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Browsing Doctoral Theses by Issue Date
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(AUT University; 2012)The green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus is indigenous to New Zealand, and is of significant commercial importance, contributing over NZ $200 million per annum in exports. Despite the economic importance of this mussel ... -
(AUT University; 2012)The coordinated contributions of tourism, sports and events organisations are critical to the success of a large-scale sport event. The events network is a complex system of organisations, comprising both new and existing ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Over the last decade, Information Systems research has been preoccupied with examining the pre-adoption, use and impact of Information Technology. A great majority of the research effort has been directed towards studying ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding has long-term effects on the growth and development of offspring. Longitudinal studies in India provide evidence that maternal vitamin B12 deficiency in pregnancy is ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Clinical education is pivotal to professional socialisation and mandatory registration of physiotherapy students. Traditionally, responsibility for student learning in the clinical environment resides with experienced ... -
(AUT University; 2013)This thesis provides a theoretical analysis of the effects of mobility, node density and a limited transmission range on the connectivity of a varying density of nodes in wireless sensor networks. Connectivity in cellular ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Immediate detection and diagnosis of existing faults and faulty behaviour of electrical motors using electrical signals is one of the important interests of the power industry. Motor current signature analysis is a modern ... -
(AUT University; 2012)This thesis reports a comprehensive examination of mobile marketing (m-Marketing) success factors and proposes a new m-Marketing success model. The model leverages a combination of DeLone & McLean’s Information Systems ... -
(AUT University; 2013)In this thesis, two most fundamental problems in economic theory, namely the existence and the optimality of Walrasian equilibrium, are studied. It is assumed that there is uncertainty about the realized state of nature ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) despite their energy, bandwidth, storage, and computational power constraints, have embraced dynamic applications. These applications generate a large amount of data continuously at high ... -
(AUT University; 2013)Higher education in the past decades has no doubt increased in value. Its appreciation as a source of economic growth and development has caused an enormous expansion in the number of applications for its products and ... -
(AUT University; 2012)This thesis, Jouissance, emerges at a distension of disciplinary borders, engaging the hermeneutics of the Hebrew Bible’s Song of Songs. In the milieu of exegetical readings, Jouissance asks “can she be read?” Jouissance ... -
(AUT University; 2012)This thesis details the design, implementation and evaluation of software prediction models designed to address some of the challenges associated with the identification and mitigation of the risks associated with a software ... -
(AUT University; 2012)One of the leading causes of death is cardiovascular disease, being 30% of all deaths worldwide and 40% of those in New Zealand. In other words, every 90 minutes a New Zealander dies due to cardiovascular disease. ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Malaysian Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) is increasingly using strategic sourcing as a means to control costs and risks. Consequently, supplier selection has become a major strategic decision for buyers. Supplier selection ... -
(AUT University; 2012)The purpose of this thesis was to investigate sprint kinetics and kinematics in youth with regards to maturation and to test how participants in different maturity status react to resisted-strength type conditioning. Initially, ... -
(AUT University; 2012)The New Zealand Government’s assertion, in the early years of the 21st century, of the emergence of a new and inclusive national identity reflected a political strategy to unify the nation amidst fears about its increasing ... -
(AUT University; 2012)The concept of noise sensitivity emerged from public health and psychoacoustic research to help explain individual differences in reactions to noise. Noise sensitivity is frequently included as a personality variable in ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Ethical and legal restrictions limit human implantation knowledge. Alternative tools, such as retrospective clinical studies, in vitro three dimensional cell culture modelling, and in vivo implantation animal modelling ... -
(AUT University; 2012)Spirituality and religion are significant aspects of the lives of most Kenyans. Thus the church is one of the key anchors of identity for many Kenyans (Sabar, 2002; Gifford, 2009; Knighton, 2009). The church is generally ...
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