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Volume 82, No.3, July 2018 ISSN 0110-5566
ISSN 0110-5566 Volume 82, No.3, July 2018 Trace element partitioning during calcite growth: implications for climate reconstruction studies from New Zealand caves Flavour and aroma analysis by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography Obituary: Michael Philip Hartshorn FNZIC, FRSNZ Obituary: Kevin Russel Tate FNZIC, FRSNZ Death from the sky: the role of chemistry and chemists in understanding biological extinctions The Periodic Table: revelation by quest rather than by revolution Book review: Mendeleev to Oganesson. A multidisciplinary Perspective on the Periodic Table Some Unremembered Chemists: Francis Brian Shorland Published on behalf of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry in January, April, July and October. The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Publisher Incorporated Rebecca Hurrell PO Box 13798 Email: [email protected] Johnsonville Wellington 6440 Advertising Sales Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Printed by Graphic Press Editor Dr Catherine Nicholson Disclaimer C/- BRANZ, Private Bag 50 908 The views and opinions expressed in Chemistry in New Zealand are those of the individual authors and are Porirua 5240 not necessarily those of the publisher, the Editorial Phone: 04 238 1329 Board or the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Mobile: 027 348 7528 Whilst the publisher has taken every precaution to ensure the total accuracy of material contained in Email: [email protected] Chemistry in New Zealand, no responsibility for errors or omissions will be accepted. Consulting Editor Copyright Emeritus Professor Brian Halton The contents of Chemistry in New Zealand are subject School of Chemical and Physical Sciences to copyright and must not be reproduced in any Victoria University of Wellington form, wholly or in part, without the permission of the PO Box 600, Wellington 6140 Publisher and the Editorial Board. -
Otago's Distance Learning Programme
ISSUE 9 20 May 2011 OTAGO BULLETIN FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER FOR UNIVERSITY STAFF AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Researchers showcase their work Photo: Sharron Bennett Photo: Participants and audience members at a public event to showcase Otago’s cutting-edge research last month. The symposium, For the Public Good, attracted a record 30 early to mid-career staff from across the four academic Divisions to the Barnett Lecture Theatre.The group volunteered to boil down their work into mere four-minute presentations, creating a series of snapshots of the exciting research under way at Otago. A member of the public audience commented afterwards that “it was better than going to the movies,” says organiser Dr Jacob Edmond, who was delighted with the turnout of researchers – double last year’s – and the extremely high standard of all the presentations. Continued on page 2... Next Research Deputy Vice-Chancellor named Otago’s next Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise) in 1993. From 2002 he was the Deputy Director of the Professor Richard Blaikie is excited about returning to the MacDiarmid Institute, succeeding Sir Paul Callaghan as university at which his scientific career began. Director in 2008. Professor Blaikie, who is currently a Professor at the University In addition to his Deputy Vice-Chancellor role at Otago, of Canterbury and Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Professor Blaikie will hold a personal Chair in Physics. Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, will take up the He says he is looking forward to taking up his new position. position in December. He replaces Professor Harlene Hayne, whose appointment as Otago’s next Vice-Chancellor was “Otago is noted for the strength of its research and my goal is to announced earlier this year. -
Adventures of a Psychologist
ADVENTURES OF A PSYCHOLOGIST In this enlightening biography, award-winning academic psychologist Michael Corballis tells the story of how the field of cognitive psychology evolved and the controversies and anecdotes that occurred along the way. Since the Second World War, psychology has undergone several scientific movements, from behaviourism to cognitive psychology and finally to neuroscience. In this fascinating biography, Corballis recounts his career as a researcher who played a part in these monumental changes in psychology. Beginning with his boarding-school education in New Zealand, Corballis goes on to recount his meanders through university education, his behavioural research into mirror- image discriminations in pigeons, the uprising of the “cognitive revolution” amidst 1960s counterculture and his switch to become a cognitive psychologist, his research into brain asymmetry and the evolution of language and its origin of manual gestures, and the development of mental time travel in animals. Featuring stories of prominent scientists who were integral in psychology’s biggest discoveries and insight into the heated debates and controversies in psychology during a time of great scientific and sociocultural change, this biography is a must-read for those interested in how psychology became established as a science. Michael Corballis was Professor of Psychology at McGill University and the University of Auckland. He has published widely in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. In 2003 he was appointed Officer of the -
NZMS Newsletter No 79
Number 79 August 2000 NEWSLETTER OF THE NEW ZEALAND MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (INC.) Contents PUBLISHER’S NOTICE EDITORIAL PRESIDENT’S COLUMN LOCAL NEWS NZMS Lecturer 2000 THE CRAWLER OBITUARY Emeritus Professor T.R.F. Nonweiler BOOK REVIEWS CENTREFOLD Professor Michael D Hendy CONFERENCES NOTICES NZMS APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MATHEMATICAL MINIATURE 12 Pascal's Triangle, Pade's approximations and an application PUBLISHER’S NOTICE This newsletter is the official organ of the New Zealand Mathematical Society Inc. This issue was assembled and printed at Massey University. The official address of the Society is: The New Zealand Mathematical Society, c/- The Royal Society of New Zealand, P.O. Box 598, Wellington, New Zealand. However, correspondence should normally be sent to the Secretary: Dr Charles Semple, Secretary, NZ Mathematical Society, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch. NZMS Council and Officers President Professor Graeme Wake (University of Canterbury) Immediate Past President Professor Rob Goldblatt (Victoria University) Secretary Dr Charles Semple (University of Canterbury) Treasurer Dr Mick Roberts (AgResearch) Councillors Dr Bill Barton (University of Auckland), to 2002 Professor Douglas Bridges (University of Canterbury) Dr Stephen Joe (University of Waikato) Dr Dennis McCaughan (University of Otago), to 2000 Dr Robert McLachlan (Massey University), to 2002 Dr Mick Roberts (AgResearch), to 2000 Dr Charles Semple (University of Canterbury), to 2002 Membership -
From Bats to Weta Holy Grail of Educational Research a Word From
October 2013 | Faculty of Science Alumni Magazine Issue 07 Clearing the air in Auckland How coffee can benefit your job Iconic species – from bats to weta Holy Grail of educational research A word from The University of Auckland Faculty of Science alumni magazine the Dean 2013 Editorial team: New Zealand has always had an impressive reputation for Rebekah Holmes, Linda Thompson innovation, and there’s growing awareness that science and Feature writer: Pauline Curtis innovation are critical to our future economic success. News writers: You can also read about how our mathematics Sabine Kruekel, Judith Poland department is keeping us at the forefront of Design: Timberlake Studio Ltd research and innovation in tertiary education. We’re very proud of the quality of teaching in Faculty of Science the Faculty. Our researchers’ success in their bid for this project, and the 2013 national Email: [email protected] teaching excellence award to Associate www.science.auckland.ac.nz/inscight Professor Cather Simpson, are just two examples of this. How alumni keep in touch Congratulations too, to the many other staff, Professor Grant Guilford, Dean of Science To ensure that you continue to receive students and alumni who have won accolades InSCight, and to subscribe to @Auckland, In recent years the Faculty of Science has this year, from honours for lifetime the University’s email newsletter for alumni achievement like Distinguished Professor and friends, please update your details: developed a comprehensive suite of initiatives to support key sectors of the New Zealand Margaret Brimble’s Rutherford Medal, Email: [email protected] economy, from the dairy industry to Professor James Goodman’s Eckert-Mauchly www.alumni.auckland.ac.nz/update biotechnology and high-tech manufacturing. -
Maurice Wilkins Centre
MAURICE WILKINS CENTRE New Zealand’s Centre of Research Excellence targeting human disease Annual Report 2013 Maurice Wilkins Centre The Maurice Wilkins Centre is New Zealand’s Centre of Research Excellence targeting major human diseases. It focuses on cancer, diabetes and infectious disease. New Zealand has an outstanding reputation for biomedical research. The Centre aims to harness this expertise to develop drugs and vaccines, tools for early diagnosis and prevention, and new models of disease. In addition to translational research that directly targets human disease, the Maurice Wilkins Centre encourages innovative fundamental science that has the potential for high impact on human health. The Maurice Wilkins Centre is a multidisciplinary network that brings together leading biologists, chemists and computer scientists. At the end of 2013 it comprised 148 investigators throughout the country, and over 170 early-career affiliates, linking researchers from six universities, three Crown Research Institutes and two private research institutes. These investigators represent most of New Zealand’s expertise in discovering new drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tools that proceed to clinical trials. As the national hub for molecular biodiscovery the Centre provides a point of contact for a broad range of national scientific expertise. It cultivates collaborations with international researchers and research institutions and also engages with industry and the medical profession. For more information see www.mauricewilkinscentre.org For more information on New Zealand Centres of Research Excellence see www.acore.ac.nz Director’s Report .................................................................................... 2 Contribution to National Goals ............................................................... 4 Research highlights Major award for New Zealand drug inventor ................................. 7 Stepping up the fight: The Tuberculosis Flagship ......................... -
RARE Velocimetry of Shear Banded Flow in Cylindrical Couette Geometry
RARE Velocimetry of Shear Banded Flow in Cylindrical Couette Geometry by Stefan Kuczera A thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Victoria University of Wellington 2015 Abstract A flow phenomena called ‘shear banding’ is often observed for a certain class of complex fluids, namely wormlike micellar solutions. Wormlike micelles are elongated flexible self-assembly struc- tures formed by the aggregation of amphiphiles, which may entangle into a dynamic network above a certain concentration threshold. The entanglement results in the sample having both solid-like (elastic) and liquid-like (viscous) properties, an ambiguity commonly found in com- plex fluids. Under certain shear conditions, the flow couples with the structure of the micellar network, leading to the formation of (shear) bands with differing viscosity. The principle goal of this work is to address open questions regarding the temporal and spatial stability of shear banded flow. Shear banding is often studied in cylindrical Couette cells, where the fluid is sheared in a gap between differentially rotating concentric cylinders. For the sake of an accurate description of the flow in such a shear cell, the methodology for a 2D Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) velocimetry technique (known as PGSE-RARE), which offers high temporal and spatial resolution, is improved and refined. Two main challenges are identified and overcome. The first concerns the fact that the velocity imaging process operates on a Cartesian grid, whereas the flow in the Couette cell is of cylindrical symmetry. Numerical calculations and NMR simulations based on the Bloch equations, as well as experimental evidence, give insight on the appropriate selection of the fluid volume over which velocity information is accumulated and the preferred scheme through which the NMR image is acquired in the so-called k-space. -
Sustainable Economic Growth for New Zealand: an Optimistic Myth-Busting Perspective
contributingpaper 1 Sustainable economic growth for New Zealand: An optimistic myth-busting perspective Sir Paul Callaghan 31 March 2011 This paper was prepared by Sir Paul Callaghan for the participants of the StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future workshop held in March 2011. Long-term vision is something we tend to avoid in New Zealand, with the possible exception of Måori, who have greater reason to focus on the development of their assets for future generations of mokopuna. But I will argue here that vision is essential to any strategy aimed at enhancing prosperity. It is my belief that we are poor because we choose to be poor, and that what holds us back are self-serving but dishonest myths. The first myth is that we are an egalitarian society, a great place to bring up children. But in income disparity, child mortality, imprisonment rates and most other negative social indicators, we are among the worst in the OECD. The second myth is that we are clean and green. In truth, the reality is altogether different. Like other developed countries we have despoiled our environment to eke out a measure of prosperity, and we therefore have no moral high ground from which to preach to others. Our valuable dairy industry severely impacts our rivers and lakes. Our pastoral industries are significant emitters of greenhouse gases. The third myth is that we, as New Zealanders, do not need prosperity, that we have ‘lifestyle’ instead. But we complain that our health system cannot afford to meet our needs and that our infrastructure is decrepit. -
Dec 2009, Be Addressing Unanswered Mathematical Questions Presenting a Talk
Number 107 December 2009 NEWSLETTER OF THE NEWZEALANDMATHEMATICALSOCIETY Contents PUBLISHER'S NOTICE....................... 2 PRESIDENT'S COLUMN...................... 3 EDITORIAL .............................. 7 LOCAL NEWS ............................ 8 CENTREFOLD ............................ 20 LOCAL NEWS ............................ 22 FEATURES .............................. 27 CONFERENCES ........................... 32 NOTICES ................................ 36 PUBLISHER'S NOTICE PUBLISHER'S NOTICE This newsletter is the official organ of the New Zealand Mathematical Society Inc. This issue was edited by Alex James and Rachael Tappenden with the help of Phil Wilson and Pauline Auger and printed at University of Canterbury. The official address of the Society is: The New Zealand Mathematical Society, c/- The Royal Society of New Zealand, P.O. Box 598, Wellington, New Zealand. However, correspondence should normally be sent to the Secretary: Dr. Alex James Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch 8140 New Zealand [email protected] NZMS Council and Officers President Associate Prof. Charles Semple (University of Canterbury) Vice President Professor Robert McLachlan (Massey University, Albany) Incoming Secretary Dr Alex James (University of Canterbury) Outgoing Secretary Dr Winston Sweatman (Massey University, Albany) Treasurer Dr Peter Donelan (Victoria University of Wellington) Councillors Associate Prof. Rick Beatson (University of Canterbury) Associate Prof. Kevin Broughan -
The Book of Abstracts
1st Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the New Zealand Mathematical Society Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand December 12{15, 2007 American Mathematical Society New Zealand Mathematical Society Contents Timetables viii Plenary Addresses . viii Special Sessions ............................. ix Computability Theory . ix Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory . x Dynamics and Control of Systems: Theory and Applications to Biomedicine . xi Geometric Numerical Integration . xiii Group Theory, Actions, and Computation . xiv History and Philosophy of Mathematics . xv Hopf Algebras and Quantum Groups . xvi Infinite Dimensional Groups and Their Actions . xvii Integrability of Continuous and Discrete Evolution Systems . xvii Matroids, Graphs, and Complexity . xviii New Trends in Spectral Analysis and PDE . xix Quantum Topology . xx Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials . xx University Mathematics Education . xxii Water-Wave Scattering, Focusing on Wave-Ice Interactions . xxiii General Contributions . xxiv Plenary Addresses 1 Marston Conder . 1 Rod Downey . 1 Michael Freedman . 1 Bruce Kleiner . 2 Gaven Martin . 2 Assaf Naor . 3 Theodore A Slaman . 3 Matt Visser . 4 Computability Theory 5 George Barmpalias . 5 Paul Brodhead . 5 Cristian S Calude . 5 Douglas Cenzer . 6 Chi Tat Chong . 6 Barbara F Csima . 6 QiFeng ................................... 6 Johanna Franklin . 7 Noam Greenberg . 7 Denis R Hirschfeldt . 7 Carl G Jockusch Jr . 8 Bakhadyr Khoussainov . 8 Bj¨ornKjos-Hanssen . 8 Antonio Montalban . 9 Ng, Keng Meng . 9 Andre Nies . 9 i Jan Reimann . 10 Ludwig Staiger . 10 Frank Stephan . 10 Hugh Woodin . 11 Guohua Wu . 11 Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory 12 Boris Baeumer . 12 Mathias Beiglb¨ock . 12 Arno Berger . 12 Keith Burns . 13 Dmitry Dolgopyat . 13 Anthony Dooley . -
Mahi Tahi 1 the Office of the Prime Minister’S Chief Science Advisor, Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua Ki Te Pirimia
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Mahi Tahi 1 The Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua ki te Pirimia. Tohua ngā whakatipuranga ki te inu i te puna o te mātauranga. Kia hora ai te whakaruruhau o te ora, ki runga ki te iwi. Kia kaha, kia toa, kia manawanui. Show the new generation to drink of the wellspring of knowledge. That the sheltering mantle of well-being may spread over the people! Be strong, be courageous, be resolute. “Science is at the frontline of the issues that face our society … what PRIME MINISTER’S MESSAGE better way to equip our people to decipher information than through Opening remarks our scientific community” From the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern speaking at the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, March 2019. esearch, science and innovation are core to To make science more accessible for New Zea- what we as a Government want to achieve landers, Juliet and her team have been using Twitter – a just transition to a low emissions econo- and Instagram to encourage young people to take Rmy and a measurable increase in the wellbeing of all part in the sciences. They’ve also been presenting in New Zealanders. That is why we celebrate excellence lots of forums, using blogs and developing their first and why we want to continue to lift investment in accessible science factsheet about antimicrobial re- science. sistance. No easy task. My Chief Science Advisor and the team of Chief I look forward to enjoying more science-led de- Science Advisors support me, ministers and govern- bate about tackling the issues that we’ve made a good ment agencies to make the best decisions on how to start on, informed by the work of Juliet, her team, tackle our long-term challenges by connecting us to and scientists across New Zealand and the world. -
NZMS Newsletter #68
THE NEW ZEALAND MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY (INC.) NEWSLETTER CONTENTS NZMS Council and Officers Editorial: Basic Research Funding Local News Lotto, Catherine Caughey & COLOSSUS, Erdös numbers, Gordon Petersen Conferences Visitors Centrefold: Wolfgang Vogel Notices Hector medal for John Butcher Brunei connection Student notice for NZMC '97 NZMS accreditation RSNZ Mathematical and Information Sciences update NZ Association of Mathematics Teachers 1997 conference ANZIAM notes Heat pipe symposium Grantee Reports, Grant Applications David Bryant, Chris Stephens, Irene Pestov Positions Available NUMBER 68 December 1996 ISSN 0110-0025 NZMS COUNCIL AND OFFICERS President Professor Douglas Bridges (University of Waikato) Incoming Vice President Professor Rob Goldblatt (Victoria University) Secretary Dr Stephen Joe (University of Waikato) Treasurer Dr Mark McGuinness (Victoria University) Councillors Dr Rick Beatson (University of Canterbury), to 1999 Professor Michael Hendy (Massey University), to 1998 Dr Vivien Kirk (University of Auckland), to 1999 Dr Dennis McCaughan (University of Otago), to 1997 Dr Robert McLachlan (Massey University), to 1999 Dr Mick Roberts (AgResearch), to 1997 Membership Secretary Dr John Shanks (University of Otago) Newsletter Editor Professor Michael Hendy (Massey University) Legal Adviser Dr Peter Renaud (University of Canterbury) Archivist Professor John Harper (Victoria University) Visitor Liaison Dr David McIntyre (University of Auckland) Publicity Convenor Dr David McIntyre (University of Auckland) NEWSLETTER CORRESPONDENTS