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Kilgreany, Co. Waterford: biography of a cave
(Wordwell, 2002)The title of this paper reflects the idea that certain places in the landscape have a biography of their own (Bradley 2000 48). The archaeological material recovered from Kilgreany Cave is examined and the evidence for ... -
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 ... -
Lead-free thick-film ultrasound sensors for industrial process monitoring /
(SEIA, 2022-09-21)Sol-gel high-temperature ultrasound transducers (HTUT) have been developed to compensate for the limitations present in many commercial ultrasound sensors, such as limited temperature durability and limited frequency ... -
Lifelong learning : the unheard voices
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2007)Mature Students are a unique group o f individuals because they share common characteristics that are distinct to this group. They have many other roles and responsibilities and therefore, have to ‘fit’ education into ... -
The localisation of the fast food industry in Ireland
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2004-09)For many years food as an academic discipline was ignored by academics in favour of more ‘serious’ topics such as poverty, unemployment and gender issues within the workplace. We as people now live in a consumer society ... -
A longitudinal study on local authority sustainable planning for tourism in Ireland : a focus on tourism indicator systems /
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Low carbon housing refurbishment challenges in Ireland : a discussion
(Institute of Technology, Sligo., 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 ... -
Machine vision for the quality assessment of emulsions in pharmaceutical processing /
(IEEE, 2018-10-21)Emulsion quality evaluation using machine vision techniques depends on the efficiency of the image segmentation algorithms. Two different machine vision techniques are investigated to determine their competency in ... -
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 ... -
Marketing the Irish hotel industry in an economic downturn: an exploration into the rejuvenation of the Sligo hotel industry through customer innovation
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2010)The purpose o f this research study was to ascertain innovative ideas from a sample o f hotel customers’ from four participant hotels in Sligo in order to enhance hotel service offerings. The researcher conducted a ... -
Mathematical modelling of the bovine estrus cycle and an investigation into silent heat and twinning /
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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 ... -
Measuring and modelling of field reliability for an electronic product
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2006-09)Traditionally field reliability has been measured and predicted by the use of manufacturing data. One of the great challenges that manufacturers of electronic products face is trying to measure accurately how a product ... -
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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Mo doped TiO2 : impact on oxygen vacancies, anatase phase stability and photocatalytic activity /
(IOP Publishing, 2020)This work outlines an experimental and theoretical investigation of the effect of molybdenum (Mo) doping on the oxygen vacancy formation and photocatalytic activity of TiO2. Analytical techniques such as x-ray diffraction ...