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Nodal strategies for a sustainable architectural education
(University of A Coruña, 2020-09)The inescapable background to teaching and studying architecture today is an unprecedented climate crisis, particularly in the context of teaching sustainability. In order to bring architectural education and practice up ... -
Noise removal and binarization of scanned document images using clustering of features
(Newswood and International Association of Engineers, 2017-03)Old documents are in printed form. Their archiving and retrieval is expensive according in terms of space requirement and physical search. One solution is to convert these documents into electronic form using scanners. The ... -
Nomenclatural novelties: Gabura fascicularis var. colensoi and G. fascicularis var. microcarpa
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Non-GAAP Earnings Disclosures by New Zealand Companies
(Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ), 2013)This study examines the motivation for the increased reporting of non-GAAP earnings (NGE) by New Zealand companies following the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The study contributes to the ... -
Non-regulated Home Support Worker role in medication support and administration : a scoping review of the literature prepared for the Home & Community Health Association
(Unitec ePress, 2017-09-17)The aim of this literature review is to identify and critique literature relating to current policy, guidelines and practice of non-regulated caregivers in relation to medication while they are working with clients in their ... -
Nonparticipation in university language support
(Japan Association for Language Teaching, 2005-11)Research has shown that many students studying abroad face great difficulties and run the risk of failing courses as a result of problems with the language (cf. Ballard & Clanchy, 1997). At a university in New Zealand it ... -
Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies: International Overview of the Field in Africa, Canada, Latin America, Asia, the Pacific, and Europe
(2007)The growth of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) around the world has been accompanied by a concomitant growth in the number of education and training programs developed to provide ... -
Normal sensory responses to variations in sequencing for the neurodynamic slump test
(2013)Background: The neurodynamic slump test is commonly used in all forms of manual therapy to evaluate the nerve mechanics and physiology of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Clinicians have proposed that the order ... -
North and south: The students' view of the New Zealand Diploma in Business
(2003)This paper looks at the results of a survey of UNITEC’s New Zealand Diploma in Business (NZDipBus) students and compares these results with the findings of a similar survey carried out in 2002 with Christchurch Polytechnic ... -
The North Bali International Airport
(2015)In 2012, Indonesia government confirmed the intention of developing a new international airport on the northern part of Bali. Building an airport is believed to be a stepping stone in improving the infrastructure and ... -
Not a monastery : transposing and interpreting the ancient typology
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the typology of the European monastery be used as a vehicle to re-assimilate the practice and preservation of authentic Florentine art and crafts into the city of Florence? Monasticism was ... -
Not another prison: Towards a community-based treatment centre for women in the Philippines
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTION How can architecture encourage the rehabilitation and reintegration of women suffering from drug use and dependence in poor urban communities? ABSTRACT The Philippines is experiencing an epidemic of ... -
‘Not durable, but sustainable’: print technology and ephemerality in product design
(2018)[RESEARCH] QUESTION: How can the principles of temporary and the ephemeral be employed by design in the critical redesign of consumer technological artefacts? OBJECTIVES: - Develop a taxonomy of ephemerality in design, ... -
Not in a pakeha court: Kastom and Pacific media
(Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre, 2000)Laws which most concern journalists, such as libel, have been framed entirely within a western context. This hinders and often disbars ordinary people from seeking redress against the media in western-style courts. A ... -
Not the perfect solution, but at least some hope
(Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Pacific Media Centre, 2006)Philip Cass discusses and reviews two books; Al-Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenged the World by Hugh Miles and The Al Jazeera Phenomenon by Mohamed Zayani -
Notes from the field: A collective community food initiative in suburban Whangārei
(ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga, 2023-09-26)Bringing a community development lens to place often begins with a study of the community, utilising demographics, observation, and a review of literature and local communications. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Stats NZ produces ... -
Notions of wellbeing and interdependence embedded within ecologically sustainable early childhood pedagogies in Aotearoa
(2010-12-14)Through the growing international concern regarding the impacts of environmental degradation and the depletion and exploitation of natural resources on our planet’s wellbeing, we are being challenged as individuals and ... -
A nova construção de um fenômeno global: O processo da gentrificação generalizada no contexto atual das políticas públicas urbanas
(2017-10-15)De um processo, a princípio, espontâneo e rarefeito, impulsionado pela busca de uma melhor localização residencial no território urbanizado, hoje a gentrificação se tornou um instrumento de geração de mais-valia tanto para ... -
A novel adaptive active noise control algorithm based on Tikhonov regularisation
(2018-11)This paper proposes a novel adaptive active noise control algorithm based on Tikhonov regularization theory. A regularized cost function consisting of the weighted sum of the most recent samples of the residual noise and ... -
A novel breathing retraining and osteopathic manual therapy intervention, and its effect on cardiac autonomic activity and breathing symptoms
(2015)Interventions entailing clinical management of dysfunctional breathing are thought to improve cardiac autonomic activity and breathing symptoms. Literature investigating such interventions in healthy individuals or in those ...