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Employees in the face of abusive supervision: Using personal, social and environment resources as coping mechanisms
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Abusive supervision and its effects on employee work outcomes and well-being has been the focus of attention of academic researchers and practitioners for the last two decades. Not everyone has the confidence and support ... -
Erased: Representations of women's bodies in chronic invisible pain
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Stories of pain stretch metaphors and similes. They infuse verbs into the narrative—it stabs, it burns, it aches—in a desperate attempt to describe what the pain is doing in the body. There is a critical need for accurate ... -
Evidence for individual variation and the role of personality in the assessment strategies of Teleogryllus commodus contests
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Evolutionary game theory and assessment strategy models have been used to try to understand animal decision making processes during male-male contests. However, this has often led to mixed or inconclusive results. This may ... -
Synthesis and characterisation of low-cost biopolymeric/mineral composite systems and evaluation of their potential application for heavy metal removal
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Heavy metal pollution and waste management are two major environmental problems faced in the world today. Anthropogenic sources of heavy metals, especially effluent from industries, are serious environmental and health ... -
Power, participation and everyday politics within state-led urban renewal in Hong Kong
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis identifies and examines the ways power, participation, and everyday politics shape urban renewal outcomes in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has a long history of state-led urban renewal, which continues to lead to ... -
The effects of ocean acidification on microbial nutrient cycling and productivity in coastal marine sediments
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Ocean Acidification (OA), commonly referred to as the “other CO₂ problem,” illustrates the current rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels, precipitated in large by human-related activity (e.g., fossil fuel combustion ... -
Transport of turbulence in the solar wind
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Charged particles are ejected from the sun and transported radially outward to the edge of the solar system, this plasma is called the solar wind. In the solar wind, turbulent fluctuations and waves form, and their transport ... -
Investigation of the heat transfer enhancement effects of nanofluids in process heating and cooling
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The global energy system faces a dual challenge; the need for more energy and less carbon emission. Out of the 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases emitted each year, 24.2 % comes from energy use in industries such as ... -
Physical activity experiences of mothers with young children: Barriers, practices, and the influence on children’s behaviours and attitudes
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Feminist research has long explored the various factors that shape women’s experiences of motherhood, including the multiple and competing discourse of ‘good’ motherhood. Increasingly. mothers are expected to quickly resume ... -
Real time analysis of cataract surgery videos using deep learning
(The University of Waikato, 2022)A deep learning framework is proposed that classifies surgical instruments within cataract surgery videos and generates clinical summary reports, proving objective reporting and analysis. This framework is run in real time ... -
Corporate environmental transparency in China
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The intensification of the environmental crisis has led stakeholders to pay increasing attention to corporate environmental transparency (CET). One obvious manifestation of this interest is that they require companies to ... -
An evaluation of GPS technology as a tool to aid pasture management
(The University of Waikato, 2022)In countries with temperate climates such as New Zealand and Ireland, grazing pasture plays an essential role in dairy production and farm profitability. In these climates, pasture growth occurs year-round in a seasonal ... -
Spatial signatures and mental maps: Using offenders’ activity locations to enhance geographic profiling for crime investigations
(The University of Waikato, 2022)In crime investigations, geographic profiling involves inferring information about ‘whodunit’ from information about where and when the crime occurred. Such inferences are possible because people usually commit crime in ... -
Sojourners and social exchange: Family and friends’ interpersonal ties across China-New Zealand borders
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Sojourners are peripatetic, making multiple, open-ended circular trips to other countries for a range of purposes. Nonetheless, sojourners retain interpersonal ties with their families and friends who remain in the homeland, ... -
Exploring the potential of Te Whāriki in supporting a decolonising educational reform in classroom
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis begins with a deep belief in the potential of Te Whāriki, a bicultural curriculum document born of the dual heritages of Aotearoa/New Zealand, to support the educational reform needed. There is a need to ... -
Relationships between cyanobacteria and water colour in Central North Island lakes of contrasting trophic status
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Nutrient enrichment of lakes and rising global temperatures promote the proliferation of cyanobacteria. Cyanobacterial blooms are becoming more widespread and increasing in frequency, size and duration, causing a cascade ... -
The effects of urban forest restoration and environmental heterogeneity on microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Increasing global urbanisation poses extensive environmental threats, including the loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions. Ecosystem restoration interventions like native plantings can assist in halting ... -
Making the invisible visible: Exploring the complex pathways between childhood experiences of maltreatment and the perpetration of family harm
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Preventing family harm and providing care for those affected is a high priority for governments and social services worldwide. Adverse consequences of family harm continue to place demands on justice, mental health and ... -
Measuring the pedagogical shift: Small-scale review of the New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies (NZDipLEX)
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This research focuses on the fully online New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies (DipLEX) at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology (TOIT) that was first delivered in 2017. The development of an online program was ... -
Sexualisation: Stories of silencing and resistance
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Sexualisation is a serious issue. This study has a particular focus on discourses which produce effects of sexualisation for women and girls from a post-structural, autoethnographic position. Theoretical and philosophical ...
