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Values, Employee Perceptions and Organisational Change: A Case Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The concept of values is multifaceted and one that is closely related to organisational culture constructs. Values have been conceptualised at multiple levels - individual, leader, social group, institution, inter-organisation ... -
Valuing the voices of children: a case study of involving children in the process of medical equipment design in the hospital environment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Paediatric hospital design is receiving growing attention internationally around the value of involving children (the users) in the process. Many studies demonstrate the value of involvement and consultation/collaboration ... -
Variation in Response and Recovery to Training Intensity in Highly Trained Rowers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Background: In endurance sports, where training loads are high, effective programming of day-to-day training is crucial to achieve sufficient training stimuli and adequate recovery for optimal adaptation. The time required ... -
Varieties of encounter in an immersive installation of nature
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This exegesis explores how a visual arts accumulative installation process can open up questions about archiving and occupancy. It argues that such a practice signifies a desire for a kind of material fullness and immersion ... -
Vastra Avatar: a personal manifestation of fashion, culture, and identity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This research project asks; what is the potential for garments to express an Indian/European cultural hybridisation? The research explores the development of an alternative aesthetic by hybridising the ethos of traditional ... -
Vehicle propulsion using continuous track linear induction motors on steel plates
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Linear induction motors (LIMs) are zero-carbon emission, non-contacting electrical motors that operate on the same principle as rotary squirrel cage induction motors found prominently in industry today. LIMs are capable ... -
Vehicle-related Scene Understanding Using Deep Learning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Automated driving technology is an inevitable trend in the future development of transportation, it is also one of the eminent achievements in the matter of artificial intelligence. Primarily deep learning produces a ... -
Veterinarian Wellbeing in New Zealand: Examining the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programme in Improving Veterinarian Wellbeing Experiences, Affect and Self-Perception (a Mixed Methods Study)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Evidence shows that veterinarian wellbeing is compromised more often than any other profession, with a proportionate suicide rate four times greater than the average population. The current support mechanisms endorsed by ... -
Vibrating Matter: situating sound
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)My research investigates site-specific sound installation practice by way of two public urban sound projects, created for the Auckland City Council in Tamaki Makarau / Auckland. Contrary to the typically dominant visual ... -
Vibration analysis in non-destructive detection of milk powder blockage in the cyclone of a spray dryer
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)This research investigates possible monitoring methods to non-invasively detect blockages in the cyclone of milk powder spray driers to avoid costly production shutdowns. Two possible solutions have been identified. These ... -
Video art: accelerationism and the reification of desire
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This research project explores the creative links between the production and circulation of video-based artworks and the dominance of capitalist-based forms of subjectivity. More specifically, I seek to determine whether ... -
Video Conferencing in Early Childhood Education: Teachers' Perspectives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)“Today’s children are growing up in a rapidly changing digital age that is far different from that of their parents and grandparents” (National Association for the Education of Young Children & Fred Rogers Center, 2012, ... -
Video self-reflection and coach development in New Zealand: a qualitative descriptive study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This study directs attention to Sport New Zealand’s vision of having world leading coach development. In their quest Sport New Zealand has moved away from the structured accreditation system embraced by other leading ... -
Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea: The Representation of Women in Anti-violence Campaigns
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This study examines the representation of violence against women and gender-based violence campaigns in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It explores the contexts surrounding engendered violence and strives to establish the efficacy ... -
Virtual and the actual: Representation and the object
(Auckland University of Technology, 2000)It is declared that we live in an ‘information age’, one where much of our daily experience comes in mediated form, in print or on screen. Information about our world is brought to us through words and images selected and ... -
Virtual imaging system
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The main purpose of this research project was to implement a combination of computer graphics and processing to generate displays that will aid in the visualization of the colour rendering properties of a range of light ... -
A virtual keyboard implementation based on finger recognition
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)A keyboard requires a great deal of resources and is restricted by its physical features. Additionally, discarded keyboards also inevitably contribute to environmental pollution. Consequently, the touch screen is designed ... -
Virtual Reality Storytelling
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The Green Fairy 1.0 is a practice-led research project that explores practical strategies for effective storytelling in virtual reality. It consists on producing a shortfilm for Virtual Reality with techniques found in the ... -
Virtual social capital: the way forward to creating peer-to-peer value and positive social outcomes in a virtual setting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)As technology has progressed over time, so too have the ways in which people now communicate, interact and socialise. As such, the rapid integration of the online world within modern society has undoubtedly shifted the ... -
Virus Identification From Digital Images Using Deep Learning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Given the electron microscopy images, virus recognition using deep learning approaches from digital images is critical at present, because virus identification by human virology experts is slow and time-consuming, this ...