Atlantic Technological University (Donegal): Recent submissions
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An appetite for social media in Irish SME food businesses?
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015-06)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current relationship between social media use and Irish SME food companies. The research seeks to determine if social media can effectively form an integral, and, ultimately, ... -
The phenomenon of online reviews - Digital headache or golden opportunity for the tourism sector?
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015-06)Technology has brought many opportunities to organisations in the tourism sector, for example, with regard to the efficiencies achieved by embracing self-service technologies (SSTs), such as self-check-in online and mobile ... -
Maximising the potential of mass participatory sporting events for tourism destination development
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015-06)Over the last decade sports tourism has seen rapid changes, one such growth area has been in the area of mass participatory sporting events (MPSE). MPSE attract participants who travel to participate in events such as ... -
On the crest of a wave: Donegal and the Wild Atlantic Way.
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015)The research explores what is the current service provision in a specific area on the “Wild Atlantic Way” (WAW) in County Donegal. The paper identifies those service providers that currently participate in the “visitor ... -
Literary Tourism and Yeats' Legacy - What can we learn from Shakespeare's birthplace?
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015-06)This year 2015 celebrates the birth of the distinguished poet and Nobel Laureate William Butler Yeats. For visitors interested in Yeats and his contemporaries as well as modern day writers and poets, literary tourism offers ... -
The Wild Atlantic Way as a catalyst for tourism and sustainable employment development in the North West of Ireland.
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015)In March 2014 Fáilte Ireland launched a new coastal drive, ‘The Wild Atlantic Way' (WAW). This new initiative provides a signposted route along the Atlantic coast from Kinsale in West Cork to Malin Head in County Donegal. ... -
Lean services: a systems thinking approach for achieving operational excellence and quality improvement in the Irish hotel sector.
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015)The services economy is a significant element in the economic growth of most OECD countries, including Ireland (OECD 2012). Tourism is a key subsector of the services economy, with accommodation being a necessary component ... -
Developing tourism industry occupational standards: A case for collaboration between industry and academia in 21st century Ireland.
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015)The hospitality and tourism industry is characterised by its dynamic and multi-disciplinary nature. Providing hospitality and tourism students with the requisite skills and competencies to meet with the demands of this ... -
Collaborative sustainable development in drive tourism on the Wild Atlantic Way: A community perspective.
(11th Annual Tourism and Hospitality Research in Ireland Conference (THRIC), 2015)The Wild Atlantic Way (WAW) large-scale drive tourism route is unique in Ireland in that it runs for 2500km of coastline from Donegal to West Cork. It incorporates hundreds of coastal communities on the extreme periphery ... -
Evaluating elliptic curve cryptography for use on java card
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2003)Smart cards are used as trusted storage and data processing systems to store cryptographic private keys and other valuable information. Java Card promises the ease of programming in Java to the world of smart cards. ... -
High performance liquid chromatography method development and chemometric analysis of ecstasy and cocaine
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2011)Consumption of illegal drugs of abuse remains a major social issue aligned with a global law-enforcement priority. Forensic analysts are faced with the challenge of continually developing sophisticated methods of ... -
Synthesis and characterisation of some osmium and ruthenium complexes and the application of Os(bpy)2-(pyridine-4-COOH)-CI in an electrochemical DNA biosensor
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis details the synthesis and characterisation of seven osmium and ruthenium bipyridyl complexes, reports on their electrochemical characteristics and outlines an application for one of the synthesised complexes ... -
Automated real-time animation
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2008)Producing animation for the computer game/entertainment industry is a time- consuming, difficult process. One approach to maximizing the utility of previously animated sequences is to blend and warp pre-existing sequences ... -
Factors affecting the concentration of domoic acid in scallop, pecten maximus
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2006)Domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by some Pseudo-nitzschia species, can accumulate in shellfish, consumption of which can result in Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning. Since its detection in Irish king scallop, Pecten maximus, ... -
The interaction between A20 and the NR4A subfamily of nuclear receptors in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2011)Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory disease that affects nearly 1 % of the world’s population. RA is characterized by inflammation of the synovial joints leading to joint damage which can ... -
Improving compliance with Bluetooth device detection
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2015-05)Attributed to Joshua Wright (2012) “Security will not get better until tools for practical exploration of the attack surface are made available”. With Bluetooth enabled but discovery mode turned off, auditing for Bluetooth ... -
Fingerprint watermarking using svd and dwt based steganography to enhance security
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2015-09-15)Identification of persons by way of biometric features has evolved significantly over the years. During this time, biometric recognition has received much attention due to its need for security. Amongst the many existing ... -
Biological control of pyrenophora teres
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2005)Pyrenophora teres the causal organism of barley net blotch disease is responsible for substantial loss in crop yield with yield losses as high as 40% under favourable conditions. Current control measures are achieved ... -
Synthesis and characterisation of novel astaxanthin metal complexes
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2015-10)Astaxanthin is produced in a wide range of organisms, its extractability from the native Irish brown crab (Cancer pagurus) was carried out using glacial acetic acid. The extractable natural astaxanthin yield is quantified ... -
Stealth analysis of Network Topology using Spanning Tree Protocol
(Letterkenny Institute of Technology, 2015-05)Almost every network over the last 30 years is built on Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). This protocol makes topology information available to individual switches by exchanging Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) containing ...
