Welcome to Research Bank, our open research repository that includes research produced by students and staff while affiliated with Unitec, Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Otago Polytechnic, Toi Ohomai and Southern Institute of Technology (SIT). It is intended to facilitate scholarly communication and shared access to our research outputs
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Item Developing a collaborative and cooperative delivery network(2023-02)What? Cooperation vs collaboration Why? Our vision for the future How? Communities of practice What? Content delivery Questions/Comments/DisagreementsItem Representation of financial time series data in a three dimensional space using a geographic model(2022-06)This paper introduces a new approach to visualising and interpolating financial time series data, e.g., Bitcoin prices, in a spatial domain using the notion of spatialization: forming a spatial representation of non-spatial phenomena. The proposed algorithm first utilises temporal components of the observations, i.e., date and time, to build a 2D map-like space. It then uses the coordinates of the observations in the 2D map along with the Bitcoin prices to construct a 3D topographic map. We use this map to create 30-minute frequency data, and compare it with the actual observed Bitcoin prices. The results show the reliability and effectiveness of the proposed method as a new graphical tool in analysing time series data.Item Learning support for distance learners : towards the future(ATLAANZ, 2023)Following the merger of Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Waiariki Institute of Technology to become Toi Ohomai Te Pūkenga, the newly formed Te Ranga Eke Panuku / Learning Success and Engagement (LSE) team combined and redeveloped their services. In this article the author reflects on her ATLAANZ 2022 conference presentation, which shared distance students’ perspectives from her master’s research on the revised services. The author’s study explored whether and how the LSE services were meeting student needs and how the services could be further improved. Analysis of the survey (n=278) and interview (n=12) data revealed gaps in awareness of support services across all learner groups. However, distance students were less connected to the support services than on-campus learners, and the researcher found unmet academic and pastoral needs among distance participants. In addition, participants stated that they had been looking for ways to express their opinions and saw the research survey as an opportunity to ‘have their say’ to make improvements. As per the Pastoral Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021, the LSE team has increased promotion of services for distance learners, and developed more resources. A booking system now gives ākonga agency in accessing the services, and tutors can similarly book in-class support. The research illustrates that all Te Pūkenga students, whether distance, campus-based, or work-based, require access to online services during flexible hours. Further, every distance and work-based learner, should be able to access face-to-face support at their nearest campus, alongside their campus-based peers, within and beyond regular hours.Item Healthy nutrition, physical activity, and sleep hygiene to promote cardiometabolic health of airline pilots : a narrative review(SAGE, 2023)Airline pilots experience unique occupational demands that may contribute to adverse physical and psychological health outcomes. Epidemiological reports have shown a substantial prevalence of cardiometabolic health risk factors including excessive body weight, elevated blood pressure, poor lifestyle behaviors, and psychological fatigue. Achieving health guidelines for lifestyle behavior nutrition, physical activity, and sleep are protective factors against the development of noncommunicable diseases and may mitigate the unfavorable occupational demands of airline pilots. This narrative review examines occupational characteristics for sleep, nutrition, and physical activity and outlines evidence-based strategies to inform health behavior interventions to mitigate cardiometabolic health risk factors among airline pilots.Item The management of aged care clinical experience for New Zealand student nurses(2022-12)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes Setting the scene in NZ The different aspects of the aged care curriculum Where do NZ polytechnic students gain aged care clinical experience? What educational experiences are provided in aged care? At what stage of nursing education does this happen? Most NZ polytechnic nurses learn to care for older adults in an aged residential care (ARC) facility in year one. Closing comments as we move to a NZ-wide approach
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