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Pacific freedom of the press: case studies in independent campus-based media models
(University of Queensland, 2010)South Pacific university-based journalism school publications were innovative newspaper publishers from 1975 onwards and among early pioneers of online publishing in the mid-1990s. Several publications have become established ... -
Pacific Healthcare Workers and Their Treatment Interventions With Pacific Clients With Alcohol and Drug Issues in New Zealand
(New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA), 2006)Aim To provide an overview of the treatment interventions and practices of Pacific alcohol and other drugs (AOD) services in New Zealand. Methods Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 31 Pacific staff members from ... -
Pacific Islands Families Study: Intimate Partner Stressors and Psychological Distress among Pacific Adults
(Taylor and Francis, 2016)Although there has been increased research about the nature and predictors of sexual problems, relatively little is known about sexual health and well-being among minority ethnic groups across the world. This study explored ... -
Pacific Islands families study: risk and protective factors associated with delinquent behaviour in Pacific 11-year-olds
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016)This paper examines risk and protective factors associated with delinquent behaviour among Pacific youth living in New Zealand (NZ). As part of the longitudinal Pacific Islands Families study, 11-year-olds Pacific youth ... -
Pacific Languages, Neoliberalism and Language Education Policy
(Faculty of Education and Social Work, the University of Auckland, 2015)Since 1984 and the election of a fourth Labour Government, New Zealand has been characterised as one of the most neoliberal countries in the world. Neoliberal theory frames most policy, including educational language ... -
Pacific media freedom 2011: a status report
(Pacific Media Centre, Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Pacific media freedom has been under siege for more than a decade, particularly since an attempted coup in Fiji in May 2000, when a television station was attacked and ransacked, a foreign journalist was shot and wounded ... -
Pacific solutions
(AUT University, 2005)Media students in the South Pacific are being taught how to respond to physical threats and attempts at bribery, as well as journalism, says David Robie. -
Packaged Software Implementation Requirements Engineering by Small Software Enterprises
(IEEE Computer Society, 2013)Small to medium sized business enterprises (SMEs) generally thrive because they have successfully done something unique within a niche market. For this reason, SMEs may seek to protect their competitive advantage by avoiding ... -
Pain Catastrophizing Is Not Associated With Spinal Nociceptive Processing in People With Chronic Widespread Pain
(Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., 2016)Pain catastrophizing has been associated with higher pain intensity, increased risk of developing chronic pain and poorer outcomes after pain treatments. Despite this, the mechanisms by which pain catastrophizing influences ... -
Pain centralization and lumbar disc MRI findings in chronic low back pain patients
(The McKenzie Institute (USA), 2011)Background: Centralization of pain is a specific finding in assessing low back pain (LBP). A dynamic, internal "disc model" has been hypothesized as an underlying mechanism for pain centralization, which has shown a high ... -
Pairing Voluntary Movement and Muscle-located Electrical Stimulation Increases Cortical Excitability
(Frontiers Media S.A, 2016)Learning new motor skills has been correlated with increased cortical excitability. In this study, different location of electrical stimulation (ES), nerve, or muscle, was paired with voluntary movement to investigate if ... -
Pan-Asian identity in a globalizing world
(Common Ground Publisher, 2007)For many East and South East Asian youth, global citizenship is an increasing reality. This raises new research questions of the process of acculturation and ethnic identity. East and South East Asian immigrants and student ... -
Panelbeating. Automotive landscape. Competition entry for Auckland Architecture Association Cavalier Bremworth awards '07
(AUT University, 2007)Carparks are not to be thought of as simply service-spaces. Large carparks typically have distant corners which are rarely used for parking. These spaces take on another life, serving a range of complex functions: kicking ... -
Paradigm Shift: report on the new role of design in business and society
(Elsevier / Tongji University Press, 2015)As leading businesses and global organizations started gaining new understanding of the value of design, their internal culture and attitude towards design began to change. Financial companies and management consultancies ... -
Paradoxes and counterexamples in teaching and learning of probability at university
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)This article is devoted to practical aspects of teaching and learning of probability at university. It presents the difficulties and attitudes of first-year university science and engineering students towards using paradoxes ... -
Parameter sizing for fluid power circuits using taguchi methods
(Taylor & Francis, 1999)This paper describes the application of Taguchi methods [1,2,3] to the parameter sizing stage of fluid power system design. Taguchi methods have become almost synonymous with robust design and are used to design systems ... -
Parametric Electrical Modelling of Human Forearm Simulation Response Using Multi-frequency Electrical Bioimpedance
(OMICS International, 2016)This work presents a parametric electrical modelling of the electrical response of human forearm tissues through a simulation of Multi-frequency Electrical Bioimpedance analysis (MF-EBIA). The objective is to estimate an ... -
Parents in New Zealand's family sponsorship policy: a preliminary assessment of the impact of the 2012 policy changes
(Population Association of New Zealand, 2013)In July 2012 a radically different system for selecting parents under New Zealand’s policies relating to family sponsorship of immigrants came into operation. This paper assesses the impact of the new selection system on ... -
Participation and quality of life outcomes among individuals with earthquake-related physical disability: a systematic review
(Foundation for Rehabilitation Information, 2015)Objective: A literature review to evaluate quality of life and participation outcomes of individuals with earthquake-related physical injury. Data sources: A systematic review was performed using National Health Service ...