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A cross-cultural study on attitudes towards robots
(Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005)This study presents the result of a cross-cultural study of negative attitude towards robots. A questionnaire was presented to Dutch, Chinese and Japanese participants based on the Negative Attitude towards Robots Scale ... -
The effect of atmospheric nudging on the stratospheric residual circulation in chemistry–climate models
(Copernicus GmbH, 2019)Abstract. We perform the first multi-model intercomparison of the impact of nudged meteorology on the stratospheric residual circulation using hindcast simulations from the Chemistry–Climate Model Initiative (CCMI). We ... -
A Re-Evaluation of the Choice of an Inflation Target in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis
(2020)Through an appropriate choice of inflation objective – a real-exchange-rate-adjusted (REX) inflation target - the central bank can limit fluctuations in real economic activity which have become a cause of great concern ... -
Kāhui Ako and the collaborative turn in education: emergent evidence and leadership implications
(2020)Internationally, in contexts of escalating globalisation, collaboration has increasingly been taken up as a social policy tool. Education has not been exempt from that uptake. In Aotearoa, this is most clearly evidenced ... -
Building A Neuro-Fuzzy Based Route Choice Model in Metropolitan Context: Surat City in India
(Elsevier BV, 2017)The study presents the route choice behaviour among three alternative routes for a set of origin and destination points of Surat, a metropolitan city of India. Travel time, traffic congestion level and environmental effects ... -
Dual Free Adaptive Minibatch SDCA for Empirical Risk Minimization
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Native language influence on brass instrument performance: An application of generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs) to midsagittal ultrasound images of the tongue
(2019)This paper presents the findings of an ultrasound study of 10 New Zealand English and 10 Tongan-speaking trombone players, to determine whether there is an influence of native language speech production on trombone ... -
On creative design study in an engineering undergraduate course.
(University of CanterburyUniversity of Canterbury, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1979)This is a revised edition of Part I of a report of the same title first produced in 1974. The material has been enlarged and re-written to include developments since that year. The purpose of the work remains unchanged ... -
Experimental studies on in-plane performance of plasterboard sheathed ceiling diaphragms
(2019)The ultimate goal of this study is to develop a model representing the in-plane behaviour of plasterboard ceiling diaphragms, as part of the efforts towards performance-based seismic engineering of low-rise light timber-framed ... -
Modeling ash dispersal from future eruptions of Taupo supervolcano
(American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019)Hazard analysis at caldera volcanoes is challenging due to the wide range of eruptive and environmental conditions that can plausibly occur during renewed activity. Taupo volcano, New Zealand, is a frequently active and ... -
Instrumenting 3D virtual worlds for computer science education to support teaching and learning.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis presents methods for adding data capture instrumentation to 3D virtual learning environments, determining the extent to which the data that is captured from them can be used to support the teaching and learning ... -
Comparison of geothermal structures at Tauhara Geothermal Field, New Zealand and Muara Laboh, Indonesia.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Understanding the relationships between geological features and hydrothermal fluid pathways is critical for effective geothermal site investigation, exploration and production. Feed zones found within wells indicate fluid ... -
Imaging Sir Joseph James Kinsey (1852-1936) : a man of many parts.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This thesis introduces Sir Joseph James Kinsey (1852-1936) as entrepreneur, collector, amateur mountaineer, photographer, successful businessman and booster/developer. Kinsey’s services as attorney and New Zealand ... -
Navigating collective identity in a temporary coopetitive post-disaster rebuild organisation.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Collective identity construction in organisations engaged in an inter-organisational collaboration (IOC), especially temporary IOCs set up in disaster situations, has received scant attention in the organisational studies ... -
Influences on the ICT practices reported by selected ESOL teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand secondary schools.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This study investigates selected ESOL teachers’ reported perceptions of the factors that influence their ICT practices in their professional life in New Zealand secondary schools. It aims to give voice to the ESOL teachers ... -
Essays on intermediation and trade.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This thesis focuses on determinants of firms’ export performance. Chapter One introduces the literature on firm export behaviour. Chapter Two replicates the work of Ahn, Khandelwal, and Wei (2011). It examines the role of ... -
Re-conceptualizing the relationships between sacred forests and ethnic minorities : selected case studies in Vietnam.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Sacred forests are thought to have existed as far back as 5000 years BC, when human society was in the early stages of development. Now they are a “global phenomenon” with hundreds of thousands, existing on all continents, ...
