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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Using Stereo Vision and Transfer Learning to Identify Potholes on the Road
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Identification of dangerous road distress on road surfaces is essential to many applications such as improved driving comfort, safety, the country’s economy and better traffic efficiency. For these reasons, research around ... -
Species Recognition for Pest-control for Cats and Possums
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In New Zealand all land mammals (except bats) were introduced through human migration. These animals mostly came to the country as pets, or were introduced for economic reasons. Currently there is a huge problem with these ... -
Emerging Identity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the influences on the construction of my identity over a period of time, through reflecting on experiences within a variety of contexts. This ‘inward’ journey can be likened ... -
Forensic Readiness for Wireless Medical Systems: Designing for User Safety
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The focus of this research is on the risks associated with wireless medical systems (WMedSys) and devices in the healthcare environment. The deployment of wireless communications in medical healthcare environments has ... -
Real-time and Dynamic Planning and Scheduling Under Disruption Using Multi-hybrid Simulation and Optimisation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Planning and scheduling are the principal components of construction contract execution. Distinct studies have developed a wide range of tools and technologies for solving construction planning and scheduling problems. The ... -
It’s Always With You: The Experience of Being a 1970s Hospital Trained General Nursing Student
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This qualitative study articulates the meaning of being a general student nurse, trained within the 1970s apprenticeship system in New Zealand. It informs the present understandings of self, forty years hence . ... -
The Impact of High Pressure Processing and Pulsed Electric Field Processing on Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Lamb Meat
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)To better understand attitude of Chinese consumers towards lamb meat, perception and purchasing behavior of Chinese consumers for red meat were investigated. Chinese consumers placed importance on nutritional and health ... -
How Are Post-birth Reflective Conversations Experienced by Those Involved?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This hermeneutic phenomenological study seeks to uncover the lived experiences of post-birth reflective conversations as experienced by midwives and women. Fourteen Lead Maternity Care (LMC) midwives along with twenty women ... -
Marketing Specialist Knowledge and Its Influence
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Calls to further understand the marketing department’s role and influence (e.g., Dibb, Simões, & Wensley, 2014; Homburg, Vomberg, Enke, & Grimm, 2014; Marketing Science Institute, 2018), prompted this research to examine ... -
Using Movement Intention EEG in Rehabilitation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Stroke causes brain injury and is a major cause of long term disability in New Zealand and across the world. Scientific evidence shows that our nervous system is plastic and adapts itself to this injury in order to recover ... -
Tōia Mai: Speculating Art and Reality at the Hyphen in Aotearoa-New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This practice-led creative research is located at the intercultural hyphen space (Fine, 1994) between Māori and Pākeha in Aotearoa-New Zealand. It attempts to explore some potential parallels and synergies between the ... -
Trace Metal Dynamics in Mangrove Sediments Within Temperate Estuaries
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Mangrove sediments have a high capacity to retain organic matter because of the low mineralization processes induced by the waterlogged conditions around them. The accumulation of organic matter and deposition of fine ... -
Chemical and Biological Characterization of Air Particulate Matter in Japan, New Zealand and Rwanda As Case Studies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Particulate matter in the air is recognized as the largest environmental cause of premature human mortality worldwide. Their health risk arises largely from carcinogenic chemical components (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ... -
In Vlogs We Trust: Consumer Trust in Blog and Vlog Content
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In the digital age we live in, consumers seek out product information from their online peers via electronic word-of-mouth information platforms such as blogs and vlogs. Vlogs (i.e. video blogs) are typically hosted on ... -
Investigating the Stress-and-coping Model of Self-forgiveness, Self-compassion, Affect and Psychological Health
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Background Historically many authors have written about the restorative influence that self-compassion and affect can have upon the process of self-forgiveness in promoting psychological health (e.g. Dalai Lama, & Chan, ... -
3D Localization Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Location information is crucial for the correct interpretation of data collected through wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The de facto system for wireless localization, Global Positioning System (GPS) does not work properly ... -
Paradoxical Realities: A Creative Consideration of Realismo Maravilhoso in an Interactive Digital Narrative
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This artistic, practice-led thesis is concerned with the potentials of polyvocality and interactive digital narrative. The practical project, Saints of Paradox, is formatted as a printed picture book that can be expanded ... -
Investigation into the Mechanism of UV Transmission to Follicular Stem Cells and Implications for Melanoma Development
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Children are particularly vulnerable to sun exposure; excessive sun exposure during their childhood can result in increased melanoma incidence in later life. It is hypothesized that the reasons for the vulnerability of ... -
Antecedents of Green Advertisement Credibility
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Previous research in advertising reveals that consumers use a set of existing knowledge, including persuasion knowledge, topic knowledge, and agent knowledge, to form evaluations and responses to advertising messages (i.e., ... -
Mathematical Analysis of the Chaotic Behavior in Monetary Policy Games
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis discusses the concept of chaos in monetary policy games. The mathematical framework developed in this thesis addresses two important problems in monetary theory, namely, the time-inconsistency and the complexity ...