Higher Degree Theses: Recently added
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Farmer participation and irrigation performance: A case study of Nam Thach Han irrigation system, Vietnam
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This thesis assesses the determinants of farmer participation in irrigation management and the impact of participation on irrigation quality and agricultural production in the Nam Thach Han irrigation system, Vietnam. Many ... -
Modelling of low- and high-frequency sea level variability and their drivers around the southern African coast
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Recent surveys indicate that marine operational forecasting is becoming increasingly important due the pressure to manage impacts associated with our changing climate. The methods with which forecasts are being produced ... -
Behaviour of trace organics and dissolved organic matter in granular activated carbon filters for drinking water supply
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Granular and biological activated carbon (GAC and BAC) filters are widely used to remove organic compounds from drinking water sources during municipal drinking water treatment. Common uses of GAC filters include removal ... -
A serious game to provide social skills training for people with Asperger's Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism
(The University of Waikato, 2021)This thesis presents the development and evaluation of a prototype serious computer game to provide social skill training for young adults and adults with High-Functioning Autism. Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition ... -
My responsibility in the face of mass extinction
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Extinction is the “irreversible condition of a species or other group of organisms having no living representatives in the wild, which follows the death of the last surviving individual of that species or group” (Hine and ... -
Investigating the dynamics of a population of spiking neurons across spatial scales
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Mean-field models describe bulk neural activity in terms of population-average action potential (spike) rates, but do not attempt to address the variations in the firing activity of individual neurons and the interactions ... -
NIR technologies for high speed fruit grading
(The University of Waikato, 2001)Today’s consumers seek information about food products so they can purchase with confidence, even if it translates to higher priced items. It is the aim of this thesis to improve the instruments available for the prediction ... -
Testing times: New Zealand’s clinical laboratories under the 1990s health sector reforms
(The University of Waikato, 2001)This thesis examines New Zealand’s clinical laboratory services during the 1990s, a recent period of major neo-liberally driven health sector change in New Zealand. Internationally, although estimates of expenditure on ... -
An assessment of endocrine disrupting potential of a New Zealand pulp and paper mill effluent using rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
(The University of Waikato, 2001)I examined the effects of a modern mixed thermo-mechanical pulp/bleached kraft (TMP/BK) mill effluent on potential reproductive-endocrine impacts on two fish species, rainbow trout and mosquitofish using a combined approach ... -
Developments in technology education in New Zealand 1993-1995: an analysis of the reflections of key participants
(The University of Waikato, 2001)As of February the 15ᵗʰ 1999, Technology Education came into New Zealand’s education system as a legal requirement for students from years 1 to 10. All schools under the New Zealand Ministry of Education’s jurisdiction ... -
Petrologic, geochemical and isotopic evolution of rhyolite lavas from the Okataina, Rotorua and Kapenga Volcanic Centres, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2001)The Okataina Volcanic Centre (OVC) is a highly active modern silicic magmatic system at the northeastern end of the central Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand. This study presents a set of petrographic, ... -
Exploring usability evaluation of localised software in Malaysia
(The University of Waikato, 2002)This thesis postulates the theory that software usability evaluation should be adapted to the culture in which it is carried out. An experiment has been conducted to explore the effectiveness of usability assessment tools ... -
Land/seascapes of exclusion: social order on the coastal margins
(The University of Waikato, 2002)The hegemonic discourse of coastal planning and development has an impact on the social ordering of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s coastal communities in a number of ways. One way in which social order is controlled and maintained ... -
Partitioning the influence of anthropogenic and oceanic nutrient fluxes in the coastal ocean, and the question of cultural eutrophication
(The University of Waikato, 2002)A multi-disciplinary study was implemented in the mid 1990’s in order to address concerns about apparent increases in the frequency and magnitude of marine phytoplankton blooms along the eastern Australian coast off New ... -
Women as industrial labour: an enquiry into economic and social consequences of growth of garments manufacturing in Bangladesh
(The University of Waikato, 2002)Over the last quarter century, the readymade garments industry has emerged as the main export-earning manufacturing industry in Bangladesh. The industry is the first to employ women in large numbers in the formal manufacturing ... -
Growth and management of planted and naturally regenerating stands of Podocarpus totara D. Don
(The University of Waikato, 2001)Podocarpus totara D. Don (totara), a highly valued, naturally durable coniferous tree species, is widely distributed in indigenous lowland forest throughout New Zealand. As harvesting from natural forests has declined there ... -
Concurrent schedule performance of possums: a comparison of two models
(The University of Waikato, 2001)These experiments examined the behaviour of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) under concurrent variable-interval schedules of reinforcement. In the first experiment the lever pressing of six possums resulted in ... -
Someone else’s gender: locating the transsexual narrative in the gendered landscape
(The University of Waikato, 2001)This thesis draws on 64 published life-stories of transsexuals to explore the structure and performance of gender in Western society. The concepts of “normal”, “natural”, or “ordinary”, gender are based on a set of largely ... -
Synthesis and characterisation of novel ferrocenyl compounds
(The University of Waikato, 2001)The ferrocenyl phosphonate mono-ester FcCH₂P(O)(OPh)OH 1 (Fc = ferrocenyl) was prepared from FcCH₂P(O)(OPh)₂. The related mono-ester FcCH₂P(O)(OEt)OH 2 was prepared by the reaction of FcCH₂NMe₃I with diethyl phosphite. The ... -
Interactions between freshwater mussels and non-native species
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Biological invasions contribute to ecosystem change globally, with a disproportionate and intensified impact in freshwaters. This process is exacerbated in modified systems such as hydrogeneration reservoirs that promote ...
