title: A public library based on full-text retrieval

authors: Witten, Ian H.

abstract: The New Zealand digital library aims to impose structure on anarchic and uncataloged repositories of information providing information consumers with effective tools to locate and peruse what they need. Our goal is to produce an easy-to-use digital library system that runs on inexpensive computers at the information providers' own sites and offers a service
that providers maintain. New Zealand's geographical isolation amplifies the benefits of networked digital libraries, in terms of both cost and timeliness of access to information.
We are collaborating with the MeDoc project (see Endres and Fuhr, this issue) in Germany to provide local indexes to German language technical reports, and with the U.S.-based
Journal of Biological Chemistry to field-test novel browsing techniques.

text: A public library based on full-text retrieval The New Zealand digital library aims to impose structure on anarchic and uncataloged repositories of information providing information consumers with effective tools to locate and peruse what they need. Our goal is to produce an easy-to-use digital library system that runs on inexpensive computers at the information providers' own sites and offers a service
that providers maintain. New Zealand's geographical isolation amplifies the benefits of networked digital libraries, in terms of both cost and timeliness of access to information.
We are collaborating with the MeDoc project (see Endres and Fuhr, this issue) in Germany to provide local indexes to German language technical reports, and with the U.S.-based
Journal of Biological Chemistry to field-test novel browsing techniques.

year: 1998-04-01

title: Exploring a framework for matching to sample with visual stimuli in dogs (Canis familiaris)

authors: Arivazhagan Ambalam, Arihant

abstract: Dogs have been studied for their olfactory abilities, yet their capacity for same-modal visual matching to stimuli remains underexplored. Research focused on scent detection, and cross-modal odour matching. However, little attention was given to visual matchings. This study investigated dogs’ ability to match visual stimuli. Two monitors were used: one displaying a single image, and the other divided into four quadrants. Four dogs were trained to select the stimuli on the second monitor as displayed on the first. In the discrimination task, an errorless learning approach was implemented, where the correct stimuli were presented at full brightness while the incorrect shape was dimmed. As the stages progressed, the incorrect shape’s brightness increased. All dogs successfully matched to sample at low brightness, and they were able to perform better than chance. However, they didn’t meet the criteria to discriminate between shapes when both were presented at full brightness. After discontinuing errorless learning, the dogs went under a pure conditional discrimination test. Almost all dogs performed better than chance, while there were some significant findings specific to each dog. The findings contribute to understanding canine visual perception and contribute to a methodological framework for visual-visual matching tasks. Future studies may refine these methods to enhance canine performance in discrimination learning.

text: Exploring a framework for matching to sample with visual stimuli in dogs (Canis familiaris) Dogs have been studied for their olfactory abilities, yet their capacity for same-modal visual matching to stimuli remains underexplored. Research focused on scent detection, and cross-modal odour matching. However, little attention was given to visual matchings. This study investigated dogs’ ability to match visual stimuli. Two monitors were used: one displaying a single image, and the other divided into four quadrants. Four dogs were trained to select the stimuli on the second monitor as displayed on the first. In the discrimination task, an errorless learning approach was implemented, where the correct stimuli were presented at full brightness while the incorrect shape was dimmed. As the stages progressed, the incorrect shape’s brightness increased. All dogs successfully matched to sample at low brightness, and they were able to perform better than chance. However, they didn’t meet the criteria to discriminate between shapes when both were presented at full brightness. After discontinuing errorless learning, the dogs went under a pure conditional discrimination test. Almost all dogs performed better than chance, while there were some significant findings specific to each dog. The findings contribute to understanding canine visual perception and contribute to a methodological framework for visual-visual matching tasks. Future studies may refine these methods to enhance canine performance in discrimination learning.

year: 2025

title: The Control, environmental sustainability and information management of Maori land in New Zealand

authors: Morad, Munir

subjects: Maori land

abstract: An increase in Maori land claims and the subsequent settlement of a number of land confiscation grievances have prompted calls for change to the land management, cadastral and legal regimes in New Zealand. There is little expert agreement as to Me shape any such reforms should take, but environmental planners and Maori leaders have conceded the need for an overhaul of current land information management practices. Such reforms must aspire to being legally workable, culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable.
Most land in New Zealand is subject to recent legislation (post-1984) which acknowledges concern for Maori cultural values and ancestral rights and environmental sustainability. The existence of this legislation and growing Maori involvement in formulating public policy for the management of land and environmental resources mean that Maori concepts of land management and sustainability are receiving increasing attention and are likely to influence the shape of future cadastral reforms for Maori lands.

text: The Control, environmental sustainability and information management of Maori land in New Zealand An increase in Maori land claims and the subsequent settlement of a number of land confiscation grievances have prompted calls for change to the land management, cadastral and legal regimes in New Zealand. There is little expert agreement as to Me shape any such reforms should take, but environmental planners and Maori leaders have conceded the need for an overhaul of current land information management practices. Such reforms must aspire to being legally workable, culturally appropriate and environmentally sustainable.
Most land in New Zealand is subject to recent legislation (post-1984) which acknowledges concern for Maori cultural values and ancestral rights and environmental sustainability. The existence of this legislation and growing Maori involvement in formulating public policy for the management of land and environmental resources mean that Maori concepts of land management and sustainability are receiving increasing attention and are likely to influence the shape of future cadastral reforms for Maori lands.

year: 1997