ATU Galway City: Recent submissions
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Quantification of microplastic ingestion by the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus from Irish waters
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-01-15)Microplastics are widespread pollutants in the marine environment, yet few studies have assessed the abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial species. This study evaluates the presence of ingested ... -
Combining genetic markers with stable isotopes in otoliths reveals complexity in the stock structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
(Springer Nature, 2020-09-07)Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from the two main spawning populations in the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico occur together in the western, central and eastern Atlantic. Stock composition of catches from mixing ... -
Long-term trends in herring growth primarily linked to temperature by gradient boosting regression trees
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-09-01)Environmental change and fishing activity can produce directional trends in exploited fish populations with consequences for stock productivity. For herring in the Celtic Sea, size at age has been in steady decline since ... -
Floating microplastics in a coastal embayment: a multifaceted issue
(Elsevier, 2020-06-05)Floating microplastic debris at the ocean's surface represents about 1% of all plastics found in the environment, with the remainder thought to be either deposited along the coast or sinks to the bottom of the ocean. This ... -
Experimental investigation of optimum properties and conditions for use of anionic emulsions in road maintenance applications
(2020-08)Bitumen emulsions are used for a range of road maintenance applications, including surface dressing, gravel seals, slurry seals, tack coating, cold-mix asphalt and in situ pavement recycling. The emulsions used can be ... -
An open-source database model and collections management system for fish scale and otolith archives
(Elsevier B.V., 2020)Scales and otoliths (ear stones) from fish are routinely sampled for age estimation and fisheries management purposes. Growth records from scales and otoliths can be used to generate long-term time series data, and in ... -
The SaaS Payoff: Measuring the Business Value of Provisioning Software-as-a-Service Technologies
(Springer International Publishing, 2020)Creating and capturing value with new digital technologies such as cloud computing is often fraught with complexity and ambiguity for incumbent information technology (IT) firms. Using the business model concept as a lens, ... -
Developing Creativity in Computer Science Initial Teacher Education through Design Thinking
(ACM, 2020-09-03)Design thinking is a valuable component in teacher education enabling the development of creativity amongst the cohort. Studies have been developed to capture the effects of discipline specific design thinking, however ... -
An Evaluation of the Effects of Flipped Classroom Pre-Laboratory Activities on Students's Engagement with Laboratory Learning
(2020)A key goal of Institutes of Technology (IoTs) is to produce workplace-ready graduates who have the technical and practical skills to solve real world problems. Consequentially, the practical element of a module is a powerful ... -
Adding value to under-utilised fish roe in Ireland: a comparison of physico-chemical and sensory characteristics of salted air-dried roe from Irish pollock (Pollachius pollachius) with commercial mullet and cod roe products (Mugil cephalus and Gadus morhua).
(2019)In Ireland, fish roe is generally either discarded at sea or processed as low-value fishmeal. The aim of this study was to establish the feasibility of developing a fish roe product to add value to this currently underutilised ... -
Graft orientation influences meshing ratio
(Elsevier, 2018-05)Objectives: The technique of meshed skin grafting is known since 1960s. It was shown that there is a difference between the declared and real expansion ratio of the skin meshed graft. We hypothesize that the orientation ... -
The use of Streaming Current Monitors in optimising coagulant dosage in Water Treatment Plants
(2018-08-30)All water sources contain a mixture of organic/inorganic particulate or dissolved contaminants, in addition to microbes (i.e. bacteria, viruses and protozoa), which can be pathogenic (i.e. disease causing) to humans. Irish ... -
Does Passion for Physical Activity Spillover into Performance at Work? Examining the Direct and Indirect Effects of Passion and Life Satisfaction on Organizational Performance and Innovativeness.
(Routledge, 2020-03-22)Many individuals are passionate for physical activity such as cycling, running, and soccer. Drawing from the dualistic model of passion, the purpose of the present study was to examine the direct and indirect relationships ... -
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. ... -
Real-time monitoring of concrete–lattice-girder slabs during construction
(ICE Publishing, 2017-12)This paper reports on the instrumentation, monitoring and some preliminary results from a real-time monitoring scheme of a hybrid concrete–lattice-girder slab flooring system. One of the key benefits of this monitoring ... -
Real-time monitoring to investigate structural performance of hybrid precast concrete educational buildings
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-22)The motivation and implementation of a real-time structural health monitoring strategy to determine the structural performance of a number of educational buildings recently constructed in Ireland is discussed in this paper. ... -
Investigation of thermal behaviour of a hybrid concrete floor using embedded sensors
(Springer (International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials), 2018-10-05)Concrete structures expand and contract in response to temperature changes which can result in structural strain and cracking. However, there is a limited amount of robust field data on hybrid concrete floor structures. ... -
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, is distinguished by age- and area-related associations
(Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2018)Social and network analyses that incorporate information on individuals within a population enhance our knowledge of complex species. In this study, the social structure of wild bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon Estuary, ... -
Female reproductive parameters and population demographics of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Springer Nature, 2017-11-20)This study investigates the female reproductive parameters and population demographics of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, using long-term relational sightings and photographic ... -
An Ethogram for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(2017)Ethograms, or categorized lists of behavioral descriptors, are fundamental research tools in the study of animal behavior and are essential to the overall understanding of the behavioral ecology of a species. With specific ...
