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    Money talks : a critique of gender and class relations in the family : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Massey University
    (Massey University, 1991) Morine, Rodney G
    This study is about the relationship between women and men in the household. The impact of the non-domestic sphere on the domestic sphere, and vice-versa, is its focus. It explores control over financial resources and the allocation of domestic tasks. Despite a common belief between husbands and wives of more egalitarian ideals operating in both the non-domestic and domestic spheres, this study confirms that inequalities continue. Both gender and class condition the roles of women and men, and the distribution of resources in the household. Overall, men still hold more control over resources than women. However, women with tertiary qualifications, marketable skills and the material resources, had more control over money management and task allocation in their homes relative to women who were either full-time housewives and mothers, or were part of the secondary labour market.
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    Publications on aspects of veterinary public health
    (Massey University, 1989) Blackmore, DK
    This application, to be examined for the degree of Doctor of Science (Massey University), is based on work which could be broadly classified under the heading of veterinary public health. The 1956 W.H.O. definition of veterinary public health is "the utilisation of veterinary medical arts and sciences in the prevention of disease, protecting life, and promoting the wellbeing and efficiency of man." The scope of the subject is therefore wide and of a multidisciplinary nature. The applicant was formally appointed to promote the discipline of veterinary public health at Massey University in 1973. However, he has had a major interest in the topic since becoming involved in insecticide toxicity in the early 1960's. This interest led to the development of animal models for the study of human infectious disease, particularly cariogenic streptococci, and the use of gnotobiotic techniques. [From Preface]
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    Environmental physiology : effects on plant growth and development : application for the degree of Doctor of Science from Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 1988) Warrington, Ian James
    The research papers selected in this application for the Degree of Doctor of Science (Massey University) are based on original research in the field of environmental physiology, especially in the areas of spectral quality, photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD - "light intensity"), photoperiod (daylength), and temperature (including freezing stress) and their effects on plant growth and development. The aim of this research has been to study how these factors of the environment influence plant growth form and function. The work has been carried out using a combination of controlled environment technology and field based research.
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    Aldehyde dehydrogenase and disulfiram : a collection of published papers presented in application for the degree of Doctor of Science, Massey University, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 1991) Kitson, Trevor M
    The scientific publications contained herein constitute the results of nearly twenty years of research into aldehyde dehydrogenase, disulfiram, and related topics. I came to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Massey University in January 1972 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow after having completed an M.A. (First Class Honours) in Natural Science (Chemistry) and a D. Phil. (involving enzyme kinetics and enzyme modifiction), both at Oxford. Since the years of my doctorate, I hope I have become reasonably proficient in certain biochemical techniques necessary for the study of enzymology (isolation, purification, chemical modification, kinetics, etc.), but I retain a strong interest in chemistry. Organic chemistry was my favourite subject at school and as an undergraduate, and is still my major concern as a University lecturer. Someone once said that "any competent organic chemist can do biochemistry in his spare time". That may be an exaggeration, but there is no doubt that a sure foundation in organic chemistry is extremely useful for biochemical research. It is my belief that the papers presented here illustrate several cases where a sound knowledge and an application of chemistry have corrected mistakes or clarified difficulties in my particular area of biochemical research. [From Introduction]
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    Studies on the fertility and breeding management of New Zealand dairy cows : a thesis presented to Massey University as a requirement for the degree of Doctor of Science
    (Massey University, 1982) Macmillan, K. L.
    This thesis reviews an extensive research program on the fertility of dairy catt1e in New Zealand. Most of the work was completed between 1967 and 1977. It involved studying numerous basic aspects of reproductive physiology by analysing extensive amounts of data either lodged within a large centralised recording system, or produced through the participating cooperation of herd owners or inseminators. New concepts were developed and old recommendations sometimes found to be inappropriate.
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    The interaction of group 15 and 16 donor ligands with the later transition metals : a collection of published papers presented in application for the degree of Doctor of Science at Massey University
    (Massey University, 1999) Brodie, Andrew M
    The scientific publications contained in this thesis are the results of approximately 30 years of transition metal chemistry research, mainly pursued at Massey University. The emphasis has been on the synthesis of interesting new compounds and their subsequent characterisation using a variety of physicochemical techniques. Where appropriate reactivity studies have also been carried out on the new compounds. Chapter 1 contains papers concerned with ligands containing the Group 16 donor, sulfur, although there are a few selenium donors included. The particular ligands studied are tertiary phosphine and arsine chalcogenides, thioarmides, thioureas, thiolates and thioethers with copper and the carbonyls of Group 6 and osmium.In Chapter 2, papers detailing research into the metal binding properties of the human milk protein, lactoferrin and related small molecule systems containing phenolate donors are grouped together. A number of relevant copper thiolate systems are included in this chapter as well, which link to the paper on the blue copper protein, azurin. Finally, in this chapter, are papers describing the preparation and characterisation of a number of complexes related to the antitumour copper(II) 2-formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone system. The theme for Chapter 3 is Group 15 donor ligand complexes, in particular those of nitrogen and phosphorus. The discovery that N-phenylthiourea could be desulfurized in a reaction with copper(II) led to the investigation of phenylcyanamides as ligands. A number of tertiary phosphine ligands have been examined, including the bulky tribenzylphosphine, and research in this area is continuing. Papers with an organometallic theme form the contents of Chapter 4.
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    Maverick politicians : their beliefs and actions : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Social Policy at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 1999) Boyd, Hilary Christine
    Through interviews with maverick politicians and political commentators, this research explores the beliefs and actions of maverick politicians, a sub-group of actors within the policy-making process. It builds on previous research which focused primarily on the characteristics and beliefs of maverick politicians. This research was undertaken to ascertain the process by which the politicians attain the maverick label; explore the environment within which these politicians operate; examine the methods maverick politicians use to achieve change in policy, parliamentary practices and the political landscape; and determine their effectiveness in implementing change. Attaining the maverick status involved politicians undergoing a process of alienation from their party. They struggled to implement policy initiatives and adopted an oppositional approach as they battled with an anti­democratic policy-making process. Often unable to effect significant policy changes maverick politicians attempted reformation of the parliamentary practices and the political landscape. However, these attempts merely entrenched existing undemocratic processes. The research findings suggest that because of their underlying beliefs of how Parliament should operate maverick politicians choose to give priority to their constituents rather than to their party and support a notion of democracy that is participatory rather than representative. These choices contribute towards their maverick behaviour; result in alienation from their party; and limit their long-term effectiveness as policy-makers by leading them to focus on reformation. It is likely that, unless changes which accommodate politicians with differing views of representation and democracy occur within the parliamentary and party systems, there will continue to be disillusioned MPs who become alienated from their political parties and follow the maverick path.
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    The development of talent in adults : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Education at Massey University
    (The Author, 1999) Redwood, David John
    Giftedness and talent in children has been a significant area of research and endeavour in education over nearly a century and there is a large body of literature on the subject available to researchers. However this is not the case for adult talent and the actual process of talent development in adults has not been explored in any depth, indeed it has been ignored to a certain extent in academic research. Additionally it seems to be assumed that the process of talent development in adults is the same or very similar to that in children. One of the central foci of this study is the proposition that talent development in adults does not follow the same process as that in children, indeed in many aspects it is quite different. Adults are not merely older children who perceive, judge and act in the same ways that children do and so why would they develop talent in the same way or for the same reasons that children do? The question is also asked as to whether an adult would have to be gifted in order to develop talent? In this study the life paths of a small group of talented individuals were investigated and major causal and a-causal influences identified in their histories. A form of enquiry was developed that focused on synthesising the various influences so as to interpret the process of talent development. This was termed Critical Life Path analysis and by using quantum and systems notions a description of life path processes was attempted. The Critical Life Path is viewed as a holistic, interconnected process in which the outcomes are determined by the combinative effects of critical influences identified by the participants and genetically based patterns of preference that resulted in timely and efficacious patterns of behaviour. These patterns of thinking and action enabled the individuals to increasingly construct supportive and special environments that were synchronous with their proposed inherited patterns of preference and to progress rapidly and effectively along unique paths of talent development.
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    Synthetic studies towards dictyoxetane and the dolabellanes : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemistry, Massey University, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 1997) MacKenzie, Karla Ruth
    Dictyoxetane (1) has been isolated from Dictyota dichotoma, a brown alga found in the Indian Ocean. It has an unusual pentacyclic structure which has not yet been synthesised. It is a diterpene which is closely related to the dolabellanes, an important class of bioactive compounds. A stereoselective synthesis of the linearly fused cyclohept[f]indene system is described. Selective epoxidation of cycle-octadiene (142), followed by hydrolysis to the diol (143) and oxidative cleavage allowed preparation of the dialdehyde (141) on large scale. Treatment of this with potassium carbonate causes an intramolecular aldol reaction to form cycloheptadiene- carboxaldehyde (140). An E- selective Wittig reaction is performed with 4- carboxybutyl-triphenylphosphium bromide, to produce the acid (139). This is subsequently converted to the vinyl ketone (138) followed by an intramolecular Diels Alder reaction to produce the desired cyclohept[f]indene (137a). Utilisation of a Z- selective Wittig reaction produced methyl ester (145z). Conversion to cyclohept[f]indene occurred via an intramolecular Diels-Alder of the subsequent vinyl ketone (138z). Conversion of acid (139) to the methyl ester (145) followed by an intermolecular Diels Alder gave the endo- product. Subsequent attempts to cyclise this to the cyclohept[f]indene via an intramolecular Claisen reaction to give the third isomer were unsuccessful. Cyclohept[f]indene is the backbone for dictyoxetane and can be efficiently synthesised in eight steps from 1,5-cyclo-octadiene (142) in a diastereoselective synthesis. This route allows for further modification of functionality to the linearly fused ring system and paves the way for further synthetic studies towards the dolabellanes.
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    The relationship between team characteristics and team effectiveness : an integration of Campion's and Cohen's models : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Studies at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 1997) Little, Kerri M.
    This study uses 22 teams from 3 organisations to examine the influence of team characteristics on the effectiveness of work teams. The model tested is an integration of Cohen's (1994) and Campion, Medsker, and Higgs' (1993) models. Five independent characteristics are used: task design, interdependencies, composition, context, and process. These are examined along with four effectiveness criteria: perceived performance, quality of work life, managers' judgements of performance, and withdrawal behaviour. The results of a path analysis show that task design and process characteristics predict team members' ratings of performance and quality of work life while interdependence and composition characteristics predict only team members' ratings of performance. As hypothesised, team members' quality of work life negatively predicts their withdrawal behaviour.