Browsing Doctoral Theses by Date
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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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Financial Innovation in Derivatives: Understanding the Use and Properties of Volatility and Dairy Derivatives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Derivative products are undoubtedly among the most important financial innovations in modern history. Since the beginning of the 1970s, derivative markets have seen an expansion in the variety and complexity of products. ... -
The Samoan Diaspora Church in New Zealand: Patterns of Movement and Dynamics Amongst Three Generations of Samoan Families
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This qualitative study explored the dynamics of movement in the Samoan diaspora church in New Zealand using a case study of three generations of Samoan families who began their journeys within the Pacific Island ... -
Predicting Recurrent Shoulder Instability After a First-time Traumatic Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The optimal management for a person following a first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocation (FTASD) is currently unknown. While some have advocated for immediate surgical intervention, others propose a period of ... -
Stretchable Strain Sensors Made of Multi-wall Carbon Nanotube-based Composite
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)With the advancement of the living standard worldwide, an increasing number of people pay more attention to their health. Consequently, the industry of wearable devices for health monitoring has been experiencing rapid ...