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Faculties
The research activities within each of AUT’s five faculties are overseen by an Associate Dean of Research who works closely with the Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Enterprise. We encourage you to explore the broad suite of research activities from each faculties. Full text digital files are available open access for all items.
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Sub-communities within Faculties
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JMAD New Zealand Media Ownership Report 2019
(School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2019)No abstract. -
Design and Implementation of a Self-powered Smart Water Meter
(MDPI, 2019)Smart cities require interactive management of water supply networks and water meters play an important role in such a task. As compared to fully mechanical water meters, electromechanical water meters or fully electronic ... -
E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau: Wāhine Māori Keeping Safe in Unsafe Relationships
(Taupua Waiora Māori Research Centre, AUT Public Health and Mental Health Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, 2019)No abstract. -
Sex and power in Māori carving
(World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WiPC:E), 2014)Traditionally Maori carving has been regarded as depicting benign ancestors. However, when looked at more closely we can see these carvings as articulators of sex and power in Maori culture - from the choice of ancestor ... -
Big Data Offloading using Smart Public Vehicles with Software Defined Connectivity
(IEEE, 2019)With the explosive increase in the number of mobile devices such as smartphones or laptops, the design of mobile applications becomes increasingly complex, power hungry and resource consuming. Therefore, conventional ... -
How Does Knowledge Sharing Across Generations Impact Innovation?
(World Scientific Publishing, 2019)We explore how knowledge sharing impacts innovation across generations of a family firm. We argue that each generation contributes to the knowledge pool differently, and there can be different levels of hostility towards ... -
Virtual Reality in Sports Coaching, Skill Acquisition and Application to Surfing: A Review
The last decade, notably the past two years, have seen significant advancements in virtual reality (VR) technology, especially within the development of 3D and 360° virtual environments. Smart Phone technology now allows ... -
Recognising and Valuing Māori Innovation in the High-tech Sector: A Capacity Approach
This paper explores what it takes to develop a common language and shared sense of purpose between Māori and the high-tech science sector. Robotics and automation, 3-D printing, sensors, and digital technologies are shaping ... -
Giving Science Innovation Systems a 'Nudge'
(Carleton University, 2019)In this article we consider the role that contextual factors play in science innovation systems - that is, the choice architecture, that influences the orientation and outcomes of publicly-funded research. More specifically, ... -
What's Real Is Immaterial: What Are We Doing With New Materialism?
(University of Ottawa, 2020)New materialism is emerging as one of the most significant developments in healthcare research in recent years, offering radical new ways to rethink our critical relationship with forms, matter, objects and things. As with ... -
New Avenue for the Geriatric Depression Scale: Rasch Transformation Enhances Reliability of Assessment
(Elsevier, 2019)Background Depression is a common problem in older adults. The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) is a widely used psychometric tool for measuring depression in the elderly, but its psychometric properties have ... -
Effect of Selective Head-neck Cooling on Signs and Symptoms of Sport Originated Brain Injury in Amateur Sports: A Pilot Study
(Biomedical Research Network+, 2019)Background: During contact sports, body temperature can elevate to between 38.9°C and 40.0°C at the peak of activity, and the temperature increase may be more long-lasting in hot environments. Mild traumatic brain injury ... -
Reliability of a Two-probe Ultrasound Imaging Procedure to Measure Strain in the Achilles Tendon
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background: Alteration in the strain properties of the Achilles tendon may lead to adaptations such as pathological stiffening. Stiff tendons have reduced adaptive ability, which may increase the risk for developing ... -
A Survey on Application of Non-orthogonal Multiple Access to Different Wireless Networks
The fifth generation (5G) wireless systems are anticipated to meet unprecedented capacity and latency requirements. In order to resolve these challenges in 5G, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is considered as a ... -
Values Exchange: Using Online Technology to Raise Awareness of Values and Ethics in Radiography Education
(John Wiley & Sons, 2018)Introduction: Ethics and values are increasingly significant aspects of patientcentred healthcare. While it is widely agreed that ethics and values are essential for healthcare delivery, there is also an acknowledgement ... -
Para-Whenua-Mea – Muddy-Soil-of-Mother-Earth
(LIBRUM Publishers & Editors LLC | Basel | Frankfurt am Main, 2019)No abstract. -
Constructing a Dialogic Pedagogy in Virtual Learning Environments: A Literature Review
(School of Education, Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This literature review is a condensed version of one prepared for a small-scale qualitative study of educators (Farooq, 2019) who have recently transitioned from face-to-face to online teaching at New Zealand tertiary ... -
The Effect of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Learning: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
(Frontiers Media, 2019)Background: Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (ctDCS) appears to modulate motor performance in both adaptation and motor skill tasks; however, whether the gains are long-lasting is unclear. Objectives: ... -
Impact of Job Demands and Resources on Nurses’ Burnout and Occupational Turnover Intention Towards an Age-moderated Mediation Model for the Nursing Profession
(MDPI AG, 2019)This longitudinal study among Registered Nurses has four purposes: (1) to investigate whether emotional, quantitative and physical demands, and family-work conflict have a negative impact on nurses’ perceived effort; (2) ... -
Activity Recognition Evaluation Via Machine Learning
(European Alliance for Innovation (EAI), 2019)With the proliferation of relatively cheap Internet of Things (IoT) devices, smart environments have been highlighted as an example of how the IoT can make our lives easier. Each of these ‘things’ produces data which can ...