University of Waikato Research

• Teachers’ understandings of the role of translation in vernacular language maintenance in Malekula: some early thoughts 

  Daly, Nicola; Barbour, Julie (Vicotria University of Wellington, 2017)

  Existing research concerning literacy in the Pacific indicates three key considerations: (1) Traditional print literacy levels are low (Toumu’a 2016), (2) the development of culturally and linguistically relevant quality ...

  

• Incremental mining of frequent serial episodes considering multiple occurrences 

  Guyet, Thomas; Zhang, Wenbin; Bifet, Albert (Springer, 2022-01-01)

  The need to analyze information from streams arises in a variety of applications. One of its fundamental research directions is to mine sequential patterns over data streams. Current studies mine series of items based on ...

  

• FARF: A Fair and Adaptive Random Forests Classifier 

  Zhang, Wenbin; Bifet, Albert; Zhang, Xiangliang; Weiss, Jeremy C.; Nejdl, Wolfgang (Springer, 2021)

  As Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used in more applications, the need to consider and mitigate biases from the learned models has followed. Most works in developing fair learning algorithms focus on the offline setting. ...

  

• Enhancing sustainability education in the accounting curriculum: An effective learning strategy 

  Sharma, Umesh Prasad; Stewart, Brody (Emerald Publishing, 2022)

  Purpose: This paper aims to examine the embedding of sustainability courses in the accounting curriculum by using the Delta Business School in New Zealand as an example. The focus of this paper is an effective learning ...

  

• Dendroarchaeology in New Zealand: extending the range of archaeologically useful species beyond kauri (Agathis australis) 

  Boswijk, Gretel; Johns, Dilys; Hogg, Alan G. (New Zealand Archaeological Association, 2019)

  Accurately establishing calendar dates for Māori wooden objects would place them in a secure temporal context and enable aspects of manufacturing and use to be explored within and between sites, and across time. Dendrochronology ...

  

• Local and Regional Indian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Dynamics During Termination II and the Last Interglacial 

  Magiera, Matthias; Lechleitner, FA; Erhardt, AM; Hartland, Adam; Kwiecien, O; Cheng, H; Bradbury, HJ; Turchyn, Alexandra V.; Riechelmann, S; Edwards, L; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M. (AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2019-11-14)

  To date Indian summer monsoon (ISM) dynamics have been assessed by changes in stalagmiteδ18O. However, stalagmiteδ18Oisinfluenced by multiple environmental factors (e.g., atmospheric moisturetransport, rainfall amount at ...

  

• Biogeography and Genetic Diversity of Terrestrial Mites in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica 

  Collins, Gemma E.; Young, Monica R.; Convey, Peter; Chown, Steven L.; Cary, S. Craig; Adams, Byron J.; Wall, Diana H.; Hogg, Ian D. (MDPI AG, 2023)

  Free-living terrestrial mites (Acari) have persisted through numerous glacial cycles in Antarctica. Very little is known, however, of their genetic diversity and distribution, particularly within the Ross Sea region. To ...

  

• Measuring distress in older population: Rasch analysis of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale 

  Calkin, Cailen J.; Numbers, Katya; Sachdev, Perminder S.; Brodaty, Henry; Medvedev, Oleg N. (Elsevier BV, 2023-03)

  Objectives: The 10-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K-10) is a widely applied distress measure; however, its psychometric properties were not established with older populations using advanced methodology. The aim ...

• Immunogenic fusion proteins induce neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the serum and milk of sheep. 

  Jacobson, Gregory M.; Kraakman, Kirsty Leigh; Wallace, Olivia; Pan, Jolyn Tyn Tyn; Hennebry, Alex; Smolenski, Grant; Cursons, Raymond T.; Hodgkinson, Steve; Williamson, Adele; Kelton, William (2023-06)

  Antigen-specific polyclonal immunoglobulins derived from the serum, colostrum, or milk of immunized ruminant animals have potential as scalable therapeutics for the control of viral diseases including COVID-19. Here we ...

  

• Contribution of soil bacteria to the atmosphere across biomes. 

  Archer, Stephen D.J.; Lee, Kevin C.; Caruso, T; Alcami, A; Araya, JG; Cary, SC; Cowan, DA; Etchebehere, C; Gantsetseg, B; Gomez-Silva, B; Hartery, S; Hogg, Ian D.; Kansour, MK; Lawrence, T; Lee, CK; Lee, PKH; Leopold, M; Leung, Marcus H.Y.; Maki, T; McKay, Christopher P.; Al Mailem, Dina M.; Ramond, J-B; Rastrojo, A; Šantl-Temkiv, T; Sun, HJ; Tong, X; Vandenbrink, B; Warren-Rhodes, Kimberley A.; Pointing, Stephen B. (2023-02-10)

  The dispersion of microorganisms through the atmosphere is a continual and essential process that underpins biogeography and ecosystem development and function. Despite the ubiquity of atmospheric microorganisms globally, ...

  

• Impact Modification and Fracture Mechanisms of Core-Shell Particle Reinforced Thermoplastic Protein 

  Smith, Matthew J.; Verbeek, Casparus Johan R. (WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2016-08-01)

  Mechanical properties and fracture mechanisms of Novatein thermoplastic protein and blends with core–shell particles (CSPs) have been examined. Novatein is brittle with low impact strength and energy-to-break. Epoxy-modifi ...

  

• The influences of sonic sensory awareness through the production and consumption of screened nature documentaries 

  Delmotte, Isabelle A. (University of Otago, 2017)

  Multiple commercial and technological factors influence the soundscapes experienced by audiences of nature documentaries. As a genre, nature documentary is a consensual term for fauna and wildlife screened programmes whose ...

  

• Unsupervised concept drift detection using a student–teacher approach 

  Cerqueira, Vitor; Gomes, Heitor Murilo; Bifet, Albert; ; (2022-01-01)

  Concept drift detection is a crucial task in data stream evolving environments. Most of state of the art approaches designed to tackle this problem monitor the loss of predictive models. However, this approach falls short ...

  

• Change agents’ enactment of management control systems: shaping strategic change in a telecommunications organisation 

  Sharma, Umesh Prasad; Lowe, Alan (Emerald, 2022)

  Purpose: This paper aims to use a perspective informed by practice theory to examine the influence of change agents in enacting management control systems (MCS) in the process of shaping strategy. Design/methodology/approach: ...

  

• Equity of travel required to access first definitive surgery for liver or stomach cancer in New Zealand. 

  Gurney, J; Whitehead, Jesse; Kerrison, C; Stanley, J; Sarfati, D; Koea, J (2022)

  In New Zealand, there are known disparities between the Indigenous Māori and the majority non-Indigenous European populations in access to cancer treatment, with resulting disparities in cancer survival. There is international ...

  

• Overview of sensor technologies used for 3D localization of asparagus spears for robotic harvesting 

  Peebles, Matthew Christopher Scott; Lim, Shen Hin; Duke, Mike; Au, Chi Kit (Trans Tech Publications, 2018-08)

  Advances in agricultural automation, coupled with a general decline of available labour hasgenerated interest in automated harvesting of various crops. Paramount to the success of such systemsis the development of accurate, ...

  

• The resilience of Polar Collembola (Springtails) in a changing climate. 

  Beet, Clare R.; Hogg, Ian D.; Cary, S. Craig; McDonald, Ian R.; Sinclair, Brent J. (2022)

  Assessing the resilience of polar biota to climate change is essential for predicting the effects of changing environmental conditions for ecosystems. Collembola are abundant in terrestrial polar ecosystems and are integral ...

  

• Human access and deterministic processes play a major role in structuring planktonic and sedimentary bacterial and eukaryotic communities in lakes 

  Pearman, J. K.; Thomson-Laing, G.; Thompson, L.; Waters, S.; Vandergoes, MJ; Howarth, J. D.; Duggan, I. C.; Hogg, Ian D.; Wood, Susanna A. (2022-11-11)

  Lakes provide habitat for a diverse array of species and offer a wide range of ecosystem services for humanity. However, they are highly vulnerable as they are not only impacted by adverse actions directly affecting them, ...

  

• Assessment of the Potential of Waste Copper Chromium and Arsenic (CCA)-Treated Timber Fibre Reinforced Polypropylene Composites for Construction 

  Nelson, J; Pickering, KL; Beg, MDH (MDPI AG, 2023)

  This paper investigates the potential of recycling waste copper chromium and arsenic (CCA)-treated timber for use as a reinforcement material in wood–plastic composites (WPCs) produced for use in construction, including ...

  

• Task-Based Learning: An Opportunity for Focused Learning in Technology Education 

  Doyle, Andrew (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023-02-27)

  This chapter begins by outlining what is meant by Task-based Learning (TBL). The focus will be centred on the need to first define the content of the task. This is particularly important in Technology Education, because ...

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