Research@THEA: Recent submissions
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Bilateral benefits: student experiences of work-based learning during work placement
(Industry and Higher Education, 2018-03)This article explores the varied learning experiences among third-year students undertaking a structured work placement module in the furniture and wood manufacturing industries. Using situated learning theory, the article ... -
Agile Medical Device Software Development: Introducing Agile Practices into MDevSPICE®
(IARIA, 2016)Medical device software is usually embedded within the overall system as one of the sub-systems. It needs to be integrated with other sub-systems such as the electrical and mechanical for a functional medical device to be ... -
A Lightweight Software Process Assessment Approach based on MDevSPICE® for Medical Device Development Domain
(Springer, Cham., 2017-08)Software process improvement is challenging in the medical device development domain, as significant constraints exist such as ensuring conformance to regulations while improving software quality. The regulations that ... -
How does Scrum Conform to the Regulatory Requirements Defined in MDevSPICE
(Springer, Cham., 2017-09)Medical device software development is subject to high regulations due to the potential risk of harming patients with unsafe medical devices. These regulations require software development to be performed with high discipline ... -
A Hybrid Assessment Approach for Medical Device Software Development Companies
(Wiley, 2017-12)Medical device software development organizations are bound by regulatory requirements and constraints to ensure that developed medical devices will not harm patients. Medical devices have to be treated as complete systems ... -
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Blended learning and motivation; an examination of student perceptions
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 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 ... -
An in vitro investigation of the antitumour efficacy of novel hybrids containing artemisinin, porphyrin, or naphthalimide derivatives /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2017)Novel hybrid drugs have emerged as a promising new anticancer strategy. A hybrid drug is a compound in which two active ‘parent’ drugs are linked to create a single molecular entity with a multimodal action. The main ... -
Labour in County Louth, 1912–1923
(Irish Academic Press, 2017)If the history of the Irish revolution 1912–23 is written as an armed struggle between the IRA and the Crown forces then Co. Louth, as one of the less active areas, would seem to be disengaged from the revolution. However, ... -
Optimum global regulatory approaches for in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) instrumentation product development /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2017)The foundation and interest for this dissertation is the complexity associated with the development and release to market of In-Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Medical Device Instruments. The instruments used in diagnostics are ... -
Mobile medical app development with a focus on traceability
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2017-03)Today, the growth of medical devices and mobile medical applications is increasing enormously, thanks to the efficiency and enhancement of new technology. When it comes to mobile medical apps, developers need to understand ... -
Simulation Action Learning (SAL): a methodology for teaching design thinking
(2017-12-15)Problem-based learning (PBL) is now regarded as being one of the most noteworthy innovations in the area of education for the professions. The approach had its beginning in the education of medical students but has since ... -
Making Sense of Each Other: Lived Experiences and Told Stories of Child Protection Social Workers and Asylum-Seeking Families
(Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Queen’s University, Belfast., 2013)Ireland has become an increasingly multi-cultural society since the mid-1990s, changing from a country of emigration to one of immigration. In response to this multiculturalism, the Irish Government embarked on several ... -
Imirce an Cheoil Musical Migrations. A concert of traditional Irish music. Amharclann Mhic Anna, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Dhún Dealgan. Dé Déardaoin 22ú Samhain 2012 ag 7in.
(Dundalk Institute of Technology, 2012)Ceol Oirghialla is honoured to have Michael Coleman’s ‘Cosgrove Fiddle’, on which he recorded the famous Tarbolton set, on loan this semester, and this historic instrument will feature prominently in Imirce an Cheoil. ... -
Practice as presence - presence as practice : building a framework for collective understanding of contemporary graffiti-making practices /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2017)In times when graffiti is recognised as a global phenomenon rooted in urban public spaces it is important that authorities, researchers, audiences and graffitists themselves understand collectively the mechanisms that drive ... -
The Development and Validation of a Roadmap for Traceability
(Springer, Cham., 2015)Organisations who operate in the safety critical domains such as the medical device, avaition, and automotive domains must ensure their software is safe and provide objective evidence to this effect. One way of achieving ... -
Research Findings from an Industrial Trial of a Traceability Assessment and Implementation Framework
(ACM, 2016)Software systems are becoming increasingly complex. Within safety critical domains such as medical device software, this increasing complexity is placing growing demands on manufacturers who must ensure their software not ... -
A longitudinal study on local authority sustainable planning for tourism in Ireland : a focus on tourism indicator systems /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2017)The current increase in tourism arrivals to Ireland in recent years has had major implications for tourism planning. Although sustainability is now an essential word in the vocabulary of modern planning it is also the key ... -
A study examining parents' perspectives of the free pre-school year /
(Institute of Technology, Sligo, 2017)Over the last few years, Ireland has put measures in place to support educational opportunities for all members of society including children through the provision of early educational opportunities. This has led to the ...