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FAP still more question to be answered: A review-based analysis
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2023-08-28)Over ninety percent of epithelial malignancies have elevated levels of fibroblast activation protein (FAP), a type II transmembrane serine protease that is closely associated with tumour invasion, metastasis, and prognosis. ... -
An overview of radiochemical identity and radiochemical purity of 18F-FDG and factor affecting the RCP
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2023-08-28)INTRODUCTION The radiopharmaceutical known as fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is the one that is utilised most frequently in PET-CT imaging. In the first place, it is applied to the diagnosis and evaluation of various stages ... -
Early reflections on a collaborative research project about the safety of rainbow ākonga on Te Pūkenga campuses
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2023-11-29)This paper reports on the experiences of a research team designing and beginning to implement a research project exploring how safe and inclusive the various campuses of Te Pūkenga are for Rainbow ākonga (students). As ... -
Katamari Kart: A serious and hilarious sub/urban game for more serendipitous, playful and friendly public art
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)The article presents the sub/urban game-method Katamari Kart, where people roam industrial and suburban areas collecting waste materials and progressively building a large and mobile public sculpture. This game-method ... -
Resilient hub
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)The proposal describes a community hub; a site located within the suburban and urban built environment, made up of an arrangement of community-run buildings and facilities. Modern sustainable technologies and building ... -
The fires of ambition: Te Awa Tupua 2040
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)Upon introduction, Māori will often, ask “Ko wai koe?”, or at the beginning of a pepeha, Māori might say, “Ko wai au?” The concept of ‘ko wai au’ is both a question and a statement in one. In one sense ‘ko wai au’ is asking ... -
Decolonising and re-indigenising neighbourhood design
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)How do we create a fairer, more equitable future? How do we create neighbourhoods that serve and nurture us; spaces that reflect us, that bring beauty, that inform our identities? Urbanists are generally reluctant to address ... -
Designing neighbourhoods to facilitate intercultural encounters: Negotiating between self, society and place
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)Globalisation, and the consequent migratory processes, have radically transformed many countries across the world. A greater number of people with diverse backgrounds have been travelling to more places for numerous reasons. ... -
Imagining a narrative form for place
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)Applying long-term thinking to placemaking is challenging when practitioners work within short timeframes to deliver a project – usually from the length of a funding window to that of an on-the-ground build. In order for ... -
Walking backwards into the future in Te Pokapū Tāone, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s city centre
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)Te pokapū tāone o Tāmaki, Auckland’s city centre, is the belly of Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand’s fastest growing residential neighbourhood and a significant contributor to the region and to the country. Globally, ... -
Can form-based codes be the opportunity to achieve a quality built environment in Aotearoa New Zealand?
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)This article suggests that our current land-use planning is routinely failing to make good places where people want to live. The inability of land-use zoning to generate mixed-use neighbourhoods is one reason. Instead of ... -
A pleasurable methodology: Joyously reimagining our neighbourhoods
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)The Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland neighbourhood of Ellerslie has undergone destructive erasures of ecology and indigeneity since colonisation. This is exemplified by the filling with concrete of the sacred subterranean caves, ... -
Distributed resource centre: A soft Infrastructure for neighbourhood creativity
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)This article presents the Distributed Resource Centre as a soft, low-cost, generative, and fun decentralised infrastructure for neighbourhood creativity. The article defines the concept (as flow vs stock), outlines some ... -
Developing urban furniture by Unitec students for an emerging urban fabric in Auranga, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland: The socio-ecological dynamics of creative sustainable prototyping production during the Covid-19 crisis
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)As the number of suburban communities in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland grows, it’s essential to consider the social component when planning and developing these communities in order to improve social resilience and reduce social ... -
A contemporary Pacific village: A proposal
(Unitec, Te Pūkenga, ePress, 2023-11-21)This paper proposes a contemporary Pacific village as a response to the pressing housing issues of Pacific communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. More specifically, the proposal explores this at the scale of a neighbourhood. ... -
“A haven of love and peace”: Family experiences of Dove Hospice and Wellness Services: an interpretive description
(2023)BACKGROUND Caring for someone with a long-term medical condition or a terminal diagnosis can take a physical, mental, and emotional toll on the family and caregivers. Palliative care support services can help to ease the ... -
Jacques Lecoq’s theatre pedagogy in institutional theatre schools in Brazil and New Zealand: A voyage of connection and disconnection
(2023-05-31)This paper presentation is a reflection on the application of Jacques Lecoq's theatre methodology in the context of institutional theatre schools in Brazil and New Zealand by Claudia Sachs (the Federal University of Rio ... -
Stocktake of clinical placements and preparation for clinical experience: A national perspective of practice employed in the polytechnic sector
(2023-05)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes INTRODUCTION Nursing curricula need to ... -
Student nurse perceptions of caring for older adults: How incidental project findings identified ageist attitudes and opportunities to create, innovate and energise pre-registration nursing curricula
(2023-06-07)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes New Zealand's population Future healthcare ... -
Inclusive assessments in language teaching: Current approaches and future possibilities
(2023-09-30)In the field of language education, inclusive assessments are pivotal yet often overlooked. This presentation aims to stimulate critical dialogue about our attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding inclusivity in language ...
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