SILAGE: THE RESEARCH VIEWPOINT

1966 ◽  
pp. 154-162
Author(s):  
R.J. Lancaster
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Great Merit

IN 1958, there was available commercially in Britain and Australia a vacuum silage kit which was expensive and useless. It had one redeeming feature, however. It inspired Jean Doutr-e to work on the vacuum idea, and, in collaboration with George Jowsey, to develop the technique which has captured world-wide interest. It is' relatively inexpensive for this approach to silage making and is practical. It has the great merit that it can be built into the existing New Zealand silage-making procedures without any modifications to those procedures.

scholarly journals Light at the end of the tunnel

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Mark Lee ◽  
Mark Ashton
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Early Retirement ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Elective Surgery ◽  
Great Loss ◽  
Serious Illness ◽  
Institutional Memory ◽  
Effective Service

It is not hard to list some of the profound effects COVID-19 has had on the specialty of plastic surgery. World-wide many of our colleagues have suffered serious illness and many have died. Even in countries like Australia and New Zealand, relatively spared from the ravages of the disease, we have all had significant disruptions to our lives and practicesLimitations on elective surgery during lockdown, reduced rates of screening for breast cancer and melanoma (Figure 1), consulting with masks—all affect our ability to provide a safe and effective service for our patients. Eminent plastic surgeons choosing to take early retirement is a great loss of institutional memory. Opportunistic governments and administrators taking advantage and using COVID-19 as an excuse to push through ‘urgent’ changes challenge our ability to provide a safe and effective service

Nannizzia obtusa. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Stockdale
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Tinea Capitis ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Scalp Lesions ◽  
Light Green

Abstract A description is provided for Nannizzia obtusa. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Primarily a pathogen of the pig, occasionally transmitted to man. Guinea-pigs have been experimentally infected. DISEASE: Ringworm (dermatophytosis, tinea). In pigs lesions are circular and circumscribed to irregular in outline, sometimes involving almost the whole body. They are reddish in colour and are frequently covered with brownish crusts. Alopecia and pruritis do not occur (RMVM 5, 226, 491-492). In man the scalp (tinea capitis) and glabrous skin (tinea corporis) may be infected. Scalp lesions reported have shown a kerion type of reaction with endothrix hair invasion; in some cases infected hairs have fluoresced light green under Wood's light. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Reported from Africa (Kenya), Australasia (Australia, New Zealand); North America (Canada, U.S.A. (Ind., Kans., Ky, Miss., N.J., Pa)), Central America and West Indies (Mexico, Cuba). Possibly world-wide in distribution.

Are New Zealanders “rhotic”?

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-304
Author(s):  
Sharon Marsden
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The North ◽  
Mixed Distribution ◽  
Lower South ◽  
New Zealanders

Abstract Rhoticity is highly variable across English varieties. Traditionally, descriptions of English have distinguished between “rhotic” and “non-rhotic” varieties. However, Harris’s (2013) recent description of three core rhotic systems (R1, R2 and R3) demonstrates that this dichotomy is overly simplistic. The literature describes New Zealand English (NZE) as “non-rhotic”, with partial rhoticity in the lower South Island. This paper reports on data collected in two semi-rural towns in the North Island where young New Zealanders employ a “mixed” distribution of rhoticity. Alongside /r/ use which is traditionally associated with “non-rhotic” varieties (Harris’s R2 and R3), speakers also exhibit /r/ use which is associated with “rhotic” varieties (Harris’s R1). The findings suggest that dynamic rhoticity in NZE, which also persists historically in Englishes world-wide, can be represented more effectively by dispensing with the notions “rhotic” and “non-rhotic”, and by treating rhoticity as a continuum of /r/ use.

scholarly journals Station correction analysis for surface-wave magnitudes of New Zealand earthquakes

1999 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Rhoades ◽  
D. J. Dowrick
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Surface Wave ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Vertical Component ◽  
Horizontal Component ◽  
Standard Errors ◽  
Station Correction ◽  
The Mean

Station terms and standard errors are presented for 345 world-wide stations used in the determination of surface-wave magnitudes of 190 selected New Zealand earthquakes over the period 1901-1993 [1]. These will facilitate the estimation of surface-wave magnitudes of other earthquakes in the New Zealand region. The station terms and the residuals from the linear model used to estimate them are both found to be weakly related to the mean distance from the earthquakes recorded by each station. The horizontal and vertical components at a given site are treated as separate stations. The station term for the horizontal component tends to exceed that for the vertical component at mean distances in the 20°-40° range.

Ustilago maydis. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. Ainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Seed Treatment ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Ustilago Maydis ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
Major Exception ◽  
Dry Sand

Abstract A description is provided for Ustilago maydis. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Zea mays (maize) and Euchlaena mexicana. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: World wide, wherever maize is grown with the major exception of Australia and New Zealand; see CMI Map 93, Ed. 3, 1964. On E. mexicana in N. and S. America. TRANSMISSION: Infection of the host, which occurs via any actively growing tissue, is localized. Spores carried on seed (Noble et al., An annotated list of seed-borne diseases, p. 79, 1958) are easily controlled by treatment with a fungicide but seed treatment is of no avail if the soil is infected. Spores have retained their viability in dry sand for more than eight years (16: 738).

Evaluating Web Site Support Capabilities in Sell-Side B2B Transaction Processes

2012 ◽  
pp. 53-81
Author(s):  
Wei-Hsi J. Hung ◽  
Chia-An Tsai ◽  
Shin-Yuan Hung ◽  
Robert McQueen ◽  
Jau-Jeng Jou
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Transaction Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Business To Business

Business-to-business (B2B) transactions supported by the World Wide Web (Web) have become a major portion of e-commerce transactions. Despite growth, knowledge of the degree of Web site support capabilities in the B2B transaction process is limited. This paper longitudinally compares how Web sites supported the B2B transaction process in New Zealand and Taiwan between 2001 and 2007. The results indicate that, on average, New Zealand Web sites scored higher than those in Taiwan in both years. Yet, the rate of improvement of Taiwanese Web site scores is significant. Specifically, the support capability of several Web functions, including privacy, company information, financial information and product catalog has improved over the study period. The authors found that the sampled Web sites in New Zealand and Taiwan provide different support capabilities to the activities in the B2B transaction process. Taiwanese Web sites are more concerned with providing after-sale services via the Internet whereas New Zealand Web sites are more concerned with sharing information. These two countries’ Web sites share a similar focus on supporting B2B transactions, which provides strong support for users to conduct product promotion and information provision related activities over the Web. Based on these findings, this study suggests several implications for associated academics and practitioners.

Pseudomonas agarici. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Agaricus Bisporus ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Black Water ◽  
Cultivated Mushroom ◽  
Young Stage

Abstract A description is provided for Pseudomonas agarici. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Agaricus bisporus the cultivated mushroom; Agaricus spp. DISEASE: Drippy gill of mushroom. The name is derived from the numerous cream-grey droplets of bacteria that develop on the gills. They are usually surrounded by a dark brown to black water-soaked spot which increases in size up to 2 mm or more. The droplets also increase in size and may coalesce and bridge the spaces between gills. If infection is severe the gill tissues collapse. Fine longitudinal splits, that become brown with age, usually develop on the stipe. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Australia (NSW, 63, 3168); New Zealand (Young, 1970); Eire (52, 943); UK (cultures in NCPPB) are recorded, but it is probably of world wide occurrence. TRANSMISSION: Details are unknown. Fahy and Lloyd (1983) report that the disease is often found in association with poor compost pasteurization, Young (1970) noted that the bacteria can be found in immature caps with unbroken veils. This suggests that the organism may enter from the bed to the cap in a young stage of the cap's development.

Mary Barkas at the Maudsley: 1923–1927

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Robert M Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Child Psychiatry ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Psychiatric Research

The Maudsley Hospital, reopened in January 1923, became the centre of British psychiatric research and achieved a world-wide reputation. At a time when women were rare in psychiatry, New Zealand-born Mary Barkas was the only woman (and psychoanalyst) among the first four psychiatrists appointed. This paper looks at her role in the early years at the Maudsley. The letters she wrote to her father, often on a daily basis, provide a unique insight to the earliest years of the hospital that was to have such an influence on British psychiatry. It is the only insider record we have of this crucial time. Barkas demonstrated her versatility in psychiatry and child psychiatry. She used psychoanalysis to treat her patients, receiving recognition from her colleagues. Her work in this field proved to be an exception as analysis was not practiced after she left the Maudsley. Her problem was the institutionalised prejudice against women in psychiatry, which caused her to leave. Her career was terminated at an early stage and her life took a puzzling turn after she returned to New Zealand in 1933. We can remember Mary Barkas as a forgotten psychiatric pioneer whose life and work deserves to be more widely known and recognised.

Tomato Gall Mites from Morocco

1953 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. Lamb
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Tomato Russet Mite ◽  
First Time

Descriptions are given of the tomato erineum mite, Aceria lycopersici, and the tomato russet mite, Vasates lycopersici, in Morocco, from which country the latter species is recorded for the first time.A. cladophthirus is shown to be a synonym of A. lycopersici.These two mites are almost world-wide in distribution and probably occur in most countries where tomatos are grown, but A. lycopersici has not been recorded from Australia or New Zealand.

scholarly journals The Dwindling Glaciers of the Upper Rakaia Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand

1951 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 504-507
Author(s):  
Maxwell Gage
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Southern Alps ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The West ◽  
Climatic Fluctuations ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

AbstractThese glaciers are in a district that was seldom visited before the great expansion of recreational tramping and mountaineering in New Zealand during the past twenty years, but the record extends back for eighty-five years. During this time the chief glaciers have receded considerably but irregularly, and for one of them the records indicate a vertical downwasting and thinning. Although this glacier shows no sign yet of recovery it is fed from the same snowfield as that which supplies another glacier descending west from the main divide and which may have begun to advance. An appreciable re-advance of the Franz Josef Glacier has already been given notice in the, Journal of Glaciology, and it may be that the steep gradients of the west-flowing glaciers of the Southern Alps enable them to respond to short-term climatic fluctuations, whereas the flatter east-flowing streams continue to shrink, in keeping with the world-wide trend.

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