title: Racism and intersections with health services

authors: Cormack, Donna

abstract: WERO webinar hosted by Māori and Indigenous Analysis Ltd & AATEA Solutions.

text: Racism and intersections with health services WERO webinar hosted by Māori and Indigenous Analysis Ltd & AATEA Solutions.

year: 2025-10-07

title: Unorthodox assistance: Novalis, Māori, scientism, and an uncertain approach to 'Whakapapa'

authors: Mika, Carl Te Hira

abstract: The reductionism of Western science is well noted among several Maori academics, who describe in various ways its methodical tendency to dissemble an organism and isolate its parts. The reductionist nature of the method of science then informs the practice, so that the manifestations of science - its latest innovations, evidenced in biotechnology, cloning, stem cell therapy and so on - become an overriding concern for these academics. Rightly, the effects of those innovations on Maori spiritual and phYSical realms are addressed, to the extent that they may constitute extensive submissions to governmental bodies. How effective these submissions are is open to considerable speculation, particularly when it is acknowledged by many of these same writers that those ministerial and judicial bodies are incapable of understanding the dilemmas posed by the effects of reductionist scientific practice on the Maori world. The Maori world, in the main, is left to wait until it is confronted with yet another scientific advancement or technology, and the rush to counter its modus operandi begins again.

text: Unorthodox assistance: Novalis, Māori, scientism, and an uncertain approach to 'Whakapapa' The reductionism of Western science is well noted among several Maori academics, who describe in various ways its methodical tendency to dissemble an organism and isolate its parts. The reductionist nature of the method of science then informs the practice, so that the manifestations of science - its latest innovations, evidenced in biotechnology, cloning, stem cell therapy and so on - become an overriding concern for these academics. Rightly, the effects of those innovations on Maori spiritual and phYSical realms are addressed, to the extent that they may constitute extensive submissions to governmental bodies. How effective these submissions are is open to considerable speculation, particularly when it is acknowledged by many of these same writers that those ministerial and judicial bodies are incapable of understanding the dilemmas posed by the effects of reductionist scientific practice on the Maori world. The Maori world, in the main, is left to wait until it is confronted with yet another scientific advancement or technology, and the rush to counter its modus operandi begins again.

year: 2011

title: Alternative solutions for determining the spectral band weights for the subtractive resolution merge technique

authors: Ashraf, Muhammad Salman

subjects: data fusion

abstract: Data fusion using subtractive resolution merge (SRM) is limited because it currently requires fixed spectral band weights predetermined for particular sensors. This is problematic because there is an increasing availability of new and emerging sensors that have no predetermined band weights. There is also a need for fusion between sensors, which potentially requires a large number of sensor combinations and band weight calculations. This article demonstrates how the least sum of minimum absolute deviation (LAD, least absolute deviation) and ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions can calculate band weights for application in the SRM technique using QuickBird satellite and Vexcel aerial images. Both methods were effective in improving image details. The results of LAD and OLS are shown using qualitative and quantitative metrics and through unsupervised classification of freshwater habitat. OLS and LAD produce similar results; however, OLS is computationally simpler and easier to automate. The ability of the user to calculate their own scene specific band weights eliminates the dependence on predetermined sensor band weights. This research concludes that OLS band weight calculations should be integrated into the SRM technique to diversify its application.

text: Alternative solutions for determining the spectral band weights for the subtractive resolution merge technique Data fusion using subtractive resolution merge (SRM) is limited because it currently requires fixed spectral band weights predetermined for particular sensors. This is problematic because there is an increasing availability of new and emerging sensors that have no predetermined band weights. There is also a need for fusion between sensors, which potentially requires a large number of sensor combinations and band weight calculations. This article demonstrates how the least sum of minimum absolute deviation (LAD, least absolute deviation) and ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions can calculate band weights for application in the SRM technique using QuickBird satellite and Vexcel aerial images. Both methods were effective in improving image details. The results of LAD and OLS are shown using qualitative and quantitative metrics and through unsupervised classification of freshwater habitat. OLS and LAD produce similar results; however, OLS is computationally simpler and easier to automate. The ability of the user to calculate their own scene specific band weights eliminates the dependence on predetermined sensor band weights. This research concludes that OLS band weight calculations should be integrated into the SRM technique to diversify its application.

year: 2011