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Unilateral conversations: the role of marked sentence initial elements in skilled senior secondary academic writing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This research is a practical attempt to develop academic writing pedagogy at secondary level in New Zealand because from interviews with teachers, personal experience and literature in the professional journal for teachers ... -
Union Made: fostering entrepreneurial opportunities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This research explores how product design graduates can use products they have designed as a vehicle to become more entrepreneurial, with particular reference to barriers and opportunities experienced by ‘designer-maker’ ... -
Universalising electronic government services: facing the digital divide challenge
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Many governments have made considerable efforts to develop and offer e-government services. It has been argued that e-government services have been made available in many countries, but unequal access and ineffective usage ... -
The university as an agent of social change: the Chilean experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This thesis examines educational outcomes in Chile to determine whether or not universities act as agents of social change or whether they merely reinforce existing inequalities in society. In order to address this issue, ... -
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Remote Sensing of Behaviour and Habitat Use of the Nationally Endangered Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) off Great Barrier Island
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are widely distributed in temperate and tropical waters. In New Zealand, Bottlenose dolphins are classified as “nationally endangered”, as there are fewer than 1,000 adults. Great ... -
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Health Care Resource Allocation in Disasters
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The fast response to a disaster is a key factor in rescuing victims who are trapped in the affected areas. The high amount of casualties, as well as life and medical resource allocation, cause the complexity of the disaster ... -
Unofficial systems to keep the world running
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Unofficial systems to keep the world running utilises performance, installation and video to illuminate the idea of emotional labour as it exists within daily processes of caring. Lifted from my own modes of ‘life-living’, ... -
Unravelling Indian Migrant Workers’ Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Employment Assistance Programmes in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Migrant settlement and integration into the New Zealand labour market has been a longstanding concern for government agencies, migrant community groups, and researchers. Numerous initiatives to enable successful settlement ... -
Upholding the Dangal (Dignity) of Biracial (Haphap) Children in Angeles City, Philippines
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)There is some literature on the situation of Filipino children relative to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in the Philippines. However, there is a scarcity of research ... -
Urban tourism and waterfronts: exploring the case of the Auckland waterfront development
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This dissertation deals with urban tourism and the role of waterfronts. Urban tourism is becoming increasingly acknowledged as an important part of a city’s economy and more urban centres are investing in the creation of ... -
Urban voodoo: an ambiguity document, seeking to record the disruption of language through imitation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Urban Voodoo mimics semiotic phenomena, which constitute language and functions as a system of signs that intra-act ambiguously within their own system. This project explores the link between the ambiguous signs of the ... -
Urban Wetland: Dynamic exchange system between the city and the sea
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Urban Wetland is a design-led research project that explores the dynamic exchange system between the city and the sea. It proposes a redevelopment of Queen’s Wharf in Auckland that includes a wetland park containing a water ... -
The usability of mobile messaging systems
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)Mobile technologies are improving everyday and modern users’ needs are growing continuously. Current mobile messaging systems are more advanced than traditional mobile messaging systems; however, the systems still can not ... -
The use and evaluation of narrative, lyric and constraint in conceptual poetry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Family Instructions Upon Release tells the story of a loving, close father-daughter relationship disrupted by depression and miscarriage, and ultimately irreparably damaged. During the father’s depression, the daughter ... -
The use of a Wiki to promote online collaborative learning at a Thai university
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This thesis reports on the collaborative learning processes of students at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand engaged in a group English-writing project on selected topics in intercultural communication using Web 2.0 ... -
The use of activity theory to explain the complexities surrounding the use of ICT in overcrowded university classrooms: the case of Nigeria
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Higher education in the past decades has no doubt increased in value. Its appreciation as a source of economic growth and development has caused an enormous expansion in the number of applications for its products and ... -
Use of Data Compression Techniques for optimizing queries in an RFID Network
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This Research investigates the effectiveness of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in navigating through a network of RFID tags which helps to direct a given person to a desired destination. Due to storage ... -
The Use of Digital Tools in Effective Primary School Teacher Appraisal
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)In New Zealand schools, appraisal for teachers and leaders is a complex process involving Professional Standards (Ministry of Education, 1998) and Practicing Teacher Criteria (Education Council, 2015) that are measured and ... -
Use of high resolution melting for genotyping Leptospira spp.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Background Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis that is endemic in tropical areas. The species Leptospira interrogans is the primary agent in human infections, but other pathogenic species, such as L. kirschner and L. ...