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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High-involvement Work Processes, Trust, and Employee Engagement: The Mediating Role of Perceptions of Organisational Justice and Politics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)A still growing body of empirical research has demonstrated that high-involvement work processes (HIWPs) have positive relationships with various measures of organisational effectives. However, critical scholars maintain ... -
Vulnerability Prediction and Risk Assessment of the Xen Hypervisor
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The thesis presents a vulnerability prediction and risk assessment process of the Xen hypervisor. The process predicts the number of unknown Xen vulnerabilities that may appear in the future. It also determines the risk ... -
The Incidence of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Training and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Responsiveness Following Individualised and Standardised Exercise Prescription
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)There is individual variability following cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) training leading to the terminology of CRF ‘responders’ and ‘non-responders,’ yet the underlying cause of the variability is not well understood. ... -
The Mood of the Fifth: Exploring Interbeing with(in) the Refrain
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In this study, I present five pieces I composed which explore Rudolf Steiner’s indications on music for young children. I assess the potential of Steiner’s comments on the suitability of the interval of the fifth to guide ... -
Towards Sustainability-as-flourishing: The Role Social Entrepreneurs’ Metacognition Plays in Shaping Transformational Change
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis investigates some human-centred factors involved in socioeconomic change towards sustainability-as-flourishing. In particular, it qualitatively examines the role social entrepreneurs’ metacognition – awareness ... -
Compressed Sensing Techniques for EEG Signals
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) along with the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) have inspired telemedicine, which features a novel method in delivering the healthcare ... -
Associations Between Environmental Attributes and Children’s Active Travel to School
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Active travel (e.g., walking, cycling, or other non-motorised modes to destinations) is a convenient and regular form of promoting physical activity and health, and supports environmental sustainability through reducing ... -
Effect of Nutrients and Salinity on Growth of Temperate Mangroves (Avicennia marina var australasica) in Northern New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Estuarine environmental conditions in New Zealand have changed greatly due to human catchment activity (e.g., deforestation, intensive agricultural activity, and urbanisation). These factors have led to additional accretion ... -
Assessment of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Alginate-polyacrylamide Hydrogel Matrix Composites As Minimally Invasive Cartilage Implants
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The advent of orthopaedic prostheses and their widespread applications have helped millions of patients worldwide to be relieved from pain and gain their mobility. However, they are still not suitable for young or middle-aged ... -
Neighbourhoods for Healthy Kids: A Child-centred Investigation Into the Role of the Built Environment on Child Body Size
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)A summary for this thesis is in the form of a short, fun, online video. To view please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXXlVeEQ_IE Or put “Neighbouhoods for healthy kids” into the search box on YouTube. ... -
Automated Knowledge Enrichment for Semantic Web Data
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The Semantic Web is an effort to interchange unstructured data over the Web into a structured format that is processable not only by human beings but also computers. The Semantic Web creates a distributed framework to ... -
Aspects of Trees (2018)
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Development of Spiking Neural Network Methods for Spatio-temporal Brain Data Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis proposes methods employing an evolving Spiking Neural Network (SNN) architecture for the analysis of spatio-temporal neuroimaging data. Multivariate Spatio-Temporal Brain Data (STBD) is intrinsically complex ... -
The Effect of Scan Speed on Lack of Fusion Formation During Electron Beam Melting of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy and Crack Growth Behaviour of the Alloy Under Impact and Fatigue Loading
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Electron beam melting (EBM) is a powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing process suitable for fabricating metallic parts with a high degree of shape complexity, opening EBM’s application potential with the Ti-6Al-4V alloy ... -
How Then to Act? A Performance As Research Investigation Into the Potentials of Expanding an Actor's Agency
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis investigates how to act in a type of theatre that honours the traditions of psychological realism and heightened Shakespearian acting and also accommodates the incorporation of a multiplicity of mediatised ... -
Romanticising Market Exchange: Unpacking Cultural Meanings of Value in Home-sharing Markets
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The so-called sharing economy has disrupted the way people exchange, create, produce or transfer value. Digitally-enabled, this economy makes it easier for consumers to rent, share, barter and lend private resources to ... -
The Process of Immersive Photography: Beyond the Cognitive and the Physical
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis constitutes a practice-led, artistic research project that asks: What are the issues that must be addressed when photographing land, such that one might express an immersive, embodied, spiritually-attuned ... -
The Potential of Mobile-based and Pattern-oriented Concordancing for Assisting Upper-intermediate ESL Students in Their Academic Writing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This research was an attempt to investigate whether (and how) mobile technology and a pattern-based concordancing method, Patterns in Context (PIC), could enhance ESL students’ positive experience and uptake of DDL ... -
Towards Greater Understanding of the Role of Eating and Moving Behaviours in Wellbeing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)New Zealand’s public health system is primarily deficit-based; that is, the focus is mainly on disease prevention and treatment. Increasing levels of morbidity (time spent in poor health) and the failure of the current ...