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Low carbon housing refurbishment challenges in Ireland : a discussion
(2013)
There are a great many variants which need to be considered prior to undertaking a building’s
refurbishment, including: cost of refurbishment and the pay-back time, effects to health and
the environment in respect to ...
Addressing engineering teaching issues in online distance learning
(2011)
Efforts by IT Sligo to transfer courses into an online distance learning format since 2002 ran into
three significant obstacles, namely the expense of developing learning materials for niche
areas, an inability to teach ...
An investigation into the commercialisation of final year projects within Creative Design courses
(2014)
The aim of this study is to identify and investigate the barriers to commercialisation of Final Year Projects within Creative Design courses. The term Creative Design refers to Creative Design, Product Design and Industrial ...
Route scaling and multihoming
(2006)
The hyperexponential growth of Internet routing tables will soon exceed the capabilities of
existing hardware adding to increased costs and significant degradation in routing
performance.
The effect of organic fibres on the undrained shear strength of soil
(2013)
Accurate determination of soil’s undrained shear strength is essential to make informed decisions regarding construction or maintenance problems. Reduced scale modelling can achieve accurate predictions of in-situ field ...
Scheduling and optimising XML pipeline processing
(2004)
This thesis describes PropelXbi - an implementation of the XPipe paradigm -
then investigates and critically assesses relevant techniques which have the
potential for streamlining PropelXbi’s performance and, finally, ...
An investigation into the utilisation of energy in landfill gas to supply a community electricity and district heating scheme
(2011)
The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of producing and distributing energy in the form electricity and district heating, derived from LFG (Landfill Gas)
produced by an existing municipal waste stream. The ...
The theatre of possibilities: mapping drama in community and healthcare contexts in the Northwest of Ireland
(2005-06)
There has been considerable interest in recent years in the potential of participatory or engaged arts to stimulate impacts beyond intrinsic value, emanating from such diverse sources as artists, activists and statutory ...
The application of architectural and design patterns in enterprise systems
(2005)
This thesis investigates the use of various J2EE technologies and the application o f best
practice in the use of these technologies. It uses the knowledge gained in this investigation
to develop a demonstration application ...