Showing papers by "Auckland University of Technology published in 1993"
TL;DR: Among respondents subjected to high levels of housing stressors, social support was not associated with reduced psychological distress, indicating the need for a more specific policy response to the issue of seriously deficient housing.
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TL;DR: A bilateral comparison of the peak torque generated by the quadriceps muscles during isokinetic muscle action at a joint angular velocity of 180 deg/sec suggested that type II muscle fibre atrophy had occurred.
Abstract: A bilateral comparison of the peak torque generated by the quadriceps muscles during isokinetic muscle action at a joint angular velocity of 180 deg/sec was undertaken in 17 subjects with chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency. The results allowed subjects to be separated into minimal and maximal deficit groups. A frequency analysis of the electromyographic signals of the vasti lateralis obtained during the peak torque tests was then undertaken. The results showed that the median frequency of the ACL deficient limb in the maximal deficit group was significantly (p < 0.05) decreased compared to the median frequency of the uninvolved limb and both limbs of the minimal deficit group. These results suggested that type II muscle fibre atrophy had occurred. The frequency analysis of EMG may provide a noninvasive technique of measuring relative fibre atrophy differences between legs.
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TL;DR: The metaphor of the teacher as a midwife in the context of the teachers-student relationship is explored and a brief postmodern critique is offered wondering how the authors will respond to students who redescribe the professional values they have held in consensus.
Abstract: This article explores the metaphor of the teacher as a midwife in the context of the teacher-student relationship. The conceptual framework reviews Freire, Habermas and the Feminist Perspective drawing these threads together in the triad of emancipation, dialogue and caring. The writer then discusses her own reality of teaching midwifery students. Evaluation is seen as a possible constraining factor in the relationship. Caring and emancipation are seen as dialectic. A brief postmodern critique is offered wondering how we will respond to students who redescribe the professional values we have held in consensus.
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TL;DR: The Alliance is a new progressive force in New Zealand politics as discussed by the authors, which was formed as a collective initiative in late 1991 by the Green Party, the Democrats, the Liberals, and the New Labour Party.
Abstract: The Alliance is a new progressive force in New Zealand politics. Uniting the Greens, Mana Motuhake (the movement for Maori self‐determination), the Democrats (which emerged from the former Social Credit Party), the Liberals, and the New Labour Party (itself formed in 1989 by activists who broke with the old Labour Party), the Alliance began as a collective initiative in late 1991. A public opinion poll in late 1992 recorded that Alliance had the support of 38 percent of New Zealand's voters. It would need over 40 percent of the vote to form a government at the October, 1993 national elections.
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