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  • Kinship network influence on SME development in Albania
    Gassie, Esmeralda (University of Limerick, 2012)
    Economic activities are considered as embedded in the social structure by many sociologists. Not very often though, is there a measurement of the kinship network on business performance by economists themselves. It is the ...
  • Landscape with the passing of cars
    Mac Mahon, Sinead (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
  • Language, gender and power in discourses of maternity. The discursive construction of gender identity in pregnancy advice literature in English and French
    Rodgers, Ornaith (University of Limerick, 2011)
    This research investigates the construction of gender identity in the discourse of pregnancy advice literature. It focuses in particular on uncovering the societal power asymmetries and hierarchies which repress and control ...
  • Laus Perennis : the emergence of a theology of music with reference to Post-Vatican II Irish Catholicism
    Phelan, Helen Frances (University of Limerick, 2000)
    This work proposes the sourcing of a theology of music with particular reference to liturgical music developments in the Irish Catholic church since the Second Vatican Council. In doing so, it is confronted by two primary ...
  • Life should be abundant, enjoyable and beautiful
    Ó Súilleabháin, Diarmuid (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
    My thesis began with an interest in large forms in the landscape and how they might be designed sustainably. These artifices are gigantic pieces of infrastructure that are generally have short lives and have little if any ...
  • Localised sound optimisation in small enclosures
    Conway, Christina (University of Limerick, 2010)
    In this work an application was developed which uses the Sequential Quadratic Pro- gramming (SQP) optimisation algorithm to optimise boundary absorption in order to reduce the sound pressure level in a localised sampling ...
  • Logic based analysis of security protocols in a unified verification framework
    Muntean, Carla Lucia Mirona (University of Limerick, 2012)
    Security protocols are one of the imperative steps in creating and ensuring the secure communication and information processing. Also known as cryptographic protocols or encryption protocols, they are used for secure ...
  • Lower limb kinematics, kinetics and coordination during a land and cut task; the role of gender and previous ACL injury
    Breen, Sarah (University of Limerick, 2012)
    Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury continues to be a constant adversary to field sports athletes. Females are widely acknowledged as being at an increased risk of ACL injury, in comparison to males. Athletes who are ...
  • Making ground
    Collins, Seán (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
    Ground is fascinating in that it is something that every single person in the world experiences every day of their life in some form or another. For this reason it is crucial that architects have a clear understanding ...
  • Making space in our constructed landscape
    Barry, Stephen (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
    This text will look closely at the landscape, to understand the topography, ecology, climate and composition, exploring the relationship between land and water, mudfl ats, islands and the coastal boundary. It is my goal ...
  • Manufacturing land
    Doheny, Gavin (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
    Manufacturing productive land is the basis for this thesis document. The document is split into five related sections each displaying an emphasis on manipulation of ground in a productive manner over time. O rganising ...
  • Mar atá: nádúr mar chomhthéacs
    Ó Bolguidhir, Piaras (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
    The reality of climate change, today, has conferred an unprecedented importance upon nature, weather and the atmosphere. Climate change is very real, perhaps not as apocalyptic as some have predicted, but nonetheless ...
  • The martensite transformation in Ni-based coatings & bulk alloys
    Clancy, Marie (University of Limerick, 2010)
    This thesis examines the formation of martensite in Ni-based super-alloys in both an alloy-coating system and in the bulk alloy, NiPtAl. The alloy-coating study was designed to test the hypothesis that an extra layer of ...
  • Material characterisation and in vitro biological investigation into acrylic bone cements incorporating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)
    Al-Sharif, Ahmad H. (University of Limerick, 2011)
    Acrylic bone cements, based on poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA), have been widely used in orthopaedic surgery for the fixation and force distribution of joint prostheses in cemented arthroplasties. However, PMMA continues ...
  • Material culture in rural Ireland
    Farrell, Ronan (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
    The objective of this thesis is to explore theatrical space and the cultural relationship of materials as they are experienced by people in rural Ireland. The method involved the investigation of five handball alleys in ...
  • Méadú an taoide : The growing tide
    Reidy, Clare (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
    The aim of this thesis is to re-imagine how to treat the river’s edge and introduce new realistic and thoughtful ideas based on different ways of working with water that can help diminish the damage done by the power of ...
  • Mechanical and microstructural properties of a nickel-titanium alloy at elevated temperatures relevant to the dieless drawing process
    Twohig, Eoghan (University of Limerick, 2012)
    The traditional process of metallic wire and rod production pulls a wire/rod through a die to reduce its diameter in successive steps. The considerable die wear at the tool-die interface coupled with the additional lubrication ...
  • Mediating geography: threshold places
    Hilliard, Alan (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2012)
    My thesis investigations are based on ideas of threshold and mediation in architecture. Movement or mediation between distinct places implies thresholds; skin, walls, doors, bridges etc. This mediating geography describes ...
  • The Mescher bones playing tradition : syncopations on the American landscape
    Mercier, Mel (University of Limerick, 2011)
    This dissertation explores the creation and transmission of the Mescher two-handed bones playing style which was first developed by the German-American farmer, Albert Mescher, in the 1920s, in Iowa, and subsequently passed ...
  • Mesoporous solids for low temperature CO2 adsorption
    Reimann, Wiebke (University of Limerick, 2012)
    Carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have risen since the onset of the Industrial Revolution. It is a potent green house gas contributing to climate change. One of the biggest carbon dioxide emitters are large ...

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