Doctoral Theses
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The Doctoral Theses collection contains digital copies of AUT doctoral theses deposited with the Library since 2004 and made available open access. All theses for doctorates awarded from 2007 onwards are required to be deposited in Tuwhera Open Theses unless subject to an embargo.
For theses submitted prior to 2007, open access was not mandatory, so only those theses for which the author has given consent are available in Tuwhera Open Theses. Where consent for open access has not been provided, the thesis is usually recorded in the AUT Library catalogue where the full text, if available, may be accessed with an AUT password. Other people should request an Interlibrary Loan through their library.
Theses are protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). The thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use:
- Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person.
- Authors control the copyright of their thesis. You will recognise the author’s right to be identified as the author of the thesis, and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate.
- You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the thesis.
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A Novel Approach for Cuff-less and Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Using Deep Learning Networks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Blood pressure (BP) is one of the most important and meaningful vital signs of the human body that can be assessed as a critical risk factor for severe health conditions, especially cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and ... -
Biomechanical Profiling and Physiological Responses to Eccentric Quasi-Isometric Loading
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Muscle structure and function are important to quality of life and physical performance. With eccentric and isometric resistance training established for improving muscle size and strength, eccentric quasi-isometric (EQI) ... -
An Exploration of Disrupted Food Practices in the Transitioning Consumptionscape of India
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Drawing from the literature on the influence of globalisation and economic liberalisation in India, which is central to the rise of consumer culture, this thesis contextualises food consumption for an emerging middle-class ... -
The Epidemiology and Spatial Trends of Tuberculosis in South Africa, 2005–2015: Evidence from the Electronic TB Register, the Civil Registration System, and Policy Guidelines
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) can be prevented through vaccination with the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, but it still poses a major global health problem. South Africa, with an estimated annual TB incidence of ... -
South East Asian Female Doctoral Students’ Sojourning Experience in New Zealand: A Process of Gaining by Losing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)International doctoral students make immense contributions to their host country’s universities. They bring with them economic benefits, boost universities’ ranking via research, create cultural diversity, and to a certain ... -
Developing Cybersecurity Capability Forensic Risk Modelling for the Internet of Things
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The Internet of Things (IoT) has grown from a buzz word into a reality that touches everyone’s lives in different ways, from vehicle automation to air conditioning. In this research the question: “What factors improve Risk ... -
Confronting the Climate Crisis in New Zealand: News Representation and Problems of Political Action
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)In 2017, a series of events and publications affirmed that the world is no closer to averting a climate disaster and that the problems of global warming were becoming more entrenched. This reality leads one to ask: If ... -
Lifting the Veil: Integrated Reporting, Materiality Determination, and Stakeholder Inclusivity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Materiality is constructed within the critical accounting literature as a fractured and disputed concept and practice. Within this literature, materiality is simultaneously re-presented as a technical-rational and objective ... -
Deep Learning Methods for Human Behavior Recognition
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)With the decreased costs of security monitoring equipment such as cameras, video surveillance has been broadly applied to our communities and public places. However, at present most of the surveillance systems acquire ... -
A Generalised Model for Assessing the Large-scale Deployment of Residential Energy Management Systems
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Large-scale deployment of effective and suitable demand-side management technologies such as residential energy management systems can bring significant technical, social, and economic advantages for households, and ... -
Causes of Recruitment Limitation at Abrupt Alpine Treelines
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)At the abrupt ecotone between the upper limit of southern beech forests in New Zealand and adjacent subalpine vegetation, ecological processes such as competition/facilitation, and species’ tolerances to alpine conditions, ... -
Unfairness and Structural Injustice in a Middle School in Aotearoa
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This research commenced with an observation that unfairness/injustice encountered in a well-resourced school may be different from that experienced in a school challenged with behavioural concerns and academic underachievement. ... -
Injury Prevention in Futsal: An Observational Longitudinal Prospective Study to Assess the Influence of the Modified FIFA “11+” Injury Prevention Program
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Futsal, a five-a-side version of the association football, has experienced significant growth globally, as well as in New Zealand (NZ). Due to the growing population of futsal players, the issue of safety has become more ... -
“It’s almost like an ownership of my body”: Negotiating Identity and Marginalisation in the Lives of Bisexual and Other Plurisexual Women
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Bisexuality is becoming increasingly visible as the diversity of sexual identities is becoming more recognised in mainstream Anglo-Western societies. At the same time, rigid categorisations that views sexual identity as a ... -
Leadership Competencies of Hotel Frontline Managers and Their Effects on Subordinates: A Comparative Study of New Zealand and Vietnam
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)In the hospitality industry, high turnover has been a persistent issue. Some research has indicated that incompetent leadership is one of the major reasons and that general leadership theories may be inadequate in studying ... -
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study Into the Midwife-Woman Relationship
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Research shows that the midwife-woman relationship is important. Taking a hermeneutic phenomenological approach this study drew on the work of Heidegger and Gadamer to uncover understandings of the professional relationship ... -
Design of Reconfigurable Multiband Low Noise Amplifiers for Software Defined Radios
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The rapid proliferation of wireless communications necessitates software defined radios (SDRs). In an SDR receiver, a multiband LNA is the first active element, which should provide good impedance matching, adequate gain, ... -
Mahi Ngātahi: Culturally Responsive Ways of Working With Whānau Accessing Well Child/Tamariki Ora Services
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Well child/tamariki ora (WCTO) services in Aotearoa provide child and family health services to over 90 percent of families with children under five years of age. Feedback from Māori consumers across the health sector ... -
Load Disaggregation: Towards Energy Efficient Systems
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Electricity is one of the valuables and widely used forms of energy. However, with the fast-paced technological development in the electrical and electronics market, the electricity demand is on a constant rise. To tackle ... -
Rapid Heat Acclimation Strategies for Use in the Military
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Military units often deploy abroad to provide international aid for peacekeeping, disaster relief and conflict resolution. Therefore, military personnel are required to operate in environments different to that in which ...