Anastasiadis, Simon Seraphim(Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
Nutrient emissions from agricultural land are now widely recognized as one of the
key contributors to poor water quality in local lakes, rivers and streams. Nutrient
trading for non-point sources, including farm land, ...
Bura, Valentin B(Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
This thesis establishes new results concerning the proof-theoretic strength
of two classic theorems of Ring Theory relating to factorization in integral
domains.
The first theorem asserts that if every irreducible is a ...
McGregor, Vidette Louise(Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
Squid fisheries require a different management approach to most fish species which are much
longer living. Most squid live for around one year, spawn and then die. The result of this is an
entirely new stock each year ...
Frouzesh, Faezeh(Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)
The use of mixture models in statistical analysis is increasing for datasets with heterogeneity
and/or redundancy in the data. They are likelihood based models, and
maximum likelihood estimates of parameters are obtained ...
Fitu, Lealaolesau(Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)
This thesis investigates the dropout problem in Samoan schools particularly at primary and
secondary levels from 1995 to 2007. It aims at identifying and comparing the dropout rate by
region (or geographical locations), ...