• Women's Experiences of Looking and Being Looked At 

  Green, Emma (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  This thesis seeks to better understand women’s lived experiences of looking and being looked at. Unstructured interviews with 14 women were used to gather data. A hermeneutic-phenomenological methodology provided the ...

• The Meaning of the Woman–midwife Relationship in Japan: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study 

  Doering, Keiko (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Japan are consistently among the lowest in the world. Nevertheless, many Japanese women suffer from anxiety and depression, and commit suicide during pregnancy and postpartum periods. ...

• Interpretable Deep Learning Architectures for Mortality Prediction Inside the Intensive Care Unit 

  Caicedo, William (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  To improve the performance of Intensive Care Units (ICUs), the field of bio-statistics has developed scores which try to predict the likelihood of negative outcomes. These help evaluate the effectiveness of treatments and ...

• Impact of the Revenue Reform on the Vulnerable Communities in Tonga 

  Fakahau, Tony (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The Kingdom of Tonga is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the South Pacific with a population of 100,745. Tonga is a constitutional monarchy and has never been colonised. Tonga's local economy relies on subsistence ...

• Exploring Predictors of Positive Transition: A Study of Wellbeing in Intermediate and Secondary Schools 

  Bharara, Gazal (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The transition from intermediate to secondary school is a defining period for many adolescents. This phase of life requires adolescents to adapt to an unfamiliar environment at the same time as dealing with the challenges ...

• Smart Management of Electric Vehicles Charging in Distribution Networks 

  Su, Jun (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  For more than a decade, global transportation and power industries have played a revolutionary role in considering alternative and sustainable solutions for internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) to reduce oil dependency ...

• The Impact of Using Partnerships to Achieve Sustainability on Firm Performance: A Series of Event Studies 

  Srivastava, Hari Shanker (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  To improve overall supply chain sustainability, firms initiate economic, environmental, and social activities. Firms often partner with other organisations to access the knowledge, skills and other resources they need. ...

• Psychological Ownership in Online Brand Communities: Scale Development and Validation 

  Zhang, Rong Mei (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  “Mine is a small word…. It is deceptive in its power and importance…. It controls our behaviour, but we rarely notice, as we move about our world restricting ourselves to narrow walkways and to those places for which we ...

• A Component Based Knowledge Transfer Model for Deep Neural Networks 

  Sremath Tirumala, Sreenivas (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  This thesis explores the idea that features extracted from deep neural networks (DNNs) through layered weight analysis are knowledge components and are transferable. Among the components extracted from the various layers, ...

• Understanding Which Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Variables Are Important in Improving Discus, Shot Put and Hammer Throwing Performance 

  Schofield, Michael (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Athletics has been a prominent feature in the Olympic programme for decades, within which rotational throwing events, discus, shot put, and hammer, comprise three of the four throwing events. Given the competitive nature ...

• The Effect of Wind on Multiple, Short, Natural-draft Dry Cooling Towers 

  Khamooshi, Mehrdad (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The deployment of concentrating solar thermal (CST) power plants in arid areas necessitates the use of dry cooling systems to reject heat from the condenser. Previous research has shown that the capacity of short natural ...

• Integration of the Functional Properties of Coconut Water Kefir Into Sourdough Bread 

  Limbad, Mansi Jayantikumar (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Sourdough technology is an ancient technology that has been widely described and utilized due to its ability to improve the nutritional quality, texture, sensory properties, flavour and volatile compound composition, and ...

• How Albot1 Computes Its Enduring Maps and Finds Its Way Home 

  Pang, Wenwang (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  This thesis continues the experimentation with Albot1, the second in the series of Albots, in search for a theory of cognitive mapping. Albots are robots created in the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) ...

• Axillary Traction: An Effective Method of Resolving Shoulder Dystocia 

  Ansell, Lesley (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Shoulder dystocia is a childbirth emergency which can result in significant neonatal morbidity and in some cases perinatal death. It is crucial therefore that management of shoulder dystocia is timely and efficient to ...

• Maximum Optimal Asset Utilization in Overhead Transmission and Low Voltage Distribution Networks 

  Talpur, Saifal (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The growing trend towards renewable energy and e-mobility is behind the congestion in the overhead transmission and low voltage distribution networks. An effective approach towards minimizing the congestion in both networks ...

• Multi Day Fatigue Computation using Artificial Intelligence and a Single Sensor in an Uncontrolled Environment 

  Russell, Brian (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Multi-day field events such as adventure races in the mountains and military missions require executive decision making, resilience, endurance and physical performance. Cognitive fatigue and physical fatigue are significant ...

• Performing DIY Museums in Murihiku: Decentralising the Museum 

  McCully, Kathryn (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  DIY Museums explore a decentralised museum model, that regards the city and region as the site for responsive, intermittent acts of museum-making performed by and through the community. Part physical, portable and virtual, ...

• Towards Well-being: What Are the Effects of the Sensory Garden on ‘Apparently Well’ People and Could It Be a Viable Self-help Tool for Staff and Students on Campus? 

  Souter-Brown, Gayle (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  In New Zealand, chronic stress impacts staff and student well-being, productivity, relationships and behaviour. Stress recovery and attention restoration theories assert a need for nature connection. Internationally, many ...

• On the Way to Transformation: Identity Transition During a Holistic Wellness Retreat Experience 

  Lyulicheva, Margarita (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The global trend towards healthy lifestyles presents opportunities for the tourism industry. An increasing number of consumers display interest in holistic self-care and engagement in activities that facilitate self-exploration. ...

• Exploring Employee Creativity Behaviours at Work: The Impact of Psychological, Organisational and Work Factors 

  Ghafoor, Azka (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  Creativity is the crucial element for organisations to grow, survive and compete. Throughout decades, extensive research has disclosed many favourable and unfavourable predictors of creativity that can help managers and ...

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