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 ...

Men’s lives are characterized by life transitions that can be variously ‘liminal;’ potentially disruptive to men’s selves and identities. Further, liminality may challenge some masculine norms, like invulnerability. ...

This thesis focuses on three critical phases in the life journey of a person with an opioid use disorder (OUD) ; Initial, random intermittent opioid use, termed ‘Recreational Sporadic Use’, transitioning to increased ...

Introduction: Research has highlighted high levels of unmet need among people with severe mental illness experiencing homelessness. The current study aimed to explore the subjective lived experience of a sample of this ...

The world and the various societies within it, are constantly changing in all aspects. Some important aspects include changes in the human perception of time, the organization of space, the structures of social ...

Aim: This study is principally focused on the experiences of survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury (TB1) in Ireland and family members. Literature: The literature draws mainly from the discIpline of sociology and the ...

The chief aims of this thesis are (a) to investigate EFL learner and teacher attitudes, reactions, familiarity and use of authentic materials in a third level context and, (b) to examine the potentials of repurposing and ...

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 ...

This practice-based study explores how chant of the Eastern Orthodox Church embodies theology and how it helps worshippers to do the same. It consists of a theological investigation and three case studies, which include ...

Introduction: Early school leaving can create a vulnerable population and is associated with difficulties in mental health, identity, social exclusion and increased risk of engaging in crime. There is a considerable lack ...