title: The baskets of knowledge: A curriculum for an indigenous psychology

authors: Waitoki, Waikaremoana

abstract: Through the chapters in this book we have walked alongside Ripeka and her whānau. We have taken a journey into potentiality; that of Ripeka’s as well as our own. Our introduction to this book asked what would happen when we witnessed Ripeka through our eyes as a Māori psychologist, when diverse and multi-layered cultural contexts form our starting point. What would happen when we understood the interconnectedness of whakapapa, and tikanga to Ripeka’s past, present and future and how they could be used to guide pathways forward? We asked what would happen when we viewed Ripeka and her whānau through a lens of unrelenting hope and unrealised potential. If all those things happened, what value are we able to add as Māori psychologists to Ripeka’s life, and to that of her whānau?

text: The baskets of knowledge: A curriculum for an indigenous psychology Through the chapters in this book we have walked alongside Ripeka and her whānau. We have taken a journey into potentiality; that of Ripeka’s as well as our own. Our introduction to this book asked what would happen when we witnessed Ripeka through our eyes as a Māori psychologist, when diverse and multi-layered cultural contexts form our starting point. What would happen when we understood the interconnectedness of whakapapa, and tikanga to Ripeka’s past, present and future and how they could be used to guide pathways forward? We asked what would happen when we viewed Ripeka and her whānau through a lens of unrelenting hope and unrealised potential. If all those things happened, what value are we able to add as Māori psychologists to Ripeka’s life, and to that of her whānau?

year: 2016

title: Foreword- Rotorua Lakes Symposium 2013

authors: Green, John

abstract: The Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes programme is now at a critical phase where nutrient budgets are to be established for landowners across the catchment of Lake Rotorua. The challenge is to reduce the existing nutrient load to the lake by over 43% by 2032.

text: Foreword- Rotorua Lakes Symposium 2013 The Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes programme is now at a critical phase where nutrient budgets are to be established for landowners across the catchment of Lake Rotorua. The challenge is to reduce the existing nutrient load to the lake by over 43% by 2032.

year: 2013

title: A dynamic look into hydrogen bonding In proteins

authors: Van Tiel, Troy

subjects: Hydrogen bonding

abstract: This thesis aims to highlight the importance of analysing the dynamic nature of hydrogen bonds and their temporal variation. We also evaluate whether distance alone can and should be used as the main estimator for hydrogen bond strength. Molecular dynamics simulations of three common protein building blocks were conducted in triplicate to provide temporal data for our investigation. This data was then run through a newly developed program called Hybond, which analyses a given hydrogen bonding interaction as a function of time based on the reduced electron density gradient. The results found were promising and showed that the strength of a given hydrogen bond changes significantly throughout each simulation trajectory.  This demonstrates the dynamic nature of these hydrogen bonds, and we provide a workflow to efficiently characterise individual interactions as a function of time. We found that distance correlates well with kinetic energy density however there are points that do not fit this correlation. In these cases, hydrogen bond strength cannot be estimated through distance alone. Other properties that Hybond outputs have also shown promising correlations with kinetic energy density, and these can be used in place of distance to estimate the strength of the interaction. Finally, we investigated some of the challenges that arise when trying to determine the time-averaged strength of a given hydrogen bond and how different averaging approaches might be more appropriate than others, depending on the underlying science question that is being asked.

text: A dynamic look into hydrogen bonding In proteins This thesis aims to highlight the importance of analysing the dynamic nature of hydrogen bonds and their temporal variation. We also evaluate whether distance alone can and should be used as the main estimator for hydrogen bond strength. Molecular dynamics simulations of three common protein building blocks were conducted in triplicate to provide temporal data for our investigation. This data was then run through a newly developed program called Hybond, which analyses a given hydrogen bonding interaction as a function of time based on the reduced electron density gradient. The results found were promising and showed that the strength of a given hydrogen bond changes significantly throughout each simulation trajectory.  This demonstrates the dynamic nature of these hydrogen bonds, and we provide a workflow to efficiently characterise individual interactions as a function of time. We found that distance correlates well with kinetic energy density however there are points that do not fit this correlation. In these cases, hydrogen bond strength cannot be estimated through distance alone. Other properties that Hybond outputs have also shown promising correlations with kinetic energy density, and these can be used in place of distance to estimate the strength of the interaction. Finally, we investigated some of the challenges that arise when trying to determine the time-averaged strength of a given hydrogen bond and how different averaging approaches might be more appropriate than others, depending on the underlying science question that is being asked.

year: 2022