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More than just a game: the role of simulation in the teaching of product design and entrepreneurship to mechanical engineering students
(2016-09-08)
The purpose of this work is to contribute to the debate on the best pedagogical approach to developing undergraduate mechanical engineering skills to meet the requirements of contemporary complex working environments. The ...
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 ...
Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products and Risk Factors for Chronic Disease: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
(Nutrients, 2016-03)
Dietary advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) form during heating and processing
of food products and are widely prevalent in the modern Western diet. Recent systematic reviews
indicate that consumption of dietary AGEs ...
Real-time monitoring to investigate structural performance of hybrid precast concrete educational buildings
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-22)
The motivation and implementation of a real-time structural health monitoring strategy to determine the structural performance of a number of educational buildings recently constructed in Ireland is discussed in this paper. ...
Real-time monitoring of a hybrid precast and in-situ concrete flat slab system
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This paper presents a scheme developed for instrumentation and monitoring of the structural performance of a hybrid precast and in-situ concrete flat slab system employed in an educational building. The system contains a ...
The effect of dietary interventions and nutritional supplementation on bone mineral density in otherwise healthy adults with osteopenia: A systematic review
(Nutrition Bulletin, 2016-06)
There are many health and economic consequences for patients with osteopenia,
the precursor to osteoporosis. A range of treatments may provide positive
outcomes for otherwise healthy adults, including dietary and exercise ...
The lecturer-as-learner; a critical analysis of a team teaching pilot programme
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2016)
In an attempt to displace traditional lecturing hierarchies with a co-learning dynamic, the lecturer-as-learner paradigm was explored in GMIT Letterfrack. An action research study was carried out in the context of a final ...
Behaviour of hybrid concrete lattice girder flat slab system using insitu structural health monitoring
(2016)
In recent decades, Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has emerged as an increasingly important tool in Civil Engineering to understand how structures behave during construction and operation. Although SHM is not a new ...
Potential applications for image-based systems in structural engineering
(2016)
This paper presents a series of examples where systems based on images have been used to quantify deformation and strain fields for different applications. The objective of this work is to highlight the strengths and ...
Applying an extended Theory of Planned Behaviour to 2 predict breakfast consumption in adolescents
(European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 71(5), 2016-10)
Background/Objectives: Breakfast skipping increases during adolescence and is associated with lower
levels of physical activity and weight gain. Theory-based interventions promoting breakfast
consumption in adolescents ...