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Developing optimal strategies for limiting the spread of grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) and conservation of reds (Sciurus vulgaris) in Ireland
(2016-05-05)
Ireland has two species of squirrel, the native red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) and the non-native and invasive grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Since the initial introduction of the grey squirrel to a single site in ...
Taking and publishing photographs (An examination of the legal rights and restrictions)
(2016-12-14)
This doctoral thesis investigates the legal rights of photographers and photograph publishers in Ireland to take and/or publish still photographs. For comparative purposes, an analysis of the applicable law in the United ...
Sediment mobility modelling and hydrodynamic properties of maerl
(2016-11-11)
Sediment mobility modelling is a useful tool for scientifically robust marine spatial planning and characterisation of the benthic disturbance regime. As a prerequisite to modelling sediment transport of free living coralline ...
Calendars, feasting, cosmology and identities: later Neolithic-early Bronze Age Ireland in European context
(2016-07-25)
The aim of the study is to investigate the connections between calendar systems, large-scale feasting activities, changing representations of cosmological ideas and the formation of group identities from the Middle/Late ...
Development and applications of optical imaging techniques for microcirculation and cardiovascular imaging
(2016-08-12)
The work presented in this thesis describes the development and applications of optical imaging techniques, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and photoacoustic (PA) imaging, for the purpose of diagnosing and treating ...
Preserving control: understanding people's experiences before, during and after involuntary admission under the Mental Health Act 2001
(2016-06-08)
Aim: To generate a grounded theory to understand people’s experiences before, during and after involuntary admission and/or detention.
Background: The MHA (2001) provides a legal framework for the involuntary admission ...
Acting is believing: ritual, memory, and performance in the plays of Enda Walsh
(2016-10-17)
In this research, I examine the relationship between ritual, memory, and performance and contemporary theatrical creation methods, specifically with reference to the works of Enda Walsh. I use Walsh's plays as a case study ...
Glycosylation and glycoengineering of recombinant antibody fragments in Escherichia coli
(2016-11-14)
Recombinant protein production (RPP) in Escherichia coli benefits from a long history of research which has facilitated the development of a plethora of strains and vectors suited to RPP applications. The identification ...
Graph summarisation of web data: data-driven generation of structured representations
(2016-08-31)
The advent of the Internet enabled the sharing of information between people all around the world. Projects like Wikipedia have made human knowledge accessible to anybody with a simple mouse click. The Linked Data movement ...
4D light field reconstruction and scene depth estimation from plenoptic camera raw images
(2016-05-16)
Microlens-array-based light-field cameras (also known as plenoptic cameras), which are capable of recording both angular and spatial information of light, are already commercially available as consumer commodities. Due to ...