Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Vibration Characteristics of Stepped Thickness Circular Cylindrical Piezoelectric Shells for Ultrasound Amplifications
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This research investigates the vibration characteristics of stepped-thickness cylindrical shells with a specific application to ultrasound power amplifications for water particle disintegration. One of the main purposes ... -
Vibration of branched circular cylindrical shells as applied to airway walls
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This research focuses on investigating the vibration characteristics of branched circular cylindrical shells with applications to airway passages. Analytical modelling is carried out based on Donnell-Mushtari equations of ... -
Vietnamese University EFL teachers' code-switching in classroom instruction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)This study examines the under-explored phenomenon of code-switching practised by EFL teachers in classroom instruction in a Vietnamese setting. Among the foreign languages taught and learned in Vietnamese universities, ... -
Vigorous intensity physical activity and the metabolic health of adolescents
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Despite efforts to improve adolescent physical activity participation and adherence, as many as 80% of youth fail to achieve the recommended 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) per day. ... -
Volatility and Return Spillovers in International Financial Markets
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Globalization of financial markets has led to stronger relations among different markets and asset classes. As a result, information across financial markets is transmitted almost instantaneously with potential implications ... -
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 ... -
Walking for wellbeing after stroke: Building a treatment theory to improve real-world walking
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This thesis explored ways to enable people with stroke to walk more in the real-world. The starting point for this work was the lack of sustained change in real-world walking following clinic-based interventions after ... -
Wavelet based OFDM with V-BLAST Virtual MIMO for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are finding their place in many real life applications because low power and small-size sensor nodes can be inexpensively and easily deployed in the areas of interest for different applications. ... -
A Way to Understand Interpreters Working With Refugees in New Zealand. Exploring the Meaning of Doing Interpreting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This study seeks to understand the ‘lived’ experience of interpreters and clinicians working with clients who are refugees. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method, informed by Heidegger [1889-1976] and Gadamer ... -
Weight Estimation without Waiting: Design, Development and Testing of a Mobile Application to Measure the Length and Estimate the Weight of New Zealand Children for Advanced Paediatric Resuscitation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Background Weight estimation is critical in paediatric resuscitation as the time taken to weigh a child could directly influence their survival and quality of life. Unfortunately, the weight estimation techniques used in ... -
Wellbeing Across Occupations and in the Emergency Services: a Mixed Methods Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Background: Evidence indicates that emergency service work can compromise first responders’ and their families’ wellbeing. Traditionally, first responder wellbeing has been organisationally supported from a deficit perspective ... -
Whakaaro Papa: Anthropos Design and Decolonising Metaphysics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Seemingly each week, or even every day, headlines draw attention to the incremental yet radical changes occurring as a result of cultural practices that bear witness to the Anthropocene, as a time in which human activity ... -
Whakapiri tātou, hei manaaki tangata, hei manaaki whenua. Effective governance for urban sustainability
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This thesis examines the role of local government elected members to progress urban sustainability, and the views of Māori leaders’ on governance and sustainability. It is set within a wider context of local government ... -
Whakawātea Te Huarahi Whāia Te Mātauranga: Legitimising Space for Meaningful Academic Careers for Māori in Business Schools
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Māori are currently underrepresented as academic staff in universities, but consistently defined as a national strategic priority for academic staff recruitment in New Zealand tertiary education strategy (Hall, 2014; Kidman, ... -
What Are the Elements of Work Readiness of New Graduate Nurses in the New Zealand Context? A Professional Consensus
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Background: Preparation for practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) is an age-old concern, and the tension between nursing education and practice has been well described. There is increasing interest in work readiness of new ... -
What Children are Eating and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an insidious, intergenerational disease. Although T2DM presents most often in adults, it is starting to present in childhood. In New Zealand (NZ), the overall prevalence of diagnosed T2DM ... -
What Enables Safeguards and Sustains Midwives Who Provide Labour Care in Primary Units in Aotearoa - New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Primary maternity units hold an important place in contemporary Aotearoa-New Zealand and other high-income countries. Despite research evidence revealing that low-risk women have a greater chance of normal birth with fewer ... -
What Is Mental Toughness and How Does It Work?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Withstanding inevitable periods of stress and strain is a vital component of human survival. On this basis, fostering invulnerabilities through the study and promotion of individual protective factors needs to be a fundamental ... -
What is shaping the practice of health professionals and the understanding of the public in relation to increasing intervention in childbirth?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)The increasing rates of intervention in childbirth are an issue for women, their families, health professionals, and society across much of the Western World. This study is a response to these increasing rates of intervention, ...