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Interactions between seabirds and pollution in Irish waters
(2017-01)
Seabirds are abundant and ubiquitous globally. They suffer pressure from many contemporary threats such as fisheries, invasive species and pollution. This thesis focuses on two different types of pollution: plastic litter ...
Do marine algal polyphenols have antidiabetic, antihyperlipidemic or anti-inflammatory effects in humans? A systematic review.
(Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2017-04)
Cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Marine
algal polyphenols have potential to reduce the risk of these conditions, however, little is known about
their ...
Edith Stein and the problem of empathy: insights for responsible innovation
(2017-01-12)
This paper argues that the concept of empathy can provide a rich philosophical source for the nascent area of Responsible Innovation (RI). The lens through which this study looks at RI is that of phenomenology. The research ...
Examining shifts in institutional positioning in the evolving Irish higher education system
(University of Bath School of Management (ICHEM), 2017-09)
The thesis investigates a highly interesting, perennial issue in the contemporary development of higher education in times of massification and public sector reform: forces for organisational homogeneity and differentiation ...
Blended learning and motivation; an examination of student perceptions
(2017-05)
Blended learning (BL) continues to evolve in pedagogy as theorists conceptualise pathways for students to engage with course materials. It is important to establish theories to inform future developments in BL to facilitate ...
Multi-Agent Credit Assignment in Stochastic Resource Management Games
(2017-08)
Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) are a form of distributed intelligence, where multiple autonomous
agents act in a common environment. Numerous complex, real world systems have been
successfully optimised using Multi-Agent ...
Female reproductive parameters and population demographics of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Springer Nature, 2017-11-20)
This study investigates the female reproductive parameters and population demographics of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, using long-term relational sightings and photographic ...
An Ethogram for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Minuteman Press, 2017)
Ethograms, or categorized lists of behavioral descriptors, are fundamental research tools in the study of animal behavior and are essential to the overall understanding of the behavioral ecology of a species. With specific ...
Edith Stein’s Phenomenology of Empathy, Education and Community: Lessons for Academic Collaboration
(2017)
The paper argues that any programme designed to achieve authentic academic collaboration in a scholarly community requires a firm philosophical grounding. Consequently the work is based in the field of Phenomenology, founded ...
Real-time monitoring of concrete–lattice-girder slabs during construction
(ICE Publishing, 2017-12)
This paper reports on the instrumentation, monitoring and some preliminary results from a real-time monitoring scheme of a hybrid concrete–lattice-girder slab flooring system. One of the key benefits of this monitoring ...