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The “Ugly Sister of Welfare”: The Idea of Health Care ‘Rationing’ in New Zealand 1968-c.1980

Salter, Deborah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis explores the influence of healthcare ‘rationing’ in New Zealand from 1968 to c.1980. Rationing is a term and concept drawn from health economics and the history of the idea will be traced as well as its influence. ...
Ultrasmooth thin film and nano-scale structure fabrication to extend the bounds of optical microscopy

Rafealov, Eden (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Plasmonic devices including superlenses, hyperlenses, and far-field superlenses are specially fabricated elements which can improve the resolution of optical microscopy past inherent theoretical limits. However, their ...
Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing of Fibre Reinforced Composites

Thomson, Matthew (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This thesis focuses on the application of high frequency ultrasound as a tool for performing non-destructive testing for pultruded fibre reinforced composite (FRC) rods. These composite rods are popular in the ...
The Unavoidable Metaphor of Memorial Architecture: The Boundaries and Event-Space of Chernobyl Reactor No. 4

van der Veen, Christopher Ian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

In the design of memorial architecture, there is encountered an overuse of literal metaphor in order to translate difficult concepts into the built form. These metaphors are explored in contemporary examples of memorial ...
Uncertain Credit: Melville's Affective Economies

Murray, Alistair (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Despite taking place in putatively “lawless” settings, Melville’s maritime fiction maps complex economies of obligation: characters draw up contracts, extend credit, and broker promissory exchanges for goods among themselves, ...
Uncertainty and Investment Choice in a Real-Options Model of the Firm

Hobbs, Cameron (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

A firm must consider many factors when adopting an investment policy including, but not limited to the size, scope, and cost of each investment, as well as the firm's financial condition. The multitude of considerations ...
Uncharted Waters: Influencing Practice Through a Life Course Approach: How Caregivers' Life Experience Can Influence the Care They Give to the Elderly at the End of Life

Gellatly, Katherine Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

This project originates from my experience as a Palliative Care Nurse Specialist Educator working from a hospice environment. Observations and collaborative partnerships with staff in Aged Care Facilities provided insight ...
Unconventional Superconductivity in Samarium Nitride

Doonan, William (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

We have studied the nature of unconventional superconductivity in the rare-earth nitride (REN) samarium nitride (SmN) for the purposes of providing a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that lead to such a phenomenon ...
Uncovering the Gender Agenda - The Impacts of Fair Trade on Gender Relations in Chile

Chapman, Jasmin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Neoliberalism has perpetuated social inequality on a global scale. Augusto Pinochet’s neoliberal experiment would have significant repercussions on Chilean society. The evolution of export agriculture propelled Chile to ...
Uncovering the Longitudinal and Physiological Associations between Self-Control, Delay of Gratification and Future Thinking

Watson, Samantha J. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

High self-control, better delay of gratification, and future thinking have long been linked theoretically and, more recently, empirically, yet evidence of the causal relationships between them is non-existent. The present ...
Under Construction: National Identity and the Display of Colonial History at the National Museum of Singapore and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Waite, Julia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

In New Zealand and Singapore, national identity is inextricably linked to the processes of colonisation, decolonisation and the gaining of political independence. Unlike highlytheorized accounts of national identity, ...
The Underestimated Value of Internal Marketing: Impact on Employee Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction through Organisational Restructure

Micek, Monica Nicole (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Internal Marketing, a long-debated concept amongst academics and practitioners, is suggested to be a competitive advantage to organisations that utilise its practices. Often dismissed as merely selling the marketing of a ...
Underground Architecture: Connections Between Ground-Level Public Space and Below-Ground Buildings

Wright, Aimee (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The main objective of this research is to develop an underground space framework which establishes design solutions to underpin the successful design of underground buildings. The poorly conceived nature of contemporary ...
Under Prying Eyes: Repression, Surveillance and Exposure in California, 1918-1939

Judkins, Simon James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis is a study of a network of surveillance organisations that developed in California, especially around Los Angeles, between the First and Second World Wars, employing surveillance as a tool of political and ...
Understanding Common Sense Themes of Intellectual and Creative Work: the Social Representation of Intellectual Property

Pauling, Joel Wiramu (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This thesis examines the construction of Intellectual Property discourses using the social Psychological theoretical framework of Social Representations theory (Moscovici, 1984), and explores the various themes which emerge ...
Understanding Empathy in Children

Chan, Kah Hoe (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Health, particularly diet and everyday nutrition, as the ultimate causal factor in life is an important aspect of every child's education. Meanwhile, computer generated (CG) 3-dimensional (3-D) graphics is a medium often used ...
Understanding Human Scale and the Importance of its Relationship with Enclosure

Mackesy-Buckley, Austin H. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The main objective of the research is to better understand the concept of human scale and the role that it has to play in the design of our urban environments. The need for a clearer, less ambiguous understanding of human ...
Understanding Pasifika Educational Aspirations and Conceptions of Development in Wainuiomata

McLeod, Holly (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Education is good for development. This positive relationship between education and development is often stated without challenge, resulting in education being posited at the forefront of global development strategies. ...
Understanding the Congruence Between Teacher Intention and Student Learning Outcome

Rush, Perry (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Research into what takes place between the instructional intent of a teaching act and students’ experience of the same act is central to better understanding teaching and learning. In this c ...
Understanding the distribution of introduced mammalian predators in an urban environment using monitoring tools and community trapping

Balls, Cherie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

Introduced mammalian predators are one of the largest conservation threats to New Zealand native flora and fauna, and there is an increasing concern about their presence in urban environments, coupled with a recognition ...