Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Expressive, Digital Storytelling - Utilizing Non-anthropomorphic Attributes
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Stakeholder Collaboration in Sustainable Urban Tourism Development: The Case of Hue City, Vietnam
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In 2018 international tourism generated 1.4 billion international arrivals and grew at an annual rate of 6% from 2016 (UNWTO, 2019). Urban tourism has been at the centre of much of this growth because cities are not only ... -
HC:N:CP Hybrid Culture, Nonlinearity And Creative Practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The aim of this project is to integrate hybrid culture and nonlinearity into a dynamic artwork that is one multiplicity. This exegesis lays out the foundation of the project and has three sections: one section discusses ... -
The Physiological and Perceptual Responses of Lower Limb Loading in Cycling
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The use of sport-specific training is crucial to enhance performance in professional road cycling, where the competition between the top riders is incredibly close. To achieve specific physiological adaptations, training ... -
Thrombocytopenia in Healthy Term Infants: Incidence and Clinical Outcomes at Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is caused by the destruction of an infant’s platelets by maternal allo-antibodies developed in utero against paternally acquired antigens on the foetus’ platelets. It can be ... -
The Barriers and Facilitators to Deliver Oral Care for Older Adults in Hospital Settings
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Hospitalised older adults often experience deconditioning and frequently develop aspiration pneumonia. These form a potential vicious cycle that is connected by swallowing dysfunction (dysphagia) and sarcopenia during ... -
For Sale
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)My thesis is focused on child sex trafficking, including online child sex trafficking. The research is mostly based on American statistics, setting, and real life events/victims, with the inclusion of other cultures and ... -
Intimate Partner Violence: A Case Study of Samoan Male Perceptions of IPV in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an increasing concern in New Zealand for Samoan families. Data has shown that Pasefika people are overrepresented in both statistics for violent crimes and family violence (Ministry of ... -
Maintaining the Panjabi Language and Culture: Auckland’s Sikh Gurdwaras and the Home Domain
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)New Zealand is home to approximately twenty thousand Sikhs, a cultural community with its first arrival in 1890, which has grown significantly since 2001, particularly in the Auckland region. This Auckland case study ... -
Shadowlands: A Search for the Unseen
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Beneath the quotidian world is a parallel universe of dim and shapeshifting forms. They are easy to overlook, difficult to see, and mesmerising to behold — like black holes collapsing, pulling into themselves an infinity ... -
Shoe Print Identification From Images With Convolutional Neural Network
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Shoe print identification/classification technology is a great significance in crime scene investigation. Traditional shoe print identification and classification technology relied on the experience of investigators. More ... -
Does Dynamic Pricing Vary According to the Business Cycle?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Predicting and controlling the business cycle is considered being an end phenomenon of macroeconomic analysis and up to this point, the fundamental principles of firm pricing have been almost completely overlooked. Recent ... -
New Zealand Cellular Network Base Station Spatial Distribution Analysis by Using Alpha-stable Distribution Model
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Studying the distribution model of cellular network base station not only can optimize the user's wireless communications and Internet experience, but also reveal the patterns of the regional development and human demands ... -
An Assessment of Concentrating Solar Power for Egyptian Locations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Concentrating solar power (CSP) is a promising technology for generating efficient renewable solar energy in countries with high direct normal irradiance (DNI). Egypt, as one of those countries, can very effectively harness ... -
Feasibility Study of Integrating a 120MW Photovoltaic Power Plant into the Jamaica Power Grid
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Utility scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants are generally feasible in geographic areas exposed to greater than 3 kWh/m2/day of sun irradiance. Jamaica is suited to capitalize on this natural resource, with reported yield ... -
Brand Equity in Cause-related Marketing: How Does It Influence Consumer Decision-making? An Experiment in Cause-related Marketing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Cause-related marketing is a relatively new field that has attracted scholars and practitioners’ attention because of its uniqueness. It is a triple win approach that can benefit corporate firms, non-profit organisations ... -
Teaching Staff Awareness and Use of Infographic Technology in the School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Teachers are probably the most important factor in the educational process because of their role in organising students’ learning experiences. Future teachers require high levels of information, knowledge and skills to ... -
Deep Learning Based Object Recognition from RGB-D Images
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In the field of computer vision, image recognition has been developing for a long time. Text recognition, license plate recognition, etc. are already very mature technologies. In recent years, with the development of deep ...