title: Reading toddlers: Noticing and recognising more

authors: White, Elizabeth Jayne

subjects: toddler

abstract: When I think of literacy, the idea of 'reading' some sort of language system – be it oral or written word - springs to mind. However, there are also language systems that are used by all of us throughout our lives where words are substituted with actions or are absent altogether, whether we realise it or not. This silent language is sometimes referred to as non-verbal or gestural/body communication. Though used alongside words by adults and children alike in everyday talk, its almost exclusive use is never more dominant than during our early years - in the period between infancy and childhood, which I call 'toddlerhood'.

text: Reading toddlers: Noticing and recognising more When I think of literacy, the idea of 'reading' some sort of language system – be it oral or written word - springs to mind. However, there are also language systems that are used by all of us throughout our lives where words are substituted with actions or are absent altogether, whether we realise it or not. This silent language is sometimes referred to as non-verbal or gestural/body communication. Though used alongside words by adults and children alike in everyday talk, its almost exclusive use is never more dominant than during our early years - in the period between infancy and childhood, which I call 'toddlerhood'.

year: 2010

title: Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors

authors: Helmuth, Brian

abstract: At a proximal level, the physiological impacts of global climate change on ectothermic organisms are manifest as changes in body temperatures. Especially for plants and animals exposed to direct solar radiation, body temperatures can be substantially different from air temperatures. We deployed biomimetic sensors that approximate the thermal characteristics of intertidal mussels at 71 sites worldwide, from 1998-present. Loggers recorded temperatures at 10–30 min intervals nearly continuously at multiple intertidal elevations. Comparisons against direct measurements of mussel tissue temperature indicated errors of ~2.0–2.5 °C, during daily fluctuations that often exceeded 15°–20 °C. Geographic patterns in thermal stress based on biomimetic logger measurements were generally far more complex than anticipated based only on ‘habitat-level’ measurements of air or sea surface temperature. This unique data set provides an opportunity to link physiological measurements with spatially- and temporally-explicit field observations of body temperature.

text: Long-term, high frequency in situ measurements of intertidal mussel bed temperatures using biomimetic sensors At a proximal level, the physiological impacts of global climate change on ectothermic organisms are manifest as changes in body temperatures. Especially for plants and animals exposed to direct solar radiation, body temperatures can be substantially different from air temperatures. We deployed biomimetic sensors that approximate the thermal characteristics of intertidal mussels at 71 sites worldwide, from 1998-present. Loggers recorded temperatures at 10–30 min intervals nearly continuously at multiple intertidal elevations. Comparisons against direct measurements of mussel tissue temperature indicated errors of ~2.0–2.5 °C, during daily fluctuations that often exceeded 15°–20 °C. Geographic patterns in thermal stress based on biomimetic logger measurements were generally far more complex than anticipated based only on ‘habitat-level’ measurements of air or sea surface temperature. This unique data set provides an opportunity to link physiological measurements with spatially- and temporally-explicit field observations of body temperature.

year: 2016

title: Te Pai Tawhiti: Exploring the Horizons of Maori Economic Performance through Effective Collaboration

authors: Joseph, Robert

abstract: Effective collaboration, good governance and active management provide a potential platform for enhanced economic performance for Ngāti Pikiao, in line with its self-determination aspirations to
work better as a collective of entities on behalf of iwi members.

Literature and case study data analyses show a pathway forward for Ngāti Pikiao in the form of 9 key principles for working towards a foundation for effective collaborative action that enhances economic
performance.

text: Te Pai Tawhiti: Exploring the Horizons of Maori Economic Performance through Effective Collaboration Effective collaboration, good governance and active management provide a potential platform for enhanced economic performance for Ngāti Pikiao, in line with its self-determination aspirations to
work better as a collective of entities on behalf of iwi members.

Literature and case study data analyses show a pathway forward for Ngāti Pikiao in the form of 9 key principles for working towards a foundation for effective collaborative action that enhances economic
performance.

year: 2016