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Kinship network influence on SME development in Albania

Gassie, Esmeralda (University of Limerick, 2012)

Economic activities are considered as embedded in the social structure by many sociologists. Not very often though, is there a measurement of the kinship network on business performance by economists themselves. It is the ...

Knowledge is wealth: investigating psychosocial distress and ameliorating knowledge deficiencies in parents of children identified, through newborn screening in Ireland, as carrying an altered cystic fibrosis gene

Quigley, Stephen James (University of Limerick, 2014)

Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease affecting mainly the lungs and digestive system. In Ireland, the incidence of cystic fibrosis is 1 in 1,461 births, with 1 in 19 Irish people carrying an altered cystic fibrosis gene. ...

Knowledge management barriers a review of Limerick's local authorities

Downing, Owen M (University of Limerick, 2013)

The aim of this study is to investigate the existence of Knowledge Management (KM) within the Limerick’ local authorities, Limerick City and Limerick County Councils. Further it explores the prevalence of KM, the types of ...

Knowledge management in a public sector project environment

Sweeney, Eoin (University of Limerick, 2013)

The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a detailed review of knowledge management strategies and practices in public sector project environments, while specifically analysing the knowledge management strategy of ...

Knowledge management practices in small-scaled project-based software engineering organisations the case of Enverian Ltd

Banacka, Lucia (University of Limerick, 2013)

Large portion of the key research in the Knowledge Management field has been conducted in the large organisational setting. In contrast, this thesis focuses on Knowledge Management practices utilised by small-scaled ...

Landscape with the passing of cars

Mac Mahon, Sinead (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)

Language, gender and power in discourses of maternity. The discursive construction of gender identity in pregnancy advice literature in English and French

Rodgers, Ornaith (University of Limerick, 2011)

This research investigates the construction of gender identity in the discourse of pregnancy advice literature. It focuses in particular on uncovering the societal power asymmetries and hierarchies which repress and control ...

Laus Perennis : the emergence of a theology of music with reference to Post-Vatican II Irish Catholicism

Phelan, Helen Frances (University of Limerick, 2000)

This work proposes the sourcing of a theology of music with particular reference to liturgical music developments in the Irish Catholic church since the Second Vatican Council. In doing so, it is confronted by two primary ...

Layer-by-layer self-assembly of porphyrin heterogeneous metal-organic thin films on titanium oxide for photocurrent generation

Joyce, Jennifer (University of Limerick, 2013)

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a class of solar cells of the third generation. DSSCs are cheap and simple to fabricate, exhibit flexible properties, and are not limited by the Shockley-Queisser limit of semiconductor ...

The lean distributed scrum (LDScrum) model: investigating the relationship between lean and agile software development in a distributed development context

Lane, Michael (University of Limerick, 2013)

Agile software development (ASD) has emerged as a practice-led initiative which offers great promise in improving software productivity. However some confusion exists as to its relationship with Lean Software Development ...

Life at the edge: a phenomenological examination of the communal, embodied and material dimensions of high-speed motorcycling

Murphy, Stephen (University of Limerick, 2016)

This thesis begins by introducing the concept of experience and delineating its place within the discourses of marketing. To reach a more holistic appreciation of high-speed motorcycling, I situate this study within the ...

Life should be abundant, enjoyable and beautiful

Ó Súilleabháin, Diarmuid (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2011)

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 ...

LIght and shadow

Huang, Weixiang (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2014)

Building is one of mankinds basic needs. We live, study and work within architectural creations. Architecture is an environment, an etiquette and a representation of a culture. By studying the architecture of different ...

Living in the sky a Utopia for this century

Maurileno, Rosa (School of Architecture, University of Limerick, 2015)

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 ...

Living with traumatic brain injury: views of survivors and family members

Browne, Catherine (University of Limerick, 2011)

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 localisation of the PARSNIP model and authentic materials for Libyan third level EFL contexts

Belaid, Abdulhakim Mohamed Ali (University of Limerick, 2015)

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 ...

Localisation workflows: the impact of process well-handledness on automation

Martinez, Nicolas (University of Limerick, 2013)

In the context of an ever growing need for LSP to optimize their offerings to their clients, TMS stands out as a seemingly obvious choice to deliver higher quality content faster and cheaper. As the trend is to deploy TMS ...

Localised sound optimisation in small enclosures

Conway, Christina (University of Limerick, 2010)

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 ...

Logic based analysis of security protocols in a unified verification framework

Muntean, Carla Lucia Mirona (University of Limerick, 2012)

Security protocols are one of the imperative steps in creating and ensuring the secure communication and information processing. Also known as cryptographic protocols or encryption protocols, they are used for secure ...

The Logoi of song: chant as embodiment of theology in orthodox Christian prayer and worship

Freedman Walker, Sydney (University of Limerick, 2014)

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 ...

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