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Practical identifiability analysis of a minimal cardiovascular system model
(Elsevier BV, 2019)© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Background and objective: Parameters of mathematical models of the cardiovascular system can be used to monitor cardiovascular state, such as total stressed blood volume status, vessel elastance and ... -
Effect of variation in density on the stability of bilinear shear currents with a free surface
(AIP Publishing, 2020)We perform the stability analysis for a free surface fluid current modeled as two finite layers of constant vorticity, under the action of gravity and absence of surface tension. In the same spirit as Taylor ["Effect of ... -
Accurate end systole detection in dicrotic notch-less arterial pressure waveforms.
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020)Identification of end systole is often necessary when studying events specific to systole or diastole, for example, models that estimate cardiac function and systolic time intervals like left ventricular ejection duration. ... -
Determining the effects of insulin Detemir on endogenous secretion of insulin.
(IEEE, 2019)Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a long-term metabolic disorder. A pilot trial was designed to investigate the effects of the long acting insulin Detemir on endogenous insulin secretion, to assess use in early T2D care. Provesn ... -
The Rise And Fall of ATR
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Attention and early childhood education.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Informed by Iris Murdoch’s concept of attention, this thesis argues that economic and scientistic discourses within early childhood education misrepresent and neglect essential moral aspects of pedagogy. Early childhood ... -
Removal of dissolved heavy metals from stormwater by filtration with granular recycled glass and mussel shell with and without microalgae biofilm
(Elsevier BV, 2020)Stormwater treatment technologies are routinely used to reduce urban stormwater contaminant loads entering surface water and groundwater systems. However, in most cases, their treatment capabilities are limited to particulate ... -
Assessing transportation vulnerability to tsunamis: utilising post-event field data from the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, Japan, and the 2015 Illapel tsunami, Chile
(Copernicus GmbH, 2020)Abstract. Transportation infrastructure is crucial to the operation of society, particularly during post-event response and recovery. Transportation assets, such as roads and bridges, can be exposed to tsunami impacts ... -
Co-enrolment in Deaf Education
(Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 2020)The purpose of my fellowship was to investigate the concept of co-enrolment with the potential opportunity to make recommendations for policy and practice regarding Deaf Education within the New Zealand education system. ... -
Experiences of the Built Environment, Falls and Fear of Falling Outdoors among Older Adults: An Exploratory Study and Future Directions
(MDPI AG, 2020)Falls can have serious impacts on the health, wellbeing and daily mobilities of older adults. Falls are a leading cause of injury and death amongst older adults and outdoor falls comprise a substantial proportion of ... -
Industrial relations in the New Zealand news media
(University of Canterbury, 1978)A content analysis was performed upon items of industrial relations news from eight daily newspapers, three daily radio news programmes, and four daily television newscasts, over a period of two weeks in 1977. The analysis ... -
Nelson and the Taranaki War, 1860-1861 : a case-study of opinion in the South Island on the origins and nature of the Anglo-Maori Wars in New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 1969)Though the origins of the Anglo-Maori wars, their influence on Imperial relations, and their effects on the Maoris have been studied by Professors Sinclair, Dalton and Sorrenson, and by Dr Alan Ward, there has been very ... -
Treating binge eating disorder : a psychoeducational programme teaching emotional discrimination and management.
(University of Canterbury, 1998)There is a vast amount of literature concluding that some form of emotional distress precedes binge-eating episodes. Such evidence makes accountable this current research - to design and implement a psychoeducational group ... -
The poetry of the numinous : a study of imagery in the poetry of Ursula Bethell.
(University of Canterbury, 1981)In this study of the use of imagery in the work of Ursula Bethell, I have set out to examine the two aspects of her poetry: the visual and the visionary. Both of these aspects play a vital role in her exploration of ... -
An investigation into competitive pricing procedures for professional services.
(University of Canterbury, 1996)This research report is an investigation into the Transit New Zealand Competitive Pricing Procedures for professional services. The investigation focuses on the evaluation of the five quality attributes (methodology, track ... -
The life of Thomas Edward Taylor, M.P., 1863-1911.
(University of Canterbury, 1948)The thesis I advance for his place in the political life of this democracy is that he, essentially a self-taught man, entered the political life of the country from a strong sense of public duty and served as a spearhead ... -
Ngā kōrero a Pita Kāpiti
(Canterbury University Press, 1997)In the late nineteenth century, the leading tohunga Pita Kāpiti, at Waiapu on the East Coast, dictated an account of the rituals surrounding the cultivation of kūmara and hue (gourds) and the hunting of kiore (rats), kererū ... -
Ngā kōrero a Mohi Ruatapu : tohunga rongonui o Ngāti Porou
(Canterbury University Press, 1993)This landmark publication comprises two manuscripts written in the 1870s by one of the greatest tohunga of Ngāti Porou. Mohi Ruatapu, of Tokomaru Bay, was one of the teachers at the last Whare Wānanga (School of Learning) ...