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Decolonising Climate Change: A Call for Beyond-Human Imaginaries and Knowledge Generation
This article calls for transdisciplinary, experimental, and decolonial imaginations of climate change and Pacific futures in an age of great planetary undoing. Drawing from our personal and academic knowledge of the Pacific ... -
Deprivation Matters: Understanding Associations Between Neighbourhood Deprivation, Unhealthy Food Outlets, Unhealthy Dietary Behaviours and Child Body Size Using Structural Equation Modelling
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)BACKGROUND: Children residing in neighbourhoods of high deprivation are more likely to have poorer health, including excess body size. While the availability of unhealthy food outlets are increasingly considered important ... -
Design of Urban Public Spaces: Intent Vs. Reality
(MDPI, 2018)This study investigated how two public spaces for sport and recreation were utilized by different user groups, and how this aligned with the initial design objectives for these spaces. Two newly built urban spaces situated ... -
Detection of Different Throw Types and Ball Velocity With IMUs and Machine Learning in Team Handball
(International Society of Biomechanics in Sport (ISBS), 2020)The purpose of this study was to investigate if an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and machine learning could be used to detect different types of team handball throws and predict ball velocity. Throwing was measured using ... -
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 ... -
The Development of a Model of Community Garden Benefits to Wellbeing
(Elsevier, 2016)Community gardens contribute to community wellbeing by influencing the nutritional and social environment. The aim of this research was to develop a model that communicates the many benefits of community garden participation ... -
The Differences in Spinal Kinematics and Loading in High Performance Female Rowers During Ergometer and on Water Rowing
(International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), 2018)Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent injury in rowing. The high use of ergometers have been associated win increased LBP and sliding ergometers has proposed to reduce this stress. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Do Associations Between Objectively-assessed Physical Activity and Neighbourhood Environment Attributes Vary by Time of the Day and Day of the Week? IPEN Adult Study
(BioMed Central, 2017)Background: To more accurately quantify the potential impact of the neighbourhood environment on adults' physical activity (PA), it is important to compare environment-PA associations between periods of the day or week ... -
Does a Modified Foot-stretcher Improve 500-m On-water and Ergometer Rowing Performance Time and Comfort?
(International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS), 2016)Foot-stretcher force contributes to rowing performance. A New Zealand designed modified rowing foot-stretcher has a rigid clog shoe with heel and toe wedges to allow contact of the whole surface of the foot to the foot-plate ... -
Does Maximal Strength Training Improve Endurance Performance in Highly Trained Cyclists: A Systematic Review
(Scholars Research Library, 2012)Muscle strength may play an important role in endurance road cycling events. By increasing lower body strength and power, the anaerobic energy production and maximal levels of muscular force required during races to climb ... -
Does Playing Away From Home Influence the Number and Severity of Impacts in Amateur Rugby Union Players: Analyses by Home/Away, Won/Lost and First/Second Season Halves
(SciMed Central, 2020)Objectives: To determine head impact characteristics for amateur rugby union players. Design: Descriptive cohort study. Methods: A total of 20,687 head impacts greater than 10g over a 2013 amateur senior rugby union ... -
Dynamic Accuracy of GPS Receivers for Use in Health Research: A Novel Method to Assess GPS Accuracy in Real-world Settings
(Frontiers Media, 2014)The emergence of portable global positioning system (GPS) receivers over the last 10 years has provided researchers with a means to objectively assess spatial position in free-living conditions. However, the use of GPS in ... -
Dynamics of Handstand Balance
(NMU Commons, 2020)The purpose of this study was to identify parameters that are associated with more successful motor control during handstand performance. For two groups of gymnasts, ‘less skilled’, who were able to hold handstands for 4 ... -
Eccentric exercise as a training modality: a brief review
(Australian Strength and Conditioning Association, 2015)An eccentric muscle action involves the lengthening of a muscle due to an external load and occurs as a result of the mechanical disruption of action and myosin. The mechanical nature of the actin and myosin disruption ... -
Effect of a high and low dose of caffeine on antigen-stimulated activation of human natural killer cells after prolonged cycling
(Human Kinetics, 2011)This study investigated the effect of a high and low dose of caffeine on antigen-stimulated natural killer (NK) cell (CD3- CD56+) activation after prolonged, strenuous cycling, as assessed by the early-activation molecule ... -
Effect of Cold Storage and Reheating of Parboiled Rice on Postprandial Glycaemic Response, Satiety, Palatability and Chewed Particle Size Distribution
(MDPI, 2017)Background: Globally, hot cooked refined rice is consumed in large quantities and is a major contributor to dietary glycaemic load. This study aimed to compare the glycaemic potency of hot- and cold-stored parboiled rice ... -
Effect of Cold Storage, Reheating, and Particle Sizes on In Vitro Glucose Release and Starch Digestibility among Five Rice Products in Auckland, New Zealand
(OMICS, 2016)Rice provides more than 27% of daily energy intake to more than half of the world’s population. Refined and cooked rice, as a staple has been generally perceived to induce high glycaemic responses; however, it is known ... -
The Effect of Cold Treatment of Parboiled Rice with Lowered Glycaemic Potency on Consumer Liking and Acceptability.
(MDPI, 2018)A significant reduction in rice starch digestibility and subsequent postprandial blood glucose responses following extended cold treatment (at 4 °C for 24 h) have been demonstrated in both in vitro and in vivo studies, ... -
The effect of increasing loading on powerlifting movement form during the squat and deadlift
(Faculty of Education, University of Alicante., 2015)Strength based sports, such as powerlifting, are characterized by distinct movements where competitors endeavor to move the maximum weight possible. Powerlifting is characterized by three distinct movements: the squat, the ...