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Get PDFresponse to source content (The Limits of Growth by Donella H Meadows/Dennis L. Meadows / Jorgen Randers / William W. Behrens III, 1972. Universe Books, publishers) to themes around public goods and services including areas of the commons, waterways, civic infrastructure and social sevices
4x3: Poster Project
No full text4x3 documents the 2014 curated poster project by collaborators John Mandelberg, Chris McBride, Xavier Meade, John Phillips. The project features 48 posters from the collections of the 4 contributors and includes works designed by a range of international artists and designers including Chris McBride, Xavier Meade and John Phillips. The publication 4x3 published by Ramp Press includes colour reproductions of the 48 poster designs and text by John Mandelberg, Chris McBride, Xavier Meade, John Phillips and Flor de Lis Lopez Hernandez. 4x3 is published in english and spanish
Minding the gap, conference of the AAWP
Get PDFSun 30 Nov 2014 to Tue 2 Dec 2014
The 19th Annual conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs invites submissions of abstracts for papers on the theme of "Minding the gap: Writing across thresholds and fault lines"
Conference theme: Minding the gap
We invite papers and presentations reflecting on creating, editing, teaching, and researching writing in any genre. You may like to consider the following thematic prompts;
writing across the gaps
reading between the lines
unearthing writing
writing across thresholds
fault lines…
and storylines
building and rebuilding writing
survivor stories
gap days, months, years/ strategies for writer
Fingal's cave
No full textHow to write about a world of music in detail, yet making it entertaining for the reader, was one of the research challenges of this story. My examination of the writings of one of New Zealand’s most significant authors, Katherine Mansfield, provided me insight into ways of managing the blend of domestic interiors, growing social awareness, and the use of irony in the narrative voice. It experiments with ways of updating the theme and tone of several of Mansfield’s ‘Garden Party’ stories: in particular ‘At the Bay’, ‘A doll’s house’ and ‘Her first ball’. Set in the 1970s in small-town New Zealand, the story also references elements of New Zealand’s cultural life; its characters are based on musicians, collectors and musicologists who lived in Wellington and Christchurch in this era. Research contribution Felix Mendelssohn’s music emerges out of an adolescent sensibility, and is still often used by those working with troubled teenagers because it reflects something of the growing rebellion and social awareness of young people at this transition point. This story explores ways of combining musical and narrative expression in ways that exploit the comic, resisting how the more conventional serious tone used in ‘growth’ or maturation stories
New Insight in Skin Biomechanics Through Combined Approaches: Measurements and Numerical Simulations
Get PDFQuantifying the mechanical properties of human skin is a challenging endeavour. Skin is a complex material,
which varies according to age, body location, and physical health. In addition, it is in a state of tension, which also varies from person to person. There are many benefits to overcoming these challenges, including improved identification of skin pathologies, better design of artificial skin, and superior surgical incision methods to reduce scar formation. Better knowledge of skin properties also leads to improved design of personal care products that interface with skin, such as razors, sticky‐plasters, and moisturisers.
Several combined numerical‐experimental methods have been developed to characterise the mechanical properties of skin. Typically, deformations are applied to skin and parameters of an analytical or finite element model are varied until the model results match the experimental results. Experimental protocols have included applying uniaxial or biaxial tension, suction, torsion, and normal indentation. These methods have drawbacks because they only apply deformations in a limited number of in‐plane directions (biaxial tension) or are unable to characterise the directional properties of skin (suction, torsion, normal indentation).
In this talk, I will discuss recent developments in characterizing the mechanical properties of human skin. I will detail a numerical‐experimental protocol where a rich set of deformations are applied to the surface of in vivo skin and a finite element model is used to simulate the experiment. This method has been applied to estimate
mechanical properties and in vivo tensions of different points of volunteers’ arms and faces. Results
demonstrate the wide variation in skin properties and the importance of a patient‐specific model to answer
questions. Underlying this numerical‐experimental approach is the use of different constitutive equations of skin to
describe its stress‐strain behaviour. I will also give an overview of different types of constitutive equations
used and some recent fibre‐based models that have accurately simulated in vitro tests of human skin
Celebrate – Allied Health Scientific and Technical Innovations,Conference presentation
No full textby Di Peers, Amanda Newton, Charles Riddle(Wintec), Mark Liu (Wintec), Martin Trusttum(CPIT)
The Directors of Allied Health, Scientific and Technical have joined up with Waikato Institute of Technology and Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology to produce a dynamic collection of Allied Health, Scientific and Technical innovations which will be launched at the Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Conference - Waikato 2014
Parks and recreation [8 photographs]: Survey Hamilton
No full textSurvey Hamilton started as a small cluster group of researchers (Stefanie Young, Simon Nicholls, David Cook, Mark Purdom) exploring the ideas of the urban and geographic features of Hamilton – its people, place, and position as both a key rural area and burgeoning city economy. The exhibition City Limits was an initial showing of work from this cohort. The cluster then invited new members and mediums to extend the range of Survey Hamilton’s documentation. Survey Hamilton became a collective documentary project showcasing a diverse range of work by the New Documentary cluster of Stefanie Young, Simon Nicholls, Tim Veling, David Cook, Mark Purdom, Joe Citizen, Jason Long, Luke McConnell – the group exhibited a large scale curated exhibition at the Waikato Museum from 23 August - 23 November 2014. The press release described the premise of the exhibition as: “Survey Hamilton, a multimedia exhibition about the contemporary life of our city by researchers from Wintec, Massey University and the University of Canterbury. Researchers ask what new documentary practice is and how can it be applied here in Hamilton, New Zealand? The exhibition features a range of media technologies that include photography, interactive 360° video, gaming, and sonic art. The show the show examines Hamilton’s environmental attributes, its economy and people’s sense of home”
Qualitative Research: A pathway to gain an understanding of UAE mothers’ experiences and perceptions of managing a child newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes
Get PDFA childhood diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes is a life-changing event for both the child and his/her family. The impact is experienced strongly by mothers who most frequently fulfil the primary caregiver role for children12 yrs old and younger. Studies which have sought to understand mothers’ experiences and perceptions of managing a child newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes are mostly questionnaire-based and few, if any, explore the issues within the uniqueness of a Middle-Eastern context. The qualitative research methods described in this discussion have been designed to gain a better understanding of UAE mothers’
experience in managing a child newly diagnosed with Type 1
diabetes. The intended research will provide the health service entity with the opportunity to review existing services and further enhance the service and nursing care provided to this growing clientele group
Supporting English language learners: New Zealand secondary mainstream teachers’ knowledge and use of recommended teaching resources and strategies
Get PDFMainstream teachers in New Zealand secondary schools are expected to be able to support learners from linguistically diverse backgrounds, providing both content instruction and also language support that enables them to access curriculum content. The New Zealand Ministry of Education has produced resources designed to enable mainstream teachers to bring a language focus to their teaching in order to provide support for their English language learners (ELLs). This study investigated mainstream teachers’ knowledge of second language acquisition and their knowledge and use of teaching resources and strategies for supporting ELLs in the mainstream. The eighteen teachers who participated in the study felt that they needed to know more about second language acquisition. They were also not fully aware of, and were not using, the range of resources and strategies available. These findings have implications for the professional development of New Zealand secondary mainstream teachers, and for the education of ELLs
Exhibition review: Michael Hight, "Crossing the Line"
No full textExhibition review, "Michael Hight, "Crossing the Line", Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, 25 June - 19 July 2014, published in "Art New Zealand", No. 151, Spring 2014, p. 45.
http://www.art-newzealand.com/current.htm