Victoria University of Wellington

Liposome supplementation enhances host metabolism in a model symbiotic cnidarian

Abstract Stable cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbioses provide the trophic foundation of coral reef ecosystems. Understanding nutrient exchange underpinning this symbiosis, and the need for interventions to improve coral health via aquaculture, grow increasingly urgent as reefs face...

Olivine-hosted melt inclusions provide insights into primitive magma compositions driving young eruptions from Red Crater, Tongariro (New Zealand)

Abstract Volcanism at continental arcs is ultimately driven by mantle-derived magmas; however, erupted compositions are typically overprinted by crustal interactions during ascent, obscuring deeper signatures. We target olivine and their melt inclusions (MI) in basaltic andesite...

Variable zircon, titanite and apatite response during magma hybridization and autometasomatism

Abstract The U–Pb records of accessory minerals can become difficult to interpret when magmatic crystallization is overprinted by hydrothermal alteration and element redistribution. The Archibarca Pluton, in the shallow portion on the Paleozoic Famatinian Arc in northwestern Arge...

Reciprocal Longitudinal Associations Between Psychological Entitlement and Women’s Benevolent Sexism and Men’s Hostile Sexism: Evidence From a 13-Year RI-CLPM

Prior research suggests that psychological entitlement differentially predicts women’s benevolent sexism and men’s hostile sexism. However, few studies examine these associations longitudinally, and none have tested whether sexism similarly predicts psychological entitlement over...

New Zealand Farmers’ Trust in Climate Change Expertise and Policy: A Case Study

Responding to recent discord between Aotearoa New Zealand's agricultural sector and the government over environmental policies, this paper examines farmers’ trust in climate change science and policy and how scientific knowledge is communicated and received. Focusing on a farming...

Rapid urban land uplift enhanced by crustal faults during groundwater recovery

Abstract Urban land subsidence driven by groundwater extraction is widespread, but the processes governing how groundwater recovery translates into spatially variable surface uplift remain poorly understood. We use satellite geodesy and multi-decadal groundwater observations to m...

Committed Antarctic Ice Sheet mass loss by the end of the twenty-first century

Abstract The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest source of uncertainty in sea-level rise projections, with uncertainties propagating through emissions scenarios, atmosphere–ocean general circulation models, ice-sheet dynamics and sea-level physics. In ice-sheet model intercomparis...

A residual-based approach to assessing conditional over- and under-representation of multiword expressions across phrase types

The present study introduces a residual-based approach for measuring the conditional over- and under-representation of two-word multiword expressions (MWEs) in language use. Using the British National Corpus, we model the expected frequency of an MWE from its constituent-word fre...

A Dichotomy of Finite Element Spaces and Its Application to an Energy-Conservative Scheme for the Regularized Long Wave Equation

Abstract. Certain energy-conservative Galerkin discretizations for nonlinear dispersive wave equations have revealed an unusual convergence behavior: optimal convergence is attained when continuous Lagrange finite element spaces of odd polynomial degree are employed, whereas the...

From Insulin Resistance to Mitochondrial Failure: A Staged Model of Impaired Metabolic Flexibility in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a highly heritable neuropsychiatric disorder whose pathophysiology remains poorly understood. While neurotransmitter, neurodevelopmental, synaptic, and dysconnectivity hypotheses explain important aspects of the disorder, growing evidence suggests that metabolic...

Zero-mass fermion wavepackets

Abstract Localized spinor solutions of the zero-mass free-space Dirac equation, which are eigenstates of the angular momentum component along the direction of propagation, satisfy the three-dimensional wave equation. General expressions for and special compact forms of space-time...

Adoption of AI for Travel: Corporate Strategies and Firm Value

Tourists’ responses to the adoption and implementation of AI-based travel solutions have received considerable scholarly attention, yet investors’ reactions to such adoption decisions remain insufficiently understood. Drawing on multiple intelligences and tourism innovation arche...

Recovering subjective probability distributions: a Bayesian approach

Abstract An individual reports subjective beliefs over continuous events using a proper scoring rule, such as the Quadratic Scoring Rule. Under mild additional assumptions, it is known that these reports reflect latent subjective beliefs if the individual is risk neutral. We demo...

Cultural specificity and transnational coproduction: A case study of Irish/New Zealand crime drama, The Gone

This article offers a case study in transnational coproduction using Irish/New Zealand crime drama serial, The Gone (TVNZ/RTÉ, 2023-24), the first major coproduction between these countries. Examining The Gone ’s exemplification of what Havens’ (2018) terms ‘conspicuous localism’...

Factors associated with variability in recovery after mild traumatic brain injury among adults referred to outpatient concussion clinics

BACKGROUND: To understand factors associated with symptom and disability recovery trajectories among adults referred to outpatient clinics after mild traumatic brain injury. METHODS: Adults (n = 110; mean age 39 years, 36% men), were assessed at clinic intake (baseline mean 6.5 w...

Introducing public management and global sporting mega-events: public value, ecosystems, learning and temporality

We are delighted to introduce this Special Issue which collects authors and studies from around the world; qualitative and quantitative, current, historic, and longitudinal. Each paper contributes ...

Industrial Expansion Without Population Retention? Planning Tensions in a Shrinking Peri-Urban Village

Population decline is reshaping rural development and requiring village planning to balance land-use efficiency with changing community needs. This study examines planning-led land-use restructuring in Gushanqian Village, a shrinking peri-urban village in Shandong Province, China...

Attosecond‐Stable Two‐Dimensional Spectroscopy by a Sagnac‐Based Modulating System and a Sub‐4‐fs Continuum Source

ABSTRACT We present a two‐dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) platform driven by a Coherent Loop‐based Integrated Modulating and Beamsplitting System (CLIMBS). Combined with an octave‐spanning multiple‐plate continuum (MPC) source, the system enables ultrabroadband, phase‐...

Psychometric properties of the 7-item game addiction scale among Ghanaian university students

Recent studies have reported that video game addiction is prevalent among university students. Despite this, video game addiction studies in Ghana are scarce. In addition, there is no validated scale for assessing video game addiction in Ghana. The purpose of this study was to ex...

Dinuclear and Tetranuclear Copper(I) Triazenido Complexes: Structural Insights and Electrochemical Properties

Abstract We report the synthesis and structural characterization of a series of bi- and tetranuclear Cu(I) complexes based on symmetrical triazene ligands. These ligands, which feature a central −N═N–N– backbone for metal coordination, offer tunable electronic and steric environm...