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Awhina Mai Tatou Katoa Trust: Creative practice as community engagement in Auckland Central
No full text"Lifewise, Unitec Institute of Technology, Waitemata Local Board"
Piki Toi
Artweek 2019
Te Whare Ngaruru Whakatū
Structure for Karangahape Road project
Hui te Rangi Ora (The Shed
Leptospira spp. and Dirofilaria immitis in dogs in Tonga: a pilot study
No full textDogs are common in Tonga and exist in a close relationship with humans, both as free-ranging pets and guard dogs for domestic properties. Little is known about pathogens present in these animals, and this pilot study aimed to develop a methodology to identify the presence of zoonotic pathogens Leptospira spp. and Dirofilaria immitis (the causative agent of heartworm), in a sample of 82 dogs voluntarily presented to a spey/neuter clinic, using blood samples and point-of-care tests. No positive tests were returned for Leptospira spp. or D. immitis, despite the presence of Leptospira spp. having previously being identified in Tonga
Differences in e-government trust between people with high and low IT innovativeness
No full textWhile it is important to understand citizens' trust in e-government, theory on this topic does not accommodate potential differences between innovators and non-innovators. To investigate factors of trust development for two groups (innovators and non-innovators) and produce a multigroup model we conducted an EFA and CFA, followed by Structural Equation Modelling to test hypotheses for each group. We used the Perceived Innovativeness in IT (PIIT) construct to identify innovators and non-innovators. Our findings demonstrate that e-government trust processes for innovators and non-innovators are different, and our model accounts for more than half the variance in Trust in e-Government. Key antecedents for innovators are Technology Self-Efficacy and Trust in Government, and for non-innovators are Technology Self-Efficacy and Social Influence. We discuss some of the implications of these findings for both theory and practice
Biophilic design: Creating biophilic healing spaces
No full textHealthcare space are spaces that are meant for the healing; it is important to create an environment which helps to facilitate the healing in these places. In theory, the concept of biophilia has proven to improve the well-being of the occupant in any built spaces. This study focuses on understanding the importance of incorporating the concept of biophilic architecture in healthcare setting. The practical implication of applying this concept was verified through specific literatures about biophilic architecture in healthcare and stakeholder interviews with experts from the field, which helped in understanding the importance of introducing a healing environment in healthcare design. In this research, a new perspective to the biophilic architecture was explored, which is the cultural dimension. Culture and Biophilia are closely linked, yet this perspective has never been explored in biophilic design. For this, the local culture specific to New Zealand was considered and cultural expert Ron Bull was contacted to understand how people can connect themselves to New Zealand and understand cultural appropriation. Furthermore, the cultural context was compared to the concept of biophilia which helped in developing a conceptual framework that can be applied to a design. This thesis explores the role of culture and biophilic environment can help to improve the health and well-being of a person in a healthcare environment
Project-based learning: A successful capstone project experience at Unitec, School of Computing
No full textA scoping review of fundamental concepts relevant to the education of occupational therapists delivering driving assessments in Aotearoa | New Zealand
No full textIn Aotearoa | New Zealand occupational therapists provide driving, passenger, and vehicle modification assessments. The therapists’ role involves significant responsibility and accountability by ensuring not only the safety of clients and the New Zealand public but also meeting and understanding the legal implications of assessments. A scoping review to identify and map the educational needs of occupational therapists intending to practice driving assessment has been undertaken. Although occupational therapy driving assessments are offered in Aotearoa | New Zealand, no formal education is available to provide an opportunity to engage and obtain core fundamental concepts. The review question was therefore developed as “What does the literature identify as the knowledge, skills and competency required to be an occupational therapy driving assessor?”
Occupational therapists work with families and cover a wide and diverse range of medical conditions and physical capabilities, while also prescribing the use of modifications and adaptations. Access to assessment for the intervention and evaluation of driving ability for adolescents and youth with congenital, traumatic, or medical conditions are supported by occupational therapists. At the same time, research and articles published both nationally and internationally report the exponential growth of senior populations in the future, which will correlate to an increase in the numbers of senior drivers intending to, or wishing to maintain their driving independence. Accordingly, occupational therapists will be under greater demand to provide services for age-based and medical driving assessments (Dickerson et al., 2011; Martin et al., 2013). Establishing the fundamentals of an educational programme designed for the Aotearoa | New Zealand environment is judicious and timely
What were the employee experiences during the Covid-19 epidemic in a New Zealand tertiary educational institute?
No full textThe outbreak of Covid-19 was first reported in New Zealand (NZ) and most other countries during late February 2020. This resulted in immediate action being taken by the NZ Government involving a series of lockdowns and border closures. Educational institutions in NZ had to quickly adapt to changes in where and how staff worked due to the lockdown rules.
This research was conducted after two years of NZ experiencing the initial Covid-19 epidemic. The research was conducted by interviewing employees, some whom were managers, from seven departments of a NZ educational institution. The data was collected using face to face semi-structured interviews. Ten participants were interviewed. The data analysis process involved both narrative and thematic approaches. The main research question was: What were the employee experiences during the Covid-19 epidemic in a NZ tertiary educational institute? Sub-question topics included: the overall changes experienced in the workplace due to Covid 19; the types of support services provided ((e.g., training, technology, new policies, other), appropriateness of the communications to help staff adapt to the changes; the level of difficulty or ease and stress of staff to adjust to the changes; staff preferences to working from home or being back in the workplace post lockdowns; identifying the issues around job security, workloads, staff resignations and suggestions of what further changes were needed to be made.
Some key findings were: employee fast adaptation to learning new technology, the need to adapt a new hybrid working model for the future, social interaction challenging for some employees, a new trust between the managers and the staff due to remote working, increased workload causing stress due to staff resignations, employees still measured on the quality of their work, the frequency of check-ins by well-being staff on other staff working remotely only happened during the early stages of the first Covid-19 lockdown
Study of sunshine and solar radiation relationship and patterns in New Zealand
No full textWhat are renewable energy sources?
Motivation for renewable sources
Why Solar?
Motivation and rationale
Literature overview
Data collection and processing
Data analysis using Tableau
Analysis of data: sunshine and radiation over 12 months ; over 24 hours (day) ; per region
Analysis of data: radiation / sunshine for New Zealand regions over a year ; over 24 hours
Conclusion
Benefits and challenges
Future work
Reference
FAP still more question to be answered: A review-based analysis
No full textOver ninety percent of epithelial malignancies have elevated levels of fibroblast activation protein (FAP), a type II transmembrane serine protease that is closely associated with tumour invasion, metastasis, and prognosis. Using FAP as a target, different FAP inhibitors (FAPIs) have been developed; the majority of these FAPIs have nanomolar levels of FAP affinity and high selectivity, and they are used for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of diverse cancers. FAPIs are projected to be the new molecule of the century with greater imaging effects than 18F-FDG in a number of diseases, such as gastrointestinal tumours, liver tumours, breast tumours, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, based on current research. FAPIs are a complementing molecular imaging method to 18F-FDG. Current paper present the review of currebntly published litreature in terms of FAPI and its clinical role in oncology
Memories of the future: The problem of devising contested history in a university context
No full textThis is a discussion of theatre devising as a method for problematising the identities and social positions of student actors in the context of the colonial history of New Zealand and the function of devising within the context of tertiary theatre training. As a case in point, we examine the production of a theatre devising project within the Acting course in the Unitec Performing and Screen Arts Department in Auckland, New Zealand, which employed the history of the invasion of Waikato Māori lands by a settler colonial government in the mid 19th century, as the provocation for the creative process. For us devising is related to collective creation that doesn't not start from a pre-existing text. As stated in Making Performances: Devising Histories and Contemporary Practices, ‘devising is regarded as a process of generating a performative or theatrical event, often but not always in collaboration with others’ (Govan, Nicholson and Normington 2007: 4). Our understanding is that devising is a process with emphasis on the creative artist under the coordination of the the theatre director who plans the creative methods, provokes participants, selects the material and shapes the overall form of the performance using material generated by the creative team. Devising as a creative and teaching method is important for us as it enable the student/actor to learn how to make theatre in an integrated wa