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0.9% saline versus Plasma-Lyte 148 for intravenous fluid therapy

Reddy, Sumeet Kumar (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

BACKGROUND Intravenous fluid therapy is one of the most common interventions used in acute medicine. Worldwide, there are variations in the prescription of intravenous fluids and no consensus on the best intravenous fluid ...
Acquisition of a Learned Operant and Critical Flicker-Fusion Rate in the Tuatara (Sphenodon spp.)

Woo, Kevin Lawrence (Victoria University of Wellington, 2004)

Scientific investigation of the sensory world and behavior of the tuatara is limited. This study incorporates both ecological and psychological perspectives to test learning and visual perception using a novel operant ...
Adapting CRISPR/Cas9 Lentivirus Technology for Functional Studies of GATA6 & GATA4 during Bovine Preimplantation Embryogenesis

Ni, Shicheng (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In recent times, cattle embryology has been under the spotlight of investigation due to its apparent economic values. This is especially relevant in the case of New Zealand, owing to its high percentage of livestock export. ...
Aggression and Competition for Space and Food in Captive Juvenile Tuatara (Sphenodon Punctatus)

Woerner, Laura Luise Barbara (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Intraspecific competition is of importance in the wild and captivity, as the interaction among individuals for resources can affect growth, survival, and ultimately fitness. Tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus, are endemic to New ...
Allozyme and Other Aspects of Variation in the Genus Bulbinella in New Zealand

Milicich, Lesley Dawn (Victoria University of Wellington, 1993)

This thesis examines some aspects of morphological, cytogenetic and allozyme variation in the six species of the genus Bulbinella in New Zealand. Because evidence was found suggesting that fragmentation and reduction of ...
American foulbrood and its causative agent, Paenibacillus larvae, in New Zealand’s registered hives and apiaries

Graham, Samantha Amy Montrose (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Though the honey bee (Apis mellifera) is exposed to an extensive diversity of parasites and pathogens from multiple kingdoms, few are as devastating as American foulbrood. American foulbrood is a highly contagious bacterial ...
Analysis of gene expression and DNA methylation in a cognitive phenotype model of schizophrenia

Rutherford-Ymker, Saskia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The underpinning hypothesis of this study is that the environmental insults implicated in schizophrenia cause epigenetic changes that trigger deleterious gene expression, resulting in deviations from normal neurodevelopment. ...
Antarctic Bacteria, Sea Ice Ecosystem Dynamics, and Global Climate Change

Martin, Andrew Robert (Victoria University of Wellington, 2005)

Productivity in the Southern Ocean reflects both the spatial and temporal dynamics of the sea ice ecosystem, as well as the complex cycling of energy through the microbial community. Marine bacteria are thought to be ...
Antarctic microalgae: physiological acclimation to environmental change

Rajanahally, Meghana Amarnath (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Sea ice algal communities play a very significant role in primary production in the Southern Ocean, being the only source of fixed carbon for all other life in this habitat and contributing up to 22% of Antarctic primary ...
Antibacterial Effects of New Zealand Plant Extracts against Mycobacteria

Earl, Emma Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) has infected approximately 1/3 of the world population, with 9.4 million new TB cases in 2008. In addition to increased cases of drug-resistant strains ...
Antimicrobial and genetic strategies to defend kiwifruit against the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pathovar actinidiae (Psa)

Storey, Mathew Ambrose (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

A highly virulent strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa-V), the causative agent of bacterial canker of kiwifruit, is threatening the $1.5 billion New Zealand kiwifruit industry. A strain of Psa-V ...
Antioxidant Activities of Sonchus oleraceus L.

Mawalagedera, Sundara Mudiyanselage Maheshini Rangika (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Supernumerary free radicals and other reactive species can cause oxidative damage in animal cells, potentially leading to non-infectious diseases. Diets rich in low molecular weight antioxidants (LMWAs) may prevent or ...
Application and Construction of Microbial Biosensors in Chemical Forensics

Couper, Justine (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

Forensic toxicologists are often required to rapidly determine if a suspicious substance, such as a white powder, contain toxins. Preliminary tests usually include screens for a wide range of 'Potentially Toxic Chemicals' ...
Aquaculture of the Big-Bellied Seahorse Hippocampus Abdominalis Lesson 1827 (Teleostei: Syngnathidae)

Woods, Chris M C (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

Seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae) are subjects of worldwide demand for medicinal use, as curios, and as live ornamental aquarium fish. Aquaculture has the potential to replace or at least supplement potentially ...
Arbuscular Mycorrhizae of Phormium Tenax in a restored New Zealand wetland across hydrological gradients

Coles, Alexandra (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

New Zealand has lost over 90% of its former wetlands and many that remain are in a degraded state. Restoration projects are often impeded by the failure of native plants to establish back into non-native dominated communities. ...
Are Distribution Patterns Correlated with Plant Traits?

Magana-Rodriguez, Benjamin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The current crisis in loss of biodiversity requires rapid action. Knowledge of species' distribution patterns across scales is of high importance in determining their current status. However, species display many different ...
Aspects of Insecticide Resistance in New Zealand Strains of the Sheep Blowflies, Lucilia Cuprina and Lucilia Sericata

Wilson, Joanne Averil (Victoria University of Wellington, 1999)

A treated surface bioassay was used to detect insecticide resistance to five organophosphorus insecticides (diazinon, chlorfevinphos, chlorpyrifos, dichlofenthion and propetamphos), the synthetic pyrethroid, deltamethrin, ...
Aspects of Ovarian Function in a Line of Sheep with a Novel X-Linked Maternally-Imprinted Gene that is Associated with an Increased Ovulation Rate

Feary, Elisabeth Sheinach (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

Fecundity is a term that refers to the number of offspring produced per female. It combines fertility (i.e. ability to produce offspring) and prolificacy (i.e. number of offspring). Ovulation rate i.e. the number of mature ...
Aspects of the Biology of Juvenile Freshwater Eels (Anguillidae) in New Zealand

Jellyman, Donald John (Victoria University of Wellington, 1974)

The early freshwater life of the two species of New Zealand freshwater eels, Anguilla australis schmidtii Phillipps and A. dieffenbachii Gray was studied involving an examination of 8131 glass-eels, 5275 migratory elvers, ...
Aspects of the Feeding Ecology of Mallard and Black Swan in a Small Freshwater Lake

Potts, Kerry John (Victoria University of Wellington, 1982)

Section 1. Limnological and waterfowl food supply characteristics of Pukepuke Lagoon are described. Emphasis is placed on describing how the balance between macrophytes and phytoplankton is established (these two forms of ...