variability
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Ocean waves can cause severe social and economic impacts. Therefore, understanding their behaviour is of paramount importance for the effective management of coastal and ocean hazards. This thesis thoroughly investigates ... -
A Dialogic Perspective on International Learner Engagement in the New Zealand Private Tertiary Environment
(The University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis explores heteroglossic engagement and alienation among international learners studying in New Zealand private tertiary establishments (PTEs). Exploring key dialogic moments during classroom discussion I set out ... -
A Distant Star: Creative writing thesis: speculative science fiction
(The University of Waikato, 2022)When Humanity left a ruined Earth, they vowed to leave behind everything that brought them to that bleak choice. It was the end of the world; if they could not change, they weren’t worthy of a second chance on another ... -
A distributed adaptive debugger server
(The University of Waikato, 2001)A model and corresponding protocol suitable for debugging distributed embedded systems is developed. Protocol design issues and a formal model of the debugger server are defined with the intent of developing an extensible ... -
A dynamic look into hydrogen bonding In proteins
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis aims to highlight the importance of analysing the dynamic nature of hydrogen bonds and their temporal variation. We also evaluate whether distance alone can and should be used as the main estimator for hydrogen ... -
A framework for evaluating presence in VR narrative games
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This research develops a framework that unveils how players feel present in Virtual Reality (VR) narrative games. In 2017, there were over 2.2 billion active video gamers, and VR is a future game platform because VR provides ... -
A General and a suggested economic appraisal of rapid transit in Auckland - 1970 (with particular reference to a cost-benefit analysis)
(University of Waikato, 1971)The Auckland urban area's transportation needs have been the subject of much discussion and investigation in recent years. The Auckland Rapid Rail Symposium of August, 1969 was typical of this state of affairs. Partly as ... -
A Generic Alerting Service for Digital Libraries
(Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM), 2005-06-07)Users of modern digital libraries (DLs) can keep themselves up-to-date by searching and browsing their favorite collections, or more conveniently by resorting to an alerting service. The alerting service notifies its clients ... -
A Geological Map of Te Kuiti Sheet BF33 at 1:50 000 scale, King Country Basin, New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2017)The principal research objective of this thesis has been to produce a new 1:50 000 scale geological map of topographic map BF33 (Te Kuiti Sheet), one of the new Topo 50 topographic map sheets covering New Zealand. The ... -
A grammar of the Ahamb language (Vanuatu)
(The University of Waikato, 2020)A grammar of the Ahamb language (Vanuatu) offers a description of the endangered and previously undocumented Ahamb language spoken by around 950 people. This grammatical description is one of the main outcomes of the Ahamb ... -
A Historical Analysis of the Status of Women in New Zealand: Has CEDAW had an Impact?
(University of Waikato, 2013)This thesis analyses the current and historical status of women in New Zealand for the purpose of discovering why full equality between men and women has not yet been achieved. This object will be accomplished by analysing, ... -
A human rights approach to climate change: Examining the relationship between support for human rights and belief in climate change
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Climate change impacts human rights, and Māori and other indigenous communities around the world are amongst those most vulnerable to its consequences. This has led the United Nations to recommend a human rights-based ... -
A K-fold averaging cross-validation procedure
(Taylor and Francis, 2015-02-26)Cross-validation (CV) type of methods have been widely used to facilitate model estimation and variable selection. In this work, we suggest a new K-fold CV procedure to select a candidate ‘optimal’ model from each hold-out ... -
A Kind of Magic: Identifying and Analysing Queen's Idiolect, 1973-1980
(The University of Waikato, 2016)‘A Kind of Magic’ is a musicological study of the British band Queen’s output between 1973 and 1980. The research analyses 90 songs across eight studio albums, and covers the era during which Queen emerged as one of the ... -
A life in music: The contribution of John Ritchie (1921-2014) to the Christchurch musical community as a composer, performer, educator and administrator.
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis is a study of the life of New Zealand composer John Ritchie (1921-2014) from his ancestry and early years, and his development throughout formative teenage years to adulthood. Interviews conducted with Ritchie ... -
A Literary and Cultural History of Military Science Fiction and the United States of America, 1870s-2010s
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis is both a literary history of the military science fiction (military SF) subgenre and a cultural history of the United States of America during the twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. This thesis ... -
A little birdie told me: People will consider ambiguous utterances from parrots when making judgements of guilt.
(The University of Waikato, 2020)How much would you trust a parrot as an eyewitness? The question is not hypothetical: lawyers have tried to use “testimony” from animals. We asked two questions: First, had a court allowed a parrot’s utterance to be entered ... -
A log analysis study of 10 years of ebook consumption in academic library collections
(Springer, 2014)Even though libraries have been offering eBooks for more than a decade, very little is known about eBook access and consumption in academic library collections. This paper addresses this gap with a log analysis study of ... -
A Magnitude Effect in Temporal discounting with Hens
(University of Waikato, 2014)This study aimed to determine whether a magnitude effect could be obtained in temporal discounting with brown shaver hens. Subjects responded in a classic self-control situation for the choice between a smaller-sooner ...
