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Problematising public sector performance: the benefits of a 'flesh and blood' approach
(Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA), 2013)Purpose – This paper introduces a novel theoretical approach to conceptualising performance in government departments, with wider applicability to other parts of government. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on ... -
Problematizing ‘Productive Citizenship’ Within Rehabilitation Services: Insights From Three Studies
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)Background: The idea that everyone should strive to be a ‘productive citizen’ is a dominant societal discourse. However, critiques highlight that common definitions of productive citizenship focus on forms of participation ... -
Procedural urban environments for FPS Games
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016)This paper presents a novel approach to procedural generation of urban maps for First Person Shooter (FPS) games. A multi-agent evolutionary system is employed to place streets, buildings and other items inside the Unity3D ... -
Process Evaluation of a Fundamental Movement Skill Intervention in School Children Using RE:AIM
(The University of Auckland, 2018)The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of the RE:AIM (Reach; Efficacy; Adoption; Implementation; Maintenance) framework to evaluate a school-based fundamental movement skills programme with children in Auckland, ... -
Processing and Extraction Methods of Medicinal Cannabis: A Narrative Review
(BioMed Central, 2021)INTRODUCTION: As the cannabis industry transitions from a black market to a legal market, product development, and methods of extraction have become a focal point. To date, more than thousands of chemical constituents have ... -
Procurement of non-incremental sustainable technology innovations - the case of small entrepreneurial firms supplying New Zealand construction & building industry
(New Zealand Built Environment Research Symposium (NZBERS), 2014)Motivation Traditionally, the construction industry in New Zealand and in other countries has seen a low productivity and a low track record for successful innovations (Fairweather, 2010). The industry also lags in ... -
Procurement selection model: development of a conceptual model based on transaction costs
(UTS ePRESS, 2014)Procurement is a major improvement area and a crucial element contributing to project success, and the selection of an optimal procurement system is an important and difficult step in project execution. The criteria for ... -
Producing Bollywood: sustainability and the impacts on Auckland’s cultural economy
(New Zealand India Research Institute (NZIRI), 2014)This paper examines the variety of ways producers, as entrepreneurs; create sustainable production networks within the local as well as connecting to global Indian communities. This ethnographic research demonstrates various ... -
Production Networks: Indian Cultural Production in Aotearoa, New Zealand
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Profiling Potential Medical Students and Exploring Determinants of Career Choice
(The Asia Pacific Scholar (TAPS), 2017)At this university, a Biomedical Common Year 1 occurs prior to admission to the medical programme. Students achieving a minimum GPA of 6.0 are eligible for consideration for an admissions interview. The aim of this research ... -
Profiling the Tackle and Its Injury Characteristics in Premier New Zealand Club Rugby Union Players Over a Complete Season
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)OBJECTIVES: RugbySmart is a safe tackle technique education programme. Our objective was to identify whether the RugbySmart-recommended safe tackle technique was exhibited by club rugby players and whether tackle-related ... -
"Programming in the large" and the need for professional discrimination
(ACM, 2001)A common goal in teaching capone project and software engieering type courses is to develop in students the capabilities required of a professional software developer. Unfortunately, their prior educational experiences in ... -
Progress in the development of a video-based wind farm simulation technique
(International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 1992)The progress in the development of a video-based wind farm simulation technique is reviewed. While improvements have been achieved in the quality of the composite picture created by combining computer generated animation ... -
Progress Report on a Proposed Theory for Software Development
(SciTePress, 2015)There is growing acknowledgement within the software engineering community that a theory of software development is needed to integrate the myriad methodologies that are currently popular, some of which are based on opposing ... -
Project Energize: Intervention Development and 10 Years of Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)Prevention of childhood obesity is a global priority. The school setting offers access to large numbers of children and the ability to provide supportive environments for quality physical activity and nutrition. This article ... -
Project Energize: Whole-region Primary School Nutrition and Physical Activity Programme; Evaluation of Body Size and Fitness 5 Years After the Randomised Controlled Trial
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)Project Energize, a region-wide whole-school nutrition and physical activity programme, commenced as a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in the period 2004-6 in 124 schools in Waikato, New Zealand. In 2007, sixty-two control ... -
Project management service delivery using competency analysis
(Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya, 2008)There are ongoing discussions on the competencies of construction professionals for project management service delivery in Nigeria. The current study therefore undertakes a competency analysis using related attributes of ... -
Promoting a promotional culture: a case study of the Junior Franklin County News
(Australian & New Zealand Communication Association Inc, 2015)Although the extraordinary level of commercial speech in New Zealand media is relatively commonly acknowledged (see, for instance, Bell, 1995, Campbell, 2000, Hope, 1996, Horrocks, 2004, Lealand, 2002, Thompson, 2003, ... -
Pronominal anaphora resolution using a shallow meaning representation of sentences
(Springer, 2004)This paper describes a knowledge-poor anaphora resolution approach based on a shallow meaning representation of sentences. The structure afforded in such a representation provides immediate identification of local domains ...