Unitec Research Bank: Recent submissions
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The need for a national accreditation programme for professionals working in the field of animal training and behavioural modification in New Zealand
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2020-06-29)SIMPLE SUMMARY: Companion animals play an important role in the lives of New Zealanders. Animals’ guardians often engage professional behaviour and training support to ensure their companion animal’s behaviour is compatible ... -
Stoking the flames of the digital fireplace. How can the practice of vlogging contribute to an understanding of the presentation of self in contemporary oral history making?
(2020-08-04)Stoking the Flames of the Digital Fireplace is a creative practice based project with an ethnographic and auto-ethnographic focus in which I experiment with and analyse the medium of video-logging (vlogging) on the Youtube ... -
Countering family harm and improving child well-being : 2017- 2019 Research report on a New Zealand programme delivered by classroom teachers.
(Jade Speaks Up Trust, 2020)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The analysis of questionnaire data from the Jade Speaks Up pilot programme over the period of 2017 to 2019, involved 3277 children aged from eight to thirteen years and 104 teachers from eighteen schools. ... -
Report of the data from the 2018 year of the Jade Speaks Up Pilot
(Violence Free Communities, 2019-11)EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Speaks Up, a teacher-led programme that gives Year 4 to 8 school children practical and relational strategies, emotional literacy and self-agency tools to develop trusting relationships, build resilience ... -
Developments in surgical fluid therapy rates in veterinary medicine
(RCVS Knowledge (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons), 2020-07-09)PICO QUESTION: Is there sufficient evidence to show surgical fluid therapy delivered at the recommended 3 mL/kg/hour for cats and 5 mL/kg/hour for dogs leads to a better outcome compared with widely accepted rates of 10 ... -
Stress and compassion fatigue in veterinary nurses in New Zealand
(Mark Allen Healthcare, 2020-02)BACKGROUND: Stress and compassion fatigue are widely acknowledged as prevalent in workers in ‘caring’ roles, however this has not been widely documented in New Zealand veterinary nurses. AIM: This project ... -
Uncharted architectural theory of critical regionalism in the work of Aleksandar Deroko between the world wars
(University of Birmingham, England, 2020-06)The paper comprises four parts. Drawing from the definition of critical regionalism presented by Tzonis and Lefaivre in their analysis of Mumford’s work, the first part focuses on Deroko’s interwar writing about architecture. ... -
Assessing the feasibility of a therapy package application on reducing psychological and physiological stress in women : a pilot study
(2020)INTRODUCTION AND AIM: There is mounting evidence regarding the existing relationship between stress and adverse health outcomes. As stress is multidimensional, the need for a multimodal approach to manage stress is ... -
An investigation of test-retest reliability, internal consistency, construct validity, and floor and ceiling effects for the Rowley Self-Efficacy Breathing Scale (RoBE)
(2020)Dysfunctional breathing (DB) is an overarching term used to describe a cluster of chronic breathing disorders that can occur either in excess or in the absence of other cardiopulmonary pathologies (Barker & Everard, 2015). ... -
An exploration of the factors that lead to the successful employment of people with intellectual disabilities
(2019)Employment is an important aspect of being a participating and valued member of the community. The term social inclusion is commonly used to describe the need to incorporate people with intellectual disabilities in different ... -
Measuring e-government development : the haves and the have-nots
(IBIMA Publishing, 2020-08-17)Since 2003, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) continued to measure the e-government development across the world using a range of indices. The UNDESA produces a biannual report that ranks ... -
Digital spaces : Pasifika parents and caregivers talanoa on the impact of digital technologies
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What are Pasifika parents and caregivers perspectives on the access and use of digital technologies? 2. What are Pasifika parents and caregivers beliefs about using digital technologies at school ... -
Visualising vein pattern based on sparse auto-encoder algorithm
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: Q1: How is it possible to apply deep learning algorithms such as Autoencoder (AE) instead of current simple neural networks with limited capabilities for uncovering vein pattern? Q2: Can deep learning ... -
Short- and medium-term outcomes of patients with subacromial-subdeltoid bursitis following ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection: a prospective single-group cohort study
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: (1) What are the clinical outcomes of patients receiving a corticosteroid injection into the SASD bursa for SASD bursitis (2) If patients return to their referring rehabilitation provider following ... -
Defining and measuring objective and subjective spinal stiffness : a scoping review
(2020)OBJECTIVE: To examine and identify the breadth of definitions and measures of objective and subjective spinal stiffness in the literature, with a focus on clinical implications and research opportunities. DATA ... -
A new adaptive load-shedding and restoration strategy for autonomous operation of microgrids: a real-time study
(2020-01)Islanding operation is one of the main features of a MicroGrid (MG), which is realized regarding the presence of distributed energy resources (DERs). However, in order to deal with the control challenges, which an MG faces ... -
ExCo Member Update: New Zealand
(2020-02)Recent in-country developments / Update on policy National Energy strategy Government policy incentives Other news (market/commercial) IEA Hydrogen Task – NZ Engagement FCV Infrastructure -
Assessing the feasibility of a therapy package application on reducing psychological and physiological stress in men : a pilot study
(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How feasible and effective is the therapy package in reducing perceived and physiological stress in men? ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND Stress is thought to have negative effects on the cardiovascular, ... -
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(2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How might Architecture help address the poor mental health of many students in India by looking to the historical tradition of an Ashram as a holistic space of self-reflection and healing? ABSTRA ... -
Analysis and evaluation of quantum key distribution protocols
(2020)Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) which is the name of cryptography in quantum environment act as the highest developed area in quantum communication and computing technology (QCIT). QKD is inventive technology which utilize ...
