Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Understanding the transition process in a public-private partnership outsourcing context: An information systems case study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The contemporary provision of software-centric information systems follows two main operating models: outsourcing and insourcing. Outsourcing involves the contracting of services to external vendors whereas insourcing ... -
Understanding Upper Airway Dynamic Characteristics in OSA Patients Under Invasive and Non-invasive Treatment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common upper airway (UA) respiratory sleep disorder, is considered one of the most threatening diseases to quality of life worldwide. OSA occurs due to obstruction in the UA region, and is ... -
Understanding Warming Effects on Vegetation Through Geothermal Hotspots: A Case Study of the Wairakei-Tauhara Geothermal Field, Taupo, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Understanding and predicting warming effects on vegetation is a key challenge of the 21st century. To date, warming experiments have been limited to isolated laboratory studies, which have been criticised as too small-scale ... -
Understanding Which Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Variables Are Important in Improving Discus, Shot Put and Hammer Throwing Performance
(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 ... -
Understandings and experiences of embryo donation in New Zealand - a discursive analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Embryo donation (ED) is the donation by a couple who have surplus embryos following in vitro fertilisation to another infertile couple or person. The aim of this research was to address the paucity of knowledge on how ED ... -
Unilateral conversations: the role of marked sentence initial elements in skilled senior secondary academic writing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This research is a practical attempt to develop academic writing pedagogy at secondary level in New Zealand because from interviews with teachers, personal experience and literature in the professional journal for teachers ... -
The university as an agent of social change: the Chilean experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This thesis examines educational outcomes in Chile to determine whether or not universities act as agents of social change or whether they merely reinforce existing inequalities in society. In order to address this issue, ... -
Upholding the Dangal (Dignity) of Biracial (Haphap) Children in Angeles City, Philippines
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)There is some literature on the situation of Filipino children relative to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in the Philippines. However, there is a scarcity of research ... -
The use of a Wiki to promote online collaborative learning at a Thai university
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This thesis reports on the collaborative learning processes of students at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand engaged in a group English-writing project on selected topics in intercultural communication using Web 2.0 ... -
The use of activity theory to explain the complexities surrounding the use of ICT in overcrowded university classrooms: the case of Nigeria
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Higher education in the past decades has no doubt increased in value. Its appreciation as a source of economic growth and development has caused an enormous expansion in the number of applications for its products and ... -
The Use of Video to Detect and Measure Pollen on Bees Entering a Hive
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This research will measure the pollen being brought into the beehive in the bees' pollen sacs. It will process 2-D video which is obtained from in front of the entrance to the beehive and automatically count the number of ... -
Use of yeast species as the biocomponent for priority environmental contaminants biosensor devices
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)Along with an increasing understanding of the harmful effects on the environment of a wide range of pollutants has come the need for more sensitive, faster and less expensive detection methods of identification and ... -
User interface guidelines for Tablet PC Arabic educational applications
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This research was motivated by a strong demand to improve user interfaces (UIs) for the Arabic language. Educational applications and tablet PCs were focused on, and the designers and developers of Arabic UIs were targeted. We ... -
User participation in the evaluation of the quality of knowledge in professional online communities: a motivational process
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)In a digital society, professionals increasingly seek knowledge from online communities to resolve problems that they encounter in the workplace. Despite the potential benefits to professionals and related community, there ... -
Using a boat instrumentation system to measure and improve elite on-water sculling performance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Sculling performance is largely determined by the magnitude and timing of blade force application, i.e. the size and shape of the sculler’s force profile. Discovering specific force profile characteristics that relate ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Using the Repetitions in Reserve-based Rating of Perceived Exertion Scale to Autoregulate Powerlifting Training
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Autoregulation is a training approach where adjustments are made based on the recovery, performance and readiness of the individual. By providing greater individualisation, autoregulation may optimise muscular adaptations. ... -
Utilisation of Waste Heat Energy from an Internal Combustion Engine for Tri-generation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis presents an investigation of the utilisation of waste heat energy from an internal combustion engine for tri-generation. In articulating this, a preliminary experimental investigation was performed which involved ... -
Veitalatala: Mātanga ‘o e Talanoa
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This study is concerned with representation. It considers the nature of a culturally located, discursive form called veitalatala and its creative translation into designed artifacts that consider the lyrical and graceful ...