31 results match your criteria: "University of Auckland-Waipapa Taumata Rau[Affiliation]"

A total of 116 New Zealand Pinot Noir wines from Central Otago (CO), Marlborough (MLB), and Martinborough (MTB) were analysed for colour, monomeric and total phenolics, antioxidant capacity, and tannins using colourimetric and HPLC methods. Correlations among chemical compositions and analytical techniques were examined. Additionally, a sensory study assessed wine colour and five mouthfeel attributes.

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Evaluating whether someone's behavior is praiseworthy or blameworthy is a fundamental human trait. A seminal study by Hamlin and colleagues in 2007 suggested that the ability to form social evaluations based on third-party interactions emerges within the first year of life: infants preferred a character who helped, over hindered, another who tried but failed to climb a hill. This sparked a new line of inquiry into the origins of social evaluations; however, replication attempts have yielded mixed results.

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Fabrication of polyoxometalate dispersed cobalt oxide nanowires for electrochemically monitoring superoxide radicals from Hela cell mitochondria.

Talanta

January 2025

Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China. Electronic address:

An ultrasensitive electrochemical sensor is constructed by electrostatically adsorbing negatively charged hourglass-shape Cu-Polyoxometalate (POM) onto a positively charged CoO nanowires modified carbon cloth. The petaloid CoO nanowires have a large specific surface area that can well disperse open-structured Cu-POM to form Cu-POM@CoONWs@CC, which can maximumly expose catalytic active centers (Co and Cu) and accelerate mass/charge transfer. In addition to the above advantages, the excellent electron exchange ability of Cu-POM and good conductivity of CoONWs@CC endow the sensor with good detection capability to HO including a linear detection range of 0.

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When I say … haunted curriculum.

Med Educ

October 2024

Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

As medical and health professions education (HPE) fields shift towards frameworks of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI), there has been an increased focus on addressing the environments of learning to understand hierarchies of power and create better learning experiences for students who have historically been marginalised in these fields. We propose the haunted curriculum as an evocative conceptual framing to engage with the aspects of medical and HPE that are toxic and troubling to learners and to understand how violent histories continue to loom large and permeate the present. The haunted curriculum examines how forms of oppression and injustice, such as racism and ableism, are always ever-present and often arise in unexpected ways during training.

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This article makes a case for Māori organisations to investigate developing hospitals in addition to hauora primary care services. Our programme of research on kaumātua hauora has involved ten noho wānanga in Te Tai Tokerau, Waikato and Tauranga Moana. During our wānanga and associated kānohi-ki-kānohi interviews, we heard from older Māori who experienced hospital stays as detrimental to their wellbeing.

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Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a commonly used management tool to safeguard marine life from anthropogenic impacts, yet their efficacy often remains untested. Evaluating how highly dynamic marine species use static MPAs is challenging but becoming more feasible with the advancement of telemetry data. Here, we focus on southern right whales (Eubalaena australis, SRWs) in the waters off Aotearoa/New Zealand, which declined from 30,000 whales to fewer than 40 mature females due to whaling.

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Sleep education for medical students: A study exploring gaps and opportunities.

Sleep Med

August 2024

Clinical Skills Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences | Mātauranga Hauora, The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand.

Purpose: To explore final-year medical students' perceptions of sleep education during medical school to inform the development of a sleep curriculum.

Methods: Year 6 medical students on their final general practice placement in 2020 were invited to complete an online survey including questions regarding sleep education recalled during the medical programme.

Results: Responses were received from 51/71 (72 %) students.

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The desirable wine aroma compounds 3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol (3SH) and 3-sulfanylhexyl acetate (3SHA) are released during fermentation from non-volatile precursors present in the grapes. This work explores the relative contribution of four precursors (E-2-hexenal, 3-S-glutathionylhexan-1-ol, 3-S-glutathionylhexanal, and 3-S-cysteinylhexan-1-ol) to 3SH and 3SHA. Through the use of isotopically labelled analogues of these precursors in defined fermentation media, new insights into the role of each precursor have been identified.

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Electrochemical biosensing platform based on AuNWs/rGO-CMC-PEDOT:PSS composite for the detection of superoxide anion released from living cells.

Biosens Bioelectron

June 2024

Centre for Innovative Materials for Health, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1023, New Zealand; MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand. Electronic address:

Detection of superoxide anion (O) levels holds significant importance for the diagnosis and even clinical treatments of oxidative stress-related diseases. Herein, we prepared a composite electrode material to encapsulate copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) for biosensing of O. The sensing material consists of gold nanowires (AuNWs), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and PEDOT:PSS.

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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a highly polymorphic gene family that is crucial in immunity, and its diversity can be effectively used as a fitness marker for populations. Despite this, MHC remains poorly characterised in non-model species (e.g.

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Background: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people's (YP) mental health has been mixed. Systematic reviews to date have focused predominantly on quantitative studies and lacked involvement from YP with lived experience of mental health difficulties. Therefore, our primary aim was to conduct a qualitative systematic review to examine the perceived impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on YP's (aged 10-24) mental health and wellbeing across Europe.

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The age of an individual is an essential demographic parameter but is difficult to estimate without long-term monitoring or invasive sampling. Epigenetic approaches are increasingly used to age organisms, including nonmodel organisms such as cetaceans. Māui dolphins () are a critically endangered subspecies endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, and the age structure of this population is important for informing conservation.

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  • Pinot noir grapes need careful wine management to maintain color density and improve aging, and using flocculent yeast can help achieve better color density that consumers want.
  • This research tested different yeast combinations, including non-Saccharomyces and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to see their effects on Pinot noir wine color, finding that the best pairings produced wines with enhanced color density.
  • Even though sequential fermentations showed increased color density, they led to lower levels of total and monomeric anthocyanins, suggesting that the flocculent yeast BIODIVA may bind more anthocyanins, potentially improving color stability through copigmentation over time.
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Aims: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of vicarious racism experienced by children (0-14 years) in Aotearoa New Zealand and investigate the association between vicarious racism and diagnosed child mental health conditions.

Methods: Adult and child 2016/2017 New Zealand Health Survey data were merged to create child-caregiver dyads. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between the caregiver experiences of racism (exposure) and diagnosed child mental health conditions (outcome), adjusting for confounders and exploring potential pathway variables.

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Introduction: Triage accuracy can affect patient outcomes. Education to ensure nurses provide the most accurate triage scores is paramount for patient safety.The objective was to investigate whether ongoing triage education increases triage accuracy, knowledge or behaviour.

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Improvements to the quantification of three white wine impact odorants 3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol, 3-sulfanylhexyl acetate, and 4-sulfanyl-4-methylpentan-2-one, and the non-volatile precursors from which they are released during fermentation, is of great interest to the wine science community. Recent reports of a "Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged and Safe" (QuEChERS) based method for the concurrent analysis of these thiols and their precursors via liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) has enabled the development of far simpler methods, as well as aligning these analyses with principles of green analytical chemistry. This current work reports the development and validation of a QuEChERS based LC-MS/MS method utilising a safer derivatising agent, 4,4'-dithiodipyridine, while greatly minimising the reagents involved and waste produced.

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This study investigated associations between change in the food environment and change in measured body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS) birth cohort. Our findings suggest that cohort members who experienced the greatest proportional change towards better access to fast food outlets had the slightly larger increases in BMI and WC. Contrastingly, cohort members who experienced the greatest proportional change towards shorter distance and better access to supermarkets had slightly smaller increases in BMI and WC.

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PATHA's vision for transgender healthcare under the current health reforms.

N Z Med J

April 2023

Senior Lecturer and General Practitioner, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

Aim: The Aotearoa New Zealand healthcare system does not adequately meet the needs of transgender people. Due to healthcare reforms and increases in funding and awareness of transgender health, the Ministry of Health has met with the Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) to discuss ways to improve the healthcare system. We developed a vision for a transgender healthcare document to enable a process for our members to collaborate and to increase transparency about what advice PATHA has provided to the Ministry.

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Background & Aim: The gut-brain axis is one of the proposed interactions between the brain and peripheral intestinal functions; of particular interest is the influence of food components on the gut-brain axis mediated via the gut microbiome. Probiotics and paraprobiotics have been proposed to interact with the intestinal environment and provide health benefits such as improving sleep quality. The aim of this research was to undertake a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to evaluate the current evidence regarding the effects of Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 on sleep quality for the general population.

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Historical Mitogenomic Diversity and Population Structuring of Southern Hemisphere Fin Whales.

Genes (Basel)

May 2023

British Antarctic Survey, National Environment Research Council, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK.

Article Synopsis
  • - Fin whales faced unsustainable hunting practices in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially in the Southern Ocean, resulting in a dramatic decline in their population, with around 730,000 harvested in the Southern Hemisphere alone.
  • - Researchers utilized historical samples like bones and baleen from ex-whaling stations and museums to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of Southern Hemisphere fin whales around the time of whaling.
  • - The analysis of 27 historical mitogenomes and additional genetic data revealed that Southern Hemisphere fin whales are highly diverse and potentially represent a single interconnected population, distinct from their Northern Hemisphere counterparts, marking the first availability of historic genomic data for these whales.
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Impact of Quantitative Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Measures on Clinical Interpretation and Recommendations by Speech-Language Pathologists.

Dysphagia

December 2023

Te Whatu Ora - Te Matau a Māui Hawkes Bay, Corner Omahu Road and McLeod Street, Private Bag 9014, Hastings, 4156, New Zealand.

Quantitative measures are available for adult videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) analysis but are yet to be seen routinely in clinical practice. This study explores agreement between traditional observational analysis and quantitative analysis, and the impact of analytical approaches on subsequent diagnosis and recommendations. One hundred adults referred for VFSSs with swallowing concerns were administered a standardised VFSS protocol.

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3-Gluthathionylhexanal (glut3SHal) is an early precursor to the important wine aroma compound 3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol (3SH), imparting tropical passion fruit aromas, even at trace concentrations. In wine, glut3SHal occurs in equilibrium with its bisulfite adduct (glut3SH-SO), challenging its quantification. To circumvent the issues encountered when attempting to describe the equilibrium between these compounds, a method for their quantification in wine samples was developed.

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  • Assessing environmental changes in the Southern Ocean is challenging due to its remote location and lack of data, but monitoring marine predators like the southern right whale (SRW) can help track human impacts on these ecosystems.
  • Research on 1,002 skin samples revealed that SRWs have increasingly been foraging in mid-latitude areas of the South Atlantic and Southwest Indian Ocean in recent decades, likely due to changes in prey distribution.
  • The study found that SRWs have maintained stable foraging patterns in mid-latitude regions over the past four centuries, attributed to the physical stability of ocean fronts that support productivity, unlike the more affected polar regions.
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  • Identifying patterns in cetacean trait evolution is crucial for understanding how evolutionary forces interact and can aid in species management.
  • Using a phylogenetic generalized least squares approach, we tested the cognitive buffer hypothesis (CBH) that suggests a positive correlation between brain size and lifespan in animals.
  • Contrary to expectations, we found a negative correlation between brain size and lifespan in cetaceans, indicating they may face different selective pressures than most mammals, similar to some social carnivores.
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