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Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Te Ao Maori: Maori Nurses' Perspectives on Assisted Dying and the Te Ao Maori Cultural Considerations Required to Guide Nursing Practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The ultimate purpose of this thesis and its research is to contribute to and participate in the end-of-life care discussion in Aotearoa New Zealand and to validate Māori nursing as an authentic research community with its ... -
Fun in Youth Rugby: A Mixed-Methods Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Research has identified fun as the central reason youth participate in sport and lack of fun as the primary reason they drop out (Crane & Temple, 2015; Visek et al., 2015). The role of fun in youth sport has gained growing ... -
Stress Incident Record (SIR): Exploring Work-related Stress in New Zealand-based Early Childhood Education Teachers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)With the rise of international literature on stress and wellbeing, there is a need to explore stress-related experiences specifically in our ECE sectors in New Zealand. For the purpose of this study, ‘early childhood ... -
Conscious Disruption: Actioning the Capacity of Aroha for Positive Change Through Evaluative Leadership
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Evaluation – the systematic determination of quality, value and importance - is a political exercise – recognising power relationships, decision making, the distribution of power and resource, and who and who is not involved. ... -
Testing of SD-WAN Vendors APIs For Service Providers Integration
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Wide area network (WAN) is on the verge of another technology transformation where most of the WAN service providers are either adopting Software defined WAN (SD-WAN) or are planning to adopt it. SD-WAN integration with ... -
5G Multi-Tier Handover with Multi-Access Edge Computing: A Deep Learning Approach
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The research presented in this thesis discusses the potential enhancement of 5G multi-tier handover. This proposal will utilise two of 5G’s enabling technologies, multi-access edge computing (MEC) and machine learning (ML). ... -
Endurance of the Hamstring Muscles 9–12 Months After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with a Hamstring Graft
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Objective To assess whether anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with a hamstring graft leads to reduced hamstring endurance 9–12 months post-surgery, to investigate the relationship between hamstring endurance ... -
Colorizing Grayscale CT Images of Human Lung Using Deep Learning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The COVID-19 epidemic has broken out globally and will influence human healthy history perpetually. We notice that Computed Tomography (CT) images are grayscale ones from the point of view of digital signal visualization. ... -
Tūpuna Kori Tinana: An Ancestral Māori Approach to Physical Activity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)“Taku uaua ko te Rangi e tū nei, Taku uaua ko Papa e takoto nei, Whiri kaha, toro kaha te uaua” (My sinew is like the sky above, My sinew is like the earth below, Let my sinews gather strength and exert strength.) The ... -
The Role of Honeybee Pollination in Native New Zealand Plants
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Honeybees (Apis mellifera) fill a keystone role in the pollination of many plant species. Studies have found that honeybees visit native New Zealand plants, however, with exception to Metrosideros excelsa, little data on ... -
Determination and Comparison of Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Fucoidan Extracted from Three Species of Seaweed
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Due to the high percentage of people suffering in a sub-healthy state in the world, bioactive compounds extracted from natural products have been largely developed into healthy products and released in the market, especially ... -
Wearable Biopotential Technologies: An Exploration of Textile Based Biopotential Sensing Electrodes for an ECG Wearable Device
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Technology for the long-term monitoring of heart conditions in moving everyday environments has yet to be developed to a clinical standard for consumer users. This leaves a large gap in the ability to effectively diagnose ... -
The Impact of AI-Enabled Checkouts on Shoppers’ Attitudes and Purchase Intent in Saudi Arabia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Checkout technology enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) is a new innovation in the rapidly changing retail sector. The first example of this technology was recently launched by Amazon. This research was conducted in ... -
The Readability of Australian Superannuation Disclosures
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Australian superannuation funds are required to produce annual reports providing key information to investors as part of a regime of ongoing disclosure. Each year, the annual report provides context around the financial ... -
Planting Lilac, An Investigation of Flower Gardens and Object-based Installation as Metaphors of One Another
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This research explores gardening and object-based installation as ‘likeminded’ systems that could be understood as metaphoric of one another in their consideration of colour, texture, and aesthetic arrangements of things ... -
The Role of Professionality of Employee Uniform in Creating Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in Restaurant Context
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)As a loyal customer can be the brand ambassador of an organisation, service organisations strive to enhance customer loyalty. Customer loyalty in the hospitality context does not only depend on service quality and food ... -
The Metabolic Effects of Limb Loaded Wearable Resistance at Varying Loads and Placements While Walking at a Moderate Intensity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Obesity and cardio metabolic disease have become prevalent in New Zealand. It is clear that New Zealand is now dealing with a public health crisis that has never before been experienced. Diet and exercise habits are key ... -
Liliath
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)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: Synopsis Liliath and Coralia are the closest ... -
A Cross-cultural Study of Serbian and English Native Speakers’ Non-verbal Actions and Identity During a Videoconferencing Task in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This thesis examines the non-verbal actions and the production of identity of Serbian and English native speakers during a videoconferencing task in New Zealand. This cross-cultural study examines the modes of facial ... -
Development of a Cardiovascular Simulator Incorporating a Phantom Simulation of the Arterial System
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)A mock circulatory loop was constructed to test a new blood pressure device under development. The loop was intended to replicate a range of cardiac conditions with the implementation of an artificial arterial tree. An ...