University of Waikato Theses: Recently added
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Evaluating Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Assessment Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Generalisability Theory
(The University of Waikato, 2023)The evaluation of depression, anxiety, and stress requires distinguishing between state and trait changes. Otherwise, the accuracy of evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and the reliability and validity of research ... -
Mothers, kids, and COVID: Suburban geographies of the COVID-19 pandemic
(The University of Waikato, 2023)This thesis extends pandemic, health, and maternal geographies by examining how the emotions and actions of seven mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic influence the health outcomes of their children. The research seeks to ... -
Towards cleaner fertilisers; Solution ion-exchange methods for reducing cadmium levels in reactive phosphate rock
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The aim of this study was to characterise reactive phosphate rock (RPR); a form of rock phosphate which can be used directly as fertiliser, and investigate the potential to reduce cadmium levels in RPR by application of ... -
"Be feared, or live in fear": A descriptive model of institutional gang violence
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Prison violence is a significant concern both in New Zealand and across the globe. While past theories and empirical research have highlighted several risk factors implicated in prison violence, we continue to have a limited ... -
Predictive factors of treatment non-completion in the Special Treatment Unit Rehabilitation Programme
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Treatment non-completion poses challenges for organisations delivering offending focused group therapy by reducing the efficiency of the interventions. Participants who leave treatment prematurely are also likely to be ... -
Volcanic history of the Mount Misery rhyolite domes, Tauranga Volcanic Centre
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The Mount Misery rhyolites are a group of three complex lava domes, which are part of the Minden Rhyolites within the Tauranga Volcanic Centre. The lava domes are a previously unstudied volcanic area and have in recent ... -
Learning linkages between projects and work placements in engineering education
(The University of Waikato, 2023)This research study investigated the combined learning linkages of engineering projects (Problem-Based Learning [PBL]) and work placements (Work-Integrated Learning [WIL]) in engineering education in New Zealand. The ... -
Subsurface andesite geology and hydrothermal alteration at an exploration prospect north of Waihi
(The University of Waikato, 2022)The Coromandel Volcanic Zone hosts the Hauraki Goldfield in the North Island of New Zealand. The goldfield consists of approximately 50 low sulphidation Au-Ag deposits. Situated in Coromandel Group rocks, which host 95% ... -
Rural and remote communities: Health needs and aspirations of Pacific peoples
(The University of Waikato, 2022)In Aotearoa New Zealand, Pacific peoples have worse health status and substantially limited access to healthcare, particularly in remote and rural communities, when compared to the general population. In addition, Pacific ... -
František Jiránek and the Italian Connection: A study of the influence of Antonio Vivaldi on the bassoon concertos of František Jiránek.
(The University of Waikato, 2023)The concertos of Antonio Vivaldi rapidly transformed not only Venetian and Italian music but influenced composers across the rest of Europe as well. The older generation of composers felt the need to integrate at least ... -
Distinguishability of Rechargeable Battery Equivalent Circuit Models
(The University of Waikato, 2023)The contention made by Berthier et al. - that competing fractional-element equivalent- circuit models of battery cells are indistinguishable in the presence of noise - is revisited in this work. A set of six equivalent ... -
The use of mobile technology apps when teaching and learning geometry in Sri Lankan secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2023)In the last decade, there has been rapid development of digital technologies (DT), and their adoption in mathematics education has been widely discussed in the research literature. The Sri Lankan curriculum stipulates the ... -
Eke Panuku, Eke Tangaroa! How Black Ferns 7s Athletes Navigate Instagram and Inspire the Next Generation in Aotearoa
(The University of Waikato, 2023)This thesis considers the role of Instagram in the lives of players on the New Zealand Black Ferns 7s rugby team, and audience engagement with players’ social media accounts. Using a mana wāhine methodology, this study ... -
Semantic Context Produces Overconfidence in One’s Ability to Perform Highly Specialised Skills
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Some research suggests people are overconfident because of their personality characteristics, a lack of insight, or because overconfidence is beneficial in its own right (Dunning et al., 2003; Johnson & Fowler, 2011; Paulhus ... -
Uia ngā Pou o te Whare Ask the Posts of the Whare: (Re)storying the Whare in Curriculum
(The University of Waikato, 2023)This research investigated the construction of whare tapawhā discourses in national curricula since 1999 and (re)presents other Māori perspectives of how a whare (house, building, school of learning, curriculum) can be ... -
The Coherence of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Memories: A Tale of Equivalence
(The University of Waikato, 2023)There is contention in the scientific literature about the mechanisms by which our memories for traumatic events operate. In one view, the extremely negative nature of traumatic events results in incomplete encoding, leaving ... -
Desirable attributes for medical graduates: The health aspirations and needs of Maaori living in Te Rohe Pootae
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Health disparities for Maaori, the tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, are prevalent when compared to the health of European New Zealanders, and even more so in remote and rural communities where access to health-care ... -
Deposit characteristics and dynamic processes of large volume pyroclastic density currents of the Taupo Volcanic Zone approaching and entering the sea
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) entering the sea are a rare but dynamic phenomenon that cause significant change to the topography and bathymetry of coastal and island arc settings. Very little is known about their ... -
"The Milk of Human Kindness?": Responding to Precarity and Hunger with the Private Sector and a Return to Charity.
(The University of Waikato, 2023)This research investigated the phenomenon of free school milk in Aotearoa New Zealand as an exemplar for broader shifts in understandings of poverty and hunger, responsibility and citizenship. The provision of free milk ... -
Psychopathic traits in managers: Implications for employees' motivation, performance, and well-being at work.
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Psychopathy is a form of personality pathology that has captured the attention of researchers for decades. Yet, it is only recently that researchers have become interested in looking at psychopathy in the organisational ...
