Browsing by Supervisor "Apperley, Mark"
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Energy Monitoring through Social Networks
(University of Waikato, 2012)Social networks play a significant role nowadays in changing people's behaviours. However, this is a fact of which only few of the energy monitoring system manufacturers have taken advantage. This thesis explores the use ... -
Impacts of new technologies on household electricity demand: From an individual household, a community, and a national perspective
(The University of Waikato, 2018)In the last century, humans have invented and implemented numerous technological advancements, which have not only brought comfort and security to our lives, they have also opened up possibilities which were previously ... -
Indigenous Language Usage in a Digital Library: He Hautoa Kia Ora Tonu Ai.
(The University of Waikato, 2007)The research described in this thesis examines indigenous language usage in a digital library environment that has been accessed via the Internet. By examining discretionary use of the Māori Niupepa and Hawaiian Nūpepa ... -
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 ... -
Mā te hangarau te oranga o te reo Māori e tautoko ai? Can technology support the long-term health of the Māori language?
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Can contemporary technologies be used to support the ongoing health of an endangered language? Since the late twentieth century unprecedented and substantial social changes have been propelled by advances in contemporary ... -
Off-grid Energy Monitoring
(University of Waikato, 2013)A range of circumstances and physical conditions exist in New Zealand that strongly motivates the adoption of off-grid electricity systems. However, there is scant detailed knowledge and understanding of many aspects of ... -
The Paperless Organization: Improved processes and reduction in paper usage through wider use of electronic documents and tablet computers
(University of Waikato, 2012)This qualitative, descriptive research study aimed to investigate the way in which documents were handled in an organization in relation to how much paper was wasted, and opportunities presented to save paper via new ... -
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 ... -
Smart charging strategies for Electric Vehicles utilising non-dispatchable renewable electricity generation
(The University of Waikato, 2017)Access to an inexpensive and reliable supply of energy is critical for the success of modern civilisation. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 18th century, fossil fuels have enabled great advances ... -
Supporting meetings in Virtual Worlds with enhanced Communication features
(University of Waikato, 2010)With the rapid growth in the use of computer for addressing our day to day needs and the increased use of technology in our daily life, we cannot imagine a day without the use of the internet for our routine needs. Today, ... -
Supporting Tangible User Interaction with Integrated Paper and Electronic Document Management Systems
(University of Waikato, 2011)Although electronic technology has had a significant impact on the way that offices manage documents, in most cases electronic documents have not completely replaced paper documents. As a result, many present-day offices ... -
The Role of Images in Support of Graphic Design Ideation
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Graphic design is a discipline whose purpose is the creation of visual messages delivered to an audience, typically on behalf of a client. Practitioners of design are encouraged to demonstrate creativity in the execution ... -
Understanding and Enhancing Customer-Agent-Computer Interaction in Customer Service Settings
(The University of Waikato, 2007)Providing good customer service is crucial to many commercial organizations. There are different means through which the service can be provided, such as Ecommerce, call centres or face-to-face. Although some service is ... -
Using Motion Controllers in Virtual Conferencing
(University of Waikato, 2012)At the end of 2010 Microsoft released a new controller for the Xbox 360 called Kinect. Unlike ordinary video game controllers, the Kinect works by detecting the positions and movements of a user’s entire body using the ... -
Visualising Time
(University of Waikato, 2013)This study investigates the visualisation of temporal relationships between objects. A popular method employed for such information visualisations is the time line consisting of a single horizontal axis along which temporal ... -
Visualize online collocation dictionary with force-directed graph
(University of Waikato, 2012)For second-language learners, collocational knowledge is very important. Knowing collocational phrases allows learners to speak and write in their targeted language naturally and reduce dramatically side effect of their ...
