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The effects of reinforcement context on the effectiveness of social consequences
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The current study analyses the classroom social context; the rate of teacher task talk with respect to social consequences (praise and reprimand), in relation to the rate of on-task and unwanted behaviour of a target student ... -
Defence Not Defiance: the shaping of New Zealand’s Volunteer Force
(The University of Waikato, 1990)In the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth New Zealand's land defences were primarily the responsibility of its Volunteer Force. This Force over a period of fifty-two years evolved ... -
Microbial contaminant removal and alternative nitrogen removal pathways in denitrifying bioreactors
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Denitrifying bioreactors, simple treatment systems consisting of a container filled with a particulate organic carbon source, are an effective and low-cost technology for the effective removal of nitrogen (N) from water ... -
Implantable electrode structures and their RF effects in MRI machines
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Medical implants incorporating long insulated conductors can generate a serious heating hazard to a patient undergoing a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. Under the high-power RF field from an MRI machine, the conductors ... -
Inequality within and between New Zealand Urban Areas
(The University of Waikato, 2019)A better understanding of the drivers of changes in the distribution of personal income continues to be of interest to academics, policy makers and the general public. While the focus has often been on the role of economic ... -
Social deprivation in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The purpose of the thesis was to better understand the phenomenon of social deprivation, world-wide and in particular in New Zealand. Social deprivation has been defined in many ways with multiple surrogates used to ‘measure’ ... -
An exploration of cloud-based technology for enhancing emergency management: Cases from New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Despite widespread acknowledgement of the disruptive effect cloud-based technologies have in business, little is known about the role they might play in emergency management, in particular in natural emergencies. This ... -
Power, accommodation and resistance: A Foucauldian perspective on how internal management controls are compromised in Chinese hotels
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Purpose The purpose of the thesis is to consider elements of internal management controls employed in hotels in China, specifically with respect to accounting and behavioural control. Accounting and behavioural controls ... -
The structure and function of a bovine salivary protein - BSP30b
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The Bovine Salivary Protein 30b (BSP30b) is a member of the palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone (PLUNC) family which includes human bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) and lipopolysaccaride binding ... -
Disability as an entanglement: A new materialist reimagination of disability
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Research and contemporary practice indicate that people labelled as learning disabled remain positioned on the margins of humanity, despite decades of hard work from the disability rights movement, support workers, and ... -
Efficient Compilation of a Verification-friendly Programming Language
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis develops a compiler to convert a program written in the verification friendly programming language Whiley into an efficient implementation in C. Our compiler uses a mixture of static analysis, run-time monitoring ... -
The Development and function of hana keaka (Hawaiian-medium theatre): A tool for the empowering Kanaka Maoli consciousness
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Since time immemorial Kānaka Maoli have recounted histories, stories, and cultural beliefs through performance. The art of performance is intrinsic to Kanaka Maoli existence, as oratory was the means in which our stories ... -
Swings and roundabouts… The making of child injury prevention policy in Aotearoa New Zealand: an exploration
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Unintentional injuries (accidents) are a global child health problem. Many child injury prevention measures are proven to be effective, yet government and community focus on prevention waxes and wanes through time and ... -
Evaluating the potential for a multi-use seasonal pumped storage scheme in New Zealand’s South Island
(The University of Waikato, 2019)A simulation evaluation is presented of the seasonal operation a possible 1,300 MW pumped storage scheme in New Zealand. The simulations are with respect to a site in Central Otago, where the existing Lake Onslow is expanded ... -
Exploring the beliefs and practices of first year teachers of literacy in New Zealand primary schools.
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The teaching of literacy presents ongoing and complex challenges for first-year teachers at the primary level as they strive to address the diverse social and cultural backgrounds of their students, the requirements of ... -
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in New Zealand: phylogeny and structural biology
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an obligate human pathogen and is the primary causative agent of tuberculosis. New Zealand has a relatively low incidence of tuberculosis disease, however, Māori (the indigenous people of New ... -
Ballycross RFC: Sectarianism, masculinity and racism in a Northern Irish rugby club
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis is a study of Ballycross RFC, a rugby club in Northern Ireland. With a history of violent conflict and a society that remains largely segregated by religion, politics, education and housing, Northern Ireland ... -
The use of cold water immersion in elite rugby union athletes
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Athletes are exposed to training stimuli that lead to temporary states of impaired performance (i.e. fatigue). Adaptation from training will occur in response to the balance between the training load and recovery. Frequently, ... -
Earnings management and agency costs: evidence from China
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Based on agency theory, this thesis investigates the link between agency costs and earnings management (EM) using data from listed public companies in China from 1999 to 2014. In this thesis, I examine whether EM reduces ... -
Ngā niho tēte o Pekehāua: An Indigenous articulation of governance
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis originally set out to examine the structures and models available within New Zealand for a post-settlement tribal governance framework that would meet the Office of Treaty Settlements requirements while empowering ...
