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The human motivation of adventure tourism and high risk sport participation
(University of Canterbury, 1999)The purpose of the present study was to establish whether sensation seeking, achievement, and social desirability are imp01iant motives for participation in the high risk sport, rock climbing, and for the adventure ... -
Date rape : social perception of rape myths and stereotypes
(University of Canterbury, 1998)Gavey (1992) identified a reluctance for people to define forced sexual intercourse that occurs within the context of a date or between couples who are romantically linked, as rape. Date rape from a socio-cultural ... -
Directional dark-field implicit x-ray speckle tracking using an anisotropic-diffusion Fokker-Planck equation
(2021)When a macroscopic-sized non-crystalline sample is illuminated using coherent x-ray radiation, a bifurcation of photon energy flow may occur. The coarse-grained complex refractive index of the sample may be considered ... -
Developmental research with children : a contextualist perspective
(University of Canterbury, 1997)Current developmental research with children is based on false dichotomies between the child and society and between mind and society. Likewise there is little development in developmental psychology, but a view of static ... -
Free propagation phase-contrast breast CT provides higher image quality than cone-beam breast-CT at low radiation doses: a feasibility study on human mastectomies
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019)In this study we demonstrate the first direct comparison between synchrotron x-ray propagation-based CT (PB-CT) and cone-beam breast-CT (CB-CT) on human mastectomy specimens (N = 12) including different benign and malignant ... -
Single-shot x-ray speckle-based imaging of a single-material object
(American Physical Society (APS), 2020)We develop a means for speckle-based phase imaging of the projected thickness of a single-material object, under the assumption of illumination by spatially random time-independent x-ray speckles. These speckles are ... -
Evaluation of the Family Start programme: Report on findings of the impact evaluation
(Oranga Tamariki, 2021)The purpose of this impact evaluation was to assess the impact that Family Start participation is having on the wellbeing of New Zealand children and their whānau. The evaluation examined a range of health, educational, ... -
‘Bums off seats’: measuring the effects of active learning in an undergraduate molecular biology curriculum
(Informa UK Limited, 2020)Institution-crippling earthquakes limited teaching contact hours and range of teaching environments. New ways became needed to achieve the same learning outcomes in less time. Following that disaster new methods based on ... -
Personality composition in small groups
(University of Canterbury, 1991)There has long been a recognition that selecting for personality compatibility in small, isolated and confined groups may help alleviate many of the problems experienced by the groups in these environments. A few ... -
Environmental Governance of China's Belt and Road Initiative
(Wiley, 2020)China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched in 2013, is rapidly subsuming much of China's political and economic involvement abroad. As a far-reaching infrastructure development and investment strategy, officially ... -
Caffeine consumption, expectations of caffeine-enhanced performance and caffeinism symptoms among New Zealand athletes
(University of Canterbury, 1995)During the 1988 Olympic Games, an Australian pentathlete was ousted when a random urine test proved positive to a prohibited amount of caffeine after competing in 12 hours of fencing. This thesis begins with a literature ... -
A model of the reoffence process of recidivist driving while disqualified offenders in New Zealand
(University of Canterbury, 1996)DWD offenders represent a significant proportion of the driving offender population, and contribute to a significant drain on governmental and societal resources. The reoffence process of recidivist Driving While Disqualified ... -
The relationship between psychology and society
(University of Canterbury, 1996)The purpose of this study was to critically explore the relationship between psychology and society. Many aspects of the powerful relationship that was found were discussed. In particular the lack of a social structural ... -
Preparation of children for the introduction of a child with an intellectual disability to the classroom
(University of Canterbury, 1996)Past research has shown the benefits of giving one or more lessons to children without a disability about friendship and disability, in anticipation of the integration of a child with a disability to their class. The ... -
Being Maori is forever : an investigation into Maori identity
(University of Canterbury, 1996)Identity has been widely studied. However measures of identity are relatively new. The focus of this study was twofold 1) to critique definitions and measures of Maori identity 2) to apply an inter-generational approach ... -
The impact of training in groups on individual athletic performance : possible mediation of group cohesion
(University of Canterbury, 1996)Previous literature has shown that there is a positive relationship between cohesion and performance in team-based sports. The reported research extends this relationship in two ways. First the relationship between cohesion ... -
The role of the KDO8PS quaternary structure
(University of Canterbury, 2021)The enzyme 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthase (KDO8PS) catalyses the irreversible aldol-like condensation between the five-carbon phosphorylated aldose D-arabinose 5-phosphate (A5P), the three-carbon ester ...
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