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Dances with Words: Issues in the Translation of Japanese Literature into English

Donovan, Richard Ninian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Chapter One: Literary Translation Studies, Japanese-to-English Translation, and Izu no odoriko This introductory chapter explores aspects of Translation Studies relevant to Japanese-to-English literary translation. I ...
Data Acquisition and Dissemination for the Internet of Nano Things

Yu, Hang (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Electromagnetic-based Wireless NanoSensor Networks (EM-WNSNs) operating in the Terahertz band (0.1 THz – 10 THz) will enable nano-scale applications and stimulate the evolution from the Internet of Things (IoT) to the ...
Dear my Very Problematic Blood Glucose Meter: Adolescents' Experiences Self-Managing Type 1 Diabetes and their Psychosocial User Requirements Of Medical Technologies

McCarthy, Gillian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

“Dear insulin pump. I love that you came into my life! You give me flexibility, confidence, and happiness.” “Dear my very problematic blood glucose meter. I wish I could let you go. I don't ask much from you, just correct ...
Decentralized Centralism: School Based Management Policies and Practices at State Secondary Schools in Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia

Sumintono, Bambang (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

The collapse of Suharto’s regime in 1998 brought significant change to Indonesia's public sector. Education at primary and secondary levels, since 1 January 2001, was administered at district level rather than in the ...
Decidable Subtyping for Path Dependent Types

Mackay, Julian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Path dependent types form a central component of the Scala programming language. Coupled with other expressive type forms, path dependent types provide for a diverse set of concepts and patterns, from nominality to F-bounded ...
A Decision Support System for Corporate Planning in the New Zealand Dairy Industry

Mellalieu, Peter John (Victoria University of Wellington, 1982)

Decisions; Support; Systems; Planning; Optimization; Heuristics; Network programming; Fixed Costs; Travelling salesman; Distances; Computer graphics. A Decision Support System (DSS) is described, the prime objective of ...
Decoding Kashgar: A Digital Design Approach to Steer and Diversify Creative Engagement in Digital Heritage

Aydin, Serdar (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Digital tools have become critical instruments in preserving and communicating the value of heritage as important cultural expressions of the past. A consequence of digitalisation is the democratisation of heritage ...
Decolonisation and Free Association: The Relationships of the Cook Islands and Niue with New Zealand

McDonald, Caroline (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

The Cook Islands and Niue are self-governing states in free association with New Zealand. The free association arrangements met United Nations decolonisation requirements. They reflected the needs and wishes of the Cook ...
(De)Constructing 'Body Love' Discourses in Young Women's Magazines

Murphy, Rewa Therese (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

This thesis is about the recent emergence of ‘love your body’ messages and discourse in mainstream women’s magazines available to New Zealand audiences. It is situated culturally and historically, in a time when media ...
Deep Anisotropic Structure under the Central Volcanic Region, New Zealand

Greve, Sonja Melanie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

Seismic anisotropy across the Hikurangi subduction zone measured from shear-wave splitting exhibits strong lateral changes over distances of about 250 km. Teleseismic S-phases show trench-parallel fast polarisations with ...
The Defence of New Zealand: the Formulation of Defence Policy in New Zealand

Rolfe, James Grant (Victoria University of Wellington, 1990)

The research examines the processes by which defence policy has been formed in New Zealand and draws links between structure, process and outcome. The structure of the unified Ministry of Defence as it operated between ...
Deformational Processes Accommodating Slip on an Active Low-Angle Normal Fault, Suckling-Dayman Metamorphic Core Complex, Papua New Guinea

Mizera, Marcel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Detachment faults that can be shown to have slipped at dips <30° in highly extended continental crust are referred to as “Low-Angle Normal Faults” (LANFs). Their apparent low-dip angle exposed at the Earth’s surface ...
Deglacial climate and ice sheet evolution of the Ross Embayment, Antarctica

Lowry, Daniel P. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Reconstructing past grounding-line evolution can help inform future sea level projections by constraining marine ice sheet sensitivities to changes in climate. The Ross Embayment, the largest sector of Antarctica, experienced ...
Degradative Studies in the Picrotoxinin Series

Carman, Raymond Maurice (Victoria University of Wellington, 1958)

PICROTOXIN is a bitter principle of the berries of the species Mensiperum coculus and Anamirata coculus, creepers which are indigenous to the East Indies. It was first isolated in 1812, and subsequent elementary analysis ...
A Deleuze Theory of Urban Morphology: Brunei Water City

Leblanc, Rémy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The impetus for this thesis was the theoretical shortcomings uncovered in the field of urban morphology and its French branch, IPRAUS, when the researcher first attempted to account for the form of the architecture in the ...
Democratic Intellect: Freeing Thought for the Democracy To-come

Porkoli, Jafar Mirzaee (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

The core argument of this thesis is on the aporetic moment/space of decision and the poetics of the to-come in John Milton's works, with the fundamental importance of the individual. For Milton, this moment/space is radically ...
Democratic member control in Chinese cooperatives: A study of the Gung Ho Movement

Reynolds, Parley (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has encouraged various forms of collective agricultural organizations in an effort to improve economic development for those living in rural areas. ...
Democratisation in Asia-Pacific Monarchies: Drivers and Impediments

Bogle, Christine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

In the first decade of the 21st century, Bhutan and Tonga enacted reforms which took executive power away from the monarch and placed it the hands of an elected government. Conversely, Thailand and Nepal have faltered in ...
Demographic and Psychological Factors and Preparation for Earthquakes

Spittal, Matthew John (Victoria University of Wellington, 2003)

New Zealand, like many countries, is at risk from a number of natural disasters including flooding, volcanoes, and earthquakes. The risk of exposure to such disasters over the course of a lifetime is substantial (Norris, ...
Demography and impacts of habitat degradation on the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia spp. in the Indo-Pacific

McGrath, Emily (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Coral cover worldwide is in decline largely due to anthropogenic influence. In some areas reefs are transitioning into alternative states dominated by sponges, which remain largely understudied despite their abundance and ...