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Wave-structure interaction of offshore wave energy converters
(2013-11-04)
With the continuing rise in oil prices and greater concern for the damage to the atmosphere, the world is continually looking for a cleaner and more sustainable form of energy. Ocean wave energy as a renewable source of ...
Mental health First Aid in an Irish Context
(2013-02-01)
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an early intervention training course designed to improve the knowledge, skills and confidence of non-clinicians to manage mental health emergencies. The course aims to minimise the ...
A High Pressure Shock Tube and Rapid Compression Machine Study of n-Butylcyclohexane and its Mixtures with n-Heptane
(2013-07-01)
This study presents a high pressure experimental and modelling investigation on the ignition of n-butylcyclohexane and its mixtures with n-heptane. Mixtures were chosen to represent a surrogate for n-decylcyclohexane, a ...
Altered nociceptive responding in animal models of affective disorders: role of monoamines and immune mediators
(2013-12-18)
Depression and chronic pain share an intricate, complex relationship, the comorbidity of which is reported to affect up to 80% of patients. This thesis demonstrated enhanced nociceptive responding to mechanical and cold, ...
Improved techniques for time synchronisation over WiFi and wireless sensor networks
(2013-10-23)
Time synchronisation plays a key and ever increasing role in this progressively
networked world. Whilst time synchronisation has always
been important in industrial and telecommunication systems, its importance
has now ...
The Right to a Fair Trial in International Criminal Law
(2013-08)
This work seeks to examine the potential of international criminal tribunals to set the highest standards of procedural fairness for the conduct of criminal proceedings domestically. This work points to a number of reasons ...
Atrial fibrillation and stroke: natural history, risk factors and clinical consequences
(2013-08-28)
Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability and the third leading cause of mortality in developed countries. Atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor for ischaemic stroke, associated with a five-fold increase in risk. ...
An evaluation of the impact of a health and well-being module on selected health outcomes of undergraduate students
(2013-03-27)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a pilot intervention designed to improve physical activity, healthy eating and psychological well-being in a group of third level students in a rural college setting. The ...
Socially relevant personality traits and attenuated cardiovascular functioning
(2013-04-04)
Introduction. Previous research has implicated certain personality traits in the aetiology of cardiovascular disease. One common theme in such research is that traits that impinge upon social interactions and relationships ...
Characterisation of novel Histone H3 RAD9 mutants defective in the DNA damage response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(2013-02-28)
The DNA damage response (DDR) is a signal transduction cascade, which regulates cell cycle progression, gene transcription and DNA repair. Histones also play a vital role in the activation of the DDR and have been shown ...