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Adoption of in-paddock feeding of methane inhibitors in pasture-based dairy: An application of the ADOPT model and a farm-level cost-effectiveness analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Methane emissions represent over 40% of New Zealand’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Of these emissions, almost all are biogenic, meaning they come from living organisms such as ruminants. Given that methane has 27-30 ... -
The Lois Tapes
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Abstract Take one stylish, unfulfilled woman with dramatic ambitions and perfectionist tendencies, and one alienated and disappointed soldier returned from World War Two. Give them a disabled son and a lively, rebellious ... -
How can genomic data inform biological invasions?
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Rates of biological invasions are increasing, with global trade and climate change causing significant damage to biodiversity, human well-being, primary industries, and economies around the world. However, our ability to ... -
Searching for Happiness in ‘Other Worlds’: Utopias and Dystopias in Japanese Isekai
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis focuses on the popular, but under-researched genre, of isekai. Although the wider medium umbrella under which isekai falls — anime, manga and light novels — have received increasing critical attention, the ... -
Women (Un)Moored: Shirley Jackson's Entropic Female Characters
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Shirley Jackson’s fiction presents an expansive catalogue of female characters who find themselves in eerie predicaments that they negotiate in interesting ways. This thesis explores the presentation of female characters ... -
Offence vs defence: Quantifying workload demands in professional Rugby Union.
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Title: Offence vs defence: Quantifying workload demands in professional Rugby Union. Purpose: Rugby Union is a skill-based contact team sport demanding high levels of physical and tactical skill. Ensuring that training ... -
Eye tracking in children with ADHD: exploring new diagnostic measures and reading training procedures
(The University of Waikato, 1999)The overall aim of this research was to explore new diagnostic measures and reading training procedures for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Specifically, it was hypothesised that the participants ... -
The investigation of multi-storied Japanese timber pagodas during earthquake events and the application of non-linear joints within virtual models
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This paper investigates the structural mechanisms contributing to the excellent performance of Japanese pagodas during earthquake events and applies them to modern multi-storeyed timber structure models. Horyu-ji Pagoda ... -
The effect of dimensional parameters on the dynamic performance of over-arch differential drive vehicles
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This work contributes to the field of agricultural vehicle dynamics by assessing the dimensional sensitivity of over-arch differential drive vehicle performance. The findings from this work are important for vehicle ... -
The importance of Māori identity for athletes and sportspeople within sporting contexts
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Identity is an important concept within psychology given its influence upon how we perceive ourselves, who we are as people, and how it can impact behaviour. For Māori, colonisation has had a detrimental impact on the ... -
Exploration of a digital twin concept for income maximisation of the Waikaremoana power scheme
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Digital twins are digital emulations of real-world objects or systems which mirrors the asset in terms of both behaviour and likeness. Genesis Energy Ltd, an electricity generation company in New Zealand, is interested in ... -
Targeted memory reactivation, errors, and sleep-dependent memory consolidation: Implications for off-line motor learning
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Memory consolidation benefits from sleep and is fundamental for motor learning. However, sleep-dependent consolidation occurs for a range of motor memories, some of which may be associated with successful practice trials ... -
H₂¹⁸O labelled vapour reveals evidence of radial Peclet effects in some leaves, but not all.
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Previous studies demonstrated the importance of pathways of water movement, hydraulic conductance, and leaf hydraulic design on leaf water isotopic enrichment. The current study addresses the relevance of Péclet effects ... -
“This is not a riot, it is a protest”: A discourse analysis of prison violence in New Zealand news media
(The University of Waikato, 2022)This thesis examines the discourses of prison violence in the New Zealand news media. Prison violence is a pressing social issue that harms those involved and has permeating consequences for the institution. Prison riots, ... -
Peat soil properties and seasonal surface elevation changes of drained Waikato peatlands
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Peat surface oscillation (PSO) is the elastic seasonal change in peatland surface elevation that occurs as a response to changes in the water balance, and is an important self-regulating behaviour for sustaining hydrological ... -
The role of the deposit feeding bivalve Macomona liliana in a simple biophysical model for predicting estuarine ecosystem tipping points
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Estuaries are highly productive, coastal marine environments that provide vital ecosystem functions supporting human health. Throughout history, many major settlements have been established adjacent to estuaries, so to ... -
Physiological effects of aluminium in relation to diel pH changes on fish and kōura
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Alum (aluminium sulphate, Al₂(SO₄)₃) dosing is used to reduce eutrophication of lakes by sequestering phosphorus and preventing its uptake by phytoplankton for growth. When applied to water at circum-neutral pH, alum forms ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ...
