Research@THEA (new): Recent submissions
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Client Consultancy: Team Assessment
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context This integrated assessment for Strategic Management and Marketing Management modules in Year 4 of the BA in Business Studies with Travel & Tourism Management and BA in Business ... -
Student-Led Seminar: International Destination Management
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Title of assessment strategy The Group Active Learning Strategy chosen for this assignment was group presentations through a studentled seminar (See Appendix 1) as Ryan (2021; 58), Plastow, Spiliotopoulou and Prior ... -
Group Presentation: Presenting Problems Professionally
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context The assessment is a group presentation for business students studying financial services modules. The assessment is deigned to be examine the students across Year 1 to Year 3 ... -
Using PBL To Publish A Book With Final Year Students
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Introduction This submission is a reflection on the experience of applying a Problem Based Learning Approach to completing a 4th Year Final Year Project (FYP). This piece begins with a brief description of the PBL ... -
Supporting creative active learning design for academics through mobile Technology Kits
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context Tablet devices foster the creation of asynchronous online content with enhanced production values of superior sound, video, lighting, positioning and resolution. They also provide ... -
Individual Presentation using A Problem Based Learning approach: When learning outcomes extend beyond the virtual classroom
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context The content is delivered through online synchronous and asynchronous delivery. On campus delivery was restricted due to Covid 19. Students are working in the sector of early years ... -
Poster Presentation: Travel Operations & Geography
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Poster presentations have many advantages for novice presenters (as with this first-year cohort) who may find developing poster content less intimidating than writing a report (Berg and Hicks, 2017; 461). The poster ... -
Using Vevox Live Polling As A Formative Assessment Tool
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching & Learning Context I teach an online Research Methods module to approximately 35 Level 9 postgraduate students on the PG Diploma in Financial Management and the PG Diploma in Quality Management and ... -
Using Numbas As a Revision Tool For Mathematics Students
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)Summary of Teaching Context For the continuous assessment element of my courses, I use Moodle quizzes but to help students revise and practise the mathematical methodologies I have created Numbas quizzes. Overview of ... -
Best practice identification in a relevant industry and its application to the workplace.
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)This assessment is used on a number of Postgraduate programmes in the Department of Lifelong Learning in TUS Midlands campus as part of the programme capstone module. The assessment consists of two components and involves ... -
Life history research: stories of social justice & change
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)The assessment strategy contains two parts: Summative - Students are asked to select an individual who has been inspirational in acting for social justice and conduct life history research on them. They must write ... -
Process optimization for the 3D printing of PLA and HNT composites with Arburg plastic freeforming
(MDPI, 2022-10-12)The industrial use of additive manufacturing continues to rapidly increase as new technology developments become available. The Arburg plastic freeforming (APF) process is designed to utilize standard polymeric granules ... -
Heat dissipation plays critical role for longevity of polymer-based 3D-printed inserts for plastics injection moulding.
(MDPI, 2022-10-08)Injection moulding is a polymer processing method of choice for making plastic parts on industrial scale, but its traditional mould is made from tooling steel with time-consuming and costly production. Additive manufacturing ... -
Ganodiesel: a new biodiesel feedstock from biomass of the mushroom Ganoderma lucidum
(MDPI, 2022-08-29)There is a pressing demand for new sustainable eco-friendly approaches to producing green energy worldwide. This study represents the novel production of biodiesel feedstock from the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum ... -
Development of the large-tonnage pressure-type prestressed anchor cable with BFRP for geotechnical engineering and its mechanical properties
(Wiley/Hindawi, 2022)Prestressed anchor cable is widely used in geotechnical engineering to control the displacement or landslide of an unstable slope. However, the traditional cable anchor is made of steel material, which is easy to get rust ... -
Hyaluronic acid: a review of the drug delivery capabilities of this naturally occurring polysaccharide
(MDPI, 2022-08-23)The inclusion of physiologically active molecules into a naturally occurring polymer matrix can improve the degradation, absorption, and release profile of the drug, thus boosting the therapeutic impact and potentially ... -
Effectiveness of front line and emerging fungal disease prevention and control interventions and opportunities to address appropriate eco-sustainable solutions
(Elsevier, 2022-08-21)Fungal pathogens contribute to significant disease burden globally; however, the fact that fungi are eukaryotes has greatly complicated their role in fungal-mediated infections and alleviation. Antifungal drugs are often ... -
Destination Management: The Influence of Local Food
(Sciendo, 2021-01-29)This study investigates tourist attitudes to local food on destination choice, travel motivation, satisfaction and perceived object-related and existential authenticity. Additionally, the mediating effects of authenticity ... -
An Open-Source Testbed to Visualise ICS Cybersecurity Weaknesses and Remediation Strategies – A Research Agenda Proposal
(IEEE, 2021-07)Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are responsible for the control of several processes in various critical infrastructure deployments ranging from energy, power and water utilities, to manufacturing sectors such as ... -
The Internet in East Africa: a mixed methods study
(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2020)East Africa was the last major area of the world to gain access to the Internet when submarine fibre-optic cables landed at Mombasa, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 2009. The region previously relied on satellite ...
