Research@THEA (new): Recent submissions
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Costing pressure ulcer care in an Irish acute care setting: a feasibility study
(Wiley, 2021-11)Objective: To test the feasibility of using a standardised data collection tool to estimate the cost of stage 2–4 pressure ulcer (PU) care within an acute care setting. Method: Data on resource use and cost were ... -
A study of the economic and social impact of the arts in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County
(2012)With public spending on the arts coming under ever greater scrutiny, studies of the economic and social impact of the arts need to make a stronger, more impartial case for the continuation of funding. A number of reports ... -
The detritus of reason: Surrealism, photography and the everyday
(2011)Surrealism is one of the most widely practiced and reviewed art movements of the twentieth century. This thesis will consider the ways in which Surrealism is understood historically and examine Surrealism's connection to ... -
Exploring social networking sites: Thinking through the interaction
(2011)This study examined the role of the user within the context of technology and society through the close inspection of social networking practices of a sample of young Irish users. A relatively new research method known as ... -
Reverend Thomas Goff (1772 - 1844) property, propinquity and Protestantism
(2013)This study is concerned with the life of Reverend Thomas Goff (1772-1844) a Church of Ireland minister, landowner and sometimes army chaplain. Goff was a keen, if sometimes sporadic, diarist leaving nine volumes covering ... -
Perspectives on engineering education from the world of practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-11-16)This special issue on early career engineers responds to a key challenge in engineering education – that of bringing the largely separate worlds of engineering education and engineering practice closer together. There ... -
Upcycling biodegradable PVA/starch film to a bacterial biopigment and biopolymer
(MDPI, 2021-10-27)Meeting the challenge of circularity for plastics requires amenability to repurposing post-use, as equivalent or upcycled products. In a compelling advancement, complete circularity for a biodegradable polyvinyl ... -
GRU-based deep learning approach for network intrusion alert prediction
(Elsevier, 2021-11)The exponential growth in the number of cyber attacks in the recent past has necessitated active research on network intrusion detection, prediction and mitigation systems. While there are numerous solutions available for ... -
Bord na Mona - A case study: The challenges of embedding an eco-entrepreneurial ethos
(2015)This study is concerned with the emerging concept of ecological entrepreneurship, whereby a business is operated in an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable fashion. This research explores the relevance ... -
The impact of gender, language and writing style on perceptions of participants in online political discussion forums
(2009)The aim of this research was to study the differences between male and female use of language in an online discussion forum. A discussion forum on the topic of politics was created and participants invited to use it over ... -
The image after tomorrow - Digital culture & the family archive
(2008)Analogue photography has a rich history of putting into order the chaos of familial histories. Traditionally, the family album was dependent on object materiality for its existence. In its manifestation as book, memory-time ... -
The effect of information provided on Facebook profile on romantic attraction
(2013)The aim of this study was to explore the effect information provided on a social network profile has on romantic attraction. Participants were recruited online, and from the student population of an Irish third-level ... -
Arts programming on Irish public service television: Ideas, conflicts, and contradictions
(2009)This study explores the historical relationship between public service television and the arts in Ireland and considers how this relationship has influenced the current range and quality of arts programmes on Irish public ... -
Landscape as witness: Aftermath Photography, oral history, and ethnography in representing the Public Works Scheme of the Great Irish Famine
(2019)The story of the Great Irish Famine/ An Gorta Mor (1845-52) has been passed down over the years through the media of literature and art. This research critically evaluates these media, with particular reference to the ... -
Persuasion and attitudes-Advertising and captology influence on attitudes and behavioural intent towards lesbians, gay men and same-sex marriage
(2013)Attitudes are essential to human interaction, ranging from simple attitudes to complex ones. An attitude is an individual's cognitive evaluation of a particular person, group, object, action or concept (Smith & Mackie, ... -
"Behold" photography, memory and material culture
(2012)Historian and theorist Martha Langford has defined the family archive as a "meeting place". This metaphor generates a context for the performance of tactile and sonic registers. As the archive is awakened by the hands that ... -
Using ePortfolios to support CPD & advocate our profession
(2021-11-02)This poster highlights how an eportfolio is a useful tool to facilitate librarians' participation in continuing professional development (CPD), including recording evidence of, reflecting on and raising awareness of CPD ... -
Universal Design for Online Library Instruction
(2021-05-26)My motivation for doing the Digital Badge in UDL was to learn how to use the principles and practices of UDL to encourage students to actively engage in using library resources, by embracing and formally embedding UDL into ... -
The design of a prospective memory aid for older adults - Multiminder
(2008)Prospective memory (PM) refers to an individual's ability to remember to carry out tasks of delayed intention, such as remembering to attend a doctor's appointment. It was believed that the implementation of qualitative ...