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Factors affecting the concentration of domoic acid in scallop, pecten maximus
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2006)Domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by some Pseudo-nitzschia species, can accumulate in shellfish, consumption of which can result in Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning. Since its detection in Irish king scallop, Pecten maximus, ... -
Fair trade, marketing and consumer behaviour
(Cork Institute of Technology, 2012)This paper examines different aspects of fair trade marketing. Firstly, secondary research examines the development, advantages and challenges of fair trade. Secondly, primary research explores consumer buying behaviour ... -
Fairtrade as a marketing tool: an irish/austrian comparison
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2010)The purpose of this piece of research is to examine different aspects of fair trade (FT) marketing. Firstly, secondary research examines issues such as history, development, advantages and challenges of mainstreaming ... -
Fingerprint watermarking using svd and dwt based steganography to enhance security
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2015-09-15)Identification of persons by way of biometric features has evolved significantly over the years. During this time, biometric recognition has received much attention due to its need for security. Amongst the many existing ... -
Formal verification of ‘full chip’ containing ‘shell’ partitions with and without feed-thrus
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)The `Full Chip' module of an ASIC is made up of various partitions and similar to individual partitions, it also goes through various stages of the physical design. The initial design-planning works on the existing pins ... -
Future developments of revenue management - perspectives of revenue management practitioners.
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015)The purpose of this study was to explore revenue management practitioners’ view on future developments of revenue management (RM) with a focus on the hotel industry. While revenue management continues to evolve, there is ... -
Ghostbusters: A parts-based NMF algorithm
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)An exact nonnegative matrix decomposition algorithm is proposed. This is achieved by 1) Taking a nonlinear approximation of a sparse real-valued dataset at a given tolerance-to-error constraint, c; Choosing an arbitrary ... -
High performance liquid chromatography method development and chemometric analysis of ecstasy and cocaine
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2011)Consumption of illegal drugs of abuse remains a major social issue aligned with a global law-enforcement priority. Forensic analysts are faced with the challenge of continually developing sophisticated methods of ... -
‘How does a co-operative learning strategy impact on students in a postprimary school in Ireland, including Special Educational Needs students?’
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2018-07)The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of a co-operative learning strategy on students in an Irish post-primary setting. Literature will be explored in the area of collaborative learning. The new strategies ... -
Identifying demographic predictors that influence pass rates of Students undertaking a blended online minor award at third level in an Irish context.
(2020-08)A significant amount of research has been done on metrics with regards to predicting academic success, especially internationally. At the same time very little research has been done on finding predictors for academic ... -
IEEE 802.15.4a UWB-IR ranging with bilateral transmitter power control methodology for multipath effects mitigation
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)IEEE 802.15.4a Ultra Wideband Impulse Radio (UWB-IR) measures the distance using the time-of-arrival (TOA) of the leading path signal. Multipath propagation in indoor environments can adversely affect the signal to noise ... -
The impact of Active Labour Market Programmes: evidence of deactivation
(2012)Purpose - This paper explores the experience(s) of participants in Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) in Ireland. The paper utilizes narrative structuring to provide an enhanced understanding of the experience of ... -
Impact of DFT properties on the inherent resolution of compressed sensing reconstructed images
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)Compressed sensing (CS) algorithms exploit sparseness properties to reconstruct high spatial resolution magnetic resonance (MR) images from k-space data acquisitions significantly under sampled to reduce imaging times. CS ... -
The impact of e-commerce on the supply chain B2B in Ireland
(2007)The ability to redefine inter-firm relationships and processes, internetenabled and other Business to Business (B2B) mechanisms facilitate the integration and management of inter- or intra-organisational business processes ... -
The impact of homework on a child's motivation to learn in primary education
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2018-07)Homework assignments are part of a child’s daily routine; however, homework is becoming a subject much debated by teachers, parents and children. This study examined homework solely from the perspective of the child, in ... -
The impact of regulation on credit unions in Ireland
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2007)This research paper presents results on the impact of regulation on credit unions in Ireland. The researcher seeks to answer following research question. How are credit unions in Ireland regulated and what is the impact ... -
The impact of the banking crisis on the availability of credit to SME’s
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2011)This paper examines the impact the current banking crisis is having on the availability of vital credit to small and medium enterprises. Such a study is important in order to determine where the credit chain is broken ... -
An implementation and evaluation of PCI DSS 3.0 for E-Commerce in a testing environment
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2015-03)Threats to personal payment card information are continually on the rise. To implement a formal process for protecting this information PCI DSS was created. However credit card fraud is still rising. This leads to the ... -
The implications of social networking sites for marketing in irish business
(2010)The objective o f this research was to assess the implications o f social networking sites for marketing in Irish business. This w ill then help establish how social networking sites can be effectively integrated into ... -
Improved stereo instrumental track recovery using median nearest-neighbour inpainting
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)Several algorithms have been proposed for vocal removal which operate by finding the position of the vocals in the stereo field and removing the time-frequency bins associated with that position. However, in many cases, ...