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(AUT University, BioMed Central; 30 A)Background Many people suffer with Osteoarthritis (OA) and subsequent morbidity. Therefore, measuring outcome associated with OA is important. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) has ... -
(AUT University, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the Health Foundation; 26 M)Background Intravenous medication administrations have a high incidence of error but there is limited evidence of associated factors or error severity.Objective To measure the frequency, type and severity of intravenous ... -
(AUT University, BioMed Central; 26 A)Short and valid measures of the impact of a stroke on integration are required in health and social settings. The Subjective Index of Physical and Social Outcome (SIPSO) is one such measure. However, there are questions ... -
(IEEE; 2013)While various key performance limiting factors of IEEE 802.11-based Wi-Fi networks such as wireless protocols, radio propagation environment and signal interference have been studied by many network researchers, the effect ...
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(IEEE; 2013)China has long been an education import nation, so non-commercial and mutually beneficial collaborations between Chinese and Western universities are rare. Nevertheless, the School of Software Engineering at Tongji ... -
(Common Ground; 2013)Graphic design continues to be a growing area within education and mainstream industry, especially in emerging economies of third word countries. The trends within these countries, both at the education and industry levels, ... -
(Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE); 2013)The New Zealand hospitality industry is characterised by a high rate of business start-ups and closures, especially in small and medium enterprises (Inland Revenue Department, 2011). One reason for this is that many ... -
(The Council for australasian University tourism and Hospitality education (CaUtHe); 2013)The issue of alcohol in hospitality has always been a controversial one. In order to address this topic in the cultural context of a marae (communal meeting place) with commercial hospitality facilities on a site regarded ... -
(Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE); 2013)Margarine sculptures have a long and illustrious culinary history, yet in changing times they are rarely seen in modern hotel and restaurant settings. This paper considers the historical and cultural significance of margarine ... -
(Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE); 2013)This paper takes the top ten airports identified in the SKYTRAX 2011 airport awards and investigates to what extent their success might be due to creative and innovative management actions. The literature review considers ... -
(Nature Publishing Group (NPG); 2013)Water, an essential nutrient, is often ignored in reports of dietary surveys and nutrition. Although it is ubiquitous in foods and beverages, the attention is often focused on the minerals or calorific values of the fluids ... -
(Australian Computer Society (ACS); 2013)This poster outlines Ethnographic research into the design of an environment to study a land speed record vehicle, or more generally, a vehicle posing a high cognitive load for the user. The challenges of empirical research ...
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(Australian Computer Society (ACS); 2013)In this poster, we outline a research study of the steering system for a potential land speed record vehicle. We built a cockpit enclosure to simulate the interior space and employed a game engine to create a suitable ...
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(Australian Computer Society (ACS); 2013)Student performance on examinations is influenced by the level of difficulty of the questions. It seems reasonable to propose therefore that assessment of the difficulty of exam questions could be used to gauge the level ... -
(Australian Center for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE); 2013)The capability of nascent ventures to configure resources and ensure viability is a central concern for entrepreneurship research. However, such capability remains largely unexplored (Corner & Wu, 2011; Newey & Zahra, 2009; ... -
(The Council for australasian University tourism and Hospitality education (CaUtHe); 2013)Between 1972 and 2003 there were 168 attempts by terrorists to attack respondents or spectators at major sporting events around the world. A literature review of over 100 research papers outlines the reasons terrorist ... -
(Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS), Department of Accounting, London School of Economics (LSE), AUT University; 2012)This case study of BRAC, one of the largest indigenous hybrid NGOs in Bangladesh and possibly the world, examines how, why, to what effect, and for whom its functional and social accountability developed; and whether it ... -
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(Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ), AUT University; 2012)For the Performance Based Research Funding Exercise of 2012, two principles for eligibility were enunciated by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission, whereby those submitted were firstly expected to contribute to ... -
(School of Engineering, AUT University; 2012)The continual search for solutions that are better, faster and more efficient is second nature to all engineers. This activity is known as optimisation. But industrial optimisation problems are like the mythical beast, the ...
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