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Variable stiffness of metamaterial composite structure
(The University of Waikato, 2022)In recent years, numerous researchers have studied metamaterials because of their extraordinary mechanical properties that other materials do not possess. The concept of metamaterials has been widely introduced into the ... -
The vulnerability to Online Scamming in contemporary Tongan Society
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This research explores the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of Tongan people to the rapid growth of Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT). A research conducted by Laulaupea‘alu and Keegan in 2016 revealed that ... -
Enhancing teacher mediation to foster students’ metacognition in flipped learning
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This research focuses on enhancing teacher mediation to foster students’ metacognition in flipped learning classrooms in a middle-high school in China. A series of designed workshops aimed to develop teachers’ professional ... -
“The experiences I give them, that is going to be their opinion” : Formative assessment through dialogue in Technology Education
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The purpose of the formative assessment is for the teacher to recognise the student’s learning and guide the student to the next step in their learning. This study focuses on Interactive Formative Assessment (IFA), which ... -
Developing a social justice agenda for counsellor education in New Zealand: a social constructionist perspective
(The University of Waikato, 1998)Counselling and Counsellor education in the West have traditionally been dominated by a liberal-humanist premise which emphasises the universality of human experience and the independence of individuals. The effect of this ... -
Gold(I) complexes and co oxidation catalysts
(The University of Waikato, 1998)Isonitrile gold(I) nitrates, (RNC)AuNO₃ (R = Buᵗ, Et or Xy) have been prepared and fully characterised. These join the rare set of gold(I) species exhibiting ligation to oxygen and are the first examples of gold(I) bonded ... -
A nested random effects model analysis of child survival in Malawi
(The University of Waikato, 1998)This thesis investigates child survival in Malawi using a modified Cox proportional hazards model which includes family and community random effects in addition to the fixed effect of the covariates. The parameters of the ... -
Northeast Asian migration: recent change in New Zealand’s international migration system
(The University of Waikato, 1998)This thesis examines the development of international migration from countries in Northeast Asia to New Zealand between 1986 and 1996 in the context of the restructuring of global capitalism. A part of the Fourth Labour ... -
Parental engagement in primary schooling in Aotearoa New Zealand: A policy enactment case study
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Parental engagement in education is a deceptively simple idea. Supported by theory and empirical evidence, it is promoted in educational policy in many countries, including Aotearoa New Zealand. Nevertheless, research ... -
Mind reading as behaviour reading: Behavour analysis and perspective taking
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Theory of Mind (ToM) presents perspective-taking as an ability to infer another person’s mental state. Researchers in various fields have searched for evidence of ToM in both human and non-human subjects; however, this ... -
Honey and humble: Bee introductions, environment, and ideology in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1839-1900
(The University of Waikato, 2022)In the nineteenth century, bees were used as biological agents in the transformation of the Aotearoa New Zealand landscape by European settler colonists. This transformation adhered to visions that fit British religious, ... -
Mentoring: Using an inquiry approach to support the development of higher education teachers' pedagogical practice
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Mentoring has been proven to contribute to the development of higher education teachers’ pedagogical practice by expanding their knowledge and understanding for teaching in an adult learning context. This development can ... -
The Waikato invasion 1863-1864: A counterinsurgency approach
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Counter-insurgency as a strategy has only been explicitly espoused in American and British military tactical manuals in recent decades. It is anachronistic to military terminology before the last half century, but as this ... -
Catabolism of naphthalene and phenanthrene by Burkholderia sp. strain RP007
(The University of Waikato, 1998)Burkholderia sp. strain RP007 was isolated for its ability to utilise phenanthrene as a sole source of carbon and energy. This strain was identified as a Burkholderia sp. by biochemical tests, fatty acid analysis, and ... -
Gracilaria transtasmanica: a potential novel target species for the bioremediation of nutrient enriched estuaries
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Estuaries are increasingly becoming eutrophic due to anthropogenically induced nutrient enrichment. Presently, 24% of global anthropogenically derived nutrients released into coastal catchments are delivered directly into ... -
Failure resilience and traffic engineering for multi-controller software defined networking
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis explores and proposes solutions to address the challenges faced by Multi-Controller SDN (MCSDN) systems when deploying TE optimisation on WANs. Despite the interest from the research community, existing MCSDN ... -
Possibilities of transformation: discourses of difference in organisational communication
(The University of Waikato, 1998)In this thesis I set out to create an interdisciplinary location from which to address the relationship between gender and communication in an organisational context. I draw on feminist and post-structuralist theory to ask ... -
New Zealand financial management reform: organizational changes in secondary schools focusing on structure, resourcing, budgeting, and reporting
(The University of Waikato, 1998)School reform associated with Tomorrow’s Schools was ostensibly mobilised to engender various changes, the major ones being changes in financial management and accounting practices in schools. The reform sought, on the ... -
The prevalence and associated factors of poststroke depression
(The University of Waikato, 1998)A group of 103 people over the age of 60 were assessed on three occasions in the first year following their stroke. The stroke patients were assessed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of poststroke depression ... -
Sequence stratigraphic, paleoenvironmental, and chronological analysis of the late neogene Wanganui River section, Wanganui basin
(The University of Waikato, 1998)Between Taranaki Basin and the central ranges of the North Island, New Zealand, lies the broadly elliptical, back-arc Wanganui Basin, half of which is onshore. This basin covers an area of about 22,000 km², and contains a ...
