ATU Galway City: Recent submissions
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Virulence factors associated with amoebic gill disease from Neoparamoeba perurans
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2020-10)Determining the virulence factors associated with pathogenic organisms is imperative in comprehending disease pathogenesis and ultimately paves the way for methods of treatment and disease management. Neoparamoeba perurans ... -
Embedding Sustainability across the Built Environment Curriculum and Beyond
(School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork, 2021)This study will outline progress of an ongoing Teaching and Learning Engineering Innovation project in the Department of Building and Civil Engineering at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, which has employed incremental ... -
Aquaculture with a Focus on Vietnam & Thailand
(TUNASIA, 2021)The breadth of material this book covers includes wide range of issues related to aquaculture production, including its development history, farming systems and technology aspects, seed production, feed and feeding, health ... -
Training Load Monitoring Considerations for Female Gaelic Team Sports: From Theory to Practice
(MDPI Journals, 2021-06-05)Athlete monitoring enables sports science practitioners to collect information to determine how athletes respond to training loads (TL) and the demands of competition. To date, recommendations for females are often adapted ... -
The conservation of the endangered Mediterranean common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): Current knowledge and research priorities
(Wiley, 2021-03-01)(1) Preservation of endangered species is now recognized as a relevant component of regional and global conservation actions achieved through the maintenance of the remaining populations in a favourable conservation status. ... -
Conservation management of common dolphins: Lessons learned from the North‐East Atlantic
(Wiley, 2019-11-19)(1) The short-beaked common dolphin is one of the most numerous cetacean species in the North-East Atlantic and plays a key functional role within the ecosystem as a top predator. However, in 2013, its conservation status ... -
Polluted porpoises: Generational transfer of organic contaminants in harbour porpoises from the southern North Sea
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021-07-09)Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), bioaccumulate in marine ecosystems. Top predators contain high levels of ... -
Survival Rates and Capture Heterogeneity of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-03-30)Adult survival is arguably the most important demographic parameter for long-lived species as it has a large impact on population growth, and it can be estimated for cetacean populations using natural markings and ... -
Acoustic Monitoring of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Population: Trends in Presence and Foraging beyond the Limits of the Lower River Shannon SAC
(MDPI Journals, 2021-06-12)The Shannon dolphins are a population of bottlenose dolphins resident year round within the Lower River Shannon SAC, Ireland, which has been designated to protect this relatively small, genetically discrete population. ... -
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seabird eggs in Ireland
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021-06-19)Seabird eggs are considered a favourable matrix for monitoring marine pollutants and are widely used as higher trophic level indicators. Concentrations of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Σ15PAH) were determined in the ... -
Bridging the Knowledge Gaps in Information Systems: A Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge Perspective
(2021-05-14)Most students who complete third-level higher education undergo a transformational learning journey. This learning journey is moulded by their experiences not only within the context of the third-level institution but can ... -
An Evaluation of the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Student Engagement in the Six Sigma Green Belt Quality Module at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: A Case Study
(2021-05-18)Comprehensive and in-depth discipline content knowledge and professional, practical skills are critical in the engineering domain. At the same time, soft skills, such as communication, teamwork, critical thinking and ... -
Legacy and emerging contaminants in common guillemot Uria aalge eggs in Ireland and Wales
(Elsevier Ltd, 2021-06-12)Guillemot eggs from multiple Irish colonies and one Welsh colony were analysed for legacy pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other organochlorine compounds (OCs), ... -
Persistent pollutants in fresh and abandoned eggs of Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) and Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) in Ireland
(Elsevier Ltd, 2-05-03)Higher levels of persistent pollutants (Σ16PCB, Σ6PBDE, ΣHCH, ΣDDT, ΣCHL) were detected in fresh eggs of Common Terns Sterna hirundo from Rockabill Island near Dublin (Ireland's industrialised capital city) compared to ... -
Impacts of large and small barriers on fish assemblage composition assessed using environmental DNA metabarcoding
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-05-24)River fragmentation caused by instream barriers is a leading cause of biodiversity loss, particularly for freshwater migratory fish, the vertebrate group that has suffered the steepest decline. However, most studies have ... -
A Critique of Food Education in Irish Primary Schools: Exploring the Potential to Introduce Key Elements of International Models to the Irish Context
(2020-08-28)This study aims to explore the possibility of Irish primary schools introducing key elements of international food education models to the primary school curriculum in a bid to developing positive healthy eating behaviours ... -
Misdiagnosis of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Review of the Influence of Sampling and Clinical Detection Methods
(MDPI Journals, 2021-05-25)SARS-CoV-2 infection has generated the biggest pandemic since the influenza outbreak of 1918–1919. One clear difference between these pandemics has been the ability to test for the presence of the virus or for evidence of ... -
Microplastics in the marine environment: Sources, Impacts & Recommendations
(Resear@THEA GMIT, 2021-05-27)Plastic pollution in the marine environment has been consistently reported since the late 1960s, however, recent evidence of global widespread microplastic pollution has led to an exponential increase in both research and ... -
The preferences of people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for self-management support: A qualitative descriptive study
(Wiley, 12/05/2021)Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to explore and describe the self-management support (SMS) preferences of adults with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Background: Self-management ... -
Global status of groundfish stocks
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2021-05-04)We review the status of groundfish stocks using published scientific assessments for 349 individual stocks constituting 90% of global groundfish catch. Overall, average stock abundance is increasing and is currently above ...
