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Teaching physics concepts without (much) mathematics: View through a concept-index, threshold concept lens
(2018)CONTEXT In 2018, the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Waikato has introduced an option for first-year physics study that does not require achievement at high-school physics and mathematics. This ... -
Southwest Pacific Absolute Plate Kinematic Reconstruction Reveals Major Cenozoic Tonga-Kermadec Slab Dragging
(American Geophysical Union, 2018)Tectonic plates subducting at trenches having strikes oblique to the absolute subducting plate motion undergo trench‐parallel slab motion through the mantle, recently defined as a form of “slab dragging.” We investigate ... -
Supporting documents for "Structurally controlled fluid-rock interaction during development of the giant Mount Isa copper deposit"
(2018)Supporting documents for article "Structurally controlled fluid-rock interaction during development of the giant Mount Isa copper deposit" -
Assessing acid rain and climate effects on the temporal variation of dissolved organic matter in the unsaturated zone of a karstic system from southern China
(Elsevier, 2018)Acid rain has the potential to significantly impact the quantity and quality of dissolved organic matter (DOM) leached from soil to groundwater. Yet, to date, the effects of acid rain have not been investigated in karstic ... -
Transition metal availability to speleothems controlled by organic binding ligands
(European Association of Geochemistry, 2018)Speleothems are important archives of Quaternary palaeoclimate. However, climate proxies based on trace elements in speleothems are currently limited to the metals which exhibit simple partitioning (Mg²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺). This ... -
Monitoring of subtidal reef biota off Motuotau Island in relation to dredge spoil dumping by the Port of Tauranga Ltd 2014-2018
(Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, 2018)Background • Dredge spoils generated from the development and maintenance of the Port of Tauranga is disposed of on the inner shelf off Mt Maunganui. • Major channel deepening and widening programmes were undertaken in ... -
Assessing nature's contributions to people
(AAAS, 2018)A major challenge today and into the future is to maintain or enhance beneficial contributions of nature to a good quality of life for all people. This is among the key motivations of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy ... -
Utility Exchanger Network Design for Non-Isothermal Utility Considering Process Control
(2018)This paper investigates a preliminary control strategy based on bypass control loop of Utility Exchangers Network (UEN) for non-isothermal utilities in a Total Site Heat Integration (TSHI) system. Few details on the design ... -
Extended residence times for foraminifera in a marine-influenced terrestrial archaeological deposit and implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
(Elsevier, 2016)Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating and taphonomic grading was undertaken on foraminifera preserved in the archaeological shell matrix site of Thundiy, Bentinck Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, ... -
Mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation of offshore islands in northern Australia? A reassessment of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia
(Elsevier, 2015)Claims for mid-Holocene Aboriginal occupation at the shell matrix site of Wurdukanhan, Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, are reassessed through an analysis of the excavated assemblage coupled with new ... -
Are flow-vegetation interactions well represented by mimics? A case study of mangrove pneumatophores
(Elsevier, 2018)Arrays of real mangrove pneumatophores (i.e. aboveground pencil roots) and artificial dowel mimics were constructed in a laboratory flume to examine differences in canopy flow dynamics. Compared to the uniform-height dowel ... -
The dynamics of expanding mangroves in New Zealand
(Springer, 2018)In contrast to the global trend of mangrove decline, New Zealand mangroves are rapidly expanding, facilitated by elevated sediment inputs in coastal waters as a consequence of large-scale land use changes following European ... -
A Review on the Use of Hydroxyapatite-Carbonaceous Structure Composites in Bone Replacement Materials for Strengthening Purposes
(MDPI, 2018)Biomedical materials constitute a vast scientific research field, which is devoted to producing medical devices which aid in enhancing human life. In this field, there is an enormous demand for long-lasting implants and ... -
Application of Onset Theory to Onset of Transverse Cracking in Fabric Composites
(2015)A paper presented at ICCM-19 included a methodology for application of Onset Theory to the prediction of microcracking in the transverse plies of orthogonal [0/90] fabric laminates. This paper applies the methodology to ... -
Designing, measuring and modelling a small-scale coil and stimulation circuit for transcranial magnetic stimulation
(2018)In Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) rapid electromagnetic (EM) fields are applied to the brain, via an external current-carrying coil. This technique has been tried for many neurological disorders such as stroke, ... -
Hydrodynamic modelling of proposed expansion of the Port of Tauranga shipping channels and wharves
(Environmental Research Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, 2018)The impact of the Stella Development Plan, specifically proposed wharf, reclamation and channel extensions, on the hydrodynamics of Tauranga Harbour were investigated using a depth-averaged barotropic numerical model, ... -
Statement of Evidence (Coastal impacts)
(2018)Evidence presented to Consent Hearing on Proposed Coastal Protection Works at Wainui Beach -
Why does Tauranga Harbour exist?
(2017)Within the Bay of Plenty, Tauranga and Ohiwa Harbours are unusual in that their hypsometry indicates that they are less mature estuaries than the rest of the estuaries in the region, which is not consistent with the ... -
A data mining approach to evaluate suitability of dissolved oxygen sensor observations for lake metabolism analysis
(Wiley, 2018)Despite rapid growth in continuous monitoring of dissolved oxygen for lake metabolism studies, the current best practice still relies on visual assessment and manual data filtering of sensor observations by experienced ... -
Cause of pulse artefacts inherent to the electrodes of neuromodulation implants
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018)The current pulses delivered through platinum electrodes by medical implants to recruit neurones give rise to slowly-decaying voltage tails, called "artefacts''. These tails make measurement of evoked potentials following ...
