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    • Studies on downstream migrating silver-phase European eels (Anguilla anguilla) in hydropower-regulated rivers 

      Lenihan, Eamonn (NUI Galway, 2020-09-29)
      Within the last 50 years, the European eel has gone from one of the largest freshwater fisheries resources throughout its range to being listed as critically endangered. A variety of factors have been implicated in this ...

    • Studies on the biology of juvenile European eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) in Irish rivers 

      Egan, Fintan (2011-09-23)
      Over the past three decades recruitment of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) to inland waters has declined by more than 95%. The causes of this decline are still unclear although a number of factors are thought to have ...

    • Studies on the biology of the ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta 

      D'Arcy, Jack (2013-03-12)
      An ever-increasing demand for ballan wrasse, for use as cleaner-fish on salmon farms, has revealed a dearth in the knowledge and literature regarding the early life history of the species and also its general population ...

    • Studies on the european hare. 52. food of irish hares lepus timidus hibernicus in western connemara, ireland 

      Tangney, Denis; Fairley, James; O'Donnell, Ger (Mammal Research Institute, 1995-09-12)
      The diet of the Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus Bell, 1837, was investigated in western Ireland by analysis of faeces collected each month for a year from 3 areas of blanket bog, 1 of rough grassland and 1 of machair. ...

    • Studies on the spread of local anaesthetic solution in transversus abdominis plane blocks* 

      Carney, J.; Finnerty, O.; Rauf, J.; Bergin, D.; Laffey, J. G.; Mc Donnell, J. G. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-08-18)
      The extent of analgesia provided by transversus abdominis plane blocks depends upon the site of injection and pattern of spread within the plane. There are currently a number of ultrasound-guided approaches in use, including ...

    • A study in carbohydrate chemistry: From anomerisation to synthesis of glycoclusters based on neoglycopeptides 

      Di Salvo, Claudia (NUI Galway, 2018-08-08)
      1,2-cis aminoglycosides are considered difficult to prepare in a highly stereoselective manner. Some strategies have been developed to date including the preparation of 2-azido, 2-benzylidine and 2,3-oxazolidinone glycosyl ...

    • A study into the practice of distributed leadership within the post-primary school sector in Ireland 

      McVeigh, Niall (NUI Galway, 2019-10-07)
      School leadership in post-primary schools in Ireland is in a state of flux. Since 2007, policy makers are advocating that school leaders should redesign their leadership practice to reflect a distributed style of leadership. ...

    • A study into the pros and cons of ISO 18404: Viewpoints from leading academics and practitioners 

      Antony, Jiju; McDermott, Olivia; Sony, Michael; Cudney, Elizabeth A.; Snee, Ronald D.; Hoerl, Roger W. (Emerald, 2021-03-23)
      Abstract Purpose This paper aims to present and summarise the arguments for and against the ISO 18404 standard and the perceived advantages and disadvantages of implementing it. Design/methodology/approach ...

    • A study into the reasons for process improvement project failures: results from a pilot survey 

      Antony, Jiju; Lizarelli, Fabiane Letícia; Fernandes, Marcelo Machado; Dempsey, Mary; Brennan, Attracta; McFarlane, Julie (Emerald, 2019-07-22)
      Purpose Process improvement initiatives, such as Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma, typically have common characteristics that are carried through projects. Whilst a project’s performance is an important determinant of ...

    • A study into two pillars of staphylococcal pathogenicity: biofilm and antibiotic resistance 

      Campbell, Christopher (NUI Galway, 2018-10-22)
      Biofilm formation on inserted medical devices by the opportunistic pathogen, Staphylococcus epidermidis, continues to be constant threat in clinical health-care settings. Once established, biofilms are almost impossible ...

    • Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function 

      Davies, Gail; Lam, Max; Harris, Sarah E.; Trampush, Joey W.; Luciano, Michelle; Hill, W. David; Hagenaars, Saskia P.; Ritchie, Stuart J.; Marioni, Riccardo E.; Fawns-Ritchie, Chloe; Liewald, David C. M.; Okely, Judith A.; Ahola-Olli, Ari V.; Barnes, Catriona L. K.; Bertram, Lars; Bis, Joshua C.; Burdick, Katherine E.; Christoforou, Andrea; DeRosse, Pamela; Djurovic, Srdjan; Espeseth, Thomas; Giakoumaki, Stella; Giddaluru, Sudheer; Gustavson, Daniel E.; Hayward, Caroline; Hofer, Edith; Ikram, M. Arfan; Karlsson, Robert; Knowles, Emma; Lahti, Jari; Leber, Markus; Li, Shuo; Mather, Karen A.; Melle, Ingrid; Morris, Derek; Oldmeadow, Christopher; Palviainen, Teemu; Payton, Antony; Pazoki, Raha; Petrovic, Katja; Reynolds, Chandra A.; Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan; Scholz, Markus; Smith, Jennifer A.; Smith, Albert V.; Terzikhan, Natalie; Thalamuthu, Anbupalam; Trompet, Stella; van der Lee, Sven J.; Ware, Erin B.; Windham, B. Gwen; Wright, Margaret J.; Yang, Jingyun; Yu, Jin; Ames, David; Amin, Najaf; Amouyel, Philippe; Andreassen, Ole A.; Armstrong, Nicola J.; Assareh, Amelia A.; Attia, John R.; Attix, Deborah; Avramopoulos, Dimitrios; Bennett, David A.; Böhmer, Anne C.; Boyle, Patricia A.; Brodaty, Henry; Campbell, Harry; Cannon, Tyrone D.; Cirulli, Elizabeth T.; Congdon, Eliza; Conley, Emily Drabant; Corley, Janie; Cox, Simon R.; Dale, Anders M.; Dehghan, Abbas; Dick, Danielle; Dickinson, Dwight; Eriksson, Johan G.; Evangelou, Evangelos; Faul, Jessica D.; Ford, Ian; Freimer, Nelson A.; Gao, He; Giegling, Ina; Gillespie, Nathan A.; Gordon, Scott D.; Gottesman, Rebecca F.; Griswold, Michael E.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Harris, Tamara B.; Hartmann, Annette M.; Hatzimanolis, Alex; Heiss, Gerardo; Holliday, Elizabeth G.; Joshi, Peter K.; Kähönen, Mika; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Karlsson, Ida; Kleineidam, Luca; Knopman, David S.; Kochan, Nicole A.; Konte, Bettina; Kwok, John B.; Le Hellard, Stephanie; Lee, Teresa; Lehtimäki, Terho; Li, Shu-Chen; Liu, Tian; Koini, Marisa; London, Edythe; Longstreth, Will T.; Lopez, Oscar L.; Loukola, Anu; Luck, Tobias; Lundervold, Astri J.; Lundquist, Anders; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Martin, Nicholas G.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Murray, Alison D.; Need, Anna C.; Noordam, Raymond; Nyberg, Lars; Ollier, William; Papenberg, Goran; Pattie, Alison; Polasek, Ozren; Poldrack, Russell A.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Reppermund, Simone; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.; Rose, Richard J.; Rotter, Jerome I.; Roussos, Panos; Rovio, Suvi P.; Saba, Yasaman; Sabb, Fred W.; Sachdev, Perminder S.; Satizabal, Claudia L.; Schmid, Matthias; Scott, Rodney J.; Scult, Matthew A.; Simino, Jeannette; Slagboom, P. Eline; Smyrnis, Nikolaos; Soumaré, Aïcha; Stefanis, Nikos C.; Stott, David J.; Straub, Richard E.; Sundet, Kjetil; Taylor, Adele M.; Taylor, Kent D.; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Tzourio, Christophe; Uitterlinden, André; Vitart, Veronique; Voineskos, Aristotle N.; Kaprio, Jaakko; Wagner, Michael; Wagner, Holger; Weinhold, Leonie; Wen, K. Hoyan; Widen, Elisabeth; Yang, Qiong; Zhao, Wei; Adams, Hieab H. H.; Arking, Dan E.; Bilder, Robert M.; Bitsios, Panos; Boerwinkle, Eric; Chiba-Falek, Ornit; Corvin, Aiden; De Jager, Philip L.; Debette, Stéphanie; Donohoe, Gary; Elliott, Paul; Fitzpatrick, Annette L.; Gill, Michael; Glahn, David C.; Hägg, Sara; Hansell, Narelle K.; Hariri, Ahmad R.; Ikram, M. Kamran; Jukema, J. Wouter; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Keller, Matthew C.; Kremen, William S.; Launer, Lenore; Lindenberger, Ulman; Palotie, Aarno; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Pendleton, Neil; Porteous, David J.; Räikkönen, Katri; Raitakari, Olli T.; Ramirez, Alfredo; Reinvang, Ivar; Rudan, Igor; Dan Rujescu,; Schmidt, Reinhold; Schmidt, Helena; Schofield, Peter W.; Schofield, Peter R.; Starr, John M.; Steen, Vidar M.; Trollor, Julian N.; Turner, Steven T.; Van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Villringer, Arno; Weinberger, Daniel R.; Weir, David R.; Wilson, James F.; Malhotra, Anil; McIntosh, Andrew M.; Gale, Catharine R.; Seshadri, Sudha; Mosley, Thomas H.; Bressler, Jan; Lencz, Todd; Deary, Ian J. (Springer Nature, 2018-05-29)
      General cognitive function is a prominent and relatively stable human trait that is associated with many important life outcomes. We combine cognitive and genetic data from the CHARGE and COGENT consortia, and UK Biobank ...

    • A study of black carbon and related measurements from Ireland's atmospheric composition and climate change network 

      Spohn, Teresa Kristine (NUI Galway, 2021-10-04)
      A national aethalometer network for monitoring black carbon was developed at three Irish regional stations (Mace Head, Malin Head, and Carnsore Point) as part of Ireland’s Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change (AC3) ...

    • A study of carbonation in stabilised peat 

      Duggan, Alan (2016-09-02)
      In addition to the traditional drivers of cost and timely delivery, embodied energy (EE) and embodied carbon (EC) have emerged as major considerations in all aspects of large construction projects. This is due to stricter ...

    • A Study of Clan Control in Agile Software Development Teams 

      McHugh, Orla (2011-09-30)
      Agile methodologies have become an accepted choice of methodology in the information systems development community in recent years, but few studies exist that examine control in teams that use such methodologies. This study ...

    • A study of factors influencing anomerisation reactions 

      Kerins, Louise (2016-07-18)
      This thesis involves an investigation into the anomerisation reaction and strategies by which the reaction can potentially be improved and provide a greater understanding of factors influencing the reaction. There has been ...

    • A study of first click behaviour and user interaction on the Google SERP 

      Barry, Chris; Lardner, Mark (2010)
      Firms use Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to drive users to their Website. Some are prepared to pay for placement; others use Search Engine Optimization (SEO) hoping their result percolates up the organic SERP. Despite ...

    • A study of innovation measurement and innovation management at Irish medical device SME's 

      Ronan, David (2009-09)
      The objective of this dissertation is to discuss the current state of innovation measurement and innovation management at Irish medical device SME's. Irish medical device SME's are often founded as spin-out companies ...

    • A study of Irish medical device companies best practice new product development tools and methodologies 

      Naughton, Kevin (2009)
      The aim of this study is to investigate what New Product Development (NPD) process methodologies and what NPD tools are in use by Irish medical device companies, and to then recommend an adapted NPD process with the ...

    • A Study of Microstructure-Sensitive Crack Nucleation and Wear in Fretting 

      McCarthy, Oliver J. (2013-07-08)
      This thesis presents the development of a computational and experimental methodology for predicting crack initiation and wear in fretting of engineering materials. A bridge-type fretting fatigue test rig is designed and ...

    • The study of neutron star magnetospheres with LOFT 

      Shearer, Andrew (2015)
      The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing, LOFT, is designed to perform fast X-ray timing and spectroscopy with uniquely large throughput (Feroci et al. 2014). LOFT focuses on two fundamental questions of ESA’s Cosmic Vision ...