UC Research Repository: Recent submissions
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A test of the number concepts of infant children
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Some aspects of size and distance perception with an ultrasonic aid for the blind
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The Future of Identity Management: Understanding Consumer Attitudes towards Biometric Identification
(2019)The explosive growth of consumer-facing biometric technology is providing opportunities for organizations to change the way in which they identify and authenticate consumers, and replace traditional forms of identification ... -
Digital Identities – Impact of Information Privacy Awareness on Identity Threats
(2021)Identities help individuals understand who they are and are a tool to project themselves before others in ways they desire. This is achieved through privacy, which provides control over information sharing. However, ... -
Trust in Digital Humans
(2020)With technology advances, the interaction between organisations and consumers is evolving gradually from ‘human-to-human’ to ‘human-to-machine’, due, in part, to improvements in Artificial Intelligence (AI). One such ... -
The effect on student behaviour and achievement of removing incentives to complete online formative assessments
(Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2021)This research explored the effect of incentives to complete online quizzes during a course. When a 1% weighting incentive per quiz was removed, student engagement dropped dramatically. There is also evidence that students ... -
A study of conservation as an aspect of cognitive competence in hearing-handicapped children
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In-vehicle touchscreens : reducing attentional demands and improving driving performance.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Touchscreens are increasingly being used in cars, motorcycles, aircraft, ships, and agricultural machinery to access a wide range of vehicle functions. The primary motivation for incorporating touchscreens in vehicles is ... -
Measurement of solid fraction and velocity during granular flow discharge from a silo.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Granular flows are abundant in nature as well as industry extending from coffee powder and pills to energy production. For these products to be affordable, large scale granular flows are required in the process to provide ... -
The relationship between literacy, self-efficacy and behaviour across the early years of school in New Zealand
(University of Canterbury, 2021)The correlation between self-efficacy, literacy and behaviour has the potential to have a long lasting impact on students’ academic achievement, psychosocial development, and wider societal success. While each of these ... -
Ease of judgment as a determinant of the degree to which stimulus dimensions serve as criteria for aesthetic responses
(University of Canterbury, 1969)This thesis is an attempt to account for an empirically demonstrated ordering of the dimensions of static visual artistic stimuli according to the degree to which they serve as criteria in overall aesthetic responses. In ... -
Companion-animal-inclusive domestic violence practice: Implications for service delivery and social work
(University of Otago Library, 2020)INTRODUCTION: Based on an understanding of links between human- and animal-directed domestic violence, this article: 1) argues for companion-animal inclusive domestic violence service delivery; and 2) reflects on the ... -
The effects of differences in amounts of colouring on the relative intensity perception of acid tastes
(University of Canterbury, 1968)The problem of sensory interaction centres on the modification of responses mediated by one sensory modality through collateral stimulation in another modality. This thesis deals specifically with the effect of differences ... -
Status inconsistency and political attitudes
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The Geering controversy : a political analysis.
(University of Canterbury, 1974)This is a study of an ideological conflict within the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. It is about a controversy which stimulated fiercer debate than the church had seen in its previous sixty years of united existence. ... -
Psychophysical parameters of the perception of orally-retained liquid bulk
(University of Canterbury, 1967)Despite the existence of a continually expanding literature on gustation, the psychophysical constants for the sensory scale of perceived liquid volume held in the mouth have not previously been reported. Neither the Weber ... -
A study and comparison of differential pacing rates using a programmed text
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An investigation of the relationship between personality and performance on a probability learning task
(University of Canterbury, 1963)Considerable experimentation and theorizing has been directed towards explaining personality and psychological abnormality aa a consequence of learned mechanisms. Conditioned response theories of the neuroses have been ... -
Recycling and rheology of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) to make foams using supercritical fluid
(AIP Publishing, 2021)Biodegradable plastics are thought to be the possible directions in managing plastic pollutions. Unfortunately, they are not recycled in most countries since they are designed to decompose even though recycling is a more ...