• Surface, interface and thin film studies for nano & heat transfer applications 

  Lundy, Ross (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This thesis is focused on the study of surfaces, interfaces and thin films. The main goal of this project is to produce and examine thin films and interfaces that can lead to the development of heat transfer and nano ...
• Missale Vetus:liturgy, palaeography and repertories in the notated missal EXcl 3515 

  Mannion, Anne (University of Limerick, 2012)

  EXcl 3515 is a notated missal located in Exeter Cathedral. To date, it has received very little attention from chant scholars. This neglect is due possibly to the absence of a liturgical Kalendar and evidence of local ...
• The impact of holistic assessment using adaptive comparative judgement on student learning 

  Canty, Donal (University of Limerick, 2012)

  The shift in philosophy in Irish technology education has brought with it new challenges for practitioners, curriculum developers and awarding bodies. With the emphasis on technological capability the technology student ...
• Development of a workable radiopaque rare earth doped nitinol 

  Butler, James (University of Limerick, 2011)

  This thesis details the results obtained from an extensive study on the development of a workable radiopaque rare earth doped NiTi alloy through a traditional ingot melting (IM) route and a powder metallurgy (PM) route. ...
• A corpus-based lexico-grammatical analysis of the Limerick corpus of Irish English (L-CIE) : some nominal and verbal features 

  Forde, Kieran (University of Limerick, 2005)

  This study proposes to use a corpus-based approach to identify and evaluate some of the discrete features of spoken Southern Irish English. The features to be analysed were chosen on the basis that they were identified ...
• Interactions between cheese matrix physico-chemistry, microstructure and microbial metabolic activity for cheese diversification and quality 

  Hickey, Cian D. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This research focuses on exploring the relationships and interactions between cheese manufacture parameters and subsequent variations in cheese chemical composition, starter and non-starter bacteria viability, enzyme ...
• Phrased notation and renaissance polyphony: exploring a new solution to an old problem. An arts practice exploration of a modified music notation system, drawing on Irish based renaissance sources 

  O'Carroll, Kevin Fintan (University of Limerick, 2017)

  A 1984 performance of Sicut Cervus by Palestrina raised in this writer’s mind questions regarding the performance of Renaissance polyphony by non-specialist choirs. The initial questions developed into one which asked ...
• Modelling diffusion from drug eluting stents in compressed arterial tissue 

  Denny, William John (University of Limerick, 2013)

  Coronary artery disease is atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries that results in blockages or narrowing of the arterial wall, is caused by the accumulation of lipid-laden atherosclerotic plaque. Drug eluting stents ...
• Blind source separation of audio streams using wavelets 

  Quinn, Declan (University of Limerick, 2009)

  In this thesis, Blind Source Separation is studied in the context of both instantaneous and convolutive mixtures of musical sources. In order to appreciate how the application of BSS techniques to music may differ from ...
• Using financial event phrases and keywords to classify form 8-K disclosures by likely share price response 

  Slattery, Darina M. (University of Limerick, 2012)

  It is generally agreed that there are three different types of financial information: information in past stock prices, information that is available to all the public, and information that is both available to the public ...
• 'Déanta I nÉirinn': the reconstruction of Irish stereotypes, 1888-1914 

  O'Connor, John Philip (Univeristy of Limerick, 2012)

  This thesis shows how the synthesis between model Irish villages and picture postcards led to a reconstruction of Irish stereotypes on ephemera and commercial goods between 1888 and 1914. During this period Ireland became ...
• Heat and mass transfer in dispersed two-phase flows 

  Moroney, Kevin M. (Univeristy of Limerick, 2016)

  Industrial and manufacturing processes are an abundant source of rich and complex problems amenable to investigation with mathematical logic and techniques. Once a problem is identi ed and the right questions are ...
• Control and monitoring of Listeria monocytogenes with the use of natural antimicrobial techniques including the bacteriocin nisin 

  McManamon, Oisin (University of Limerick, 2016)

  According to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) the agri-food industry contributes €24 billion to the Irish economy. One of DAFM’s chief concerns is the maintenance of Ireland’s reputation for high ...
• Characterisation of the fundamental function(s) of bovine serum albumin in the culture of NS0 cells 

  McNamara, Liam (University of Limerick, 2016)

  The large-scale production of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is commonly carried out using NS0 cells, which are a cholesterol deficient mouse myeloma cell line. The non-ionic surfactant Pluronic F-68 is routinely ...
• The role of progesterone-induced hyperactivation in the detachment of bull sperm from the oviduct reservoir 

  Cronin, Sinéad (University of Limerick, 2017)

  For optimum fertility, sperm should reside in the bovine female reproductive tract for a number of hours before the onset of ovulation in order to ensure sperm have successfully acquired the ability to fertilise the oocyte. ...
• Dairy processing heat and energy recovery: an analysis of energy usage within the dairy processing sector in Ireland 

  O'Reilly, Alan J. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The Irish dairy processing sector is one of the largest in Europe with annual production figures in excess of five billion litres. In 2013, the revenue from the dairy sector surpassed €3 Billion for the first time with an ...
• Development of high temperature tensile test machine 

  O'Connor, Gerard (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The tensile test is one of the most commonly used tests in attempting to establish the mechanical properties of a material. This test is completed by holding a speci-men of known cross sectional area rigidly between a fixed ...
• A FPGA test platform for data converters 

  Venkatesh, Karra (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Data converters are used in mixed-signal designs and are important electronic devices with applications in many areas like consumer electronics, communications, computing, control and instrumentation. Design of these data ...
• An open source platform and EDA tool framework to enable scan test power analysis testing 

  Indino, Ivano (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Ivano Indino Scan testing has been the preferred method used for testing large digital integrated circuits for many decades and many electronic design automation (EDA) tools vendors provide support for inserting scan ...
• Development of heterogeneous catalysts for hydrogen production from biomass derived formic acid 

  Zacharska, Monika (University of Limerick, 2017)

  Hydrogen is increasingly used in a variety of applications and holds promise as a replacement for fossil fuels. Biomass derived formic acid represents an excellent renewable material for hydrogen storage. This thesis is ...

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