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The national service indicators within local government: a managers perspective
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2009)Overview Public sector organisations face unprecedented pressure to improve service quality while progressively lowering their costs. They are also expected to become more accountable, customer focused and responsive ... -
The nature of the audit expectation gap, its existence in the Irish context and the views of the Irish accountancy profession on bridging the gap
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2006)In recent times, the auditing profession around the world has been involuntarily placed in the spotlight, mainly because of the spectacular corporate collapses of seemingly successful companies and the subsequent ... -
Near-field radiation patterns for an Ultra-Wide-Band antenna
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)We present a three-dimensional time dependent model for simulating the electromagnetic radiation field patterns generated by Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) antennas. UWB antennas are pulsed mode radiators used to communicate ... -
Networking industry and academia: evidence from FUSION projects in Ireland
(2009)Graduate development programmes such as FUSION continue to be seen by policymakers, higher education institutions and SMEs as a primary means of strengthening higher education-to-business links and in turn improving the ... -
A novel approach to digital watermarking, exploiting colour spaces
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2011)Watermarking is the process of embedding information in a carrier in order to protect the ownership of text, music, video and images, while steganography is the art of hiding information. Normally watermarks are embedded ... -
On the application of two dimensional chirplets for resilient digital image watermarking
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)Chirplets (swept-frequency harmonic signals) find applications in several areas, including real and synthetic aperture radar, (Fresnel) optics and image processing. The robustness of chirplets to extreme (additive) noise ... -
On the crest of a wave: Donegal and the Wild Atlantic Way.
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015)The research explores what is the current service provision in a specific area on the “Wild Atlantic Way” (WAW) in County Donegal. The paper identifies those service providers that currently participate in the “visitor ... -
Online estimation of VVoIP quality-of-experience via network emulation
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)We describe a testing framework that can provide online estimates of audio and video call quality on network paths, without requiring either end-user involvement or prior availability of audio/video sequences or network ... -
The opinions and perceptions of insolvency practitioners in relation to the reform of the bankruptcy act 1988
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2011)The current economic crisis has had a damaging effect on businesses. Many directors and sole traders have found their debts accumulate to an unmanageable level as a result. Considering the large amounts of money in ... -
Optimizing area power consumption in LTE type cells
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)As wireless networks evolve to deal with increasing traffic demand and an increasing number of users, energy efficiency is becoming increasingly important. Area power consumption, defined as the ratio of total radio access ... -
Out with the new in with the old: revisiting the Grammar Translation Method in foreign language teaching
(2012)Didactic approaches to second language acquisition and strategies used at European higher education institutions may not be suitable for Anglophones (Catena and Stephens, 2010). Anglophones tend to have very little formal ... -
Performance comparison of enterprise applications on mobile operating systems
(Telkomnika, 2011-12)Due to the advances in mobile phone technology, Smartphones have the ability to access web services within applications the user interacts with to retrieve and send information from and to web services. As Smartphones have ... -
Phase noise analysis of Colpitts and Hartley CMOS oscillators
(Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC 2013), 24th IET Irish, 2013-06)This paper reports comparative analyses of the phase noise predictions through Cadence simulations for two LC oscillator topologies: Colpitts and Hartley oscillators. The oscillators have been designed and phase noise ... -
A phenomenological Investigation of Learner Usage Patterns, Attitudes and Perceptions of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and technological Preparedness for the Covid-19 Pandemic Crisis
(2020-07)This exploratory phenomenological investigation addresses the lack of regional data regarding learners’ perceptions and attitudes towards ICT in learning environments. The substantial dependence on information and communication ... -
A Phenomenological Investigation of Self-Directed Learning being Supported or Enhanced within a Virtual Learning Environment
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2018-07)Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) has become commonplace in higher education institutions with limited research available into how learners perceive and experience VLEs. This exploratory phenomenological investigation ... -
The phenomenon of online reviews - Digital headache or golden opportunity for the tourism sector?
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015-06)Technology has brought many opportunities to organisations in the tourism sector, for example, with regard to the efficiencies achieved by embracing self-service technologies (SSTs), such as self-check-in online and mobile ... -
Portfolio: Is it a valid and reliable assessment instrument for academic writing skills?
(AISHE, 2011)This paper critiques one assessment strategy of a level 9 academic writing module. The module supports masters students in a School of Business by utilising a number of innovative approaches to teaching and assessing of ... -
Predicting SMEs use of business related social media
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2014)Background: There has been dramatic growth in the use of social media over the past number of years. This has influenced not just individuals, but importantly the way in which business now carry out their daily day-to-day ... -
A preliminary exploration of database performance for use with ‘big data’ projects in the aviation industry
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2014)This thesis will demonstrate the effectiveness of processing data for the airline industry using both a MariaDB and MongoDB database. Conclusions will be drawn on pertinent issues such as the performance of processing large ... -
Prose warping for realtime animation
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2007)3D computer games with animated characters are restricted to the animations provided by an animator. This thesis explores a method for having a character perform different animations using only simple base animations ...