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A Facile spin-cast route for cation exchange of multilayer perpendicularly-aligned nanorod assemblies for solar cell applications

Kelly, Dervla (University of Limerick, 2012)

This master’s thesis outlines the novel spin exchange process which was developed to create centimetre scale nanorod assemblies of copper and silver chalcogenides. These assemblies originated by synthesising CdS and CdSe ...
The facilitation of wind generation in Ireland's electricity market using demand response.

Finn, Patrick M. (University of Limerick, 2011)

As part of a European Union climate change and energy package that aims to reduce greenhouse gases by 20%, reach 20% penetration of renewable energy, and improve energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, Ireland has committed ...
The factors affecting the use and integration of information communications technology in an Irish adult education and training centre: a case study approach.

O'Shaughnessy, Kathleen T. (University of Limerick, Department of Education and Professional Studies, 2011)

ICT use in the classroom is very important to provide the opportunities for adult students to learn in this information communications technology (ICT) age. Studying the barriers to the use of ICT in education may assist ...
Fashion models as cultural intermediaries: the mobilisation of affect

Lonergan, Patrick P. (University of Limerick, 2015)

This research thesis consists of a theoretical and empirical exploration of cultural mediation. It articulates current conceptualisations while also questioning the mystified nature with which cultural intermediaries are ...
Fat activism: a queer autoethnography

Cooper, Charlotte Rachel Mary (University of Limerick, 2012)

Over my 20 year involvement with the movement, I have come to notice that scant attention is paid to fat activism. Despite intensified interest in fat in 21st century Western culture, the richness of fat activism is not ...
Fault adaptation by reconfiguring flight controls using control allocation

Ahmad, Hammad (University of Limerick, 2009)

This research work focuses on the design and implementation of control law and control allocation for overactuated, nonlinear model of commercial aircraft (B747-200). The redundancies in this aircraft are exploited to ...
“Feeling good through what we do”: evaluating occupation based workshops on self-esteem for women who use mental health services in Ireland

Wallace, Niamh (University of Limerick, 2016)

Background: Mental health occupational therapists claim to be strongly person-centred and recovery-oriented in their service provision. The design, delivery and evaluation of occupational therapy practice needs to reflect ...
The fiddle music of Connie O'Connell

Randles, Sheila (University of Limerick, 1998)

This is a study of an Irish traditional fiddle-player, Connie O'Connell, from Cill na Martra, Co. Cork. Connie has been strongly influenced by the main musicians of Sliabh Luachra, an area which encompasses the West Cork ...
Financial development, crises, and recovery in small open economies

Raza, Hamid (University of Limerick, 2016)

This study contributes to the existing literature on nancial development, crises, and recovery in small open economies. In this dissertation, we use Iceland as an example of a small open economy with a sovereign currency ...
Finding out what really happened after SPI assistance in Ireland

Sanders, Martha H. (University of Limerick, 2008)

The environment of software development and maintenance is intangible, invisible and consequently difficult to manage. Specific problems have been documented, and solutions developed to meet these individual problems. ...
Finishing post-primary education: a systematic review of contextual factors which contribute to student retention in alternative education.

O'Gorman, Eva (University of Limerick, 2014)

Background: The EU set a target of reducing early school leaving to no more than 10% by the year 2020. Previous research indicates that the school context contributes to early school leaving. This systematic review aims ...
Finite element investigation of the human mandible bone: examination of bone fracture, plate fixation and increasing degrees of atrophy

Kavanagh, Edel; Kearns, Gerard J (Univesity of Limerick, 2012)

The mandible is the largest of the human facial bones. It is located inferiorly at the base of the skull. Fracture of the mandible bone is a frequent event due to the positioning of the bone on the face. These fractures ...
Finite element modelling and high speed testing of countersunk composite aircraft joints

Egan, Brian (University of Limerick, 2014)

Bolted joints feature extensively in composite aircraft structures, facilitating disassembly for maintenance while offering a cost effective joining method. However, inadequate tools for predicting failure of composite ...
Fluidity of language profiles in a follow-up study :is early gesture predictive of later language profile?

MacNally, Catriona (University of Limerick, 2015)

Many studies have investigated whether non-verbal skills such as gesture are reliable early markers of later language delay, for example, Rowe and Goldin-Meadow (2009); Chiat and Roy (2008). Researchers such as Reilly et ...
Fluidized bed gasification of raw and torrefied Miscanthus x giganthus

Xue, Gang (University of Limerick, 2014)

Miscanthus×giganteus (M×G), a typical bioenergy crop, has been widely planted in Ireland. But the virgin miscanthus is considered as a low grade fuel. The aim of this study is to investigate a method to (a) upgrade the ...
Folk music in the German Democratic Republic: exploring lived musical experience and post-war German folk music discourses

Morgenstern, Felix (University of Limerick, 2017)

Following the drastic co-option of German folk music in the ideological service of the Nazi regime during the Third Reich (1933-1945), the genre’s performative practice was left highly marginalised. Confronted with this ...
Force and pressure measurements at biomedical interfaces

Ó Muiris, Eoghan (University of Limerick, 2014)

The pressures arising at interfaces between living tissue and pressure applying parts are of increasing interest in medical and veterinary science. This interest arises primarily out of the need to control these pressures ...
The forecastability of equity market returns: an empirical investigation of Chinese equity markets

Hong, Hui (University of Limerick, 2014)

This thesis is concerned with the predictability of equity market performance in China while accounting for the possibility of model instability. The study of return predictability, particularly that on time-varying ...
Forest soil carbon stocks and life cycle assessment of short rotation forestry

Clancy, Michael A. (University of Limerick, 2018)

Inventories of forest soil carbon (C) stocks are necessary to determine spatial and temporal C stock changes and support climate change mitigation policy development. Afforested podzols and peaty podzols were sampled to ...
The formation and enhancement of heterostructures to optimize surface plasmon propagation in nano-optics devices

Pita, Isabel A. (University of Limerick, 2017)

This thesis focuses on the formation of heterogeneous structures, and their optimization to form improved components for nanocircuits; including light source, antenna incorporation for enhanced wave guiding, and probe ...

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