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Latest metals research outcomes at AUT University
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Launching loading docs: a reflection on the first year of a documentary innovation experiment from a producer/researcher perspective
(Pacific Media Centre, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Loading Docs is a New Zealand documentary initiative that supports the development, production and distribution of three-minute documentary films. Loading Docs is also a development and innovation initiative, building the ... -
Lean methodology to reduce waste in a construction environment
(Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors (PAQS), 2011)Productivity and waste factors are interdependent of each other. Waste is a major problem in the construction industry which amounts to 60% of the construction effort. A study focused on the construction efficiency by the ... -
Learn From Your Environment: A Visual Literacy Learning Model
Based on the presupposition that visual literacy skills are not usually learned unaided by osmosis, but require targeted learning support, this article explores how everyday encounters with visuals can be leveraged as ... -
Learning and teaching strategies in an intercultural context: offshore programme in Vietnam
(International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2013)The number of New Zealand higher education institutions collaborative programmes in Asian countries is increasing. Students enrolled in offshore programmes have developed a range of learning strategies that meet the needs ... -
Lecturer Use of Pen-enabled Tablet PC Technology in the STEM Classroom: Implications for Notetaking
(Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), 2017)The pen-enabled Tablet PCs(penTPC) has been adopted by increasing numbers of lecturers teaching in mathematically intensive disciplines within the study university. This uptake has been facilitated by the device’s capability ... -
LED Lighting as Energy Management Tool through Correlation Analysis of Daily Electricity Demand and Supply Curve
(IEEE, 2016)Power industry has restructured in last decades and now it has become a commodity rather than a utility with the maximization of profit as its main purpose. Peak ripples in the electricity demand curve could disturb the ... -
Legal and Contractual Conditions: Implications on contructors' solvency
(Research Publishing Services, 2011)Often legal and contractual conditions stipulate payment terms for contracts which could impact on constructors’ solvency. Evidence from different countries suggests that legal and contractual conditions have evolved or ... -
“Let’s have a dialogue”: the potential risks of dialogue for corporations
(AUT University, 2011)Dialogue is often touted as the preferred and most ethical form of public relations practice; its potential risks and disadvantages often glossed over in Public Relations theory. Equally, corporate identity is perceived ... -
“Let’s have a dialogue”: The potential risks of dialogue for corporations
(AUT University, 2011)Dialogue is often touted as the preferred and most ethical form of public relations practice; its potential risks and disadvantages often glossed over in Public Relations theory. Equally, corporate identity is perceived ... -
Leveraging the Internet of Things: Integration of Sensors and Cloud Computing Systems
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A Liability Allocation Game
(IOS Press, 2019)The following problem is considered. Two players are each required to allocate a quota of n counters among k boxes labelled 1, 2, … , k. At times t= 1, 2, 3, … a random box is identified; the probability of choosing box i ... -
Lies, media integrity and the new digital environment [Review]
(Pacific Media Centre, School of Communication Studies, AUT University, 2014)When Rachel Buchanan penned a commissioned article entitled ‘From the classroom to the scrapheap’ for The Age last September, she railed against Australian journalism schools, in particular, against an alleged ‘lie’ and ... -
Life Imitating Art: Asian Romance Movies As a Social Mirror
(Pacific Media Centre, 2013)As a genre of mass media, the romance movie has the potential to influence and shape audience’s views on socio-cultural issues of the time (Rahman, 2013). Asian romance movies often depict behaviours that challenge their ... -
Light mannered men: a historical overview of male prostitution in New Zealand
(AUT University, 2008)Based on interviews and oral history recordings of 50 men whose employment in the trade, or use of male sex workers has spanned 85 years. This presentation briefly profiles extraordinarily shifts in a language form that ... -
Lights, Action, Naughty Bits: A Thematic Analysis of New Zealander’s Attitudes to Naked Attraction
(The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 2020)The sexualisation of culture has generated much debate in western discourse around its effect on the normalisation of nudity and sexual activity. The reality television show Naked Attraction has increased the dialogue ... -
A Lightweight Authentication Scheme for Transport System Farecards
(IEEE, 2016)Proximity Integrated Circuit Cards (PICC) are widely used for public transport fare collection. The stored contents in the card can only be accessed or modified after the card is able to authenticate the Proximity Coupling ... -
Lightweight floor/ceiling systems with improved impact sound insulation
(The New Zealand Acoustical Society, 2010)Contrary to common belief, a relatively simple and practical lightweight timber based floor/ceiling can have impact sound insulation superior to that of concrete slab based systems. This paper presents examples of such ... -
Liquidation and its effect on construction trade creditors in New Zealand
(Emerald, 2012)Purpose – The construction industry suffers from significantly large number of insolvencies than other industries due to its inherent characteristics and these have dire consequences on project participants and the industry ...