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The Influence of Subjective Load on Injury and Illness in Elite Track Cycling
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Introduction: Training time loss due to injury or illness is a major predictor of performance outcome in Olympic athletes. Athlete monitoring is increasingly being utilised in elite sport to examine internal, external ... -
The Influence of the Closed Grip, Hook Grip, and Lifting Straps on Kinetic, Kinematic, and Qualitative Performance Variables of the Power Snatch
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Weightlifters routinely utilize the hook grip (HG) or may use lifting straps (LS) when performing the various lifts in training. While weightlifting specific movements and their derivatives have been extensively researched ... -
The influence of velocity based resistance training on neuromuscular strength and power adaptations in semi-professional rugby union and professional rugby league players
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The vast majority of resistance training programming in rugby union and rugby league training environments have for decades utilized traditional percentage based training (TPT) methods to develop the physical components ... -
The influence of whole body vibration on knee extensor stiffness and functional performance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)The use of vibration as an exercise intervention offers new possibilities for coaches, clinicians, and strength and conditioning practitioners. It appears that muscle activation by means of vibration may induce improvements ... -
The influences of professional development, in educative mentoring, on mentors' learning and mentoring practices
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Mentoring plays a significant role in the successful acculturation of Provisionally Certificated Teachers (PCT) in New Zealand and has been formally recognised and centrally funded as part of mentoring and induction ... -
Influences of Strain in Elite Athletes: A Case Study of New Zealand Open Boxing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The main purpose of this study was to provide an institutional understanding of the effects of stress within elite level sport performance, in an effort to identify further resources for sporting organisations in support ... -
Influences on attitudes to mathematics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Attitudes to mathematics involve students’ feelings toward mathematics, their view of their ability in mathematics, and the decisions they make in the classroom about doing mathematics. Attitudes are learned responses to ... -
Influences on consumers’ KiwiSaver investment fund choices
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)When it launched KiwiSaver in 2007, New Zealand joined a growing international trend towards second-tier personal pension schemes. The uptake of KiwiSaver has exceeded expectations, with 1.75 million people joining by June ... -
Influences on the Ability to Recognise Fake News
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This study analysed whether certain personal background attributes, such as age, gender, highest qualification and so on, impact on the ability to recognise whether the online news is fake or real. The study contributes ... -
Influences on the physical demands of International Womens Sevens Rugby
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The use of time motion analysis and match analysis to gain a better insight into the demands of match play has been well documented across various sports. The information gathered from these techniques has enabled coaches ... -
Information and communication technology for development in Samoa: exploring the interaction between the local traditions and information found on computer technology
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)In 2005 telecentres were introduced in 12 rural villages of Samoa, as part of the national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) strategy for development. The aim for the telecentres is to ensure the people of ... -
Information and communication technology in Auckland hotels: context and impact
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)The aim of this study was to identify how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) affects business processes and service delivery within hotels and how ICT interacts with strategic issues confronting hotel managers. ... -
Information decluttering in a connected age: How to educate young adults
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Among the virtual communities and networks, we create, share and exchange information. For young adults, the excess of information has increasingly become a problem for their personal, behavioural, psychological and ... -
Information extraction from free text comments in questionnaires
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The last 15 years have seen a tremendous explosion in the amount of information available, encoded both in structured forms such as databases and XML files as well as free, naturally occurring forms such as HTML pages and ... -
Information Extraction from TV Series Scripts for Uptake Prediction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The script of a movie, or of an episode of a television series, describes the setting, the storyline, and the scene changes. It also details the movement, actions, non-oral expression, and dialogues of the characters. The ... -
Information Mining from New Zealand published annual reports relating Māori affairs
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This thesis aims to design and implement an information system which will mine information from online annual reports across organizations in New Zealand which have made efforts towards enhancing Matauranga Māori in line ... -
Information Models in Multiplayer Gaming: Teaching New Players the Complex In-game Economy of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)An important aspect within multiplayer online games are the unwritten rules of play. Often unknown and unobserved from the outside, these rules make up the foundation in which online play takes place. With more and more ... -
Informative correlation extraction from and for Forex market analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)The forex market is a complex, evolving, and a non-linear dynamical system, and its forecast is difficult due to high data intensity, noise/outliers, unstructured data and high degree of uncertainty. However, the exchange ... -
Infrastructure that Walks the Walk, Experience Design for the Te Paki Trail
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This dissertation is a design proposal for a series of transitional infrastructures that articulate the experiential journey of the Te Paki Coastal Walk, Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand. It draws on perceptual aesthetics, ... -
Inhabiting Doors: Using Haptic Terrains to Extend Spatio-Temporal Awareness
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)As we pass over boundaries and cross thresholds, we start to inhabit the spaces around us. This research project explores how the act of moving between spaces via the door might create a heightened awareness of this threshold ...