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Smith, Ailsa Lorraine. "Taranaki waiata tangi and feelings for place." Lincoln University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/2137.
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The occupation of Moutoa Gardens in 1995 highlighted efforts by Whanganui iwi to draw attention to the non-settlement of long-standing land grievances arising out of land confiscations by the Crown in New Zealand in the 1860s. Maori attitudes to land have not been well understood by successive New Zealand governments since that time, nor by many Pakeha New Zealanders. In an effort to overcome that lack of understanding, this thesis studies a particular genre of Maori composition; namely, waiata tangi or songs of lament, which contain a strong indigenous sense of place component. The waiata used in this study derive from my tribal area of Taranaki, which is linked historically and through whakapapa with Whanganui iwi. These waiata were recorded in manuscript form in the 1890s by my great-grandfather Te Kahui Kararehe, and are a good source from which to draw conclusions about the traditional nature of Maori feelings for place. Two strands run throughout this thesis. The first examines the nature of Maori feelings for place and land, which have endured through primary socialisation to the present day. By focusing upon a form of expression that reveals the attachment of Maori towards their ancestral homelands, it is hoped that the largely monocultural Pakeha majority in New Zealand will be made aware of that attachment. It is also hoped that Pakeha may be suitably informed of the consequences of colonialist intervention in the affairs of the Maori people since 1840, which have resulted in cultural deprivation and material disadvantage at the present day. In the current climate of government moves to address the problems bequeathed them by their predecessors, it is important that the settlement of land claims and waterways under the Treaty of Waitangi should proceed unhindered by misapprehension and misinformation on the part of the public at large. The second strand of my thesis concerns the waiata texts themselves, which I wish to bring to the attention of the descendants of the composers of those waiata, who may or may not know of their existence. Since so much of value has been lost to the Maori world it is important that the culturally precious items that remain should be restored as soon as possible to those to whom they rightfully belong. Key themes examined in this thesis are the nature of Maori "feelings" for place and a "sense" of place; Maori research methodologies and considerations, including Maori cosmology and genealogical lines of descent; ethical concerns and intellectual property rights; ethnographic writings from the nineteenth century which tried to make sense of Maori imagery and habits of thought; the Kahui Papers from which the waiata were drawn; and the content and imagery of the waiata themselves. I also discuss the use of hermeneutics as a methodological device for unlocking the meanings of words and references in the waiata, and present the results both from a western sense of place perspective and a Maori viewpoint based on cultural concepts and understandings.
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Tana, Junior Joseph. "Ngā puhi ki Ngāpahui: a study of Waiata from the war in the North." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Maori and Indigenous Studies, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7676.
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Mōteatea have always been an important part of Māori society;; they are often used as a
vehicle to express feelings or emotions about a certain topic and or serve as record of one or
more significant events. Traditional mōteatea contain symbolism, imagery, metaphors and
underlying themes which uniquely express the world views of Māori society. They are an
invaluable resource for Te Reo Māori and contribute immensely to the preservation and revitalisation
of Māori culture. Mōteatea enable knowledge of customs and values to be passed
down through the generations and provide a personal insight into the thoughts and existence
of those who have passed on. Importantly, collections of mōteatea have contributed to the
continuation of Māori oral tradition. This study contains transcriptions, translations and
annotations of twenty mōteatea collected from Ngāpuhi by an interpreter, Mr. Duncan during
the years of the northern wars of the 1840s between sections of Ngāpuhi. These are preserved
as Māori Manuscript 62 in the Sir George Grey collection of Māori manuscripts held by the
Auckland City Library. The study includes, where possible, annotations that discuss the
political and historical context of the early colonial period.
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Sweetman, Lauren E. "Ng? waiata o T?ne Whakapiripiri (The music of T?ne Whakapiripiri)| Cultural expression, transformation, and healing in a M?ori forensic psychiatric unit." Thesis, New York University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10243485.
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In Aotearoa New Zealand, M?ori are overrepresented in criminal and mental health contexts, comprising only 14.9% of the nation, yet over 50% of institutional populations. These figures are not unique, but represent a broader struggle to overcome the legacy of colonization affecting indigenous communities worldwide. In response to these issues, I examine the impacts of M?ori cultural expression in forensic mental health through an ethnography of the kapa haka r?p? (group) in the Kaupapa M?ori forensic psychaitric unit, Te Papak?inga O T?ne Whakapiripiri. This unit reconceptualizes Western frameworks for mental health service provision, incorporating cultural education as an integral aspect of treatment, such as M?ori performing arts (i.e., kapa haka). The unit also imbues M?ori cultural values, practices, and forms of expression into daily life, an act that transforms the experience of institutionalization for t?ngata whai i te ora (patients) and the practice of forensic mental health more broadly. In this dissertation, I first unpack the collaborative methodology developed in this research, providing a set of recommendations for a more ?codetermined? research process. I then explain the research?s broader academic and social contexts, tracing the history of M?ori music scholarship, and then the history of New Zealand?s cultural and political transformation from 1840 to the present. This culminates in an ethnography of T?ne Whakapiripiri, where I examine the impacts of the kapa haka program and the unit?s broader musical activities on t?ngata whai i te ora and the clinical environment in four domains: te taha wairua (the spirit), te taha hinengaro (the mind), te taha tinana (the body), and te taha wh?nau (the community). Overall, this research illustrates that embedding forms of cultural expression such as kapa haka into the clinical model positively impacts t?ngata whai i te ora, improving their understanding and experiences of themselves, their illnesses, and their environment. Such cultural expression also shows how a Kaupapa M?ori framework transforms the institutional environment from a Western model emphasizing individualism, hierarchy, and isolation toward a more holistic, collective, and wh?nau-centered model that holds the potential to shift our understanding of what forensic mental health is and can be.
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Black, Taiarahia. "Kāore te aroha-- : te hua o te wānanga : a thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Māori Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa, New Zealand." Massey University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1117.
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Te Ora Ē noho anā nō i te koko ko Ōhiwa, kia whakarongo rua, Aku taringa ki te Tai o tuarā e o Kanawa, E āki ana mai ki uta r o Ōhakana. Ki te whānau a Tairongo, Kai Tāuwhare rā ko te kopua-o-te ururoa, Ko te kai rāria noa mai te raweketia e te ringaringa, Me whakarangi-pūkohu e au ki Tītītangi ao ki te Te Aitanga-ā-Wheturoa, Kia whītikiria taku hope ki te maurea whiritoi, Kia noho au ki Puhi-nui tonu ki Te Maungarongo a Te Rangiāniwaniwa, Ka mawhiti tonu rā taku haere ki ngā tihi tapu ki Maungapōhatu kia Taiturakina; Kia titiro iho au ki Ruatāhuna ki Manawarū ē ko Te Aitanga-ā-Tūhoe.... Ko te hua o te wānanga o a Tūhoe kōrero tuku iho hāngai ki ana waiata tawhito te pūtake o tēnei tuhinga roa kia auhi noa mai te wairua o ngā tūtakinga kōrero kia riro ko ēnei kōrero tuku iho hei matua hikihiki, whakataratara i te hinengaro, i te wairua, e mau ai tēnei o ngā whare whakairo kōrero o te hua o te wānanga a Tūhoe. Kia kaiaohia aua kōrero ki te ura mai o te motu ki runga i ngā pae maunga o Huiarau tau iho ki a tātau e pōkai kaha nei, e tau awhi nei ki runga i te mata o tēnei whenua ātaahua. Ka paenga rā ngā tau ka kitea, ka rangona tēnā pu kōrero, tēnā whare whakairo kōrero, whakairo waiata. Mea rawa ake kua whakangaro atu ki te tira e tauwhare mai rā. Hika rawa ake, kua mawhiti kē te haere ki te mākau nui o te iwi e tīraha mai rā, tē whakaaratia! Kia rangona, kia kitea noa e tātau te mata kōrero kia eke rā ki runga, taihoa rawa ēnei taonga e ngaro, taihoa rawa nei taonga e haukotia. Ka huri whakauta ki te hua o te wānanga, ko te waiata tawhito tēnā, ko te momo rerenga kōrero i hua mai ai i roto i ngā noho tahitanga a te tangata. He kupu ēnei hei whakaata i te hinengaro, wairua, te taiao, ngā rākau, te wai, te moana, ngā whetu, te whenua, ngā pakanga, te kawa o te marae, te noho tahitanga a ngā tūākana\tāina\tuāhine. Te reo o mātua, o kuia, koroua, ngā kaipupuri i te ahi kā roa o te wā kāinga. Inā hoki ko nga āhuatanga o te tangata tēnā tōna hanga, tōna whakatipu, ōna whakaaro, tōna ngākau, tōna wairua, me ngā momo hāhi i tipu ake ai te pono, ka titiro iho te tika i te rangi ka oti nei he waiata e tipuria ai te hua o te wānanga ki roto i a tātau katoa. Waihoki ko aua waiata nei te ahi whakakā roa o te ngākau,kei kona ōna timatatanga, engari kāore nei ōna whakamutunga. Ka pikitia ake te toi huarewa kia kite noa atu i te kaha o te whakaaro. Ko te wāhanga nui ia kia hapaina tēnei tuhinga roa, hei whakaoho, hei tuku, hei tātari i ngā whiriwhiringa kōrero ā-tuhi, ā-wāha kei roto i te whare kōrero o te whānau, hapū, iwi e timata ai, e mau ai te hua o te wānanga o te whaitua whenua. Tae atu ki ngā takahanga whakaewa ka oti nei he waiata tawhito hei kaiarataki ki ngā tihi maunga o te whakaaro. Ko te kapunga whakaaro ko te whātoro, i te tātari i te kupu, ki te whakamārama i te hua o te wānanga hei tumu whakarae kōhikohi mōhiotanga ki runga, ki raro ki ngā tai timu o te hua o te wānanga. I roto i tēnei tuhinga roa ka takea mai te wānanga i te kore, i te pō, i te ao mārama e tohea ai ngā kete e toru o te wānanga hei anga tohutohu, piki tūranga whakaakoranga ki hea mai nei! Mai i roto i aua kete ka nanahu te hinengaro kōkoi o tātau tīpuna mai anō i te ao Māori. Ko te ao mārama tēnā, ko te ao whenua tēnā, ko ngā pakanga tēnā, ko ngā tinihanga ēnā, ko te apakura, ko te hakamomori ka hua nei te wānanga. Nō reira he mahi, he kaupapa nui tā tēnei tuhinga roa ki te whakakao mai i ngā waiata e mohio ana tātau hei papa kōrero, hei wānanga mā te hunga kei te piki ake i ngā takutai moana o te whakaaro, o tēnei ao e wehi mai nei ki a tātau. Kāre e mihi kei te hopo te iwi, te hunga mau i ēnei waiata ki runga i o tātau marae kei ngaro memeha noa ēnei taonga a tātau. Ae! Kei te tika tā rātau hopo. Inā hoki kua riro kē te reo whakaarorangi i te oro o te waiata i ngā tai nenehawa, whakapōrearea e hukahuka mai nei. Ahakoa tēnei kei te whakaara ake ēnei waiata i runga tonu i te kaha o tēna, o tēna ki te whakaara. Kei te tahuri nui mai te hunga rangatahi, taiohi ki ēnei waiata koia tēnei te tūmatanui o tēnei tuhinga roa, hei tāhu whakaea mo te hinengaro, mo te ngākau o aua whakatipuranga e hiahia nei rātau ki ēnei taonga. Mā te karakia hei waere te whenua, mā te taki i ngā kōrero mo ngā atuā te whakataukī, te whakapepeha ka pupuke mai te hihiri o te mahara i ō tātau tipuna kōkoi e whakakitea nei tātau i ēnei rā ki aua tohu. Ka huia rnai aua pitopito kōrero katoa hei kākahu maeneene ki roto i te kupu o te waiata tawhito, kā mau. He whakaatu tēnei tuhinga roa kei te ora tēnei o ngā momo whare pupuri kōrero i te pū; i te more, te weu me ngā pātaka iringa kōrero o te ao ō Tūhoe ō neherā, tae noa mai ki ēnei rā. Kāti he wā anō i roto i taua ora ka tōia te whakaaro ō Tūhoe, ō te Māori e tauiwi hei tinihanga māna. Engari e kitea ai i roto i tēnei tuhinga roa, ko te toki hei kaupare atu i taua tinihanga ko te kōrero i tuarātia rā: 'Hokia ki o maunga kia purea koe e ngā hau o Tāwhirimātea' Koia tēnā te kaupapa o tēnei tuhinga roa he tātari i te hānuitanga, te taiwhakatū o taua kōrero: Hokia ki o maunga... Ma taua kōrero Hokia ki o maunga ... ka rangona te mātaotao o te hua o te wānanga o te pakanga o te whenua, o ngā pikikōtuku i tukitukia, kātahi ka kōrero ai ki roto i tā Tūhoe whakatau i ana whakaaro, e taea ai te ruruku ka puea ake. Koia tēnei ko te mana i roto i ngā whakatakotoranga kōrero e mau ai te kurataininihi, te kurataiwawana o te whakaaro. He hua wānanga tēnei e whakaatungia ai e te hinengaro ngā takahanga motuhake, me te hāngai o ā rātau kupu mo ngā whakaaro e tau nei ki tēnei Ao Hurihuri. Nā ngā mahi a ō tātau tīpuna, te para i te huarahi kia takahuritia ai ngā mahi kikino o te riri Pākehā i tū ake ai ngā poropiti o aua tau kikino i rnurua ai ngā whenua, i tukua ai te iwi ki raro. I tū ake ai rātau te hunga poropiti ki te rapu i te ora i te kaupapa tōrangapū mo ngā whenua i hahanitia. Mai i ēnei kaupapa ka hau te rongo o te waiata tawhito hei tūāpapa whakaohooho, whakanekeneke i a tātau katoa, ahakoa ko wai. Whā tekau katoa ngā waiata o tēnei tuhinga roa rnai i tēnā kokona o Tūhoe, rnai i tēnā kokona o Tūhoe e kawe ana i te hua wānanga hei whakaata, hei kōwhiri i te hunga i kaha i rnau tonu te ngangahau i ngā totohe kōrero, totohe tangata, totohe whenua. I kona ka hua te wānanga ka tohea te riri ka mau, i ea ai tētahi wāhi o te mamae. Koia tēnei ko te whakaatu i te kaha o te tohe i te pō, i te awatea. Ko te kawa o te marae te ātamira whakatāhu, tuku i aua hua wānanga i nei rā e rangona ai te kōrero ā-iwi, te hī o te mita o te reo waiata hei hokinga atu ki te nohoanga o te kupu. Ko tētahi anō kaupapa o tēnei tuhinga roa he whakahoki mai anō i te rnatapihi o Matariki, kia meinga ai ki te kairangi o te kawa o te marae, ka tau ki te whenua i maringi ai te toto. Ko ēnei hua wānanga te oro o te ngākau o Te Ūrewera, te whītiki o te kī mo te tuakiri mo tēnā whakatipuranga, rno tēnā whakatipuranga. Ae! Mā te hua wānanga a Tūhoe e whakaea te mamae e puta ai te pātai. Ko wai rā au? I ahu mai taku wānanga i whea? E ahu ana au ki whea? No te rā nei kua riro mā tēnei tuhinga roa e whakaatu ētahi o ngā hau kikino i whakawhiua kirunga i te iwi e te kāwanatanga i a ia e āki mai ana mo ngā rawa a te iwi, hei tuku he tangatakē. Nō reira i tikina ai te tauparapara a Te Kapo o te Rangi hei whakatauira i te takenga mai ongā kōrero mai i te koko ki Ōhiwa ki te pō, ki te pouri, ki te ao mārama. 'Hokia ki maunga' ko te tangata, ko te iwi, ko te hapū, ko te whānau te tīmatanga o te hua o te wānanga. Koia tēnei tētahi anō kaupapa o tēnei tuhinga roa, he āhuru i aua pukenga tautōhito kōrero kia mau te rangi, kia mau te hā, kia rangona te hua wānanga, oho ake ki te ao ka oti nei he waiata tawhito hei hoa haere whakamua. Ko te kōpae o te whare tēnā e tautokona ana hoki te ahu whakamuatanga o ngā mōrehu kōrero e arohatia nei e tātau. He huarahi atu tēnei hei āwhina, hei tohu i te kei o te waka ki ngā ngaru kokoti e pukepuke rnai nei. Ko te whakapae o tēnei tuhinga roa e titikaha ai ki te hinengaro o Tūhoe me mau ana momo kōrero ki ngā momo hangarau o tēnei ao hurihuri kā tika. Kua roa ēnei taonga e ārikarika ana hei whakarei i te kupu kōrero ki te hunga mate, ki te tira e tatari rnai rā i te waharoa o te marae ki te whakaeke. Kei roto i te wairua o tēnei mahi ka tukua āianei ēnei taonga kia kore ai tātau e taka ki roto i te korekore o te hinengaro, hei whakamahi mā te tamaiti o Tūhoe e hiki ake nei i ngā pae tata, i ngā pae tawhiti. Ko tēnei tuhinga roa te kura kimihia o te ura rnai o te motu i tua atu o Huiarau. Kia hau ai te rongo o a tāitau kōrero ki mua i a tātau hei homai i te aroha kia au ai te matatū tonu, ka maranga kei runga. Kia taria te roanga o te kōrero. Ae! Me hoki rā kā tika: Kā hoki nei au ki te mauri o taku waka a Mātaatua Ko Pūtauaki ki a Ngāti Awa Ko Tāwhiuau, ko Tangiharuru Ko te rae rā o Kohi ki a Awatope Ko Mānuka tūtahi ki Whakatāne, kia Apanui Ko te mauri haria mai nei hei whakaoho i taku moe Ē kō kō ia e ara ē!
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Paparella, Daniel. "Jeremy Waits." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1619604752747105.
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Loris, Phoebe. "Hydrogeology of the Waipara alluvial basin." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7655.
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The Waipara alluvial basin, located 50 kilometres north of Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand is experiencing rapid transformation in land use from pastoral farming to horticulture. In the last five years the use of the groundwater resources has increased significantly. Knowledge is lacking about the availability and sustainability of the groundwater resources.
Groundwater resources can be found throughout the basin in the Quaternary Canterbury and Teviotdale Gravels, and the late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene Kowai Formation. The hydrogeological system can be described as a complex network of discrete, lithologically and hydraulically heterogeneous and aniosotropic semipermeable to permeable channels. The physical and hydraulic nature of the aquifers (or water-bearing units) makes identification and characterisation of the resources difficult. However, the resources can be distinguished in terms of the observed hydrogeologic properties (i.e. lithology, yield, transmissivity, and chemistry).
Chemical and isotope sampling indicate that recharge to the basin aquifers is occurring through the uplifted and fractured Tertiary sequences formed along the eastern and western margins of the basin, and through infiltration of local rainfall in the unconfined and semi-confined portions of the aquifer. Groundwater residence times are long (20- 40+ years). Long residence times, slow recharge, and low hydraulic conductivity suggests that if the groundwater resources are not properly monitored and managed, there is great potential for 'mining' the resource(s), or in other words for depleting the resource faster than it can be recharged.
Long term monitoring and management strategies have been recommended for future work to help gain more knowledge and understanding of the Waipara hydrogeological system, and ensure sustain ability for future development.
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Hayward, Shirley. "Periphyton growth in the Waipara River, North Canterbury." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Environmental Science, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1315.
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Periphyton was monitored monthly at four sites on the Waipara River from July 1999 to January 2002. Interactions with river flows, nutrients and invertebrates were examined to determine how these factors controlled periphyton development. Comparison of the Waipara River to other New Zealand streams indicated that periphyton biomass at the uppermost site (Site 1) was generally low to moderate. Further downstream, moderate to high biomass occurred at sites 2 and 4. Biomass at Site 3 was generally low, although some very high values occurred on occasions. Periphyton biomass at sites 2 and 4 exceeded periphyton guidelines for the protection of aesthetic/recreational values at least once during each full year monitored. In contrast, the guidelines were rarely exceeded at Site 1. Dissolved inorganic nutrients were generally poor indicators of the nutrient status of the river because of plant uptake. Cellular N and P values indicated nutrient enrichment at sites 2 and 4, which correspondingly had the highest biomass values. Conductivity tended to positively correlate with temporal and spatial patterns in periphyton biomass and was useful as a surrogate indicator of nutrient supply regimes. It correlated negatively with river flows, indicating higher nutrient concentrations may occur during reduced flows. Notable differences occurred in biomass development between periods of contrasting flow regimes. In particular, annual mean and maximum biomass at the three downstream sites was considerably higher during a period of low stable flows compared to a period of higher base flows. However, at the uppermost site, differences in biomass between these periods were much less pronounced. Invertebrate densities increased significantly with increasing periphyton biomass at the three downstream sites. There was little indication that invertebrates had any major control on periphyton biomass at these sites. However, at the uppermost site, although the invertebrate densities were generally much lower than at the other sites, they are more likely to have a controlling influence on periphyton biomass. Overall, the nutrient supply regime of the Waipara River is the primary controller on biomass development. Flow regimes (both frequency of disturbance and extent of low flows) operate as secondary controls of biomass.
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Goon, DT, AL Toriola, BS Shaw, and LO Amusa. "Centripetal fat patterning in South African children." Pakistan Journal of Medical Science, 2010. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000435.
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Objectives: The waist-to-stature ratio (WSR) is newly developed index, proposed to be of greater value as a simple anthropometric indicator, for predicting abdominal obesity and
related cardiovascular co-morbidities in adults and children. This study examined age and gender differences in waist-to-stature (WSR) as measure of centripetal fat patterning in a sample of children in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Griffith, Catherine Lloyd. "William Phylip, ei fywyd a'i waith." Thesis, Bangor University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340493.
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Jones, Llion. "Agweddau ar waith T.H. Parry-Willliams." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/4ea7783e-d881-42a3-b311-6e50a9f1fd34.
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Jones, Llion. "Agweddau ar waith T.H. Parry-Williams." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.521142.
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Fel y gwyddai Parry-Williams yn dda, mae sawl llwybr yn arwain at gopa'r Wyddfa, a phob un ohonynt yn dadlennu gwahanol agweddau ar ogoniannau'r mynydd. Am ddegawdau ystyriwyd Parry-Williams ei hun yn un o'r copaon amlycaf yn nhirlun llenyddiaeth Gymraeg. Yn eu tro, ceisiodd llu o feirniaid glosio ato of a'i waith o liaws o gyfeiriadau gwahanol. Ceir ymgais yn y traethawd hwn i ailgerdded rhai o'r llwybrau hynny ynghyd ä thorri rhai llwybrau newydd yn y gobaith o gynnig arolwg mor gyflawn it pho5ib o waith y llenor amlochrog hwn. Yn y bennod gyntaf ceir arolwg o brentisiaeth farddol Parry-Williams gan gynnwys ei weithiau eisteddfodol. Rhoddir y pwyslais ar olrhain ei ymdrech i ddod o hyd i'w lais fel bardd. Neilltuwyd yr all bennod i drafod cyfres o ysgrifau beirniadol a luniodd Parry-Williams tra'n fyfyriwr yn Rhydychen. Ystyrir i ba raddau yr oeddynt yn amlygu rhai o syniadau a ffasiynau'r cyfnod. Y drydedd bennod yw'r gyntaf o dair sy'n canolbwyntio ar brif themäu Parry-Williams. Ynddi, ymdrin jr ä'r modd y lleisiwyd ganddo argyfwng ffydd ac ystyr a hynny yng ngoleuni ei fagwraeth grefyddol a'r cyd-destun cymdeithasol a syniadol. Yn y bedwaredd bennodI trafodir y cerddi a'r ysgrifau hynny sy'n ymdrin a gormes amser a darfodedigrwydd trwy olrhain gyrfa'r llenor o gyfnod i gyfnod. Gan gymryd y bryddest radio 'Esgyrn y Gynnen' fel ffräm, trafodir yn y burned bennod yr agweddau a amlygir yn y cerddi a'r ysgrifau tuag at Gymru a'r Gymraeg. Yn y chweched bennod trafodir syniadau beirniadol Parry-Williams ynghylch natur a swyddogaeth llenyddiaeth. Yn y seithfed bennod bwrir golwg fras ar gefndir yr ysgrif Gymraeg cyn ymdrin a'r modd y datblygodd Parry-Williams y ffurf yn gyfrwng addas i'w ymholi mewnol. Rhoddir sylw hefyd i ddatblygiad ei ysgrifau o ran crefft. Hoelir y sylw yn y bennod olaf ar grefft Parry-Williams fel bardd gan olrhain y datblygiad cynnil a welir o gyfrol i gyfrol. Ar ddiwedd y traethawd cynhwysir dau atodiad. Mae'r cyntaf yn cynnwys rhestr o eitemau na cheir mohonynt yn llyfryddiaethau David Jenkins, ynghyd ä detholiad o'r rhai mwyaf diddorol. Yn yr all atodiad ceir casgliad byr o lythyrau'r bardd ynghyd ag adysgrif o gyfweliad teledu rhyngddo ac Aneirin Talfan Davies.
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Kelly, Justine Elizabeth. "Waist-to-Hip Ratio and IQ." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1398289771.
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Rhys, Dulais. "Joseph Parry : ei fywyd a'i waith." Thesis, Bangor University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319474.
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Heywood, Chloe Anne. "Subsurface microbial communities of the Waikato Basin, New Zealand." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54753/.
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The aim of this study was to understand the microbial communities of deep terrestrial subsurface environments associated with high-organic-matter coal and lignite bearing strata. A sedimentary sequence from the Waikato Basin, New Zealand consisting of interbedded organic-rich layers, sandstones, siltstones and mudstones was drilled. Viable microbial communities were enumerated using most probable number (MPN) series with media selective for a) general heterotrophs b) sulfate-reducing bacteria c) iron(III)- and manganese(IV)-reducing bacteria d) acetogens e) methanogens and f) lignite-reducing bacteria. Subcultures were made from positive MPN enrichment cultures and representative strains were isolated from the sediments. Selected isolates were tested for their metabolic capabilities and physiological characteristics and Molecular genetic techniques were used to investigate the microbial diversity. Viable counts for active metabolic groups ranged from 104 to 105 cells gsed"1 and representatives from 5 bacterial phyla (Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes and Acidobacterid) were detected. Community size and diversity did not decrease with depth and viable microbes were present in deeply buried and previously heated and possibly sterilised sediments. A large and diverse set of isolates was obtained from the sediments. The collection included several genera previously detected in the deep terrestrial biosphere (Acetobacterium, Sporotalea, Microbacterium, Acidovorax, Sphingomonas) and also genera not typically associated with the deep biosphere (sulfurospirilium). Isolates had a wide range of metabolic capabilities and the collection includes both fermentative and respiring strains. There was also a good overlap between organisms detected using molecular genetic methods and cultivated organisms indicating that these may be important bacteria in situ. There is a substantial and diverse community of Bacteria inhabiting the sediments of the Waikato Basin. Although Archaea were detected in the sediments, none were isolated. The presence of these microbial communities implies that carbon and energy sources must persist within these sediments over millions of years.
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Palić, Nevena [Verfasser]. "Grassmannians, measure partitions and waists of spheres / Nevena Palić." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1176634429/34.
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Campbell, Sarah B. "Waists, health and history : obesity in nineteenth century Britain." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4176be67-8337-4487-8fea-3b68227e442d.
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The scale of the current global obesity epidemic and the implications of this for health, functionality and economics, dictates that assessing the origins of overnutrition must become a priority in all research fields. To date anthropometric historians have mainly utilised institutional sources providing height and occasionally weight data for a sample of the working class who experienced deprivation. Tailoring institutions offer new, innovative sources for the field; uniquely measuring body shape in its entirety and sampling the upper-middle classes and elites. Anthropometric data for waist circumference, hip circumference and leg length has been collected from Morris & Son tailoring establishment in Barmouth, North West Wales and from Henry Poole & Co. ‘Savile Row’ tailors in Mayfair, London. This data from the second half of the nineteenth century has been nominally linked to census and probate records and cross-referenced with contemporary medical tracts and modern epidemiological literature to highlight obesity related health risks within both populations. Results indicate that 'diseases of affluence' permeated many nineteenth century class groups. Both waist circumferences and hip circumferences increased over the life span. Furthermore, Barmouth’s economic transition from a port to a tourist destination appears to have placed individuals' health (when measured by early adult waist-hip ratio) at greater risk than the overall wealthier customers attending Savile Row. The Barker hypothesis may be relevant - an influx of wealth being of greater detriment to health in later life than consistent affluence. For Henry Poole & Co.’s customers an elite lifestyle enabled girths to expand, increasing the risk of chronic diseases but seemingly protecting them from infectious pathogens. In later life, during the second half of the nineteenth century, it would appear that optimal waist circumferences to reduce mortality were larger than current recommended levels.
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Wadman, Heidi M. "Controls on continental shelf stratigraphy: Waiapu River, New Zealand." W&M ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616896.
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A quantitative understanding of the processes controlling sediment transport and deposition across the land/sea interface is crucial to linking terrestrial and marine environments and understanding the formation of marine stratigraphy. The nature and distribution of terrestrial-derived sediment preserved in shelf stratigraphy in turn provides insight into the complex linkages inherent in source-to-sink sediment dynamics. Located inboard of an actively subducting plate boundary and characterized by one of the highest sediment yields in the world, the open-shelf setting off of the Waiapu River in New Zealand presents an excellent location to improve our understanding of the factors controlling the formation of continental shelf stratigraphy and associated sediment transport. Over 850km of high-resolution seismic and swath bathymetry data ground-truthed by cores show significant stratigraphic spatial variation preserved on the Waiapu continental shelf. This spatial variation is likely controlled by regionally-specific sediment deposition and resuspension processes as well as antecedent geology. Chronostratigraphic control obtained from black carbon analysis reveals that deforestation of the Waiapu catchment is preserved as a distinct event in the adjacent inner shelf stratigraphy, and further indicates that the inner shelf is currently capturing a significant ∼16-34% of the total Waiapu sediment budget. Shelf-wide stratigraphy shows that the thickest deposits of Holocene stratigraphy are found in tectonically-created accommodation spaces, highlighting the role of neotectonics in strata formation. The primary control on strata formation on the Waiapu continental shelf is presumed to be tectonically-steered, local sediment supply, which likely still influences modern-day sediment transport via the effects of small-scale bathymetric lows steering gravity-dependent sediment flows at the river mouth.
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Wilke, Timm [Verfasser], Thomas [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Waitz, and Dietmar [Gutachter] Stalke. "Konzeptualisierung des Themas "Nano" für den Chemieunterricht / Timm Wilke ; Gutachter: Thomas Waitz, Dietmar Stalke ; Betreuer: Thomas Waitz." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1120117682/34.
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Jones, Emily. "The Effects of Dietary Phytoestrogens on Waist-to-Hip and Waist-to-Height Ratios in Prepubescent Girls." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276947568.
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Allan, Mathew Grant. "Remote Sensing of Water Quality in Rotorua and Waikato Lakes." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2292.
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Remote sensing has the potential to monitor spatial variation in water quality over large areas. While ocean colour work has developed analytical bio-optical water quality retrieval algorithms for medium spatial resolution platforms, remote sensing of lake water is often limited to high spatial resolution satellites such as Landsat, which have limited spectral resolution. This thesis presents the results of an investigation into satellite monitoring of lake water quality. The aim of this investigation was to ascertain the feasibility of estimating water quality and its spatial distribution using Landsat 7 ETM+ imagery combined with in situ data from Rotorua and Waikato lakes. For the comparatively deep Rotorua lakes, r² values of 0.91 (January 2002) and 0.83 (March 2002) were found between in situ chlorophyll (chl) a and the Band1/Band3 ratio. This technique proved useful for analysing the spatial distribution of phytoplankton, especially in lakes Rotoiti and Rotoehu. For the more bio-optically complex shallow lakes of the Waikato, a linear spectral unmixing (LSU) approach was investigated where the water surface reflectance spectrum is defined by the contribution from pure pixels or endmembers. The model estimates the percentage of the endmember within the pixel, which is then used in a final regression with in situ data to map water quality in all pixels. This approach was used to estimate the concentration of chl a (r² = 0.84). Total suspended solid (TSS) concentration was mapped using the traditional Band 3 regression with in situ data, which combined atmospherically corrected reflectance for both images into a single relationship (r² = 0.98). The time difference between in situ data collection and satellite data capture is a potential source of error. Other potential sources of error include sample location accuracy, the influence of dissolved organic matter, and masking of chl a signatures by high concentrations of TSS. The results from this investigation suggest that remote sensing of water quality provides meaningful and useful information with a range of applications and could provide information on temporal spatial variability in water quality.
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Reese, Alistair William. "Are You Listening? The Voice of Waitaha, A Forgotten People." The University of Waikato, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2408.
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This thesis is a study of Waitaha, a Bay of Plenty iwi that has been marginalized through the loss of most of its land, much of its language, tikanga, and mana. The purpose of the work is to communicate, through the 'voice' and the history of the people, a chronicle, of their alienation to a Pākehā audience that remains in large part ignorant and distant from their plight. The thesis is motivated by an academic responsibility to the Treaty of Waitangi and the lack of understanding to the present needs of Māori as evidenced for example, by the support for the January 2004 Orewa speech, by the leader of the National Party, Don Brash. It is predicated upon the understanding that this response, which minimalises the impact of colonization upon Māori, is constructed by many, through a convenience of distance. It is motivated also on the understanding that most Pākehā who now inhabit the rohe of Waitaha, are completely ignorant of the identity of tangata whenua. It is hoped that the presentation of the Waitaha story, will provoke a greater empathy from Pākehā, and thereby facilitate an environment, whereby grievances can be addressed in an environment of greater understanding. The thesis is a qualitative based research exercise, carried out in consultation with kaumātua and other Waitaha members, and attempts to acknowledge and integrate current kaupapa Māori epistemologies with traditional Western academic methodology. The study uses interviews, Waitangi Tribunal evidence, and other historical references to construct a narrative that conveys something of the 'voice' of Waitaha. Specifically, it outlines a chronology of Waitaha settlement, followed by a description of their encounter with Pākehā, the consequent alienation of the majority of their lands by the Crown, and concludes, with a glimpse into the current circumstance of Manoeka, the papakainga of Waitaha.
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Brick, Samuel William. "MEM Project - Tender Internship Waikato Expressway (Tamahere to Cambridge Section)." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Engineering Management, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7446.
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The following report gives an overview of my internship completed with HEB Construction Limited on the tender for Tamahere to Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway.
The focus of the internship was on quantity surveying and the process of tendering. An emphasis was also put on investigating and understanding aspects of tendering related to the New Zealand Transport Authority.
After analysing the work completed during the internship, the main finding was that efficiency during the early stages of quantity surveying can be increased. In the future, this will be achieved through replacing scale rulers with computer software which simplify many of the time consuming processes currently used to capture the information on design drawings.
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Lloyd, Ian. "The water resources of the Waipara catchment and their management." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Environmental Science, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8580.
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The Waipara catchment, North Canterbury, New Zealand is currently experiencing rapid intensification in land use from pastoral farming to viticultural, horticultural and lifestyle activities. This intensification has lead to escalating demand for water which has created challenges for the Waipara community and the water managers. Sustainable and effective management requires both a thorough understanding of the physical environment and consideration of the needs of society. This study has been undertaken to assist management by quantifying the water resources, determining current water use and identifying the key issues facing management.
Limited precipitation and high evapo-transpiration rates dominate the area's water resources resulting in very limited runoff and significant soil moisture deficits over the summer months. The surface water resources of the area are over allocated with potential abstraction rates far exceeding normal summer flows. The last five years has seen the rapid development of groundwater as landowners look for alternative irrigation supplies. The groundwater resources are very complicated and highly variable consisting of small discrete buried river channels. Recharge rates are very low which questions the long term sustainability of groundwater resource.
There is a need to move towards integrated catchment management where science and the community work together to create workable and appropriate solutions. The Waipara community are already highly active in water management. Similarly, recent science has improved understanding of the resources. Water managers need to cease the opportunity and begin the process of developing a holistic catchment management plan.
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Farrar, Michael L. "Rush to wait." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63512.pdf.
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Dodson, Matthew Michael. "Active tectonics, geomorphology and groundwater recharge to the Waipara - Kowai Zone, North Canterbury." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3193.
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The Waipara – Kowai groundwater allocation zones (referred to as zones) are located 50 kilometers north of Christchurch. Land use in the Waipara zone has evolved from dry land farming towards horticultural and irrigated pastoral farming, and as such the demand for groundwater resources has increased significantly. Recent 14C age dating has shown that deep wells tap >1000 years old water, raising concerns about possible resource mining. The Kowai groundwater allocation zone has had minimal regional hydrogeological investigations and previously little is known about the groundwater resources here. The Waipara – Kowai groundwater allocation zones are located near obliquely convergent plate margin and the Porters Pass Fault System. Recent (early Quaternary) deformation has been noted by workers along margins and associated with emerging structures within basins. These emerging faults and folds within the basin are acting as hydrological barriers, hindering the passage of groundwater within the basin. A geomorphic map was constructed for this study based on existing soils maps, limited field soil surveys and morphometric analysis. Nine geomorphic surfaces are described, with inferred ages of modern to >73 ka. The geomorphic investigation revealed that the Kowai groundwater allocation zone surface is stepped, with increasing thickness of loess up gradient on the downlands. Near the coast there is intercalated terrestrial and marine sediments, to the west overlying the Kowai Formation are small alluvial fans. In the Waipara Basin the Waipara fan dominates the central portion of the basin, with smaller fluvial and alluvial fans building out from the margins. Groundwater recharge was investigated using chemical, isotopic, water level observations and a simple water balance. It was found that in the Kowai zone the major recharge sources were the rainfall, losses from the rivers and streams. The southern region of the Waipara zone is recharged by rainfall with small contributions from the Kowai River (North Branch). In the South region of the Waipara Basin groundwater recharge is derived from rainfall and losses from streams. The groundwater systems are conceptualized as being topographically driven, with slope – basin floors interactions being an important source of groundwater recharge.
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Cai, Carrie Jun. "Wait-learning : intelligent systems for making productive use of wait time." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111875.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-259).
Every day, millions of people set long-term goals, such as learning a skill, developing a habit, or completing a project. Yet, in our busy, time-crunched world, most have difficulty making progress towards these goals. Despite this lack of time, there are numerous moments in a day when people wait, such as waiting for the elevator or waiting for an instant message reply. These fleeting moments could instead be used for completing short, concrete microtasks towards accomplishing long-term goals. This thesis presents novel systems and approaches that enable wait-time productivity. First, WaitChatter enables wait-learning, by automatically detecting when a user is awaiting an instant message reply, and presenting foreign language vocabulary exercises during that time. Second, WaitSuite is a suite of systems that expand wait-learning to diverse kinds of waiting scenarios. Furthermore, given a variety of microtasks, I also demonstrate how chains of microtasks can be ordered in a way that maximizes efficiency and minimizes mental workload. Finally, Deadspace Finder enables peripheral microtasks to be displayed less intrusively, by automatically detecting and placing them into unused screen space. Taken together, these systems demonstrate that wait-time productivity is both feasible and more effective than traditional reminders, making meaningful use of time we didn't know we had.
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Cai, Carrie Jun. "Wait-learning : intelligent systems for making productive use of wait time." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111875.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-259).
Every day, millions of people set long-term goals, such as learning a skill, developing a habit, or completing a project. Yet, in our busy, time-crunched world, most have difficulty making progress towards these goals. Despite this lack of time, there are numerous moments in a day when people wait, such as waiting for the elevator or waiting for an instant message reply. These fleeting moments could instead be used for completing short, concrete microtasks towards accomplishing long-term goals. This thesis presents novel systems and approaches that enable wait-time productivity. First, WaitChatter enables wait-learning, by automatically detecting when a user is awaiting an instant message reply, and presenting foreign language vocabulary exercises during that time. Second, WaitSuite is a suite of systems that expand wait-learning to diverse kinds of waiting scenarios. Furthermore, given a variety of microtasks, I also demonstrate how chains of microtasks can be ordered in a way that maximizes efficiency and minimizes mental workload. Finally, Deadspace Finder enables peripheral microtasks to be displayed less intrusively, by automatically detecting and placing them into unused screen space. Taken together, these systems demonstrate that wait-time productivity is both feasible and more effective than traditional reminders, making meaningful use of time we didn't know we had.
by Carrie J. Cai.
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Dewstow, Ross Albert. "Using the Internet to Enhance Teaching at The University of Waikato." The University of Waikato, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2241.
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The University of Waikato brought the Internet to New Zealand, was one of the first Universities in New Zealand to graduate students who had completed a bachelor's degree online, and recently won an award for innovative use of video software in an online classroom. The video software was created by a company that had its beginnings within the University. However, the use of the Internet for teaching and learning in the University has reached a plateau in the last few years, as measured by the daily page views of the online platform (Moodie, 2004), the number of courses taught online and staff teaching online remaining fairly constant. This thesis sets out to investigate why the use of online teaching at the University has not increased to a point where a majority of staff are using online teaching to at least supplement their classroom teaching. Previous research into online teaching and learning focused heavily on technology barriers and lack of access to computers and the Internet. It is the position of the researcher that this lack of access is no longer a valid reason for academics not to use online environments for teaching and learning in a tertiary environment. This study hypothesized that enhancing their teaching using online technologies may be related to the culture of different subjects, disciplines and Schools of study. Accordingly three groups of lecturers from different Schools within the University were invited to participate in focus group interviews. Questions asked were related to their approach to teaching in their subject areas, the culture of their Schools and the University, as well as their reflections on teaching online. The study found that there was a strong relationship between the use of online technologies and subject areas as well as the culture that exists within the School of study. The influence of University management on the use of online technologies was also highlighted. But more surprising was the relationship between trained teachers in the University, and their uptake and use of online technologies. To take advantage of the changing student population, with their greater awareness and use of computing and new technologies, the University of Waikato, and indeed many other similar institutions, are now at a technological and educational crossroad. Decisions need to be made by senior management regarding the importance of the Internet and emerging media technologies in shaping the teaching and learning environment of tomorrow's University.
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Dewstow, Ross. "Using the internet to enhance teaching at the University of Waikato /." Click here to download thesis from Australasian Digital Theses Program, 2006. http://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20060926.111717/index.html.
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Strang, Daniel Rodney. "Engineering Geological Characterisation and Slope Stability Assessment of Whitehall Quarry, Waikato." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5617.
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Whitehall Quarry is located 4 km east of Karapiro, near Cambridge within the Waikato District. Current quarrying operations produce between 150,000 and 300,000 tonnes of aggregate for use in the surrounding region. This study is an investigation into the engineering geological model for the quarry and pit slope stability assessment. Pit slope stability is an integral aspect of quarrying and open-pit mining since slopes should be as steep as possible to minimise waste material which needs to be removed, yet shallow enough to minimise potential hazards to personnel and equipment below pit slopes. This study also assesses the stability of complex wedge located within the north western corner of the quarry. Initial estimates approximate a wedge mass volume of 500,000 m3; failure was triggered during the late 80‟s due a stripping programme at the head of the mass.
Field and laboratory investigations were carried out to identify and quantify engineering geological parameters. Photogrammetric and conventional scanline analytical techniques identified two domains within the quarry divided by the Main Quarry Shear Zone (MQSZ). Discontinuity orientations are the key differences between the two domains. Bedding planes appear to have slightly different orientations and each domain has very different joint sets identified.
Point load, shear box, ring shear testing approximated intact rock strength, shear strength and fault gouge behaviour properties. The main geological units at the quarry are greywacke sandstone interbedded with argillaceous mudstone. Uniaxial compressive strength estimates approximated the intact rock strength for sandstone to be between 30 and 230 MPa depending on weathering grade, while the strength of mudstone was approximated at 5 MPa. Residual shear strength was carried out to estimate the approximate effective angle of internal friction for both a smooth UW-SW sandstone joint and a mudstone bedding plane, these being 37o and 34o respectively. Laboratory testing on fault gouge indicated an approximate angle of internal friction of 13o and the presence of kaolinte and montmorillonite was identified.
Pit slope stability analysis utilised the Markland test for identification of potential failures within slopes. Wedge failures are the most common potential failure type, then planar failures along bedding planes. Potential failures are most likely to be less than 10 m3 due to the high fracture frequency and low persistence of common joint sets. However, larger failures in the order of 100 m3 are possible along fault and bedding planes where persistence is typically greater than 20 m.
Kinematic analysis of the Northern Wedge Failure estimated a mean factor of safety of 0.97. Currently the wedge is assessed as marginally unstable. Electronic distance measurement over 11 months recorded an approximate mean wedge velocity of 19 mm/month. Sensitivity analysis identified pore water pressure as a key parameter. De-watering the wedge via a series of inclined drainage holes appears to be the best mitigation method. However, the mine and monitor approach is also acceptable but with anticipated risk to personnel and equipment. Monitoring instrumentation such as a wireline and crack-meters should be implemented.
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James, Paul. "Occurrence and resolution of the Motunui-Waitara resource conflict (Wai-6)." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6903.
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This thesis examines the base causal mechanisms of the Motunui-Waitara resource conflict, which occurred in the early 1980s in North Taranaki, and resulted in a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal. Resource conflicts are complex social phenomena, based on disputes over the use, control, and allocation of resources. They occur as the result of both proximate causes (empirical, easily identified, site specific), and base causes (a 'wider status quo').
The resource conflict revolved around the grievances of the local iwi, over the discharge of effluent onto coastal reefs by the Waitara township, Borthwicks freezing works, the 'Synfuels' synthetic -petrol plant, and the Petralgas methanol plant.
As social action, the resource conflict resulted from readily identifiable proximate causes, but also base causal mechanisms. The discharge of effluent, a proximate cause, reflected the causal 'wider status quo', which is analysed as comprising two parts. First, social organisation as a generalised framework of occurrence, where social relations between people nature and power are based on differentiation, the development of power relations, and the creation of imbalances. Secondly, context and place as a specific framework of occurrence, where the resource conflict was a result of two conflicting processes, economic and cultural transformation, which were reflected in a context of issues: energy; indigenous peoples; and environmental awareness.
The conflict became the subject of an extremely significant claim to the Waitangi Tribunal. The process of resolution was highly contentious, taking ten years to provide one working marine outfall and land based treatment all the waste streams. During a similar timeframe there has been an attempt to remove what are perceived as base causal mechanisms through the fisheries Quota Management System, the Sealords deal, and the process of Resource Management Law Reform which resulted in the Resource Management Act 1991.
Despite these processes there has not been effective resolution of the resource conflict, which requires the removal of all causes. A process of effective resolution is suggested, revolving around the 'principle of partnership and the notions of active protection, balancing priorities, rights and values. Finally, the Motunui-Waitara resource conflict although not finally resolved, has had a number of positive impacts, in Waitangi Tribunal operation, and in the changing focus, from management to control, of many Maori claims and Tribunal reports.
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Toriola, AL, DT Goon, BS Shaw, I. Shaw, S. Arogbonlo, and S. Wuam. "Gender differences in waist circumference in Nigerian children." African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), 2009. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001058.
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The aim of this study was to develop age and
sex specific reference values for waist
circumference (WC) based on a sample of 2015
primary school children (i.e. 979 boys and 1036
girls aged 9 12 years) who were randomly
selected from 19 primary schools in Makurdi,
Benue State of Nigeria. Waist and hip
circumferences were measured wi th a flexible
anthropometric tape according to the protocol of
the International Society for the Advancement of
Kinanthropometry (ISAK). Mean WC was higher
in girls than in boys, and these differences were
statistically signi ficant from age 10 onwards.
Similarly, hip circumference was significantly
higher (p<0.05) in girls than in boys at all ages.
Whereas waist and hip circumferences increased
with age in both sexes, the increase was relatively
greater for hip circumference. Generally, waist
related percentiles values increased wi th age in
boys and girls, but girls had higher values than
boys in most of the age specific percentiles. WC
showed significantly higher (p <0.0001) values in
girls than in boys at ages 10 12 years, and this
increased with age in both categories. The
reference data obtained in this study can be used
to identify children with high risk of developing
obesity related disorders and form the basis for
future research studies.
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Landström, Per, and John Sandström. "Classication framework formonitoring calibration ofautonomous waist-actuated minevehicles." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-84453.
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For autonomous mine vehicles that perform the ”load-haul-dump” (LHD) cycle to operate properly, calibration of the sensors they rely on is crucial. The LHD cycle refers to a vehicle that loads material, hauls the material along a route and dumps it in an extraction point. Many of these vehicles are waist-actuated, meaning that the front and rear part of the machines are fixated at an articulation point. The focus of this thesis is about developing and implementing two differ- ent frameworks to distinguish patterns from routes where calibration of the hinge-angle sensor was needed before and try to predict when calibrating the sensor is needed. We present comparative results of one method using ma- chine learning, specifically supervised learning with support vector machine and one optimization-based method using scan matching by implementing a two-dimensional NDT (Normal Distributions Transform) algorithm. Comparative results based on evaluation metrics used in this thesis show that detecting incorrect behaviour of the hinge-angle sensor is possible. Evaluation show that the machine learning classifier performs better on the data used for this thesis than the optimization-based classifier.
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Schneider, Harald J., Jens Klotsche, Sigmund Silber, Günter K. Stalla, and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen. "Measuring Abdominal Obesity: Effects of Height on Distribution of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Risk Using Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-119990.
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Accumulating evidence suggests that measures of abdominal obesity outperform BMI in predicting diabetes and cardiovascular risk. However, it is debated which measure of obesity should be used. Currently, waist circumference (WC) is most commonly used and codefines the metabolic syndrome.
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Schneider, Harald J., Jens Klotsche, Sigmund Silber, Günter K. Stalla, and Hans-Ulrich Wittchen. "Measuring Abdominal Obesity: Effects of Height on Distribution of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Risk Using Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio." Technische Universität Dresden, 2011. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27093.
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Accumulating evidence suggests that measures of abdominal obesity outperform BMI in predicting diabetes and cardiovascular risk. However, it is debated which measure of obesity should be used. Currently, waist circumference (WC) is most commonly used and codefines the metabolic syndrome.
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Peckham, Rachael S. "Where the Watchers Wait." Ohio : Ohio University, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1241107481.
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Rose, Lila Eve. "Recent Sedimentation Patterns and Facies Distribution on the Waipaoa River Shelf, N.Z." W&M ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617878.
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Memarian, Yashar. "Géométrie des espaces des cycles : waist et graphes minimaux." Paris 11, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA112016.
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Dans cette thèse, on étudie la géométrie de l'espace des cycles par le biais de l'invariant waist, introduit par M. Gromov. On donne une preuve complète du théorème de waist de la sphère de M. Gromov. Cette preuve est longue et contient des idées de divers branches de mathématiques. On va plus loin en généralisant ce théorème pour les sphères unités des espaces uniformément convexe en donnant une borne inférieure pour le waist de ces espaces. Ce théorème généralise une inégalité isopérimétrique donnée par M. Gromov et V. Milman. On s'intéresse à la complexité topologique/géométrique de l'espaces des cycles. On traite le cas particulier des 1-cycles plongés dans le plan. On voit les 1-cycles comme des graphes et on s'intéresse au nombre maximum des sommets des graphes minimaux plongés dans le plan. On trouve une borne exacte pour les graphes minimaux 3-réguliers. On donne une conjecture pour le cas généralIn this thesis we are interested in the geometry of the space of cycles. We treat this problem by studying the invariant waist introduced by M. Gromov. We give a complete proof for the waist of the sphere theorem of M. Gromov. This proof is long and contains ideas coming from several branches of mathematics. We go further by generalizing this theorem for the unit spheres of the uniformly convex spaces. We give a lower bound for the waist of such spaces. Our result generalizes an isoperimetric inequality of M. Gromov and V. Milman. We study the topological/geometrical complexity of the space of cycles. Our particular interest is the space of 1-cycles embedded on the plane. We see 1-cycles as graphs and we search for the maximum number of vertices of minimal embedded graphs on the plane. We find the exact number for the case of 3-regular graphs and we give a conjecture for the general case
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Khan, Sara. "Adiposity and Pulmonary Function: Analysis of the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS)." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23892.
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Adiposity has been linked to impaired respiratory function in adults but whether the distribution of adipose tissue has a differential effect on pulmonary function is still uncertain. Moreover, in children, the relationship between adiposity and lung dysfunction is not clearly understood. A two-stage multivariate analysis was conducted using data from 5604 Canadians aged 6 to 79 years who participated in the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). The associations of various anthropometric and skinfold measures with lung function were examined separately in adults and children. After adjustment of covariates, waist circumference and subscapular skinfold thickness showed the strongest inverse associations with FVC and FEV1 in men. In women, BMI and sum of five skinfolds had the largest impact on pulmonary function. FVC and FEV1 in boys were most affected by waist-to-hip ratio and triceps skinfold. In girls, adiposity was not linked to the lung function testing variables. Adiposity measures have differing effects on respiratory function depending on age and sex group.
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Watson, Sandra S. "The Transformation of the Landscape in Waimea, Hawai'i: Pre-Human Era to 1860." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7089.
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Waimea's landscape underwent three major transformations from prehuman times to the mid-1800s: native species were replaced by alien ones; agricultural terraces were built by the growing population; and cattle became a dominant presence. Upon arrival, Polynesians introduced their transported landscapes. The population grew, cleared vegetation, and established an intricate agricultural system by the 1300s. Waimea was an attractive draw, with a water supply, ideal climate and soils, and moderate distance to the ocean. Captain Cook's arrival introduced a commercial economy resulting in further transformations. The sandalwood trade denuded Waimea's forests by the 1830s while the cattle industry grew. As the cattle increased, introduced diseases caused Waimea's native population to decrease from thousands to a few hundred by the 1860s. From the time of its first settlers to 1860, Waimea was transformed from a landscape of highly endemic flora and fauna to a paniolo landscape dominated by alien species.viii, 89 leaves
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Sluys, Shona Lee. "Climatic influences on the grapevine: a study of viticulture in the Waipara basin." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1338.
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Climate is one of the most important factors influencing where wine grapes can be grown and the quality of wine produced from those grapes. A plants habitat has a profound influence on its growth and development. The surrounding climatic conditions at both the macro- and meso-scales influence the plant-climate miro-scale interactions. The main study site is the McKenzie Vineyard that is owned by Torlesse Wines. The climatic conditions of the surrounding Waipara region was also studied using climate data from the following vineyards; Canterbury House, River Terrace and Waipara West. The overall aim of this research is to improve understanding of the influence of the climatic environment on grapevine development at the meso- to micro-scale. The main findings of the research were firstly, that the most important climatic factor influencing grapevine development and growth is temperature and secondly that there is variability in the temperature across the Waipara Basin. Future research should be conducted for the entire growth season to gain a better understanding of how temperature influences the development of grapevine over the growing season as a whole.
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Hall, Steven Leon. "Controls on deposition of coal and clastic sediment in the Waikato coal measures." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1516.
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Coal seams in the Waikato Coal Measures can vary significantly in thickness over distances of hundreds of meters to kilometers. Previously, the primary depositional controls on these variations have been inferred to be syn-depositional normal faulting and pre-depositional paleotopography. The data presented in support of these models are typically equivocal and which, if any, of these processes provide the principal control on the geometry and spatial distribution of coal seams in the Waikato Coal Region is uncertain. This study utilizes a large database of drill-logs, seismic-reflection lines and mine exposures in four areas (Huntly, Maramarua, North HuntlylWaikare and Rotowaro Coalfields) to test whether syn-depositional faulting and/or paleotopography influence coal seam architecture. These data were used to construct cross sections across faults and basement topography, which in turn, offer information on the relative timing of faulting and coal measure deposition, together with information on the spatial relations between seam thicknesses, faulting and paleotopography. Cross sections and isopach maps together with examination of spatial and temporal variations in fault displacements reveal that syn-depositional normal faulting had little or no impact on the deposition of the Waikato Coal Measures. Only in the Maramarua study area was any evidence found of fault control on coal measure deposition, with the Landing Fault accruing displacement between deposition of the Kupalrupa Seam and the end of coal measure sedimentation. The vast majority of faults in the Waikato Coalfield were, however, active following coal measure deposition. For example, the Foote, Kimihia and Pukekapia faults show evidence of displacement accrual, which commenced during deposition of the Mangakotuku Formation (37-35 Ma BP). The duration of this episode of faulting is difficult to determine, but may have ceased about 30 Ma ago. In addition, a number of faults (e.g. Foote Fault) display evidence oflate stage extension during the last 5 Ma. Given the lack of stratigraphic evidence for fault displacements during deposition of coal measures, it is suggested that the Mangakotuku and Waipuna basement scarps are erosional rather than tectonic features. Cross sections, together with structure contour and isopach maps in each of the four study areas examined, indicate that basement topography was the dominant control on the spatially variable accumulation of peat. These data show coal seams both thinning into, and away from, topographic lows. To account for this observation a model is proposed, in which peat accumulation is controlled by basement relief and sediment supply to parts of the depositional system. In the model it is postulated that the Waikato Coal Measures depositional system was a continuum between two end members. In one end member, with a high sediment supply, sediment is channeled into the lowest topographic areas and peat accumulates mainly on topographic highs. In the other end member, with little or no sediment supply, peat accumulates to its greatest thickness in areas of relatively low topography, in addition to on basement ridges. In the Rotowaro and North Huntly/Waikare study areas, the thickest peat developed on basement highs and the lows acted as a conduit for sedimentation. On basement highs, peat mires were largely sheltered from clastic sediment influx. In the Huntly East and Maramarua study areas, the thickest peat accumulated in basement lows, with comparable clastic sedimentation in highs and lows. The proposed model has application to other coalfields where peat accumulated on an undulating topographic surface and sediment supply was channelised. Prediction of coal seam thickness, as well as lithological types, is crucial in coal exploration and development. The methodology developed and employed in this study can be applied to other basins to access and model coal and clastic sediment distribution.
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Kniskern, Tara A. "Shelf sediment dispersal mechanisms and deposition on the Waiapu River shelf, New Zealand." W&M ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616720.
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The Waiapu River, located on the North Island of New Zealand, drains a small catchment and has one of the highest sediment yields in the world. The river delivers most of its annual sediment load during floods into energetic coastal waters. These conditions are favorable for producing multiple sediment transport mechanisms, including transport in positively and negatively buoyant freshwater plumes, gravitydriven flows, and resuspension. Analyses of Waiapu River shelf seabed data showed that multiple transport mechanisms influence strata formation. Fluvial sediments are initially deposited at water depths shallower than 80 m before being remobilized and deposited at greater water depths. Over the last 100 years fine sediments were retained mainly at water depths between 60 and 190 m, and accounted for 24% of the fluvial load. High shelf accumulation rates (0.2--3.3 cm/yr) were sufficient to preserve pulsed event layers, which were identified by low excess 210Pb and terrestrial delta 13C. Additionally, high subsidence rates on the tectonically active shelf likely influences modern depositional patterns. A three-dimensional numerical model was used to address the mechanisms by which sediment escaped the shelf and to assess the relative importance of the various transport mechanisms. The simulation was able to reproduce time-averaged currents, near-bed sediment concentrations, and bed shear stresses at a tripod deployed off the river mouth at 60 m water depth. Gravity-driven transport was most important on the inner and mid-shelf, whereas dilute transport became more important beyond 65 m depth. Sediments escaped the shelf via dilute suspension to the north of the Waiapu River mouth. Sensitivity experiments showed that transport pathways and depositional patterns were sensitive to floc fraction, waves and currents, and sediment load. Increasing the floc fraction resulted in increased wave-supported gravity-driven transport relative to dilute transport and increased shelf deposition. Coherence between energetic waves and floods increased the importance of wave-supported gravity-flows and shifted initial deposition offshore. Wave-induced bed shear stress increased gravity-driven transport, whereas current-induced bed shear stress increased dilute transport. Deforestation over the last 150 years, which has resulted in an increase annual suspended load, may have resulted in increased shelf sediment retention.
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Krallitsch, Theresa. "The weight of the wait." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5540.
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Waitz, Reimar [Verfasser]. "Nanomembranen : ein Prüfstand für Probleme aus der Nanophysik / Reimar Waitz." Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1028743122/34.
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Lane, Maureen. "'Cweryl y Bydysawd' : agweddau athronyddol or waith T.H. Parry-Williams." Thesis, Swansea University, 2005. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42840.
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McCall, David S. "Influence of Isolate, Cultivar, and Heat Stress on Virulence of Rhizoctonia zeae on Tall Fescue." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/79687.
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Rhizoctonia zeae is a common pathogen of tall fescue and other turfgrasses in various regions of the United States. Disease caused by R. zeae typically occurs during hot, humid summer months when conditions are ideal for growth of the fungus but less than ideal for growth of tall fescue. While R. zeae has been reported on turfgrasses in several Mid-Atlantic states, there are no records of this pathogen being present in Virginia. Rhizoctonia isolates were obtained from samples of various turfgrasses exhibiting typical Rhizoctonia disease symptoms in Virginia. Additional isolates were obtained from several other states. All were characterized with respect to species characteristics as well as pathogenicity and virulence on two common cultivars of tall fescue. All isolates were pathogenic on tall fescue but there was some variability in virulence. There was consistently slightly less disease present on Crossfire II than on Kentucky 31. Experiments were also conducted to determine the impact of prior exposure to high air temperatures on the severity of disease. Preliminary data showed that one week of exposure to higher air temperatures caused an initial increase in overall turf quality, but as length of exposure increased the quality of turfgrass declined. Tall fescue plants were subjected to 0, 7, and 35 days of heat stress prior to inoculation with several isolates of R. zeae. No relationship was found between predisposing heat stress and disease severity.Master of Science
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Cochran, Lindsey Ms. "Validity of Waist-to-height Ratio as a Screening Tool for Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Non-Hispanic Whites, Non-Hispanic Blacks, and Mexican American Adult Women." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/184.
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Validity of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for type 2 diabetes risk in non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Mexican American Adult Women, from the ages 20-65 years of age.
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A prominent screening measure for type 2 diabetes is a simple measure of waist circumference. Waist circumference is an aggregate measurement of the actual amount of total and abdominal fat accumulation and is a crucial correlate of the complexities found among obese and overweight patients. However, waist circumference does not take into consideration the frame of an individual. Hence, recent epidemiologic data have suggested the use of height adjusted waist circumference (waist-to-height ratio). The use of waist-to-height ratio in screening for type 2 diabetes is poorly understood.
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The aim of this study is to determine racial/ethnic differences in the association of the independent variables waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference, with type 2 diabetes in non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Mexican American adult women, ages 20-65 years old.
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Data from the NHANES 2007-2008 surveys were used. Race/ethnic specific odds ratios from univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were to estimate the associations of waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference with type 2 diabetes. In the multivariate models, adjustments were made for age and alcohol use.
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In the univariate models, WC was associated with 1.06, 1.07 and 1.04 increased odds of type 2 diabetes in Mexican Americans, non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks, respectively. The corresponding values waist-to-height ratio were 2.85, 3.20 and 1.88, respectively. On adjusting for confounders, WC was associated with 1.07, 1.05, and 1.05 increased odds of type 2 diabetes in Mexican Americans, non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks, respectively. WHtR was associated with 2.95, 2.38, and 2.37 increased odds of type 2 diabetes in Mexican Americans, non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks, respectively.
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This study indicates that WHtR may be a powerful anthropometric predictor of risk for type 2 diabetes for Mexican American, non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black American women ages 20-65.The literature on WHtR as a screening tool for type 2 diabetes in American women is lacking. This study is one of the first to examine the association between WHtR across varying races of American women. Future researchers should explore populations of women and men in the US with more races represented.
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Tolworthy, Joseph Harold. "A Water Budget and Solute Flux Budget for Waimea River Watershed, Kauai, HI, U.S.A." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8779.
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Waimea Canyon is a deep V-shaped canyon on the island of Kauai, Hawaii in which the Waimea River and its tributaries flow. The shape and size of the canyon are noteworthy and unusual compared to its contemporary canyons on the Hawaiian Islands which are usually U-shaped or flat bottomed. This could be because there is significantly more physical erosion in Waimea Canyon compared to others. A water budget was created using ArcGIS Pro and data from the University of Hawaii’s rainfall and evapotranspiration atlases, as well as from the United States Geological Survey’s stream gage data. A mass flux was estimated using ArcGIS pro by creating a paleosurface from the ridge points and then finding the mass difference between todays watershed and the watershed with the paleosurface. Weathering reactions were made to model the processes in the watershed. The reactants were found from using oxide percentages of Kauai basalts and inputting them into MELTs to estimate mineralogy. The products were found by analysis of soil and water samples in the area of the Canyon. In the Waimea River watershed approximately 159 t/km2 /yr is removed, of which 56% is by physical erosion. This was compared to the V-shaped Makaweli river watershed where approximately 12% is removed by physical erosion and in the U-shaped Hanalei watershed ≈ 68% is removed. While these differences could be explained by vegetation cover, precipitation, and slope steepness it shows that there is not more physical erosion in Waimea Canyon compared to the others. Thus, the origin of the V-shape of Waimea Canyon remains unexplained.
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Addington, Lisa D. "Distinguishing Sediment Transport Modes to the Outer-Shelf off the Waiapu River, New Zealand." W&M ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539617835.
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