title: Acceptance with joy: Writing as a means of embodying compassion

authors: Kotzé, Elmarie

subjects: outsider witnessing

abstract: This article reports on research using writing workshops conducted with three women who distanced themselves from problematic relationships with their bodies that were induced by eating disorders. The article focuses on the use of writing tasks based on appreciative inquiry and outsider witnessing processes, practised with a group of women in a manner that provided space for the participants to story compassion for their bodies. The article explores the writing tasks that the participants were invited to undertake, and discusses the subsequent interviewing and outsider witnessing process as forms of narrative therapy practice. The article also documents the process of capturing a participant’s voice in a rescued speech poem.

text: Acceptance with joy: Writing as a means of embodying compassion This article reports on research using writing workshops conducted with three women who distanced themselves from problematic relationships with their bodies that were induced by eating disorders. The article focuses on the use of writing tasks based on appreciative inquiry and outsider witnessing processes, practised with a group of women in a manner that provided space for the participants to story compassion for their bodies. The article explores the writing tasks that the participants were invited to undertake, and discusses the subsequent interviewing and outsider witnessing process as forms of narrative therapy practice. The article also documents the process of capturing a participant’s voice in a rescued speech poem.

year: 2014

title: Hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to identify epicuticular wax loss in Masena Blueberries for post-harvest freshness

authors: Pearse, Jonathan

abstract: Blueberries harvested using mechanical harvesting techniques, like over-the-row (OTR) harvesters, are not suitable for the fresh market due to high damage rates. Assisted harvesting (AH) techniques using hand-held shakers offer a new approach which shows promise in increasing harvesting rates without compromising fruit quality. Epicuticular wax is one of the fruit qualities needing to be preserved during harvesting. This paper investigates the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging techniques and machine learning to construct a model to identify epicuticular wax rapidly and non-destructively. The best performing model produced was a linear SVM, and had an F1-score of 98.6%. Additionally, this model was used to show that blueberries harvested using hand-held shakers retain more epicuticular wax than traditional hand-harvesting (HH) techniques, a result that shows promise of potentially increased fruit quality using automated methods.

text: Hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to identify epicuticular wax loss in Masena Blueberries for post-harvest freshness Blueberries harvested using mechanical harvesting techniques, like over-the-row (OTR) harvesters, are not suitable for the fresh market due to high damage rates. Assisted harvesting (AH) techniques using hand-held shakers offer a new approach which shows promise in increasing harvesting rates without compromising fruit quality. Epicuticular wax is one of the fruit qualities needing to be preserved during harvesting. This paper investigates the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging techniques and machine learning to construct a model to identify epicuticular wax rapidly and non-destructively. The best performing model produced was a linear SVM, and had an F1-score of 98.6%. Additionally, this model was used to show that blueberries harvested using hand-held shakers retain more epicuticular wax than traditional hand-harvesting (HH) techniques, a result that shows promise of potentially increased fruit quality using automated methods.

year: 2024

title: Operational forest restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully: Part 2

authors: Elliot Noe, Elizabeth

abstract: Kukutaaruhe Gully is a minor branch of Hamilton’s extensive gully system, and runs from the corner of Bankwood and Clarkin Road, behind Fairfield College, connecting with Donny Park in the north and out into the Waikato River. The Kukutaaruhe Education Trust was established to support the implementation of the Fairfield Project, which is a partnership between Ngati Wairere, local community and Fairfield College. The project’s goals include the establishment of an ecological and environmental education centre on the approximately 12 ha of land behind Fairfield College and restoration of the adjacent Kukutaaruhe Gully. In 2019, the University of Waikato’s Environmental Research Institute was contracted by the Kukutaaruhe Education Trust to create an Operational Forest Restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully. This is one in a three-part series created together under one contract:
• Part 1 of 3 is an Overview of the Kukutaaruhe Gully Restoration Initiative
• Part 2 of 3 is this document, the Operational Forest Restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully
• Part 3 of 3 is an Ecological Restoration Plan Template.

text: Operational forest restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully: Part 2 Kukutaaruhe Gully is a minor branch of Hamilton’s extensive gully system, and runs from the corner of Bankwood and Clarkin Road, behind Fairfield College, connecting with Donny Park in the north and out into the Waikato River. The Kukutaaruhe Education Trust was established to support the implementation of the Fairfield Project, which is a partnership between Ngati Wairere, local community and Fairfield College. The project’s goals include the establishment of an ecological and environmental education centre on the approximately 12 ha of land behind Fairfield College and restoration of the adjacent Kukutaaruhe Gully. In 2019, the University of Waikato’s Environmental Research Institute was contracted by the Kukutaaruhe Education Trust to create an Operational Forest Restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully. This is one in a three-part series created together under one contract:
• Part 1 of 3 is an Overview of the Kukutaaruhe Gully Restoration Initiative
• Part 2 of 3 is this document, the Operational Forest Restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully
• Part 3 of 3 is an Ecological Restoration Plan Template.

year: 2020-10