Masters Theses
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The Masters Theses collection contains digital copies of AUT University masters theses deposited with the Library since 2002 and made available open access. From 2007 onwards, all theses for masters degrees awarded are required to be deposited in Tuwhera Open Theses & Dissertations unless subject to an embargo.
For theses submitted prior to 2007, open access was not mandatory, so only those theses for which the author has given consent are available in Tuwhera Open Theses & Dissertations. Where consent for open access has not been provided, the thesis is usually recorded in the AUT Library catalogue where the full text, if available, may be accessed with an AUT password. Other people should request an Interlibrary Loan through their library.
Theses are protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). The thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use:
- Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person.
- Authors control the copyright of their thesis. You will recognise the author’s right to be identified as the author of the thesis, and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate.
- You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the thesis.
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Doing Time: The Experiences of Women Hospitalised for an Extended Time in Their Pregnancy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Pregnancy and childbirth are regarded as physiological processes that usually follow a normal pathway to a positive outcome for mother and baby. For some women, this normal process is interrupted by a complication arising ... -
Evaluation of Activity Designs in the Virtual Platform of Second Life for the Development of International Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Research into the rapidly growing number of students involved in study abroad has repeatedly shown the importance of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) to enable these students to manage encounters in different ... -
The Effect of Acidosis on Peak Power After a Simulated 4000-m Individual Pursuit on a Bicycle Ergometer
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Background: Large reductions in plasma and muscle pH have been associated with fatigue during supramaximal exercise. The ingestion of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) has often been used to attenuate plasma acidosis and provide ... -
Option Pricing Under the Heston-CIR Model with Stochastic Interest Rates and Transaction Costs
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The celebrated Black-Scholes model on pricing a European option gives a simple and elegant pricing formula for European options with the underlying price following a geometric Brownian motion. In a realistic market with ... -
A Novel E-mail Reply Approach for E-mail Management System
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This project describes a novel intelligent E-mail reply system through information retrieval and information generation techniques. There are several difficulties to realise different kinds of functions using machine ... -
Evaluating Security Provisions in Banking Software Systems
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Banks around the world invest substantial amounts of money in banking software systems even though it is mostly the younger generation who are receptive, and the general public is slow to trust the new innovations. The ... -
Effect of Pulsed Electric Field Pre-treatment on Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Properties of Apricots Dried Using Conventional Air Drying and Freeze Drying Methods
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Apricots are temperate zone fruits and are largely produced in the Mediterranean region. They are favoured by the general population for their sweet taste and health benefits. The compounds present in apricots are said to ... -
Didn't You Used to Be Somebody?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The screenplay, working title Didn’t You Used To Be Somebody?, is a creative exploration of sexism and ageism within the mainstream entertainment industry, and how this affects the perception of older women (defined as 35 ... -
(Re)defining the Political Opposition: A Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis of Urban Dictionary Definitions of Political Identities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Political polarisation is increasing in America, with politically motivated acts of terrorism and hate crimes also on the rise. At the root of these problems is the internet, in particular, the unmoderated, anonymous sites ... -
Prevalence of Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis in Central Eastern Division, Fiji Islands
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) affects approximately 1.5 billion people annually, 450 million of whom become ill as a result of infection. The World Health Organisation has labelled STH as a major neglected tropical ... -
The Role of Coaching in Primary School Teachers’ Improved Practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In New Zealand schools, effective teacher practice is identified as a critical component in ensuring that students achieve their potential (Ministry of Education, 2007). An increasingly popular approach school leaders use ... -
Tōku Reo, Tōku Whakāetanga, Tōku Mana: My Voice, My Informed Consent
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Based on a balanced and fair understanding of what is involved throughout the research process, informed consent acts as an agreement for participants to be fully informed about a research study before deciding to participate. ... -
An Automated Privacy Information Detection Approach For Online Social Media
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Online Social Networks (OSNs) have become ubiquitous in the activities of people recently. However, a large number of disclosing private information are posted by online social network users unconsciously every day, and ... -
Please Leave on the Seat After Use: Crafting Personal Narrative Through Machine Knitting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Please Leave on the Seat After Use explores my evolving relationship with the Seiki Shima knitting machine, which I have positioned as a key contributor to my research practice. Materializing personal narratives through ... -
A Journey From Sympathy to Empathy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Ava is a happy, healthy child living in a middle-class family in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. However, as she grows up, she becomes increasingly aware of her mother’s irrational behaviour that stems from the emotional trauma ... -
The Effects of Fermentation and Roasting of Hass Avocado Seeds on Colour and Antioxidant Activities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Nowadays, the food industry has paid more attention to using food by-products for conversion to value-added products. Nearly 1000 tons of avocado wastes including avocado peels, avocado seeds, wastewater, and the pulp are ... -
Supporting First-year Undergraduate Repeating Students Within Mainstream Tutorials
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)‘Supporting first-year undergraduate repeating students within mainstream tutorials’ is a qualitative research study using an interpretive, first-person Action Research (AR) approach to focus on students who are repeating ... -
Teretere Moana: Mapping Genealogical Narratives of Identity Through Animated Projection
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Teretere Moana is a navigational methodology that I have developed to describe a way of utilising researching skills towards the creation of an animation for a media art installation. This methodology encompasses the what, ... -
Targeting MRP2 in HepG2 Cells Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System to Reverse Oxaliplatin Resistance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)As a third-generation platinum-based anticancer drug, oxaliplatin is critically important in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal (CRC) and other GI cancers, improving disease- and progression-free ... -
An Evaluation of Fault-tolerant Robotic Controller Using Evolutionary Computation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The aim of the research reported in this thesis was to design and construct several Fault-Tolerant Controllers for a simulated multi-joint planar robotic arm system. Analysis and comparisons of the convergence rates of ...