• A continuous improvement approach for outsourced after-sales field repair services contracting 

  Owida, Aly (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Manufacturers are forced to shift their traditional business focus from product offerings to integrated products and services to face the increasing competition in the market. Hence, they engage in service supply chains ...
• Mathematical modelling of nanofluid-based direct absorption solar collectors 

  O'Keeffe, Gary J. (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Solar-thermal collectors capture solar energy and convert it into heat energy. Several types of solar-thermal collectors have been used to harness solar radiation in both residential, electricity generation, and industrial ...
• Label-free multimodal CARS analysis of microparticles in unconstrained microfluidics 

  O'Dwyer, Kevin (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Many typical methods of studying particles within an aqueous solution use some form of control mechanism to limit sample variability. A common application in cytometry is the use of hydrodynamic focusing to confine the ...
• Optimising semen processing procedures of liquid and frozen-thawed bull semen in a commercial artificial insemination centre 

  Murphy, Edel M. (University of Limerick, 2018)

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• Development and evaluation of a quality assurance programme for a radiology department. 

  Lötter, Martha (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Design and Implementation of a Quality Assurance Programme for a Radiology Department (RAD-QAP). Abstract— This thesis describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a quality assurance programme for a radiology ...
• Crystal engineering of hybrid ultramicroporous materials for study of direct air capture of carbon dioxide 

  Kumar, Amrit (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Global atmospheric CO2 levels are currently 409 ppm, an increase of 130 ppm since the pre-industrial era. Efficient mitigation strategies combined with advanced carbon capture technologies are required to address this ...
• An in vitro and in vivo study of the bioactive properties of milk peptides: antioxidant and dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitory peptides 

  Power, Orla (University of Limerick, 2013)

  The beneficial effects of food-derived antioxidant (AO) in health promotion and disease prevention are being increasingly recognised. Recently there has been a particular focus on milk-derived peptides as a source of AOs, ...
• The molecular control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis in the bull 

  English, Anne-Marie (University of Limerick, 2018)

  The objectives of this thesis were: 1) to understand the effect of early calf nutrition on the transcriptome of subcutaneous adipose tissue and their downstream effects on the hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular (HPT) axis ...
• Crystallization of active pharmaceutical ingredients in the presence of heterosurfaces 

  Bueno, Raquel Arribas (University of LImerick, 2018)

  This research investigates the mechanism of the heterogeneous nucleation of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in the presence of different ‘heterosurfaces’, i.e. excipients and polymers films. In the first part of ...
• Development of a workable radiopaque rare earth doped nitinol 

  Butler, James (University of Limerick, 2011)

  This thesis details the results obtained from an extensive study on the development of a workable radiopaque rare earth doped NiTi alloy through a traditional ingot melting (IM) route and a powder metallurgy (PM) route. ...
• In-situ surface and interface study of atomic oxygen modified carbon containing porous low-κ dielectric films for barrier layer applications 

  Bogan, J.; Lundy, Ross; McCoy, A.P.; O'Connor, R.; Byrne, C.; Walsh, L.; Casey, P.; Hughes, G. (AIP Publishing, 2016)

  The surface treatment of ultralow-k dielectric layers by exposure to atomic oxygen is presented as a potential mechanism to modify the chemical composition of the dielectric surface to facilitate copper diffusion barrier ...
• Interactions between cheese matrix physico-chemistry, microstructure and microbial metabolic activity for cheese diversification and quality 

  Hickey, Cian D. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  This research focuses on exploring the relationships and interactions between cheese manufacture parameters and subsequent variations in cheese chemical composition, starter and non-starter bacteria viability, enzyme ...
• Modelling diffusion from drug eluting stents in compressed arterial tissue 

  Denny, William John (University of Limerick, 2013)

  Coronary artery disease is atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries that results in blockages or narrowing of the arterial wall, is caused by the accumulation of lipid-laden atherosclerotic plaque. Drug eluting stents ...
• Blind source separation of audio streams using wavelets 

  Quinn, Declan (University of Limerick, 2009)

  In this thesis, Blind Source Separation is studied in the context of both instantaneous and convolutive mixtures of musical sources. In order to appreciate how the application of BSS techniques to music may differ from ...
• Using financial event phrases and keywords to classify form 8-K disclosures by likely share price response 

  Slattery, Darina M. (University of Limerick, 2012)

  It is generally agreed that there are three different types of financial information: information in past stock prices, information that is available to all the public, and information that is both available to the public ...
• Heat and mass transfer in dispersed two-phase flows 

  Moroney, Kevin M. (Univeristy of Limerick, 2016)

  Industrial and manufacturing processes are an abundant source of rich and complex problems amenable to investigation with mathematical logic and techniques. Once a problem is identi ed and the right questions are ...
• Control and monitoring of Listeria monocytogenes with the use of natural antimicrobial techniques including the bacteriocin nisin 

  McManamon, Oisin (University of Limerick, 2016)

  According to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) the agri-food industry contributes €24 billion to the Irish economy. One of DAFM’s chief concerns is the maintenance of Ireland’s reputation for high ...
• Characterisation of the fundamental function(s) of bovine serum albumin in the culture of NS0 cells 

  McNamara, Liam (University of Limerick, 2016)

  The large-scale production of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is commonly carried out using NS0 cells, which are a cholesterol deficient mouse myeloma cell line. The non-ionic surfactant Pluronic F-68 is routinely ...
• The role of progesterone-induced hyperactivation in the detachment of bull sperm from the oviduct reservoir 

  Cronin, Sinéad (University of Limerick, 2017)

  For optimum fertility, sperm should reside in the bovine female reproductive tract for a number of hours before the onset of ovulation in order to ensure sperm have successfully acquired the ability to fertilise the oocyte. ...
• Dairy processing heat and energy recovery: an analysis of energy usage within the dairy processing sector in Ireland 

  O'Reilly, Alan J. (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The Irish dairy processing sector is one of the largest in Europe with annual production figures in excess of five billion litres. In 2013, the revenue from the dairy sector surpassed €3 Billion for the first time with an ...

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