Today's supply chain companies operate in a very competitive, global and rapidly changing market place, where risk assessment in the operation of their supply chains is increasingly seen as important. To cope with this ...

In this thesis, different Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction (CBED) methods were developed and verified for the investigation of local lattice strains between ≈ 10nm wide Si1-xGex-Si Strained Layer Superlattice (SLS) ...

A major challenge facing the world is the need to enhance sustainability urgently as we face the inter-related challenges of climate change, dependence on fossil fuels, food shortages and growing population. The International ...

The valorisation of readily available and abundant lignocellulosic derived hexose carbohydrates by reaction with ethanol can provide an alternative to petroleum derived fossil fuels. The main barrier in effectively doing ...

This thesis is a realist, disciplinary history of European Union Studies (EUS). It begins by examining a number of criticisms aimed at realist IR theory. By considering these criticisms it is possible to illustrate a ...

My thesis entitled “Reclaiming | constructed Wilderness”, looks simultaneously at the notion of wilderness and of the construction and preservation of such; to create a better reality for our country through proposed ...

Named-entity recognition (NER) plays a vital role in information extraction, question answering and text mining. Classic NER research activity has focused on tagging instances of PERSON, LOCATION and ORGANISATION in the ...

Bail is a device which provides for the pre-trial release of a criminal defendant after security has been taken for the defendant’s future appearance at trial. Ireland has traditionally adopted a liberal approach to bail. ...

Conforming to the idea that reflective practice (RP) should be based on the premises of social learning, the present study relies heavily on the power of collaboration to provide support for more introspective forms of ...

Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase with an important role in cell migration and neurite outgrowth. FAK activity is required for cell adhesion and directional cell movement. The mechanisms controlling ...