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Obesity and breast cancer outcomes in chemotherapy patients in New Zealand - a population-based cohort study
(BMC, 2018)Background: Obesity has been reported as an adverse prognostic factor in breast cancer, but inconsistently, and under-treatment with chemotherapy may occur. We provide the first assessment of obesity and breast cancer ... -
Risk and resilience in gifted young people from low socio-economic backgrounds
(Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2017)Gifted and talented young people from low socio-economic backgrounds are consistently under-represented in gifted programmes in New Zealand schools. This chapter reports on a qualitative study that explored the lived ... -
Introduction to giftedness and talent: Australasian perspectives.
(Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, 2017)The impetus for this book was a desire to make contemporary research more accessible to those with an interest in giftedness and talent; policymakers, re-searchers, students, practitioners, parents and gifted individuals ... -
"Let's all hold hands and cross the line together!" Competition and gifted learners
(New Zealand Council of Educational Research, 2015)Competition appears to have become increasingly discouraged in educational settings in New Zealand in recent years, with a push towards ‘protecting’ our children from being constantly compared with others or experiencing ... -
Inter-laboratory testing of the effect of DNA blocking reagent G2 on DNA extraction from low-biomass clay samples
(Nature Publishing Group, 2018-04-09)Here we show that a commercial blocking reagent (G2) based on modifed eukaryotic DNA signifcantly improved DNA extraction efciency. We subjected G2 to an inter-laboratory testing, where DNA was extracted from the same clay ... -
Crystal structure of an inferred ancestral bacterial pyruvate decarboxylase
(International Union of Crystallography, 2018)Pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC; EC 4.1.1.1) is a key enzyme in homofermentative metabolism where ethanol is the major product. PDCs are thiamine pyrophosphate- and Mg2+ ion-dependent enzymes that catalyse the non-oxidative ... -
Effect of Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Bone Mineral Density in a Prostate Cancer Cohort in New Zealand: A Pilot Study
(2017)Introduction: Reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) is a common side effect of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). We aimed to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal variation in BMD and associated bone markers in ... -
A Q-Slot Monopole for UWB Body-Centric Wireless Communications
(IEEE, 2017)This paper presents a novel and simple ultrawideband printed rectangular monopole antenna for body-centric wireless communications. The design is based on etching a Q-slot on a rectangular radiator and is optimized to ... -
Capacitor-Loaded Spoof Surface Plasmon for Flexible Dispersion Control and High-Selectivity Filtering
(IEEE, 2017)This letter proposes a new spoof surface plasmon transmission line (SSP-TL) using capacitor loading technique. This new SSP-TL features flexible and reconfigurable dispersion control and highly selective filtering performance ... -
Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Leaky-Wave Antennas using Periodically Loaded Patches above PEC and AMC Ground Planes
(IEEE, 2017)This letter proposes two spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) leaky-wave antennas using periodically loaded patches above perfect electric conductor (PEC) and artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) ground planes, respectively. ... -
Summer dry-down modulates the isotopic composition of soil CO2 production in snow-dominated landscapes
(Public Library of Science, 2018)In mountainous landscapes, soil moisture is highly dynamic due to the effects of topography and the temporal variability imposed by seasonal precipitation, including rainfall and snow. Soil moisture is known to affect ... -
Characteristics of and differences between Pasifika women and New Zealand European women diagnosed with breast cancer in New Zealand
(2017)AIM: Breast cancer in New Zealand-based Pasifika women is a significant issue. Although Pasifika women have a lower incidence of breast cancer compared to New Zealand European women, they have higher breast cancer mortality ... -
Smashing the small screen: David Lynch, Twin Peaks and reinventing television
(McFarland, 2017)Cult filmmaker reinvented the visual landscape of television with his series Twin Peaks. By applying his creative practices to network television production, Lynch turned the small screen in to a cinematic event that pulled ... -
Personality and Representation in Environmental Law
(2018-02-06)Jorge Vinuales from the University of Cambridge observed in his working paper on “Law and the Anthropocene” that law is founded on a series of core concepts, such as, “legal personality, representation, obligation, debt, ... -
Effect of multimorbidity on health service utilisation and health care experiences
(2018)Introduction: Multimorbidity, the co-existence of two or more long-term conditions, is associated with poor quality of life, high health care costs and contributes to ethnic health inequality in New Zealand (NZ). Health ... -
Anonymous Data Sharing Between Organisations with Elliptic Curve Cryptography
(IEEE, 2017)Promoting data sharing between organisations is challenging, without the added concerns over having actions traced. Even with encrypted search capabilities, the entities digital location and downloaded information can be ... -
A scalable approach to joint cyber insurance and security-as-a-service provisioning in cloud computing
(IEEE Computer Society, 2017)As computing services are increasingly cloud-based, corporations are investing in cloud-based security measures. The Security-asa- Service (SECaaS) paradigm allows customers to outsource security to the cloud, through the ... -
Visualizing the New Zealand Cyber Security Challenge for Attack Behaviors
(IEEE, 2017)Datasets are important for security analytics and mitigation processes in cyber security research and investigations. "Cyber security challenge (CSC)" events provide the means to collect datasets. The New Zealand National ... -
William Archibald Murray: a Piako farmer who invested in Waiorongomai mines
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Proudly Scottish and from a sheep-farming family boasting a distinguished lineage, William Archibald Murray settled in Otago with his brothers in 1858 and acquired a large estate. A successful farmer, he was elected to ... -
Secure FPGA as a Service - Towards Secure Data Processing by Physicalizing the Cloud
(IEEE, 2017)Securely processing data in the cloud is still a difficult problem, even with homomorphic encryption and other privacy preserving schemes. Hardware solutions provide additional layers of security and greater performance ...
