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Local Source Tsunami Inundation Modelling for Poverty Bay, Gisborne
(The University of Waikato, 2008)After the Boxing Day 2004 Sumatran Tsunami, a review of tsunami hazard and risk for New Zealand identified Gisborne as the urban area with the greatest risk. Gisborne could experience gt;500 fatalities and extensive damage ... -
Local values and the promotion and restoration of wetlands and their ecosystem services in Aotearoa-New Zealand: a case study of Tauranga’s planning regime
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Aligning wetlands restoration planning mechanisms with public perceptions and values can help gain support for and assistance with restoration. Using Tauranga as a case study, this thesis is an exploratory study that applies ... -
Local Voices, Local Choices? Vulnerability to Climate Change and Community-Based Adaptation in Rural Vanuatu
(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis focuses on community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA) in a rural, Pacific islands context. It is informed by a case study of Mota Lava, a small island in northern Vanuatu. Climate change poses particular ... -
Local-foreign dialect discrimination and responses to mixed-dialect duets in the North Island kokako
(Oxford University Press, 2013)Social discrimination based on geographic variation in territorial signals is taxonomically widespread—most studies have found stronger reactions to local than to foreign signals. In birds with male-only song, this ... -
Localising a spreadsheet: an Iban example
(1997-07)Presently, there is little localisation of software to smaller cultures if it is not economically viable. We believe software should also be localised to the languages of small cultures in order to sustain and preserve ... -
Localization Provision in New Zealand: Arabic Speakers' Preference for Different Paralingual Webpage Layouts.
(University of Waikato, 2016)This research is designed to test Arabic speakers’ preference for different paralingual webpage layouts to assist newcomers to New Zealand such as international students,refugees and immigrants who have inadequate English ... -
Locally weighted naive Bayes
(University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science, 2003-04)Despite its simplicity, the naive Bayes classifier has surprised machine learning researchers by exhibiting good performance on a variety of learning problems. Encouraged by these results, researchers have looked to overcome ... -
Locating Mining and Agency in Recent Ethnography of Highlands Papua New Guinea
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis explores the way in which ethnographic enquiry can contribute to a broader understanding of the socio-economic effects of mining development in Papua New Guinea (PNG) through a critical literature review of ... -
Locating self at the centre of learning: Theory, practice and the lived experience.
(Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, 2001)One o-going challenge for those teaching in higher education is to engage students in learning activities that are deemed meaningful and professionally relevant. Acknowledging this challenge, students in undergraduate and ... -
Locating whitebait (Galaxias argenteus) eggs via canine scent detection
(The University of Waikato, 2021)The New Zealand whitebait fishery consists of five species of Galaxiidae fish and constitutes a culturally important commercial and recreational resource for New Zealand. Despite efforts by the Department of Conservation ... -
Location of Te Wahitapu Stream and other possible streams in 1877
(2009)Review of evidence to establish, with as much confidence as possible, the path of the Te Wahitapu Stream at Matapouri in 1877. The review also examines if other streams may have been present on or in the vicinity of Te ... -
Location or hukou: What most limits fertility of urban women in China?
(Wiley, 2017)China's fertility rate is below replacement level. The government is attempting to increase this rate by relaxing the one‐child policy. China faces a possible tradeoff because further urbanization is needed to raise incomes ... -
Location- and time- based information delivery in tourism
(Springer, Berlin, 2003)Today s mobile devices allow end users to get information related to a particular domain based on their current location, such as the fastest route to the nearest drugstore. However, in such Location-Based Services (LBS), ... -
A location-based audio book reader
(University of Waikato, 2012)The ability to display text on mobile devices has been progressively improved during the last decade with the growth in use of mobile devices. Recently, the e-book reader has been incorporated into travel tourism. In this ... -
Location-based indexing for mobile context-aware access to a digital library
(University of Waikato, 2007-08-22)Mobile information systems need to collaborate with each other to provide seamless information access to the user. Information about the user and their context provides the points of contact between the systems. Location ... -
Location-based vocabulary learning app
(The University of Technology, Sydney, 2016)This paper presents a mobile app that generates vocabulary learning games based on the user’s geographical location—cinema, restaurant, museum, etc. The app sends the user a notification and offers three fun vocabulary ... -
Lock-in thermography using miniature infra-red cameras and integrated actuators for defect identification in composite materials
(Elsevier BV, 2022)A novel approach for thermographic Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) of laminated polymer composite structures is presented. The technique is based on Lock-In Thermography (LIT), which traditionally uses an external heat ... -
Lockdowns only slightly postponed deaths in New Zealand
(2021)The Level 4 lockdown imposed on March 25 2020 in New Zealand was the world’s most restrictive set of closure and containment policies at the time. While designed to deal with Covid-19, it was soon noted by public health ... -
A logic boosting approach to inducing multiclass alternating decision trees
(University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science, 2002-03)The alternating decision tree (ADTree) is a successful classification technique that combine decision trees with the predictive accuracy of boosting into a ser to interpretable classification rules. The original formulation ... -
A logic for schema-based program development
(Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 2003-07-01)We show how a theory of specification refinement and program development can be constructed as a conservative extension of our existing logic for Z. The resulting system can be set up as a development method for a Z-like ...
