UC Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Energy planning for New Zealand
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Energy planning in New Zealand
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Experimental field exclosure of birds and bats in agricultural systems — Methodological insights, potential improvements, and cost-benefit trade-offs
(Elsevier BV, 2019)Experimental exclosure of birds and bats constitutes a powerful tool to study the impacts of wildlife on pests and crop yields in agricultural systems. Though widely utilized, exclosure experiments are not standardized ... -
Framework for fire risk assessment of bridges
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Bridge fires are a major concern because of their social and economic consequences when bridges have to be closed to traffic. The concern for life safety is not significant as there are minimum reported fatalities during ... -
Emissions and Total Cost of Ownership for Diesel and Battery Electric Freight Pickup and Delivery Trucks in New Zealand: Implications for Transition
(MDPI AG, 2023)<jats:p>Road freight transport contributes to a large portion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Transitioning diesel to battery electric (BE) trucks is an attractive sustainability solution. To evaluate the BE transition ... -
How new performance based contracts add value in maintenance contracts
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)Public agencies in charge of maintaining highways and bridges walk a fine line between cost and quality. Recently the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has adopted many changes in their procurement methods to obtain ... -
Consulting engineering : serious fun
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Fire hazard assessment, performance evaluation, and fire resistance enhancement of bridges
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Although the performance of bridge structures under prescriptive fire scenarios has been the subject of numerous studies, performance-based approaches are yet to be developed to achieve an efficient and economical design. ... -
The impact of student self-disclosure on the stress and wellbeing of tertiary educators during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2023)Workplace stress, burnout, and fatigue are commonplace amongst tertiary educators, and are compounded by the ongoing challenges of teaching and learning during a global pandemic. Amid efforts to identify and understand ... -
Resourcing rangatiratanga as part of constitutional transformation: taking equity and sovereignty seriously
(Informa UK Limited, 2023)This study explores possibilities for resourcing rangatiratanga, or Indigenous self-determination. We start by illustrating the role of taxation in erasing Indigenous sovereignty to first establish colonial authority, and ... -
Structural reliability, safety and the community
(1987)The topic of matching strucrural reliability to the needs and behaviour of the community which I intend to discuss is one which deserves continuing debate and which I believe would have appealed to Professor Hopkins. ... -
Psychological impact of far-right terrorism against Muslim minorities on national distress, community, and wellbeing
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022)The Christchurch mosque shootings on March 15th, 2019 was the deadliest incident of mass violence in New Zealand for over a century. The present study investigated the psychological impact of these terrorist attacks targeting ... -
The Dorian Gray Refutation
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2023)Theories are an integral part of the scientific endeavour. The target article proposes interesting ideas for a theory on human–robot interaction but lacks specificity that would enable us to properly test this theory. No ... -
New Zealand falcon nests suffer lower predation in agricultural habitat than in natural habitat
(CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2013)Introduced mammalian predators have been implicated in the majority of avian extinctions on oceanic islands around the globe. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the decimated New Zealand avifauna, where introduced ...