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UHF RFID Reader Antenna Applications of Non-Conventional Radio-Frequency Materials
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Antennas are complicated passive devices, found in transceivers which transform the electrical signals into electromagnetic radiation in the form of propagating radio waves. While there is a wide range of antennas, this ... -
Ultrasound Imaging for the Examination of Diaphragm Thickness in Females With Breathing Pattern Disorders
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This research examined diaphragm thickness and diaphragm thickening fraction, using ultrasound imaging (USI), in females with breathing pattern disorders (BPD) and healthy female controls. The diaphragm is the key muscle ... -
Ultrasound imaging of the distal radioulnar joint: a new method to assess ulna radial translation in forearm rotation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The current study was conducted to establish normal values of Distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) translation using ultrasound imaging (USI). Repeatability of quantifying DRUJ translation of the forearm in various positions ... -
Un-familiarizing the Ordinary: Redesigning the Everyday Experiences of Urban Dwellers Within Their Natural Surroundings
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Un-familiarizing the Ordinary: Redesigning the Everyday Experiences of Urban Dwellers with their Natural Surroundings is a practice-based research commenced through the Masters of Design programme within the department of ... -
Un/making Home: Spatialising Diasporic Rituals and the Poetics of Bread-making
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Un/Making home: spatialising diasporic rituals and poetics of breadmaking investigates place-making as a daily practice of domestic rituals. In this practice-led research, my family’s ritual of bread-making has been ... -
The unconscious influences of developmentally arrested symbol formation on the therapeutic relationship with a client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder: A Kleinian perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)This dissertation is a modified systematic literature review with the purpose of exploring the following two questions. Firstly, what is Melanie Klein and Hanna Segal’s theory of symbolisation? This question is discussed ... -
The unconscious ruin: drawing minor architecture
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The citizen subject, simultaneously estranged and yet embraced as an entity, insatiably commodified and marketed to, increasingly experiences urban place as a terrain vague – a place without coherent reference or broader ... -
Uncovering "regimes of truth": locating and defining discourses associated with hydro-electric development in New Zealand
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Uncovering strategic entrepreneurship: an examination of theory and practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)The combination of entrepreneurship and strategy is gaining increasing recognition as a pathway for growth within both individual organisations and national economies. Hence the benefits emerge from both a micro and macro ... -
Under 5 Energize: Improving Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Through Early Childhood Centres
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Rising obesity rates among young children and disproportionate effects on Māori, Pacific and socioeconomically deprived children require preventative action that is equitable and effective. As most children in NZ attend ... -
Under a big sky
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The exegesis will elaborate on the research process undertaken to write a collection of short fiction. The creative work is a collection of ten stories linked thematically by an archaeological approach to character psychology, ... -
Under the surface: reflections on workers’ narratives from below the minimum wage
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This research project is concerned with workers’ narratives, specifically those who have been employed in paid work below the national minimum wage in New Zealand. As a graphic designer who has direct experience of ... -
Undercover Activist
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Understandability and transparency of the financial statements of charities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Access to charities' financial statements has recently become possible in New Zealand due to the development of a Charities Register. However, the ability to discharge accountability through financial statements depends ... -
Understanding and Diagnosing Hyperinsulinaemia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Traditionally, insulin resistance is thought to be the precursor to many metabolic diseases. It is now believed that compensatory hyperinsulinaemia, previously thought to be a symptom of insulin resistance, may independently ... -
Understanding and Managing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in an Adult Male Prison
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in prison populations has been found to vary considerably. Prisoners who have experienced TBI are reported to be less likely to be able to comply with prison rules and complete ... -
Understanding and measuring wellbeing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)There is growing interest and application worldwide in the science of wellbeing. Considerable empirical evidence indicating the importance and potential benefits of population wellbeing promotion (such as reducing the ... -
Understanding and optimising vertical and horizontal force production for performance in team sport athletes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Power profiling allows greater prognostic and diagnostic information about the underlying mechanical determinants related to sports performance. To date, vertical jumps have been predominantly used in power profiling. ... -
Understanding and working with complicated grief. The therapeutic relationship: a literature review with clinical illustrations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)This dissertation is a modified systematic review with the purpose of exploring the following questions: What is grief? What is complicated grief? How do we work therapeutically with complicated grief? Theoretical perspectives ...