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The detection and tracking of people in meeting contexts using image processing
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-14)
Image processing techniques for object detection and tracking using a top-view camera are presented in this thesis. Finding reliable object features, especially in an environment when distinctive object features are not ...
Strategic quality management in the single-terminal airport: An investigation with a focus on the passenger operational processes
(NUI Galway, 2019-12-13)
Airport management in general, and the management of passenger operations in particular is a complex process, whether in the multi-terminal airport or in the single-terminal airport, although most of the services are ...
Spatially explicit economic and environmental optimisation of bio-SNG production systems integration with the Irish gas network
(NUI Galway, 2019-11-08)
Biomass-derived synthetic natural gas (bio-SNG), produced from biomass through gasification and cleaning and conditioning of syngas, is an energy carrier compatible with the existing gas infrastructure and appliances, is ...
A constructivist grounded theory study of the enablers and development of trust in scrum teams
(NUI Galway, 2019-08-19)
The academic discourse is replete with aphorisms advocating the need for trust in Scrum teams. However, whilst trust is believed to be necessary to foster knowledge sharing and collaboration within the Scrum team no research ...
Towards improved treatment planning for head and neck microwave hyperthermia
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-08)
Hyperthermia is an emerging cancer treatment modality which involves applying heat to the malignant tumor. The heating can be delivered using electromagnetic energy, mostly in the radiofrequency or microwave range. Accurate ...
The influence of silvicultural practices on mechanical properties of softwood timber
(NUI Galway, 2019-06)
The increase in the use of structural timber in construction over recent years has been one of the main drivers behind the renewed interest in optimizing forest management for timber quality. Past research and forest ...
Neural transfer learning for natural language processing
(NUI Galway, 2019-06-07)
The current generation of neural network-based natural language processing models excels at learning from large amounts of labelled data. Given these capabilities, natural language processing is increasingly applied to new ...
The application of machine learning to optimise live migration in cloud data centres
(NUI Galway, 2019-08-06)
Cloud computing providers utilise large-scale data centres to provide computing resource to users’ worldwide. However, an ongoing challenge facing cloud providers is to ensure that the required resource is available to ...
Elastin-based hydrogel as a treatment for critical limb ischemia, an insight into the glyco-host response
(NUI Galway, 2019-10-01)
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is severe impairment of the microcirculation resulting in inflammation, ischaemic pain, non-healing ulcers and gangrene. Over 20% of patients have no option but to undergo a major limb amputation. ...
Application of electrodialysis into nutrient recovery and antibiotics removal for pig manure management
(NUI Galway, 2019-07-25)
Animal manure should be regarded as a resource rather than a waste as it contains abundant nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) available for plants. Land spreading of animal manure is a common practice while it has to be ...