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Protecting the necessity of making: Katharine West
(Ceramics Ireland, 2016)My interview with Katharine West coincided appropriately with Earth day, 22 April 2016. Listening to her describe the age-old geological processes of the weathering of igneous rock, producing primary kaolins, the basis for ... -
'Joannes Clericus': the life and work of the Revd John Rooney
(Irish Arts Review, 2015-10)A rare example of a painting from the Famine period, signed and dated in old Gaelic lettering: 'Sean 0 Ruanadh Sagart 1847',' was donated in February 1998 to the Department of Folklore of the National University of Ireland, ... -
Why do Irish institutions still call themselves ‘royal’?
(2016)More than 90 years after independence, academies and colleges based in Ireland retain obsolete royal identities -
What value can be attached to a concept of mystery and has it a place in contemporary Western culture?
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2006)The idea for this thesis arose from a chain of reactions first set in motion by a particular experience. In keeping with the contemporary need to deconstruct every phenomenon it seemed important to analyse this experience ... -
Permanent light green, the stumblebum and the show-off: the historical sublime, Philip Guston and Sophie Calle
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2013)This thesis examines historical and philosophical enquiries into the notion of the Sublime. It looks at works such as Edmund Burke’s ‘A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful’ and Jean François Lyotard’s ... -
In search of a language textile and text in contemporary women's art
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2011)This research uses the textile/text axis concept as a conceptual tool to investigate the role of textile and text in contemporary women’s art practice and theorizing, investigating textile as a largely hitherto unacknowledged ... -
An Investigation into Irish State patronage of the visual arts.
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2006)The focus of this research is in ascertaining how and why the Irish state patronises the visual arts. The framework that the state puts in place for the support of the arts influences the creation of art. The initial ... -
Learning information literacy skills through library instruction: an Irish higher education case study of first year students
(2016)First year students in the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) participate in a mandatory Learning & Innovation Skills (LIS) module to ease the transition from second to third level education. To complement this ... -
An investigative analysis of e-book adoption in the GMIT library, as reflective of global trends.
(2014-05)The history of e-book adoption is documented in the literature. Initially, a lack of e-book content was a major stumbling block, and it wasn’t until 2003, when Amazon scanned 120,000 e-books, that content began to increase. ... -
Long-term outcomes of open repair of inflammatory and atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysms
(Journal of Surgery, 2016-01)Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are a common vascular disease mostly affecting those over the age of 65 years. Open surgical repair (OSR) is considered the gold standard for the treatment of AAA, however ... -
Hemodynamic variations due to spiral blood flow through four patient-specific bifurcated stent graft configurations for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012-10)Endovascular repair is now a recognised procedure for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms. However, post-operative complications such as stent graft migration and thrombus may still occur. To assess these complications ... -
An experimental evaluation of the device/arterial wall compliance mismatch for four stent-graft devices and a Multi-layer Flow Modulator (MFM) device for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms
(Elsevier Ltd., 2015)Purpose: To experimentally investigate the arterial wall/device compliance mismatch of four stent-graft devices and a multi-layer flow modulator within the supra- and infra-renal locations for the treatment of Abdominal ... -
A longitudinal study of humpback whales in Irish waters
(Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2014)Knowledge on the ecology of humpback whales in the eastern North Atlantic is lacking by comparison with most other ocean basins. Humpback whales were historically over-exploited in the region and are still found in low ... -
PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe
(2015-09)Reliable taxonomy underpins communication in all of biology, not least nature conservation and sustainable use of ecosystem resources. The flexibility of taxonomic interpretations,however, presents a serious challenge for ... -
PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters
(Macmillan Publishers, 2016-01)Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental studies, but the actual impact of OC ... -
Fine-scale spatial association between baleen whales and forage fish in the Celtic Sea
(2015-09)Baleen whales can be regularly observed in the Celtic Sea; however, little is known about their local foraging behaviour. This study's objective was to determine whether or not baleen whales selectively prey upon particular ... -
Temporal and spatial trends in stranding records of cetaceans on the Irish coast, 2002–2014
(Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2016)Using Irish strandings data collected between 2002 and 2014, seasonal and annual trends in the number of strandings for all strandings identified to species level (N ¼ 1480), and for the five most frequently reported ... -
Discrete or not so discrete: Long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters
(2012)The potential for long distance movements in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from six UK and Irish study sites was examined using photographs of natural markings. Here we provide the first evidence for ... -
Social structure within the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) population in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(2010)The Shannon Estuary is home to Ireland’s only known resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and is designated as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) for this species. Proper conservation ... -
A note on long-distance matches of bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) around the Irish coast using photo-identification
(International Whaling Commission, 2009-01)Images of 120 individual bottlenose dolphins from around the Irish coast were obtained from three photo-identification catalogues. Twenty three individuals were subsequently re-sighted, which is a re-sighting rate of 19%. ...