Doctoral Theses
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The Doctoral Theses collection contains digital copies of AUT doctoral theses deposited with the Library since 2004 and made available on open access. All theses for doctorates awarded from 2007 onwards are required to be deposited in Scholarly Commons unless subject to an embargo.
For theses submitted prior to 2007, open access was not mandatory, so only those theses for which the author has given consent are available in Scholarly Commons. Where consent for open access has not been provided, the thesis is usually recorded in the AUT Library catalogue where the full text, if available, may be accessed with an AUT password. Other people should request an Interlibrary Loan through their library.
Theses are protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). The thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use:
- Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person.
- Authors control the copyright of their thesis. You will recognise the author’s right to be identified as the author of the thesis, and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate.
- You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the thesis.
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Free Social Injunctions: Art Interventions As Agency in the Production of Socio-legal Subjectivities Not yet Imagined or Realised
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This PhD project/exegesis considers how socio-legal performance, as a series of art interventions in public spaces, might operate to question and critique social and legal norms that govern and give licence to preferred ... -
Filimānaia: A Samoan Critique of Standardised Reading Assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)In 2010, I was seconded from my classroom teaching position to work as a facilitator in the implementation of the newly-established National Standards. In this role, I ran in-depth Literacy and Assessment workshops in ... -
Metabolomic Applications in Marine Mollusc Development and Aquaculture
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Metabolomics is a rapidly emerging discipline within functional genomics to better understand biochemical phenotypes across a range of biological systems. The approach has many demonstrated applications in aquatic biology, ... -
Understanding Warming Effects on Vegetation Through Geothermal Hotspots: A Case Study of the Wairakei-Tauhara Geothermal Field, Taupo, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Understanding and predicting warming effects on vegetation is a key challenge of the 21st century. To date, warming experiments have been limited to isolated laboratory studies, which have been criticised as too small-scale ... -
Minus Theatre: Scenes, Elements
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Minus Theatre: scenes, elements experiments with theatre as the art, method and technique, to explore processes of individuation. It entitles a PhD thesis, undertaken at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT), consisting ... -
Microstructure Evolution and Phase Transformation of Welded Metastable Beta-titanium Alloy (Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr (Ti5553, in wt%) is a recently developed metastable β titanium alloy, specifically designed to replace Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al (VT22) in the manufacture of large airplane components. The studies of Ti5553 have ... -
Artful Dynamics: How a Visual Arts Distance Learning Environment Might Matter for Notions of Artist-self
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research explores how notions of artist-self are enacted in a postgraduate visual arts learning and teaching environment that relies substantially on an online platform and distance delivery. Tertiary institutions ... -
Integrating GPS, Accelerometry and Online Mapping Technologies: Exploring Built Environment Correlates of Adolescent Mobility and Domain-specific Physical Activity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Regular physical activity in youth is associated with many aspects of health and development, yet more than half of New Zealand adolescents struggle to meet physical activity guidelines. The modest results of past physical ... -
The Hand of the Cloth: An Ontological and Aesthetic Unfolding Through Digital and Virtual Materiality
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research unfolds an ontology and aesthetics of cloth through physical, digital and virtual states. Material structure and cloth dynamics are investigated through the use of the technology of motion capture. The context ... -
Feasibility Study of a Heat-powered Liquid Piston Stirling Cooler
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis presents a feasibility study of the proposed liquid piston Stirling cooler or LPSC, which is a 4-cylinder double-acting alpha-type Stirling machine capable of utilising a heat input to produce a cooling effect. ... -
Exploring the Potential for the Application of Simulation Methods in Construction Projects Delivery in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The development of simulation-based techniques used within the construction management domain is mainly to facilitate the decision-making process. These technologically-based approaches enable construction operations ... -
Creativity and Curatorship: Creative Industries Policy and the Changed Face of the Curatorial Sector in Aotearoa-New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of the discourses of the creative industries on the the curatorial sector in Aotearoa-New Zealand. In relation to this overarching aim, I explored two associated ideas: ... -
Age Invariant Face Recognition Via Aging Modelling
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Aging is a complex problem because at different age points different changes occur in the human face. From childhood to teenage the changes are mostly related to craniofacial growth. At maturity the changes are mostly ... -
The Effects of Accentuated Eccentric Loading During Drop Jumps on Strength, Power, Speed and Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate the acute and chronic effects of accentuated eccentric load (AEL) drop jumps (DJ) on athletic performance and exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD). Study one assessed ... -
Evolving Spiking Neural Networks for Spatio- and Spectro- Temporal Data Analysis: Models, Implementations, Applications
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Arguably the most significant challenge in modern machine learning regards how we address the complexities of Spatio- and Spectro-Temporal Data (SSTD); i.e., data with some spatial, spectral, and temporal component. ... -
Measuring Mindfulness and Health-related Outcomes: Applying Rasch Analysis and Generalisability Theory to Improve Reliability and Validity of Scales
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)There is growing evidence for mindfulness-based interventions in alleviating the symptoms and enhancing the coping abilities of people suffering from psychological and physical health conditions and improving overall ... -
The Business of Peace-building: Redeeming the Entrepreneurial Spirit for Reconciliation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)What would happen if some of humanity’s entrepreneurs changed, from a life motivated largely by planning and working for personal autonomy, flexibility and wealth creation, to the business of peace-building and the development ... -
Calcium-dependent Protein Kinases: Understanding Functional Diversification and Specificity of Plant Signalling Hubs Using the Most Conserved Members
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Agricultural productivity and food security are declining globally, because of factors such as climate change, crop disease, natural calamities, population growth and pollution. Research on how to improve plant stress ... -
The Effect of an Explicit Strategy Instructional Approach for the Treatment of L2 Writing Difficulties.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Writing difficulties (WDs) have been investigated to identify what they are and how they occur, but not necessarily how to address them within a specific genre (Barsturkmen & Randow, 2014; Bitchener & Barsturkmen, 2006; ... -
Quantification of Load and Lower Limb Injury in Men’s Professional Basketball.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Lower limb injuries are a significant issue in basketball and load has been implicated as a causative factor. The quantification of the training load-injury relationship requires the implementation of effective injury and ...