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The diversity and population genetic structure of Collembola (springtails) in Namib and Antarctic desert environments
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Desert soil invertebrates have limited dispersal opportunities, and isolated populations become increasingly divergent over generational time. There remains a paucity of genetic data available for invertebrates in desert ... -
Passive in-situ estrogenic potency sampling with DGT-YES
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The purpose of this research was to investigate the presence of bisphenolic plastics and synthetic estrogens in municipal water systems, as well as along the Waikato River. The concentration of these compounds was assessed ... -
Novel approaches for modelling changes in phytoplankton diversity and lake ecosystem function
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Ecosystem function represents the collective outcome of many different processes. Function may be interrupted by events that originate from outside a system, influencing biological diversity dynamics. Difficulties in ... -
Learning discrete and Lipschitz representations
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Learning to embed data into a low dimensional vector space that is more useful for some downstream task is one of the most common problems addressed in the representation learning literature. Conventional approaches to ... -
"You kind of have to be a bit superhuman" : early childhood teacher beliefs about what it takes to be a good teacher: A discourse analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The early childhood teaching profession has developed into a community with its own language and culture (Cumming & Sumsion, 2014). Early childhood teacher beliefs and discourses have been developed and sustained within ... -
Developing a research culture in a polytechnic: An action research case study
(The University of Waikato, 1999)This study is about the process of research culture development within a New Zealand polytechnic in the period 1992 - 1999. Prior to 1990, polytechnics tended to focus on vocational and technical, rather than academicall ... -
High precision timing in passive measurements of data networks
(The University of Waikato, 2002)Understanding, predicting, and improving network behaviour under a wide range of conditions requires accurate models of protocols, network devices, and link properties. Accurate models of the component parts comprising ... -
Water availability and quality in the Jordan River Valley and the Zarqa River Basin : stakeholders' perspectives
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The objective of the thesis is to investigate stakeholders’ perspectives of the impacts of pollution in the Jordan River Valley and the Zarqa River Basin in Jordan (Arabic: الأردن Al-Urdunn). The impacts that pollution has ... -
Context counts : leading educational reform in New Zealand secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Educational leadership and organisational literature is replete with syntheses of effective leader behaviours, change sequences and reform models, yet few studies explore the nuanced manner in which individual leaders make ... -
Rangatahi and complex entanglements of sexuality, sexuality education and secondary school: A material-discursive exploration
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This research is an exploration with rangatahi (young Māori), of complex materially-discursive webs of sexuality education, sexuality, and secondary school education in Aotearoa. These research areas have commonly produced ... -
Oral corrective feedback in a blended learning environment: Challenges and contradictions faced by teachers in a Vietnamese university
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Although much research has investigated oral correction feedback (OCF), little has addressed EFL teachers’ cognition and practices about OCF provision in blended learning environments. This qualitative case study aims to ... -
The role of local communities in community-based tourism development in traditional tea production areas in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis is a theoretical and empirical examination of the role of local communities in sustainable tourism development through community-based tourism. It reveals how community participation and empowerment in tourism ... -
A Mana Wahine inquiry into indigenous governance
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis investigates the question “How can indigenous women reinvigorate their role in tribal governance structures when many such structures continue to reinforce gendered colonial constructs within which women are ... -
Processing Extrudable Sheets using Decoloured Bloodmeal
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This study investigated the feasibility of blending decoloured bloodmeal thermoplastic (DBT), a thermoplastic protein material, with poly (lactic acid) (PLA), a semi-crystalline polymer, and subsequently processing the ... -
Theoretical study of electronic absorption spectra and photodissociation dynamics of atmospherically relevant molecules
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The absorption of solar radiation by atmospheric species and the corresponding photoinduced processes, define the chemistry of a planet's atmosphere. While many of these photoinduced processes and their effects are well- ... -
Emerging stable isotope techniques in hydrothermal research: new methods applied to carbonates and hydrous minerals in ore deposits and geothermal fields
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Over the last 70 years, stable isotopes have provided critical insight into the processes governing transfer of mass and energy through geologic systems. Significantly, isotopic signals in minerals reflect conditions of ... -
The role that experiential learning plays in intercultural awareness development: A case study of South Korean students sojourning in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Research has shown that study abroad does help international students improve their language studies (Kinginger, 2011) and their understanding of another culture. Furthermore, the experience has often led to changes in the ... -
A stakeholder approach to the development of a framework for forensic accounting education within the Jordanian context
(The University of Waikato, 2019)If there is one business theme that has emerged over the last decades, it is financial corruption in the form of scandals. Billions of dollars in financial losses and an erosion of public confidence in financial reporting ... -
Automating vocabulary tests and enriching online courses for language learners
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The past decade has seen a massive growth in online academic courses, most of which are offered in the English language. However, although more people speak English as their second language than as their first, online ... -
The government of themselves: Indigenous peoples' internal self-determination, effective self-governance and authentic representation - Waikato-Tainui, Ngāi Tahu and Nisga'a
(The University of Waikato, 2005)The present thesis analyses the recognition and realisation of the international legal, human and the inherent right of Indigenous Peoples to exercise internal self-determination through effective self-governance within ...
