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Ireland's biodegradable municipal waste
(2010)
This project focuses on the EU Landfill Directive targets for Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) specifically focusing on how the targets will affect Ireland and its waste management infrastructure. Research will consist ...
Development of a prototype knowledge discovery portal for energy informatics
(2013)
This paper describes the development of a prototype knowledge discovery portal (KDP) for energy informatics. The research domain is Ireland which is increasingly challenged to achieve energy efficiency targets and to ...
Suitability of adaptive self-regulated e-learning to vocational training: a pilot study in heat pump system installation
(2015)
Many studies have been conducted, mainly in a university environment, and researchers have identified both advantages and disadvantages of e-learning. Very little is known about the applicability and suitability of
e-learning ...
Combining self-regulation and competence-based guidance to personalise the learning experience in moodle
(2015)
Adaptive learning systems aim to address a learner’s specific needs, considering factors such as prior knowledge, learning efficiency, learning goals and motivation. Especially in distance education, often directed to adult ...
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 ...
Best practice HRM: benchmarking the resources required to drive employee participation and innovation in the workplace; a case study of a single company - the ESB
(2010)
This study examines Human Resource Management practices in the electricity industry in Ireland. The focus is on one single company — Irelands biggest electricity provider; the ESB (electricity supply board). Two areas of ...
Management and evaluation of a range of forest species for use as cut foliage
(2011)
This project explored the possibility of harvesting marketable foliage stems in addition to
producing timber from plantations of Larix leptolepis, Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’
and Tsuga heterophylla. Data recorded ...
The philosophical universe and the information systems research journey: a hitchhiker's guide to a virtual galaxy
(2014)
There is concern among information systems (IS) scholars that the lack of philosophical
engagement and conviction among the research community threatens the future integrity and
creativity of the research process. The ...
Experimental study of hybrid precast concrete lattice girder floor at construction stage
(Elsevier, 2019-08)
s part of an on-going research project on the hybrid precast lattice girder floor system, a series of six specimens were physically tested in the laboratory to investigate the behaviour of the floor at construction stage. ...