University of Waikato Research

• Education outside the classroom in Aotearoa New Zealand - A comprehensive national study: Final Report 

  Hill, Allen; North, hris; Cosgriff, Marg; Irwin, David; Boyes, Mike; Watson, Sophie (Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd, 2020)

  Education outside the Classroom (EOTC) has a long and rich history in Aotearoa New Zealand schools (Lynch, 2006), contributing positively to the lives of many young New Zealanders. The purpose of this study was to gain a ...

• Academic spotlight: Reuben Steff talks big power politics 

  Steff, Reuben (2020)

  Dr Reuben Steff bemoans the absence of robust debate in New Zealand on foreign policy issues and the lack of investment in local research and strategic supply chains. He talks exclusively to Line of Defence.

  

• Reimagining primary health care workforce in rural and underserved settings 

  Strasser, Roger; Strasser, Sarah (2020)

  This Discussion Paper starts at the local level and reimagines primary health care (PHC) and the PHC workforce from the perspective of people living in rural and underserved urban areas of low- and middle-income countries ...

  

• Thermomechanical processing of cost-affordable powder metallurgy Ti-5Fe alloys from the blended elemental approach: Microstructure, tensile deformation behavior, and failure 

  Romero Villarreal, Carlos; Yang, Fei; Wei, Shanghai; Bolzoni, Leandro (MDPI, 2020)

  The development of cost-affordable Ti alloys is key for the application of Ti in other industries like the automobile sector. Therefore, a combination of powder metallurgy (PM) and low-cost compositions is an interesting ...

  

• Special Issue: Novel Advances and Approaches in Biomedical Materials Based on Calcium Phosphates [Editorial] 

  Mucalo, Michael R. (MDPI, 2019)

  Research on calcium phosphate use in the development and clinical application of biomedical materials is a diverse activity and is genuinely interdisciplinary, with much work leading to innovative solutions for improvement ...

  

• Ternary Ti alloys functionalised with antibacterial activity 

  Bolzoni, Leandro; Alqattan, M.; Peters, Linda M.; Alshammari, Yousef Namlan; Yang, Fei (2020)

  Prosthesis bacterial infection occurring during surgery is a rising health issue. Pathogenic bacterial infection causes inflammation, interferes with the healing process, inhibits osteogenesis and, eventually, leads to ...

  

• Developing a core outcome set for future infertility research: an international consensus development study† ‡. 

  Duffy, J.M.N.; AlAhwany, H.; Bhattacharya, S.; Collura, B.; Curtis, Cate; Evers, J.L.H.; Farquharson, R.G.; Franik, S,; Giudice, L.C.; Khalaf, Y.; Knijnenburg, J.M.L.; Leeners, B.; Legro, R.S.; Lensen, S.; Vazquez-Niebla, J.C.; Mavrelos, D.; Mol, B.W.; Niederberger, C.; Ng, E.H.Y.; Otter, A.S.; Puscasiu, L.; Rautakallio-Hokkanen, S.; Repping, S.; Sarris, I.; Simpson, J.L.; Strandell, A.; Strawbridge, C.; Torrance, H.L.; Vail, A.; van Wely, M.; Vercoe, M.; Vuong, N.L.; Wang, A.Y.; Wang, R.; Wilkinson, J.; Youssef, M.A.; Farquhar, C.M.; Core Outcome Measure for Infertility Trials (COMMIT) initiative (Oxford University Press, 2020)

  STUDY QUESTION: Can a core outcome set to standardize outcome selection, collection and reporting across future infertility research be developed? SUMMARY ANSWER: A minimum data set, known as a core outcome set, has been ...

  

• Using SmartQuit®, an acceptance and commitment therapy smartphone application, to reduce smoking intake. 

  Singh, Satvir; Starkey, Nicola J.; Sargisson, Rebecca J. (2017)

  Objective: SmartQuit® is a smartphone application (app) for smoking cessation based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a behavioural therapy that encourages individuals to accept internal experiences, such as cravings ...

  

• Transfer of pretrained model weights substantially improves semi-supervised image classification 

  Sahito, Attaullah; Frank, Eibe; Pfahringer, Bernhard (Springer, 2020)

  Deep neural networks produce state-of-the-art results when trained on a large number of labeled examples but tend to overfit when small amounts of labeled examples are used for training. Creating a large number of labeled ...

• A comparison of machine learning methods for cross-domain few-shot learning 

  Wang, Hongyu; Gouk, Henry; Frank, Eibe; Pfahringer, Bernhard; Mayo, Michael (Springer, 2020)

  We present an empirical evaluation of machine learning algorithms in cross-domain few-shot learning based on a fixed pre-trained feature extractor. Experiments were performed in five target domains (CropDisease, EuroSAT, ...

• On the generation of compressible mirror-mode fluctuations in the inner heliosheath 

  Fichtner, Horst; Kleimann, Jens; Yoon, Peter H.; Scherer, Klaus; Oughton, Sean; Engelbrecht, N. Eugene (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2020)

  Measurements made with the Voyager 1 spacecraft indicate that significant levels of compressive fluctuations exist in the inner heliosheath. Some studies have already been performed with respect to the mirror-mode instability ...

  

• “Just wrong”, “disgusting”, “grotesque”: How to deal with public rejection of new potentially life-saving technologies 

  Weijers, Dan M. (Routledge, 2021)

  This chapter begins by explaining how PAM was supposed to work and how public expressions of moral repugnance led to the project being shut down. It then introduces and explains the psychology of moral repugnance and ...

• 'Look up here, I'm in heaven': how visual and performance artist David Jones called attention to his physical death 

  Schott, Gareth (Taylor & Francis, 2019)

  Death constitutes an end to consciousness for the departed, while for the living it represents an event out there in a world of objects. The memory of David Bowie as a celebrity was certain to live on via documented images, ...

  

• Political inclusion as a means of generating Justice for children 

  Munn, Nicholas (University of Minho, 2020)

  I argue that the position of children can be improved by ensuring them political representation, through inclusion in democratic processes. Embedding children as equal participants in democratic processes is likely to ...

  

• Radiographic features associated with increased surgical invasiveness in pyogenic vertebral column osteomyelitis 

  Purea, Tangi; Vettivel, Jeevan; Hunt, Lynette Anne; Passias, Peter G.; Baker, Joseph F. (SAGE Publications, 2020)

  Study Design: Single center retrospective cohort study. Objectives: Assess the association between well-known radiographic features for spinal instability from the Spinal Instability in Neoplasia Score (SINS) and ...

  

• Stable isotopes of nitrate, sulfate, and carbonate in soils from the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica: A record of atmospheric deposition and chemical weathering 

  Diaz, Melia A.; Li, Jianghanyang; Michalski, Greg; Darrah, Thomas H.; Adams, Byron J.; Wall, Diana H.; Hogg, Ian D.; Fierer, Noah; Welch, Susan A.; Gardner, Christopher B.; Lyons, W. Berry (Frontiers, 2020)

  Soils in ice-free areas in Antarctica are recognized for their high salt concentrations and persistent arid conditions. While previous studies have investigated the distribution of salts and potential sources in the McMurdo ...

  

• Network analysis of mindfulness facets, affect, compassion, and distress. 

  Medvedev, Oleg N.; Cervin, Matti; Barcaccia, Barbara; Siegert, Richard J.; Roemer, Anja; Krägeloh, Christian U. (Springer, 2020)

  Objectives: Mindfulness, positive affect, and compassion may protect against psychological distress but there is lack of understanding about the ways in which these factors are linked to mental health. Network analysis is ...

  

• A systematic review of approaches for modelling current and future impacts of extreme rainfall events using green infrastructure 

  Reu Junqueira, Juliana; Serrao-Neunamm, Silvia; White, Iain (2020)

  A range of modelling approaches has been developed to assess how green infrastructure could mitigate the effects of extreme rainfall events. This paper seeks to develop this agenda by reviewing how these modelling approaches ...

• Standardizing definitions and reporting guidelines for the infertility core outcome set: an international consensus development study†  ‡. 

  Duffy, J.M.N.; Bhattacharya, S.; Bhattacharya, S.; Bofill, M.; Collura, B.; Curtis, Cate; Evers, J.L.H.; Giudice, L.C.; Farquharson, R.G.; Franik, S.; Hickey, M.; Hull, M.L.; Jordan, V.; Khalaf, Y.; Legro, R.S.; Lensen, S.; Mavrelos, D.; Mol, B.W.; Niederberger, C.; Ng, E.H.Y.; Puscasiu, L.; Repping, S.; Sarris, I.; Showell, M.; Strandell, A.; Vail, A.; van Wely, M.; Vercoe, M.; Vuong, N.L.; Wang, A.Y.; Wang, R.; Wilkinson, J.; Youssef, M.A.; Farquhar, C.M.; Core Outcome Measure for Infertility Trials (COMMIT) initiative (2020)

  STUDY QUESTION: Can consensus definitions for the core outcome set for infertility be identified in order to recommend a standardized approach to reporting? SUMMARY ANSWER: Consensus definitions for individual core ...

  

• Top 10 priorities for future infertility research: an international consensus development study†  ‡. 

  Duffy, J.M.N.; Adamson, G.D.; Benson, E.; Bhattacharya, S.; Bhattacharya, S.; Bofill, M.; Brian, K.; Collura, B.; Curtis, Cate; Evers, J.L.H.; Farquharson, R.G.; Fincham, A.; Franik, S.; Giudice, L.C.; Glanville, E.; Hickey, M.; Horne, A.W.; Hull, M.L.; Johnson, N.P.; Jordan, V.; Khalaf, Y.; Knijnenburg, J.M.L.; Legro, R.S.; Lensen, S.; MacKenzie, J.; Mavrelos, D.; Mol, B.W.; Morbeck, D.E.; Nagels, H.; Ng, E.H.Y.; Niederberger, C.; Otter, A.S.; Puscasiu, L.; Rautakallio-Hokkanen, S.; Sadler, L.; Sarris, I.; Showell, M.; Stewart, J.; Strandell, A.; Strawbridge, C.; Vail, A.; van Wely, M.; Vercoe, M.; Vuong, N.L.; Wang, A.Y.; Wang, R.; Wilkinson, J.; Wong, K.; Wong, T.Y.; Farquhar, C.M.; Priority Setting Partnership for Infertility (2020-11-30)

  STUDY QUESTION: Can the priorities for future research in infertility be identified? SUMMARY ANSWER: The top 10 research priorities for the four areas of male infertility, female and unexplained infertility, medically ...

  

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