Atlantic Technological University (Galway-Mayo): Recent submissions
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Assessing stone walls habitat quality – Which factors affect bryophytes and macrolichens on farmland stone walls in Ireland?
(Elsevier B.V., 2022-05-11)Stone walls are ubiquitous field boundaries used to restrict livestock movement or to separate property. Bryophytes and lichens are often the dominant vegetation in dry stone walls and are strongly affected by local ... -
Understanding maritime transport route choice among Irish exporters: A latent class approach
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-01-11)The reduction in the level of maritime connectivity between Ireland and mainland Europe has been the focus of concern for Irish exporters since the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in January 2019. ... -
A landscape classification map of Ireland and its potential use in national land use monitoring
(Elsevier B.V., 2021-04-17)This study presents a novel landscape classification map of the Republic of Ireland and is the first to identify broad landscape classes by incorporating physiographic and land cover data. The landscape classification ... -
Incorporation of roe, milt and liver from plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), herring (Clupea harengus) and cod (Gadus morhua) in newly developed seafood Pâtés: Sensory evaluation by teenage consumers in Ireland and their attitudes to seafood
(Elsevier B.V., 2022-04-07)Roe, milt and liver of marine fish caught in Irish fisheries are generally discarded at sea or processed on-shore as low-value fishmeal. This study aimed to 1) develop new added-value seafood products using roe, milt and ... -
Circles in the sea: annual courtship “torus” behaviour of basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus identified in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-08-05)Groups of basking sharks engaged in circling behaviour are rarely observed, and their function remains enigmatic in the absence of detailed observations. Here, underwater and aerial video recordings of multiple circling ... -
Drones can reliably, accurately and with high levels of precision, collect large volume water samples and physio-chemical data from lakes
(Elsevier B.V., 2022-02-15)The rapid development and application of drone technology has included water sampling and collection of physiochemical data from lakes. Previous research has demonstrated the significant potential of drones to play a future ... -
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy with annular plasmas in vacuo: Stagnation and limits of detection
(Elsevier B.V., 2022-04-29)The purpose of this study is to investigate the possible improvement of the limit of detection of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy using the stagnation layer formed at the centre of an annular plasma. An axicon was ... -
Advances in multifunctional balanced ventilation technology for dwellings and arising challenge to quantify energy efficiency and renewable generation contributions using international test standards
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-09-12)This paper evaluates the ability of EN16573:2017 to isolate and quantify the energy efficiency and renewable generation contributions of multifunctional balanced ventilation systems. These systems integrate an air-source ... -
A review of dystrophic lake and pool habitat in Europe: An Irish perspective
(Elsevier B.V., 2022-05-13)Freshwater lakes and pools contained within peatlands are unique habitats that support rare and specialised species. Despite this, these ecosystems have been overlooked in conservation and management practices. One of these ... -
An awareness study of the EU Privacy and Electronic Communication (ePrivacy) directive (S.I. No. 336/211).
(Atlantic Technological University, 2022-05)Background: In today’s increasingly information and digital age there is widespread use of search engines and social network sites. The use of this media form seems to be ubiquitous as it cuts across all age groups, social ... -
Does Landscape Structure Affect the Presence of Woodland Specialist Pollinators in Farmland? Implications for Agri-Environment Scheme Design
(Royal Irish Academy, 2022-03-16)Some pollinator species found in agricultural areas are strongly dependent on surrounding areas of natural or semi-natural habitats to nest and/or forage. Landscape structure has been shown to influence pollinator communities ... -
Investigation of the first recent crayfish plague outbreak in Ireland and its subsequent spread in the Bruskey River and surrounding areas
(EDP Sciences, 2022-06-02)White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is a keystone species found in western European freshwater bodies, where it has suffered drastic declines due to pathogens, competition with nonindigenous crayfish species ... -
Parasocial Relationships between Influencers and Irish Millennials and their Effect on Purchase Intention
(2022)This study explores the hidden techniques and interactions which lead to the development of parasocial relationships among Irish millennials and influencers, and the subsequent effect on purchase intention. Upon review of ... -
Permanent light green, the stumblebum and the show-off: the historical sublime, Philip Guston and Sophie Calle
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2013)This thesis examines historical and philosophical enquiries into the notion of the Sublime. It looks at works such as Edmund Burke’s ‘A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful’ and Jean François Lyotard’s ... -
In search of a language textile and text in contemporary women's art
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2011)This research uses the textile/text axis concept as a conceptual tool to investigate the role of textile and text in contemporary women’s art practice and theorizing, investigating textile as a largely hitherto unacknowledged ... -
An Investigation into Irish State patronage of the visual arts.
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2006)The focus of this research is in ascertaining how and why the Irish state patronises the visual arts. The framework that the state puts in place for the support of the arts influences the creation of art. The initial ... -
What value can be attached to a concept of mystery and has it a place in contemporary Western culture?
(Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2006)The idea for this thesis arose from a chain of reactions first set in motion by a particular experience. In keeping with the contemporary need to deconstruct every phenomenon it seemed important to analyse this experience ... -
Bridging the gaps in information systems: a threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge perspective
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-04-17)Students entering third-level higher education undergo a transformational learning journey. Learning in this context is defined as the need to understand key concepts (threshold) to engage with the academic content of the ... -
Transformative Learning in a Transformed Learning Environment
(University of Central Oklahoma, 2022-04-22)Covid-19 presented a number of unforeseen issues for full-time mature students’ transformative learning experiences. The key question being explored in this research is whether mature students achieved transformative ... -
Modelling the transfer and accumulation of microplastics in a riverine freshwater food web
(Elsevier Ltd, 2022-02-26)Microplastics are a pervasive pollutant of aquatic ecosystems and are reported to interact with a wide range of aquatic biota. The complexities of natural food webs means that the transfer and accumulation of microplastics ...
