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A descriptive study of the factors that impact upon occupational performance and engagement for people living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus in the Mid-West of Ireland

Carroll, Elaine (University of Limerick, 2016)

Background: Ireland has one of the highest prevalence of spina bifida (SB) worldwide. Between 2000 and 2012 there were 664 documented cases of SB, or a form of neural tube defect, per 10,000 live births, in the registries ...

Design & development of a galvanometer inspired dual beam optical coherence tomography system for flow velocity quantification of the microvasculature

McElligott-Daly, Susan; Jonathan, E.; Leahy, Martin J. (Society of Phyto-Optical Instrumentation Engineering, 2011)

This paper reports initial experimentation of a dual beam flow velocity estimation setup based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) for biomedical applications. The proposed work incorporates a low cost switching mechanism ...

The design and analysis of unique DNA primer sets and probes to identify and distinguish the bacillus cereus group species: developing a real-time DNA-biosensor

Oliwi-Stasiak, Kamila (University of Limerick, 2010)

Bacillus cereus from the Bacillus cereus group species, which consist of: Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus weihenstephanensis, Bacillus mycoides and Bacillus pseudomycoides is one of ...

Design and baseline characteristics of the PODOSA (Prevention of Diabetes & Obesity in South Asians) trial: a cluster, randomised lifestyle intervention in Indian and Pakistani adults with impaired glycaemia at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Douglas, Anne; Bhopal, Raj S; Bhopal, Ruby; Forbes, John F; Gill, Jason M R; McKnight, John; Murray, Gordon; Sattar, Naveed; Sharma, Anu; Wallia, Sunita; Wild, Sarah; Sheikh, Aziz (BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)

To describe the design and baseline population characteristics of an adapted lifestyle intervention trial aimed at reducing weight and increasing physical activity in people of Indian and Pakistani origin at high risk ...

Design and characterisation of a micro-flow cytometer with 3D hydrodynamic focusing

Chiavaroli, Stefano (University of Limerick, 2011)

Recent advances in micro fabrication technology have resulted in proliferation of microscale mechanical devices, most of which are applied in the biomedical field and clinical diagnostics. One of the most promising ...

The design and development of a novel flyback planar transformer for high frequency switch mode DC-DC converter applications - part 1

Arshak, Khalil; Almukhtar, Basil (IEEE Computer Society, 2000)

In this work a step by step planar transformer design proccdare for Flybock switch-mode DC-DC converter application is presented. This transformer has a maximum dimention of 2cm x 2cm x 0.4cm aiming to achieve an efficiency ...

The design and development of software process reference models – experiences and lessons learnt

O'Leary, Pádraig; Richardson, Ita (2011)

Software process reference models can serve as a tool for simplifying process problem solving. Through a series of research phases using sources in industry and academia, we developed a software process reference model for ...

Design and evaluation of a process for identifying architecture patterns in open source software

Stol, Klaas-Jan; Avgeriou, Paris; Ali Babar, Muhammad (Springer-Verlag, 2011)

Architecture patterns have a direct effect (positive or negative) on a system’s quality attributes (e.g., performance). Therefore, information about patterns used in a product can provide valuable insights to, e.g., component ...

Design and implementation of a hospital quality assurance program (H-QAP)

Reid, Louise; Lotter, Martha; Burton, John; Richardson, Ita (IEEE Computer Society, 2012)

The purpose of this paper is to present the development of a Hospital Quality Assurance Program, H-QAP. People and Medical Devices, including software, cannot be separated in the healthcare environment, and clinical and ...

The design and implementation of a peer learning programme in physics utilising undergraduate peer leaders: an in-depth investigation into the effect of participation and the experience of the peer leaders

McClelland, George; Johnston, Jennifer (University of Limerick, Department of Physics, 2010)

Physics Education Research (PER) has shown that students leave the physics classroom holding the same misconceptions about physics they had when they entered. PER has demonstrated that these misconceptions are often deeply ...

Design and optimisation of the impulse turbine with an internal variable-pitch controlled guide vane system using computational fluid dynamics and experimental analysis

Cashman, Patrick Andrew (University of Limerick, 2012)

Following a review of previous research on wave power conversion, it is evident that Oscillating Water Columns are one of the few devices to successfully convert wave power to electrical power at a commercial stage. ...

The Design and validation of a low-cost mobile robotic testbed supporting path planning, team building and string stability research

Johnson, Michael (University of Limerick, 2012)

This thesis presents the design and development of a low-cost testbed for distributed mobile robotic research, its validation in both the academic research and educational spaces and the application of this development ...

Design as a driver for economic growth in Northern Ireland

Douglas, Michelle; Montgomery, Ian; Fleming, Karen (University of Limerick, 2015)

Northern Ireland’s creative industries are a powerhouse of economic activity which require dynamic and sustainable collaborative networks, but are compromised by limited understanding and support at government level. ...

Design considerations for parallel performance tools

Atachiants, Roman; Gregg, David; Jarvis, Kim; Doherty, Gavin (Association for Computing Machinery, 2014)

In recent years there has been a shift in microprocessor manufacture from building single-core processors towards providing multiple cores on the same chip. This shift has meant that a much wider population of developers ...

A design consultancy intervention: how strategic design thinking delivers in practice a case study overview

McNulty, Sean; Mitchell, Frances (University of Limerick, 2015)

Dolmen has, over the past decade, evolved its process to include exploring and testing the thinking behind a variety of published theories in Design Leadership, Design Thinking, Strategic Thinking and Creativity. This ...

Design exploration in interactive sonification

Fernstrom, Mikael (University of Limerick, 2012)

This thesis examines interactive sonification, in particular the design, implementation and evaluation of user interface components using sound. It consists of a series of design interventions and explorations, including ...

Design for services: emerging practices in Ireland

O'Rafferty, Simon (University of Limerick, 2016)

For many people, services are difficult to define. We use them everyday but never own them. Our experience of services is often defined by many tangible and intangible elements, interactions and touchpoints. Our experiences ...

Design history: culture and contexts

Kennedy, Con (2015)

Design in it’s widest definition, does not exist within it’s own paradigm. Many things affect design and it’s outcomes. Specific design disciplines influence, and are influenced by other creative areas and also by wider ...

Design imperatives for improved architecture-based reliability prediction of software systems

Semegn, Assefa Dagne (2009)

Reliability prediction of a software product is complex due to interdependencies and interactions among components and the difficulty of representing this behavior with tractable models. Models developed by making simplifying ...

Design in Dublin: the city as a site of responsive and agile practice

McCole, Aideen (University of Limerick, 2016)

This article looks at design in Dublin from 2008 onwards and makes the assertion that the recession has brought about a number of characteristics in design practice in the city. There is a movement of contemporary design ...

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