• Absorption Spectra, Defect Site Distribution and Upconversion Excitation Spectra of CaF2/SrF2/BaF2:Yb3+:Er3+ Nanoparticles 

  Balabhadra S; Reid, Michael; Golovko, Vladimir; Wells, Jon-Paul (Elsevier BV, 2020)

  © 2020 Elsevier B.V. We report studies of the Yb3+ site distribution in Er3+ co-doped upconverting alkaline earth fluoride nanoparticles using high-resolution absorption measurements. It is found that Yb3+ single ion cubic ...

• Identifying Phytophthora pluvialis effector targets in Pinus radiata. 

  Eccersall, Sophie Elizabeth (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  Many devastating oomycete pathogens utilise effector proteins to enter plant cells and promote virulence. Effector proteins can manipulate plant processes to the advantage of the pathogen- they can alter the physiology, ...

• Airborne microplastics in Antarctica and New Zealand. 

  Aves, Alexandra Rose (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  Microplastic pollution is an emerging area of research globally. The ability of microplastics to be airborne allows particles to reach remote and sensitive environments previously thought untouched by plastic pollution. ...

• Improving the management of Canterbury’s lizards 

  Turner, Matthew Kendall (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  Monitoring tools are integral for the conservation and management of lizards in New Zealand, providing inventories of species or insight into the dynamics of lizard populations. Many of New Zealand’s lizards are cryptic, ...

• The influence of individual and linguistic factors and the segmentation strategies of older listeners in adverse conditions 

  Robinson, Phoebe Anna (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  Purpose: Firstly, this study aimed to examine the influence of listener-based behavioural characteristics and the statistical properties of language on older listeners’ speech perception in adverse conditions. Next, it ...

• “Pause” a novel positive coping program for youth offenders : a feasibility pilot study 

  Davis, Rachel (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  Background: At the time of admission to youth justice residences, youth offenders have usually encountered high rates of adversity throughout their developmental years. They have learned few positive coping strategies for ...

• Implementation of a novel bi-directional dual-flow-RootChip to investigate the effects of osmotic stress on calcium signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana roots 

  Allan, Claudia Katherine (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  Plant growth and survival is fundamentally linked with the ability to detect and respond to abiotic and biotic factors. Drought and osmotic stress are two key environmental factors accelerated by climate change. Both ...

• Rain-on-snow in the Southern Alps: hydrometeorology and imapcts 

  Porhemmat R; Zawar-Reza P; Kerr T; Zammit C; Purdie, Heather (2021)

  Rain-on-snow (ROS) events are important hydrometeorological phenomenon in alpine catchments. Despite the frequent occurrence of ROS in the Southern Alps, the hydrometeorological characteristics of these events remain ...

• Fair and square? Social and spatial inequalities in Northern Ireland, 2001 

  Campbell, Malcolm (2010)

  This paper concerns spatial and social inequalities in Northern Ireland (NI). Social and spatial inequalities are essentially the differences between areas (or individuals) within a given context, for example, within a ...

• Massacre, Earthquake, Flood 

  Afzali MU; Kaplan BJ; Bhattacharya O; Blampied FM; Mulder RT; Rucklidge, Julia; Blampied, Neville (Hogrefe Publishing Group, 2021)

  Abstract. Natural (e.g., earthquake, flood, wildfires) and human-made (e.g., terrorism, civil strife) disasters are inevitable, can cause extensive disruption, and produce chronic and disabling psychological injuries leading ...

• Three-Dimensional Surface Displacements During the 2016 M<inf>W</inf> 7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake (New Zealand) From Photogrammetry-Derived Point Clouds 

  Nissen E; Clark K; Kearse J; Van Dissen R; Villamor P; Langridge R; Jones K; Howell, Andrew; Stahl, Timothy (American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2020)

  High-resolution, three-dimensional (3-D) measurements of surface displacements during earthquakes can provide constraints on fault geometry and near-surface slip and also quantify on-fault and off-fault deformation. However, ...

• Exploring the onset, maintenance, treatment and recovery of eating disorders from the perspective of New Zealand women with lived experience : a mixed methods approach. 

  Watterson, Roma (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  Eating disorders (EDs) are a group of mental health illnesses (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder) that can have serious and sometimes fatal health consequences. Existing research indicates a wide ...

• Xylem formation in pinus radiata callus under In vitro conditions. 

  Pezhman, Zoya (University of Canterbury, 2021)

  A central question in plant cell differentiation is how xylogenesis (the formation of xylem or tracheary elements) is regulated in plants. Plant tissue culture, particularly callus culture, has been applied to assist the ...

• Infrastructure Failure Propagations and Recovery Strategies from an Alpine Fault Earthquake Scenario: Establishing Feedback Loops Between Integrated Modelling and Participatory Processes for Disaster Impact Reduction 

  Davies A; Zorn C; Wotherspoon L; Beaven S; Davies T; Matthew H; Wilson, Thomas (2021)

  While it is well established that community members should participate in resilience planning, participation with genuine decision-making power remains rare. We detail an end-to-end disaster impact reduction modelling ...

• Severe Insect Pest Impacts on New Zealand Pasture: The Plight of an Ecological Outlier 

  Goldson SL; Barker GM; Chapman HM; Popay AJ; Stewart AV; Caradus JR; Barratt BIP (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020)

  © The Author(s) 2020. New Zealand’s intensive pastures, comprised almost entirely introduced Lolium L. and Trifolium L. species, are arguably the most productive grazing-lands in the world. However, these areas are vulnerable ...

• A Raman heterodyne determination of the magnetic anisotropy for the ground and optically excited states of Y$_{2}$SiO$_{5}$ doped with Sm$^{3+}$ 

  Jobbitt NL; Wells J-PR; Longdell JJ; Reid, Michael (American Physical Society (APS), 2021)

  We present the full magnetic g tensors of the 6H5/2Z1 and 4G5/2A1 electronic states for both crystallographic sites in Sm3+:Y2SiO5, deduced through the use of Raman heterodyne spectroscopy performed along 9 different ...

• How do post-disaster policies influence household-level recovery? A case study of the 2010-11 Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand 

  He L; Dominey-Howes D; Aitchison JC; Lau A; Conradson, David (Elsevier BV, 2021)

  This study analyses the success and limitations of the recovery process following the 2010–11 earthquake sequence in Christchurch, New Zealand. Data were obtained from in-depth interviews with 32 relocated households in ...

• Constraining the Surface Flux of Sea Spray Particles From the Southern Ocean 

  Hartery S; Toohey D; Sellegri K; Kuma P; Harvey M; Revell, Laura; McDonald, Adrian (American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2020)

  Modeling the shortwave radiation balance over the Southern Ocean region remains a challenge for Earth system models. To investigate whether this is related to the representation of aerosol-cloud interactions, we compared ...

• Rolleston Glacier: First decade of mass balance measurement and the implications of climate change on mass balance monitoring 

  Purdie H; Kerr T; Rack W; Lorrey A (2021)

  Rolleston Glacier is a small glacier located near Arthurs Pass. It is one of only two NZ glaciers at which mass balance is directly measured. After the first decade of monitoring (2011-2020), the cumulative mass balance ...

• Electron-Nuclear Interactions as a Test of Crystal-Field Parameters for Low Symmetry Systems: Zeeman-Hyperfine Spectroscopy of Ho{3+} Doped Y2SiO5 

  Mothkuri S; Wells J-PR; Lafitte-Houssat E; Goldner P; Ferrier A; Reid, Michael (American Physical Society (APS), 2021)

  High-resolution Zeeman spectroscopy of electronic-nuclear hyperfine levels of 5I8 → 5I7 transitions in Ho3+:Y2SiO5 is reported. Crystal-field parameters determined for the two C1 symmetry sites in Er3+:Y2SiO5 are successfully ...

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