ATU Galway City: Recent submissions
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Female reproductive parameters and population demographics of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Springer, 2018-09)Abstract 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 ... -
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, is distinguished by age- and area-related associations
(Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2018-04)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, ... -
An Ethogram for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Minuteman Press, 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 ... -
Population structure and management of Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the North Atlantic Ocean) in the North Atlantic Ocean
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2017-12)Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) is a globally important species found in the tropical and temperate zones of every ocean including the Mediterranean Sea. The aim of this research is to advance the current knowledge ... -
Life history, behaviour and social structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2017-11)Bottlenose dolphins are a complex intelligent species with great diversity and variability in behaviours and social systems across populations, but site-specific information on many aspects of the bottlenose dolphin ... -
Aristotle’s phronesis: putting some meat on the philosophy of innovation
(2018-06-28)This paper investigates Aristotle’s ethical writings, especially examining his synthesis of the ideas of knowledge and wisdom and their application in practice. This he achieved through the concept of phronesis (phronēsis) ... -
Erasmus, Luther and the free will debate: influencing the philosophy of management 500 Years on –whether we realise it or not!
(2018-06-28)Almost exactly 500 years ago, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, an action that changed the course of world history. The greatest debate of that era was between Desiderius ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Gill disease in finfish aquaculture with emphasis on amoebic gill disease
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2017-08)Gill disease is one of the most significant challenges facing global salmon aquaculture and in terms of economic impact; amoebic gill disease (AGD) caused by the free living protozoan Neoparamoeba perurans is perhaps the ... -
Interactions between seabirds and pollution in Irish waters
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2017-01)Seabirds are abundant and ubiquitous globally. They suffer pressure from many contemporary threats such as fisheries, invasive species and pollution. This thesis focuses on two different types of pollution: plastic litter ... -
Community low carbon energy transitions in Irish Islands: a transdisciplinary approach
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2017-01)The role of communities has been identified as significant in the future success of Ireland’s transition towards a decarbonised energy system. At the community level, there are different understandings of, and attitudes ... -
IT enabled R&D for business value in a global framework
(Springer, 2016)Historically innovation research and development (R&D) has been investigated in terms of product and more recently service applications. The central argument of this paper is that information technology can support R&D in ... -
Examining shifts in institutional positioning in the evolving Irish higher education system
(University of Bath School of Management (ICHEM), 2017-09)The thesis investigates a highly interesting, perennial issue in the contemporary development of higher education in times of massification and public sector reform: forces for organisational homogeneity and differentiation ... -
Edith Stein’s Phenomenology of Empathy, Education and Community: Lessons for Academic Collaboration
(2017)The paper argues that any programme designed to achieve authentic academic collaboration in a scholarly community requires a firm philosophical grounding. Consequently the work is based in the field of Phenomenology, founded ... -
Development of a Best-Practice Framework for the Introduction of Sustainable Energy Communities in Europe: Lessons from Initial Field Studies in Denmark and Ireland
(2014)This paper presents the findings from initial fieldwork studies of sustainable energy community (SEC) development methodologies in two islands in Denmark and one rural village in Ireland. This study was undertaken in order ... -
Phenomenological Realism: A Pragmatic Lens for Information Systems Research
(2017-08)The growing influence of the paradigm of Pragmatism on information systems (IS) research has resulted in some scholars arguing that the perspective should be regarded as an explicit research approach alongside established ... -
Supporting the first year experience in higher education in Ireland: impact on student engagement, teaching practice and institutional policy
(2016)Many students are not prepared for the demands of third level education and first year experience programmes are designed to support this transition and supplement the necessary academic and life skills. In 2009, a first ... -
Including unsexed individuals in sex-specific growth models
(Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2017-04-19)Sexually dimorphic growth models are typically estimated by fitting growth curves to individuals of known sex. Yet, macrospically ascribing sex can be difficult, particularly for immature animals. As a result, sex-specific ... -
The transformation of Galway: an urban history of a port town 1600-1700
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2012)Galway’s wealth and position as a major Irish trading port at the beginning of the seventeenth century stemmed from a mixture of geography and politics. Its staunch support of the Crown, since its foundation in the early ...
