title: Ashes and allophane: Linking soil science at Meiji and Waikato Universities

authors: Lowe, David J.

abstract: In September, the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Waikato was pleased to host a soil science group from Meiji University (Ikuta Campus), Kawasaki City, Tokyo. Lead by Professor Hiroshi Takesako, the group comprised three staff and six students (three graduates, three undergraduates). Associate Professor David Lowe, who had visited Professor Takesako's Soil Science Laboratory in the Faculty of Agriculture at Meiji University during his JSPS Fellowship trip last year, was able to repay some of the hospitality and field experience bestowed upon him by various Japanese soil science colleagues by co-leading the group on a six-day central North Island field trip from 8-13 September, 2001, as described below.

text: Ashes and allophane: Linking soil science at Meiji and Waikato Universities In September, the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Waikato was pleased to host a soil science group from Meiji University (Ikuta Campus), Kawasaki City, Tokyo. Lead by Professor Hiroshi Takesako, the group comprised three staff and six students (three graduates, three undergraduates). Associate Professor David Lowe, who had visited Professor Takesako's Soil Science Laboratory in the Faculty of Agriculture at Meiji University during his JSPS Fellowship trip last year, was able to repay some of the hospitality and field experience bestowed upon him by various Japanese soil science colleagues by co-leading the group on a six-day central North Island field trip from 8-13 September, 2001, as described below.

year: 2001

title: The Smart Phone as a Mouse

authors: Qin, Yinghao

subjects: mobile phone

abstract: With the development of hardware, mobile phone has become a feature-rich handheld device. Built-in camera and Bluetooth technology are supported in most current mobile phones. A real-time image processing experiment was conducted with a SonyEricsson P910i smartphone and a desktop computer. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a system which uses a mobile phone as a PC mouse. The movement of the mobile phone can be detected by analyzing the images captured by the onboard camera and the mouse cursor in the PC can be controlled by the movement of the phone.

text: The Smart Phone as a Mouse With the development of hardware, mobile phone has become a feature-rich handheld device. Built-in camera and Bluetooth technology are supported in most current mobile phones. A real-time image processing experiment was conducted with a SonyEricsson P910i smartphone and a desktop computer. This thesis describes the design and implementation of a system which uses a mobile phone as a PC mouse. The movement of the mobile phone can be detected by analyzing the images captured by the onboard camera and the mouse cursor in the PC can be controlled by the movement of the phone.

year: 2006

title: What’s in a title? The use of honorifics in media coverage

authors: Nikora, Linda Waimarie

subjects: Maori

abstract: On the 15th August 2006, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (referred to in this paper as Te Arikinui) passed away at the age of 75 years old after serving the Kingitanga movement for forty years. Her passing heralded the movement of large numbers of people to Turangawaewae marae where she lay in state. Intensive media coverage played a significant role in representing who Te Arikinui was, in profiling the Kingitanga movement and activities associated with the tangi as it progressed from the 15th to the 21st August 2006.  While we may be able to identify a “correct” honorific for Te Arikinui, our findings suggest that its understanding and use by mainstream television news media presenters, reporters and interviewees is a matter influenced by ethnic and cultural politics. The preferred use of titles by Maori and non-Maori sets up a process where representations of Te Ariki are contested. To non-Maori she is a “Dame”. To Maori, she is Te Arikinui. Through further analysis and theorising we will endeavour to further discuss the nature of these politics and the differences between Maori and non-Maori representations of Te Arikinui.

text: What’s in a title? The use of honorifics in media coverage On the 15th August 2006, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu (referred to in this paper as Te Arikinui) passed away at the age of 75 years old after serving the Kingitanga movement for forty years. Her passing heralded the movement of large numbers of people to Turangawaewae marae where she lay in state. Intensive media coverage played a significant role in representing who Te Arikinui was, in profiling the Kingitanga movement and activities associated with the tangi as it progressed from the 15th to the 21st August 2006.  While we may be able to identify a “correct” honorific for Te Arikinui, our findings suggest that its understanding and use by mainstream television news media presenters, reporters and interviewees is a matter influenced by ethnic and cultural politics. The preferred use of titles by Maori and non-Maori sets up a process where representations of Te Ariki are contested. To non-Maori she is a “Dame”. To Maori, she is Te Arikinui. Through further analysis and theorising we will endeavour to further discuss the nature of these politics and the differences between Maori and non-Maori representations of Te Arikinui.

year: 2008