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An Agent-based Modelling Approach for Scheduling and Management of Elective Surgeries
(SM Online Journals, 2018)Efficient elective surgery scheduling is one of the pain points in the current healthcare management and has a serious impact on the overall healthcare delivery. Currently, the health organizations struggle to achieve their ... -
Talking Backwards in a Land without Shadows
(Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 2018)In 1837 I arrived here, inside the belly of a dream. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , had not yet charted its likeness. I am speaking backwards here, where ‘...the body separates itself from thought, … ... -
New Zealand Government Social Research Literature Study
(Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ), 2018)No abstract. -
Woke Washing: What Happens When Marketing Communications Don't Match Corporate Practice
(The Conversation Media Group Ltd, 2018)No abstract. -
Detection of Red-meat Adulteration by Deep Spectral–spatial Features in Hyperspectral Images
(Springer Verlag, 2018)This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the performance of hyperspectral imaging for detecting adulteration in red-meat products. A dataset of line-scanning images of lamb, beef, or pork muscles was collected taking ... -
Utilization of 3D Printing Technology to Facilitate and Standardize Soft Tissue Testing
(Springer Nature Ltd., 2018)Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become broadly available and can be utilized to customize clamping mechanisms in biomechanical experiments. This report will describe our experience using 3D printed clamps to mount soft ... -
The Boundaries of Education: Using Mobile Devices for Connecting People to Places
(Co-Action Publishing, 2018)This discussion paper explores pedagogy beyond the boundaries of tertiary institutional classrooms through a socio-cultural lens that examines the history of a small-town community. In doing so this paper discusses the ... -
A Survey of Foot Orthoses Prescription Habits Amongst Podiatrists in the UK, Australia and New Zealand
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background Foot orthoses are frequently used but little is known about which types are used in contemporary practice. This study aimed to explore the types of foot orthoses currently used by podiatrists and the prescription ... -
Exploring Mobile Mixed Reality in Healthcare Higher Education: A Systematic Review
(Co-Action Publishing, 2018)Background: The evolution of technology and simulation has had a significant impact on clinical education. However, it remains grounded in traditional teaching paradigms, limiting potential for enhanced learning. Furthermore, ... -
Practice-led Doctoral Research and the Nature of Immersive Methods
(Anhembi Morumbi University, 2018)Practice-led research enables art and design practitioners approaches to discovering, applying and communicating original knowledge that have direct implications for their practice. Since the 1980s, internationally, the ... -
Navigating Artistic Inquiry in a Creativeproduction Thesis: the Narrative and Illustrative Potentials of Realismo Maravilhoso
(School of Exact Sciences, Architecture, and Design, Anhembi Morumbi University, 2018)This article considers the concept of artistic research as an approach to knowledge generation and understanding. It begins with a brief consideration of the historical development of artistic inquiry and its relationship ... -
Quantitative Comparison of EEG Compressed Sensing using Gabor and K-SVD Dictionaries
(IEEE Circuits and Systems, Singapore Chapter, 2018)With the fast development of wearable healthcare systems, compressed sensing (CS) has been proposed to be applied in electroencephalogram (EEG) acquisition. For CS, it is desired to build the best-fit dictionary in order ... -
Gradient Coils Design with Regularization Method for Superconducting Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(IEEE, 2018)This paper proposes an approach to the design of gradient coils for superconducting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The designed method takes use of Fourier series expansions to describe the continuous current density ... -
Formalizing Probability Concepts in a Type Theory
(Science Publications, 2018)In this paper we formalize some fundamental concepts of probability theory such as the axiomatic definition of probability space, random variables and their characteristics, in the Calculus of Inductive Constructions, which ... -
Editorial: Killing the Messenger
(Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre, 2018)The statistics globally are chilling. And the Asia-Pacific region bears the brunt of the killing of journalists with impunity disproportionately. Revelations in research published in this edition of Pacific Journalism ... -
Review: Indonesian Repression and Betrayal in West Papua
(Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre, 2018)Papua Blood: A Photographer’s Eyewitness Account of West Papua Over 30 Years, by Peter Bang. Copenhagen, Denmark: Remote Frontlines, 2018. 248 pages. ISBN 978-87-430-0101-0 See No Evil: New Zealand’s Betrayal of the People ... -
Review: A Crusade for Media Truth and Justice
(Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre, 2018)The First Casualty: From the Front Lines of the Global War on Journalism, by Peter Greste. Sydney: Viking. 2017. 335 pages. ISBN 9780670079261. PETER GRESTE, the Australian journalist who became a thorn in the side of the ... -
The Shame of Fat Shaming in Public Health: Moving Past Racism to Embrace Indigenous Solutions
(Elsevier, 2018)Indigenous peoples in developed nations are more likely to be overweight, obese, and disproportionately affected by the comorbidities and physical disorders associated with weight when compared with their counterparts. ... -
Tour Guide Training for Hospitlable Nature-based Tour Experiences
(School of Hospitality & Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The term ‘hospitality’ has long been linked to accommodation providers and eateries, but the wider range of hospitality, and hospitable experiences, has received little attention from academics and practitioners alike. ... -
Patients’ Experiences of Nurses’ Heartfelt Hospitality as Caring: a Qualitative Approach
(Wiley, 2018)Aims and Objectives The aim of this study was to answer the question “What is the lived experience of hospitality during a patient’s hospital stay for elective surgery?” Background Hospitality centres on a host offering ...