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Silent conversations : the influence of human exceptionalism, dominance and power on behavioural expectation and canine consent in the dog-human relationship.
(2022)The relationship between humans and dogs is complex and enmeshed with socially-constructed expectations of the roles of dogs in society. This thesis draws on data I collected, using a mixed methods approach, to argue that ... -
Three weeks of combined resisted and assisted in-water training for adolescent sprint backstroke swimming: a case study
(Termedia Sp. z.o.o., 2022)Purpose. Resisted and assisted in-water training methods are often employed in swimming training but their effectiveness remains unsubstantiated for different strokes and age groups. The study aim was to quantify the ... -
Flexible microdevices for characterization of the role of bionanomechanics in cancer.
(2022)Evidence continues to emerge that cancer is not only a disease of genetic mutations, but also of altered mechanobiological profiles of the cells and microenvironment. This mutation-independent element might be a key factor ... -
Executive functioning, computer games and Attention Deficity Hyperactivity Disorder. Does performance change over time?
(2003)The performance of 11 boys with ADHD and 13 control boys aged between 9.10 to 13.6 years were compared on several repeated measures of specific and integrated executive functioning tasks. The domains of executive functioning ... -
Methylation and gene expression changes in neurodevelopmental genes in response to maternal tobacco use during pregnancy.
(2022)Maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSDP) is still prevalent today, and despite the widespread evidence of the known harms to infant health, some mothers continue to smoke whilst pregnant. In addition to the known impacts ... -
The association between BPA exposure, DNA methylation, gene expression, and altered neurodevelopment in Zebrafish
(2022)Epigenetics plays a vital role in correct neurodevelopment. Chemical exposures such as bisphenol A (BPA) can disrupt epigenetic patterns in the brain and lead to altered neurodevelopment, with long lasting effects on ... -
Prevalence of children with behaviour disorders in Canterbury primary schools
(1996)All 189 Canterbury primary schools were surveyed to determine the prevalence of children with behaviour disorders. Prevalence rates were estimated by sampling at Years 1, 4 and 7. A total of 186 schools participated in ... -
Attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help
(1983)In the past, attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help have been associated with a variety of demographic and experiential variables. This study firstly assessed the utility of a modified version of the ... -
Scientific and evaluative inquiry in education
(1984)Within this essay I hope to illuminate some of the inadequacies and limitations of one currently popular approach to educational inquiry. By this I am referring to an easily discernible but unwarranted heavy emphasis upon ... -
The evolution of spherical cell shape; progress and perspective
(Portland Press Ltd., 2019)Bacterial cell shape is a key trait governing the extracellular and intracellular factors of bacterial life. Rod-like cell shape appears to be original which implies that the cell wall, division, and rod-like shape came ... -
Genomic diversity of bacteriophages infecting Microbacterium spp
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020)The bacteriophage population is vast, dynamic, old, and genetically diverse. The genomics of phages that infect bacterial hosts in the phylum Actinobacteria show them to not only be diverse but also pervasively mosaic, and ... -
Phages in the Gut Ecosystem
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022)Phages, short for bacteriophages, are viruses that specifically infect bacteria and are the most abundant biological entities on earth found in every explored environment, from the deep sea to the Sahara Desert. Phages are ... -
Africa’s drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Proclaimed in 1907, Etosha National Park in northern Namibia is an iconic dryland system with a rich history of wildlife conservation and research. A recent research symposium on wildlife conservation in the Greater ... -
Moment-resisting self-drilling dowel connections between steel link beams and CLT for coupled walls
(2022)Coupled cross-laminated timber (CLT) walls can be created by connecting steel link beams between adjacent CLT wall panels and present an efficient alternative to conventional cantilevered CLT shear walls. Effective ... -
A thematic exploration of three countries’ government communication during the COVID-19 crisis and corresponding media coverage
(Informa UK Limited, 2022)This study attempts to add to the current literature on crisis communication by exploring differences in COVID-19 governmental crisis communication and variances in the media coverage of that communication through thematic ... -
The Brauer-Manin obstruction for constant curves over global function fields
(2021)Let F be a finite field and C, D smooth, geometrically irreducible, proper curves over F and set K = F(D). We consider Brauer-Manin and abelian descent obstructions to the existence of rational points and to weak ... -
Sport Research Report
(2021)This report outlines the findings from the St Bede’s College (SBC) Sport Research Project undertaken by Glenn Fyall during the period of March 2021-September 2021. This report has been designed to provide information ... -
The associations between mental health and environmental factors in New Zealand: A region-based analytical study
(European Alliance for Innovation n.o., 2022)INTRODUCTION: Connections between environmental factors and mental health issues have been postulated in many different countries around the world. Previously undertaken research has shown many possible connections between ... -
A systematic literature review of service-related research on refugees
(2022)Purpose: This study systematically reviews and conceptualises service-related research on refugees to identify gaps in the literature, derive future research avenues and stimulate interdisciplinary research and practice ...