• 'Strung out': forging a new path for the cello within Irish traditional music 

  Brown, William Alec (University of Limerick, 2019)

  This practice-based research investigates the role of the cello in the context of Irish traditional music. Drawing from artistic practice as the primary method of investigation, the author analyses imagined spaces within ...
• Investigating conceptualisation and the approach taken to solving convergent problems: implications for instructional task design 

  Delahunty, Thomas (University of Limerick, 2014)

  The constantly changing nature of contemporary society requires a skilled individual who is adept at solving complex and often ill-defined problems in a flexible manner. STEM education is a subject area that is appropriately ...
• An exploration of helping professional’s lived experience working with child sexual abuse in a specialist service 

  O'Connor, Stephanie (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Background:. Minimal research has been carried out investigating Helping Professionals (HPs) experiences of working with children and families that have experienced Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Furthermore, there is a ...
• Building resilience, building the future: evaluating a school-based resilience building programme for second year students 

  Quinn, Paul (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Background: Worldwide, suicide among adolescents is considered a significant public health concern. One key suicide prevention strategy has been the increased implementation of school-based programmes aiming to reduce risk ...
• Changing the client lens: giving voice and meaning to mental health clinicians’ experience of trauma informed relational care training 

  Hurley, Paula (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Existing research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) confirms that ACEs are endemic in the lives of many of the people who attend and use mental health services. Although the trauma caused by ACEs is ...
• Parents’ subjective experience of an attachment-focused group-based intervention: an exploratory study 

  Creighton, Katie (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Research has highlighted the increasing need for prevention and early intervention approaches for children who experience adversity. There is growing support for attachment-focussed interventions targeting ...
• Examine the effectiveness of a transdiagnostic short term cognitive behaviour therapy group for secondary school age children referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) 

  Sexton, Kathleen Anne (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Primary aim of research: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing a brief Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Group intervention for young people experiencing common mental health conditions. ...
• The experiences of stress, support, and self-care in mothers of children with ASD – an exploratory study 

  Connolly, Joanna (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: The existing literature confirms time and again that parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience higher levels of stress than other parents. The current study aimed to explore the ...
• Psychologists’ perspectives on the process of collaboration using the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS): an interpretative phenomenological analysis. 

  Fogarty, Bríd (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Whilst evidence grows for the effectiveness of suicide-specific interventions such as the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide (CAMS), much less is known about the clinicians’ experience of the ...
• Intimate relationships and sexuality for adults with an intellectual disability: exploring the views of adult intellectual disability service providers and their staff members 

  Deffew, Andrew (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Research suggests that people with an intellectual disability (PWID) have historically been suppressed in their expression of relationships and sexuality. Adult ID service structures, staff member’s attitudes ...
• An exploration of parents’ experience of accessing respite care for their child with autism spectrum disorder 

  McGrath, Aisling (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: Research has found that respite care has a positive impact on the well-being of caregivers of children with disabilities and is associated with lower levels of stress, reduced levels of depression and anxiety, ...
• Integrating attachment-based and neurobiological approaches with cognitive behaviour therapy: a mixed methods exploration of a novel intervention for childhood anxiety 

  O'Dea, Amy (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Introduction: The current study aimed to explore the feasibility of a novel integrative intervention for childhood anxiety, known as the Opposite of Worry (OOW) intervention. This approach incorporates attachment-based and ...
• The effects of sous-vide cooking on the bio-functionality, nutritional value and health benefits of salmon lipids 

  Redfern, Shane (Univesity of Limerick, 2019)

  Cardiovascular diseases has become the major cause of death globally. Inflammation and platelet aggregation play crucial role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis and CVD. prevent inflammation, atherosclerosis, ...
• B-spline smoothing and statistical inference for systems of differential equations 

  O'Shea, Pádraig (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Traditional algorithms for modelling functional data use derivative-based optimisation methods to fit parameters. The process of finnding the derivatives of the fitting criterion with respect to the parameters is complex. ...
• A branching process approach to the identification of influential nodes in complex networks 

  Cassidy, Ailbhe (University of Limerick, 2019)

  We live in a world surrounded by networks. They are ubiquitous. Be it social media networks linking us to our friends, transportation networks interconnecting locations around the globe, or the metabolic network breaking ...
• Ordered layers of nanocrystals through EPD 

  Bhowmick, Saikat (University of Limerick, 2019)

  It is quite well-known that, deposition of highly-ordered layers of colloidal nanocrystals (mostly semiconductor and metal) onto different types of substrates is a really important aspect for various types of device ...
• Quantitative approach between secondary nucleation and mixing hydrodynamics in solution crystallization system: process development and scale-up 

  Yousuf, Mustafa (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Crystallization via secondary nucleation allows the selective crystallization of a particular crystalline form which can lead to a more consistent crystalline product in terms of particle size distribution (PSD). Scaling ...
• Towards more reliable cross-comparison of feature location techniques 

  Razzaq, Abdul (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Feature location (FL) is the task of finding the source code that implements a specific, user-observable functionality in a software system. Given its key role in many software maintenance tasks, it is an area of much ...
• Development of a design tool to optimise acceptance of exoskeletons by older adults 

  Shore, Linda (University of Limerick, 2019)

  Older adults may have some prior use and knowledge of technology, but may also express or experience the digital divide, whereby the pace of emerging technology can present challenges to older adults and their ability ...
• Synthesis, characterization and structural identification of multi-elemental chalcogenide polytypic nanocrystals 

  Ren, Huan (2019)

  This thesis contributes to the development of novel synthesis protocols for polytypes and understanding of nanocrystal atomic structures in copper-based multi-elemental colloidal nanocrystals. The influence of ligands, ...

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