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Academic murals: Social work research exemplars
(Massey Univesity, New Zealand, 1/01/2016) Gardiner B; Julich S; Hay K; Hay, KS
The forgotten tribe: Scientists as writers
(The WAC Clearinghouse and the University Press of Colorado, 1/03/2017) Emerson LE
In The Forgotten Tribe: Scientists as Writers, Lisa Emerson offers an important corrective to the view that scientists are "poor writers, unnecessarily opaque, not interested in writing, and in need of remediation." She argues that scientists are among "the most sophisticated and flexible writers in the academy, often writing for a wider range of audiences (their immediate disciplinary peers, peers in adjacent fields, a broad scientific audience, industry, and a range of public audiences including social media) than most other faculty." Moreover, she notes, the often collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of their work results in writing practices that "may be more socially complex, and require more articulation, mediation, and interpersonal communication, and more use of advanced media and technology than those of faculty in other disciplines." Drawing on extensive interviews with scientists, Emerson argues that writing scholars have "engaged in a form of cultural appropriation" that has worked against a deeper understanding of the contexts in which scientists work and the considerations they bring to their writing. Emerson grounds her analysis in the voices of scientists in a way that allows us to understand not only how they approach writing but also how we might usefully teach writing in the sciences. The Forgotten Tribe offers a valuable contribution to our understanding of scientific writing, allowing us to hear voices that are seldom included in our discussions of this critical area.
Easy Steps to ArchiCAD by EAI: A teaching manual
(School of Built Environment, Massey University, 1/05/2019) Rasheed E
Prepared for High School and first year students in Architecture and Construction-related programmes Easy Steps to ArchiCAD is designed for students in construction-related programmes. It provides an easier means of learning how to draft designs using ArchiCAD software. This teaching manual helps you learn to use various tools in ArchiCAD while designing a simple residential building. The focus is on providing a good understanding of the major steps required to design a building in ArchiCAD. It illustrates basic information in ArchiCAD commonly used to design buildings. This manual simulates a real architectural project, in detail, and is perfect for everyone who wants easier and more explained steps to the use of ArchiCAD for building designs.
Good practice in international placements: Ideas for students and tertiary staff
(Ako Aotearoa, 1/12/2016) Hay KS; Lowe S
Editorial: A Live Tradition
(Massey University Press, 10/01/2018) Ross J; Ross, J
An introduction to the life and work of Alistair Paterson, our featured poet in this issue
LURN: Let's use R now
(Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, 13/01/2016) Godfrey AJR
Plastic Legacies: Pollution, Persistence, and Politics
(Athabasca University Press, 13/07/2021) Farrelly, T; Taffel, S; Shaw, I
There is virtually nowhere on Earth today that remains untouched by plastic and ecosystems are evolving to adapt to this new context. While plastics have revolutionized our modern world, new and often unforeseen effects of plastic and its production are continually being discovered. Plastics are entangled in multiple ecological and social crises, from the plasticization of the oceans to the embeddedness of plastics in political hierarchies. The complexities surrounding the global plastic crisis require an interdisciplinary approach and the materialities of plastic demand new temporalities of thought and action. Plastic Legacies brings together scholars from the fields of marine biology, psychology, anthropology, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, and media studies to investigate and address the urgent socio-ecological challenges brought about by plastics. Contributors consider the unpredictable nature of plastics and weigh actionable solutions and mitigation processes against the ever-changing situation. Moving beyond policy changes, this volume offers a critique of neoliberal approaches to tackling the plastics crisis and explores how politics and communicative action are key to implementing social, cultural, and economic change.
National Health Emergency Plan: A framework for the health and disability sector
(Ministry of Health, 15/10/2015) Johal SS; MacDonald C; Mitchell J
This edition of the National Health Emergency Plan has been revised and updated to reflect current thinking on the health aspects of emergency management in New Zealand and internationally. It reflects the sophistication of a second-generation, risk-based plan developed by emergency management specialists under the leadership of the Joint Centre for Disaster Research in partnership with the Ministry of Health. The plan was developed in consultation with local and international specialists in the field of emergency management, emergency managers and planners in the health and disability sector, and other key stakeholders. A collaborative, consultative approach has been taken throughout the development of the plan, including holding workshops with health emergency management stakeholders across the nation. Constant contact has been maintained with the concurrent review of the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2015 (National CDEM Plan) to ensure consistency between the two plans. In acknowledgement of the importance of evidence-based policy and practice, an extensive international literature review formed the basis for much of the plan’s content. To maintain its alignment with the National CDEM Plan, the National Health Emergency Plan will be reviewed by the Ministry of Health within five years of its adoption. The plan will also be reviewed and updated as required following any new developments or substantial changes to the operations or organisation of New Zealand health and disability services, as a result of lessons from a significant emergency affecting the health of communities or the health and disability sector itself, if new hazards and risks are identified, or by direction of the Minister of Health or Director-General of Health. Annexes at the back of the plan are intended to provide a short document format that can be rapidly updated with new or revised guidance on specific issues as they are identified. The Ministry of Health welcomes submissions of good practice that can be incorporated into future editions.
The cookbook: A discussion on the process, pitfalls and successes of hacking an open textbook
(Otago University, New Zealand, 16/05/2014) Pearson EE
This document represents the process and reflections on the creation and curation of an open source 'texthack' for a media studies textbook for students in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. This document is provided as a resource for anyone contemplating a similar texthack project. Suggestions on processes and issues for consideration are presented along with information about success and difficulties of this specific project.
Forage plant ecophysiology
(MDPI, 17/08/2017) Matthew, C
This edition is a reprint of the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472) from 2015–2017 (available at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture/special_issues/forage_plant_ecophysiology).
Practical volcanology - Lecture notes for understanding volcanic rocks from field based studies.
(Geological Institute of Hungary, 2007) Martin, Ulrike; Nemeth, Karoly
Volcanic rocks are important in compiling geological records because of their characteristic chemistry, relatively fast accumulation and great variety; however, recognizable facies diversity may be useful for reconstructing not only the volcanic processes but also the eruptive environment where the volcanism take place. Volcanic rocks that are significantly fragmented are important from a stratigraphic point of view and they can be used to study palaeoenvironments where these volcanic deposits formed. The increasing importance of fragmental volcanic rocks in geological research is clearly demonstrated by the increasing number of publications that have appeared over recent decades dealing with volcaniclastic deposits and rocks. Different volcanological schools and associated textbooks have been published since the 1980s. Among the many that have become available four are of particular significance These are Fisher and Schmincke(1984): Pyroclastic Rocks; CAS and WRIGHT (1987) Volcanic Successions; MCPHIE et al. (1993) Volcanic Textures; and SIGURDSSON et al (2000) Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. The aforementioned are among the many textbooks that are widely accepted and used in volcanology courses at different levels. The volume Practical Volcanology, as a textbook, does not intend to substitute any of the above books; rather, it tries to deal with volcanic geology from a slightly different aspect from those already cited. Practical Volcanology is a direct result of a series of short courses offered for first time in 2001 at the Geological Institute of Hungary, Budapest, primarily for geologists working in ancient volcanic terrains, and their main aim is general mapping. In addition, these short courses also intended to draw the attention of undergraduate students, postgraduates and research students who came across volcanic rocks during their research. The basic idea of Practical Volcanology is included in a study guide and lecture notes which could be used as a self-standing guide for interpreting volcanic processes and the resulting deposits and rocks. To take full advantage of this book a preliminary geological background is necessary for the user, especially in the field of classic sedimentology, petrology and geochemistry. However, a limited background of geological knowledge would enough to get a basic idea of field-based volcanology in its simplest aspects. The book's main aim is to introduce basic field volcanology research from a theoretical point of view right through very practical elements. The basic philosophy of the book is that, especially in ancient terrains, the volcanologist's basic data is found through fieldwork, and they are looking for volcanic rocks, especially fragmented ones. This book intends to demonstrate the link between the field subject, a volcanic rock and the volcanic process that may have formed that rock. Such textbooks or study guides are relatively rare these days and often they are too detailed or complicated for undergraduate students or interested amateurs. This book consists of 8 chapters. Each chapter is fully referenced in order to give a very detailed guide to any user and it clear where the individual citaitons/statements come from. This allows the user to go deeper into the scientific problems such processes, deposits, or the relevant terminology itself. Each chapter is accompanied with figures widely used and referred to in the international literature and there are full colour plates of textures, volcanic activity and the 3D architecture of volcanic deposits. The figures and colour plates are fully explained and referenced. In addition, each chapter has a locality map allowing the user to identify the site locations for future references. At the end of the book there is a detailed glossary along with a collection of terms from widely accepted textbooks, articles, and web resources. The book also contains a detailed index for quick search through the chapters for key volcanological terms. The 8 chapters set a logical path from an introduction, a key of terminological issues right through to different volcanic processes. The first chapter deals with a short summary and referenced description of major volcanic terminological systems. This chapter also gives a detailed insight of the usage of different terminologies and their potential for futureresearch documentation. The second chapter is a detailed summary of active volcanism and its relationship to volcanic deposits. This chapter intends to make clear the connection between active volcanism and the volcanic rocks that most mapping geologists deal with in the field. The third chapter focuses on fragmented volcanic rocks. Beside its classification scheme and a presentation of the common features of fragmented volcanic rocks this chapter provides a clear guide about the information which can be obtained from fragmented volcanic deposits and rocks. This chapter also gives indication of the limitation the information with respect to its use for inferring volcanic processes and eruptive environments. The fourth chapter gives an introduction to volcanic facies analysis which one of the main goals of studying volcanic rocks in the field. Volcanic facies analysis is the basic tool for broad making interpretations and can be connected to palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. The fifth and sixth chapters concentrate on summarising volcanic processes and the resulting volcanic deposits and rocks which are associated with the two major types of volcanism on Earth: i.e. monogenetic and polygenetic volcanism. In these two chapters not only field examples are given but also a large collection of young deposits and volcanic processes are examined to demonstrate clearly the connection between volcanic processes and the resulting deposits and rocks. The seventh chapter deals with processes which act on volcanic terrains and which can significantly modify the original primary volcanic landforms. Also in this chapter a basic concept - derived from those few studies dealing with the topic - of the erosion of volcanic terrains is introduced. The eighth chapter gives a concise summary of the potentially most widespread, but less known type of volcanism which occurs in subaqueous environments. Probably in ancient terrains the majority of volcanic rocks represent deposits that may have formed in some sort of subaqueous environment. In addition this type of volcanism has the potential to generate volcanic deposits that can host valuable ore minerals. The book is based on the expertise of two authors gathered over the past 15 years of their work in the field of volcanic geology. The authors have primarily used their own research data to demonstrate key features but where useful these have been collated with other field information from other researchers. The majority of the field and textual data has been provided by the authors. The figure collection is based on published and usually well-accepted research papers or textbooks in order to facilitate the user's ability to connect their own work to individual researchers and their publications. Practical Volcanology is a study guide which it is hoped will provide a good basis for developing short courses.
Troubleshooting milk quality problem herds
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade, Kragujevac, 2008) Petrovski, Kiro
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Your books are in the mail: fifty years of distance library service at Massey University
(Massey University, 2011) White, Bruce
Sustainable diets and biodiversity: Directions and solutions for policy, research and action
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012) Burlingame, BA; Dernini, S
Indigenous Peoples' food systems and well-being: Interventions and policies for healthy communities
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013) Kuhnlein, H; Erasmus, B; Spigelski, D; Burlingame, BA
Psychological Dimensions of Retirement
(Massey University, 2013) Alpass, Fiona; Paddison, Johanna; Flett, Ross; Wright, Sarah; Pachana, Nancy; Biggs, Herbert; Pennington, Helen; Neville, Stephen; Fiona Alpass; Paddison, Johanna
The chapters that follow examine the character of, and issues relating to, western retirement experiences. As our populations age, issues relating to the nature of retirement are of growing importance. Population ageing is a global issue. For instance, Jacobsen, Kent, Lee, & Mather (2011) report that currently one-fifth of the Japanese population is aged over 65 and estimated to increase to one-third of the population by 2040. Based on Bogomolny’s (2004) calculations, by 2025, there will 2 workers in Japan for every person over 65. By 2030 to 2040, 20% of the United States population (i.e., 70 million people), will be aged over 65 (Conrad Glass & Flynn, 2000; Jacobsen, Kent, Lee & Mather, 2011). A drop in the number of workers per government funded beneficiaries from 3.3. to 2.2 has also been predicted (Social Security Board of Trustees, 2008). Many European countries will have similarly high proportions of their population aged over 65 (Heyma, 2004) with concomitant dependency ratios, as will Australia and New Zealand (Kippen, 2002; Statistics New Zealand, 2012). In the 1970s and 1980s there was a trend toward early retirement, however this began to be reversed in many countries in the 1990s. Participation rates in most OECD countries for older workers (50-64 years) have increased to an average of 63% in 2008. Some countries have seen considerable increases in participation rates for these workers (e.g. New Zealand, Netherlands) and in even older workers (65-69 years) (OECD, 2011). Along with the increasing expansion of working lives has come an evolution of the pathways to retirement. Retirement is no longer necessarily a “clean break” from the workforce, with many researchers arguing that the transition from work to retirement is now “blurred”. Retirement is not a single discrete event but can be viewed as an individual process, where for many paid employment still plays a significant role well into the “third age”. The changing nature of retirement over the past few decades highlights the need to continually reassess how we conceptualise it in the literature and how it impacts on the individual, organisations and society. This book seeks to address some of the psychological dimensions of retirement prominent in the literature. The initial chapter of this book outlines a number of definitions pertinent to the topic of retirement. This is followed by an examination of issues that affect retirement decisions. Next, psychological wellbeing and physical health issues are examined in relation to retirement. The final chapters examine the interplay between work and retirement, the role of leisure in retirement, the experiences of women, and the sources and role of social support in retirement.
The sustainable delivery of sexual violence prevention education in schools
(Massey University, 2015) Julich, SJ; Oak, E; Terrell, J; Good, G
Sexual violence is a crime that cannot be ignored: it causes our communities significant consequences including heavy economic costs, and evidence of its effects can be seen in our criminal justice system, public health system, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and education system, particularly in our schools. Many agencies throughout New Zealand work to end sexual violence. Auckland-based Rape Prevention Education: Whakatu Mauri (RPE) is one such agency, and is committed to preventing sexual violence by providing a range of programmes and initiatives, information, education, and advocacy to a broad range of audiences. Up until early 2014 RPE employed one or two full-time positions dedicated to co-ordinating and training a large pool (up to 15) of educators on casual contracts to deliver their main school-based programmes, BodySafe – approximately 450 modules per year, delivered to some 20 high schools. Each year several of the contract educators, many of whom were tertiary students, found secure full time employment elsewhere. To retain sufficient contract educators to deliver its BodySafe contract meant that RPE had to recruit, induct and train new educators two to three times every year. This model was expensive, resource intense, and ultimately untenable. The Executive Director and core staff at RPE wanted to develop a more efficient and stable model of delivery that fitted its scarce resources. To enable RPE to know what the most efficient model was nationally and internationally, with Ministry of Justice funding, RPE commissioned Massey University to undertake this report reviewing national and international research on sexual violence prevention education (SVPE). [Background from Executive Summary.]
A comprehensive study of the status and needs of national productivity organisations and the Asia productivity organisation
(Asian Productivity Organisation, 2015) Mann RS
The objective of this project was “To assist the Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) and National Productivity Organizations (NPOs) undertake a Needs Assessment to enable effective productivity-related strategies and programs to be developed and implemented at a National and APO-wide level”. The research was commissioned by the APO Secretariat and officially started on 18 February 2014 and concludes with the publication of this report on 5 June 2015. This report had the input of 16 NPOs (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of China, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam). A Chief Expert (supported by 7 researchers) and 16 National Experts coordinated the research and analysed the data provided by 372 staff, 390 customers and 130 NPO partners. Data was obtained on Country Trends, NPO Strategy, Systems and Services, NPO Performance Results, NPO SWOT Analysis and APO Strategy and Assistance. The results reflect the diversity of APO members. For example, the number of staff employed by NPO members varied from 16 in Nepal and Mongolia to 670 people in Sri-Lanka. Malaysia had the most training course attendees in 2013 with 130,517 people trained whilst some countries recorded less than 20 people trained. Some NPOs were almost 100% government funded whilst others received no government funding. Whilst the NPOs all had specific challenges and opportunities there was agreement with the APO’s current vision and mission, and most indicated that “Training courses, Technical expert services, Development of demonstration companies / organizations and In-country programs” had the most impact. The report provides many recommendations to assist the APO and NPOs such as encouraging more best practice sharing on institutional strengthening and capability building (to share strategies, organizational structure, infrastructure, funding models, staffing levels/ratios and approaches to governance, leadership, human resources, customer focus, operations and systems, and measurement, analysis and knowledge management) and on service delivery (to share success stories on how productivity-related services are being delivered). For both the APO and NPOs more needs to be done to raise the profile of productivity including simple steps such as the improved use of social media and improving the design and content of NPO websites. The report endorsed the need for an APO Roadmap which has a clear strategy and targets. Currently, 3 or more APO members are in the top 20 countries for 10 of 18 reputable international performance metrics but none were in the top 20 for Labour Productivity. Clear stretch targets for key performance metrics can help the APO to develop appropriate strategies and obtain alignment of NPO strategies. Some NPOs require help in developing their own National Plans and Roadmaps. This report contains a wealth of information which can be used as a reference guide and for benchmarking purposes for many years to come.
Health economics for health professionals: An Aotearoa/New Zealand perspective
(Massey University, 2016) Scott, Guy
This monograph draws upon lecture notes created for a post graduate health economics course at Massey University New Zealand. The focus of the text is on the practical application of economic concepts to health. The theoretical concepts and examples provided are of particular relevance to a range of health professionals and to the delivery of health services in mixed market economies. The monograph is intended to be a summary of economic concepts relevant to the health sector, it is not intended to replace more detailed and theoretical health economic texts or journal articles. Some specific examples of the types of issues that the application of health economics could help resolve are as follows: • What are the roles of the market and government with respect to improving allocative efficiency and social equity? • How can health care resources be allocated to achieve enhanced health outcomes for a defined population? • How much should New Zealand spend on health? • What health services should the health sector deliver? • How can we improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery? • How do we set priorities in health care provision and delivery? • Who should receive healthcare services? • How can we use the resources devoted to health to best improve the nation’ s health?
What counts as consent? : sexuality and ethical deliberation in residential aged care : final project report 19 November 2020
(Massey University, 2020) Henrickson, Mark; Schouten, Vanessa; Cook, Catherine; McDonald, Sandra; Atefi, Narges (Nilo)
This report is intended as a summary of the three-year Royal Society Marsden Fund-funded project “What counts as consent: Sexuality and ethical deliberation in residential aged care” (MAU-1723). The project was funded for the period March 2018 to February 2021. The aim of the project is to interrogate and inform conceptualisations of consent in the domain of sexuality and intimacy in residential aged care. The project completed and exceeded all recruitment and participation goals. While there is a general consensus that sexuality is an intrinsic part of human identity, intimacy and sexuality in aged care remain misunderstood and contested issues. This is particularly so in respect of older persons living with dementia. Gender and sexually diverse communities constitute a significant invisible and invisibilised minority in residential aged care (RAC), and that invisibility means their intimacy needs remain largely unknown and unacknowledged. There are cultural issues in aged care unique to New Zealand: for instance, while 85 percent of residential aged care facility (RACF) residents identify as European and an estimated 5.5 percent are Mäori, 44 percent of staff identify as other than European, including 10 percent who identify as Mäori, and 10 percent Pasifika. The dominant position in the theoretical literature on the ethics of sex and intimacy is that consent is of fundamental importance. Consent has dominated not just the theoretical discourse but also public and legal discourses about the ethics of sex and therefore carers and staff make decisions based on the management of institutional risk rather than the wellbeing of the resident. Vulnerabilisation of older persons in order to protect them, however well-intended, effectively robs them of possibilities to exercise self-governance, depersonalises them, and increases their social isolation. How sexual consent in particular is conceptualised has significant ethical implications for the growing number of elders in Aotearoa New Zealand who are living with degrees of cognitive decline. The specific contribution of this project is to interpret how aged care stakeholders (residents, families, and staff) make sense of consent, to contribute substantively to ethical theory around consent, sexuality, and intimacy, and to inform practice and policy in aged care environments. The project interrogates and intends to inform conceptualisations of consent in the domain of sexuality and intimacy in residential aged care. Our goals were: (1) to analyse how people are making decisions in practice about sex and intimacy in aged care; and (2) to use this information to inform the literature on ethical theory and discourses on consent and wellbeing.

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