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Hyphae-on-a-chip : a microfluidic platform for the study of zoospore germination and protrusive forces in hyphal invasion.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Fungal and oomycete pathogens have a significant influence on species extinctions, food security, ecosystem disturbances, and even human health. The large diversity of pathogenic fungi and oomycetes, and their acquired ... -
Kantian constitutivism : problems and prospects.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Kantian constitutivists argue that normativity can be derived from particular elements of what is constitutive of our nature. In “Agency Shmagency: Why Normativity Won’t Come From What Is Constitutive of Action”, David ... -
Aeroacoustics damping performance studies on Helmholtz resonators and in-duct perforated plates.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Noise control in turbomachines has always been a popular topic in industrial R&D and academic research sectors. As one of the typical acoustic noise dampers, Helmholtz resonators have been widely implemented in automobile ... -
'A kingdom of iron and rust:' identity, legitimacy, and the performance of contentious politics in Rome (180-238CE).
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Of all the crises that Rome experienced during its long and illustrious history, arguably none was greater than the accumulation of external and internal conflicts during the third century CE. Most scholars date this crisis ... -
Western historiographical accounts of Stalin, 1925–2018 = Западная историография Сталина
(University of Canterbury, 2020)In the West, the historiography of Stalin and Stalinism from 1925 to 2018 is an extraordinarily variegated corpus of scholarship in which the nature of Stalin, his regime, and his role orchestrating this regime for more ... -
Disaster and women : the wave of change in the position and status of women in the coastal Bangladesh.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This study explores disaster, women, vulnerability and changes in women’s lives including the role of government and non-government organisations (GO and NGOs) and changes in traditional practices in the coastal people of ... -
Readability, suitability, and quality of online information in English on single-sided deafness.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Purpose: This study investigated the readability, suitability, and quality of online Single- Sided Deafness (SSD) information available in English. Method: Four search terms (“Deaf in one ear”, “Can’t hear in one ear”, ... -
Investigating the mechanisms of the formation of spiral grain and interlocked grain in wood.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Spiral grain is the deviation of grain angle away from the stem axis, where the grain forms a helical array around the pith. In radiata pine, trees are initially straight- grained but develop a left-handed twist in the ... -
The synthesis and characterisation of polydentate/polyamine phosphonate complexes of cobalt (III) and their imine precursors.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This thesis reports the synthesis and characterisation of polydentate/polyamine phosphonate complexes of cobalt(III) and their imine precursors. The complexes prepared during this project have been characterised by a range ... -
Cognitive and affective predictors of emotional reactivity in university students.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Background: Difficulties in emotional reactivity have repeatedly been associated with the development of psychopathology and generalised poorer outcomes. While much of this research has been conducted using self-report ... -
Plant–pollinator communities : environmental gradients, trade-offs, and controllability
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis is composed of three scientific articles. All of these articles study the processes that influence the structure of pollination networks and their implications. Each chapter is a standalone piece of research ... -
Ngā whakaahua Ngāi Tahu : the Ngāi Tahu portraits in Lore and History of the South Island Maori.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)When Lore and History of the South Island Maori was published in 1952 it filled a vacuum in terms of accessible Ngāi Tahu history in the public domain. Despite its scholarly shortcomings, it remained one of the only readily ... -
Gradient grain growth.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Inhomogeneous material properties such as corrosion resistance, strength and creep can be found in cast or formed metals which are heat treated. The spatial variation comes from the gradient in grain sizes, which is a ... -
Entrepreneurial growth Intention : the role of effectual logic.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The significance of entrepreneurial venture growth in entrepreneurship research has attracted scholarly attention for decades. More recently, policymakers have also shown a keen interest, not just in venture creation, but ... -
Nonconvex network optimisation : solution methods and applications.
(University of Canterbury, 1998)Nonconvex network flow models are used in a wide variety of problem domains involving discounting or economies of scale. Examples include network design, facility location, production planning, physical distribution, ... -
Novel CNNs for target localisation to prune pine tree branches : tree pruning with a smart UAV.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis presents work to predict pruning targets on pine trees so that pine forests can be pruned with a smart Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV). This work is primarily concerned with keypoint localisation of the ... -
Exploring the influence of fractures and rock type on seismic velocity in volcanic rocks : a combined laboratory and field study of Tuawera / Cave Rock, Sumner New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Seismic investigations have long been used to assess characteristics of rock masses, subsurface structures, magma, and areas of economic interest that are otherwise invisible at the Earth’s surface. Here I show that assessing ... -
Disaster recovery of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – a case of recovery from Canterbury earthquakes 2010-11.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The initial goal of this research was to explore how SME business models change in response to a crisis. Keeping this in mind, the business model canvas (Osterwalder & Pigneur, 2010) was used as a tool to analyse SME ... -
Forensic illusions : medico-legal representations, scandals and reform in mid-twentieth century Britain, Canada and New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The media representations of charismatic medico-legists from the British Commonwealth and of the wondrous powers of forensic medicine greatly influenced the perception of the discipline’s reliability and accuracy during ... -
Bonebridge health related quality of life and clinical outcomes in New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Objectives: To determine to what extent the Bonebridge improves clinical and health related quality of life outcomes in the New Zealand context. Methods: Preliminary results for 18 adults with conductive and mixed hearing ...