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Bacterial Communities Associated with Human Decomposition

Parkinson, Rachel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Human decomposition is a little-understood process with even less currently known about the microbiology involved. The aim of this research was to investigate the bacterial community associated with exposed decomposing ...
Bacterial Community Structure, Function and Diversity in Antarctic Sea Ice

Cowie, Rebecca Olivia MacLennan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Antarctic sea ice is an important feature of the southern ocean where at its maximum it can cover 8 % of the Southern Hemisphere. It provides a stable environment for the colonisation of diverse and highly specialised ...
Bacterial diversity and viral discovery in the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)

Sébastien, Alexandra (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Invasive species can lead to major economic and ecological issues. For this reason, biological controls are being developed in order to help with invasive species population management. Pathogenic bacteria and viruses offer ...
Bacterial extracellular enzyme activity in a future ocean

Burrell, Timothy James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Heterotrophic bacteria are recognised as vital components in the cycling and regulation of inorganic and organic matter in the ocean. Research to date indicates that future changes in ocean conditions may influence bacterial ...
Balancing rangatiratanga and kawanatanga: Waikato-Tainui and Ngāi Tahu’s Treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown

Fisher, Martin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Waikato-Tainui and Ngāi Tahu’s negotiations with the Crown produced the first two major iwi-based agreements of the modern era of Treaty settlements in New Zealand/Aotearoa. While the existing historiography has previously ...
Batesian mimicry in plants: The significance of shared leaf shape between Alseuosmia pusilla and Pseudowintera colorata

Yager, Karl Graeme (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

There is an immense amount of variation in leaf shape, size, and colouration, both across and within plant species. Leaf shape and colour, in some instances, can be attributed as a physiological response to particular ...
Bayesian estimation of a phenotype network structure using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo

Woods, Lisa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

In this thesis we aim to estimate the unknown phenotype network structure existing among multiple interacting quantitative traits, assuming the genetic architecture is known. We begin by taking a frequentist approach ...
Bayesian multiple target tracking

Choppala, Praveen Babu (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis addresses several challenges in Bayesian target tracking, particularly for array signal processing applications, and for multiple targets. The optimal method for multiple target tracking is the Bayes’ joint ...
Beaches in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Butler, Edward R T (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

Modern beaches in McMurdo Sound can be divided into 3 process regimes. Beaches on Ross Island (eastern McMurdo Sound) are characterised by marine processes with little ice modification. On ice-bound western McMurdo Sound, ...
Beginning Teachers, Schools and Diversity

Muralidharan, Vijaya (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

As the field of education world-wide is explicitly striving to make schools and education available to all children and young persons, classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse in terms of language, culture, religion, ...
A Behavioural Analysis of Serotonergic Functional Status Following MDMA Exposure

Brennan, Katie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

Rationale +/- 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) produces effects on a number of neurochemical systems. Many studies have shown that repeated MDMA administration produces deficits in central serotonergic neurotransmission, ...
Behavioural and Neurochemical Consequences of MDMA Self-Administration in Rats

Do, Jennifer (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Rationale: Over the past few decades, MDMA has been shown to produce persistent detrimental effects. Animal models have been developed to investigate the effects of self-administered drugs on brain and behaviour, but only ...
Behavioural and Neurochemical Effects of Acute (±) 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in the Dopamine D1 Receptor Mutant Rat

Squire, Hanna (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Rationale: (±) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ‘ecstasy’) is a recreationally abused psychostimulant that leads to detrimental effects on memory performance. MDMA’s acute effects on memory are often attributed to ...
Behavioural mechanisms affecting the success of translocations. An investigation using New Zealand’s rarest ratite, the rowi

Abbott, Rachael (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Translocations are increasingly being used for conservation management of threatened species (Sarrazin & Legendre, 2000). Outcomes are influenced by a range of factors including effects of early rearing experience, conspecific ...
Behavioural patterns of two native Leiopelma frogs and implications for their conservation

Ramírez, Patty (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Amphibian populations are in general decline internationally. The current situation of amphibian populations highlights the urgent need for comprehensive information on species’ ecology to better assess conservation and ...
Behavioural Pharmacology of Novel Kappa Opioid Compounds

Morani, Aashish Sultan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Rationale: Kappa opioid receptor (KOPr) activation by traditional agonists has been shown to produce anti-addiction behaviours. However, adverse effects such as sedation, aversion and depression have limited their clinical ...
Being and Becoming an Exemplary Nurse - an Authentic Journey

Noble-Adams, Rae (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

The aims of this study were to illuminate the joint constructions of exemplary nurses and their lived experiences of being and becoming one. Inherent in being ‘exemplary’ was the notion of ‘becoming’, which involved the ...
Being Mindfully Present in the Moment: Influences on Psychological Functioning

Kirby, Denise M. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Mindfulness is defined as a fundamental way of being, a way of relating to all of one‟s experiences whether positive, negative, or neutral, with an attentive, curious, and nonevaluative mindset (Kabat-Zinn, 2003; Williams, ...
The beliefs and practices of Indonesian high-school EFL teachers regarding the teaching and learning of culture and interculturality

Munandar, Muhammad Iwan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This study examined the pedagogic beliefs and practices of Indonesian teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) regarding the teaching and learning of culture and interculturality in the local high-school English ...
The Best of Both Worlds - How Māori Small Businesses Engage with Their Pākehā and Māori Values

Best, Philip Graham (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Māori small business owners must work in two cultures; their own Māori culture and the Pākehā culture which frames much of the legal and commercial imperatives of their business. Some Māori business leaders have commented ...