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The potential for an independent source of Younger Dryas tree-ring radiocarbon data from the Lake Ontario region, North America, and its palaeoenvironmental context
(2015)Tree rings are the gold standard for the calibration of radiocarbon dates into calendar years with limited error due to their annual record of radiocarbon content in the atmosphere. Currently, the tree-ring 14C data used ... -
The potential for battery electric vehicles in New Zealand
(2008)Several challenges are facing personal transport in New Zealand; the need to reduce carbon emissions, the depletion of cheap oil reserves, increasing congestion, localised pollution and the need for long term sustainability. ... -
The potential for Charophyte re-establishment in large, shallow, eutrophic lakes with special reference to Lake Waikare, New Zealand.
(The University of Waikato, 2006)Lake Waikare is a large, shallow eutrophic lake devoid of submerged macrophytes. I investigated potential methods for re-establishing submerged macrophytes in the lake. Specifically, I subjected charophyte (Chara corallina) ... -
The Potential for Re-Invasion by Mammalian Pests at Maungatautari Ecological Island
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Mammalian pests are excluded from Maungatautari Ecological Island by an XcluderTM pest-proof fence. Inevitably, the fence integrity will be compromised at some point by mechanisms such as treefall and flood-scour: such ... -
Potential Impacts of Wharf Extensions on the Hydrodynamics of Stella Passage and Upstream Regions of Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2016)The Port of Tauranga have proposed extending the berthage of both the Sulphur Point and Maunganui wharves southward to provide a combined length of 1,303 m. The dredged channel (Stella Passage) will also be extended south ... -
Potential influence of Auckland’s growth on land use and resource use in the Waikato Region
(University of Waikato, 2014)Auckland and the Waikato region have a strong interdependent relationship and are connected physically, as well as socially, economically and culturally. At present, Auckland is growing and will continue to growth in the ... -
Potential Lake Rotorua scenarios
(LakesWater Quality Society, 2015)Lakes need weeds, good ones (native species) not bad (invasive exotic species), although even exotic species are better than no weeds. Without aquatic macrophytes, a lake can become phytoplankton dominated with low clarity ... -
Potential of cellulose microfibers for PHA and PLA biopolymers reinforcement.
(MDPI, 2020)Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) have attracted the attention of many engineering fields and offered excellent mechanical and physical properties as polymer reinforcement. However, their application in composite products with ... -
The potential of harakeke fibre as reinforcement in polymer matrix composites including modelling of long harakeke fibre composite strength
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2015-05-30)Mechanical properties of aligned long harakeke fibre reinforced epoxy with different fibre contents were evaluated. Addition of fibre was found to enhance tensile properties of epoxy; tensile strength and Young's modulus ... -
The potential of New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) for testing the synchronicity of abrupt climate change during the Last Glacial Interval (60,000–11,700 years ago)
(Elsevier, 2010)The latter part of the Last Glacial Interval (LGI; 60,000 to 11,700 years ago) experienced a range of climatic and environment extremes. To elucidate the mechanisms of these changes requires records of past variability ... -
Potential of supercapacitors in novel power converters as semi-ideal lossless voltage droppers
(IEEE, 2017)Electrical physics text book theory tells us that charging a capacitor is much less efficient than replenishing the energy in a discharged electro-chemical battery. If a fully discharged capacitor is pumped with a charge ... -
Potential science tools to support mahinga kai decision-making in freshwater management
(Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato, 2014)Mahinga kai is a key value for freshwater management that needs to be articulated in objective setting for environmental limits in the National Objectives Framework (NOF). Mahinga kai generally refers to indigenous freshwater ... -
Potential tsunami hazard associated with the Kerepehi Fault, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 1999)A review of 'active' faults in the Auckland region identified the Kerepehi Fault as a potential tsunami source (de Lange and Hull, 1994). The Kerepehi Fault trends NNW, transecting the central region of the inner Hauraki ... -
Poverty impacts of agricultural trade liberalisation in Sri Lanka
(University of Waikato, 2015)There remains controversy over whether trade liberalisation in general, and agricultural trade liberalisation in particular, leads to poverty reduction in developing countries. Since the impacts of agricultural trade ... -
Poverty, women and development: Evaluating women's perspectives and experiences of participation in World Vision area development programmes in rural Bangladesh
(The University of Waikato, 2006)The study aimed to evaluate the impact on women of development initiatives by World Vision (WV), one of the world's largest development-focused Non Government Organisations (NGOs). Evidence of the impact on poverty through ... -
Power and Energy Visualisation in the Home
(University of Waikato, 2012)This thesis explores ways of improving the ability for households to manage their consumption of electricity, in the context of increasing concerns regarding global warming, and ever-growing demands for electricity. The ... -
Power and energy visualization for the micro-management of household electricity consumption
(ACM, 2010)The paper describes a pilot system for the detailed management of domestic electricity consumption aimed at minimizing demand peaks and consumer cost. Management decisions are made both interactively by consumers themselves, ... -
Power anisotropy in the magnetic field power spectral tensor of solar wind turbulence
(IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2012)We observe the anisotropy of the power spectral tensor of magnetic field fluctuations in the fast solar wind for the first time. In heliocentric RTN coordinates, the power in each element of the tensor has a unique dependence ... -
The power of stereotypes: Anchoring images through language in live sports broadcasts
(Sage, 2010)Televised sport offers a rich context for investigating the processes that influence particular uses of language. Here, the authors consider how pressure on sport commentators to connect with audiences results in reliance ... -
The power of the local in sports broadcasting: a cross-cultural analysis of rugby commentary
(Human Kinetics Inc, 2009)This article explores how local pressures intersect to produce differing broadcasts in 2 cultural contexts. This is achieved via a cross-cultural analysis of a decade of tele¬vised rugby union matches between France and ...
