• How to support working aged individuals to live well with poststroke aphasia: a mixed methodologies study. 

  Manning, Molly (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Background: Person-centred support for ‘living well’ with chronic conditions is necessarily underpinned by patient experiences and needs. About one third of people with stroke have the communication impairment, aphasia, ...
• Mobilising collective action and constructing positive political identities through ambivalent discourses within the immigration debate 

  Nightingale, Alastair (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This project explores if people employ ambivalent discourses within contentious political debate. And, if so, what opposing ideological themes are drawn upon – or left unsaid – and what is potentially being accomplished ...
• Thinking with your hands tacit problem reframing with interaction design students 

  Ryan, Alan (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This thesis explores pedagogic practice in Interaction Design through the development and evaluation of a pedagogic methodology for Interaction Design students, specifically the teaching of problem reframing in design. ...
• Carrier particle mediated stabilization and isolation of drug nanoparticles in a batch and continuous process 

  Kumar, Ajay (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Drug nanoparticles are a promising solution to the challenging issues of low dissolution rates and erratic bioavailability due to their greater surface area/volume ratio resulting in improvement in dissolution rate and ...
• Solid state control of active pharmaceutical ingredients using supercritical fluid technology 

  Long, Barry (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Low bioavailability of drug candidates due to poor water solubility accounts for one of the greatest obstacles facing the pharmaceutical industry. Poorly soluble compounds represent 40% of the top 200 oral drugs marketed ...
• Carbon mitigation in the dry reforming of methane 

  Aramouni, Nicolas Abdel Karim (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Dry reforming of methane is a technique to produce syngas from biogas or CO2-rich natural gas at high temperatures, generally over a Ni or Co catalyst. Syngas produced by dry reforming has a H2/CO ratio around 1, which ...
• The autonomy question: an investigation of the aporia of autonomy and dependency through arts practice and social engagement 

  McLoughlin, Lisa (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This arts-practice Ph.D. thesis seeks to investigate the aporia of autonomy and dependency through arts practice and social engagement. Arts Practice was used as a robust and agile tool for allowing space for non-consensus ...
• A dancer in the mirror: body identity and body motion in Danza Española 

  Mateos Morante, Rebeca Tania (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This thesis is grounded in ethnochoreology and incorporates a psychoanalytical understanding of body identity and a phenomenological understanding of body motion. What is investigated is a professional Danza Española ...
• Exploring family member and nurse experiences of caring for an older person with advanced dementia in the Emergency Department (ED): an appreciative inquiry 

  Watkins, Sarah Anne (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Background: Admission to the Emergency Department (ED) can be stressful for older people with advanced dementia and their family members. Previous research has tended to emphasise the negatives and deficits in care. ...
• Peri-exercise nutrition: an innovative approach to dietary assessment in trained populations 

  Kozior, Marta (University of Limerick, 2020)

  This thesis offers peri-exercise nutrition (PEN) advancements to dietary assessment for trained populations. The PEN approach promotes time-specific dietary data collection, analysis and prescription, places exercise ...
• Mapping the reflexive contours of contemporary homosexual lives 

  Kapoor, Vikram (University of Limeirck, 2020)

  LGBTQ people continue to encounter discrimination and atrocities in many societies, even in contemporary times where normalization of homosexuality is alleged to have grown. My study, grounded in anti-gay religious ...
• The re-emergence of the victim of crime within Irish criminal justice 

  Strauss-Walsh, Stephen James (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Recent years have seen a re-introduction of the victim of crime into Irish criminal justice. This thesis intends to gauge the nature and extent of this reemergence. One of the ways in which the author seeks to achieve ...
• Overcoming boundaries? questions of identity in the experience of German-speaking exiles in Ireland 1933–45 

  Schulz, Birte V. (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Between 1933 and 1945 a relatively small number of people fled Nazi Germany and made their homes in Ireland. The oral and written testimonies collected and analysed here trace the physical and psychological journey of ...
• The effects of cooperative learning experiences on achievement, attitudes,and behaviours in biology 

  Alraddadi, Amnah (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Cooperative learning (CL) is an educational approach where small groups work together to achieve a common goal. The method has been observed to be successful, with 900 research studies indicating the effectiveness of ...
• Maternal obesity in gestational diabetes mellitus: investigating its potential use in identifying women at risk 

  Cremona, Alexandra (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The primary aims of this thesis were to 1) identify the modality of exercise which is most effective for improving glycaemic control in women at risk and diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); 2) to determine ...
• The cellular and molecular consequences of maternal immune activation on the cytoarchitecture of the developing spinal cord 

  Anderson, Rebecca C. (University of Limerick, 2020)

  Epidemiological studies have suggested that maternal immune activation (MIA) during gestation is a risk factor for the development of neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders. These epidemiological studies have indicated ...
• Workplace bullying in primary schools: teachers’ experience of workplace bullying; an organisational response perspective 

  Fitzpatrick, Kathleen (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The aim of this doctoral research is to contribute to the growing body of knowledge concerning workplace bullying by considering the help-seeking experiences of targets of bullying and organisational responses to their ...
• An evaluation of technical efficiency in Irish nursing homes 

  Ni Luasa, Shiovan (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The evaluation of technical efficiency (TE) and its determinants in the Irish nursing home (INH) care provision is an important research area for a number of reasons. First, Ireland’s population is ageing quickly, and ...
• Security on ice: the historical transformation of regional security and international society in the Artic from the Cold War to the twenty-first century 

  Milne, Sarah Kate (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The Arctic to date has been a relatively peaceful and stable region in global politics, having successfully undergone a major transformation from being a strategic military theatre during the Cold War to a circumpolar ...
• Towards intercultural competence fostering ESOL learners’ cultural awareness in Ireland through learning materials 

  Nagy, György (University of Limerick, 2020)

  The promotion of intercultural competence plays an important role in language education and this study focuses on one aspect of this, cultural awareness. Fostering cultural awareness has an even more central role in ...

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