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Ensemble Classifier Modelling for Dealing with Missing Values
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)An ensemble classifier method for life critical data classification is considered one of the most capable classifiers where data suffers from missing values. The execution of a decision tree classifier can be expanded by ... -
A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Tū Tahanga, a Kaupapa Māori Adapted Violence Prevention Programme, in a Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Unit
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Introduction: Forensic mental health services are tasked with rehabilitating service users with mental illness and offending behaviour. Service users are provided with a range of interventions that target mental illness ... -
Pacific Women, Beauty and Race: The Communication of Beauty Ideals and the Experiences of Pacific Women in Contemporary Society
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Contemporary notions of beauty embedded in social ideals and values, can have a significant influence on the lived experiences of women. From social class to skin colour and ethnicity, women’s bodies have been largely ... -
The Perceived Impact on Wellbeing After Health and Wellness Coaching - a Qualitative Evaluation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Health and wellness coaching (HWC) is an evidence-based intervention to help individuals gain the knowledge and skills to undertake health-related behaviour change in their lives. The Primary Prevention of Stroke in the ... -
Becoming Known As Whole Persons in Clinical Encounter
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study sought to shed light on the unique essence of the clinical encounter in a biomedical context when whaiora (those seeking wellness) and healthcare students are invited to a whole person mindbody encounter (wpmbe). ... -
Parametric Analysis of Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Measurement Data for a Simulated Human Limb
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Bioelectrical impedance analysis or bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is a non-invasive procedure originating in the early 1930s and 1940s that involves the measurement of the electrical impedance of a region of tissue. Bioimpedance ... -
Tackling Problematic Device Usage, Phase One: Design of Campaign Publications to Inform, Engage and Support Teachers, Parents and Family Members in Addressing Problematic Device Usage Behaviours (PDUB) Amongst New Zealand Primary School Children
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Problematic device usage behaviour (PDUB) amongst children is a growing concern globally. Psychological research suggests that excessive device usage adversely affect children’s healthy wellbeing, social skills and ... -
Choosing and Completing Study in Occupational Therapy: The Stories of Māori
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Māori make up 4.1% of registered occupational therapists in New Zealand (personal communication, M. Kenning, 17 April 2019). Recruitment and retention of Māori in occupational therapy are major issues. Effort has been put ... -
The Unknowability of Things
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)My research explores ways in which the fragmentary aspects of memory, loss and uncertainty can be conveyed through representational painting. It began as an attempt to articulate visual memories of an old family home, ... -
A World Without Smell: A Visual Exploration of an Olfactory Issue
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)A world where smell doesn’t exist. This is the reality for some people, including myself, who lack the ability to smell. However, in our culture, the sense of smell is undervalued, overshadowed by the visual. There are few ... -
The Perceptions and Concerns of Parents Who Have a Child With Developmental Coordination Disorder
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore the perceptions and concerns of parents who have a child with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). DCD is a neuro-developmental disorder in which a child’s motor ... -
Validity of Symptom Reporting Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Objective: Recent evidence of persistent reporting of symptoms after mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) has come under question, with the suggestion that participants may be over-reporting symptoms more generally. This ... -
The Impact of Agile Processes on Organisational Behaviour Within Current Banking Practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)In recent years, the banking industry is confronted with multidimensional challenges including regulatory changes imposed by authorities, non-stop emergence of technological advancements, and most importantly is the ... -
The Full Expression of Talanoa alofa: A Pedagogy to Enrich the Spiritual Wellbeing of Pasifika Children in Early Childhood Education from a Samoan Perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This research explores the pedagogical ideas of the concept of “talanoa alofa” from a Samoan perspective, and how it can help enrich the spiritual well-being of Pasifika children, in Pasifika early childhood education (ECE) ... -
The Meaning of Nurses' Caring for Clinically Deteriorating Patients
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Over recent years, the care of deteriorating patients has improved with technological advances. The global ageing population means patients are often presenting with more complex co-morbidities and therefore are deteriorating ... -
A Reflection on Writing a Pasifika Mystery
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Understanding the Enigma is the story of a group of young Pasifika people and the two (and related) mysteries which particularly involve two members of the group: Mele and Lee. Mele has apparently attempted suicide, ... -
Addressing Landslide Issue in Sri Lanka Using a Web-based Mobile Application
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This research is focused on creating a web-based mobile application to address the Landslide issue in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a tropical country which suffers from Landslides continuously due to primarily the monsoon rain ... -
Healthy Is As Healthy Does. Examining Concepts of Personal Health and Practice to Inform Interprofessional Education at the Foundational, Tertiary Level
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The purpose of this research is to analyse the conceptions of health and healthy living practice held by students in their first year of tertiary health education. This study brings to light students’ currently held health ... -
Mending by Design: Making Bags to Ideate Mending Excess Waste in the Ecological Environment Through the Aesthetic Lens in Design
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Using a design-based ideation process, I have paid attention to how sensory aesthetics can communicate ecological narratives. This research project considers ways design can creatively raise awareness of product and material ... -
Chaoxianzu’s Traditions of Dress: An Exploration of Identity Within Contemporary Fashion Contexts
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This practice-based research uses a personal narrative, that of a member of the Chaoxianzu people from an independent province in China, to interrogate the complexities of the historic local clothing in which is embedded ...