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Living in the past: extending the villa interior for contemporary lives
No full textLiving in the Past” is a thesis that delves into the nuanced exploration of Victorian villas in New Zealand and examines the historical significance and evolution of the villa while contextualizing them within the framework of regionalism and using this framework to propose design solutions for the contemporary villa with a focus on the architectural interior.This will unfold in a two-part analysis.Part one will unfold in 3 chapters and will delve into the historical context of the villa and provides a foundational understanding of these iconic structures.The third chapter will introduce regionalism, examining the roots of the ever-changing architectural style proposing a customized version tailored to New Zealand’s cultural and geographic specifics, aligning with attitudes towards heritage and examining contemporary case studies. From this, the fourth chapter will address the contemporary status of the Villa and the challenges unfolding, including issues including aging infrastructure and sustainability while examining case studies that have addressed these issues in different regions and showcase the innovative planning and material relationships, reflecting regional variations, intertwining with planning and material choices.Part Two will form two major parts. Chapter five will summarize the information discovered in the previous part and introduce the methodology that underpins the design process. This will include the base model and drawing set, informed by historical research, regionalism, and sustainability considerations, lay the groundwork for the subsequent design phase, (which is chapter six), to address historical insights, intelligent contextualization, and contemporary design considerations into region-specific solutions for Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Drawing on regional movements, incorporating historical features, and applying regionalist concepts, this section proposes cohesive approaches for re-imagining Victorian villas to meet modern living standards with a specific application to the architectural interior.“Living in the Past” emerges as a holistic journey that seamlessly connects historical roots to contemporary design, contributing to the ongoing dialogue on the preservation and adaptation of architectural heritage in New Zealand alongside the place of the villa in the architectural interiors.</p
Toward On-Orbit Demonstration of a High Temperature Superconducting AF-MPD Thruster
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Legal accountability and judicial review during the Covid-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand
No full textThe government in Aotearoa New Zealand, like other governments elsewhere, exercised significant and unprecedented power during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to combat the virus and to protect its people. The breadth and depth of the public health response also caused monumental interference in people’s lives. This Article discusses the way judicial review of administrative action was used to hold the government accountable in law for its public health response and provided an avenue for people to pursue grievances. The key phases of the public health response are described, and the types of power exercised are identified. The nature and outcome of the judicial review challenges to that response are then explained. The Article concludes by reflecting on insights this unusual set of cases reveal about the process of legal accountability in New Zealand and the methods used by judges when supervising decisions made by government
Consistent individual differences give rise to ‘caching syndromes’ in a food-storing passerine
No full textCaching food for later retrieval is vital for many animals' survival, but little is known about how this behaviour varies among individuals in the wild. If individuals consistently differ in where, when and how they store food, it could indicate that caching is subject to selection. In this study, we experimentally quantified the repeatability and relationship between different aspects of caching behaviour over two winter seasons in a wild population of toutouwai, Petroica longipes. Individuals were repeatable both within and between years in the number of cache sites they created, the distance they travelled to cache and food item handling time prior to caching. All three of these caching behavioural measures were positively correlated with one another, suggesting that toutouwai exhibit a caching syndrome analogous to a behavioural syndrome, with individuals ranging between ‘clump caching’ and ‘scatter caching’. The number of food items that birds ate prior to caching and latency to begin cache retrieval were also consistently correlated, indicating a second ‘fast - slow’ syndrome linking cache retrieval to satiation level. In both syndromes most individuals were normally distributed between the behavioural extremes, indicating that birds tended to partake in intermediate caching rather than clustering at either end of the continuum. We posit that this distribution may be the result of stabilizing selection that balances the costs and benefits of each extreme
Supporting people who are dying without hospice: A resource for health professionals
No full textThis resource summarises a research project on healthcare professionals’ experiences of, and views about, people who are dying without support from hospice. This resource aims to help health professionals think about how they can continue to support patients and families
who are in this situation.</p
Is a Cheesecake a Cake? And Other Unanswerable Questions: How the Right Theory of Vagueness Solves Long-Standing Philosophical Puzzles
No full textIn this dissertation, I lay out a novel theory of vagueness dubbed ‘partial-determinism,’ according to which vague terms are (who would’ve guessed it) partially determined. This means that the existence of borderline cases and the lack of distinct boundaries that vague terms possess are due to an indeterminacy in the extension of these terms. We don’t bother nailing down precise reference conditions for all our terms because, in general, this would be a complete waste of time. As such, there are cases where there is no fact of the matter as to whether some vague term applies. Given this, if we find ourselves needing to talk about areas that pertain to the indeterminate portions of partially determined terms, we must make sure to sufficiently determine them for whatever our purposes. In other words, we have to make a decision: is this a case where the vague term applies, or is it not? This neatly explains and resolves the sorites paradox as well as the tendency for vague borderline statements to resist truth valuation. Partial-determinism also has wider-reaching consequences beyond just the vagueness literature. Just as there is no fact of the matter as to whether or not statements that involve the indeterminate aspects of vague terms hold, there is also no fact of the matter as to how to answer questions that pertain to the indeterminate aspects of vague terms. This means that when we try to find the complete ‘necessary and sufficient conditions’ for vague but philosophically interesting concepts, we will inevitably end up empty-handed, and not for epistemic reasons, but rather because there was never anything to find. We can, of course, make a decision and precisify the relevant vague terms such that they are sufficiently determined. However, once we do, these questions cease to be very interesting as we will have answered them in the process of making such a decision. I will argue that central discussions within epistemology and metaphysics (among other areas) are vulnerable to dissolution under partial-determinism.</p
Utilisation of a Reconfigurable High-Temperature Superconducting Magnet to Improve the Operational Efficiency and Throttlability of a Central-Cathode Electrostatic Thruster
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Experimental AC loss study on REBCO coil assemblies coupled with an iron cylinder
No full textIn high-temperature superconducting (HTS) power devices, the presence of iron cores changes the magnetic field profile around the HTS coil windings, potentially affecting their AC loss characteristics. AC loss measurements for HTS coil windings coupled with an iron core using the electrical method can lead to a significant error, owing to the indirect estimation of the iron core loss through using a copper test coil. To investigate the cause of the experimental error and the influence of an iron core on coil AC losses, transport AC losses of REBCO double pancake coil (DPC) assemblies coupled with an iron cylinder were measured. A 40-turn 1DPC and an 80-turn 2DPC assembly wound with 4 mm SuperPower wire were employed in the measurements. To ensure the same iron core loss using the HTS coil assembly and the copper coil, 2D finite element method simulations were conducted iteratively to design the iron core and the copper coil to get the same local magnetic field distributions in the designed iron core for the two cases. The main cause of the error is due to the difference in local magnetic flux densities in the iron core generated by the HTS coil assembly and the copper coil even when the ampere-turns of the coils are identical. We showed that the simulation-guided measurement method can assure accurate AC loss measurement in the HTS coil assemblies coupled with iron cores. Compared with the AC losses in the 1DPC and 2DPC coil assemblies without the iron cylinder, the presence of the iron cylinder significantly increases the coil losses. Frequency dependence is observed in the coil AC losses of the 1DPC and 2DPC assemblies when coupled with the iron cylinder. This is due to the eddy current induced in the iron cylinder generating a magnetic field, which influences the coil AC loss
Monte-Carlo Quench Analysis for an HTS NI Head MRI Magnet Undergoing Sudden Discharge
No full textPresented at the 33rd International Symposium on SuperconductivityThe work focuses on developing and analyzing the sudden discharge performance of a High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) No-Insulation (NI) MRI magnet specifically designed for head imaging. This innovative magnet, developed at the Robinson Research Institute and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), features a unique upright configuration, allowing patients to sit comfortably during imaging. The magnet comprises 23 double pancake HTS coils, offering a cryogen-free design with a 1.5 T uniform imaging field and precise temperature and current specifications.Key challenges include ensuring the magnet can discharge rapidly for safety, reducing the magnetic field from 1.5 T to below 0.05 T within 20 seconds. A critical tuning parameter is the contact resistivity between turns of the HTS tape. The work employs a comprehensive multi-physics model to simulate electromagnetic, thermal, and structural behaviors during discharge.Monte Carlo simulations address manufacturing variability, such as differences in epoxy composition and tape tension, by running 100 discharge scenarios with segment-wise resistivity variations. These simulations highlight the impact of both intra- and inter-coil variability on field reduction, temperature distribution, and voltage behavior, ensuring robust performance even under imperfect manufacturing conditions.The results show that while most simulations meet the discharge specifications, some variability in performance is observed due to segment-level resistivity differences. The study concludes that the HTS MRI magnet’s design is robust, with acceptable performance under real-world manufacturing constraints, providing critical insights for future coil development and operational safety standards. This work significantly advances the feasibility of compact, high-performance MRI systems for specialized medical applications.</p
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