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Fakakoloa as embodied mana moana and agency: Postcolonial sociology within Oceania
(2022)The coupling of mana moana is grounded in inspiration from and through Indigeneity and Moana sense-making (intimate understanding through our sensibilities within Oceania). Tongan meaning-making is centred on talanoa-vā, ... -
Rapid holistic assessment and rating of post-earthquake hospital functionality
(2019)Hospitals play a critical role in ensuring community safety. It is imperative that they remain operational during and after an earthquake, to provide immediate and ongoing medical care. However, experience shows frequent ... -
Functional group‐dependent responses of forest bird communities to invasive predator control and habitat fragmentation
(Wiley, 2022)Aim Mounting global pressure on bird populations from invasive predators and habitat loss has driven a rapid growth in restoration and conservation action around the world, yet the efficacy of such actions is still not ... -
Ethical, legal, and social issues in the Earth BioGenome Project.
(2022)The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is an audacious endeavor to obtain whole-genome sequences of representatives from all eukaryotic species on Earth. In addition to the project's technical and organizational challenges, it ... -
The right place at the right time: Seasonal variation of bacterial communities in arid Avicennia marina soils in the Red Sea is specific to its position in the intertidal
(2022)Mangrove forests play an important role in facilitating biogeochemical pathways and cycling acting as blue carbon sinks. These services are primarily regulated by the activity of the soil microbiome. However, there is still ... -
Estimating the numbers of aquatic birds affected by oil spills: pre-planning, response, and post-incident considerations
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2022)Oil spills most visibly affect waterbirds and often the number of birds affected, a key measure of environmental damage from an incident, is required for public communication, population management, and legal reasons. We ... -
“I Sengsong San Diego”: The Chamoru Cultural Festival and the Formation of a Chamoru Diasporic Community
(California Digital Library (CDL), 2022)This essay addresses contemporary migrations of Chamorus tied to the history of US military presence in Micronesia and the ways Indigenous culture and identity are negotiated through the Chamorro Cultural Festival (CCF) ... -
Primitivist theories of truth: Their history and prospects
(Wiley, 2022)Primitivists about truth maintain that truth cannot be analysed in more fundamental terms. Defences of primitivism date back to the early years of analytic philosophy, being offered by G.E. Moore, Bertrand Russell, and ... -
Quantifying functionality of buildings to natural hazards
(2021)Continued functionality of critical infrastructure systems shortly after an earthquake is expected. However, experience has shown that this is often not the case. Building with limited or no structural damage may still ... -
Multi-hazard analysis and mapping in support of coastal city growth planning and resilience building
(2020)High growth in Tauranga is causing increased pressure to develop hazard-prone land. A key tool in evaluating safer potential growth areas is the quantification and spatial mapping of individual natural hazards. In a ... -
Advancing NZ hospital seismic readiness: creating a post-earthquake functionality dashboard
(2022)Continued functionality of critical infrastructure systems, such as hospitals, shortly after an earthquake is expected. However, experience indicates that there may be some disruption due to damage, outages, or access that ... -
Rats, plagues, and children, Oh My! Multimodal representations of the past in historical games
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2022)Since their inception, Game Studies and its sub-discipline Historical Game Studies have stressed the pedagogical potential of (historical) games for learning. Today, popular off-the-shelf historical digital games such as ... -
Evidence, interests and argumentation: an environmental policy controversy in a small New Zealand town
(OpenEdition, 2021)This article examines interactions between different forms of authoritative knowledge and evidence in a public dispute over an environmental problem. It draws on a case set in a small coastal town in New Zealand where the ... -
A review of 3D/4D printing of poly-lactic acid composites with bio-derived reinforcements
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Poly-lactic acid (PLA) has become a commonly used polymer for additive manufacturing because of its bio-derived nature, useful mechanical properties, and excellent processability. Reinforcing PLA with bio-derived materials ... -
Morphological evolution of creek networks in 10 restored coastal wetlands in the UK
(Nature Portfolio, 2022)Coastal wetlands provide crucial ecosystem services including flood protection and carbon storage, but are being lost rapidly worldwide to the combined effects of sea-level rise, erosion and coastal urbanisation. Managed ... -
Habitat provision is a major driver of native bird communities in restored urban forests
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2022)Urbanization, and the drastic loss of habitat it entails, poses a major threat to global avian biodiversity. Ecological restoration of urban forests is therefore increasingly vital for native bird conservation, but control ... -
On the latency impact of remote peering
(Springer, 2022)Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) play an essential role in the Internet, providing a fabric for thousands of Autonomous Systems (ASes) to interconnect. Initially designed to keep local traffic local, IXPs now interconnect ... -
Predicting glucose level with an adapted branch predictor
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Background and objective Diabetes mellitus manifests as prolonged elevated blood glucose levels resulting from impaired insulin production. Such high glucose levels over a long period of time damage multiple internal ... -
Riparian reforestation on the landscape scale – Navigating trade‐offs among agricultural production, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity
1. Stream–riparian networks are subject to multiple human pressures that threaten key functions of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, drive habitat and diversity losses, affect riparian connectivity and cause stakeholder ... -
Examining the effects of policy design on affordable unit production under inclusionary zoning policies
(Informa UK Limited, 2022)Problem, research strategy, and findings: Evidence suggests that inclusionary zoning (IZ) correlates with affordable housing and mixed-income communities; however, what effect the policy design has on affordable housing ...
