title: Mobility aids detection using Convolution Neural Network (CNN)

authors: Mukhtar, Amir

subjects: convolutional neural network

abstract: The automated detection of disabled persons in surveillance videos to gain data for lobbying access for disabled persons is a largely unexplored application. We train You Only Look Once (YOLO) CNN on a custom database and achieve an accuracy of 92% for detecting disabled pedestrians in surveillance videos. A person is declared disabled if they are detected in the close proximity of a mobility aid. The detection outcome was further categorised into five classes of mobility aids and precision was calculated.

text: Mobility aids detection using Convolution Neural Network (CNN) The automated detection of disabled persons in surveillance videos to gain data for lobbying access for disabled persons is a largely unexplored application. We train You Only Look Once (YOLO) CNN on a custom database and achieve an accuracy of 92% for detecting disabled pedestrians in surveillance videos. A person is declared disabled if they are detected in the close proximity of a mobility aid. The detection outcome was further categorised into five classes of mobility aids and precision was calculated.

year: 2018

title: Kava: Untangling fact from fiction

authors: Aporosa, S. 'Apo'

subjects: Kava

abstract: Kava, in both its plant and drink form, is Pasifika’s ‘cultural keystone species’ and a potent icon of identity with some of its medicinal efficacy legitimised within Western pharmacology and research. However, for every positive concerning kava there appears to be a counterpoint: kava is being ‘abused’; kava causes liver damage; kava encourages men to stay away from home for lengthy periods negatively impacting the family; kava turns it’s drinkers into Zombies incapable of functioning the next day, etc. This presentation addresses these claims while also seeking reasons as to what motivates kava criticism.

text: Kava: Untangling fact from fiction Kava, in both its plant and drink form, is Pasifika’s ‘cultural keystone species’ and a potent icon of identity with some of its medicinal efficacy legitimised within Western pharmacology and research. However, for every positive concerning kava there appears to be a counterpoint: kava is being ‘abused’; kava causes liver damage; kava encourages men to stay away from home for lengthy periods negatively impacting the family; kava turns it’s drinkers into Zombies incapable of functioning the next day, etc. This presentation addresses these claims while also seeking reasons as to what motivates kava criticism.

year: 2017

title: Rangatahi Wahine: Overcoming the odds – preliminary results

authors: Merritt, Kiri

subjects: Maori

abstract: The purpose of my research was to
identify factors that have contributed to the
development of resilience in young Māori
girls’ lives. Incorporated into this was an
exploration of their psychosocial
competence makeup, to see whether their
sense of self, sense of relationship to the
world, and ability to negotiate life events,
was unique.

text: Rangatahi Wahine: Overcoming the odds – preliminary results The purpose of my research was to
identify factors that have contributed to the
development of resilience in young Māori
girls’ lives. Incorporated into this was an
exploration of their psychosocial
competence makeup, to see whether their
sense of self, sense of relationship to the
world, and ability to negotiate life events,
was unique.

year: 2003