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Why Submit to the UC Research Repository? 

  • Visibility: Increases the visibility and accessibility of your research. 

  • Compliance: Meets funding body requirements for open access. 

  • Preservation: Ensures long-term preservation of your work. 

  • Impact: Enhances the impact and citation of your research. 

What does the UCRR Collect

The Repository accepts many types of scholarly output, and can handle accommodate written documents, images, video and audio recordings. We are interested in:

  • Formal research outputs (e.g. articles, chapters, books),
  • “Grey” scholarly material (e.g. conference presentations, posters),
  • Student research (e.g. theses, dissertations and research reports),
  • As well as creative works, research datasets and any other material that could be part of scholarly communication.

Most recent content added to the UCRR

  • Infants’ sensitivity to emotion in music and emotion-action understandingThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Infants’ sensitivity to emotion in music and emotion-action understanding dc.contributor.author: SIU, Tik Sze Carrey; Cheung H dc.contributor.editor: Chao L dc.description.abstract: Emerging evidence has indicated infants’ early sensitivity to acoustic cues in music. Do they interpret these cues in emotional terms to represent others’ affective states? The present study examined infants’ development of emotional understanding of music with a violation of-expectation paradigm. Twelve- and 20-month-olds were presented with emotionally concordant and discordant music-face displays on alternate trials. The 20-month-olds, but not the 12-month-olds, were surprised by emotional incongruence between musical and facial expressions, suggesting their sensitivity to musical emotion. In a separate non-music task, only the 20-month-olds were able to use an actress’s affective facial displays to predict her subsequent action. Interestingly, for the 20-month-olds, such emotion-action understanding correlated with sensitivity to musical expressions measured in the first task. These two abilities however did not correlate with family income, parental estimation of language and communicative skills, and quality of parent-child interaction. The findings suggest that sensitivity to musical emotion and emotion-action understanding may be supported by a generalised common capacity to represent emotion from social cues, which lays a foundation for later social-communicative development. Apr 14, 2025
  • Palm oil: Understanding barriers to sustainable consumptionThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Palm oil: Understanding barriers to sustainable consumption dc.contributor.author: Sundaraja CS; Hine, Donald; Lykins AD dc.contributor.editor: Mahmoud AB dc.description.abstract: Palm oil is relatively inexpensive, versatile, and popular, generating great economic value for Southeast Asian countries. However, the growing demand for palm oil is leading to deforestation and biodiversity loss. The current study is the first to employ a capability-opportunity- motivation (COM-B) framework in green consumerism, to determine which capability, opportunity, and motivation factors strongly predict the intentional purchasing of sustainable palm oil products by Australian consumers (N = 781). Exploratory factor analysis revealed four main types of predictors of SPO purchasing-Pro-Green Consumption Attitudes, Demotivating Beliefs, Knowledge and Awareness, and Perceived Product Availability. Multiple regression revealed that these four factors explained 50% of the variability in SPO purchasing behaviour, out of which Knowledge and Awareness accounted for 18% of the unique variance. Perceived Product Availability and Pro-Green Consumption Attitudes were also significant predictors but accounted for only 2% and 1% of unique variance, respectively. These results provide a valuable foundation for designing behaviour change interventions to increase consumer demand for sustainable palm oil products. Dec 31, 2020
  • Audience segmentation of New Zealand cat owners: Understanding the barriers and drivers of cat containment behaviorThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Audience segmentation of New Zealand cat owners: Understanding the barriers and drivers of cat containment behavior dc.contributor.author: Chamberlain SAE; McLeod, Lynette; Hine, Donald dc.contributor.editor: Lepczyk CA dc.description.abstract: Free-roaming companion cats have a detrimental impact on the environment and are at risk of harm. Despite these negative impacts, it is the norm in New Zealand (NZ) to allow companion cats to roam freely and only a minority of cat owners practice cat containment. This study firstly sought to identify what factors act as barriers and drivers of NZ owners’ participation in cat containment, and secondly whether NZ owners could be segmented into unique audiences based on the factors predicting their cat containment behavior. It was hypothesized that cat owners with greater capability, opportunity, and motivation to perform cat containment would have greater cat containment intentions and behavior. Furthermore, it was expected that at least three segments of cat owners would exist in NZ which differed significantly in the set of capability, opportunity and motivational factors predicting their cat containment behavior. A quantitative online cross-sectional survey of 395 NZ cat owners was conducted, measuring containment intentions and behavior, and capability, opportunity, and motivation to perform cat containment. Results from bivariate correlations and multiple regression demonstrated that capability, opportunity, and motivational factors predicted increased cat containment intentions and behavior. Latent profile analysis identified four distinct segments of cat owners with unique COM profiles; engaged (6%), receptive (17%), ambivalent (48%), and opposed (30%). Validation analysis demonstrated that these groups all differed significantly in their cat containment intentions and behaviors. From these findings theoretically grounded behavior change interventions can be developed to target the causes of non-participation in cat containment for each of the identified cat owner segments, thereby improving the management of free-roaming cats in NZ. Dec 31, 2023
  • Copper-based electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution in waterThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Copper-based electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution in water dc.contributor.author: Abudayyeh AM; Bennington MS; Hamonnet J; Marshall, Aaron; Brooker S dc.description.abstract: In aqueous pH 7 phosphate buffer, during controlled potential electrolysis (CPE) at −1.10 V vs. Ag|AgCl the literature square planar copper complex, [CuIILEt]BF4 (1), forms a heterogeneous deposit on the glassy carbon working electrode (GCWE) that is a stable and effective hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalyst. Specifically, CPE for 20 hours using a small GCWE (A = 0.071 cm2) gave a turnover number (TON) of 364, with ongoing activity. During CPE the brownish-yellow colour of the working solution fades, and a deposit is observed on the small GCWE. Repeating this CPE experiment in a larger cell with a larger GCWE (A = 2.7 cm2), connected to a gas chromatograph, resulted in a TON of 2628 after 2.6 days, with FE = 93%, and with activity ongoing. After this CPE, the working solution had faded to nearly colourless, and visual inspection of the large GCWE showed a material had deposited on the surface. In a ‘rinse and repeat test’, this heterogeneous deposit was used for further CPE, in a freshly prepared working solution minus fresh catalyst, which resulted in similar ongoing HER activity to before, consistent with the surface deposited material being the active HER catalyst. EDS, PXRD and SEM analysis of this deposit shows that copper and oxygen are the main components present, most likely comprising copper and copper(i) oxide ((Cu2O)n) formed from 1. The use of 1 leads to a deposit that is more catalytically active than that formed when starting with a simple copper salt (control), likely due to it forming a more robustly attached deposit, which also enables the observed long-lived catalytic activity. Dec 31, 2023
  • Microfluidic Models for Spiking Neural NetworksThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Microfluidic Models for Spiking Neural Networks dc.contributor.author: Moore, Ciaran dc.description.abstract: Could spiking neural networks be implemented using droplet microfluidics, to create monolithic systems that automatically manipulate and analyse biological samples? This would greatly expand the sophistication of analysis tools available to researchers, allowing advances in the fields of drug discovery, disease detection and directed evolution Dec 31, 2022
  • Navigating trauma: Proximity, wellbeing and work- integrated learning in higher educationThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Navigating trauma: Proximity, wellbeing and work- integrated learning in higher education dc.contributor.author: Dannenberg C; Sato M; Astall C; Murray C; Wu J; Farley, Helen dc.description.abstract: This paper conducts an interdisciplinary exploration into the concept of trauma within work- integrated learning (WIL), emphasizing the importance of 'proximity' as a novel extension of trauma within this context. The central focus lies in conceptualizing fresh dimensions for a WIL wellness model that prioritizes community connectedness over individual autonomy. The paper sheds light on the broader landscape of trauma within higher education, acknowledging that students' lived experiences are characterized by global threats, local stressors, and traumatic events. By addressing the challenges faced by students at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, this work intertwines the themes of trauma, wellbeing, and WIL to present a comprehensive view of the opportunities and challenges within higher education. The Proximity Trauma Impact Model for Work-Integrated Learning (PTIM-WIL) signifies a forward-thinking framework aimed at preparing students for the dynamic landscapes of WIL and the post-graduation workplace. Dec 31, 2024
  • Auswirkungen der Verwendung von Virtueller Realität auf die Beziehung zwischen Patienten und Therapeuten in der NeurorehabilitationThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Auswirkungen der Verwendung von Virtueller Realität auf die Beziehung zwischen Patienten und Therapeuten in der Neurorehabilitation dc.contributor.author: Crowe S; Shahri B; Piumsomboon T; Waller A; Hoermann, Simon dc.description.abstract: Introduction: The use of virtual reality (VR) has promising potential for use in neurorehabilitation. However, concerns remain regarding its impact on the patient-therapist relationship. This relationship, also called the therapeutic alliance, is crucial for the success of rehabilitation and is based on the patient and therapist's agreement on tasks, goals, and interpersonal relationships. Dec 31, 2023
  • A longitudinal reciprocal relation between theory of mind and languageThis link opens in a new window dc.title: A longitudinal reciprocal relation between theory of mind and language dc.contributor.author: SIU, Tik Sze Carrey; Cheung, H dc.description.abstract: Ninety-seven Cantonese-speaking 4-year-olds were tested three times over 6 months on belief based theory of mind (ToM), general language ability, complement syntax, and verb factivity understanding. These capacities were assessed with carefully designed tasks to minimize overlaps in measurement. Results showed that early general language predicted later performances on the unexpected content and belief-emotion ToM tasks, and early change-of-location predicted later discrimination of strong factive and non-factive verbs but not general language and complementation. The present results provide longitudinal evidence for a reciprocal relation between language and ToM development: General language ability supports the development of belief based ToM; belief-based ToM facilitates the learning of verb semantics specialized in communicating mind-reality (mis)match. Dec 31, 2021
  • Laboratory demonstration of atmospheric tomography using the geometric wavefront sensorThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Laboratory demonstration of atmospheric tomography using the geometric wavefront sensor dc.contributor.author: Hickman S; Weddell S; Clare, Richard dc.description.abstract: This paper studies the geometric wavefront sensor (WFS) as part of the develop ment of an astronomical imaging instrument for the University of Canterbury Mount John Observatory, which combines adaptive optics and computer post-processing techniques for astronomical observations over a wide field of view by utilizing the geometric WFS and atmospheric tomography. Specifically, this paper investigate the geometric WFS’s capability to estimate wavefronts of multiple artificial guide stars, as well as to demonstrate atmospheric tomography, on a modified optical test bench in an open loop. A technique to simulate atmospheric turbulence in the laboratory is explored and is found to suitably create multiple atmospheric layers artificially; this technique permits wavefront phase aberrations of multiple artificial guide stars to be simulated simultaneously with varying degrees of overlap (i.e., changing the altitude of the atmospheric turbulence layer, or atmospheric tomography meta-pupil) without altering the physical optical path. Atmospheric tomography is then physically demonstrated on the modified optical test bench using the technique and calibrated geometric WFS. Dec 31, 2024
  • Purchasing sustainable palm oil products: narrowing the intention-behavior gapThis link opens in a new window dc.title: Purchasing sustainable palm oil products: narrowing the intention-behavior gap dc.contributor.author: Sundaraja CS; Lykins AD; Hine, Donald dc.description.abstract: Experts on palm oil production and utilization emphasize the role of consumer purchasing power in dealing with the environmental and social impacts of the palm oil crisis -that by increasing the demand for sustainable palm oil (SPO), greater supply will follow. However, research has identified a persistent intention-behavior gap. Even knowledgeable consumers do not always follow through on their intentions to purchase SPO. Utilizing the Capability-Opportunity Motivation model of Behavior (COM-B), this article reviews important variables contributing to this intention-behavior gap. While knowledge about palm oil and SPO (capability), perceived product availability (opportunity), and pro-green consumption attitudes (motivation) are important predictors of SPO purchasing intentions, increasing these factors has been insufficient in narrowing the intention-behavior gap. Campaigns can increase knowledge about palm oil and SPO, as well as build motivation around making the ‘sustainable’ choice, but are inadequate in addressing barriers around opportunity (e.g., ease of access to SPO products). In expressing their intent to purchase SPO products, consumers may underestimate the difficulties in being able to identify these consumables (e.g., palm oil often is not clearly labeled, sustainability status may not be obvious), and locate them. In this review, we argue that while consumer behavior is important, it is insufficient to power industry-wide change toward the utilization of SPO. Greater corporate responsibility is needed to increase use of SPO in products, and make consumables containing SPO more available, identifiable, and affordable for consumers. We also suggest that national procurement policies for SPO are likely to produce longer-lasting change. Dec 31, 2022
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Cheat Sheet

UCRR - Frequently asked Questions

Contents

How to submit my work to the UC Research Repository

Submission Process 

  1. Prepare Your Work: 

  1. Log in to UC Elements: 

  • Access UC Elements through the university portal. 
  • Find your publication. You might need to claim it, or search for it, or add it. 

  1. Upload Your Work: 

  • Use the ‘DEPOSIT' button next to your publication. 
  • The first time you deposit, read the advice on the left-hand screen. 
  • Use the Upload a File box on the right-hand screen to upload your article (see below for information about versions). You may upload more than one file. If you are unsure about your version, upload all the version you have and the Library will sort it out. 

The deposit buton on the right hand of the entry for your work

  1. Library Review: 

  • Library staff will check for copyright compliance BEFORE this goes online. 
  • They will ensure the correct version is uploaded. 

  1. Final Approval: 

  • Once approved, your work will be made publicly accessible. 
  • You will be notified if any issues arise. 

 

Versions of Your Work 

  • Accepted Version: 
    • AKA Author Accepted Manuscript; AAM; Postprint 
    • The final draft after peer review but before typesetting. 
    • Most usually allowed for repository submission. 
  • Submitted Version: 
    • AKA Preprint; Accepted draft 
    • The draft before peer review. 
    • Less commonly allowed for repository submission. 
  • Published Version: 
    • AKA Version of Record; Final Version 
    • The final, typeset version from the publisher. 
    • Often restricted by copyright. 

 

Additional Tips 

 

What kinds of research do we collect?

The Repository accepts many types of scholarly output, and can handle accommodate written documents, images, video and audio recordings. The bulk of our collection consists of:

  • books
  • chapters in books
  • conference papers (and powerpoint slides)
  • journal articles
  • reports
  • theses (masters and doctoral)
  • Other student work (some exceptional honours/PGDip reports)
  • working papers
  • Raw research data
  • Creative work (translations, original writing)

Who checks copyright?

Once uploaded, Library Staff will double check to make sure that the version you have uploaded corresponds to the licence your journal has given you to submit to an institutional repository.  

JISC Policy Finder

Confused if you can add a specific version of your paper to the repository? Librarians around the world have contributed to a site that brings publisher information together at the JISC Policy Finder. Type in the name of the journal and it gives you a standard way of understanding which version of your paper (if any) you can upload. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you want more information about licences or copyright.

Once your research has been submitted, the Library carefully vets your submission for copyright compliance (checking the publisher's policy on open-access archiving), after which it is categorised using the Marsden Fund's subject classification scheme. Finally, the item is made live and will pop into public view. If there is a problem with copyright compliance, we will be in touch.

These steps are aimed at reducing your compliance overhead, while ensuring that we play nicely with the copyright holders.

Licences - What can people use my work for?

Currently the UC Research Repository has an "all rights reserved" licence for all material so that though it is freely accessible for people to read, their use of that material is very restricted, and explicitly requires the permission of the author for any substantial reuse.

How to request a withdrawal (a ‘takedown’) from the UC Research Repository.

Who to contact
To make a request to withdraw content on the UCRR, please contact ucresearchrepository@canterbury.ac.nz with the details of the item, as well as the reasons it should be considered for withdrawal.
Reasons for withdrawal could include:

  1. Journal publishers' rules
  2. Proven copyright violation or plagiarism
  3. Legal requirements and proven violations
  4. Falsified research
  5. Inappropriate use of  indigenous knowledge

Your request will be acknowledged by email within 72 hours, and the item will be withdrawn until a final decision is made.

Who Checks Copyright?

Once your research has been submitted, the Library carefully vets each submission for copyright compliance. Working out what each publisher allows an institutional repository to upload is complex. Librarians, with the assistance of publishers world wide have compiled a database of copyright terms, and you can check your specific situation at Sherpa RoMEO.

In many cases a manuscript version of the paper, after it has been refereed and before it has been typeset by the publisher (a ‘postprint’) is acceptable.

UC Research Repository Statement on Reuse, Metadata and Preservation

Metadata

Information describing items in the repository

  1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
  2. The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit purposes and re-sold commercially provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given.

Data

Full-text and other full data items

  1. Access to some or all full items is controlled.
  2. All full items are individually tagged with differing rights permissions and conditions.

Content

Types of document & data set held

  1. This is an institutional or departmental repository.
  2. University of Canterbury Research Repository holds all types of materials.
  3. Deposited items may include:
    • working drafts
    • submitted versions (as sent to journals for peer-review)
    • accepted versions (author's final peer-reviewed drafts)
    • published versions (publisher-created files)
  4. Principal Languages: English; Maori

Submissions

Depositors, quality & copyright

  1. Items may only be deposited by accredited members, academic staff, registered students, and employees of the institution, or their delegated agents.
  2. Eligible depositors must deposit full texts of all their publications, although they may delay making them publicly visible to comply with publishers' embargos.
  3. The administrator only vets items for the eligibility of authors/depositors
  4. The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
  5. Items can be deposited at any time, but will not be made publicly visible until any publishers' or funders' embargo period has expired.
  6. If University of Canterbury Research Repository receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.

Preservation

  1. Items will be retained indefinitely.
  2. University of Canterbury Research Repository will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
    • It may not be possible to guarantee the readability of some unusual file formats.
  3. University of Canterbury Research Repository regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.
  4. Items may be removed at the request of the author/copyright holder, but this is strongly discouraged.
  5. Acceptable reasons for withdrawal include:
    • Journal publishers' rules
    • Proven copyright violation or plagiarism
    • Legal requirements and proven violations
    • Falsified research
  6. Withdrawn items are not deleted per se, but are removed from public view.
  7. Withdrawn items' identifiers/URLs are not retained.
  8. The metadata of withdrawn items will not be searchable.
  9. If necessary, an updated version may be deposited.
    • The earlier version may be withdrawn from public view.
    • There will be links between earlier and later versions, with the most recent version clearly identified.
  10. In the event of University of Canterbury Research Repository being closed down, the database will be transferred to another appropriate archive.