Research Bank: Recent submissions
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Effectiveness of catalytic converters on older cars on New Zealand roads
(2021-12)RESEARCH RATIONALE Road transport is one of the major contributors to the environmental pollution. There are many sources and types of substances emitted by road transport, but for the vehicles with the internal ... -
Identifying motivational factors to increase the selection of a career in the engineering profession
(2022)The shortage of skilled workers, specifically engineers, in New Zealand is well published (Freeman-Greene, 2020). To recruit the best talent into engineering careers and address the increasing shortfall of highly skilled ... -
Keynote Speech 4: Cooling is the new heating: NZ’s self-denial.
(2022-02-18)As the climate warms, we use more electricity for cooling, causing more carbon emissions, causing the climate to warm further causing the use of more electricity for cooling and so on. This presentation looks at past and ... -
The Tāmaki Makaurau Associate Teacher Network
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Practicum experiences are critical to the professional journey of every student teacher as they attain their teaching qualification. It is the site of induction and mentoring, intended to support the student teacher in ... -
Tamaki Makaurau ECE Teacher Education Providers Network Partnership in ITE
(2021-12)Committee Members come together from the following tertiary providers The Tamaki Makaurau ECE Teacher Education Providers Network Key aspects of the Associate Teacher Symposium A typical day at the AT Symposium: ... -
Innovation through assessment: Students connecting to the early childhood curriculum Bachelor of Teaching (ECE)
(2020-10-09)Arts-based conversation: An enquiry into early childhood visual arts pedagogy (Turton, 2015). Self-efficacy and domain knowledge Teacher education and pedagogical development Responsibilities of kaiako EDUC 6924 ... -
Culturally responsive pedagogy in early childhood education
(2021-12)Planting the seeds Malu model: The wisdom from my Samoan grandmother, Luisa Stehlin - an introduction by Yvonne Topic: Culturally responsive pedagogy in early childhood education The project Research questions that ... -
Acoustic features of dysphonic speech vs normal speech in New Zealand English speakers
(Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ), 2021-07)This poster presents the acoustic features of distorted speech in three dysphonic New Zealanders compared to three healthy individuals as the control group. There are a total of six subjects in this study. Voice onset time ... -
Keynote presentation: Teaching into a changing world: Maintaining curricular currency in a continually evolving landscape
(2021-11-24)My research relates to how Screen Education might learn from past changes in order to keep ahead of the current rapid and continuous changes the Screen Industries are currently experiencing. Today, I’m going to be talking ... -
Long-read sequencing reveals atypical mitochondrial genome structure in a New Zealand marine isopod
(Royal Society (London), 2022-01-12)Most animal mitochondrial genomes are small, circular and structurally conserved. However, recent work indicates that diverse taxa possess unusual mitochondrial genomes. In Isopoda, species in multiple lineages have atypical ... -
Habitabilidad, Conectividad y Salud Menta [= Habitability, Connectivity and Mental Health]
(2021-11-05)No es un fenómeno nuevo la modificación de los espacios habitables para dar lugar a elementos tecnológicos. Efectos como la contaminación visual y la invasión de los espacios cotidianos son tan comunes que hasta pasan ... -
Logistics: Operational interdependencies for food supply chain resilience
(2021-11)RESEARCH QUESTION What are the logistics operational interdependencies that support food supply chain resilience in disaster prone regions? Introduction Literature review Research methodology Analysis: ... -
Understanding supply chain resilience: An application of the network configurational approach
(2021-06-18)Why supply chain resilience Literature review Research highlights Supply chain disruptions Disruption 1 – Fire at Aisin’s plant Disruption 2 – Fire at Philips plant Disruption 3 – Battery recall Nokia Global Findings ... -
Structured phylogeography and restricted gene flow among populations of Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis) across Australasia: implications for the endangered New Zealand population
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ornithologists' Union, 2022-01-26)The Fairy Tern Sternula nereis is an Australasian tern that breeds in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand, with the last having the smallest breeding population, listed as ‘Threatened – Nationally Critical’ by the New ... -
Sandy toes: A new species of Auckland gecko
(2021-12)Species complex Wordworthia spp, Muriwai gecko Sample collection Morphometric and scale count analysis Phylogenetic analysis Significant characters: Morphometrics Significant characters: Scale counts PCA and DAPC ... -
A synopsis of Aotearoa / New Zealand Lejeunea (Lejeuneaceae: Jungermanniopsida) and new species in the Lejeunea epiphylla Colenso complex
(KMK Scientific Press, 2021)We present a summary of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Lejeunea flora in a synopsis covering 21 species, 19 of which have been, or are here, formally described and two tag-named. Four species are described as new (L. amphinephea ... -
Modernising traffic flow analysis: A computer vision-driven prototype for vehicle detection
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION How can computer vision be used to support traffic flow analysis? RESEARCH SUB-QUESTIONS What is required within the planning, development and implementation phases of a prototype that performs ... -
Let us keep together not wide apart = Waiho i te toipoto Kaua i te toiroa: The space between us. A conversation on ambulatory research
(2021-12)Walking in its symbolic form could be considered as humans first aesthetic act, initiating order in chaos or the void (te kore) and transformational of the spaces traversed. Eventually these early human journeys became ... -
Case study analysis of blended-delivery and cloud-based learning elements and resources for an IT degree programme
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION: How ready are the courses in an NZ case study IT degree program to be delivered via Moodle online and/or remotely? ABSTRACT Advances in web and cloud technologies have made it easier for higher ... -
A pilot programme of fruit grading system using computer vision
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. How can New Zealand’s agriculture industry use computer vision technologies to improve the accuracy of their fruit grading system? 2. What are the similarities and differences in object detection ...