Stoat trap tunnel location : GIS predictive modelling to identify the best tunnel location : a thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Geographic Information Systems in Massey University

Stoats are recognised as one of the biggest threats to New Zealand's threatened species. They are difficult to control because of their biological characteristics. Currently trapping is the most common type of control technique that has a proven success rate. Research studies have shown that some traps catch more stoats than others. However the reason for this is not well documented. The effectiveness of a trap set is difficult to determine because not all trap locations are the same and not all people have the same ability to select the best location for a trap. This study uses GIS to spatially analyse stoat capture data from a control operation on Secretary Island in conjunction with commonly available vegetation, habitat, diet and home range spatial data to see if there are consistent patterns that could be used as variables in a model that would predict the best place to locate a stoat trap tunnel. The model would then be tested against a similar dataset from Resolution Island. The Department of Conservation supplied the stoat capture data from the control operations on both islands. Standard spatial analysis techniques were used to generate surfaces that combined the capture data with the vegetation, habitat, diet and home range surfaces to produce predictive surfaces. The key finding from the research was that it is possible to produce a predictive model, although one was not created because the spatial datasets were not of a high enough resolution to provide conclusive evidence that could be confidently used as a variable in a model. The spatial analysis also indicated that stoats on both islands were caught mainly in the warmer northwestern parts of the islands although the study could not determine why there was a preference for these areas. In rugged terrain like that found on both islands the location of the track network will influence where the majority of stoats will be caught

Ultraviolet interferometer

Grazing-incidence multi-beam interferometer /GIMBI/ obtains high resolution spectroscopic data from ultraviolet region of the spectrum without use of concave diffraction gratings or partially reflecting coatings. Device produces interference pattern whose fringes may be sharper than those produced by a Fabry-Perot interferometer

The index of refraction in the neighborhood of an isolated Stark broadened spectral line

Index of refraction in neighborhood of stark broadened spectral line calculated by using relation between absorption coefficient and refractive inde

A new technique for measuring oscillator strengths in the UV

Interferometric technique for measuring atomic or molecular oscillator strengths in vacuum U

Psychotherapists’ experience of power in the psychotherapy relationship

This research study investigated how psychotherapists experience power in the psychotherapy relationship. The intention of the research was to provide a rich description as to how power shapes, informs and presents itself in the psychotherapy relationship. I have used phenomenology as a philosophy and methodology in undertaking this research, drawing upon Giorgi’s (1989) and Wertz’s (2005) adaptation of the phenomenological method for psychological research. In total, nine experienced integrative psychotherapists, working in private practice, participated in an in-depth open – ended interview about their experience of power in the psychotherapy relationship. Each interview explored their experience with two clients with whom they were currently working and with whom they had been working for over six months. I identified four subordinate themes from across my participants’ accounts. These were: the therapist’s experience of both the client’s and their role power, power as a dynamic and emerging relational and social process, different forms of power dynamics in the psychotherapy relationship and the therapist’s ambivalent feelings of power. The findings highlight that power is experienced as being an inescapable phenomenon of the psychotherapy relationship, complex, constantly shifting and, at times, paradoxical. For much of the time, the power dynamic is pre-reflective and largely out of conscious awareness. Therapists experienced power to be implicit to the structure of the psychotherapy relationship and the therapeutic context. The power dynamic of the therapeutic relationship is established in the opening interactions of the therapy. This usually involves the therapist being constructed by the client as the powerful figure in the relationship. As the work continues the form of the dynamic reconfigures into different forms. These include power struggles, the client experiencing the therapist as the ‘abuser’, the therapist experiencing powerlessness or a relationship of shared power. Participants’ accounts indicate that their subjective experience of both their and the client’s vulnerability, the mutual construction of their respective social identities and status and the wider social relations of the profession of psychotherapy all influence the power dynamic of the psychotherapy relationship. This research study highlights the importance of power in the practice of psychotherapy. It demonstrated the need for the therapist to tolerate the client’s need to construct them as a figure of power, to be dependent upon them and to express their anger, hate, rage and envy of their power. Participants’ accounts revealed that the exploration and re-negotiation of the form of the power relationship between therapist and client is pivotal to the process of therapeutic change for specific clients. Therapists described how this facilitated the establishment a collaborative relationship in which power was shared between them and the client. Therapists reported that such as re-configuration of the power dynamic facilitated the client experimenting with their power in the therapeutic relationships and their relationships with others. What is evident from the findings from this study is that the phenomenon of power is central to the therapeutic relationship. It suggests that practitioners can enhance their practice by observing, exploring and negotiating the power dynamic of their relationship with their clients. Power in the therapeutic relationship therefore needs to enter the mainstream discourse and debate in the counselling psychology and psychotherapy communities

Systematic review of transition models for young people with long-term conditions: A report for NHS Diabetes.

Aims For many young people with Type 1 diabetes, transition from paediatric to adult care can result in a marked deterioration in glycaemic control. A systematic review assessed the effectiveness of transition models, or components of models, for managing the transition process in young people with long-term conditions, including Type 1 diabetes. This involved identifying (i) the main barriers and facilitators in implementing a successful transition programme, and (ii) the key issues for young people with long-term conditions and professionals involved in the transition process. Methods The following databases were searched from inception to August 2012: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, CINAHL, ASSIA, Social Services Abstracts, Academic Search Complete, Social Science Citation Index, Cochrane and Campbell Libraries. Selected studies included young people aged 11 to 25 diagnosed with long-term conditions who were in transition from paediatric to adult secondary health care services. Results 16 systematic reviews and 13 primary studies were included from 9992 records retrieved. No single transition model was uniquely effective. The most successful transitions centred around: young person-focused; age and developmentally appropriate content and delivery; self-management education; family participation; paediatric and adult collaboration; designated transition clinics; transition co-ordinator; young person’s portfolio; specific professionals training; multidisciplinary approach; structured process embedded in service delivery. There were no distinctive characteristics of condition-specific Type 1 diabetes services. Conclusion This important and timely review summarises the key factors that need to be considered for the development of transition programmes for young people with long-term conditions, including those with Type 1 diabetes

Note On Endomorphism Algebras Of Separable Monoidal Functors

We recall the Tannaka construction for certain types of split monoidal functor into Vect_{k}, and remove the compactness restriction on the domain

Maker-Breaker Percolation Games I: Crossing Grids

Motivated by problems in percolation theory, we study the following 2-player positional game. Let $\Lambda_{m \times n}$ be a rectangular grid-graph with $m$ vertices in each row and $n$ vertices in each column. Two players, Maker and Breaker, play in alternating turns. On each of her turns, Maker claims $p$ (as-yet unclaimed) edges of the board $\Lambda_{m \times n}$, while on each of his turns Breaker claims $q$ (as-yet unclaimed) edges of the board and destroys them. Maker wins the game if she manages to claim all the edges of a crossing path joining the left-hand side of the board to its right-hand side, otherwise Breaker wins. We call this game the $(p,q)$-crossing game on $\Lambda_{m \times n}$. Given $m,n\in \mathbb{N}$, for which pairs $(p,q)$ does Maker have a winning strategy for the $(p,q)$-crossing game on $\Lambda_{m \times n}$? The $(1,1)$-case corresponds exactly to the popular game of Bridg-it, which is well understood due to it being a special case of the older Shannon switching game. In this paper, we study the general $(p,q)$-case. Our main result is to establish the following transition: $\bullet$ If $p\geqslant 2q$, then Maker wins the game on arbitrarily long versions of the narrowest board possible, i.e. Maker has a winning strategy for the $(2q, q)$-crossing game on $\Lambda_{m \times(q+1)}$ for any $m\in \mathbb{N}$; $\bullet$ if $p\leqslant 2q-1$, then for every width $n$ of the board, Breaker has a winning strategy for the $(p,q)$-crossing game on $\Lambda_{m \times n}$ for all sufficiently large board-lengths $m$. Our winning strategies in both cases adapt more generally to other grids and crossing games. In addition we pose many new questions and problems.Comment: 29 pages, 7 figure