Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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To compare the accuracy of the Broselow-Luten Tape and APLS, Theron and Shann’s formulae in prediction of weight in children aged 5 to 10 years in Auckland
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Paediatric weight estimation methods commonly used in emergency situations tend to underestimate the weight of most children. This study aims to test the accuracy of four weight estimation methods used in New Zealand to ... -
To Determine the Validity of the Sebia HbA1c Assay for Identifying Variant Haemoglobin Disorders
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The purpose of this research is to determine if the Sebia HbA1c programme can be used to accurately identify patients with a variant haemoglobin chain. While this method is not currently validated as a diagnostic test for ... -
To touch or not to touch. Male primary school teachers' experiences of touch: a hermeneutic phenomenological study.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This thesis offers an interpretation of how eight male primary school teachers experience touch between themselves and their pupils/students. Despite the positive benefits of touch and evidence suggesting that appropriate ... -
Toddler food and activity patterns and body composition: a study of the offspring of mothers treated for gestational diabetes mellitus
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Accumulation of excess body fat tracks from an early age and interventions aimed at preventing childhood obesity may need to begin early in life, particularly for children exposed to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). ... -
Toi Maramatanga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The focus of this thesis is to visually show the significance and relationship between the use of natural materials, and geometric patterns used in Māori weaving. The patterns will reflect indigenous episteme of artistic ... -
The Tongan media and press freedom: The crucial role of independent media in the fight for press freedom in Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This thesis is a study of the media in Tonga and it looks at its history and contemporary role in the light of ‘western’ liberal democratic ideas of press freedom. In particular it focuses on the ‘independent’ print media ... -
Tool support for social risk mitigation in agile projects
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)Software engineering techniques have been employed for many years to guide software product creation. In the last decade the appropriateness of many techniques has been questioned, given unacceptably high rates of software ... -
Top management team members' perception of executive servant-leadership and their work engagement: impact of gender and ethnicity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The purpose of this thesis project is to test whether executive servant-leadership behaviour predicts the work engagement of top management team members at publicly listed companies in New Zealand. It further tests the ... -
Topographies of the self: a community of others
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This multi-channel video project attempts to amplify questions about the psychological interplay between the subject depicted, the site of performance, and how the work unfolds in interaction with the viewer. By working ... -
TORUS: Tracing Complex Requirements for Large Cyber-physical Systems
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Cyber-Physical Systems are embedded computers that control complex, physical processes via autonomous peripherals while cooperating as agents in distributed networks. Due to the scale and complexity of the interactions ... -
Touchable: Adapting a Haptic Feedback Glove for Use in Rehabilitation Contexts
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)With the increasing miniaturisation of computing and sensor technology, it is becoming common for electronics of all kinds to be integrated into clothing and other wearable items. Motion sensing technologies in particular ... -
Touching a sensibility: a photographic exploration of haptic experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)Touching a sensibility will attempt to locate the exchange when the living body physically touches the world. Exploration into the emotive response that the lived body creates as it moves through the world, both as a passive ... -
Tour navigation: a cloud based Tourist Navigation System
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Google and Apple have provided precise navigation and locating service in outdoor environment. Tourists in New Zealand are able to identify their current location on a map and use navigation services provided by smartphones ... -
Tourist Accommodation Choice and Destination Development: The Case of Vanuatu
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The accommodation choice made by visitors has a key role to play in tourism development, helping to shape visitors’ impressions of the destination and their resultant impacts. Accommodation facilities are essential ... -
Toward a New Climate Rhetoric: Appropriating Authority, Mobilising Anger and Radical Politics to Activate the Alarmed Youth
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The climate and ecological crises are the most urgent existential threats facing humanity. Creative communication approaches on this topic are required to counter the ideological constraints of mainstream news media and ... -
Toward restoring violated trust: exploring the antecedents of trust in business-to-business relationships
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Trust has been described as “perhaps the single most powerful relationship marketing tool available to a company” (Berry, 1995, p. 242). Trust enjoys wide acceptance among scholars as a key facilitator of inter-organisational ... -
Towards a synthesis of supply chain management and partnering strategies within the construction industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Partnering and supply chain management (SCM) are concepts or approaches that can be applied as initiatives to solve problems in the construction industry and meet or surpass the expectations of supply chain members and ... -
Towards an Automated Digital Data Forensic Model with specific reference to Investigation Processes
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Digital Data Forensics is constantly under scrutiny to standardize processes. Previous researchers moved between various frameworks without presenting a firm platform or solution, addressing standardization. Only a few ... -
Towards defining 'Process': a rereading of CAD methods within sculptural practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)In what ways does Computer Aided Design (CAD) software and manufacture affect ‘material’1 and process in sculptural methods as evidenced in outcomes? For this paper the dual reading of materiality is taken. The word matter ... -
Towards Semantic Web: current XML resources conversion and RFID employment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)The Semantic Web, which is a machine understandable Web likely to be the future of the Web, is being developed and capturing much attention in recent years. Many things need to be done to ensure the success of moving from ...