Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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10 Bowen St.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)This project is a site specific based exploration into the boundaries between the domestic home and the navigation of the anxious corporeal body which dwells in the space. These connections open up ways of mapping anxiety ... -
1000 Lovers: exegesis and screenplay
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)A multi-protagonist family drama set in Auckland in 1987. Auckland is an ebullient city on the threshold of great change. Daniel, a golden youth born with a silver spoon has all he needs and everything in front of him but ... -
The 2000 Speight coup in Fiji: an analysis of the role of The Fiji Times and the impact of partisan media
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)In May 1999, Mahendra Pal Chaudhry was sworn in as the first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister of Fiji. A year later, an unruly protest march opposing his leadership climaxed in a renegade soldier-led attempted coup. The rebel ... -
The 2008 Olympic Games: Leveraging a "best ever" games to benefit Beijing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)This Thesis undertakes a leverage analysis of mega-events in the context of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. A leverage analysis apparently different from a impact analysis; it focuses on how to maximize the potential ... -
2016: A Character Journey
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)It has always been standard practice for protagonists in screenplays to develop over the course of the story. The character development is even more significant in character arc centred stories, in which the protagonist ... -
3D computer graphics self-directed learning: a proposal for integrated demonstration and practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This research study examines 3D computer graphics (CG) self-directed learning (SDL). The study identifies learning and teaching problems with 3D CG SDL, proposes improvements, and then carries out the recommendations for ... -
3D machine knitting: composite forms and illumination
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This practice-led research process investigates the design and construction of innovative textile sculptures made from three dimensional (3D) knitted composite materials, and how their unique material, structural and ... -
A civil and ecclesiastical union? The development of prison chaplaincy in Aotearoa-New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)New Zealand prisons were a colonial construct established by early colonial administrations to deal with criminal behaviour occurring at the time of European settlement. Like the prison system, prison chaplaincy also had ... -
A comparative of subtitling strategies: culture specific items in the series Friends
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The dissertation is based on the analysis of thirty episodes of the American television series Friends with the focus on the CSIs (Culture Specific Items) and how these differences have been handled by Chinese translators ... -
A comparative study of mobile internet deployment models in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)Internet services play an increasingly important role in modern society. Mobile Internet, a fast-growing technology that combines the Internet with mobile devices, has recently become popular. It is predicted that the ... -
A comparative study of two small and remote urban communities: implications for social policy and practice (a tale of two towns)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Defined as resource communities and independent urban centres, Raetihi and Ohakune are two small and remote towns on the North Island of New Zealand’s Central Plateau. They have similar sized populations and are set ... -
A comparison between media representation of Asian international students and their own accounts of experience in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2003)This research takes as its starting point the role of the media as a major influence on the way people understand and interpret events, focusing on media coverage of Asian international students in New Zealand. The thesis ... -
A comparison of physiotherapy and RICE self treatment advice for early management of ankle sprains
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)Ankle sprains are one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries. Physiotherapy treatment and advice to rest, use ice, use compression, and elevate the ankle (RICE advice) is believed to speed up the functional recovery ... -
A comparison of surface EMG temporal and spectral parameters from the vastus medialis of subjects with and without knee joint osteoarthritis during a sustained, fatiguing submaximal isometric contraction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Knee joint osteoarthritis is recognised as a significant subset of osteoarthritis. Little work has examined muscle changes that occur with knee joint osteoarthritis. Much of this work has centred on strength deficits, while ... -
A familiar villain: surveillance, ideology and popular cinema
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This thesis examines the representations of surveillance in mainstream cinema. Using ideology critique it will show how filmic illustrations of monitoring depoliticize the relationship between surveillance and structural ... -
A fatal cycle
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)This art project focuses in a voyeuristic way on the fatality and futility of war. With its accompanying emotional responses; the aim is to reflect on these issues through a cyclical process of construction and destruction. ... -
A field study of domain knowledge sharing in the software development industry in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)In contemporary software development, an emergent understanding of the problem domain and envisioned goals forms the basis of designing, testing and development activities. Lack of a common understanding of the domain can ... -
A fine balance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)The aim of this study is to analyse the discourses drawn upon by community paediatric nurses in relation to children’s rights to health. The philosophy of Michel Foucault has been used to underpin the analysis of the ... -
A generic platform for the evolution of hardware
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Evolvable Hardware is a technique derived from evolutionary computation applied to a hardware design. The term evolutionary computation involves similar steps as involved in the human evolution. It has been given names in ... -
A Heideggerian hermeneutic study of the meaning of living with prostate cancer
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in New Zealand men and the second highest cause of male deaths. This Heideggerian study explores the experience of six men, with prostate cancer: five of whom were ...