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A new method for producing polylactic acid biocomposites for 3D printing with improved tensile and thermo-mechanical performance using grafted nanofibrillated cellulose
(2023-01-05)In this work, a new methodology was developed to disperse nanofibrillated cellulose (CNF) in polylactic acid (PLA) composites for 3D printing. The nanofibres were modified by grafting PLA onto their surface through in-situ ... -
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 ... -
Place-making: Wānanga based photographic approaches
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The gender gap in access to finance: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2022-05-01)Using gender as a theoretical framework, we analyse the dynamics of bank, micro and equity finance during the COVID-19 pandemic for a cross-country sample of 8,921 private firms. We provide evidence of slight female ... -
Have a little faith: The advancement of religion and public benefit
(Anthem Press, 2020-02-29)In other words, this book is concerned with the place of religion – and religious institutions – in contemporary society. This chapter demonstrates that religion is still just as relevant in contemporary society as it was ... -
Remittance and financial inclusion in refugee migrants: Inverse probability of treatment weighting using the propensity score
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2019-08-10)This paper investigates the impact on remittances on financial inclusion of refugee migrants. While financial inclusion is gaining traction in the humanitarian and development literature, the linkage with the potential to ... -
Reimagining communities of practice: Using relational frameworks to disrupt assumptions and inequity.
(International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives., 2022-11-17)As theorised by Etienne Wenger, communities of practice are becoming settled as a framework for community engagement within Aotearoa New Zealand schools. In this article, the authors critically analyse the assumptions and ... -
Understanding how ableism impacts inclusion of autistic children in ECE in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Research shows that, despite the promise of inclusive early childhood education (ECE) in national and international legislation, disabled children and their families are still marginalised in ECE (Lyons, 2021; Macartney, ... -
Designing similarity functions
(The University of Waikato, 1997)The concept of similarity is important in many areas of cognitive science, computer science, and statistics. In machine learning, functions that measure similarity between two instances form the core of instance-based ... -
Using online citizen science to develop students' science capabilities
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A new optical configuration for flow cytometric sorting of bovine spermatozoa by sex
(The University of Waikato, 1997)The orthogonal axes of illumination, flow, and detection in conventional sorting flow cytometers can limit accuracy or throughput when making fluorescence measurements on aspherical cells. We report a new radially symmetric ... -
Public sector accounting and financial management in the context of a developing country: an empirical study of the Volta River Authority in Ghana
(The University of Waikato, 1997)Using the Volta River Authority, a major Ghanaian corporation responsible for the generation and distribution of electricity in Ghana and neighbouring countries, as a case study, this thesis seeks to gain an empirical ... -
Extractable organics and colour in a bleached kraft mill effluent land application system and recipient ground waters
(The University of Waikato, 1997)This thesis describes a study of the behaviour of extractable organics and colour in a land application system used to treat highly coloured, organic-rich, alkali extraction stage and foul condensate effluents from a ... -
Ultimate pH and storage related changes to sheepmeat odour and flavour
(The University of Waikato, 1996)Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), gas chromatography/olfactometry and a trained sensory panel were used to study the effects of meat ultimate pH on the odour and flavour of cooked sheepmeat. As part of methods ... -
Benefit sharing: Why inclusive provenance metadata matter
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Fair and equitable benefit sharing of genetic resources is an expectation of the Nagoya Protocol. Although the Nagoya Protocol does not yet formally apply to Digital Sequence Information (“DSI”), discussions are currently ... -
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 ... -
Political connections, family ownership and access to bank credit
(Elsevier BV, 2022-12-01)This study investigates how firm-level political connections (PCs) play a role in their access to bank credit. We decompose the bank loan application process into the self-selection process of firms and the selection process ... -
Bank credit, microfinance and female ownership: Are women more disadvantaged than men?
(ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2021-10)Using a comprehensive dataset on unlisted firms in 22 developing countries this paper analyses the relationship between gender, microfinance and access to bank credit. Using heckprobit to control sample selection bias, we ... -
Stitching hope through loss in celebration
(Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2017)This chapter focuses on the revisiting and re-storying of hopeful actions and practices in the face of emotional hurt, physical pain, sorrow, loss and shattered dreams. Painstakingly slow recovery from major surgery coincided ... -
Doing hope ... together, in everyday living and in counseling research
(Nova Science Publishers, 2017)This chapter describes the practices of doing hope together in a kaleidoscope of personal and professional narratives woven into and between people’s lives. Narrative therapy practices such as compassionate witnessing and ...
