Browsing Open Theses & Dissertations by Title
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E Agatonu a Manu'a o Fesili: Investigating the Attitudes of an Auckland Samoan Population Toward the New Zealand Criminal Justice System
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of Samoans to the New Zealand criminal justice system. This also involved exploring Samoan people’s process of knowledge production and how this shapes their ... -
E-business strategy and application in supply chain management by New Zealand SME wholesalers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The aim of the research was to investigate the practice of e-business strategic planning and application amongst small to medium sized enterprises (SME) wholesalers for supply chain management (SCM). The extent to which ... -
E-government sophistication: a cross-sectional study of technological, economic and institutional factors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)In view of the uneven development of e-government around the world, it is not unimagined that governments and scholars have started to question what influences its sophistication. The term sophistication captures the degree ... -
e-Healthcare: A critical examination of the patient portal initiative in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This research examines patients' and doctors' perspectives of patient portals and the associated changes the portals may bring to the nature of healthcare in New Zealand. A patient portal is an electronic platform that ... -
E-learning in the KSA: a taxonomy of learning methods in Saudi Arabia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The advent and rapid advancement of the internet and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure as a whole has greatly revolutionised the world. The presence of this advanced technology has facilitated ... -
E-mail forensics: tracing and mapping digital evidence from IP address
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The purpose of the thesis is to search for a suitable traceback method for use in email forensics when the source IP address is spoofed. To provide a simple and fast traceback method in email forensics, the hop count ... -
Early Detection and Self-management of Long-term Conditions Using Wearable Technologies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Worldwide spending on the long-term or chronic care conditions is increasing to a point that requires immediate interventions and advancements to reduce the burden of the healthcare cost. Managing people with long-term ... -
An Early Investigation of Infants Learning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This research analyses and interprets psychological evidences of occlusion to investigate how an object could be represented and learnt that gives rise to infants' responses to the immediate environment from a computational ... -
Early specialisation, sport participation volume and musculoskeletal injury in early adolescent New Zealand children
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Introduction. Adolescent sport participation has changed in New Zealand (NZ) over recent years with increasing opportunities for young children to follow specialised, intensive and highly structured sport pathways. There ... -
Early warning signs in Software Projects
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The software industry has been plagued by the staggering failure rate of projects, which have resulted in the loss of billions of dollars. The well known Chaos Report by the Standish Group declared that software projects ... -
EBusiness systems innovation and change in the passenger airline industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)The purpose of the research is to identify to what degree the radical change and innovation of recent years in the passenger airline industry is driven and enabled by information and communication technology. The legacy ... -
Ecce Wahine: Towards a Māori Translation of Western Text
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Taking its lead from pūkenga Ngāpuhi Māori Marsden’s (Māori Marsden, 2003) writings relating to Papatūānuku (Motherearth) and Ngā Tawhito (the ancient ones), this thesis seeks a reading of two Western texts that retains ... -
The eco-friendly therapist: an interpretative literature review of obstacles and solutions to practicing ecotherapy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This dissertation uses the science and creativity of hermeneutic (interpretive) research to explore ecotherapy, a therapeutic modality that aims to heal the human-nature relationship through facilitating the healing of ... -
An Ecological Investigation of the Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in English of Adult Migrant Learners From Iran in a New Zealand Tertiary Classroom
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Willingness to communicate in English is an “umbrella” concept encompassing a variety of individual factors which, when combined, describe a readiness to speak in the target language. Whether Willingness to Communicate ... -
The Ecological Self — A Lens-based Inquiry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This lens-based research project explores a deep personal connection with a familiar coastal site. I am interested in exploring the ways in which different lens-based media can facilitate a reciprocal exchange between the ... -
Ecology and ontogeny of the cranchiid squid Teuthowenia pellucida in New Zealand waters
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Teuthowenia pellucida, a species of glass squid, is a cosmopolitan southern sub-tropical species, and is abundantly represented in local New Zealand collections. However, due to the depth at which adult specimens live, ... -
The Ecophysiology of the New Zealand Mangrove, Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. subsp. australasica (Walp.) J. Everett
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The availability of water is an important environmental factor determining plant growth, survival, and distribution globally. From a physiological viewpoint, non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) are necessary for plants to ... -
Ecosophies: Field/Mesh/Transversality
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Ecosophies: Field/Mesh/Transversality is a practice-led design research project undertaken for a Master of Art & Design in the field of Spatial Design. The project explores the ontology of ecology through philosophical ... -
Ecotourism in New Zealand: A Catalyst for Sustainable Development
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Since the 1980s, when ecotourism had emerged, a paradigm shift has occurred from mass tourism towards ecotourism. This shift indicates an increase in travellers’ decision making based on environmental awareness and an ... -
The Edge of Blood
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The Edge of Blood is a full length creative work set within the neo-noir genre. It follows four professional assassins as they are blackmailed by a ruthless criminal Boss on a job to take down his lifetime ally who has ...