• Effect of Theora lubrica on the Response of Coastal Soft Sediment Nitrogen Cycling to Ocean Acidification 

  Wakefield, Samuel Peter (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  Ocean acidification could influence nitrogen cycling in coastal soft sediments, which are moderated by bioturbating macrofauna. The functioning of coastal ecosystems has a strong connection with nitrogen fluxes that occur ...

• A Real Alternative? – How Alternative News Media Coverage Compares to the Mainstream in New Zealand 

  Acton, Jay (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  The public receives most of its information about important national and international events through the news media. Since the advent of the internet, mainstream news media has experienced a decline in its audience as the ...

• All Roads 

  Singh, Sondiyp (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6000-word exegesis. A summary of the script is as follows: 7 years after a life-changing festival, five old ...

• Investigation of Differences in Phasic Patterns During a Multicyclic Fatiguing Task 

  Jaralla, Alaa (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This research examined the phasic differences of the lower extremities for a repetitive lifting task using two relative phase techniques, Discrete Relative Phase and Continuous Relative Phase. Both were calculated using ...

• Simon Says 

  Hill, Toby (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: Simon Hall is a man without doubts. He is ...

• What Are the Early Sport and Play Experiences of Elite New Zealand Hockey Players From Rural and Regional Communities? 

  Newport, Robert (Bobby) John (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  The topic of athlete development attracts strong interest within high performance sport both globally and within New Zealand. A range of athlete development models exist and there are a number of contributing factors to ...

• Through the Nether: A Critical Examination of Minecraft as a Social Construct 

  Matthews, Benjamin Patrick (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  Minecraft has become one of the defining video games of the 2010s, selling over 144 million copies, and receiving critical acclaim, with reviewers praising Minecraft’s open-world sandbox gameplay. This thesis is concerned ...

• Gone Mermaid 

  Yan, Chengye (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6000-word essay (exegesis). The script is framed by an Exegesis which is a 6000-word essay on the subject of: (a) ...

• Global Production Network of Secondhand Clothes From New Zealand to Papua New Guinea 

  Hernandez-Curry, Maria (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  It is not general public knowledge that each year, thousands of tonnes of secondhand clothing donated by New Zealand households is exported to Papua New Guinea. After donation by households, secondhand clothing is collected, ...

• Confabulations: Estranged Memories | Unfolding Home 

  Liu, Frank (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This research considers the domestic as a site for confabulation, estrangement and deceit. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s [1785-1863] fairy tale ‘Hansel and Gretel’ offers the home as an affective space that is not only charged ...

• ICENI 

  Cooper, Jillian (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This thesis consists of practice–led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6,000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows: It is AD 61 and Rome rules the tribes of ...

• Violence Against Women in Papua New Guinea: The Representation of Women in Anti-violence Campaigns 

  Mago-King, Pauline Matalau Joan (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This study examines the representation of violence against women and gender-based violence campaigns in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It explores the contexts surrounding engendered violence and strives to establish the efficacy ...

• How the Surface Morphology of Electron Beam Melted Additive Manufactured Grade 5 Titanium Affects Adhesive Bonding Shear Strength 

  Schmidt, Kurt Taonui Antony (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  Electron Beam Melting (EBM) is a powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) process, capable of easily manufacturing complex shapes out of strong materials, such as Grade 5 titanium. One way to utilise this process ...

• Return-to-Work Expectations and Workplace Supports in New Zealand: Injured Workers' Perspectives 

  Christopherson, Rory (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  Background. Work disability owing to musculoskeletal injury constitutes an extensive and expanding health problem globally. The vast majority of costs attributed to work disability are currently associated with long-term ...

• The AMICA (AugMentative Interactive Cooking Assistant) Project. Re-Thinking the Cooking Experience: Incorporation and Collaboration as Key Drivers for a Speculative, Feasible Design Scenario 

  Salamini, John (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  In our future globalized world, ‘people’s knowledge’ will tend to be replaced by ‘intelligent machines’. Cooking is considered to be one of the valuable skills involving “knowledge of everyday life” that is losing its ...

• La Grand Fromage 

  Nicholls, Christopher (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus a 6000-word essay (exegesis). The script is framed by an Exegesis which is a 6000-word essay on the subject ...

• Modulatory Effects of Vitamin B12 on Doxorubicin Accumulation and Sensitivity in Human HepG2 Cells 

  Kim, Jae Heon (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  The most complex naturally occurring molecule, vitamin B12 or cobalamin (Cbl), is promising in the treatment of various cancers. Previous research has shown that cobalamin is involved in the downregulation of multi-drug ...

• Expressive, Digital Storytelling - Utilizing Non-anthropomorphic Attributes 

  Singh, Gurpreet (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  Cinema, Film and Visual Effects; the art of illusions. Technology has drastically improved over the years, providing us with more computer power and effective methods of portraying realistic visual effects. Photorealism ...

• Student Voices: The Influence of the University Campus Environment on Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Habits 

  Natasha, Nehal (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  This study investigated the experience of Auckland University of Technology (AUT)’s students in terms of the campus environment and how it affected their physical activity, eating and sedentary behaviours. The research ...

• Development of a Machine Vision System to Localise a Zinc Die Cast Product 

  Butters, Luke Rhodes (Auckland University of Technology, 2019)

  The thesis presents a system to automate a manual/repeatable process in an Auckland, New Zealand manufacturing facility using predominantly machine vision techniques. An overview of the research \cite{BUT2019} has been ...

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