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Landfill as a future option for the disposal of treated electroplating chemicals such as metal bearing sludges and filtercakes in Ireland
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 1998-06)Currently the fifteen Irish electroplating plant that have applied for an IPC licence produce 394.6 tonnes/annum electroplating sludge and 33.6 cubic metres of waste solution. This electroplating sludge is exported for ... -
Leachate treatment options for closed landfills
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2004)For many years up until the 1990’s uncontrolled disposal o f Municipal Solids Waste at various communal dumps occurred in Ireland. Since the establishment o f the Environmental Protection Agency and the implementation o ... -
Management standards : alternative approaches to energy management
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2010)Due to the interrelationship between the energy and carbon standards, the large overlap in energy data and increasing pressure on organisations to reduce their environmental impacts, this dissertation focuses on energy ... -
Managing asbestos in Ireland
(Institute of Technology, Sligo., 2005)Asbestos-containing materials were widely used in the past especially in the construction industry, where they were incorporated into numerous buildings, being used in roofing materials, insulation and fire protection. The ... -
Managing the Donegal coast in the twenty-first century
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 1996)This thesis discusses the concept of coastal zone management in relation to County Donegal. An outline of the existing administrative and legislative structure for the coastal area of Donegal is given and the current ... -
Manual handling injury and back problems in the agricultural sector
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2005)This report details a study carried out to assess manual handling injury and back pain in the agricultural sector. The report aims to investigate the occurrence o f manual handling injury and back pain, determine its ... -
Measurement of ambient concentrations of benzene, toluene and xylene in the vicinity of petrol service stations
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 1999)Ambient air monitoring in the vicinity of three petrol service stations was undertaken to determine concentrations of three volatile organic compounds; benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX). Quantitative measurements were ... -
Microalgal phycoremediation of landfill leachate /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2017)The aim of this project was to explore the use of microalgae in remediation of landfill leachate. The isolation of microalgae strains tolerant to a combination of high dissolved salts and ammonia concentrations (typical ... -
Mirror therapy and treadmill training for patients with chronic stroke : a pilot randomised controlled trial /
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% Molybdate reactive phosphorus of total phosphorus in urban wastewater influents and effluents in County Cork agglomerations >2000 P.E
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2009)Phosphorus is a key nutrient in freshwater ecosystems as it is well known to cause severe water quality problems when enrichment with phosphorus occurs, a phenomenon known as eutrophication. Legislative measures are in ... -
Multiregional Medical Device Registration /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2017)The landscape of multiregional medical device registration is an area with highly variable regulations, varying regulator application and expectations, alongside swift changes in some regions. Accessing international ... -
A nutrient balance model for typical Irish farming systems
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 1994-06)The twin objectives of the work described were to construct nutrient balance models (NBM) for a range of Irish animal production systems and to evaluate their potential as a means of estimating the nutrient composition ... -
Occupational safety, health and welfare at work in the catering industry : a study into the level of awareness and compliance in the industry : does food safety take priority?
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2005)Occupational safety health and welfare across all work sectors has been of crucial importance in Ireland, particularly over the last decade. The objectives of this study were: 1. To establish the level of awareness and ... -
Odour nuisance in Ireland and the potential use of olfactometry for the control of odours
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 1994-06)Odour nuisance in other European countries has led to the development of techniques which employ panels of human assessors for the determination of environmental odours. Odour measurement is not widely practised in ... -
Optimum global regulatory approaches for in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) instrumentation product development /
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Pharmaceutical analysis by capillary electrophoresis
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2003)This project focused on developing and validating analytical methods for a range of pharmaceutical compounds using Capillary Electrophoresis. Analytical methods for the determination of tromethamine, Oxytetracycline and ... -
The physiology and molecular biology of microalgae for the biorefinery of high-value metabolites /
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Plethora of Potential Platforms: a review of current and future trends in expression system choice in the biopharmaceutical industry /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2018)In the thirty years since the first biopharmaceuticals were approved for use in humans, the choice of expression system for new biopharmaceuticals has remained largely unchanged and is still mainly determined by the necessity ... -
The pollution potential of road salt on aquatic environments in Ireland
(Institute of Technology, 2014)Road salt or rock salt as it is sometimes known, is a commonly used de-icing material and is used throughout Ireland by local authorities (i.e. county councils), private road operators and members of the public during ... -
The potential and challenges of growing short rotation coppice willow for energy purposes in the Republic of Ireland
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2005)Burning of fossil fuels is believed by a large number o f scientists to be a major cause of the increases in greenhouse gas emissions and to the change in the Earth’s climate system. Fossil fuels especially oil and ...