Drawing on the concept of a gale of creative destruction in a capitalistic economy, I argue that initiatives to assess the robustness of findings should aim to simultaneously test competing ideas operating in the same ...
Lee, Sophie Elizabeth(University of Limerick, 2021)
Dementia can negatively impact the well-being of people living with dementia and their
family carers. Existing research suggests that music interventions may be effective, safe
alternatives to pharmacological interventions ...
Morphing composites have the potential to significantly reduce the mass and volume of
deployable space components, expanding the applicability of smaller spacecraft to
interplanetary missions and beyond. In this thesis, ...
All programmes of study in Institutes of Technology in Ireland are subjected to internal
programmatic review in five yearly cycles to ensure that the education programmes meet the
quality assurance standards and are ...
Increased urbanisation drastically reduces the area a mobile Internet Service Provider
(ISP) may be required to cover to provide a reasonable service. While ISP networks
are constantly being upgraded, market pressures ...
Existing long span load models have typically been developed using a number of
conservative assumptions, and as such are more applicable to the design of new bridges
rather than the assessment of existing structures. ...
Diabetes mellitus is characterized by hyperglycaemia. The origin of type 1 diabetes
mellitus (T1DM) arises from loss of pancreatic β cells in response to an autoimmune
reaction. This results in a state of absolute ...
Among many student populations smartphone ownership is ubiquitous, and many educators
have been quick to incorporate smartphones into their classes and learning programs. There is
a wealth of research documenting formal, ...
This research explores the potential to create public value in the various governance
mechanisms which have been established in the evolving landscape of local governance in
Ireland. Public Value Management (PVM) is a ...
Evidence is the lifeblood of a trial in the common law world and the admissibility of
evidence in criminal trials is, in particular, an area of immense tension and import. This
thesis endeavours to shine a light upon ...
Finnerty, Aoife Marie(University of Limerick, 2021)
In Western society, the point in a woman’s life when she routinely ceases having control over
her person in a treatment context – if such a point in time arises – is pregnancy. The Assisted
Decision-Making (Capacity) ...
W. B. Yeats was a poet deeply concerned with making and remaking himself
through his work. As a part of that mission Yeats tended very often to follow the example
of his most beloved precursors. However, Yeats’s ...
The overarching aims of this thesis were to: (i) to determine the validity of the activPAL 3
micro for measuring physical activity (PA) intensity in adolescents; (ii) to quantify differences
in free-living activity ...
The aim of this thesis was to evaluate and validate simulated emergency tasks (SETs)
as representative of the fire emergency environment. This evaluation and investigation
comprised of a desk-based systematic review, a ...
Pre-Professional Identity (PPI) development is a fundamental outcome of student nurse development.
The process occurs as students engage in Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP), where a novice is
involved in ...
Job quality, and more explicitly the development of high-quality jobs, has been a priority on
European policy-making agendas over the past decade. Consequently, entrepreneurship as a
job creation strategy has received ...
Separation of hydrocarbons (HCs) is industrially relevant thanks to their widespread
utility in the petrochemical industry but remains a challenge because of the similar
physicochemical properties of the components of ...
This thesis describes the extensive study and analysis of a cabled seabed observatory
connection and examination of the potential to achieve similar utility from a buoyed
observatory system. The study then broadens out ...
This thesis investigates the use of specially-designed “tension absorber” joints in composite
vehicular structures for the absorption of energy in a crash situation through a process referred
to here as “extended bearing ...