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Strategies People Use to Participate in Everyday Occupations When Experiencing Persistent Symptoms Following a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This exploratory study investigated the strategies that eight New Zealanders with persisting symptoms following a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) use to enable participation in day-to-day occupations that they need or ... -
Healthcare Interpreting from a New Zealand Sign Language Interpreters' Perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This research examines healthcare interpreting from the perspective of New Zealand Sign Language interpreters. Healthcare interpreting is a growing topic of research globally. However, little focus has been given to the ... -
Educational Leadership as Influence: The Provision of Critical Teacher Feedback to Students
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Effective feedback is regarded as one of the most influential factors in students’ achievement, yet many teachers find themselves unable to meet the demands of providing feedback in secondary school English classes. ... -
Selective Laser Re-melting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is heavily employed in a wide variety of applications today. Initially, the different processes have been used for concept modelling and rapid prototyping but are now capable of ... -
Maori Public Health Practitioners’ Views of Māori Leadership in the New Zealand Public Health Context; A Critical Hermeneutic Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Despite significant health inequities between Māori and non-Māori, the number of Māori public health practitioners working within the public health sector in New Zealand is low. In the last decade there have been a number ... -
Citizen Attitudes Towards the Restriction of Alcohol Sponsorship in Sport
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Background Governments can intervene to change health related behaviours using various measures but are sensitive to public attitudes towards such interventions. In response to the growing concern around alcohol and its ... -
Ecosophies: Field/Mesh/Transversality
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Ecosophies: Field/Mesh/Transversality is a practice-led design research project undertaken for a Master of Art & Design in the field of Spatial Design. The project explores the ontology of ecology through philosophical ... -
From Stigma to Silver Linings: Improving the Experiences of Long-term Tracheostomy Users Through Product Design
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The design of tracheostomy products has barely changed in over 100 years. Furthermore, existing literature demonstrates little understanding of what it is like to live with long-term tracheostomy. In response, this project ... -
Network Packet Management Optimisation for Business Forensic Readiness
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The acceptability of evidence in court is dependent upon stringent criteria for its admissibility. One of the leading guidelines is the Daubert criteria which asserts five requirements for admissibility. These criteria ... -
Injury Surveillance in Elite New Zealand Track Cyclists
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Introduction: Injury surveillance is an essential component of elite sport. Little data is available on injury rates in track cyclists, with the majority of cycling research focussed on road cycling, and suggesting cyclists ... -
DynaCool - Simulating Efficient Liquid Cooling for Current and Next Generation Large Scale Data Centres
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Energy consumption in Large Scale Data Centres (LSDC’s) doubled from 2000 to 2006 reaching 61 TerraWatt-hour (TWh) per year. Most power generation sources are sadly fossil fuelled, which is increasing the effects of ... -
A Uniform to Welcome: Identity and Style through Design and Mix-method Pattern Cutting Approach
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Some jobs may require having a distinctive uniform to serve the worker’s role. A successful modern uniform not only brings a distinctive aesthetic to the wearer but also profiles the organisation’s image. This practice-led ... -
‘Homebound’: The Illustrated Graphic Novel As an Autobiographic Voice for an Immigrant Asian Gay Male in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This practice-led artistic inquiry takes the form of an 80-page, scripted and illustrated graphic novel. Creatively, the work is concerned with the narratisation of a largely autobiographical voice through the juxtaposition ... -
An Exploration of the Sustainability and Value of New Professions Created By Mcommerce and Scommerce
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The growing popularity of social commerce (sCommerce) and the recent advances in mobile technology have led to the emergence of the new professions of vlogging, blogging and virtual pop-up store owning, which initially ... -
Molecular Analysis of Vanilla Mosaic Virus From the Cook Islands
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Vanilla was first introduced to French Polynesia in 1848 and from 1899-1966 was a major export for French Polynesia who then produced an average of 158 tonnes of cured Vanilla tahitensis beans annually. In 1967, vanilla ... -
The Benefits and Challenges of Planning Poker in Software Development: Comparison Between Theory and Practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Planning Poker is a collaborative software effort estimation technique widely used in agile software development methodologies such as Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP). Proponents of Planning Poker claim that the method ... -
Personal Values and Motivational Complexities in Mobile Shopping
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)With the expansion of mobile shopping (m-shopping) consumption, there is an increased need to understand the variety of consumer motives for consumer engagement in such behaviour. While the m-shopping industry is growing ... -
Evaluation and Improvement of Current Computational Tools for Metabolomics Data Analysis
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The Contribution of Occupation to Children’s Experience of Resilience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This qualitative descriptive study explored what occupations children aged 10-13 years participate in and how participation in occupation contributes to resilience from their perspective. Little is known about what occupations ... -
Reusing Past Replies to Respond to New Email: A Case-based Reasoning Approach
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Email communication has been widely used in managing customer queries, such as complaints and inquiries. The user is expected to respond the query properly. However, with an increasing number of query emails received every ...