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Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
The research carried out at AUT's Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences can be broadly defined in three themes:
- Health Sciences
- School of Clinical Sciences
- School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies
- School of Interprofessional Health Studies
- Sciences
- School of Science
- Sport
- School of Sport and Recreation
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New Zealand National Gambling Study: Qualitative Phase. NGS Series Report Number 8
(Gambling and Addictions Research Centre (GARC), Auckland University of Technology (AUT) for the Ministry of Health, 2019)STUDY AIMS: This study sought to enhance understanding of: (1) Why and how people transition between gambling risk levels, (2) The inter-related behaviours for why people increase or decrease their gambling participation ... -
The 'Tricky Dance' of Advocacy: A Study of Non-legal Mental Health Advocacy
Advocacy in compulsory mental health settings is complex and contested, incorporating legal, non-legal, representational and best interests advocacy. This paper presents an approach to non-legal representational advocacy ... -
Evaluation of the Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) in a Gambling Treatment Setting
(Auckland University of Technology, Gambling and Addictions Research CentreGambling and Addictions Research Centre (GARC), Auckland University of Technology (AUT) for the Ministry of Health, 2019)No abstract. -
A Mixed Methods Analysis of Gambling Harm for Women in New Zealand
(Gambling and Addictions Research Centre (GARC), Auckland University of Technology (AUT) for the Ministry of Health, 2019)The World Health Organization (WHO) supports multiple layers of gender analysis in health research and policy, accounting for personal and community-level impacts of gender, and investigation of the interactions between ... -
The Effectiveness of Real-time Haptic Feedback Gait Retraining for Reducing Resultant Tibial Acceleration With Runners
(Elsevier BV, 2020)Objectives To examine the effectiveness of real-time haptic feedback gait retraining for reducing resultant tibial acceleration (TA-R) with runners, the retention of changes over four weeks, and the transfer of learning ... -
Blood Group O→A Transformation by Chemical Ligation of Erythrocytes
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018)Agglutination of red blood cells (RBCs) remains the only practical method for routine use for ABH typing in clinical practice. However, exact mechanistic details of agglutination are not yet thoroughly studied. In this ... -
Quadriceps Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition: The Effects of Experimental Knee Joint Effusion on Motor Cortex Excitability
(BioMed Central, 2014)Introduction Marked weakness of the quadriceps muscles is typically observed following injury, surgery or pathology affecting the knee joint. This is partly due to ongoing neural inhibition that prevents the central nervous ... -
The Effects of Resistance Training on Muscle Strength, Joint Pain, and Hand Function in Individuals With Hand Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)Background: Hand osteoarthritis is a common condition characterised by joint pain and muscle weakness. These factors are thought to contribute to ongoing disability. Some evidence exists that resistance training decreases ... -
How Is Satiety Affected When Consuming Food While Working on a Computer?
(MDPI AG, 2019)More people working at offices are choosing to eat meals at their desks, making "desktop dining" an increasingly common phenomenon. Previous studies have reported that environmental distractors, such as television viewing, ... -
Development of a Probiotic Beverage Using Breadfruit Flour As a Substrate
(MDPI, 2019)A fermented beverage was developed using breadfruit flour as a substrate by optimising sucrose, inoculum concentrations, and fermentation temperature in the formulation by utilising the D-optimal mixture design. The ... -
Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields on the Flavour Profile of Red-fleshed Sweet Cherries (Prunus avium var. Stella)
(MDPI, 2015)The aim of this research was to study the effect of pulsed electric fields (PEF) on the flavour profile of red-fleshed sweet cherries (Prunus avium variety Stella). The cherry samples were treated at a constant pulse ... -
A Chemometrics Approach Comparing Volatile Changes During the Shelf Life of Apple Juice Processed by Pulsed Electric Fields, High Pressure and Thermal Pasteurization
(MDPI, 2018)High-Pressure Processing (HPP) and Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) processing technologies are being used increasingly on a commercial basis, with high-quality labelled fruit juices being one of the most important promotion ... -
Environmental Sounds Influence the Multisensory Perception of Chocolate Gelati
(MDPI, 2019)Recently, it has been shown that various auditory stimuli modulate flavour perception. The present study attempts to understand the effects of environmental sounds (park, food court, fast food restaurant, cafe, and bar ... -
High-intensity Interval Training: A Review of Its Impact on Glucose Control and Cardiometabolic Health
(Springer Nature, 2017)Exercise plays a central role in the management and treatment of common metabolic diseases, but modern society presents many barriers to exercise. Over the past decade there has been considerable interest surrounding ... -
International Study of Objectively-measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time With Body Mass Index and Obesity: IPEN Adult Study
(Springer Nature, 2014)Background:Physical activity (PA) has been consistently implicated in the etiology of obesity, while recent evidence on the importance of sedentary time remains inconsistent. Understanding of dose-response associations of ... -
Effects of Whale-based Tourism in Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga: Behavioural Responses of Humpback Whales to Vessel and Swimming Tourism Activities
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019)Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga, is a well-established whale-watching destination in the South Pacific. Between July and October, the waters around the archipelago represent one of the most important breeding grounds for Oceania ... -
Open, Trusting Relationships Underpin Safety in Rural Maternity a Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background There are interwoven personal, professional and organisational relationships to be navigated in maternity in all regions. In rural regions relationships are integral to safe maternity care. Yet there is a paucity ... -
Validation of the Chinese Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (C-MFPDI) Among Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background The Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (MFPDI) is a patient-reported outcome tool used to measure foot pain and foot-related disability. The English version of the MFPDI has been successfully translated ... -
Development and Validation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth Across Six Continents
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background: The IPEN International Physical Activity and Environment Network Adolescent project was conducted using common study protocols to document the strength, shape, and generalizability of associations of perceived ... -
Subsurface Microbial Habitats in an Extreme Desert Mars-analog Environment
(Frontiers Media, 2019)Sediments in the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert are a terrestrial analog to Mars regolith. Understanding the distribution and drivers of microbial life in the sediment may give critical clues on how to search for ...