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Browsing University of Limerick Theses & Dissertations by Title
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Razzak, Mohammad Abdur
(University of Limerick, 2020)
In today’s fast-paced and competitive market, new product development processes, speed, and flexibility are essential. Agile methods has become very widespread, but there is little reported experience of the process of ...
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Exton, Geraldine
(University of Limerick, 2017)
This thesis aims to formalise the relationship between game elements and motivation, towards making
gamification use more systematic. Gamification is “the use of game design elements in non-game
contexts” (Deterding et ...
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Markey, Oonagh
(University of Limerick, 2011)
A high intake of dietary fat has long been implicated in aetiology of obesity, coronary-heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Fat is the most potent regulator of gastric emptying (progression of food from the stomach ...
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Martin, Niall John
(University of Limerick, Department of Education and Professional Studies, 2011)
Tá an-chuid féidearthachtaí teicneolaíochta ar fáil do mhúinteoirí sa lá atá inniu ann. Cloistear faoi thréithe iontacha an píosa bog ábhair seo nó an suíomh idirlíon siúd. Tá cláranna bháin idirghníomhach agus seomraí ...
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Parkinson, Rachel
(University of Limerick, 2016)
Introduction: Self-stigma has many negative consequences for people with depression. However, there is a lack of research exploring how gender affects the self-stigma of depression. This study aimed to explore how men and ...
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Carey, Michelle
(University of Limericik, 2012)
The incorporation of model-based penalties in a penalised regression frame-
work (generalised smoothing) has been the subject of many publications,
most notably: Cao and Ramsay (2007); Heckman and Ramsay (2000);
Ramsay ...
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Vaughan, Mairéad
(University of Limerick, 2016)
My dance practice research examines and reflects on what I experience as a deep
symbiotic relationship between the body-mind and environment, through the creation of
two original choreographic works. This mixed-mode ...
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Connolly, Alan
(University of Limerick, 2013)
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of pale and black
brewers’ spent grain (BSG), brewery barley by-products, as starting materials for the
generation of protein-enriched isolates (BSG-PI). ...
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Bamberg, Ashley
(University of Limerick, 2020)
Broad advancements in human health, quality of life, and longevity have culminated in an
increasingly age diverse population. Over several decades, successive researchers have adopted a
generational lens - the ...
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Dunne, Suzanne S.
(University of Limerick, 2014)
Background: Generic medicines result from expired intellectual property protection and
the ability of pharmaceutical producers, other than originator companies, to manufacture
analogous medicines containing identical ...
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Hogan, Damien
(University of Limerick, 2013)
The central hypothesis of this thesis is that it is possible to use a
supervised machine learning technique, Genetic Programming (GP), to
make accurate predictions and estimations regarding the endurance and
retention ...
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O'Brien, Eoin
(University of Limerick, 2015)
Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is a pestivirus infection of cattle and other domesticated and free living animals. Two genotypes, bovine viral diarrhoea virus type 1 (BVDV-1) and bovine viral diarrhoea virus type 2 (BVDV-2) ...
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Ryan, Michael P.
(University of Limerick, 2009)
Ralstonia is a newly characterised genus that includes former members of the
Burkholderia species (Ralstonia pickettii and Ralstonia solanacearum). The type
species of the genus-Ralstonia pickettii (type strain, ATCC27511) ...
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Conway, Ciaran
(University of Limerick, 2019)
Recent advances in microelectronics integration have resulted in electronic devices with high power densities and significantly high heat
fluxes (~102 - 103W/m2). The thermal management challenges posed by these miniaturised ...
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O'Shaughnessy, Sinead
(School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)
Can a harmony be achieved between the social and physical aspects of a design when designing through geometry and, if so, how is this to be accomplished? The problem with this design method is that it appears to emphasise ...
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Fitzgerald, Rosalind
(University of Limerick, 2015)
Background: A link between gesture and early language development is well-established (Owens, 2005; Iverson & Goldin-Meadow, 2005). O’Neill and Chiat (2012) found a significant correlation between symbolic comprehension ...
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Howley, Donal
(University of Limerick, 2018)
The aim of this study was to explore how teachers evaluate and create conditions for student voice in post-primary Irish Physical Education alongside students and identify the consequences this has for future practice and ...
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Baines, Susan
(University of Limerick, 2014)
Societal structures create and maintain disparities between persons of dominant
and non-dominant status affecting all aspects of the community including healthcare
service delivery. Music therapists as healthcare providers ...
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Ó Conchúir, Eoin
(University of Limerick, Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, 2010)
Global software development (GSD) encompasses all software development where people located in different parts of the world are working together to produce software. Software development in itself is a complex process. GSD ...
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Phelan, Helen Frances; Hirabayashi, Eri (University of Limerick, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, 2010)
Ritual performance is a characteristic of contemporary Japanese life. Some of rituals originated more than a 1000 years ago, while the origins of others are not known. The theme of this thesis—continuity through change in ...